"Xiao, how can you be so self-deprecating? I like you, but you think all of this is impossible. Isn't what you're doing just another version of me?"
She never believed there could be any outcome between them.
"Finding someone who loves you—isn't that much better than continuing to love someone so humbly?"
She looked at him with a hint of pleading in her expression.
"Since you understand this feeling, then stop saying such nonsensical things. My love for her is never going to change."
Gu Qixiao was here today to issue her a warning, making her understand that there was truly no future for the two of them.
"From today on, you're staying here, forever."
This dimly lit basement was now going to be her destination.
She hadn't liked the luxurious life she'd had before, so he decided to let her fully grasp what solitude meant in this place.
"Xiao, why do you have to treat me like this? All I did was love you, but treating me like this—isn't it excessively cruel?"