"Who? You are the legitimate daughter of the Sun family. Although you are not born to the eldest son, we cannot marry you off to a collateral branch." she asked.
Sun Yun glanced at her listlessly. "He also attended the Emperor's birthday banquet that day. After you escorted the Empress Dowager back to the palace, when I left the palace, he even came to talk to me. Ah Jun, I think he must have planned this. I don't like this person."
"If I don't like you, I won't marry you," Zhao Shu said. "Can't you do that?"
Sun Yun shook her head, still looking worried. "Ah Jun, I'm seventeen, almost eighteen. I can't delay any longer. My mother insists I go to the Hundred Flowers Banquet. I don't know what to do. I can ignore what others say, but I can't bear to refuse my mother."
Seeing her distress, Zhao Shu sympathetically handed her a cup of pre-Qingming Longjing tea. "Tell me honestly, do you have someone you like?"
Sun Yun shook her head and glanced at her sideways, "To be honest, I used to, but I don't anymore."
"Why was it there before, but not now?" In her memory, if one truly loves someone, it is as firm as a rock. That was how it was for Gu Chongxuan back then. She thought she would definitely see him at this Hundred Flowers Banquet. For some reason, she wanted to rub her hands together in anticipation.
“My mother said there’s a difference between being moved and being truly in love. When you find someone you’d be happy to live a simple life with, that’s when you’re truly in love.” Her eyes were clear, and her expression was normal. She had once had Zhao Shuxin, but not anymore.
He smiled and said, "What Auntie said is truly profound."
The next moment, Sun Yun asked, "And you, do you have someone you love?"
Zhao Shu was taken aback. Did all best friends in the world have to talk about this topic when they got together? Why hadn't Xiao Zhuzi returned yet? Had he finished the task she asked him to do?
Sun Yun leaned closer to her, "Don't try to change the subject, just tell me."
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