Hearing this, Xue Zidan stared at Hua Xiangwan in a daze.

Hua Xiangwan looked at him calmly and emphasized: "Give me 'Xiangsi'."

Xue Zidan was speechless. After a moment, he reacted and was a little overwhelmed: "Are you sure you want this?"

"yes."

Hua Xiangwan spoke calmly. Xue Zidan pursed his lips and looked at Hua Xiangwan, "This is the quickest and best way, isn't it? Otherwise, whether I marry the Demon Lord or die, wouldn't it be right in the Demon Lord's hands? What's the point of me doing all this?"

Xue Zidan listened to Hua Xiangwan's words and hesitated for a long time. Finally, he took out a medicine bottle from his spirit bag, put it in Hua Xiangwan's hand, and whispered, "This is the last one. There is no medicine to cure it."

"Thank you."

Hua Xiangwan spoke calmly and looked up at the two of them: "I'll go see him first. You've been tired all day, so take a rest."

After that, Hua Xiangwan took the medicine and walked away. Looking at her back, Qin Yunshang finally turned around and asked curiously, "What medicine did you give her?"

"A drug that makes you forget your loved ones."

Xue Zidan's voice was bitter. Qin Yunshang frowned, wondering: "Can this be useful to Xie Changji?"

"Of course I can't find ordinary medicine, but I found a twin-petaled Nirvana flower for this medicine," Xue Zidan explained patiently, "This flower has a transformation effect. I used one plant to make poison for the Demon Lord, and the other plant I made into these two 'Lovesickness'. 'Lovesickness' absorbs love and turns it into medicinal effects. The deeper the feelings for a person, the faster and more thoroughly one will forget them."

When Qin Yunshang heard this, she understood what Hua Xiangwan meant.

Whether she marries the Demon Lord or dies, as long as Xie Changji still loves her, it is inevitable that Xie Changji will become a demon, and everything she does will be in vain.

Qin Yunshang remained silent for a long time. She was a little confused: "Since there is such a medicine, why didn't you take it out at the beginning?"

"After all, those are Xie Changji's memories. She would not decide whether to keep or remove another person's memories unless she has no other choice." Xue Zidan explained, but after thinking about it, he added, "Besides, maybe she doesn't want him to forget it?"

Just like after all these years, doesn't she still remember the other person?

Qin Yunshang nodded, and the two of them walked out of the Yunfu Tower together. Qin Yunshang suddenly remembered: "When Ah Wan left the Medicine Sect, did you take this medicine?"

Xue Zidan paused for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "Not bad. When I learned that it was my Ji Le who destroyed He Huan Palace, I knew that there was no possibility for her and I. I was in great pain at that time, but I had to let go. She persuaded me that I didn't like her as much as I thought, but I was just grasping at a straw in desperation and had an obsession in my heart. I didn't believe it until I took this medicine. I could still clearly remember what happened between her and me, but I didn't have many feelings anymore. Then I realized," Xue Zidan turned around and glanced at Qin Yunshang, "My love for her is just this."

While the two were talking, Hua Xiangwan took the medicine and ran straight to the underground palace.

After entering the underground palace, we saw Xie Changji tied up with iron chains, sitting in the center of a magic circle. The gentle light of the magic circle clung to him, devouring the black air on his body.

The black energy on his body had been almost completely devoured, and the blood had scabbed into dark red on his white clothes, like blooming plum blossoms. His long hair was scattered around his handsome face, giving him a fragmented beauty.

He was very quiet at this moment, and he didn't know whether he was too deeply immersed in the illusion or fell asleep.

She hesitated for a moment, then called out, "Xie Changji?"

When she didn't respond, she knew he wasn't awake yet, which made her feel relieved.

She lowered her shoulders and stood there in a daze for a while. After a moment's pause, she took out a jar of wine from her bag.

"There's no rush."

She murmured to herself and sat down next to him.

She turned her head to look at Xie Changji, who was sitting quietly in the dark, holding the wine jar, and took a sip absentmindedly.

The underground palace was completely quiet, completely different from the noisy world outside, which finally gave her mind some peace and quiet.

Xie Changji was possessed by the devil, Shen Yichen was resurrected, the devil forced her to get married to drive Xie Changji crazy, the Heaven Sword Sect and the Heavenly Secret Sect forced Xie Changji to die...

Everything happened so fast that she didn't even have time to catch her breath. Now that she finally had a moment of peace, she couldn't help but lean on Xie Changji, just like she did any other day.

She didn't notice it before, but now she realizes that he has only been here for a few days and she has already gotten used to relying on him.

He looks cold, but his body is warm. He looks thin, but when you get close to him, you feel surprisingly safe.

"Finish it," Hua Xiangwan whispered, "After you finish, I'll give you the medicine, and we'll be even."

Xie Changji could not hear these words. He lowered his head as if he was asleep.

He was floating up and down in his dreams. One moment, it was him and Hua Xiangwan's first meeting, the next moment, they were getting married, the next moment, Shen Yichen and she were walking in front, and the next moment, he and Hua Xiangwan were meeting again after two hundred years.

Finally, they stopped at a small tavern. The sound of rain was pattering. Hua Xiangwan held a bowl of wine and leaned against the long railing, looking at the passers-by. She seemed a little unhappy: "It's raining so much on my birthday. I really want to go shopping."

As she spoke, she took a sip of the wine. He walked up the stairs and saw the girl drinking. His brows furrowed slightly and he just called, "Wanwan."

When the girl heard his voice, she trembled with fear, quickly put the wine bowl on the table, stood up and said, "Why are you here? Didn't you return to the Heavenly Sword Sect because of something going on with your master?"

He didn't say anything, but just moved his eyes to the wine she drank secretly, and said calmly: "You are injured, you shouldn't drink."

“A little.”

Hua Xiangwan gritted her teeth, Xie Changji's eyes were steady, Hua Xiangwan gave in under his gaze and said vaguely: "Okay, I won't drink anymore in the future."

Xie Changji said nothing. He walked up to her and told her, "Let's go back to the inn. Didn't you say something strange happened in this town recently? Have you heard any news?"

"That's all you're talking to me about?" Hua Xiangwan was disappointed. "I thought you were here to celebrate my birthday and wanted to ask you out shopping."

Xie Changji said nothing. Hua Xiangwan looked at the rain outside and pulled him aside: "It's raining so hard. How about we sit in this tavern and have a drink to celebrate my birthday?"

"I don't drink." Xie Changji lowered his eyes and spoke in a light voice.

Hua Xiangwan made a "tsk" sound, seeming a little unhappy: "If you don't drink, my family won't like it when we get married in the future."

"Nonsense."

Xie Changji frowned when he heard her say this. Hua Xiangwan held her chin up, poured him a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Drink it. Yi Chen always accompanies me to drink on my birthday every year. He is not here this year, so you can accompany me."

Hearing her say this, Xie Changji's eyes turned cold. He stood up and said, "Let's go back."

"Ah? Then...then instead of drinking, why don't you wait for the rain to stop and go shopping with me?"

"No."

"Xie Changji," Hua Xiangwan caught up, a little unhappy, "It's my birthday, can't you accommodate me?"

"Someone will relocate, it has nothing to do with me."

He walked down the stairs and Hua Xiangwan followed him out of the tavern. A drizzle hit his face and the girl reached out and held his hand.

Xie Changji froze in his tracks, and for a moment he even forgot about the trick to take shelter from the rain.

The autumn rain fell densely on her face. The girl looked up at him and said with a smile, "But I just want you to accommodate me. Please accommodate me for a while."

"I……"

"If you refuse again, I will hate you."

Xie Changji's voice paused. The wind was a bit cold. After a moment, he turned his head and made a rain-proofing sign to protect the two of them from the wind and rain.

"Let's go."

Hearing his consent, the girl happily took his arm, and he took her walking in the rain, through the streets and alleys.

He thought, fortunately, he didn't refuse again, she should... not dislike him.

He walked into darkness in his dream, and in the peace, he slowly regained some consciousness.

The black energy on his body was slowly being devoured by the magic circle. Hua Xiangwan did not care too much. She sat beside him and drank the entire bottle of wine one gulp at a time.

After she finished drinking, she put the wine altar aside, propped herself up, and, under the influence of alcohol, reached out for the porcelain bottle containing the medicine.

When she took out the porcelain bottle, it felt like a ball of fire in her palm, burning it so much that it began to hurt.

She didn't dare to think too much, and just poured out the medicine with shaking hands, not knowing whether to comfort him or herself: "It will be over soon, you will forget it after taking it, and you won't remember anything."

But after saying this, she paused again. She vaguely realized that if he took the medicine and she died, everything that happened with Xie Changji that night would be like it had never existed. No one would remember it and no one would know it.

The person she had loved so hard in her life, like a moth to a flame, the relationship she had devoted herself to so sincerely, just vanished into thin air, not even a joke.

A heart-piercing pain surged up, more painful than when Xie Changji left on our wedding night, or more painful than when I jumped from the boundary between life and death after hearing him say "sorry".

But when she thought of how he looked when he was possessed by the devil, how everyone was criticizing him, and how she had stood beside him and looked up at the elders of the Sky Sword Sect giving sermons in the crowd, his calm gaze tinged with longing, her eyes slightly reddened.

She suppressed all her emotions, lowered her head, and put the medicine to Xie Changji's lips. She pretended to be relaxed in her hoarse voice, not knowing whether she was comforting him or herself: "Once you forget, you and I will both be relaxed and happy, don't be afraid."

As she spoke, the pill touched Xie Changji's cracked lips. Just as she was about to push harder, a hoarse voice suddenly came from below: "What is this?"

Hua Xiangwan's mind went blank when she heard the voice. Then she saw Xie Changji slowly raise his head, revealing a pair of cold, scrutinizing eyes, staring at her like a snake: "Poison?"

"How is that possible?" Hua Xiangwan looked into his eyes and finally came to her senses. She forced a smile and tried her best to regain her sanity and lied to him, "This is medicine for your healing."

Xie Changji said nothing, he just stared at her, his eyes seemed to be able to see through all the lies in the world and penetrate deep into people's hearts.

Hua Xiangwan was being scrutinized by him, and she felt a little panicked. Just as she was about to say something, Xie Changji spoke up: "For Shen Yichen?"

"Don't let your imagination run wild," Hua Xiangwan lowered her eyes and soothed him, "You are invaded by evil spirits, and everything you think is deliberately exaggerated. Take the medicine first, and wait for me..."

"You want to get rid of me."

Xie Changji spoke, and Hua Xiangwan paused for a moment, then saw him staring at her intently: "Shen Yichen is back to life, and I became a demon and hurt him, so you don't want me anymore, right?"

Hua Xiangwan didn't say anything. For a moment, she didn't know whether she should continue to talk, put an end to his thoughts, and coax him into taking the medicine.

Logically, she should do this, but when she looked into the other person's eyes, she opened her mouth but no words came out.

"Speak!"

Xie Changji observed her expression and raised his voice suddenly. Hua Xiangwan lowered her head. She held the medicine and spoke hoarsely: "I... plan to marry Shen Yichen."

Xie Changji was stunned. Hua Xiangwan lowered her eyes and said, "This medicine can make you forget me. You forget me and go back to Yunlai. Your heart of Taoism is not in me, but in love. Although you have forgotten me, you have love, so you can continue to cultivate this Taoism."

These words made Xie Changji shudder. He looked at Hua Xiangwan's hand holding the medicine and for the first time showed a bit of panic.

Hua Xiangwan half-knelt down while talking. She tried to keep smiling and advised him, "Don't be afraid. It's okay. You'll be fine after you finish eating."

"Don't come over here."

Xie Changji listened to her words, looked at her warily, and stepped back in a hurry.

But the iron chain and the magic circle restrained him, and he could move very little. Hua Xiangwan followed him forward, looking at his appearance, her eyes reddened, and she reached out to pinch his jaw: "It's okay, Changji, didn't you take the Jueqing Pill before? Don't be afraid, this medicine..."

"Don't touch me!"

The spiritual power in Xie Changji's body suddenly exploded. She was caught off guard and was blown away by the sudden spiritual power and fell heavily to the ground.

Without waiting for her to react, Xie Changji crawled over with his hands and feet, grabbed her sleeve, and said anxiously, "I was wrong."

Hua Xiangwan opened her eyes panting, and saw Xie Changji reaching out to hold her hand, holding it tightly and placing it on his chest, as if he was swearing something solemnly and eagerly, and constantly assuring: "I won't hurt him again, if you want to keep him, then stay, if you want to marry him, then get married, I don't mind, Hua Xiangwan, I'm still useful, don't do this, let me stay," his bloodshot eyes were filled with moisture, full of panic, "don't let me forget, I have nothing left, I only have Wanwan..."

"Xie Changji!" Hua Xiangwan suddenly raised her voice, interrupting him and staring at him, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Xie Changji froze, staring blankly at Hua Xiangwan, as if he was at a loss. All his past observations and wisdom were useless at this moment. He just stared at her blankly for a long time before he asked softly, "What else do you want from me?"

"I know I was wrong..."

His eyes were unfocused. "I was wrong for not understanding my feelings in time. I was wrong for not responding to you. I was wrong for fleeing in the cave that day. I was wrong for not drinking the wedding wine and leaving on the wedding night. I was wrong for not being there when Shen Yichen died. I was wrong for not choosing you in the realm of life and death. I was wrong for not following you when you jumped down. I was wrong for not being by your side when you suffered in the Hehuan Palace. I was wrong for not accompanying you when you were humiliated for two hundred years. I was wrong... But I was wrong in every way," Xie Changji murmured and raised his head. "I like you, and it's not wrong."

Hua Xiangwan said nothing, tears fell from her eyes.

Xie Changji looked at her, seemingly confused: "If it's not a mistake, why do you want me to forget it?"

"At least this way you won't be in pain..."

"Whether I feel pain or not is up to me!" Xie Changji interrupted her and for the first time spoke excitedly, "Who gave you the power to decide my memory?"

Hua Xiangwan was speechless. She looked at the man in front of her. He had completely lost his usual composure and demeanor, and was now as ferocious as a beast that had been forced into a desperate situation.

He has magic circles under his feet and iron chains in his hands. He is a role model of immortality and the leader of Yunlai, but now he has come to this situation.

She seemed to be suddenly awakened. How could she have forced people into this situation?

It was not her turn to choose where he was going or what he wanted to do.

How could she trap him here and force him to death?

She looked at him for a long time before she said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry."

After hearing this, Xie Changji was a little confused.

Hua Xiangwan walked forward, and before Xie Changji could figure out what was going on, she reached out and untied the chain on his hand.

He stared at the woman in front of him. She opened the chain and whispered, "You're right. I've said it many times. You did nothing wrong back then. It's not wrong for you to like me."

"Wanwan..."

"I don't have the power to decide your memory, so I let you decide. I want you to forget me, not because of Shen Yichen. The one who was resurrected was the Demon Lord, not Yichen. I want him to get married because he told me that as long as we get married, he will give me the other half of the Gu Ling, so that I can get the complete Gu Ling and then resurrect my brothers and sisters. But if I let go of the Gu Ling, no one can control it, and you are the only one who can control the Gu Ling, because you are a void body, and now you can't do it without the sword of the heart. So I hope you can become the Taoist Lord Qingheng again."

Hua Xiangwan smiled as she spoke, "I don't need Xie Changji, I want Qingheng. I know this is unfair to you, but Xie Changji." Hua Xiangwan paused for a long time before she spoke hoarsely, "What everyone in this world is looking forward to is the final strike of the Sword of Heart-to-Heart."

These words cut through his heart like a knife. Xie Changji clenched his fist slightly and said, "You are like this too?"

"So do I."

Hearing this, Xie Changji laughed. He stared at Hua Xiangwan and asked, "Why? Why was I born a sword? Haven't I done enough? Why..."

"That's more than enough."

Hua Xiangwan interrupted him, Xie Changji was stunned, and then she leaned forward slightly and put her hand on his face: "So I have thought about it before, Qingheng has done enough, you will just be my Xie Changji in the future, I did not lie to you, it was you I saw when I was going through the tribulation, I never thought about living, but when I thought about being with you in the future, I wanted to live. I want to go back to Yunlai with you, and I also want to have a home with you..."

Xie Changji looked at her blankly. His thin lips moved slightly, but before he was born, he heard Hua Xiangwan interrupt him: "But I can't do it."

"Why?"

"Do you know what this is?"

As she spoke, she opened her shirt, revealing the scar on her chest.

The moment he saw Scar, Xie Changji suddenly realized something, his pupils constricted, and before she could speak, he hurriedly said, "No need to say it!"

"It's a wound left by a blood transfusion."

Hua Xiangwan ignored him and tapped the scar lightly, calmly stating in a hoarse voice: "The knife penetrates three inches into the chest, exchanging blood from the heart to the entire body. This happens once every ten years. Do you know why?"

“Don’t…”

"Because I have made a bond with you."

After hearing this, Xie Changji froze completely. Hua Xiangwan looked at him with tears falling down her cheeks. "Because I made a pact with you, my blood can open the seals of both the Soul-Locking Lamp and the Heart-Searching Sword at the same time. So, when the Demon Lord was captured by Gu Ling, he planned this massacre against the Hehuan Palace. He forced me to volunteer my blood."

As expected, the past came to mind. Xie Changji stared at Hua Xiangwan blankly, and for a moment he seemed to have lost all his strength.

Hua Xiangwan smiled: "When my Hehuan Palace was massacred, you comprehended the last move of the Sword of Questioning the Heart, and destroyed the sect with one sword. It was because of this that when the Demon Lord wanted to open the seal of the Realm of Life and Death again, he failed. You did a good job. You defended Yunlai and the Western Territory, and you defended the Heavenly Sword Sect. And you were able to do all this because you comprehended the last sword, which was Qingheng Daojun."

"Wanwan..."

"It's not that I don't love you," Hua Xiangwan trembled slightly, "but you and I have both paid too much. If the one I love, Xie Changji, didn't have the last sword, then what would all the sacrifices mean? The Sword of the Heart destroyed us all, and we were separated for two hundred years. The Hehuan Palace was destroyed because of it. I destroyed my own golden elixir and severed my own tendons and veins to endure humiliation and survive. In the end, you told me that you didn't need this world to live, and that you could give up everything for me. Then why did all our relatives and friends die and have fallen to this point?"

"I have thought about this countless times..." Hua Xiangwan's breathing became rapid. "If I didn't like you and hadn't made a covenant with you, would He Huan Palace not have been in trouble? Would my senior brothers and sisters not have died? I think it's all my fault. It's all because I like you. It's because I'm with you. Otherwise, Yi Chen wouldn't have died, and my senior brothers and sisters wouldn't have suffered. So every time I think of you, every time I see you, I think I was wrong. How could I have a happy ending with you when their bodies were still lying around?"

"Wanwan..."

Xie Changji's lips turned pale as he looked at the woman who was crying so hard that she couldn't even hold herself together and was choking and gasping for breath.

In fact, he knew.

He had this guess when he knew that Gui Ling was with the Demon Lord, saw the scar on her heart, and thought of her blood being replaced.

But he didn't dare to think about it, so even if he noticed it, as long as she didn't say anything, he would just pretend not to know.

He thought he could keep it a secret for his whole life, but now he knows that nothing in this world can be hidden forever.

He didn't say it for his own sake.

She didn't say it because she was afraid of hurting him.

She likes to be this passionate and gentle all the time. She seems frivolous, but she is more sincere than anyone else. When she loves someone, she hopes that he lives a good life, and she is happy about what he is happy about and worried about what he is worried about.

When she leaped into the realm of life and death, she said, "It's a good thing you don't like me";

Now, all her lies and concealment are only because of her care and love for him.

This tenderness shed tears in his heart, bringing layer upon layer of pain. He looked at her tears and the blood in his eyes slowly faded. He suddenly felt that all his persistence was meaningless.

What she wanted was what he wanted, and what she thought was what he thought.

Whatever she wanted, he was willing to give it to her.

Even if it is forgotten.

He lowered his head and reached out to wipe away her tears.

"Don't cry."

Hua Xiangwan couldn't stop. She didn't know who she was talking to. She just whispered, "I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."

"I promise you."

Xie Changji helped her up and held her in his arms tenderly: "I will forget you, return to the realm of life and death, and regain my understanding of the last sword."

Hua Xiangwan listened to his words and for some reason, she cried even harder.

"But don't be afraid," Xie Changji said in a hoarse voice, "No matter how many times I forget you, I will fall in love with you again when I see you again."

"Xie Changji..."

"When the time comes, when you revive Hehuan Palace, remember to look for me. If I am not sensible and talk nonsense again," Xie Changji's eyes were slightly sad, "don't give up on me."

"I know."

Hua Xiangwan burst into tears. She stretched out her hands and hugged the man in front of her tightly: "I won't. No matter what, no matter if you remember or not, as long as we meet again, I will never let go. I will definitely cling to you and tie you back to the Hehuan Palace. I will never believe your lies again. I know you like me, I know."

Xie Changji remained silent. He listened to the words of the person in front of him and felt the embrace of the person in front of him. He suddenly felt that his heart was particularly warm.

He turned his head to look at the empty corridor and recalled his last dream.

She said she wanted to drink, but he wouldn't let her.

She said she wanted to go shopping, but he and Shen Yichen were angry and didn't agree.

He thought for a moment, turned around, looked down at the girl in his arms who was slowly calming down, and asked gently, "Is it night time?"

Hua Xiangwan sobbed and looked up blankly: "Ah?"

"Let me go shopping with you."

Hearing this, Hua Xiangwan was a little dazed. It was not until Xie Changji stood up that she realized what he was talking about.

"You...your body..."

"I'm fine." Xie Changji held her hand and looked down at her. "I will take the medicine tonight and leave for Yunlai tomorrow. You don't have to worry."

Upon hearing this, Hua Xiangwan nodded blankly, not knowing whether she was happy or unhappy.

Xie Changji helped her up and said gently, "Go change your clothes."

Hua Xiangwan was crying so hard that she was a little dazed. She walked out of the underground palace after listening to his words. They both took a shower and changed their clothes. He pulled her and they walked to the street. Only then did she realize what they were doing.

She turned around in bewilderment, looked at the young man walking beside her, and asked in confusion: "Why did you bring me out here?"

"I was thinking about your first birthday in my dream," Xie Changji said in a gentle tone, "You asked me to drink with you, but I refused. You wanted me to go shopping with you, but I refused. You held my hand, and I wanted to shake it off, but you said that if I did, you would hate me, so I stopped."

Hearing him say this, Hua Xiangwan remembered and couldn't help laughing: "So I thought, you must like me."

"Indeed."

Xie Changji turned his eyes away and spoke calmly.

Hua Xiangwan was stunned for a moment, then heard Xie Changji say, "That day, I deliberately rushed back from the master's sect early."

"I...have never heard you say that."

"There were many things I thought were unnecessary to say at that time."

"Fortunately you didn't say it," Hua Xiangwan smiled, "If you had said it, I would have been reluctant to let you go."

If he couldn't bear to give up, how could he cultivate the last sword, save the Heaven Sword Sect, and massacre all the people in the world without any intention of saving all living things?

However, this topic was obviously not suitable to be brought up in such an environment. The two turned their heads silently. Hua Xiangwan let him lead the way as they walked among the lights in the main city of Hehuan Palace. Her heart gradually calmed down. She turned her head to look at the young man next to her, hesitated for a moment, and could not help but reach out and hold his arm like she did when she was a teenager.

Xie Changji noticed her movements and turned to look at her. For the first time, Hua Xiangwan felt a little embarrassed: "I..."

Seeing her shyness, Xie Changji suddenly curled his lips slightly. He lowered his head, kissed her forehead lightly, and said, "Hold me, I am happy in my heart."

The two of them walked along the long street, walking aimlessly.

Hua Xiangwan casually glanced at the stall and saw him waiting beside it, just like an ordinary couple in the human world, nothing could be more ordinary.

When they arrived at a tavern, Xie Changji took the initiative to pull her upstairs. As soon as the two of them entered the store, the store owner recognized them and said happily, "Oh, young master, you are here?"

Hua Xiangwan was stunned. She couldn't remember for a moment. She looked up and down and saw that the shopkeeper was an old man in the foundation-building stage. He smiled and said, "Young Master, two hundred years ago you often came to my place to drink. I was still a child at that time. Have you forgotten?"

"oh."

After being reminded, Hua Xiangwan suddenly remembered and nodded, "I remember, but it's been too long, so I can't remember it for the moment."

"Please take a seat," the other party greeted, saying happily, "I'll serve you some wine."

Hua Xiangwan nodded and watched the shopkeeper go to get the wine himself. Xie Changji looked at her quietly. Hua Xiangwan felt a little embarrassed: "I... I used to drink a lot in the city."

"Why didn't you drink it later?"

"After the incident at Hehuan Palace," Hua Xiangwan's expression faded, "I won't drink if I can."

As she spoke, she was a little surprised: "When you mention it, I suddenly remembered that you have learned to drink?"

"I learned it after you left."

Xie Changji said calmly: "Think of it as someone who is liked by your family."

Hua Xiangwan was stunned, then a little embarrassed: "Actually, I was just kidding you. My mother likes people like you the most. When I was a kid, she and my father always scolded me for not being dignified enough."

"It's good that you like it." Xie Changji raised his eyes and looked at her. "If you want someone to accompany you in the future, I will be there for you."

Hua Xiangwan looked at the other person's eyes, she thought for a moment, lowered her head and smiled: "You talk a lot tonight."

"There were too few in the past."

"That's true," Hua Xiangwan thought, "Then let's talk more tonight. Let me see where to start. When you were—"

Hua Xiangwan raised her eyebrows with ill intentions: "When you applied the medicine to me, you said you had applied it to other fairies as well. Who were they?"

"You remembered it wrongly," Xie Changji corrected her, "I was talking about other people, not other fairies."

Hua Xiangwan's eyes widened at this, while Xie Changji remained calm as he explained, "I was afraid that you might have improper thoughts about me."

"Then you haven't applied medicine to other female fairies?"

"no."

"You never held them?"

"no?"

"What about the night watch?"

Hua Xiangwan stared at him: "You've been there before, right?"

Hearing this, Xie Changji seemed to find it funny and said gently, "I've guarded many times, and there were always a lot of people."

Hua Xiangwan listened and felt inexplicably happy. She muttered, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"What about Shen Yichen?"

Seeing that she had asked so many questions, Xie Changji asked back. Hua Xiangwan froze for a moment, and then she heard him say, "How did he get this face?"

"Shouldn't you... have guessed it?"

Hua Xiangwan muttered, and Xie Changji lowered his eyes: "I want to hear you say it."

Hua Xiangwan paused for a moment, and finally said: "He is a mermaid. He had just reached adulthood when he left."

"Why did you become like me?"

"He said he hoped to be my favorite."

"So, the one you liked the most back then was me."

After Xie Changji finished his closing remarks, Hua Xiangwan realized that he had been waiting for just this one sentence.

She wanted to scold him, but after thinking for a moment, she couldn't help laughing: "I didn't know you were so calculating."

"I have always been calculating, but you just don't know."

"If that's the case, let me tell you one more thing."

The wine was served, Xie Changji poured it for Hua Xiangwan, Hua Xiangwan came up to him and said with a smile: "You are also the one I like the most now."

Xie Changji listened, smiled and said nothing.

The two drank for a while, half drunk and half awake, and left the pub smiling.

Hua Xiangwan was a little drunk and was obviously in a very high spirits on the road. Xie Changji remained the same, walking beside her and letting her make a fuss.

The two stumbled to the riverside. There were fewer people there. Hua Xiangwan raised her head and looked at a group of bright lights hanging in the air not far away.

These lamps were all tied to an oddly shaped stand, with a small tube hanging from each lamp.

The tube hanging from the outermost lamp is the thickest, while the tube hanging from the innermost lamp seems to be only as thin as a hair.

"What is that?"

Xie Changji followed her gaze and watched from a distance.

"Eternal lamp."

Hua Xiangwan looked at the lanterns that seemed to be about to fly away at any time in the sky, and explained to Xie Changji: "It's a folk gadget. If you can control the spiritual energy to pass through the tubes hanging under the lamp, you can let a lamp go. Don't underestimate this. The tubes outside are fine. The more beautiful the lamps are, the thinner the tubes hanging below them are. You can tell how accurate the spiritual power control is by looking at which lamp he can let go. I tried it when I was young," Hua Xiangwan gestured, "and I could only get to the second circle inside. I couldn't do anything about the innermost lamps."

"What would letting those lights go do?"

Xie Changji was puzzled, and Hua Xiangwan smiled and said, "It's just some clichés, saying that a lamp can make a wish come true."

“Is it really possible?”

Xie Changji obviously didn't believe it, but he asked anyway.

Hua Xiangwan shook her head: "Nature is just a sustenance."

Xie Changji didn't say anything else. Hua Xiangwan looked at the lanterns in the sky from afar, feeling the warmth of the person standing next to her.

After a while, Hua Xiangwan spoke slowly: "Thank you, Changji."

"Um?"

"Tell me, who do you like more, the 18-year-old Wanwan or me now?"

Xie Changji didn't say anything. In the splashing sound of water, Hua Xiangwan showed a rare calmness: "Xie Changji, actually, I am afraid too. It's just that I don't have much time to be afraid or to think too much. But many times, I also wonder," she turned her head and looked at the person behind her, "Do you really love me?"

"love."

Xie Changji spoke and answered without any hesitation.

Hua Xiangwan was puzzled: "But I am no longer the same as I was back then. I can't even love you with all my heart."

Xie Changji didn't say anything. He just looked at her face quietly. After a moment, he walked up to her and held her hand.

"I don't like you because you like me, but because you are that person." He looked at her scarred hands and said softly, "Wanwan was good back then, but Hua Xiangwan today is better in my heart."

These words were like spring rain, pouring gently into her heart.

She stared at the young man in front of her. He was like a gentleman who had walked down from the altar, standing gently and brightly in the world filled with fireworks.

She didn't dare to look at me any more, turned her head away, and just smiled and said, "I don't know if you will still like me when you forget everything and see me again."

Xie Changji didn't respond. Hua Xiangwan turned around and whispered, "Let's go."

Xie Changji stood there quietly, looking at Hua Xiangwan's back.

Hua Xiangwan took a few steps, but the person behind her didn't follow her. She only heard a voice calling: "Wanwan."

Hua Xiangwan stopped and looked back. At that instant, three thousand precisely controlled spiritual powers flew towards the bright lamp in the distance. Each spiritual power passed through the small tube accurately. The bright lamp lost its restraint in an instant and flew high into the sky.

Three thousand eternal lanterns flew up to the sky, and the whole city was in a state of panic. Hua Xiangwan stared blankly at the sky full of lights, and heard him say: "I will use three thousand eternal lanterns to make only one wish."

She turned her gaze towards him and listened to his gentle words: "May you and I see each other in peace."

Hearing this wish, Hua Xiangwan couldn't help but smile.

"Won't you wish for two more? If our fate has ended, what's the point of saying goodbye?"

"As long as we meet again," Xie Changji stared at her, "I will definitely like you."

Hua Xiangwan didn't say anything. She stared at the person in front of her. After a moment, under the lights in the sky, she suddenly walked up to him and threw herself into his arms.

"Then we have a deal."

She whispered, "I'll wait for you."

Xie Changji lowered his eyes. When he heard these words, he suddenly felt his heart filled with something.

Everything in the world is perfect and beautiful because of this man.

He stroked her hair gently, and the long sword in his hand also became warm.