[closes his eyes because those words definitely have different meaning than they had in his past life--or, hell, even between the start and most recent events of his second life.]

But you didn't force it. Remember? It ended up being the option the first time after I came back because... well... Jiang Cheng... and me saying those things...

[it really was get dragged back to Yunmeng or go to Gusu under Lan Wangji's protection, then.]

But you still let it be my choice.