She cried for a long time, then Qi Xiaoyu suddenly pushed Chu Mo away with force, her face turning ice-cold in an instant. Those charming, attractive eyes shot out two emotionless, icy beams as she stared at Chu Mo, "Enough, since we've seen each other, you can go now!"

Chu Mo pulled her back into his arms once more, laughing softly, "So many years have passed, how could just a moment be enough? A lifetime wouldn't be enough!"

"Didn't you hear what I said?" Qi Xiaoyu struggled hard to break free from Chu Mo's embrace, looking at him coldly.

"I heard you!" Chu Mo nodded.

"Then why are you still..." Qi Xiaoyu's large eyes shimmered with an icy light as she tried to maintain a stern face.

"You are my woman," Chu Mo pulled her back again, "From the very first day we met, it was determined that you would be my woman for life!"

"Nonsense, I never agreed to that!" Qi Xiaoyu struggled hard in Chu Mo's arms.

Smack!

Chu Mo smacked Qi Xiaoyu's buttocks hard.

That slap left Qi Xiaoyu completely stunned, and she stopped struggling, her face flushed thoroughly as she looked at Chu Mo with teary eyes, "You... did you hit me?"

"My own woman, what's wrong with slapping her butt?" Chu Mo said as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

"I, I, I... I didn't agree to you!" Qi Xiaoyu couldn't keep up her icy demure anymore. Accompanied by the dark power within her, she felt an overwhelming sense of shame and, glaring at Chu Mo, said, "I'm no longer that pure Elf Clan princess; I've now succumbed to darkness, I've become dark... soon, I will transform into a promiscuous, cold, and selfish Dark Elf..."

As she said the words "promiscuous," Xiaoyu's face revealed a deep shyness, but she still spoke through gritted teeth. After speaking, although she felt some regret, what was more overwhelming was a sense of unprecedented relief. In her heart, she lamented: Is this what being a Dark Elf is? How could I speak such words?

"That won't happen," Chu Mo looked at her tenderly, "It will never happen! Besides, what about being a Dark Elf? The person I love is you! No matter what you become, ugly or beautiful, a Shining Elf or a Dark Elf. As long as you are still you, I will love you."

Qi Xiaoyu's body swayed slightly, and Chu Mo's words made her want to burst into tears and embrace him. But thinking of the dangers ahead, she steeled her heart and scoffed, "What if I become someone I'm not?"

"That won't happen."

"What if it does?"

"Then I'll help you find yourself again."

"And if I never find myself again?"

"Then I'll just deal with it!" Chu Mo was finally getting a bit annoyed, he looked directly into Qi Xiaoyu's eyes, frowning as he said, "Qi Xiaoyu, listen to me carefully, I've come to face the Blood Demon Ancestor with you! So, stop trying to hurt me, to drive me away... give up on that idea! I won't leave you! Even if you hurt me fiercely, I still won't give up on you and leave! So, enough of the pointless talk! As for being a Dark Elf, or succumbing to dark corruption... I don't care at all! When I first met you, who knows what you were? Crawling out of the deep woods, I even thought you were some sort of forest spirit! I didn't despise you then, and I won't now, nor will I in the future! Do you understand?"

Qi Xiaoyu stared blankly at Chu Mo, with thousands of words swelling in her chest, but at this moment, she was completely unable to voice them out. Her body was filled with dark power, and her temperament had been greatly affected by it. But her heart, it never changed.

It wouldn't change in the past, it wouldn't now, and it wouldn't in the future.

She walked slowly towards Chu Mo, leaned into his embrace, then tilted her delicate and charming face upward, slightly closed her eyes with trembling lashes, and whispered softly, "Kiss me..."

This was the first time in Chu Mo's life that he kissed a girl this way.

Feeling the extremely soft lips of Qi Xiaoyu, Chu Mo's mind in this moment was filled with nothing but happiness.

After a while, the two sat on the grassy bank of a small river, with Qi Xiaoyu leaning on Chu Mo's shoulder, listening to him recount the various things that had happened over the years. She also shared with Chu Mo the journey her heart had gone through back then.

"Back then I just felt that I shouldn't involve you in my affairs. Plus, at that time, my memories had not returned. So... although I felt a closeness when I saw you, I didn't have that deep, unforgettable feeling. Until the moment you died before my eyes, you don't know how much my heart hurt," Qi Xiaoyu said softly, then glanced at Chu Mo, "I thought that even if you didn't die, you would surely be gravely wounded, that at the very least... you wouldn't be able to enter the Fantasia Realm again. Who could have imagined that you were many times stronger than I thought."

"That was my luck," Chu Mo said softly, "Back then I really thought about just ending it all, too immature, irresponsible, and naive. If I were to do it all again today, I definitely would not make such a foolish mistake."

"Mm, it was too foolish," whispered Qi Xiaoyu.

"You don't understand..." Chu Mo, holding Qi Xiaoyu's soft and slender fingers, spoke softly, "Back then, my thoughts were more about escaping, escaping reality, because I didn't know how to face it. If it were me now, I would pester you until you understood my feelings, even if you had completely forgotten me, I would make you fall in love with me all over again!"

"Hmph, so arrogant!" Qi Xiaoyu huffed discontentedly.

"Anyway, youth is brash. Looking back now, I thought I was mature at the time, but I was actually incredibly naive," Chu Mo said with a light laugh, "Even today, I still make mistakes, still walk the wrong path. But there's one thing that I will never change."

Qi Xiaoyu's heart skipped a beat, the dark power within her stirring again. She asked, "What's that one thing?"

"Loving you!" Chu Mo declared with resolve.

Qi Xiaoyu buried her face in Chu Mo's chest, took a deep breath, and said, "I want to remember this scent, in case one day I'm no longer myself, I will surely still remember your scent! Chu Mo, will you promise me something?"

"Just say it."

"If... I mean if, one day I truly become a Dark Elf, become as... as debauched as they are, then kill me. I don't want to be that way, you understand," said Qi Xiaoyu, her voice muffled in Chu Mo's embrace.

"No way," Chu Mo said, "From now on, I'll be with you always! It's just some dark force, isn't it? Though it's terrifying, don't think of it as that dreadful! It's always been people who control power, never heard of power truly controlling a person. Anyone who is controlled by power, it's their own heart that's playing them! So, I believe, no matter what you turn into, your heart... will never change!"

Qi Xiaoyu sighed softly, "I really hope things can always be just like they are now, so I can love you with an open heart, free from worries, with no one to disturb us. Then continue like this by your side, walking down the road, accompanying you to see all the wonders of the world."

"It will happen!" Chu Mo gripped Qi Xiaoyu's hand firmly, "It definitely will! Trust me!"

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Eighth update!

Ah, I reckon I'll be wrecked again tomorrow... but I still want to burst forth, what should I do?

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