"What exactly happened between you and him?" Lu Yin asked curiously, growing increasingly ill at ease. He knew Long Xi liked Lu Xiao Xuan. He was Lu Xiao Xuan, but also wasn't. The feeling was contradictory and hard to describe. He felt a little uncomfortable. Was it because he had become a substitute for Lu Xiao Xuan? But he was Lu Xiao Xuan in the first place.
He was confused now, too. He didn't know where that discomfort in his heart came from.
Long Xi looked at Lu Yin. "You're curious?"
Lu Yin pressed his lips together. "I was just asking. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
Long Xi looked away again and said flatly, "He liked tugging on my braids. He liked taking me to try all kinds of delicious food, and he liked seeing me smile. He also liked teasing me until I cried. He once promised he would protect me forever, and that no one but him would ever be allowed to bully me."
"He had that flower, too."
Lu Yin paused. "The flower that can conjure food?" As he spoke, he couldn't help looking over at it.
Long Xi looked at the flower as well. "There are flowers like that in Food Paradise. We liked gathering around and waiting for all kinds of delicious food to appear. Me, him, the Seven Heroes, and Tu Qiming. Back then, Tu Qiming was always challenging him, claiming he'd become the eighth hero. His eyes were always on that woman, though. If it hadn't been for her, things wouldn't have turned out that way."
"Bai Xian'er?" Lu Yin cut in.
Long Xi's body shuddered, but she didn't deny it. Her eyes turned cold. "That woman was the most calculating of them all. It's a pity