Wang Dong'er felt as if she had been in a very, very long dream.
In the dream, she was no longer Wang Dong'er, but instead viewed the world through the eyes of a youth named Huo Yuhao.
In the perspective of this youth named Huo Yuhao, he entered Shrek at the age of eleven, and subsequently became roommates with a youth named Wang Dong.
From the quarrels and fights of the first day to later becoming good friends and good brothers.
Their relationship grew better and better, and they experienced more and more things together until one day, the Sea God's Fate gathering began. Wang Dong revealed his true identity and appeared by his side in the form of Wang Dong'er.
It wasn't overly grand; instead, it was like water forming a channel—natural and effortless, they just came together like that.
Cultivation, seeking medical treatment, the Soul Master Competition... Facing an increasing number of events, they faced them all together, until that time in the Yin-Yang Love Querying Valley, where Wang Dong'er died—died to save him.
Huo Yuhao collapsed.
His emotions shattered in that instant, and everything vanished like passing clouds.
However, it wasn't over. Fate did not seem prepared to let this youth go. When he personally witnessed another young girl who loved him deeply sacrifice herself for him as well, Huo Yuhao's heart died completely.
As an onlooker, Wang Dong'er just watched. She watched the youth's heart go from beating to turning into a dead silence, watched him change from a living person into a puppet-like walking corpse. Her own heart began to ache terribly.
Then suddenly, a young girl named Tang Wutong, who looked exactly like Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er, appeared.
At that moment, the completely numb youth seemed to find a beam of light in his heart. Even though he knew this light was fake and problematic, he still moved forward without hesitation, wanting to grasp it.
As an onlooker, Wang Dong'er watched that being who looked exactly like her guide Huo Yuhao to do one thing after another. In the end, she even obtained the memories of herself and Wang Qiu'er.
At this point, even a fool would feel there was something wrong.
But so what?
Did Huo Yuhao really not know? He knew, it was just that he no longer cared.
A drowning person doesn't care if there's a problem with the rope in front of him; he only wants to grip the rope tightly.
As for the price—it didn't matter.
More memories surged up. Through Huo Yuhao's perspective, the girl learned more of the "truth."
She learned who her parents actually were, why her childhood memories were so blurry, and her father's so-called "Ten-Thousand-Year Grand Plan"!
At this moment, Wang Dong'er's last remaining beautiful illusions regarding her father were completely shattered.
Yet it wasn't over. In the next moment, she saw Huo Yuhao hesitate not at all to blow himself up to perish together with Tang San.
The memories stopped there, and everything fell into darkness, yet intense emotions continued to wash over Wang Dong'er's spirit.
"No... no... how could it be like this, why is it like this... why, why?!"
Wang Dong'er's consciousness was on the verge of collapse. Although she had always harbored resentment toward her parents in her heart, that was also the reason she missed them.
But she could not understand why her biological father would treat her and Yuhao this way! She truly didn't understand why a father would choose to tear his own daughter's soul apart, and the reason was merely for his so-called Ten-Thousand-Year Grand Plan!
Why? By what right?!
Intense emotions deepened the memories, and memories consolidated the soul. Dong'er's consciousness became increasingly dazed until, at a certain moment, she seemed to hear a familiar voice.
The world before her eyes gradually gained light, and the appearance of the figure in front of her became clear bit by bit.
Though the face was somewhat unfamiliar, that familiar aura made Dong'er slightly dazed. Almost subconsciously, she spoke:
"Yuhao..."
"I'm here." That figure held her hand just like that—the familiar voice and the familiar warmth in his palm.
This... was her Yuhao.
Memories surged in her mind once again. Countless bits of bitterness and heartache welled up in Wang Dong'er's heart. Then, in the next moment, she used her meager strength to tightly hug Huo Yuhao.
"I'm sorry... I'm really sorry..."
Tears fell drop by drop. Dong'er sobbed, apologizing over and over. In Dong'er's view, Tang Wutong was, in a sense, the complete version of her.
Even though there were reasons for it, she still couldn't forgive herself for using Yuhao like that, following her so-called father's orders like a puppet, making Yuhao sink deeper and deeper until he was completely numb and became Tang San's new puppet.
Self-reproach and guilt surged, almost completely swallowing her.
Huo Yuhao reached out, carefully and gently wiping away the tears at the corners of her eyes. His azure eyes looked at the red-eyed Dong'er as he said softly:
"Alright, alright, it's okay now, everything is fine... at least now, nothing has happened yet, and there is still room to save everything, right?"
Wang Dong'er froze for a moment, then let out a "wah" and cried even louder...
...
"So... that Tang San is a strand of Divine Consciousness from the God Realm Tang San who took over a body?"
"Mhm."
"You also possess the Sea God Divine Position, and can become the Sea God whenever you want?"
"Mhm."
"Even without using the power of the Divine Position, you already possess God-level strength, and you've developed a brand-new system more suitable for Soul Masters?"
"Mhm."
"Have you already met Qiu'er and returned her memories to her?"
"Mhm—huh?!"
Wait! Does the topic have to change this fast? No reaction time at all!
"That..." Huo Yuhao suppressed his panic and prepared to speak calmly, but in the next moment, Dong'er shook her head.
"Don't worry." Wang Dong'er's blue-pink eyes flickered, revealing a generous smile. "Qiu'er is sincere toward you, even willing to sacrifice herself for you. In this life, I certainly won't stop it."
"Besides, she met you first in this life and obtained the memories of the previous life a step ahead of me. With your idiotic personality, how could you have the heart to reject her?"
Dong'er rambled on. Clearly she had just finished crying and her eyes were still red, but now she put on a tsundere act, huffing lightly:
"So, just be happy in secret. In this life, I'll let you have one on each arm; it's really letting you off easy..."
As Dong'er spoke, Huo Yuhao's expression turned slightly stiff.
Setting aside Ice Emperor, Skydream, and Qiu'er, there was also Gu Yuena, Snow Emperor, Meng Hongchen, Ju Zi, Ling Luochen...
Hesitating, Huo Yuhao spoke tentatively:
"...What if there's more than just Qiu'er?"
In an instant, Wang Dong'er's expression froze. She turned her head, her eyes staring intently at Huo Yuhao:
"WHAT—DID—YOU—SAY—?!"
Danger!