Ah Zong’s breathing on my legs gradually calmed. He truly fell asleep. His expression became peaceful as well. When I stroked his smooth face, the texture of his skin was truly exquisite, to the point where I couldn’t help but want to touch him some more. Gently, I moved Ah Zong off my lap and put a blanket over him. After watching him for a while, I began to wash up.

Whenever I encountered some terrible trouble, Ah Zong was always the one who resolved the danger for me. I had once thought that I would have nothing more to do with him after I saved him in Blue Shield City. Who could have guessed that fate would bring us together again, and that he would keep me company until now?

I didn’t want him to be by my side forever. That would make me feel as if I were using his love for me to bind him. Doing so would be unfair to him, since I couldn’t reciprocate his love.

Although he believed his happiest moments were spent with me, he still deserved a happy life of his own. But I…

Do I truly feel nothing for Ah Zong?

Would I be willing to part with him?

Somehow, I felt suffocated, and my face began to burn. I can’t bear to part with Ah Zong.

I watched myself in the mirror above the basin.

What kind of feelings do I hold towards him?

It seemed that I truly should go out for some fresh air. Ah Zong and He Lei had placed me in a complicated entanglement. I hadn’t been in such a situation for very long.

As I walked along the corridor, the morning fog swirled with the wind. Under the clear sunlight, a layer of gold dusted the universe, slowly moving like the fluttering golden veil of a beautiful woman.

Beneath the golden veil, a sky garden could be vaguely seen. It looked like a sky garden belonging to God.

Finding the elevator I had taken the day before, I retraced my steps and passed through the thin fog, drawing closer to the sky garden. Through the threads of mist, I saw the Queen and the Ghost Prince.

The Queen and the Ghost Prince were in the garden. One was watering the plants while the other was trimming them. They were still wearing their masks. The Ghost Prince, dressed in his usual simple clothes—only a linen long robe—if I hadn’t known him to be the Ghost Prince, I would have mistaken him for a gardener.

As the elevator descended, their figures vanished behind the tall rose wall.

When the door opened, a refreshing rose scent instantly filled the air, both soothing and invigorating to the nose.

My long hair fluttered in the morning breeze, and I felt rejuvenated.

I walked towards the garden. None of the guards on either side stopped me. The garden was immense, almost encompassing the entire square of the sky fortress. Roses bloomed in various places throughout.

On one side was passionate red, while innocent white bloomed on the other. I saw the Queen and the Ghost Prince in the white rose garden.

Although I didn’t have a strong impression of the Great Ghost King, I didn’t harbor ill will towards him either. As a King, he had obligations and had to consider the overall situation. Naturally, he would have to make merciless decisions.

But I had a great impression of this gentle Queen. Her gentleness was evident in the beautiful garden and the bunnies and deer roaming freely within.

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept past me, followed by a flash of lightning. In an instant, my long hair stood on end.

He Lei? Dian Yin?! I was surprised. The morning sunlight shone on my new afro.

Both of them appeared before me instantly. He Lei stared at my hair and asked, “What happened to your hair?”

“It’s me.” Dian Yin extended his hand to comb my long hair that had been electrified. He Lei immediately stopped him and glared at him sternly. “What are you doing?”

“Static!” Dian Yin shot He Lei a playful look. Lightning suddenly crackled around his wrist, and He Lei immediately retracted his hand. He quickly shook his hand, which had been shocked by Dian Yin’s static.

Smirking, Dian Yin sized me up and down maliciously. “You look good like this too.”

“Get lost!” I retorted coldly.

He chuckled and combed his fingers through my fluttering long hair. Instantly, my hair fell to the side of my face.

I combed my hair and glanced at them. “What’s up? Doing a morning jog?”

Dian Yin looked at He Lei tauntingly. “Why are you so slow?”

He Lei shot him a sullen look. “Because I want to see the scenery.” Then, he vanished before me. The wind he left behind whipped at Dian Yin’s and my hair.

“Hey! We haven’t finished yet! You cheated!” Dian Yin immediately disappeared before me too. The flashes of lightning grew further and further apart.

I had a feeling that Dian Yin and He Lei would become good friends.

I tidied up my long hair that they had messed up. I finally didn’t need to wear a disguise. It was a wonderful feeling.

A cute deer ran before me. It behaved quite friendly, sneaking under my elbow and into my arms for a hug. I bent down to hug it and rested my face against its warm back.

I felt at ease, as if the bloodstains from the massacre before were being washed away by the loving deer. An unusually bright holy light shone into the deepest part of my heart and melted the frost.

The deer wriggled its body and ran off into the rose bushes. Many deer and bunnies followed, and I followed after them, as if I were one of them, admiring the beautifully maintained roses as I went.

Then, a spacious field opened up before me. In the middle of the field was a bed of white roses. The scene looked familiar.

“My child, look at these roses. They are in bloom.” I heard the Queen’s voice. It turned out to be the garden I had seen earlier.

The layout of the garden was very similar.

Standing by the rose wall, I saw the Queen and the Ghost Prince beyond the branches.

The deer and bunnies were running towards the Ghost Prince. It turned out that he had fruits in his hands. He carried a pail in one hand, from which he took fruits to feed the animals.

The Queen watched him quietly feeding the animals, her gentle gaze behind her mask turning sorrowful. She stood at the edge of the rose garden by herself. In reality, there was less than two meters between her and the Ghost Prince, but somehow the small circle around the Ghost Prince seemed to draw a firm line that placed her in a completely different world from the Ghost Prince. It was only two meters, but she couldn’t enter the Ghost Prince’s quiet world.

She looked truly sad.

“My child,” she called gently, but the Ghost Prince continued to quietly feed the deer.

The Queen picked up the ends of her dress and the deer stepped aside to clear a path for her. She extended her hand to embrace the Ghost Prince’s body. However, the Ghost Prince continued to feed the deer with one hand, as if he were truly in a different world from the Queen. As if they were truly in two separate worlds, and the Queen was merely embracing a spirit left behind in this world.

He was more like a living spirit.

“It doesn’t matter how long you want to be in your own world. As long as you know that your father and I love you. We care about you.” The Queen touched the Ghost Prince’s cold black mask.