Hearing Su Wan'er's answer, Chen Changsheng said, "I've been back in the Chang Sheng Epoch for some time now."
"Don't you blame me for not coming to see you right away?"
"Why would I blame you?"
"Others may not understand you, but I do."
"No matter how much time passes, you'll come back eventually."
"You're a man who stands tall between heaven and earth, with many responsibilities on your shoulders."
"I'm just a woman, and I may not understand all of that, but I'll always be understanding."
At her answer, Chen Changsheng pressed his lips together and said, "I don't want you getting involved in the affairs of this lifetime."
"You don't get to interfere with my decisions!"
Su Wan'er flatly rejected his words, then put down the bowl and chopsticks and walked over to him.
"Ever since you left the Eight Desolations Nine Regions all those years ago, you haven't spared a single thought for this family."
"So you have no right to stand here and criticize what I choose to do."
"I'm not your subordinate, so I don't have to obey your orders."
Her sudden display of overbearing authority made Chen Changsheng involuntarily sit up straight.
"But..."
"No buts!"
Cutting him off, Su Wan'er said coldly, "The dark turmoil, the great calamity of the common people—none of that has anything to do with me."
"Whatever you want to do is your own business."
"All I know is that someone intends to kill my son and grandson in the future."
"If I, as their mother, don't stand up for them, wouldn't that let the whole world look down on our family?"
A faint sheen of sweat broke out on Chen Changsheng's forehead at her words. As far as he could tell, Su Wan'er seemed to be angry.
"Then what