'Without the cultivation to break free of one's cage, one is truly bound, with no freedom to speak of. No wonder she seems to find this trivial little county so fascinating.'
At this thought, he couldn't help but look at Bai Shuo with a hint of pity.
Everyone has their own struggles.
He was constrained in the county by his limited horizons and resources, forced to constantly climb upward.
But someone like her, born into a great power like the Water Monarch's Mansion as a noble of the Dragon Descendants, had all that from birth.
Yet in exchange, she had lost the kind of untethered freedom he possessed in Anning County, where he was hailed by crowds and could display his might for all to see.
'It's true what they say. In this world, everyone just sweeps the snow from their own doorstep and walks their own road.'
'Another's path may look bright and glamorous, but it isn't necessarily any easier to walk than one's own muddy lane.'
