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The Divine Realm was always still, almost unnaturally perfect. To An Yuling, it was a constant reminder that she didn't belong-not according to the "plot" she remembered from her previous life.
She had entered this world knowing everyone's fate, especially Tang San's. She believed he was destined to love the original heroine, so she stayed in the background, acting only as a supportive "sister."
But things slowly changed.
Tang San began watching her too closely. In battle, he protected her first-even when the heroine stood nearer. Yuling dismissed it as brotherly instinct.
One evening, she gently urged him, "San-ge, you should go to her. She needs you."
He didn't move. Frustration flickered in his eyes. "Why do you keep pushing me away? Don't you trust my heart?"
"We are siblings," she said, though her voice shook. "We can't be together. The world... doesn't work that way."
For the first time, he lost his composure. Gripping her shoulders, he asked, "Why? We share no blood. I chose you. Why isn't that enough?"
She couldn't explain the "script" she feared to break, so she kept resisting him.
Years passed. The battles ended, the gods rose, and the story she once clung to quietly changed. Tang San never wavered-his heart never turned to the heroine, only to her.
Slowly, Yuling realized she had been holding onto a past that no longer existed. The man before her was real, and so were his feelings.
Standing atop the Sea God's platform, the wind rushing around them, she finally stopped running.
"San-ge," she said softly.
"I'm here," he replied.
"Meeting you was an accident," she admitted with a small smile. "I tried so hard to fix it. But now I understand... it was the best fate. I wasn't meant to watch from the sidelines. I was meant to be with you."
She took his hand. "I will always love you."
Tang San pulled her close, his voice calm and certain. "Me too. Even in the next life, I'll find you-script or no script."
Tang San x An Yuling