"You're quite sentimental. We've only been together such a short time, yet you're already crying over parting."
Li Tianming patted Zi Zhen's fragrant shoulder to comfort her.
"I don't know why. I just feel like crying a little," Zi Zhen said.
"Wanting to cry is a good thing. Family is what people can never forget most deeply; it is also a torch in this cold, tedious world. At your age, being able to preserve such a pure heart is a good thing," Li Tianming said with a smile.
"Get lost. You're the one at that age." Zi Zhen had just been feeling warm inside when he immediately angered her.
So annoying!
"The Guan Zizai Realm is still better. It always feels more real than the Real World Dock," Li Tianming suddenly said.
"Why?" Zi Zhen asked.
"Look." Li Tianming pinched her lips, making her little mouth pout into a round circle. Then he kissed her and said, "Skin has warmth, it's delicate, and it tastes sweet."
"Annoying." Zi Zhen pushed him away, then pinched his face as well. Biting her lip, she said, "That hurt, didn't it? If I pinched harder, it could even swell with blood."
"Yeah..." Li Tianming covered his swollen cheek, gazed up at the sky, and sighed. "Ever since becoming an Eonic God, I've always felt that the world has lost its warmth. Everything turned into stars and energy, all became origins. Even the impulse to reproduce is driven by shackles. But now, I feel like everything has come back..."
"What does that mean?" Zi Zhen asked in confusion.
"I just mean that Guan Zizai seems to be a primal dream bestowed by some existence upon lifeforms like us who have undergone transcendence. As we keep moving forward, it lets us retain the warmth of humanity