Zheng Zhenyu couldn't possibly misunderstand; it had been so long since her cousin had come, nor had his people come to utter a single word to her. She understood in her heart - her cousin had given up on her.
Yet she hadn't intended to provoke Cousin Yi, but once he took notice of her, what could she do?
"What's the matter? Are you very sad?" Cui Yanyi saw that Zheng Zhenyu's face had turned slightly pale, a dark shadow crossing her eyes.
Zheng Zhenyu looked up and saw a fleeting gloom in Cui Yanyi's eyes. She steadied herself and said softly, "Back in Qinghe, I heard many rumors about Ling Hua. After arriving in the Capital, the rumors just multiplied. It seems..."
"It seems what?"
"It seems not many people like her."
Cui Yanyi said, "Originally, not many people liked her anyway. A woman, aspiring to shift the heavens, is quite ambitious and should be worried about eventually bursting from it."
