Silver Fox glanced at Yan Aohan and suddenly felt foolish. Why had she mentioned the Little Divine Doctor? Whenever the topic involved her, Yan Aohan was completely biased. She never doubted her, never showed humility. In her heart, everything Zhu Yanyi did was right. If she competed, others had to lose. Her bias was absolute.
Silver Fox didn’t fully understand this "wife-protecting maniac" mentality, but he nodded in acknowledgment.
When Zhu Yanyi came out, she saw Silver Fox’s disdainful look at Yan Aohan and laughed. "Silver Fox, what did my Aohan say to make you look like that?"
Caught in the act, Silver Fox sighed. "I feel like you two were born just to torment me."
Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow. "You seem to look down on us."
"I look down on your constant 'wife-protecting' and 'husband-protecting' acts," Silver Fox said, speechless. "I have a lover too, but I’ve never seen anything like this."
"That shows your love isn’t deep or pure enough," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile. "True love means thinking as your partner thinks. It means seeing things from their perspective. Like Aohan and me—we don’t need many words. We understand each other’s thoughts. We don’t need grand vows. We trust each other completely, knowing neither will betray the other. We can confidently say to the world, 'I will give my back to her.' Do you understand?"
Zhu Yanyi thought Silver Fox was older than her, yet seemed to understand so little.
"I don’t understand," Silver Fox admitted. He truly didn’t grasp this kind of emotion.
Zhu Yanyi smiled helplessly. "It’s okay if you don’t understand now. When you finally do, you’ll know what your lover means to you."
Silver Fox frowned, tilting her head. she began to ponder. Was it because she didn’t understand her thoughts that she ignored certain things?
The events of the past came back to her vividly. Had she done enough? She had never doubted herself, but Zhu Yanyi’s words made her feel she was missing something.
Seeing Silver Fox’s confusion, Yan Aohan smiled. "You will understand. If you don’t, why pursue the outcome from back then? You just don’t trust people enough yet. But foxes are naturally suspicious."
"That doesn’t sound like a compliment," Silver Fox said, looking at Yan Aohan with slight displeasure.
Yan Aohan laughed. "Whether it’s a compliment or not doesn’t matter. What matters is you will understand. Some things, you only know after experiencing them yourself."
"Are you saying I haven’t experienced anything?" Silver Fox asked, annoyed.
Yan Aohan chuckled. "You have experienced things, but not deeply enough. When you are like me, you will realize that waiting often yields no results. Only by investigating and striving can you get the best outcome you desire."
Silver Fox paused, then nodded. He had to admit Yan Aohan was right. He had experienced things, but not deeply enough.
She looked at Yan Aohan, wanting to say something but finding no words.
Yan Aohan continued, "Sometimes, liking someone isn’t loving them. You have a lover, which means you admit you can love. But how long can that love last?"
"She has always been in my heart. No other woman has ever entered it," Silver Fox said seriously.
"I believe that. But besides that, what else have you done?" Yan Aohan asked. "Have you called out to her? Have you searched for her? Which one did you do?"
Calling out was the call of love. Searching was the search of the heart.
Comparing himself to Yan Aohan, the difference was clear. Yan Aohan had searched through countless reincarnations. What had he done? Only waited.
Years of waiting had become a habit. Was it love, or just habit? His heart skipped a beat. His direction seemed wrong.
In that moment, he truly woke up. It was all his fault.
Zhu Yanyi ignored their conversation and went to make soup. In this weather, soup was best. Given the situation, cooking wasn’t a problem. Even if the smell leaked out or the Godfather found them, it didn’t matter. The most important thing was not to mistreat herself.
Zhu Yanyi never mistreated herself, so she went to cook.
Yan Aohan watched her busy figure, her eyes full of tenderness. "You must know, when I found out she was in trouble, I used the Reincarnation Platform to search and collect her soul. No matter how others interfered, I never thought of leaving her. Seeing her suffer in every life, I only felt heartache. So I suppressed my cultivation, waiting to reunite with her. But you? Did you search? You just watched her lie there. You never tried hard enough."
"I did try," Silver Fox defended himself. He had really tried.
"You tried, but not thoroughly. You never thought about how to wake her. You were afraid that if you woke her, she would only think of healing patients again. You should know, when she was injured, your Heavenly Fox Clan had a herb that could save her. But you hesitated."
Yan Aohan looked at Silver Fox with disapproval. "By the time you wanted to use that herb, it was too late. It only stabilized her soul. No one knows when she would wake up. Isn’t that right?"
"How do you know so much?" Silver Fox asked, surprised.
"They are sisters. I love her, so I care about her family. I need to know these things. Even if she hasn’t remembered yet, she will one day. I don’t want her to resent me for my negligence when she returns. You are also waiting for that day, but you only wait without effort. I use the waiting time to strive constantly."