The Huang sisters were chatting with the Fan sisters, but the two female elves still found it hard to believe that Huang Xiaoyan had changed.
"Are you really willing to accept Uncle Tian's relationship with them?" Fan Ying doubtfully asked.
Huang Xiaoyan smiled upon hearing this. "Big Sis Ying, you have experienced the pain of losing someone you love the most, right? How would you feel if he suddenly returned in the form of another man?"
"Naturally, I would be thrilled and overjoyed, and I would do anything to be with him again. Even if he already had another wife, I would not hesitate to return to him." Fan Ying replied seriously. "Unfortunately, not everyone has the same opportunity as Uncle Tian, so I never harbored hope for such a possibility."
"See?" Huang Xiaoyan then spoke. "Just like you, I was devastated by Long Tian's death and the disappearance of his soul; I even considered following him in the hope that we could reunite in another life, which might give me the opportunity to become his wife. However, I realized my parents would have felt the same way if I did that back then, so I abandoned my crazy idea, and I lived in solitude while mourning him."
Fan Ying and Fan Jing weren't surprised by this because Huang Xiaoyan was too obsessed with Long Tian in the past; she even did things that a woman of her status would never have done, such as begging a man to accept her as a second wife.
"In the past, I was not only jealous of Aunt Liu, but I was also jealous of all the women who were close to him, including you two." Fan Jing and Fan Ying almost laughed as soon as Huang Xiaoyan mentioned that. "For the past hundred years, I have been contemplating various matters, and I decided to change for the sake of myself and my family. Since he is back, I hope I can meet him soon, and I will prove to him that I have changed and that my feelings for him are no longer obsessions but sincere feelings."
Fan Jing then spoke to her. "Xiaoyan, he has dozens of wives now, including me and my niece, Quexian. Can you really accept us? Won't you be jealous of us like you were jealous of all the women close to him in the past?"
"Big Sis Jing, have you never felt jealous in your life?" Fan Jing could not answer Huang Xiaoyan because she herself had repeatedly been jealous of Liu Lifen in the past. "We are living creatures with various feelings, including jealousy. I might be jealous of them, but I won't be blindly jealous like in the past, and I have the confidence to suppress my jealousy."
"Hmm?" Even though Huang Xiaoyan had spoken like that, Fan Jing still had doubts that she could do that. However, they had been in the same position, so she fully understood her feelings for Long Tian. "I can take you to see him, but I have to ask his permission first. If he is willing to meet you, I will take you there. If he is not willing to meet you now, you can only wait until he decides to go to your clan, but I can't confirm when he will go there."
Huang Xiaoyan nodded in understanding. "Please help me ask him first, Big Sis Jing."
"Alright." Fan Jing then took out the key to enter the Ancient Sacred Realm and tried to enter there.
To their surprise, Fan Jing disappeared from their sight. Huang Xiaoyin and Fan Ying hurriedly took out their keys, but they couldn't get in, which meant the quota was full.
Huang Xiaoyin embraced her big sister directly. "Let's wait, Big Sis. I hope Uncle Tian is willing to meet you today, and you will reunite with him after a hundred years."
"Yeah." Huang Xiaoyan nodded slightly while squeezing the cuffs of her dress.
"If Uncle Tian is willing to see you, you have to control yourself, especially if he is with his wives." Fan Ying warned her.
Huang Xiaoyan nodded at her. "I understand, Big Sis Ying."
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When she arrived there, Fan Ying found Xia Tian chatting with Yue on his lap by the Sacred Jade Pond. She hurriedly approached them. "Have you finished your seclusion, Tian?"
"Yinyue and the others are exhausted, so I let them rest first." Xia Tian turned to her. "Aren't you supposed to be going to the Frozen Lotus Palace to see Yue Bingqing? Why are you here all of a sudden?"
Fan Jing let out a soft sigh before sitting by their side. "Ying'er and I were about to leave, but two guests suddenly arrived, so we went to meet them first."
"What do your two guests have to do with you coming in here?" Xia Tian asked in confusion.
"My two guests are your acquaintances, and you already met one of them months ago." Xia Tian raised an eyebrow at Fan Jing. "They are Huang Xiaoyin and Huang Xiaoyan."
Xia Tian was shocked to hear the latter. "How did Huang Xiaoyan know that I was back? Did Xiaoyin break her promise to me not to tell her?"
"You're wrong, Tian. Xiaoyin's character is indeed childish and outspoken, but she always keeps her promises." Fan Jing immediately explained to Xia Tian according to her previous conversation with the Huang sisters, leaving him stunned for a while. "Do you want to see Xiaoyan? She has been missing you for a hundred years, and she chose to live in solitude after your death to mourn you. I know you never liked her past character, but she has changed, and she has become much calmer than in the past. Therefore, I hope you are willing to meet her, or she will continue to wait for you in solitude."
"Master, who is Huang Xiaoyan?" Xia Tian shared a picture of Huang Xiaoyan from the past with Yue, and he explained several things to her. "Sister Jing! Share her current image with me."
"Haha." Fan Jing softly laughed and shared Huang Xiaoyan's latest picture with Yue. "A hundred years is too short for cultivators like us, so Xiaoyan's face hasn't changed much. However, her figure has become slimmer than before, and she is getting sexier."
"You're right, Sister Jing. Huang Xiaoyan is really pretty and sexy, but she's still less sexy than Sister Xiangyue, Sister Yuhe, Sister Xuan, and Sister Ruxue." Fan Jing nodded in agreement with Yue, who immediately spoke to Xia Tian. "Master, she chose such a life because of you, and she must have suffered greatly in the past hundred years, so you should give her a chance to meet you."
Xia Tian nodded slightly. "Honestly, Huang Xiaoyan was the last woman I wanted to meet, but since she already knew that I was back, and she chose such a life because of me, I will meet her now."
"I'll pick her up now." Fan Jing instantly disappeared from their sight.
Xia Tian took Yue to the residence area, and he wanted to send Nalan Qing, who was chatting with Ran Qing, to the dual cultivation space. However, his sister-in-law stopped him and asked him to send her back to the fortress instead.
"Has Huang Xiaoyan really changed, husband?" Nalan Qing asked Xia Tian after her mother disappeared.
Xia Tian shook his head slightly. "Jing'er said that Xiaoyan has changed, but I doubted that. In the past, I've advised her repeatedly to change her character and suppress her jealousy, but she has never been willing to do so, and her jealousy has worsened instead. She was even jealous of Jian Wuqing, despite knowing that there was no romantic relationship between us, which made me uncomfortable every time we met."
"I see." Nalan Qing then looked in another direction, seeing Fan Jing and Huang Xiaoyan walking side by side. "There she is."
Xia Tian turned his head and looked at the two women, but he saw Huang Xiaoyan frozen in her spot with her body shaking violently, and tears were already flowing out of her eyes.
Yue jumped down from Xia Tian's arms and pushed him forward. "Look at her, Master. She deeply misses you, and I can't bear to see her like that."
Xia Tian exhaled slowly and moved in front of Huang Xiaoyan, causing her to tremble even more violently and her tears to flow even harder. "Xiaoyan."
Fan Jing inwardly sighed when she saw Huang Xiaoyan's reaction, but she said nothing and walked away to give them time to reunite.
"Long… Tian…" Huang Xiaoyan called out in a trembling voice mixed with sobs. She stretched out her trembling hand and grabbed Xia Tian's face. "Is... Is it really you? Am... am I not dreaming?"
Xia Tian grabbed her hand and pressed it to his cheek. "You're not dreaming; I'm in front of you now."
"Long Tian!" Huang Xiaoyan shouted before hugging him; she hugged him really tight, and her cry immediately broke out. "Sob... I... Sob... I thought I had lost you forever. Sob... I... Sob... I'm so glad you're still alive..."
Xiao Tian hugged Huang Xiaoyan in return, gently caressing her back and head. "I'm sorry, I've made you suffer for the past hundred years, Xiaoyan. Back then, I had already resigned myself to the thought that my soul would disappear forever, but luck was still with me, and here I am now."
"Sob... Sob..." Huang Xiaoyan tightened her hug on Xia Tian, feeling the warmth of his body. "Sob... I'm glad... sob... I'm so glad you're alive."
"I myself am glad that I am still alive, Xiaoyan."
"Sob... Welcome back... Sob... Long Tian."
"I am back, Xiaoyan."
- To Be Continued -