Seeing her flippant attitude, Lin Yue was so annoyed she laughed instead.
"Why is welcoming me back such a special ceremony, Miss Chen Xi?"
"Of course, because to us, it's just an excuse for flirting. When you cracked that whip earlier, didn't you also fail to consider whether I could take it?" Chen Xi shamelessly turned the tables.
"How did you know?"
Setting aside their verbal sparring for the moment, Lin Yue, whose memories had fully returned, asked curiously.
Chen Xi smiled and slowly explained, "The eyes are the windows to the soul. Though it was only for an instant, I could still feel that you had returned."
Lin Yue did not seem particularly satisfied with that explanation.
"Really? Weren't you afraid it was just your own delusion, and that one Water Blade would KO me?"
"How could that be? At worst, I could always put you back together. I definitely wouldn't let anything happen to you."
"You win."
Lin Yue curled her lips and unconsciously began walking slowly toward Chen Xi.
Chen Xi responded in kind. When they reached each other, the two gave one another the warmest, most relieved embrace.
They had succeeded. Despite the Lamenter's interference, they had turned back time and regained their strength as they had wished.
"Welcome back, Miss Lin Yue."
Chen Xi shed her playful demeanor and spoke with a solemn expression.
Pressed against her chest, listening to the black-haired girl's beating heart and greedily breathing in her scent, Lin Yue felt that everything was dreamlike.
"Mm, I'm back."
With all their main forces defeated, this abruptly erupted battle came to an end with Evil Flower suffering a complete defeat.
Even the members responsible for relaying information had failed to escape.
Though a small number of Evil Flower members scattered outside still