Indifference, a common encounter, seemed to presage her fate as though it were preordained for pity.
After a while, he asked, "Haven't you made any plans for the future?"
The future?
Lu Tong was taken aback, and then nearly laughed out loud.
Perhaps Lord Pei was, at that moment, moved by compassion for her, thus kindly reminding her not to naively seek revenge. But from the moment she entered the palace, she never thought of turning back.
Lu Tong looked up, gazing directly into Pei Yunmeng's eyes: "No."
"Lord Pei," she said, "a humble flower that blooms at dawn and withers at dusk has no future at all."
...
Since that night outside the Southern Pharmacy when she met Pei Yunmeng, Lu Tong had not seen him again.
Though the Imperial City was not as vast and expansive as the world outside, it was still possible for two people of different status to go a lifetime without crossing paths.
