696 Meixiu's Commitment

After a long moment of silence, Yuan sighed with a bittersweet smile on his face, "Asking me to choose between you or Lulu isn't fair, Meixiu. You're both equally important to me, so I don't know what to say."

Yuan chose his words wisely so that he doesn't have to pick one and upset the other.

However, Meixiu wasn't satisfied with such an answer and continued to push him, "That doesn't answer my question. You can either pick one of us… or decide to not pick either of us…"

"..."

Yuan retreated into silence once again.

Seeing this, Meixiu mustered her courage again before speaking, "Yuan… After separating with you because of what was happening at the Jaded Garden, I realized how much I hated it— being separated from you, that is."

"I was also worried that I would lose you to the demon, and the thought of losing you forever nearly drove me crazy…"