I smiled and said, "You know Xu Yulong's plans better than anyone else, I think."

"You keep choosing to escape, which isn't the best outcome. Because you can't escape it."

"Shut up, I don't want to hear you," Xu An'an said, turning to leave. But I added, "I have a solution. Don't you want to hear it?"

"What else do you want to say? If it's to sow discord, then you don't need to bother," Xu An'an retorted coldly, but she stopped walking.

I said, "Xu An'an, I'm asking you, what do you want?"

"Do you want to fulfill Xu Yulong, or do you want him to stay with you? Or rather, for you to stay with him!"

Xu An'an asked, "What do you mean?"

I quickly said, "If you want to fulfill Xu Yulong, then accept your fate! Follow him with peace of mind, listen to his arrangements, and don't blame him even if you die at his hands. Because that's your choice."

"Perhaps you think that some love requires sacrifice. But I have to remind you, you have to figure out whether your sacrifice is touching yourself or touching others?"

"If Xu Yulong remembers such a sister all his life because of your sacrifice, and feels sad whenever he thinks of you, or if he leads the Xu family's elite into Taiqu Mountain, as he said, at any cost, to save your life, then your death will be worth it."

"Love and affection are both two-way streets. Unilateral love is just a futile sacrifice."

Xu An'an trembled and said, "Just say what you want to say!"

I said, "Isn't your ultimate goal to have Xu Yulong stay with you? To belong only to you?"

"Do you care about Xu Yulong as the young master of the Xu family, as the head of the Xu family, or do you care about Xu Yulong himself?"

Xu An'an's voice almost cracked, "What are you trying to say?"

Xu An'an was moved. The inner demon behind her not only became clearer but also gave me a thumbs-up.

I said, "If you don't care about Xu Yulong's identity and status, then sabotage his plan. Cripple his cultivation and leave him with nothing."

"No, that's not right! It's not about leaving him with nothing, but about making him unable to be a sorcerer anymore. Without the threat of force, Xu Yulong won't die, but he also won't become the Xu family's heir and can only get a management position on the periphery of the Xu family. With his abilities, he can still do well."

"What do you think?"

Xu An'an responded in a low voice, "Won't he hate me?"

"With Xu Yulong's character, he won't dare to hate you!" I smiled. "After Xu Yulong loses everything, you're the only one left."

"Think about it carefully, Xu Yulong has actually been crippled for many years."

"He's become habitually dependent on you. When he encounters a strong enemy, the first thing he thinks about isn't how to deal with the enemy but about you."

"Someone who doesn't know how to resist when he encounters an opponent, and only thinks about asking for help, is no longer suitable to be the head of the family. If you ask me, it may not be a good thing if Xu Yulong really inherits the Xu family."

"Perhaps he himself has realized this, which is why he chose to bring you into Taiqu Mountain before his marriage, hoping to obtain your life force."

"Think about it, if he loses the qualification to compete for the head of the family, will the Xu family still ask him to marry? Can he still leave you?"

Xu An'an said, "Are there... are there any more effective ways? For example, to make him unable to move."

I was slightly stunned and said, "You mean... that's not impossible, but are you willing?"

"If I'm going to do it, I'll make sure he can never leave me!" A bit of ferocity appeared on Xu An'an's face, and the demonic energy of the inner demon behind her rose like flames.

My plan worked.

I said calmly, "It can be done, but you can't do it. If you do it, Xu Yulong will notice. At that time, I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to do it. How badly do you want to hurt him? Quadriplegia? Or unable to walk?"

Xu An'an said, "Just let him spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. But what about my life force?"

I said in a deep voice, "Xu Yulong's legs can be left to me! I promise not to kill him. But your life force..."

I hesitated for a moment and said, "I have no way to deal with that. Perhaps, only by ensuring that both you and I enter Tiewa Temple is there a chance to change your life force. However, this is just my speculation, and I can't guarantee whether it will succeed."

Xu An'an said, "Your purpose is to enter Tiewa Temple, right? You don't want to have a life-and-death confrontation with my brother before entering Tiewa Temple, right?"

"That's right!" My purpose is to enter Tiewa Temple. Before that, if Xu Yulong doesn't attack me, I don't need to kill him.

"Okay!" Xu An'an nodded and said, "From now on, we will cooperate. But you have to guarantee that it can only be us cooperating."

"No problem!" I smiled and said, "Happy cooperation!"

I was talking to Xu An'an's inner demon. The inner demon behind Xu An'an gave me a high-five in the air.

My real partner is the inner demon, not Xu An'an.

Just as I was arranging Xu Yulong's second half of life with Xu An'an, Xu Yulong's voice came over, "An'an, where did you go? Say something!"