"Is that okay?"
Xu Yun said irritably, "We haven't seen each other in a while, and you've gotten awfully forward. You've gotten really thick-skinned."
"I don't want to be like this either."
Huang Mengyao said with a self-deprecating laugh, "If you were in my shoes, starving and eating only one meal a day, you wouldn't care about dignity either."
"Is that my fault?"
Xu Yun laughed in exasperation. "Even if I was a nobody back then, if you had just married me and settled down, your life would still be better than it is now."
"This is all Wang Qing's fault! If it wasn't for her..."
"You're still blaming that best friend of yours, even now."
Xu Yun sneered. "Flies aren't drawn to an egg that isn't cracked. If you weren't swayed yourself, could she have ever egged you on? Could her little scheme have ever succeeded?"
"Xu Yun, I know it was all my fault before..."
Huang Mengyao said remorsefully, "I regret it now. I just want to ask you to help me... help me..."
