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"The first snow..."

Vol.7

Three days later.

Tianshan Snow Gate Flower Valley Cave.

late at night.

Beside the hot spring pool, the seven-stringed zither was covered in dust and no one played it anymore. The chill of the night slowly seeped into the flower valley, and a faint coolness permeated the pond.

Wearing a thick snow coat, Ye Chuhan sat alone at a small table by the pond, pouring herself a drink.

The clear, cool wine swirled gently in the lustrous pear blossom cup. He remained silent, gazing intently at the pond, and drank cup after cup.

The fingers holding the wine glass were so pale and weak that they trembled slightly.

He leaned against the plum tree, slowly drinking his wine. After an unknown amount of time, plum blossoms fell like snow, covering his snow-white clothes and his long, black hair, which was also covered with snow-white plum petals.

A clear sadness lurked in her long, narrow, and elegant eyes.

Someone approached him, and in the silent night, only a sigh could be heard.

Drinking alone is bad for your health.

Ping Qiushui, a renowned doctor from the northern desert, walked to the side of the small table, picked up a cup, poured in the clear wine, raised the cup to Ye Chuhan, and smiled faintly.

"Ping Qiushui will drink this cup with the sect leader."

Plum blossoms are like snow, and the aroma of brewed wine wafts from a small red clay stove.

After several rounds of drinking, Ping Qiushui poured Ye Chuhan a full glass of pear blossom wine. Ye Chuhan simply leaned silently against the plum tree, took the wine cup, drank it all in one gulp, and then picked up the wine pot by herself.

Ping Qiushui finally spoke calmly, "If wine could truly drown sorrows, how could there be so many lovesick men and women in this world?! Please take care, Sect Leader."

Ye Chuhan paused, slowly put down the wine pot, and looked up blankly at the sky above the flower valley, his handsome face showing a blank and lost expression.

Life is full of suffering, so why not indulge in it!

Life is full of suffering, so why not indulge in it...

For eighteen long years, he locked himself in the shadow of hatred, hating everyone and refusing to trust anyone. He was cold, cruel, and bloodthirsty...

But in the end...

When all the truth was revealed, and the past events were vividly laid out before him, he finally understood that all the hatred, all the resentment, all the grudges were nothing more than—

His self-righteousness is outrageous!

His wishful thinking is unfounded!

Eighteen years ago, he thought his father had abandoned him and his mother. Eighteen years later, he was finally willing to investigate and finally understood that his father had been trapped in the Blissful God Sect for five years and could not return to the desert to find him and his mother. He was only able to establish the Tianshan Snow Gate and was then bullied by the Black City bandits. He needed to seize the four great treasures of the martial arts world in order to bring him and his mother back.

Nine years ago, he poisoned his younger brother with a cup of wine. Nine years later, he learned that his brother knew it was poison, but still drank it willingly with a smile.

Three years ago, he thought Lianhua came to the Tianshan Snow Gate to avenge the Bai clan. Three years later, he realized that she came to his side and protected him not for revenge, but to repay a debt of gratitude, all because of a promise—

We'll stay together until we grow old, never to turn our backs on each other!

His hatred consumed her love, and destroyed everything he could have had!

Everything is broken...

The wine jug was lifted and then dropped!

Another full cup of pear blossom wine, Ye Chuhan tilted her head back and drank it all in one gulp. The cup was empty, her smile bitter and sorrowful. "Eighteen years, I've cried alone, laughed alone… Life is so lonely, I'm all alone now, how will I spend the rest of my life…"

In the blink of an eye, things have changed, but the flower valley remains peaceful.

By the pond, the moon-flower butterflies fluttered and danced, but even in his drunken stupor, he could no longer see the pure white woman who had always silently stayed by his side, listening to him play the seven-stringed zither!

I wonder when I'll be able to see that clear, natural face again!

"Mr. Ping, do you have someone you love?" Under the plum blossom tree, Ye Chuhan turned to Ping Qiushui across from her.

"have……"

Ping Qiushui's eyes were like autumn water on a sword, revealing a deep sorrow. "She loved me as much as her life, but I didn't care. Until the end, when she died to save me, I realized that I could never leave her. Unfortunately, it was too late. I could only watch her die in my arms. I am a doctor, but I was helpless!"

He finished speaking quietly, picked up a glass of wine from the table, and slowly drank it down.

Pear blossom wine, steeped in sorrow, transforms into a tear of longing...

"It's all too late..."

Ye Chuhan coughed lightly, her breathing slightly rapid, yet she gave a bitter smile, murmuring, "What a tragic end. Everything is too late. She's dead, but you have to live on... living such a lonely life..."

"It's very painful."

Ping Qiushui's voice was as still as dead water. He gazed at the lost Ye Chuhan and said, "The sect leader has also tasted this kind of pain. It was only because you thought you had accidentally killed Miss Lotus that you suddenly realized that there is a kind of deep affection in this world. The one who chooses to betray is far more painful than the one who is betrayed. Just like the one who survives will be more miserable than the one who dies."

Ping Qiushui's voice carried a hint of sadness.

Only those who have experienced the pain of separation from their loved one by death can understand the loneliness of surviving, because there can never be another "her" in this world.