“In Elder Brother’s eyes, am I just a sister? Or… a woman?”

Xiao Yecao’s soft inquiry sent a jolt through Li Muyang’s heart.

He looked at the fairy in surprise and asked, “What exactly are you trying to say?”

Has this little girl, who has been evading for twenty years, finally figured it out?

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, casting fragmented and bright patches of light on them.

Xiao Yecao sat under the tree, staring at Li Muyang for a good while before suddenly taking a deep breath.

She moved back to her original position, putting some distance between herself and Li Muyang.

The two still looked at each other, but the atmosphere had become much calmer.

Xiao Yecao spoke softly, “Actually, I wanted to ask two months ago.”

“Perhaps even earlier, I wanted to ask, but I never had the courage.”

Xiao Yecao looked at Li Muyang with a deep gaze and said, “What role do I play in Elder Brother’s eyes?”

“Am I family? A sister? Or…”

Xiao Yecao looked straight into Li Muyang’s heart, seeking an answer, “Has Elder Brother ever seen me as a woman in his heart?”

“For so many years, living and walking side by side with Elder Brother, I sometimes feel your gaze on me.”

“But those gazes rarely contain feelings of man and woman. Despite being beside such a charming beauty, Elder Brother shows little interest.”

“Sometimes I even wonder if Elder Brother is devoid of emotions. You always seem detached, ethereal.”

“Although you’ve raised and cared for me since I was young, that care seems casual, as if you don’t really mind. It’s like picking up a stray cat or saving a little bird by the roadside.”

“Elder Brother is always so open-minded, always so optimistic, as if nothing in the world can bother you.”

“When you see interesting and beautiful things, you just smile lightly.”

“When you see vile and brutal villains, you don’t get outraged, just calmly criticize. Even when punishing the wicked and eradicating evil, Elder Brother doesn’t seem to take much pleasure in it.”

“It’s as if all this should be done, so you do it, without mixing personal emotions.”

“You’re like a lofty deity, watching the human world with interest but never immersing yourself in it.”

“Often, Elder Brother seems to be by my side, but I always feel you’re very far from me as if you’re in another world or another dimension.”

“We don’t seem to be from the same world. Although we’re close, we also seem very far apart…”

Xiao Yecao’s eyes were filled with a deep and sorrowful look, her voice low.

Upon hearing this, Li Muyang sighed inwardly—truly a prodigy with an exceptional talent for cultivation.

This little girl, your sixth sense actually got it right!

Indeed, I am very far from you and not even in the same time and space.

In fact, during the more than twenty years we’ve spent together, most of that time has been fast-forwarded in Li Muyang’s eyes.

As for Li Muyang seeming to look down on everything… that’s also true.

The perspective of a game player is inherently a god-like view, observing the game’s storyline from a detached point of view.

Even though one might get emotionally moved or saddened after immersing in the story,

it’s ultimately just a temporary sense of empathy.

Not to mention that Xiao Yecao is a fairy from ten thousand years ago, destined to die in the dark catastrophe.

Li Muyang has been subconsciously restraining his feelings for Xiao Yecao, not wanting to invest too much emotion in her.

If he were to pour too much feeling into nurturing the female lead, and then, upon completing the game, be unable to see her again, knowing she died ten thousand years ago…

Xiao Yecao and the Moon-Biting Dragon or Fairy Liuli are different.

Once the game is over, they are destined never to meet again.

Thinking of this, Li Muyang let out a sigh and said,

“Actually, in my eyes, you’re quite beautiful, a stunning beauty with all the charms.”

“But we are on different paths, you as a fairy and I destined to die early, while you will have a long life after my death.”

“That’s why I’ve never entertained that kind of thought.”

Li Muyang tactfully continued,

“However, if you really want to, it’s not impossible.”

Could it be that marrying Xiao Yecao and falling in love with her is necessary to complete the game?

The story development of phase five has been dragging on without entering the main storyline, which puzzled Li Muyang.

He tentatively tried other routes.

But after hearing his words, Xiao Yecao just rolled her eyes.

After listening to Li Muyang’s sighs, Xiao Yecao also sighed.

Shaking her head, she said, “Even if you, Elder Brother, want to marry me now, I wouldn’t agree anymore.”

Xiao Yecao, who was previously extremely embarrassed after her feelings were exposed, could now calmly face the matter and her own emotions.

She was no longer embarrassed but spoke openly and comfortably about it to Li Muyang.

“In these two months, I’ve come to understand.”

“Although your aloofness, Elder Brother, makes me anxious.”

“Even if you, Elder Brother, were infatuated with me, I probably wouldn’t agree.”

Xiao Yecao said this and gently sniffled,

“Elder Brother is from the cursed evil lineage, destined to be unable to cultivate or live forever.”

“If our relationship were to progress further, and I lived a happy and blissful life with Elder Brother for a hundred years, and then you died, leaving me alone for the long years to come… I would surely go mad.”

Xiao Yecao shook her head,

“It’s better like this, with you and me in an ambiguous relationship, just getting by together.”

“Anyway, Elder Brother, you’re so indifferent and not interested in women. Even if you stayed by my side as a lifelong bachelor, you wouldn’t mind.”

“And I can justifiably accept your care and attention until you grow old, and I see you off at your death.”

“That would be nice.”

Xiao Yecao spoke indifferently in such a manner.

Li Muyang chuckled and said, “Anyway, at most two hundred years after I die, you’ll also die. So even if you miss me, it won’t torment you for too long… right?”

Under the shade of the tree, Xiao Yecao’s face lit up with a bright smile, nodding happily, “Right!”

“We are both destined to have short lives.”

“Elder Brother still has many years to live well, and I only have a little over two hundred years left.”

“So when Elder Brother dies, even if I’m sad, it won’t last too long… Suddenly, dying early doesn’t seem so scary anymore.”

Under the shade of the tree, Xiao Yecao’s smile was like a blooming flower.

The bright sunlight scattered among the mountains, accompanied by the chirping of insects and birds, and the sprawling mountains in the distance.

This scene looked unexpectedly stunning.

It was like a carefully painted oil painting, deeply etched into Li Muyang’s memory.

A sudden pang hit Li Muyang’s heart.

The thought of such a brightly smiling woman dying in the upcoming dark catastrophe and never to be seen again made Li Muyang’s heart ache.