[ He looks at Xie Lian then, and he has. Several questions - because he'd asked what else had happened at the time and gege had answered that nothing did. He'd been relieved about it then, but at the same time, now, with gege being so nervous again... Had he been cruel? Had that really been everything that happened?

But then he moves on, quickly, before Hua Cheng can ask.

And it's his turn to be awkward. ]

Yes. We took care of the situation. A new calamity wasn't born.

[ And Jun Wu was secretly evil the whole time and we defeated him and you're kind of now the emperor of heaven, also I disappeared for a year after giving you enough power to remove your shackles and defeat Jun Wu. ]

We were safe. And happy. I guess this place has other plans.

[ But then, he looks over at Xie Lian and smiles. ]

But we have each other.