Chapter 1244: Meaningless yet Beautiful
The Lunar New Year’s Eve was suddenly upon them. Most of them had chosen to return to their mundane lives, and thus they naturally spent the holidays with their friends and families.
Those who no longer had that—Gao Yang, Qing Ling, Vermilion Bird, Liao Liao, Adept Horse, Nainai, Lovely Lamb, Wang Weiyan, Heavenly Dog, and Gregor—moved into the Spectres’ Mansion one day early to spend the Lunar New Year with White Dew.
While Gao Yang had never said a word about Fresh Snow, her fate was now an open secret.
The answer was evident to them when White Dew visited three months after Gao Yang fell unconscious, but without her sister.
The fact that Fresh Snow didn’t join the Battle of the Curtain Call raised questions. And she never visited Gao Yang even once when he was in a coma in the aftermath of it? It didn’t make sense.
When White Dew left Gao Yang’s ward that day, Liao Liao mustered the courage to ask her about it in a roundabout way, on behalf of everyone.
White Dew had been surprised. “Fresh Snow passed away a long time ago. Has Gao Yang not told you?”
Then she smiled wryly and added, “Right. It’s difficult for those who lost a cat to move on.”
Liao Liao didn’t expect the calm acknowledgment and didn’t know what to say. Instead, White Dew comforted her with a smile:
“Don’t be sad. Fresh Snow had a short but happy life. She was able to be herself from beginning to end.”
That night, Liao Liao uncharacteristically invited others to a drink. Many joined. Some got drunk, others cried.