Why Did You Have to Force Me?

Not only was the Dream Eater feeding on him, but an even more despair-inducing presence was staring at him, altering his perception.

"Heh... How pitiful. But I do love watching this."

Chen Lanqiu chuckled softly. In truth, even in Chen Prefecture, few people cared about Chen Changyuan. Most held him in contempt and looked down on him.

She had no idea that the presence currently terrifying Chen Changyuan was none other than Chen Yan, the very person she was about to kill.

Just then,

a strange sensation suddenly arose in Chen Lanqiu's heart, as if a feather had lightly brushed against it for an instant.

Chen Lanqiu paid it no mind, but Chen He narrowed his eyes and looked at her.

"Why are you looking at me?" Chen Lanqiu blinked and said coquettishly,

"I'm more than three thousand years older than you. If you like..."

Chen He shook his head and turned away.

"Someone over three thousand years old still cares about so-called romantic feelings between men and women? Those are things only the lowly concern themselves with."

He chuckled.

"Whether it's physical desire or lowly emotions, those are precisely why the weak remain weak. In this world, no strong person cares about so-called romantic feelings or bodily desires.

"Lu Xunyang is like that, Lord Xia is like that, Lord Chen is like that, and even Chen Yan is no different.

"If they were lost in romance between men and women, how could they have grown stronger so quickly?"

Chen Lanqiu looked rather pitiful.

"So that's why, even though you're so much younger than me, you can rank twenty-fifth on the Eighth Order rankings?

"But haven't you been pursuing Lu Jianxia all along?"

Chen He's eyes were calm.

"Do I pursue her for romance between men and women, or for