Some hours later, all four of them came back to the secluded room to see the party in full swing. All turned to look at them with expectations.
"Well, we settled," Theresa declared and cheers erupted from the others.
"Great!"
"That's good to hear,"
"I bet you guys understand each other better now, huh?" Fu Jin sked.
Long Ren nodded and went to hug his grandpa.
"Grandpa, I will listen to you. From now on, I'm no longer demon lord. I'm just an ordinary fox who's never seen the world." he said happily.
"Whatever is in your heart that you're sure is beneficial, no one stops you from doing it." said Long Hua Ming as he hugged his only relative.
Whooosh!
A strong wind blew and a portal appeared behind Clark.
"The two moons of Luo Ye are separating." Ju Wei said in realization.
Aarti walked to her daughter and hugged her tight. Clark and Marabelle also came over and took turns in hugging Theresa.
Ju Wei unexpectedly walked to Marabelle and begged her to follow him somewhere for a moment. She skeptically stared at him but finally agreed with a nod from Clark.
Ju Wei then vanished with Marabelle, causing the others to shake their head in amusement.
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Ju Wei appeared inside his room with Marabelle and then sat her on the bed.
"You... what do you want?" she asked unhappily.
"I..." he scratched his neck nervously, staring at her feet.
"Well, I just wanted to..." unable to complete his words, he decided to just follow his heart.
He hugged her and placed an old, crude, ruby necklace around her neck. It was the necklace he crushed centuries ago when his parents died.
Marabelle pushed him away.
"What did you do? Who gave you permission to touch me?" she barked.
"Um... I'm sorry. You are going back to your planet. I don't know if you will come back. I know my gift is crude but please... accept it and don't lose it." he hurried spoke his mind but she looked at him unhappily.
"I'm sorry. I was ashamed to give it to you in front of so many in the secluded room. I..."
"Well, you can keep this necklace to yourself, pervert!" she threw the necklace at him.
He caught it and stared at her with hurt in his eyes.
"What's with such expression. It's disgusting! If you got nthing meaningful to say or show me, then let me go. I need to spend some quality time with my bstie." she barked and got off the bed.
"I... please don't leave just yet." he showed her the crude necklace and knelt.
"Where is this going?" Marabelle thought.
"Please, take it with you. I'm begging you..."
She folded her hands.
"Give me one reason to take it," she demanded.
"I... can't tell you now." he looked away from her.
"If you don't want this necklace, how about a storage ring. It will still work in your planet. Please!" Ju Wei kept the necklace and took out a beautiful ring.
"Please take it," he said.
"Fine!" she took it from him and threw it to the extreme of the room.
"I don't want things from you. I asked you for just one reason and you failed. I'm off!" she stormed out of his room.
Ju Wei sat on the floor, looking sad and tired. He felt hopeless. What he feared had come to pass!
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