Ah Yin quietly watched Zhuqing, who was gradually moving away, and a warmth welled up in her heart. However, when her gaze met Xiao Tian's, her expression became somewhat unnatural.
Subconsciously, Ah Yin turned her face away, deliberately avoiding Xiao Tian, but she could clearly feel her face slowly heating up.
Xiao Tian looked at Ah Yin's cute and endearing appearance, and his desire to tease her instantly vanished. Ah Yin's current state only made Xiao Tian's protective instincts explode. He was worried that if he said something inappropriate, it would make Ah Yin sad and cry.
Even though Ah Yin had lived for so many years as a Spirit Beast, her mind was still extremely pure. Perhaps it was because she had been manipulated by Tang Hao, and coupled with the fact that there were indeed more people on Xiao Tian's side, she had some reservations in her heart.
And now that Zhuqing had actively left them space to be alone, Ah Yin naturally had to seize this opportunity. Xiao Tian didn't want to see a beautiful woman sad, especially the person he liked in front of him.
Xiao Tian also didn't plan to delay any longer. With a smile, he walked up to Ah Yin and very proactively took her right hand.
"Eh?" Ah Yin's mind was a bit dazed, completely unsure of what was happening.
Before long, Xiao Tian's grip on Ah Yin's hand turned into an interlocking of fingers, and he held their clasped hands in front of them.
Xiao Tian softly said, "Ah Yin, are you willing to be my girlfriend? Although I have more than one partner by my side, if you don't—"
"I do!"
Before Xiao Tian could finish speaking, Ah Yin hurriedly responded.
This was a completely subconscious reply.
The moment Xiao Tian took her hand and intertwined their fingers, Ah Yin felt as if her body was no longer under her control. And after hearing Xiao Tian's direct confession, it was as if an electric current flowed through her body, producing a slight tingling sensation, as if every corner of her body was screaming with joy.
Gradually, Ah Yin's eyes began to well up, and tears made Xiao Tian's figure in front of her gradually blur.
She somewhat disbelievingly whispered, testing the waters, "Is it really possible? Xiao Tian, do you really not mind my past?"
This had always been a hurdle in Ah Yin's heart.
She had originally thought that after realizing Tang Hao's true colors, she would live out her life in solitude, and she would never believe in so-called love again. After all, the pain brought by love was too profound, and she didn't want to experience it a second time.
But gradually, when she came to her senses, she found that she seemed to have fallen in love with Xiao Tian. It seemed too late to pull herself out now.
She couldn't do it anymore.
She had already tasted the bitterness of love once, so why fall into it again? Ah Yin herself couldn't say when it started.
But after that, she realized that someone like her simply wasn't worthy of Xiao Tian. So, she decided to remain as Xiao Tian's Spirit Soul and stay by his side, fulfilling her purpose.
Therefore, she didn't make the same choice as Da Ming and Er Ming.
After all, after re-condensing a physical body, one could no longer enter the spiritual space.
As a Spirit Soul, she could create a body with a real sense of touch, which is known as form transformation. She could transform into a small form like Da Ming and Er Ming, sitting on Xiao Tian's shoulder, or she could transform into her previous human form.
She felt that this was actually very convenient, and there was no need to transform for this purpose. The reason why Da Ming and Er Ming chose to transform and condense real bodies was because when they agreed to become Xiao Tian's Spirit Soul, it was out of consideration for Xiao Wu, to help Xiao Tian improve his strength.
And now Xiao Tian's strength was already formidable enough, and they no longer needed to stay in the spiritual space. Not to mention Da Ming, Er Ming himself was an restless individual.
As a Titan Giant Ape, how could he be willing to stay in the spiritual space forever? After signing a Spirit Soul Contract, the Spirit Soul's range of activity would be restricted. The stronger the Spirit Master's strength, the weaker this restriction would be, but there would still be a range limit.
Anyway, it wasn't a Termination of contract . Xiao Tian could still use their Spirit Bones and Domains. So, there wasn't much point in them staying in the spiritual space, except for occasional spirit ring fusion.
But they knew that even without their spirit power for spirit ring fusion, Xiao Tian still had other secret methods.
So, of course, they made this choice. And Ah Yin had always intended to stay by Xiao Tian's side, so this range restriction became irrelevant to her.
The most important things in her life, besides her own people, had already shifted from Tang Hao and Tang San to Xiao Tian. In fact, she had a bit of selfishness in doing this.
She couldn't be sure if Xiao Tian's good feelings towards her were because he felt sorry for her, or if it was genuine "liking."
Xiao Tian had so many young and beautiful partners around him—Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhuqing—which one of them wasn't more beautiful than her? Which one wasn't younger than her? (Here, referring to human age)
Oh, no, that's not right. Since Xiao Wu and Rongrong are still quite young, their bodies haven't fully matured yet, so in terms of figure, she should be considered the winner?
As for Zhuqing, her figure was truly gifted. With those two spheres, even if she couldn't swim, she wouldn't drown; they would just float her on the lake.
She had to admit, she was a little bit jealous of Zhuqing's figure; it was truly too voluptuous!
And Xiao Tian, seeing the inferiority complex on the face of the person in front of him, couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He immediately understood what Ah Yin meant by "not minding."
Ah Yin probably thought that even if she could condense a brand new body, her past would still be—
She was afraid he would mind.
But Xiao Tian, on the other hand, felt that it was completely acceptable. Even if Ah Yin didn't have a brand new body, he could accept her.
After all, he had memories from his previous life, so his mindset might be a bit more open.
But this openness was relative; otherwise, he wouldn't have died in his previous life without a girlfriend, still a little Chu Nan.
Ah Yin herself was a goddess-level figure. In her previous life, such a small past would not have mattered to anyone. Perhaps more people would even label her as a mature woman because of such experiences, and become even more excited.
But in Xiao Tian's eyes, there was only heartache.
At this moment, Xiao Tian seemed to recall a poll someone had initiated online in his previous life: If you were to choose some female characters from Douluo as your wife, who would you choose? Would you choose pure love, or a harem?
(End of Chapter)
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