Cui Lingyao found it hard to believe. "Could you have been mistaken?"
Chen Minrou gave a bitter smile.
'She wished more than anyone that she had been mistaken.'
But something so absurd had actually, truly happened.
Cui Lingyao didn't know how best to comfort her.
'If it were her…'
'If Xie Jinbai had an original wife in the history books, or even a harem of consorts…'
'—Of course, if that were the case, she wouldn't even exist in this world.'
Cui Lingyao collected herself and said comfortingly, "You're alive now. Even if the dream was real, it won't happen anymore."
'She had woken from the dream, and she hadn't died.'
'The real turning point that completely changed her fate was the Hundred Diseases Pill she had given her.'
'Without that Hundred Diseases Pill, Chen Minrou would have died… and Zhao Shijie would have still married her younger cousin as his second wife.'
Cui Lingyao found it unbearable just imagining herself in that position.
