"How is it?" You You squeezed the hand of the person on the bed and turned to look at Yuan Qi, who was taking the pulse beside her.
Since returning from the Underworld, Feng Rong's condition had been deteriorating. At first, he only vomited and was emotionally unstable. But gradually, he became weak all over, his spirits waned, and he even became delirious, his strength starting to drain away. In just a few days, he went from being so irritable that he could cut down mountains to being weak, pale, and sickly, leaning against the bed, with occasional flashes of pain on his face.
“Perhaps that consciousness is not very stable, which is why it affects him.” Yuan Qi frowned and said in a deep voice, “After all, that is the origin, and even if he is a demon god, he probably cannot completely calm it down.”
"What should we do then?" Youyou asked anxiously.
“We can only wait for it to stabilize on its own.” Yuan Qi glanced at the Demon God with a strange expression, shook his head and said, “This consciousness is not yet fully mature, so it needs to be repaired with his power. Once it matures, it will naturally leave his body.”
In other words, there's no other way but to wait?
She looked again at the sickly person on the bed. His once beautiful face was deathly pale, devoid of any color. His usually bright and lively eyes were now filled with exhaustion. His breathing was shallow and light, as if he were half asleep and half awake.
This was a vulnerable side of him she had never seen before, not even a fraction of the fragility he used to feign. His consciousness was clearly drifting, yet he still held her hand close, seemingly on the verge of falling asleep, but he would occasionally open his eyes to glance at her, as if to confirm she was beside him.
"Youyou..." The words that came out were incredibly soft.
Youyou felt a pang of guilt. She reached out with her other hand to brush away the stray hairs from his forehead and touched his cold cheek, feeling a pang of heartache. "Isn't there any other way? Even just to alleviate his current condition would be good!" Feng Rong was in such a pitiful state.
“The origin is different from other souls, and besides, the one about to be born is a main god.” Yuan Qi sighed and said, “The power of us main gods is not much different, so Feng Rong naturally needs to expend a lot of power to bring it into the world.”
"So he's like this because his power is draining too quickly, he's weakened?" Youyou understood.
Yuan Qi nodded. "You could say that."
Youyou inexplicably thought that pregnant women need to supplement their nutrition, and eating five meals a day is considered normal. However, Feng Rong seemed to be fine for the first few days after returning, but his emotions had been unstable ever since. She hadn't even brought him food to supplement his nutrition, and due to the pile of things at the sect, she had rarely come to see him in the past few days. Youyou inexplicably felt like the kind of scumbag who ignored his pregnant wife.
"In that case, let's quickly give him some supplements." She didn't know how other pregnant women supplemented their diets, but whatever others had, her little turkey couldn't be without it.
“He is losing power now, so he naturally needs to replenish it.” Yuan Qi thought for a moment and said, “I remember there is a mysterious pool in his Demon God Palace. The water in that pool is formed from his demonic power. Perhaps taking it now will be beneficial to him.”
Upon closer reflection, Youyou realized that there was indeed such a pool in the Demon God Temple. The Demon King's Seal was placed in the middle of that pool, and the demonic energy there was indeed more concentrated than in other places.
"Alright, I'll go to the Demon Realm right now." With that, he got up and prepared to leave the room.
She had only taken two steps when the person who had been lying on the bed, who had been in a daze, suddenly seemed to be startled awake. He sat up abruptly and rushed over anxiously, trying to grab her hand. "Youyou!"
He pounced rather suddenly, not even realizing he was still on the bed, and ended up falling down, missing her hand but managing to grab one of her legs instead.
"Feng Rong!" You You was startled and immediately turned around to help him up.
"Don't go! Don't go... Don't leave... I..." His face was filled with panic as he grabbed Youyou tightly, speaking incoherently. As he spoke, his eyes suddenly reddened, and glistening tears first slid down his cheeks, then gushed out like a flood. "Youyou... Youyou..."
"Okay, okay, I won't leave! Don't cry!" Youyou was stunned. Seeing Fengrong's aggrieved state, her heart clenched. She hugged the person on the ground who was clearly out of control and crying uncontrollably, gently stroking his back to coax him, "Okay, okay, I won't leave, I won't leave."
She comforted him for a long time, and seeing that his emotions had finally stabilized but he had returned to his previous dazed state, she helped him back to bed. However, he seemed to have been stimulated and still clung to her tightly, refusing to let go.
You You had no choice but to turn to look at Yuan Qi, who was also in shock, and asked, "What happened?"
Feng Rong's behavior is clearly abnormal. Given his usual arrogant nature, he would never show weakness to anyone, let alone cry like a child in front of her.
"Let me see." Yuan Qi tried to take Feng Rong's hand to examine it, but Feng Rong immediately pulled her hand away, not letting him touch it at all. Instead, she snuggled even closer into You You's arms, holding him tightly.
Yuan Qi frowned, then had no choice but to settle for second best. He made a hand seal and touched the other man's forehead, closing his eyes to examine him. After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes again, "Huh?!"
"What's wrong?" Youyou asked.
“The loss of power in his body seems to have stopped!” Yuan Qi said in a deep voice. Not only that, even his previously weak primordial consciousness seemed to have solidified a bit, as if it had been calmed down.
"Huh?" You You was also taken aback. What happened? They hadn't done anything, so how did things suddenly stabilize? "Is it Feng Rong's own ability?"
Yuan Qi glanced at the person who was delirious but still tried to forcefully shove Xiao You into his arms like a bear, and a guess flashed through his mind, "Perhaps... it's your power."
"Me?" Youyou's eyes widened. She hadn't done anything except hug Fengrong.
etc!
She thought of something, and with a thought, she mobilized a wisp of her power and sent it towards Feng Rong. Sure enough, the next moment, Feng Rong's brows, which had been furrowed like a pretzel, relaxed considerably, and he stopped trying so hard to squeeze her into his arms.
It worked! Youyou was overjoyed. She pushed the person away and gently helped them lie down on the bed, but the other person's hand was still tightly holding hers.
“Sure enough, the primordial consciousness calmed down because of you.” Yuan Qi glanced at her. He should have realized it sooner. Only Xiao You could control the primordial consciousness. This consciousness was born from the primordial consciousness. Although it accidentally entered Feng Rong’s body, it would only calm down when it sensed Xiao You’s power. “It seems that you can’t leave him for even a moment in the near future.”
Youyou recalled that when she first found that primordial energy, it was indeed aimed at her, but Feng Rong unexpectedly pulled her aside, which resulted in the primordial energy ending up in his body.
So... Feng Rong became like this to suffer in her place, and the one who was originally pregnant should have been her?!
What should I do if I suddenly feel like I'm becoming more of a jerk?
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