"What I said to Ye Jiqing just now was, after you give birth, you get to choose again," Yu Longting tightened his arms around my waist, "Don't you think that's a form of respect? If you like me, choose me; if not, take off the cheongsam and go live the life you desire."
The old me, who was especially afraid of snakes, really yearned for freedom.
At this moment, hearing that I should take off this cheongsam, my heart trembled with fear.
Tears fell unexpectedly, and I was caught off guard.
I quickly reached to wipe them away, trying to hide them from the person behind me.
"Tsk, scared to tears by the thought of leaving me?" Yu Longting turned my body around, looked at the base of his thumb where he thought my tears had fallen, "Since you are destined to choose me, there's no point in getting mad that I purposely dangled Ye Jiqing, since you would never choose him anyway."
"You teasing people, that's just not right," I sniffed, complaining.
It seemed I was admitting he was right.
I had surrendered, admitted defeat!
Even if I didn't feel about him the way I once felt about Ye Jiqing, it seemed he was right.
Even I didn't realize, I was actually that afraid of being separated from him.
Yu Longting's fingertips traced the tear tracks on my face, "Keeping Ye Jiqing around wasn't to tease him, nor you. Didn't you want to know what was on Ye Jiqing?"
"What is it? Did you see something when you saw Ye Jiqing just now?" My curiosity was sparked.
Because there's always been something familiar about Ye Jiqing, as if something of mine was lost with him.
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Yu Longting leaned in close to my ear and whispered, "I did see, on Ye Jiqing, there is a strand of your soul."
"I didn't catch that, you, say it again!" How could I feel so confused about what he had just said.
My strand of soul, how could it be with Ye Jiqing.
If it's with someone else, then who am I now?
Yu Longting, bored, played with a strand of my hair, his face mischievous, "Humans have Three Souls and Seven Spirits; your Love Soul was separated and placed into Ye Jiqing's soul, understand?"
"Doesn't that mean Ye Jiqing has eight spirits? I counted when I saw his soul, seven spirits, no mistake," I said.
Yu Longting tapped my head, "Didn't you ever think, maybe someone dug out his Love Soul and replaced it with yours?"
"I... I said there was something familiar about that section of his soul, so it was my own!" I excitedly opened my mouth several times before I could fully spit out the words.
When I looked into Ye Jiqing's eyes, was the White Snake I saw Yu Longting?
But I've never seen Yu Longting's true body, only the embroidered version on the cheongsam.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have failed to recognize him.
Even stranger, why did I see an image of me leaning on the White Snake???
Yu Longting joked, "I heard from Beichen that you nearly went all out to save him, and at first, I was jealous. Now I think if you hadn't saved his life, his death would have meant losing your Love Soul forever."
"If I lose my Love Soul, does that mean I'll never be able to love someone ever again?" I asked nervously.
Yu Longting nodded solemnly.
My mood inexplicably oppressed, for some reason, I really want to get my Love Soul back.
"Turns out the reason why sister-in-law saved that brat was because of her instinct to protect her own soul," Yu Rongling said, not one to hold a grudge, suddenly bursting in, happily joining the conversation.