Lin Feng listened silently to Fu Wenwen's narration. Everything she said overturned his understanding and exposed his blind spots, feeling somewhat eerie.
"Do you feel that everything I've said is unacceptable?" Fu Wenwen looked at Lin Feng and chuckled lightly. "If I hadn't touched the living Lin An, perhaps I too would have thought this was a dream."
"In my world, women who cannot fight are mere appendages to men. They mostly rely on their bodies to please men for their sustenance. What kind of hell that is, you cannot imagine. While for me, a woman with the ability to protect herself and participate in combat, she can carve out a place for herself." Fu Wenwen looked at her hands. "I don't know how many zombies I've killed, or even humans. In my world, besides myself, no one can be trusted."
"Don't say anymore!" Lin Feng embraced Fu Wenwen, his heart aching. At that moment, the light in her eyes vanished. He didn't want to see her like this; it was a heartache that pierced through him.
"I'm telling you this not to explain anything. If you don't believe me, I won't force you to," Fu Wenwen pushed Lin Feng away, her tone indifferent.
"Where are you going?" Lin Feng watched Fu Wenwen about to leave and immediately stepped forward to hold her back, preventing her from departing.
"Leave?" Fu Wenwen raised an eyebrow. Was there anything else to ask? Of course, she was leaving. "Oh, I forgot. I still need to go with someone to get the divorce certificate. Shall we do it tomorrow then?"
"What nonsense are you spouting? I never wanted a divorce!" Lin Feng frowned, tightly gripping Fu Wenwen's hand. "You've told me so much. You have to give me some time to process it..."
"Don't you think I'm crazy?" Fu Wenwen looked at Lin Feng, asking with curiosity.
"Rather than thinking you're crazy, your words make me find them incredibly bizarre yet strangely fitting. Before we got married, I met you once. In my memory, you were a girl with no opinions of her own. You always spoke in terms of what Su Xiaoxiao said, as if whatever she said was always right." Lin Feng spoke earnestly.
"You back then were too naive. The biggest factor in your willingness to marry me was that I already had a son, Lin An. You married me because you didn't need to have children..." Lin Feng's words made Fu Wenwen raise an eyebrow.
"She said that?" Fu Wenwen was also surprised. Why didn't she have any memory of this?
"You also said that the person you liked was Liu Zihua, but by marrying me, you couldn't be with Liu Zihua, so I owed you." Lin Feng added.
"..." Fu Wenwen's eyes widened. The original host had said such things?
"But you promised to help me look after Lin An, so I agreed." Lin Feng looked at Fu Wenwen's bewildered expression and was certain that this wasn't the original Fu Wenwen.
"Actually, the reason I wanted to divorce you back then was because of those words you said. I knew you still liked Liu Zihua, and if we divorced, you could be with him!" Lin Feng continued, and Fu Wenwen understood.
"So, as soon as you came back, you told me you wanted a divorce?" Fu Wenwen raised an eyebrow. Now she understood why Lin Feng had wanted a divorce back then.
"It's just that you didn't want to divorce anymore. I couldn't figure it out before, thinking you were hurt by Liu Zihua. Now I understand. You weren't her anymore back then..." Lin Feng looked at Fu Wenwen with a questioning gaze, and Fu Wenwen nodded.
"You could say that," Fu Wenwen nodded. "I am also confused about my arrival. Everything in this world is both unfamiliar and familiar. I don't know where she went. I've accepted everything about her and am trying to become her to live in this world."
"Then you..." Lin Feng glanced at Fu Wenwen, suddenly feeling a pang of fear. Did she choose to be with him because she wanted to become Fu Wenwen? Or... did she truly want to spend her life with him?
Lin Feng opened his mouth, but the words wouldn't come out.
He was suddenly afraid that the answer he heard might not be the one he wanted.
Fu Wenwen looked at Lin Feng's hesitant expression and sighed softly.
This sigh made Lin Feng's heart tighten.
"To be honest, I originally planned for you to stay in the army, and I would raise Lin An alone." Fu Wenwen sensed Lin Feng's unease. She hadn't said that her own heart was also somewhat conflicted.
"But you came back! That was unexpected. For Lin An, you chose to transfer out of the military, wanting to live with me and Lin An. I did consider divorce, but I discovered that this world has its own natural order. For an anomaly like me, exposure would be bad for both you and me. So I wanted a peaceful life, to enjoy a stability I had never experienced before." Fu Wenwen decided to open up and tell Lin Feng her thoughts.
"Then you are with me... is... is..." Lin Feng's throat tightened, and he was choked up.
"Agreeing to be with you was a test for me as well as for you. The cruelty of that world taught me not to trust anyone but myself," Fu Wenwen looked at Lin Feng. "But your world tells me that the village chief is trustworthy, Sister Cuihua is trustworthy, Sister Xiao Hong is trustworthy, and you... are trustworthy."
"So, you truly want to be with me, don't you?" Lin Feng's heart relaxed. He immediately stepped forward and pulled Fu Wenwen into his embrace. She wasn't acting; she had truly chosen him.
"I thought you would think I was a monster?" Fu Wenwen rested her head on Lin Feng's chest. The moment he discovered her.
She thought their relationship was over.
"Even more so, I'm glad you came to my world." Lin Feng held Fu Wenwen tightly. "Rather than being afraid you're an anomaly, I'm more afraid of you leaving me."
"Can you give me some time to accept it?" Lin Feng pleaded.
He truly needed time to digest all of this, but letting Fu Wenwen leave was absolutely out of the question.
"Are you really not afraid of me?" Fu Wenwen listened to Lin Feng's heartbeat and felt a sense of peace.
He wasn't afraid of her; he didn't treat her like an anomaly.
"I, Lin Feng, have been fearless since childhood. Do you think I would be afraid of you?" Lin Feng embraced Fu Wenwen, speaking domineeringly. "But now, I am afraid of you. The village chief said it well, I have found the person who makes me afraid, someone who can tame me, and someone I am willing to be tamed by."
"You make it sound like I'm a Taoist priest and you're a demon, and I'm here to subdue you?" Fu Wenwen chuckled.
Hearing Fu Wenwen's laughter, Lin Feng also smiled. "I can subdue you too. Just stay by my side obediently, don't leave me, alright?"
"...Okay." Hearing these words, Fu Wenwen's defenses crumbled in an instant.