As she spoke, she almost couldn't cry anymore, with the pain that had been building up in her heart bursting forth like a sudden, violent flood.
She was a flesh-and-blood human, not some paragon of strength. Behind her forced smiles, she was merely struggling to be strong.
Seeing her unable to speak through her tears, Li Yuan's reproaches all dissipated.
"Qiangwei, nobody wants anything to happen to Sijue, including himself. It's impossible to predict the future; it's not like he wanted to give you a child and then vanish..."
"That's why I can't accept it. I need to find him, whether he's alive or dead, I just want an answer!"
"But what if..." Li Yuan paused, his voice choking up, "I mean, if, if Sijue really is no longer with us, what do you plan to do?"
Meeting his dark eyes, Gu Qiangwei took a while before she resolutely spoke, "Then I'll chase him down to the underworld to get an answer from him directly."
