"For example, that good roommate you spent a year living in the same dorm with?" Tian Meng said in an exaggerated tone.
The mere thought of Wang Dong left Huo Yuhao speechless for a moment.
"Could you not bring her up..."
"How was I supposed to know my good old roommate was actually a girl?"
"She certainly has some nerve, daring to dress as a boy just to enter the male dorms."
"I always treated him like a brother, so you guys better not misunderstand."
Tian Meng continued lazily: "Or take Senior Sister Ju Zi right in front of us, for instance. She ate your grilled fish and practically adopted you as her father."
Huo Yuhao calmed down and said indifferently, "She just treats me as a bit of emotional solace. It is completely normal for people to have some emotional attachments."
Tian Meng went on: "And what about that imperial princess who has helped you so much? Surely you have some feelings for her?"
Huo Yuhao fell silent, his expression turning somewhat serious. The other three were flying attentively and no longer chatting, so none of them noticed Huo Yuhao's strangeness.
After a long while, Huo Yuhao calmly said to Tian Meng, "My feelings for Jiujiu are very complicated. It is hard to explain them in a few words, and perhaps even I have never truly faced them head-on."
The Ice Empress said indifferently, "They are just feelings. What is so hard about facing them?"
Huo Yuhao said, "Thanks, gratitude, appreciation... I can say that everything I have today is because she gave me a hand right at the beginning."
"But why did she help me back then? She clearly had no motive and did not know what benefits helping me would bring."
"Perhaps, from the very beginning, she