"Why?"
Wang Dong'er asked softly.
As her words fell, the flirtatious atmosphere vanished, turning serious once more.
Long Yaochen did not answer her directly, but asked a question instead.
"Although I don't know exactly how much you remember..."
"I imagine you've remembered pretty much everything, right?"
Without waiting for Wang Dong'er to reply, he continued.
"Let me ask you just one thing, Dong'er."
"Do you want the life you have now, Big Uncle and Second Uncle, and the Clear Sky Sect you've always known?"
"Or do you want to return to that place in your memories?"
"Or perhaps..."
"To shoulder whatever bullshit responsibility you're supposed to have."
Wang Dong'er fell silent.
This question.
Over the past two years, she had turned it over in her mind countless times.
And she had long since worked out her answer, clear as day.
She sniffled, her red lips parting gently.
"I don't want to go back to that boring place, and I don't want to shoulder any bullshit responsibility."
At this point...
She could not help remembering Big Uncle's stern yet gentle face.
And Second Uncle's simple, honest smile, filled with undisguised affection.
Then Meng Hongchen, Xiao Xiao...
One familiar face after another surfaced in her mind.
Until Long Yaochen's face, the one etched most deeply into her memories, settled before her eyes.
Wang Dong'er's pink-blue eyes were filled with resolve.
"I only want to live my own life and do the things I want to do."
"I want Big Uncle and Second Uncle. I want everyone at Shrek."
"I want... you."
The moment those words left her lips...
She suddenly realized what she had said. Her face flushed scarlet again, and she hurriedly added in a small voice.
"I mean..."
"I want to stay with you."
"All right."
Long Yaochen nodded.
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