"Husband."
Lu Wan walked over and gently took Yang Fan's hand.
"Some things don't need to be spelled out."
"As long as we're a family, that's enough."
A Divine Kingdom inherently stood above any relationship in the Real World.
Once someone reached the level of a god, family bonds, friendship, and love were important, but ultimately could not take precedence over their Divine Kingdom's interests.
Because their Divine Kingdom was their foundation.
No matter how close someone was to them, that person had no inherent right to know all their secrets.
Their Divine Kingdom was their very life. To love others, they first had to love themselves.
Lu Wan, for instance, certainly loved Yang Fan deeply.
Yet she had still followed Lu Yanran's advice and never volunteered anything about the SS-Class Building in her Divine Kingdom to Yang Fan.
Of course... Yang Fan would never ask, either.
This was not distrust, but a tacit understanding between intelligent people.
What relationships could least withstand was repeated testing.
You could trust someone, but you should not casually put human nature to the test.
Because trust meant believing the other person would not hurt you.
Testing, however, meant placing temptation before them time and again, then expecting them never to waver.
But human nature was never immutable.
Truly intelligent people would not gamble their most precious feelings on a promise of forever.
Say what should be said, and do not ask what should not be asked.
Give all the trust you should, and guard the secrets you must.
Only then could a relationship last.
"Husband, Gu Jiuheng has already sent the latest contract to my artificial lifeform."
"He and Han Qing are each taking only ten percent."
"In other words, as long as this Secret Realm is maintained properly, our family can bring