"Back to the Sea Fishing Tower?"
That was an answer Jiang Wang hadn't expected.
In his view, wherever Zhu Biqiong went next—whether she stayed in Green Sheep Town, remained in Heavenly Mansion City, or even wandered the world—she shouldn't choose to return to the Sea Fishing Tower.
Back to the place that had hurt her so deeply.
Jiang Wang grew anxious. "What is there left for you to miss about that place?"
Zhu Biqiong lowered her eyes and said softly, "My master is dead, and Ji Shaoqing is dead too. No one will target me anymore. I grew up there. I really... don't know where else to go."
She did hope he would ask her to stay, but not for this reason.
It shouldn't have been, "It's for your own good," or "I'm thinking of what's best for you." It should have been, "I want you to stay."
Unfortunately, Jiang Wang didn't understand that yet.
Or perhaps his young heart had no room left for him to understand.
"I killed Ji Shaoqing. Your former fellow disciples won't treat you kindly," Jiang Wang said earnestly. "Besides, you've already been expelled from the sect."
"No one has any reason to hate me, because I've never hurt anyone," Zhu Biqiong replied calmly. "Besides, you've already helped me complete Sin Washing. Since I'm innocent, the Sea Fishing Tower shouldn't keep me expelled. They may be unwilling to take me back out of personal feelings, but they can't refuse me on principle."
Jiang Wang looked at Zhu Biqiong in surprise.
He hadn't expected her to say something like that.
Her words went against intuition, but objectively, they made sense. Most of the time, the Sea Fishing Tower would surely abide by its own rules. A girl like Zhu Biqiong, who had harmed no one, had