Chapter 267: Extra: Follow-up
After the origin of the world stabilized.
Qiao Xi also left here and went to the outside world, and the changes were greater than she had imagined. Even though there are still many things that need to be adjusted under the implementation of the new policy, things are slowly getting better.
Qiao Xi walked in the city.
The streets are bustling with people of all races coming and going, as well as different caravans coming in and out.
Such a lively scene.
Before the changes, this would have been absolutely unimaginable.
The people in the small families did not discriminate against mixed-race people. Even though some people were still unable to let go of their prejudices, they were already learning to accept them.
Looking at these changes, Qiao Xi also felt a little emotional.
At this moment, the aura on her body condensed. Qiao Xi seemed to sense something and looked in one direction.
In front of the small vendors.
The tall and handsome man was supporting his chin with one hand, stroking it intentionally or unintentionally with his white-gloved hand. His cold eyes were focused and serious.
At this moment, I was staring at the goods on the street vendors.
Such luxurious clothes are out of place in this bustling market, but the owner of the small vendor seems to be unable to see him.
Still shouting hard.
"Hmm...it doesn't look like it."
The man muttered this, shook his head and turned away.
And just as he was about to move, he seemed to have noticed something, and the next second his gaze turned towards Qiao Xi.
Surprise flashed across his eyes.
A faint smile soon spread across those beautiful heterochromatic eyes. He was still as calm as the last time they met, but this time he was a little gentler.
"Qiao Xi, long time no see."
Qiao Xi was almost used to his suddenness.
Ever since she became the divine object transformed by Jue by the black-robed man, she said goodbye to Jue.
Qiao Xi has more important things to do.
Jue also had a responsibility that he could not shirk, and the two of them parted ways.
She could feel that Jue was in a strange state, similar to a soul, and others could not see him. Therefore, Qiao Xi took the initiative to walk to a place with fewer people.
Wait until you enter a small alley where no one is paying attention.
She then spoke to Jue: "What are you doing here?"
Jue pondered for a moment, "I heard there are star diamonds here, so I came here to verify their authenticity. But it's obvious that it's a fake."
"Star Diamond?"
Qiao Xi looked at him in confusion. This thing was very precious and rare.
But if the imperial family wants to get it.
It's not impossible to get it, especially with Jue's current status. As long as he opens his mouth, there are plenty of people who will be sent to him.
Jue looked at her.
"That's right. People in the human race say that gifts should be chosen and made by yourself before giving them away, so that they can better express your feelings."
Qiao Xi: “…”
That's true, but a gift you buy and give personally can also represent your thoughts.
He probably saw what she was thinking.
There seemed to be a flaw in Jue's always perfect mask of calmness, and there was a long silence.
He carefully organized his words and spoke slowly.
“Time changes a person a lot, and I want to give you a gift that will never change.”
In fact, he himself knows best.
How much has he changed over the years? If he could go back in time, perhaps he would call her "little girl" just like when they first met.
At that time, he thought it was a little girl who broke in.
It disturbed his drinking mood.
Looking back on that time, it seemed so far away that he almost forgot how carefree and unrestrained he was back then.
There are too many heavy burdens for him to bear.
Now he is also the emperor of this country. Whether in front of others or behind their backs, he must always remain rational and calm.
In the end...
I can't be as free and easy as I was before, so I just miss my past self and commemorate the fact that I still have friends by my side in the long river of history.
He thought.
Even if we become distant and the friendship is gone, the gift that carries the memories may always exist.
"You've already prepared a parting gift right after we met?"
Qiao Xi was puzzled and confused about this.
Jue raised a faint smile, and her figure was reflected in his scarlet pupils that seemed to be able to bewitch people.
"We have to separate after all, don't we?"
The dim alley seemed to be isolated from all the hustle and bustle. Qiao Xi leaned against the rough wall in the alley and looked at Jue in front of her.
He still looked calm and composed.
Now he just looked at her calmly and quietly, with too much sorrow and loneliness in those beautiful heterochromatic eyes.
The wounds sustained over the past fifty thousand years.
The endless loneliness he endured had made him almost numb to the point of passively accepting everything and foreseeing all future separations.
Qiao Xi was silent for a while.
She raised her hand and grabbed Jue's uniform tie, and then, under the man's surprised gaze, the two reversed their positions.
Qiao Xi leaned against the wall with one hand and looked up at him.
"Have you become accustomed to accepting all the bad things and all the tragedies that come your way?"
Jue was being pulled by her tie, and he lowered his eyes to look at the girl in front of him, his clear heterochromatic eyes still calm.
He looked at Qiao Xi with a half-smile.
"I know you've changed now and no longer have a lifespan limit. But it's hard to guarantee that our views will align in the future."
The collaboration is temporary.
It is precisely because they have the same goal that they can cooperate. Although Qiao Xi is his key, as time goes by.
Once it rusts.
It will no longer fit together.
Jue himself is a divine creature that coexists with the world. He feels the changes in the world during this period most intuitively. Although he doesn't understand what Qiao Xi did, he knows that this change is related to her.
"You're right."
Qiao Xi loosened his tie, "But you can't guarantee that you won't change."
What's more, he has been alone for so many years.
The goal that has kept him going until now has also been achieved.
Jue slightly raised an eyebrow in surprise, "So? Do you want to supervise each other?"
This is probably what he could think of.
The only way to rationalize it, since they both don't trust each other, is to let time witness whether they will change.
Qiao Xi was a little hesitant.
"Of course, yes. What if we both change?"
Jue rubbed his chin, pretending to think, and finally sighed: "Then we can only destroy ourselves, or let their descendants defeat us."
"...Are you going to be the villain again?"
"How could it be again? You weren't that bad last time. So, do you want to cooperate this time?"
Jue smiled and stretched out his hand to her, and this time, Qiao Xi looked at the man in front of her and held his hand without any hesitation.
Since he had spent enough time alone.
From now on, let them agree to supervise each other before they lose control, and watch this world grow together.
A new agreement seems to have been born.
As for parting gifts...it seems there is no need to give them anymore, as they have just begun their journey from today.
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