Both worlds are like dreams

The two sat down at the table. The last time they said goodbye was at the end of the river downstairs, and this time it was here again.

As the sun sets and the lights come on, the place becomes bustling with people.

Everything has changed, and yet nothing seems to have changed.

Yun Qing ordered some new dishes to be served, restocked the bowls and chopsticks, and closed the door to prevent anyone from disturbing them.

Xue Huang said, "Are you hungry? Try it."

Gu Qinglan picked up some food for her and said, "Eat more."

"I just accompanied Grandpa Gu and almost ate my fill."

"Grandpa has always missed you. He knew you were leaving, so he had to see you."

Xue Huang remained silent.

Gu Qinglan helped her pour wine, and the aroma of the wine filled the air, as if hiding their beautiful past.

“We always seem to be saying goodbye.”

"Yes!" Xue Huang smiled, "The relationship between you and me was never perfect."

"I wonder, if I try hard to forget you, will you stay?"

Xue Huang felt a pain in her heart and looked at him without saying a word.

Gu Qinglan smiled bitterly, "But if I really forget you, then what's the point of all this?"

Xue Huang lowered her head, the smile on her lips a little bitter. The problem between them was simply unsolvable.

If you love someone but can’t stay together, how can you be together if you don’t love someone?

"At least, you will be alive and well."

Gu Qinglan shook his head, "I selfishly hoped that you would stay, but it led to the current outcome. It's my fault!" If he hadn't selfishly hoped that she would stay, many things that happened later might not have happened.

He shouldn't have let her get involved in his world from the beginning when they met.

She had given so much to him, but he had done nothing for her.

"Brother Qinglan, so much has happened along the way. If we have to judge by right or wrong, perhaps we are both wrong! But we are also both right. My identity has destined me to bear this fate. Now that everything has settled, you and I don't need to reminisce about the past. Brother Qinglan, promise me to move forward. I don't want you to regret the past for the rest of your life."

"Xue Huang, I will live well as you wish and create the peaceful and prosperous world that you and I have been looking forward to. But you have to live well too. I hope that no matter where you are, you can live happily and healthily for the rest of your life."

Xue Huang raised her head, with a bright and warm smile on her face, just like when he first saw her, "I will, no matter where I go, I will live well, don't worry."

Gu Qinglan pushed a box in front of her and said, "Take this away."

"What's in here?"

"Don't worry. There's nothing wrong with it. It's just a wind chime."

Xuehuang opened the box and found a wind chime made of shells inside.

"The one I gave you before was burned in the fire at Jinxiu Building. I found a new one. You can take it with you."

"Okay." Xue Huang said with a smile.

"Here," Gu Qinglan took out two jade pendants. They were the warm jade that they had used to pledge their love under the Moon Goddess Tree. "Take them with you. You have a cold body, so it's best to recuperate first."

Xue Huang touched the warm jade and pushed it back in front of Gu Qinglan. "You should keep it. Brother Qinglan, if... one day you meet someone you like,... give it to her."

"No." Gu Qinglan looked at her, "I will always keep you in my heart and keep our promise in the next life." He said that his heart had long been given to Xue Huang, and he could never take it back in this life. It would be completely sealed with her departure, and he only hoped that they could stay together in the next life.

Xue Huang held back her tears and tried hard to keep her smiling self in his memory.

They had no chance to love each other in the previous life, and cannot be together in this life. They have to watch the sorrows and joys of the previous life, and cannot be in love in two lives. They are willing to exchange these sorrows and joys to meet each other in the next life.

Brother Qinglan, I will wait for you in the next life.

Gu Qinglan wiped away the tears from her eyes, "Don't cry, I like to see you smile the most."

"Me too!" Xue Huang looked at him with a smile, "Brother Qinglan, promise me that you won't see me off when I leave."

Gu Qinglan nodded, "I understand. If I didn't see you leave, it means you didn't leave."

Xue Huang looked at him, feeling reluctant, "We said that we would turn around together, as if we had never been apart."

Gu Qinglan pulled her to the window and said, "Come with me. I have one last gift for you."

Xue Huang looked up at the night sky. The moon was bright and the stars were shining.

There was a loud explosion, and countless fireworks bloomed in the night sky.

Snow Phoenix's eyes were dyed with brilliant colors, as if the sea of stars was in her eyes, brighter than the night sky.

The fireworks all over the city were the expression of Gu Qinglan's ardent love and desire for her, and also the deep love and blessing that he now hides in his heart and can no longer express.

Xue Huang held his hand tightly; this was the last time she could have him.

This fireworks display was more brilliant and grand than any other before.

This is also Xuehuang’s last memory of this city. She will keep it hidden deep in her heart and reminisce about it for the rest of her life.

She will remember that in Shangyang City, there will always be a young man in blue who loved her so passionately and deeply, and was loved by her.

The fireworks eventually faded, Xuehuang let go of Gu Qinglan's hand, and they had to separate in the end.

This time, they still turned around at the same time and walked in different directions.

Without seeing each other's backs, it was as if they had never been apart.

But Xuehuang's tears were like pearls that had broken off a string. She did not see his back, but he was not there in the direction she was heading!

Xue Huang looked back again, only to find that Gu Qinglan couldn't help but turn around as well.

Across the endless stream of people, they looked at each other and smiled at each other in tacit understanding.

They were all unable to give up and they all broke their promises.

Wherever I look, everything is you, everything is you.

Unfortunately, they can't run to each other.

Xue Huang thought to herself: It’s even.

She turned around silently and didn't look back this time.