Chapter 72 What about the daughter? We have to raise her, right?
Hearing the voice, she took a deep breath, then grasped Shan Yue's hand and stuffed the handkerchief into her palm.
"How were you rescued later?"
Shan Yue choked up for a moment, but finally took the handkerchief Wen Rensheng handed her and wiped away her tears.
“I was later… rescued by a snake demon whose name I do not know,” she sobbed. “She had a face painted like a theatrical performer’s and broke into my courtyard to rescue me.”
"But those men in black robes wanted to kill us all and wouldn't let us go. To protect me, she hurriedly sent me to a family in Zhongzhou and lured away the pursuers on her own."
Upon hearing this, Wen Rensheng paused, his expression faltering.
"...A snake demon?"
He looked at He Mu, and their eyes met; they both thought of the same person at the same time.
"The God of Literature?"
Shan Yue paused for a moment, then hesitated and asked, "Wenquxing, is that the deity?"
Hearing voices, she released Shan Yue's hand, her brows furrowing slightly as she hurriedly went over the story Shan Yue had told her again in her mind.
Shan Yue's family had been massacred by Si Ming, and her parents were beaten to death. She was the only survivor and was rescued by a snake demon that night, and went into exile in Zhongzhou.
And that snake demon, Shan Yue's savior, is most likely his master, Yi Jin Xiang.
Mu crossed his legs and fiddled with the ring on his finger: "So the feud between Si Ming and Wen Qu Xing started at this time. How unpredictable life is."
Hearing voices made him feel like his head was about to burn out. He frantically rubbed his hair with both hands, and the braids he had braided that morning quickly came undone.
Shan Yue couldn't understand what they were saying. Clutching her handkerchief, she asked cautiously, "Do you know my benefactor?"
Hearing a voice, he looked up and quickly said, "I know her! Not only do I know her, I can even take you to her!"
Shan Yue's eyes lit up: "Really? Where is she now? I've always wanted to find her to repay my debt, but my strength is too weak, and I can't leave Zhongzhou on my own..."
“It’s true,” Wenren said firmly, “She is my master, the city lord of Cangzhou City, the Wenqu Star of the Heavenly Court, the most powerful demon in the world. You’re coming back to Cangzhou with us—”
Halfway through his speech, a thought suddenly flashed through Wen Rensheng's mind, and he abruptly stopped talking.
But is Cangzhou City really safe now?
Shan Yue was different from anyone he had met before. She was a demon with ordinary cultivation, and she was far too weak for this world.
It was only a matter of time before Si Ming attacked Cangzhou City. Even if he used illusion magic to buy Cangzhou City five years, Si Ming would soon see that he did not truly want to submit to her.
Furthermore, if bringing Shan Yue back would increase the pressure on Master, wouldn't that...?
“I’ll go back with you.”
Shan Yue's words interrupted Wen Rensheng's train of thought.
Hearing the voice, he snapped out of his reverie and hesitated, saying, "But if we go to Cangzhou, you might be in danger."
Shan Yue asked, "Didn't you just say that if you save your friends, you can also save many people in Cangzhou City?"
"...That's right."
“That’s good,” Shan Yue said, looking at him intently. “I want to repay your kindness. Take me with you.”
"Don't rush."
He Mu stood up and winked at Ye Lan, signaling him to bring Xu Duoren into the house.
He said, "Cangzhou City is in danger now. Before we go back, we need to study the toxins of this red lotus and find an antidote before we can go back."
Ye Lan quickly carried Xu Duoren on his back, laboriously stepped over the threshold, and placed him on a rattan chair in the medicine room.
The rattan chair couldn't support Xu Duoren's weight and started creaking. Ye Lan had to push Xu Duoren from behind to prevent him from breaking the chair.
Upon seeing the original form of her kin, Shan Yue was still somewhat afraid, turning her head slightly away, not daring to look directly at it.
He Mu casually flicked a piece of cloth off the table and threw it at Xu Duoren's face, covering his features.
“Divine Doctor Sister, don’t be afraid,” Wenrensheng stood up to comfort Shanyue. “My brother used to be a deity, and now he has the cultivation of the Mahayana stage. No one in the world can beat him. Just focus on treating patients. We will protect the pharmacy.”
Shan Yue glanced at Wen Rensheng with a flickering eye, and asked cautiously, "Are you... siblings?"
"ah?"
Hearing the voice, Shan Yue was startled, only then realizing that she was still dressed as the "mute wife," and her voice was hoarse due to typhoid fever. Shan Yue had no idea of his true identity.
"I...I...I'm not!" Hearing the voice, he hurriedly wiped the powder off his face and explained, "I'm not a woman, I'm a man! My brother and I aren't siblings, we—"
At this point, Wenren paused, instinctively clutching the hem of her clothes, and lowered her voice shyly.
"We are already engaged..."
"A marriage contract?" Shan Yue blinked and said softly, "Between two men?"
Hearing a soft "hmm" from someone, she pulled He Mu up from the chair and hid behind him, only peeking out with her head.
"There were two men; I was a monster, and he was a human."
With eyes full of curiosity, Shan Yue pressed on, "And your two daughters..."
"Of course it's fake!"
"May I ask, how old are you this year, young hero?"
“I’m already eighteen,” Wen Rensheng said, her face growing increasingly red. “I… I can sleep with my fiancé.”
"I see," Shan Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving the answer. "Then I'm relieved."
He Mu, who was in front, held his forehead and sighed softly.
So what exactly was the misunderstanding in the first place?
Could it be that in Shan Yue's eyes, he had always been someone who would bully a sixteen-year-old?
He's not that kind of person.
*
During the period when Ren was recuperating, the three of them, including Shan Yueliu, temporarily stayed at the pharmacy.
For convenience, Ye Lan stayed in the room in the north corner, while Wen Rensheng and He Mu stayed in the east wing. Next door to them was the place where medicine was decocted, and a little bit of the bitter smell would drift into the room. Wen Rensheng liked this smell very much.
At 7:45 PM, he lit an oil lamp, dipped his brush in ink, and neatly wrote a line of characters on the paper.
"Since I have nothing else to do in Zhongzhou, I'm going to write a book about the mountain god."
He Mu paused in his action of grinding ink for him.
"About me?"
"Um."
Hearing someone's voice, she looked up at him, her eyes clear and bright, like a snowflake.
"When I was little, I loved to look for books about you in bookstores, but it would take me all day to find just one or two tattered volumes."
Aside from the fragments, the only other place one could find the name "True Lord Cangyu" in those obscure lists of deities.
Even if it's just a sentence or two, he'll look at it repeatedly for a long time, and then carefully fold a corner of the book so he can look at it again next time.
As she spoke, she put down her pen upon hearing someone's voice, stood up, hugged He Mu's neck, and nuzzled against his neck affectionately on tiptoe.
He said, "I think my brother is a wonderful person. There shouldn't be so few stories about a deity. I want to record your story so that more people can know about it."
“I’m no longer a god,” He Mu said with a smile, his arm around his waist. “Besides, people in this world prefer gods with a bodhisattva’s heart. No one would want to read about me.”
“Then I’ll keep it for myself!” Wenren pouted. “Besides… I also want to write a little bit of our story.”
"Hmm," He Mu lowered his head and kissed Wen Rensheng's earlobe, "So what kind of story do you want to tell us?"
He had already thought of this, and he excitedly opened his arms and began to describe it on his fingers.
"Just write the story of how the mountain god found me. When I was a little child, the mountain god took me into his temple and raised me. As soon as I came of age, he proposed to me, and then we did many intimate things together..."
"…………"
"Stop, stop, stop," Mu Yue felt increasingly guilty and quickly interrupted him, "It's better not to write anymore."
"Why!" Wen Rensheng said unhappily.
He Mu frankly said, "The way you put it makes it sound like I've had inappropriate thoughts about you since you were little, and as soon as you came of age, I immediately took advantage of you. That's a bit much..."
Hearing the voice, she blushed and immediately retorted, "That's not what I thought!"
He Mu quickly patted his frizzy hair.
“I know that’s not what you think… Sigh, okay, okay, I misspoke, I’m sorry, Sheng Sheng.”
Hearing him say that, Wenrensheng glared at him angrily, then threw herself into his arms and muttered, "Even if the mountain god had ill intentions towards me all along, I don't mind. I was raised by you, so I belong to you. What's the problem?"
Mu Qing patted Wen Rensheng on the back, thinking to herself, "Wenquxing has been teaching for so many years, how come this child's mindset still can't be corrected?"
If someone else were to be seduced by such a docile personality, they might be completely fooled and deceived long ago.
Sigh, luckily the person I heard the voice from was him.
Hearing someone's voice, he hugged him for a while, then suddenly felt something poking his cheek against Mu Yi's collar.
He straightened up, touched He Mu's collar, and looked up at He Mu curiously.
"What is this?" It's shaped like a book.
"What?" He Mu rummaged through his clothes and pulled out a book. "Oh, this."
It was the erotic picture book that Wen Rensheng had hidden under the bed; he had taken a copy with him before leaving the house.
!
Upon hearing voices and seeing the familiar cover, their eyes widened, and they rushed forward to snatch it.
"Where did you get this thing?!"
He Mu reacted faster than him, immediately raising the hand holding the book to a height that Wen Rensheng couldn't reach.
"I found it under the bed," He Mu said innocently. "I don't know who put it there. I left in a hurry and haven't opened it yet."
Hearing someone's voice, she tiptoed and desperately tried to pry at the book, her voice becoming strained.
"Haven't read it? Then... don't read it. This book is mine, you're not allowed to read it!"
He Mu had her arms around his lower back, her hands still raised.
He blurted out, "Hey, why won't you let me see it? Your master even told me to read more books. I've already turned over a new leaf and I'm going to become a cultured person from now on."
Hearing the voice, he jumped up and finally grabbed a corner of the book. The two of them held onto one side and were locked in a stalemate in mid-air.
Hearing a voice urgently say, "Let go!"
He Mu asked, "What's so shameful about this book?"
"There's nothing shameful about it... but you're not allowed to look!"
"This book is written for others to read. I need to study its contents carefully so I can better protect you in the future."
“There’s nothing to learn here,” Wen Rensheng said, his face flushed, “you won’t learn anything from this, so give it back to me!”
"oh……"
Upon hearing this, He Mu finally let go of her hand.
Hearing voices, he didn't have time to stop, and his body lost its balance. He was about to fall backward, but fortunately, He Mu caught him in time, preventing him from falling flat on his back.
But He Mu clearly had no intention of letting it go easily. He maintained this posture, holding Wen Rensheng's wrist, and slowly slid it upwards, using one finger to turn the pages of the book inside.
Several pages fell from the tattered book with a clatter, revealing erotic scenes that shone brightly before my eyes.
"And what about our two daughters?"
Mu leaned closer to him and deliberately said,
"If I don't study properly, how are we going to raise our daughter? Do you expect me to raise her with someone else?"
He Mu got more and more excited as he talked, and he squeezed Wen Rensheng's wrist a little tighter.
"You're engaged to me, yet you're thinking of marrying someone else?" he said to himself. "You're hurting me so much, Sheng Sheng, how are you going to make it up to me?"
Hearing the voices, she closed her eyes in shame and indignation, thinking to herself, "This is something I could never do!"
He finally understood that all of these were just excuses Mu used to coax him into sleeping with her!
And he... was actually foolish enough to fall for it so many times!
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Author's Note: What are you barking about?
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