Ou Yezi stared blankly at Ouyang. When he finished saying this, there was no resentment on his face. After such long years, he was no longer even capable of resentment.
The system had used his hands to change the past timeline. Ouyang could not bring himself to say this and could only say somewhat apologetically, "I'm sorry."
Ou Yezi shook his head and continued, "Being an Immortal's pawn was no different from being yours. You didn't make the decision for me. I chose it myself."
As an Immortal's pawn, the worst outcome would have been nothing more than death. Becoming Ouyang's pawn, however, had made him spend countless years in a state worse than death, suffering even more than he would have as an Immortal's pawn.
If I had never seen sunlight, I could have endured the darkness.
Did I regret it? At first, yes, but now it was all in the past.
Ouyang straightened up and looked at Ou Yezi. "I need to correct you on one point. One meant being an Immortal's pawn; the other meant living on as a human."
"What if being human was more painful than being an Immortal's pawn?" Ou Yezi asked.
That left Ouyang speechless. Having never experienced Ou Yezi's pain, he could not judge it.
Looking at Ouyang, Ou Yezi suddenly laughed. "Actually, I really envy you!"
"?" Ouyang looked at Ou Yezi in confusion.
Ou Yezi said with a sigh, "I spent so many years at Li Taibai's side, and he always treated me as a servant he could replace at any moment. But because of just one thing you said, he treated you as a friend. Even after you left, Li Taibai still treated me as you."
Hearing this, Ouyang shook his head. "After I left, you were the one