"We can leave at sunset if you guys don't mind"
"I will ask the servants to bring our things."
Jianguo grabbed her hands and pulled her out of the house: "can't you stay a little longer?"
Shushin sighed, "You already know my answer."
"And what is Your answer? You know very well that I do not agree to this marriage."
"Do you think that I approached you without knowing anything about you? How did I know that you are a prince even though you did not tell me? Aren't you curious? "
"What did you know?"
"Your mother was a princess from another country, from a family of good reputation. She married your father for love, but only she loved him because he betrayed her with another woman, but because she was from another country, she did not know much about your father except what she saw, or what he wanted. Your mother disappeared after giving birth to you, leaving you behind. She may have returned to her hometown, or perhaps not"
Jianguo turned to her, looked grimly but also in pain: "You know a lot, but you don't know where she is? I noticed that you always know a lot of things and I always wondered how you know these things when you spend most of your time at home."
Shushin replied smiling: "You tried to approach me because you were curious and wanted to get me in return, right? You said then that I should be grateful to you."
Jianguo said in an angry tone: "Don't act like you know me, I never had bad intentions. Why do you think I'm like this when I've only done good things for you? "
" It is said that people change, and that we judge people by the way they treat us and not others, but I cannot be gentle and frivolous to walk behind these words ,"then Shushin continued in a clearer tone:" I cannot believe these words no matter how hard I try to convince myself."
Jianguo gave her a look almost devoid of emotion as he waited for her to complete her sentence, which would be the end of it.
"your intention is good towards me and you did good things for me, well I don't mind this but I am really grateful to you, this short trip would not have been as good without you, but you cheated on a girl who loves you with another girl, like your father did, I always thought that maybe this The man is really a magician! A magician who is stronger and greater than any magician in my country, he has a strange way of destroying everyone who comes near him, how can a person be like that? Every time he takes a step, he breaks a thousand hearts. How can we all be like this because of him?"
Jiangu justified: "My father wanted me to marry her for more power. We don't like each other, so I did this. I'm not like him. Believe me, I'm really not like him. I'm a good person."
Shushin looked at him, but immediately he continued in anger and sadness, his feelings were intertwined with each other, "Please don't look at me with those looks as if you think I'm pathetic. I.. I really loved you and every word I said to you was true. I never lied and never hid those things but.. I was waiting for the right time, and inside I was waiting, waiting for you to tell me to go with you, I am willing to sacrifice everything for you, because I love you."
Shushin came closer, "told you, I told you we can't be everything to each other whether you believe me or not, you are good, you are very good but only as a friend, not as a lover not as a husband and not as a dad for my children, do you feel pain? I feel pain too! Whenever I want to get close and befriend someone, he tells me that he loves me or hates me. Why are people so complicated? Do you love me for my looks? Or for my character? You don't really know my character and my shape won't last, but despite that, you make stupid promises that you won't make, that I hate love, and I hate that someone loves me, I'd rather die for myself than die for a man, would you sacrifice everything for me? What will you sacrifice? Do you know if I love you, what will I sacrifice? you do not know. is not it? But to be fair, I don't belong to you, all I told you are lies, I've never lived in this house my whole life and I've lived more years and days than you
Let's not leave our hope in the hands of others."
"I can't reply, not because you are right and because you are also right, it seems that I don't know you, I was honest with you but you lied to me, I am ready to sacrifice everything that others desire but you can't."
Shushin brought her hands close to him to shake his hand one last time: "I really wanted not to lose someone else, but no matter how hard I try, I can't put someone before me, you can say I'm selfish, but I can't trust you, because you're wrong, as I wish If these are lies, but you must admit to yourself You wouldn't have loved me forever.."
Jianguo looked at her hands and laughed, instead of shaking hands, he slapped her hands: "friend? I don't want to be your friend."
A voice came out and a black shadow came out from behind her: "Aren't you angry? Why are you just standing here like you're guilty? While he is the bad guy?!!!!"
"Since I shook his hands for the first time, I knew that we would never last. I waited for this day and wanted it to be nice," then she looked at her hands and said: "But it seems that the fate of those who shake my hands is to remain buried in my memories."
...
Shushin entered and said: "Let's go, the servants will be almost there."
"Where is Jianguo? Won't he even say goodbye?"
Shushin smiled: "I don't think so. You can consider this as a farewell as well, until the meeting, if there is another meeting.. "
Everyone left the house after the servants arrived with their clothes and things. Zenzen said: "But did you think of a way for us to enter?"
Lingjie: "We can take the forest path that separates the two kingdoms"
"No, we can't go this way, the capital is surrounded by cities, so if we go we won't enter the capital right away," Shushin said as she headed towards the carriage
Zenzen got into the carriage after her and asked, "Can't we just enter any city? Why not?"
Shushin waited until everyone came up and said: "Each city has a completely different specialization from the other, that the capital is the foundation and its rule is under the hands of the royal family, but other cities only follow specific laws and own the rights of everything else, so entry from outside the kingdom is almost impossible."
"So what do we do?"
"Don't worry, we will go to the capital by a different road."
"Is there anything we should pay attention to there? Like certain actions that should not be done or things that should not be said?"
"Good question. Every city has its own traditions, but things are more severe in the capital. There are not many things that are forbidden according to my memory, but the most important thing is that it is forbidden to wear red inside the capital."
"You wear red on important occasions, are you having fun since it's not forbidden in Orchid?"