Qin Yu first glanced at Shen Li, then looked up at the sky: "Yeah, I haven't looked at the stars like this for a long time."

"Well, that's how people are. They're busy with all kinds of things every day. Who would pay attention to the scenery that can be seen just by looking up?"

"Ali, sometimes I really feel that you are not a person of your age and live very soberly."

"I've experienced life and death, so it's not possible to see through it a little bit."

"But now I hope that if you hadn't seen through it, you would still be as persistent as before... in liking me."

Shen Li turned to look at him: "If I keep pestering you like that, will you look at me differently?"

Qin Yu shook his head and smiled with relief: "No."

"So, everything has a cause and an effect, but aren't we all moving in a good direction? Look, you went to Kyoto, which brought you one step closer to what you wanted to do. And Aunt Qin has recovered and is living a happy life now. These are all good things."

Qin Yu looked up at the sky: "I guess so."

Shen Li knew what he was carrying, which was why he couldn't be truly happy: "Qin Yu, you once said that you were carrying hatred, so did you go to Kyoto for revenge?"

Of course, she knew the answer but she wanted him to talk to her so that he could feel more relaxed.

Qin Yu turned to look at her: "Yes." He smiled bitterly: "But you know, things are much more complicated than I thought. I thought I was very close to my goal after so many years of planning, but I'm still far away."

Shen Li understood what he meant. It was nothing more than that the enemy was too powerful and he was too insignificant. She smiled and said, "What does it matter? You have waited for so many years. Can you wait a few more years? No matter how far you are, as long as you move forward step by step, I believe you will catch up sooner or later."

Qin Yu stared at her for a long while, and then he seemed to have figured it out, and he relaxed: "A-Li is right, as long as you don't give up, there will always be a day when you catch up."

It seems that he has figured it out: "You should be more careful. If you suddenly appear in Kyoto like this, you are not afraid that your enemies will find you. If they want to wipe out the roots, you may not have a chance to catch up."

"Are you worried about me?"

Shen Li looked into his eyes and couldn't help but be drawn into them, until Qin Yu moved his face close to hers and she felt his hot breath. Only then did she come to her senses and slightly tilted her head to avoid his lips.

Qin Yu glanced at her, then stepped back and returned to where he had sat before.

Shen Li was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to say, so she just said casually: "Well...how about you tell me about your life experience?" After she finished speaking, she realized what she was talking about.

Qin Yu looked at her in surprise: "You want to know?"

Shen Li clasped her hands in annoyance. It wasn't a matter of whether she wanted to or not. She already knew: "I'm just asking out of curiosity. If you don't want to tell me, just pretend I didn't ask."

Qin Yu laughed sarcastically: "There's nothing I can't say. If I have to say it, I can't avoid mentioning that person. I just don't want to remind myself that I have that person's blood flowing in my body."

That person? He was probably talking about his father Gu Cheng: "Then don't say it. When you want to say it, I will be your listener at any time."

"Now that we've come to this, aren't you curious?" Qin Yu asked playfully.

Shen Li saw that he seemed to be wearing armor again, just like before when they were not familiar with each other, with only indifference and a kind of alienation that didn't care about anything: "Qin Yu, if you want to talk, I am the one who listens. If you don't want to talk, I am just a bystander who knows nothing. No one forces you. Your thorns can only hurt yourself. Why bother?"

"Ali..." Qin Yu lowered his eyes, and after a while he looked at Shen Li again: "I'm sorry."

Shen Li smiled softly: "It's okay, it's my fault, I shouldn't have mentioned this matter."

Qin Yu shook his head: "No, I'm just too sensitive. I've always been suffocated by hatred. Whenever someone mentions it, I'll get nervous." After saying that, he looked up at the starry sky: "Let me tell you the story of my mother and that person."

"My mother was originally from Xizhou Prefecture. My grandfather was a wealthy man. One day, my mother was molested by two scoundrels when she went out. She was saved by that man, and my mother fell in love with him at first sight. After they interacted more, they promised to be together forever. But at that time, that man was just a poor man who couldn't even get enough food. Naturally, my grandfather wouldn't agree. In the end, seeing that my mother loved him so much, he made a request, which was to marry into my family."

Seeing that Qin Yu was much more relaxed, Shen Li put his worries aside and let him continue talking.

"That man agreed, saying that since he had no father or mother, it was okay for him to marry into the family for his mother's sake. After the marriage, my mother wanted to fulfill his ambitions and didn't need him to worry about anything, as long as he could study with peace of mind. When I was three years old, he went to Beijing to take the imperial examination and won the first place. He was chosen by the general's sister and they got married. But our family didn't know about it at the time. Moreover, before he went to Beijing, my mother was already pregnant. After giving birth to my sister, my mother knew that whether he passed the exam or not, the result should be known, so she sent a letter to him in Beijing. Not long after the letter was sent, he came back."

"At that time, my mother and my grandfather's family were very happy. He was also very happy to see my sister. He stayed at home for a while and said that he would take us over to reunite with the family once he had established himself in Kyoto. But this delay lasted for three years. In the first two years, he would occasionally write to me and come back once a year. In the third year, he stopped replying to my letters. So my mother took my sister and me to Kyoto to look for him. But when we went to the address where he sent the letter, he was not there at all. Later, we found out that he had married in Kyoto and the other party was the general's sister."

Hearing this, Shen Li knew that the general's sister, Huo Nanlian, was not a good person either. The reason why she did not reply in the third year was that she knew the existence of Qin Yu and her mother and son. But at that time, she was already pregnant with her second child. In order to take care of the fetus, she did not look for them for the time being.

"Your father...that man got married in Beijing. How did he hide the fact that the general was already married? Didn't they check him?"

Qin Yu laughed sarcastically, "My mother loved him so much that the marriage certificate she gave to my grandfather was fake. She never went to the government to get the marriage certificate. My grandfather's family was upright and didn't tell anyone that he was a son-in-law. If he had shamelessly said that he was single, who would have suspected anything?"

Shen Li nodded in understanding. Indeed, the book said that Gu Cheng was very inferior because of his status as a son-in-law.

Although Qin Yueying was good to him, he came from a poor family and was inferior and sensitive, so naturally he wanted to climb up the social ladder. Huo Nanlian took a liking to him, which gave her a chance to take advantage of the situation and gain a foothold in Kyoto. At the same time, she also had a backer in the court.

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