Chapter 25 : Departure

"Do you think I can compare to the ladies from prestigious families and high-born daughters?"

“公子看我可比得那些名门闺秀，高门之女？”

"Of course, you can."

“自然是比得上的。”

"With my looks and knowledge, I would never marry a poor boy in this lifetime. If I marry, it will be into a renowned family or a wealthy household. So, there''s no chance for us."

“我这样的容貌，我这样学识，此生我是绝对不会嫁给一个穷小子的。

此生我要嫁，就一定会嫁入名门世家，高门大户之家。所以我们绝无可能”

"No chance?... Just because I come from a poor background?"

“绝无可能？……就因为我出身贫寒？”

"Yes."

“对”

"I apologize for my presumptuousness." He turned and left.

“是在下唐突了。”他转身离去。

Little did I know, his heart was like a clear mirror. He understood I was afraid of being associated with him, so he closed his doors and kept to himself. In reality, I wanted to avoid any connection with him and to reject him. I was saying, "I don''t think highly of you, and I don''t want any rumors to spread about us."

我不知道其实他心如明镜，知道我怕和他扯上关系，所以就他闭门不见。其实就是不想让自己和他有半点关系，其实就是在拒绝他，就是在说：“我没有看上你，因此不想与你有半点流言传出。”

So, when he noticed my aloofness, he withdrew his feelings and stopped visiting me. He persisted in this way for over ten days, never expecting that I would be so heartless as to leave. When he heard I was leaving and would never see me again, he abandoned all reason and came to see me in the dead of night.

所以他发觉我的异常后，也收起了自己的心，不再来见我。就这样坚持了十多天，可是没有想到我如此绝情，要离开了。一听到我要离开，再也见不到了。他放下了所有的理智，于是他半夜三更独自来见我。

He wanted to give himself another chance, and he wanted to give me another chance as well. But he didn''t realize there had never been a chance for me.

他想再给自己一次机会，也想再给我一次机会。可是他没有想到的是我这里从来就没有机会。

After leaving the village, I had no interest in visiting other estates. So, I returned to the Cui Mansion and resumed my life as Miss Cui.

离开那个村庄后，我没有了心情去别的山庄。于是就回到了崔府，做起了崔大小姐。

Having only been back at the Cui Mansion for a few nights, my aunt sent messenger aft