“It sounds as if you’re interrogating me,” Houtu replied with a voice so impassive that it no longer sounded human.0

“Should I not be angry? She wouldn’t have been trapped in that world if you hadn’t sent her there,” Zu An replied in a severe tone. The Mermaid Queen had been faring perfectly well here, but Houtu’s intervention had caused her to be trapped in the Frost Palace as Chang’e.0

“I was indeed the one who sent her back in time. It wasn't just her, but your other lovers too,” Houtu replied unhurriedly.0

“Why did you do that?” Zu An was both perplexed and infuriated.0

“You can think of it as their fate.” Houtu’s voice carried a mystical air. “These events are...0