Liu S sui thought, That wasn't what I meant, but what you said seems... right too.
Little Lotus suddenly asked, "Do you know when I've been happiest all these years?"
Liu S sui shook his head.
Little Lotus said, "Today, in the tunnel, when I held your hand and ran forward."
Liu S sui froze at her words, a little embarrassed, his face flushing and his ears burning.
Seeing his expression, Little Lotus knew he had misunderstood something. She chuckled and said, "What are you thinking? I meant that bracelet."
Liu S sui caught on and asked, "Why?"
"Confirming that you were the person I was waiting for put me much more at ease. More importantly, that bracelet finally left my body."
Thinking of the mental pressure the bracelet had put her under over the past ten years, Little Lotus went pale again.
The bracelet seemed to watch her constantly, warning her that if she dared defy Jing Jiu's will, it would cut her in two, in both body and spirit.
Because of that fear, she could only obey Jing Jiu, wait for Liu S sui to appear, and secretly prepare to escape, keeping it from everyone in the Never-Old Forest.
Such mental pressure was unbearable torment for anyone. To free herself from it, she first had to take off the bracelet.
But despite trying countless methods, she could not remove it from her wrist. In the end, she had even considered cutting off her hand.
Yet just as she was about to bring down the blade, she distinctly sensed that this method would not work either.
Looking into Liu S sui's eyes, she said softly, "Ten years ago, he told me I would meet you the following year, or sometime later. But you never appeared. I bought that inn