Everyone on this side could naturally maintain their composure.
However, Liu Erlong couldn't do that.
Especially after realizing that the content of the letter was projected onto the heavenly curtain, word for word.
Her already pale face lost all color.
Her body swayed, and she almost fell to the ground.
At the critical moment, Yu Xiaogang, who was beside her, was quick-witted and helped her up, saving her from falling and getting injured.
"Erlong, how are you? Are you alright?"
The situation reversed too quickly.
Yu Xiaogang himself hadn't expected that in less than half an hour, it would be his turn to comfort her.
However, hearing him ask, Liu Erlong had no intention of replying.
At this moment, she looked up, her gaze fixed on the heavenly curtain above.
In her eyes, besides tension and anxiety, there was a faint hint of anticipation and hope.
At this moment, she didn't wish for anything else.
She just hoped that the worst-case scenario she had envisioned would not appear.
After all, unrequited love was truly too stifling and too humiliating.
Unfortunately, sometimes, the more people fear something, the more it comes true.
Or perhaps, the heavenly curtain didn't care what Liu Erlong was thinking at all.
At this moment, as light shimmered, all the relevant details were immediately revealed before them, word for word.
The good news was that there was no embarrassing scene of Liu Erlong repeatedly confessing and Yu Chen decisively rejecting her, as she had anticipated.
The bad news was that although this scene didn't appear, it didn't mean that Liu Erlong's unrequited love wasn't true.
No confession meant the situation was even more tragic.
It meant that Liu Erlong's feelings were a secret crush and unrequited love that she dared not speak of throughout.
It was also because of this.
Even when faced with Yu Chen's persuasion, Liu Erlong stubbornly refused to change her surname.
Because she knew very well that incestuous marriage would be condemned by thousands and would bear immense pressure.
So, in her opinion, it would be much easier to accept if one was surnamed Yu and the other Liu.
However, this was clearly her wishful thinking.
Because no matter whether she changed her surname or not, Yu Chen's attitude towards her was always very measured.
He treated her like a distant cousin, with no special treatment whatsoever.
The light screen played up to this point, pausing on Liu Erlong's gaze as she secretly watched Yu Chen leave her boudoir.
That gaze, filled with resentment, also carried a hint of anticipation.
It perfectly conveyed the four words: a young girl in love.
Seeing this scene displayed on the heavenly curtain, the onlookers below naturally stirred a little again.
"!!?"
"Holy cow, what did I just see? So, after all this, it's not just simple unrequited love."
"This is really messed up…"
"Who says it isn't? I originally thought that in a parallel World, this Liu Erlong would change somewhat, but I didn't expect her to still be so infatuated with love. Is this the legendary top-tier love-brain?"
"Emmm, from a certain perspective, can this also be considered consistent?"
"Indeed. Most people wouldn't do something so outrageous. But honestly, this Liu Erlong is also quite tragic. Across two lives, she hasn't met a good match."
"You can't say that. Yu Chen even dared to confront Spirit Hall for Ah Yin. If that's not a good match, what is? It's just a pity that he didn't notice Liu Erlong."
Everyone was deeply shocked by this.
After the shock, some people found Yu Chen's choice this time difficult to understand.
They quietly voiced their opinions.
"Actually, I think Liu Erlong is pretty good. Although her love-brain behavior seems speechless to outsiders, if you are the object of her love-brain, putting yourself in that position, it actually feels pretty good. And she's also very beautiful. Anyway, if it were me, I would definitely agree."
It was obvious that this was also someone who was obsessed with looks.
He felt that Liu Erlong was excellent in all aspects.
He was very moved by her in his heart.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he was met with disdainful looks from those around him.
Then, someone spoke up, adding,
"So, you're not Yu Chen."
"For ordinary people, Liu Erlong is indeed quite outstanding, but in front of someone of Ah Yin and Bibi Dong's level, she clearly pales in comparison. Whether it's looks, status, or talent, they are clearly not on the same level. They say that once you've seen the ocean, other waters are not worth seeing. In this situation, it would be an unexpected situation if he fell for Liu Erlong."
His words received unanimous approval from the vast majority of people around him.
As for the small minority of others, they turned their heads and inexplicably felt a little sorry for Liu Erlong.
"Damn, don't even mention it. What you're saying makes me feel a little sorry for Liu Erlong. What the heck?"
If even ordinary onlookers felt this way, then there was no need to mention the Shrek Academy and its members.
However, it was precisely upon seeing the sympathetic gazes from the surrounding Shrek Seven Devils directed towards her that Liu Erlong felt even more uncomfortable.
"…"
"Why are you all looking at me like that? I don't want anyone's sympathy!"
At this moment, she truly broke down a little.
In her fury, she had no more reservations.
Her words were direct and straightforward.
Speaking again, she actually pulled Bibi Dong out and used her as a shield, saying,
"If you really want to sympathize, you should sympathize with that woman, Bibi Dong."
"Sympathize with whom? Bibi Dong?"
"What's there to sympathize with Bibi Dong about?"
Hearing her say this, the Shrek Seven Devils were all bewildered.
Not just them, even Flender, who was also one of the Golden Triangle, couldn't help but ask her, with concern, "Yes, Erlong, why don't you… think carefully before you speak?"
Seeing her like this, Liu Erlong naturally became even angrier, and she immediately cut in, supplementing, "What do you mean, think carefully before I speak? Flender, you also think I'm talking nonsense, don't you?"
"Don't you see that Yu Chen seems to be fully prepared right now, even repeatedly urging his people not to go for the kill directly? But the final outcome hasn't changed much. Didn't Bibi Dong ultimately face a choice between two options?"
"Can this current situation really be resolved with just a simple talk, without fighting, turning hostility into friendship?"
"Even if Yu Chen is willing, go ask Qian Xunji if he's willing. If you were Qian Xunji, would you give up so easily?!"
"And what did Bibi Dong ultimately choose? We all know it very well."
"You haven't forgotten what position Yu Chen ultimately sat in, have you?"
As Liu Erlong said this, a cold smile appeared on her lips.
Hearing her words, Flender and the others around her vaguely guessed something and fell silent.
After a long silence, Ning Rongrong spoke up, taking over the conversation and asking her again, "Are you talking about the Supreme Pontiff position of Spirit Hall?"
Liu Erlong immediately nodded, replying in a decisive tone, "Exactly!"
"It's the Supreme Pontiff position!"
"What's the use of speaking so grandly now? In the end, didn't Bibi Dong have to commit regicide to get him onto the Supreme Pontiff's throne in Spirit Hall?
Didn't it ultimately result in Bibi Dong bearing the crime of regicide and subsequently falling into endless suffering!?"
By the end of his words, his mouth was full of coldness and mockery.
Hearing him say that, everyone present's expressions changed.
Ning Rongrong's face opposite was even more irate.
She angrily rebuked him.
"Liu Erlong, what nonsense are you spouting? Which sentence, which segment of the content previously shown by the heavenly curtain mentioned Yu Chen instigating Bibi Dong to commit regicide? Aren't you slandering someone's good name with baseless accusations?!"
And seeing Ning Rongrong getting angry here,
Liu Erlong didn't feel she had done anything wrong this time.
Instead, she spoke with conviction, adding and explaining.
"I slandered someone's good name?"
"Isn't this obvious?"
"Yu Chen, as the future Clan Head of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and having founded the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Academy, and having a bad relationship with the former Supreme Pontiff, it's not an exaggeration to say he's at odds with Spirit Hall everywhere, right? Tell me, under such circumstances, how did he become the Supreme Pontiff?"
"Besides this possibility, is there any other possibility?"
"I…"
After the last sentence was spoken, even the previously angry Ning Rongrong was momentarily speechless.
She wanted to refute, but didn't know how to respond.
And seeing her silence here,
Liu Erlong didn't stop there.
Instead, she became even more agitated, saying,
"What 'I'? Can't you say it?!"
"If you could state a second possibility, I wouldn't say anything more. The key is you can't, isn't it? Even groundless speculation, you can't do it."
"This is the truth, Ning Rongrong, no matter how cruel, you have to face it. No one can change it."
Liu Erlong spoke, her words utterly resolute.
However, before she could finish her words completely,
Ning Rongrong on the opposite side could no longer bear it.
She interrupted, angrily saying again,
"Enough! Liu Erlong, no matter how eloquent you are, we won't believe you."
"That's right, we always believe that Yu Chen would not do such a thing."
Liu Erlong clearly intended to vent her anger, so hearing them say this, she was not disappointed, but immediately added and asked,
"Alright, then tell me a solution. How do you think Yu Chen should resolve this current situation?"
"…"
The field instantly fell silent for a long time.
After the silence, Liu Erlong spoke again, but at this moment she still shook her head, giving a three-word answer, "I don't know."
"I don't know?"
Her expression was so firm that when this answer came out of Ning Rongrong's mouth, even Liu Erlong's face couldn't help but show a bit of daze and surprise.
However, before she could ask anything else with surprise,
Ning Rongrong on the opposite side had already added, explaining to herself.
"Yes, I'm not Yu Chen, I don't have a brain as smart and flexible as his. Is there a problem with that?"
"It's normal not to think of the answer to a problem, isn't it?"
"But just because we can't think of it doesn't mean Yu Chen himself can't. I believe Big Brother Yu Chen will definitely come up with a perfect solution for this matter, and he definitely won't disappoint Bibi Dong."
Ning Rongrong replied.
Her words this time were utterly resolute.
"That's right, I believe that too!"
Hearing her say that,
Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, the girls beside her, also nodded repeatedly in agreement.
Good, good, good.
The entire Douluo Continent says I'm a love-struck fool.
They complain that when love gets to my head, I lose my intelligence.
Damn it, how are these girls, Ning Rongrong and the others, any better than me?
Aren't they all the same kind?
How come when they believe in Yu Chen's character, no one criticizes them?
When I say I believe in Xiaogang's character, a bunch of people criticize me?
Is there any justice left in this World?
"You all…"
Seeing them like this,
Liu Erlong was also momentarily choked with anger.
Originally, she still had the thought of arguing with them for a few more words.
But now, being disrupted by them like this, her desire had faded quite a bit.
"Alright, alright, alright."
"Then we'll just wait and see."
"I'd like to see what good solution Yu Chen can come up with in the end."
After three cold laughs, she simply stopped arguing with them too much.
Instead, she looked up and fixed her gaze back on the heavenly curtain above her head.
Everyone's thoughts were different at this moment, but their current choices were largely similar.
After all, no matter how much they argued this time, it was all just talk.
Ultimately, facts would speak for themselves.
With this thought,
Ning Rongrong and the others looked up again at the heavenly curtain above their heads.
Their eyes were filled with apprehension and anticipation.
However, as expected,
the scene of Yu Chen confronting Qian Xunji, or even directly engaging in battle, did not appear.
At this moment, on the heavenly curtain, light flowed.
Qian Renxue's figure, however, appeared on the heavenly curtain once again.
"Qian Renxue?"
"Isn't this playing Yu Chen's related deeds? Why would Qian Renxue appear? Has Qian Renxue already been born at this time?"
Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned.
Someone, after recovering, even asked with incredulity.
Hearing her ask this,
everyone present felt a bit amused.
They said with a hint of exasperation and amusement,
"Are you poisoned, fellow? Use your brain, alright? Qian Renxue was born to Bibi Dong and the former Supreme Pontiff, Qian Xunji. Really…"
"In a parallel World, given Yu Chen's situation, do you think Bibi Dong could still fall in love with someone else? Besides, even if she did, if Qian Renxue were truly born, she'd be one or two years old at most now. She wouldn't be this old."
"I think you've really had too much to drink, your head is all muddled."
"Ah, yes, if you didn't say it, I really would have forgotten about that… So this is the Qian Renxue from the real World??"
The person who had just exclaimed smiled awkwardly upon hearing this.
Then, as if remembering something, he immediately spoke, adding, "No, didn't the heavenly curtain just explain it well? Why is it showing Qian Renxue from the real World again so quickly? What does this mean? Damn, don't keep people in suspense like this."
"What else could it mean? Didn't it say before that due to unconsciousness, the questioning of the lucky audience was postponed?
Now it seems the postponement should be over."
A kind person explained.
"…"
That person listened.
And immediately fell silent.
After a long while, he spoke, urging with impatience.
"I give up."
"Hurry up. Really… I can't wait to see the scene of Yu Chen confronting Qian Renxue."
"Me too, me too!"
The timing of Qian Renxue's lucky audience question was too perfect.
As a result, many viewers had reactions similar to the person just now.
However, no matter what others were thinking at this moment,
Qian Renxue, as the person involved, remained calm.
And she opened her mouth, asking a question that surprised everyone.