"Right, about to be executed. So what were you after? Were you so afraid of Gu Zhichuan being with me that you had to harm me, only to end up implicating yourself? What did you end up gaining?" Lin Gantang asked.
Shi Muzhen's gaze was dark and intense as she stared through the glass at Lin Gantang.
She gained nothing, only imprisonment. Both in love with Gu Zhichuan, Lin Gantang could pursue him brazenly and stand by his side, while her own affections were like rotting roses, discarded and loathed by him.
Even when Lin Gantang left, merely standing there, she received what Shi Muzhen had longed for in her dreams.
And she, despite all her efforts until the end, got nothing, even sacrificing everything she had.
"You're right, I got nothing, and that's why I can't accept it." Shi Muzhen's eyes held a harshness as she looked through the window at Lin Gantang.
