Chapter 276: The Story of Lan Li and Ding Jinshi 4_1
Ding Jinshi’s story also made He Zhilan understand that Ding Jinshi wasn’t always like this. The Ding Jinshi, who could prepare her cake and present herself as a surprise for Lan Li on her birthday, must have been an innocent and romantic girl. An innocent girl surrounded by the happiness of love.
It was love, and it was Lan Li that had suffocated her innocence and romance, that had transformed Ding Jinshi into the person she is now.
Love, it had become a weapon for Lan Li to torture Ding Jinshi. He Zhilan sighed a few times, even though she was just a bystander, just a listener to the story.
"He Zhilan, when you grow up, don’t rush into this so-called love. Love is not beautiful at all. On the contrary, love is a monstrous ghost that ruins everything. It can make you unrecognizable and nearly despair of the world."
"That’s doesn’t hold true for everyone. Not everyone is like you and Lan Li, and not every love story involves someone like Gu En forcing a choice." He Zhilan shook her head, "You’ve just experienced a relationship with Lan Li. Why should that fill your whole world with despair? It’s your heart that succumbs to despair, not the world."
Perhaps it was because He Zhilan’s answer was so certain, Ding Jinshi looked up at her with the gaze of someone who’s been through it, "You’re still young, how could you possibly understand?"
"Why wouldn’t I understand? Does it have anything to do with age?" He Zhilan found it mildly amusing, "You’re just saying that because Lan Li turned your world into darkness. But just because your world is dark, doesn’t mean everyone else’s is. If you don’t step out of your own world and into others’, of course all you see is darkness."