EPILOGUE – Ten Years Later
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Ten years had passed since Lin Wanwan transmigrated into the Great Xuan Dynasty.
The bubble tea empire spread across the entire realm. Every city had a "Wanwan's Tea House."
The royal family considered bubble tea a staple beverage.
Even the most traditional nobles had admitted defeat.
Xiao Yue was now ten. Clever. Sharp-tongued. Could out-argue any court official.
She had her mother's strategic mind. Her father's tactical instincts.
She'd already started "reforming" the palace.
And Xiao Jingxing—once the Icy Demon, now the "Dotting Duke"—was sitting with his wife on the pavilion roof.
Watching the moon rise.
"Wanwan," he said, "do you ever regret staying?"
She leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Not for a single second."
"Even though you can never go back?"
"Your Highness," she said, "I've been back for ten years. Every day I wake up next to you. Every day I see my daughter's smile. Every day I drink bubble tea and laugh at the nobles who pretend they don't love it."
She turned to look at him. Eyes shining.
"This is my home. This is my world. And you—you are my forever."
He kissed her forehead.
"I love you, Lin Wanwan."
"I love you too, Xiao Jingxing."
Beneath the autumn moon, the former operations manager and the Icy Demon held each other close.
Grateful for every ridiculous, wonderful moment that had brought them together.
THE END
A story of laughter, love, and bubble tea across time.
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