174: Chapter 174: We sacrifice ourselves to the point of exhaustion, yet we're still no match for someone who marries well.

That flush instantly spread from her cheeks to her neck, and even her petite earlobes were dyed a tempting shade of pink.

She even subconsciously struggled slightly, trying to pull back the arm Wang Donger was holding, but was held even tighter by Wang Donger.

Snow Empress's reflexive, incredibly shy reaction was more convincing than any words!

"Hiss—"

Qian Renxue couldn't help but gasp, her bright golden eyes filled with shock and complexity.

She watched the bizarre yet harmonious scene before her.

Wang Donger's smile was bright, and Snow Empress was shy and reflexive!

The guess in her heart was completely confirmed.

Donger... she actually agreed!

And looking at them now, not only did they not develop a rift, but their relationship seemed... even closer?

This was completely beyond Qian Renxue's expectations.

She originally thought that even if Wang Donger finally accepted it reluctantly, she would go through painful struggles, and even leave an indelible grudge with Snow Empress.

But the scene before her, which was almost like a deep sisterly bond, left her not knowing how to react for a moment.

In her heart, there was both the relief of letting out a breath, feeling happy for Snow Empress, and an indescribable, complex emotion that she herself couldn't quite put into words, quietly sprouting.

If Donger could be so generous in accepting Snow Empress's existence, and even take the initiative to be friendly, then what about Xiao Wu? What about... herself?

This thought sprouted from the deepest part of her heart like weeds, out of control, causing Qian Renxue's heart to skip a beat, and a trace of imperceptible panic flashed across her face.

She hurriedly picked up her water cup and took a sip, masking the waves in her heart.

"What on earth are you two talking about?"

Xiao Wu finally couldn't help it. She looked at one, then the other, her big pink eyes filled with huge question marks as she asked: "What agreed or didn't agree? What did Sister Donger agree to? And what's wrong with Senior Snow Empress? Can you please say something I can understand?"

However, no one had the heart to answer Xiao Wu's question at this moment.

Lu Jing's gaze also gradually changed from initial surprise and complexity to a deeper... bewilderment and speechlessness.

He watched Wang Donger intimately holding Snow Empress, watched Snow Empress's shy, wifely appearance, looked at Qian Renxue's face, which was filled with shock and complex expressions, and then recalled his conversation with Qian Renxue last night, as well as Wang Donger's act of going to find Snow Empress...

He felt as if he had missed the key plot of a whole grand drama.

Is there something wrong with this development?

He was the central figure being liked, right?

Why did it feel like overnight, these two women had solved the matter themselves, and solved it so... harmoniously?

They even seemed to have a better relationship with each other than with him?

A strange, absurd feeling surged into Lu Jing's heart.

He felt as if he hadn't gained a potential partner, but rather... his official girlfriend and his potential partner had reached an agreement behind his back, the details of which he didn't know, and then appeared before him, arm in arm, as close as sisters, announcing that the matter was resolved.

And he, the person involved, seemed to be completely excluded from the negotiation process, other than being told the result.

Lu Jing's mouth couldn't help but twitch, and the ripples and worries in his heart caused by Snow Empress's feelings were now replaced by a more subtle, wry emotion.

He looked at Wang Donger, then at Snow Empress, then at Qian Renxue, who looked complex and seemed to be pondering life, and Xiao Wu, who was completely out of the loop, with "who am I, where am I" written all over her face...

Fine.

He felt as if he was a bit redundant.

This breakfast, I'm afraid, won't be easy to digest.

Meanwhile, in the depths of Lu Jing's vast, silver-glowing spiritual sea, a live broadcast and internal discussion were taking place intensely.

The giant spiritual light cluster transformed by Tian Meng Ice Silkworm was jumping up and down excitedly, as if it had discovered a new continent.

The massive spiritual fluctuations conveyed intense, almost ecstatic emotions: "Bingbing! Bingbing, did you see that! I said it! I said Snow Empress and Xiao Jing would definitely make it! Look, look at this posture! That girl Wang Donger even took the initiative to abdicate and yield... oh no, she took the initiative to leave the battlefield! This relationship is stable! It's stable! Hahaha!"

It was triumphant, as if matchmaking Snow Empress and Xiao Jing was its masterpiece.

In its long life, most of which was spent sleeping and dodging pursuit, witnessing, or rather, observing a cross-species, high-power-gap emotional drama, and having it settle in such a harmonious and win-win way, really made its spiritual core, which had been silent and bored for too long, feel incredibly excited and satisfied.

On the side, the little green scorpion transformed by Ice Empress was also floating in mid-air.

In those green eyes, the subtle and harmonious scene outside the spiritual sea was reflected, and her eyes were filled with complex and inexplicable emotions.

There was surprise, realization, and a trace of... wry amusement.

"Tsk..."

Ice Empress used her cold voice, sighing with emotion: "I didn't expect... I really didn't expect it. The dignified Ice and Snow Ruler of the Far North, who has lived for seven hundred thousand years, with a temperament colder and firmer than ten-thousand-year profound ice, would actually... really fall for a human, and even..."

She paused, as if she couldn't find the right words to describe Snow Empress's shy, submissive appearance, and finally added quietly: "...and compromised so quickly, and even seems to be... enjoying it? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it even if I died."

She had known and accompanied Snow Empress for countless years, and knew her pride and coldness, which were deeply rooted in her bones, too well.

To be able to make such a Snow Empress show the shyness of a young girl, and even silently agree and participate in such a complex emotional relationship, the change that Lu Jing, this human youth, brought to Snow Empress was probably far greater and more profound than she had imagined.

Beside her, the relatively silent, younger Tian Meng Ice Silkworm of this era, transformed into a spiritual light cluster, also couldn't help but let out a sigh filled with deep envy and injustice: "Sigh... comparing people to people makes one angry; comparing bugs to people makes one even angrier! When we sacrificed ourselves to Xiao Jing, although it was voluntary and for the sake of survival and the future, in the end, we were just high-level thugs and a portable 'old grandpa' mentor. Look at Snow Empress... she hasn't even become a god yet, and her status has already upgraded from a powerful partner to a candidate for the future matriarch? Once Xiao Jing becomes the God King of Destruction and Snow Empress ascends to the Divine Realm with him, the benefits, the status... tsk tsk, I dare not even imagine! We sacrificed ourselves to the point of exhaustion, yet it doesn't compare to her... marrying well!"