[Sigh... another day's diary entry. Feels like I'm back in elementary school, with the teacher checking my homework every day. For those rewards with sky-high drop rates, keep typing away, young man!]
That was a lie.
Aoyao didn't need to write the diary himself. He only needed to form a thought, and the words would automatically appear in it. He had said that purely to set the mood.
[I really don't know what to write, so I'll roast Tang San and Shrek Academy.]
[Tang San, you bastard, you're really not human! Sure, you're from the Douluo World. I can understand you covering the sky with one hand on the Douluo Continent to carry out your petty little schemes, but scheming with your own daughter's soul? Isn't that a bit too beastly?]
[Sealing your own daughter's memories and power, making her "become" Wang Dong'er, and having her live under Wang Dong'er's identity-what body part did you use to dream up that ridiculous move? I couldn't think of something like that with my toes, yet Tang San actually came up with it using his brain?]
[Besides, couldn't Huo Gua fall in love with her while she was living as Wang Dong'er anyway? Why the hell did she have to disguise herself as a boy, join Shrek Academy, and move into the boys' dorm to share a room with Huo Gua?]
[You just had to take it to such an outrageous extreme, huh? Had to make absolutely sure Huo Gua fell in love with her? So Tang Wutong was that lacking in charm, and only sharing a room with a boy could spark love?]
[Oh, wait. Tang Wutong never had any charm to begin with. My verdict: she wasn't worth a single hair on Wang Dong'er.]
[Sigh... poor Wang Dong'er and Emperor Auspicious Beast. They both became pawns, and in the end, they both became parts of Tang Wutong.]
Wang Dong'er, who had initially dismissed the Diary Copy and chat group, sprang to her feet. The chair beneath her toppled sideways, but she seemed not to notice, her pinkish-blue eyes filled with shock.
She stared fixedly at the contents of the Diary Copy. Even after reading them several times, she still couldn't believe her eyes.
This guy called Aoyao... why did my name appear in his diary?
And was what this diary recorded actually true?
"I... am not myself? I'm just a pawn... just part of someone else? No! That can't be true! This guy called Aoyao must have made it all up!"
Wang Dong'er murmured aloud, her voice carrying a tremor and fear she hadn't noticed herself.
The contents of the Diary Copy had shaken her too deeply. She couldn't imagine how she was supposed to face her existence if what it recorded was true.
But... was it really made up?
Wang Dong'er was certain she had never met this guy called Aoyao, nor had she ever heard his name. Yet he had named her with perfect accuracy and even mentioned that she would soon enter Shrek Academy disguised as a boy.
And what terrified Wang Dong'er even more was that she truly had no memories of her past.
Nothing at all.
Her mind was a complete blank.
As far as she knew, she was Wang Dong'er, and she came from the Clear Sky Sect.
Beyond that, she couldn't remember anything.
Wang Dong'er instantly recalled what had happened a few days earlier-Uncle Niu Tian and Uncle Titan, who had always treated her kindly, had suddenly insisted, with an unusually forceful attitude, that she go to Shrek Academy dressed as a boy.
Although Wang Dong'er had been reluctant at the time, she had agreed under pressure from her elders.
Looking back now, it was plainly a conspiracy through and through!
Wang Dong'er slumped weakly, her hands unconsciously rising to her exquisitely beautiful face.
Her palms seemed a little wet...
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had been happily playing in the Star Dou Great Forest, suddenly stopped, her eyes turning slightly vacant.
Although she didn't know why this strange Diary Copy and chat group had appeared in her mind, she hadn't felt alarmed. Instead, she found them rather novel.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had intended to use this opportunity to observe those humans. Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined that she would be involved too.
Who was Wang Dong'er?
And who was Tang Wutong?
Why did I become a pawn, and then become Tang Wutong in the end?
All three eyes were bewildered.
Then a wave of inexplicable panic rose within her. Deep down, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion felt that everything this human called Aoyao had said was true.
I don't want to become human! Much less that Tang San's daughter!
Naturally, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had heard of Tang San, the human who had become the Sea God on the Douluo Continent. But even if he was the Sea God, she absolutely refused to become his daughter!
Utterly shameless!
Think of what to do... I have to think of something!
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion abruptly raised her head, a faint light appearing in her eyes.
If it's the lord... surely there's a way to solve this?
Normally, whenever she caused trouble, Di Tian would clean up her mess. But this matter involved a god, so seeking Di Tian out probably wouldn't help.
Only the lord Di Tian spoke of could keep her from becoming Tang San's daughter!
[Expert at Flute-Blowing and Cauldron-Smashing: This Wang Dong'er is so pitiful... and to think I used to admire Sea God Tang San. I never imagined he could be so wicked!]
[Grass (a plant): Don't listen to this person's nonsense! Ancestor Tang San would never do something like that!]
[Stars Fall, Crown Arrives: I actually think he's telling the truth...]
[Proud Fire Phoenix: Wait... am I the only one who noticed that Emperor Auspicious Beast? What's that?]
[I Like Tiantian...: Judging by the name... she should be some kind of Soul Beast, right?]
[Proud Fire Phoenix: So that means this Tang Wutong is actually a combination of Wang Dong'er and a Soul Beast? A human-beast fusion?]
[Expert at Flute-Blowing and Cauldron-Smashing: Don't any of you feel sorry for Wang Dong'er? It sounds like her whole life has been completely controlled... she's not even herself. Boohoo~]
The jade lit up repeatedly, but Wang Dong'er had no mind to check it. Her eyes were already swimming with tears.
She couldn't accept that she was nothing but a puppet, a pawn under someone else's control. She couldn't accept that Niu Tian and Tai Tan, whom she respected, were also helping carry out Tang San's plan. Still less could she accept that she would become someone else in the future.
In a certain sense, Wang Dong'er and Tang Wutong were the same person. But from Wang Dong'er's perspective, she would never admit that she was merely a part of Tang Wutong.
Never.
Inside the room, Wang Dong'er's sobbing gradually subsided.
A long while passed.
Wang Dong'er clenched the piece of jade tightly in her hand and, practically through gritted teeth, entered a line of text:
[Where the Clouds Lie Deep: That evil Tang San will never get away with his plan!]
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