Chapter 93 I Will Be a Good Brother to Youyou

"Shang You?"

He Zhimo's wet eyes brightened slightly. He sniffed, wiped the tears from his face, climbed down from the giant shell bed, and almost immediately ran to the stone door. He clapped his hands vigorously and shouted, "Shang You...Shang You, is that you?"

No one responded.

He Zhimo still didn't give up. He tried to stand on tiptoe and put his ear to the stone door to listen.

Outside the stone gate, it felt like a heavy and low ocean current was flowing slowly by my ears.

The more I listened, the more anxious I became. Just as my little hand was about to curl back a little, I suddenly heard the chick's faint cry again, as if wrapped in the dark waves of the sea...

He Zhimo rubbed his eyes and confirmed that he was not hallucinating because of heartbreak, but he really heard Shang You's voice.

Shang You was also locked up?

He Zhimo bit his lips tightly, wiped away his tears immediately, and his little face regained its composure.

He couldn't go on crying like this endlessly.

Although he has not forgiven Shang Youqing yet, it is an indisputable fact that Shang Youqing is his mother.

Now that he knew that Shang You might also be imprisoned in this place, as one of Shang Youqing's babies, he had the responsibility to protect Shang You for his mother.

Thinking of this, He Zhimo clenched his fists, looked at the stone gate in front of him, and began to think about how to leave here.

The stone gate will only open when food is delivered to him at a specific time.

He had to escape secretly when the two monsters came in to deliver food.

He Zhimo blinked at the coral bead curtains on both sides of the stone gate, and then looked towards the jellyfish lamp where he had hidden every time the monster came in.

His eyes, as moist and clear as black jade, turned a few times and he soon thought of a solution. He Zhimo carefully took off his small jacket and piled it haphazardly under the jellyfish lamp, deliberately exposing a little of his clothes.

After doing this, He Zhimo hid himself behind the coral bead curtain next to the stone gate until the stone gate finally opened again. He Zhimo held his breath and almost buried his little head.

He saw the thick black tail dragging on the ground through the gap in the bead curtain and almost fainted from fright. His lips trembled and he bit his little finger in a hurry, for fear of making any sound.

After the two monsters circled around the bead curtain and reached the main hall, He Zhimo bit the cumbersome hem of his clothes, got on his hands and knees, and crawled out from under the bead curtain.

The last time He Zhimo ran out of the door, he was scared unconscious by the monster on the spot. This time, He Zhimo was mentally prepared and would not scream no matter what scary things he saw.

However, the fact is that when He Zhimo raised his head tremblingly, what came into his sight was a rippling, dreamlike underwater water area.

The sea water was shimmering with colorful cold light, and schools of fish, like deep-sea creatures that only appeared in fairy tale picture books, kept passing by.

What made He Zhimo feel most incredible was that he was clearly under this water, but his breathing was normal and he was not affected at all, as if his whole body was isolated by the water flow.

He Zhimo was stunned for several seconds by the scenes before him that were beyond his cognition, but he soon remembered something, rolled his eyes, and quickly pushed aside the giant coral reef that was taller than him near the stone gate, and ran away without looking back.

But He Zhimo was still in the water after all. Not long after running, he was tripped by a rough wave and fell under the coral reef. He climbed up in pain.

It was at this moment that He Zhimo pricked up his ears and heard Shang You's faint phoenix cry again.

Moreover, perhaps because the distance was getting closer, He Zhimo could sense the scent of Shang You, who was getting closer and closer to him.

He Zhimo was afraid that the two monsters would discover his tracks, so he didn't dare to shout loudly. He could only try his best to sniff and follow the scent of his relatives.

Finally, when He Zhimo was struggling to push away the coral that blocked his view, his whole body suddenly froze, and he saw with wide eyes——

Shang You curled up into a ball, hugged his calves tightly, and sat in the corner of a coral reef with his head down. There were spots of blood next to the corals.

Just as He Zhimo was about to approach, Shang You seemed to be frightened by him. She didn't even raise her head, and was about to crawl into the cave behind the coral with trembling breathing. He Zhimo urgently grabbed her hand, "Shang You, it's me!..."

Hearing his voice, Shang You seemed to be still in shock. She raised her little face in panic and opened her mouth in a trembling voice, "He Zhimo..."

He Zhimo squatted in front of her, stretched out his little hand to wipe her tears, and told her about his experience of being locked up in a crystal palace during this period.

Although he had been in a state of panic for several months, he acted very calm and reliable in front of Shang You, as if he was really Shang You's brother.

Shang You tilted her face upwards and let He Zhimo wipe her tears. After listening to his story, her eyes turned red again and she choked with sobs, "Me, me too..."

"I escaped from there... but after a few steps, my legs gave out and I couldn't stand up..."

"What's broken?"

He Zhimo was so worried that his face tightened and he wanted to check, but Shang You covered his calves with his hands and tried to hide them.

"Shang Youyou... Youyou," He Zhimo couldn't help but tell her the secret that he was actually Shang Youqing's phoenix baby. He held her hand very steadily and said, "I will be a good brother to Youyou and protect youyou. Don't be afraid, Youyou."

Shang You was stunned for a long time when he heard this. Thinking that he had just crawled here after smelling the scent of his relatives, he believed it a little more. He looked at him with moist amber eyes and called out hesitantly, "Are you... really my brother?"

"Really!" In order to make Shang You completely let down his guard, He Zhimo scratched the back of his hand a few more times. Soon, a short, soft feather fell off. He spread it out and showed it to Shang You, "Look, I can drop the feather of a baby phoenix."

Seeing this, the vigilance and anxiety on Shang You's face finally relaxed a little. Then he moved his hands slightly, moved his legs forward a little bit, pointed at the faintly visible ice-blue scales on his legs, and told He Zhimo with misty eyes:

"I don't know why this happened. I was just running when I suddenly fell... and I couldn't stand up. And, these strange scales grew on my legs..."

Shang You's voice trembled as he spoke. "I'm clearly a baby phoenix, why do I have scales growing on me? Have I turned into a monster?"