Zhu Kun thought about it seriously and said, "I'll tell him he's not allowed to force you."
Only then was Zi Yan slightly more satisfied.
But she quickly frowned again.
"And you can't take me back to East Dragon Island."
Zhu Kun's dragon eyes shifted.
"You don't want to go back?"
"No."
Zi Yan answered without hesitation.
"I don't know the people there."
"Will they cry when they see me?"
Zhu Kun froze.
"Cry?"
"When they see that your daughter has returned, they'll definitely cry, right?"
Zi Yan scrunched up her little face.
"I don't like a bunch of people surrounding me and crying. I also don't like them suddenly treating me well, as if that can make up for the past."
Zhu Kun fell silent.
Zi Yan said softly, "When I needed a home before, none of them were there."
"Now, I have somewhere to return to."
"I have Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Xiao Fan."
"I don't want a whole bunch of people suddenly appearing and telling me that place is my home."
Zhu Kun looked at her, his voice hoarse.
"Then you can stay wherever you want."
Zi Yan raised her eyes.
"Really?"
"Really."
"You won't lie to me?"
"I won't."
"Swear it."
Zhu Kun was silent for a moment before saying quietly, "I swear in the name of the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor that I will not force you to return to East Dragon Island, will not force you to acknowledge me, and will not allow any clansman to force you either."
After hearing this, the tension in Zi Yan's little face finally eased a little.
But only a little.
She was not ready to forgive him yet.
Zhu Kun could see that too.
He did not dare hope for too much.
To be