"But just as I was about to let her go, something unexpected happened. It was as if her body had been controlled by someone, and she actually started burning her own life force."
"In the end, she fought me to the death. I could tell she was being controlled, so I couldn't bring myself to strike her down. I simply knocked her unconscious. But you know that burning one's life force damages the soul. Snowflake Douluo's soul was damaged, and a fragment of it was lost."
"She lost all her memories. She couldn't even remember how to use her martial soul. I could have left her to die and thrown her straight into the Star Dou Forest, where she would have become a feast for the beasts of the jungle."
"But seeing how pitiful she looked, I couldn't bring myself to do it. In the end, I had no choice but to bring her back."
"I've taken very good care of Snowflake Douluo here... I don't want her to return to that abyssal place."
Zhuge Lan spoke logically, his feelings seemingly genuine.
Yet Fish Douluo, who should have been furious and cursing Zhuge Lan as a liar, instead fell silent. His expression was especially strange.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing that something was off about his expression, Zhuge Lan could not help asking.
Fish Douluo looked at Snowflake Douluo and asked, "Are you happy now?"
Holy shit... Did the two of them have some unspeakable secret between them? Why did that sound so intimate? Yet judging by his expression, it did not seem like romantic affection.
However, Zhuge Lan had already discussed things with Snowflake Douluo beforehand. As long as he lightly pinched her back, Snowflake Douluo would nod.
So, faced with the question, Snowflake Douluo nodded, indicating that