Chapter 74 "I'll Be With You" Your Ears Turned Red
At the border of Beihai, one step forward leads to boundless spring and a bright future, while one step back leads to dampness and gloom, from which there is no escape.
Mo Beili stood at the boundary between light and darkness, her eyes filled with complex emotions. She looked at the person in front of her, as if she wanted to say something.
Noticing her hesitation, Fu Yunyao asked, "What's wrong?"
"Sister Yao." She looked up slightly, gazing at the sunlight streaming in, and said, "I want to stay."
Once the first sentence was spoken, the rest became easier. She said, "Mu Jiuqing covets my physique and wants to use me as a vessel to resurrect Sect Master Mu. I don't want to cause you any trouble before things are completely resolved."
Moreover, I think that perhaps, as Sister Yao said, demons also have their own emotions. I want to try; if it can really alleviate some of the demons' hatred towards humans, then seven years later, the human world and the demon realm might truly usher in a new future.
Another reason was that she looked at Ying Shixue, who was always by her side. The Demon Realm should really need this Demon God now.
Fu Yunyao asked her, "Have you thought this through?"
"Mmm," she replied. "Will Sister Yao be angry?"
Fu Yunyao found it strange, "Why would I be angry?"
"Sister Yao sacrificed herself to sign an agreement with the Demon Lord so that I wouldn't be trapped in the Demon Realm, but now I've chosen to stay, betraying your kindness."
"Xiao Bei." Fu Yunyao called out to her with a soft laugh as she heard her words.
She reached out, her fingertips landing on Mo Beili's hair, gently stroking it.
Mo Beili looked up and met her gentle gaze. She heard her say something.
“I’m so glad you have the right to choose, not as a transaction, but because it’s your own choice. You’ve done a great job, and I look forward to seeing you again.”
Mo Beili called her softly, "Sister Yao..."
Fu Yunyao smiled and replied, "Go ahead. If you get tired, go home."
Mo Beili nodded slightly and slowly took a few steps back.
She turned around and walked back into the Ink Domain with Ying Shixue.
Fu Yunyao watched their departing figures with a smile.
The girl stopped in her tracks, turned her head, and looked at him again.
Fu Yunyao tilted her head slightly and met her gaze.
A gentle breeze swept by, bringing with it the girl's warm breath.
Fu Yunyao watched as Mo Beili turned around again and ran towards her, like a fluttering butterfly crashing into her arms.
She sensed the girl's attachment and reluctance to part with her.
She said.
"Sister Yao, you must have a safe and smooth journey."
"Yes, I will."
...
Sunlight streamed into the courtyard, and on the wooden rack in one corner, the herbs drying were exactly the same as before Fu Yunyao left, as if she had never left this place.
Fu Yunyao sat down, leaning against the tree trunk in the courtyard. Under the tree, a hibiscus grew on a low mound.
The wooden monument she erected herself is still so clean; it must be regularly cleaned by someone.
When she left, Fu Yunyao never imagined that she would return here again.
Perhaps it was the gentle breeze in Koike Castle that made her thoughts drift away.
So much so that when Fu Yusheng appeared in front of her, she didn't notice him immediately.
As a shadow fell in front of her, she looked up and met those light-colored eyes.
He knelt down in front of her and handed her the pastries he had carefully wrapped.
Fu Yunyao looked at the pastries in his hand, and then remembered Mu Jin's words, "You like sweet, cloying pastries," and Qiu Tingshui's gentle gaze.
"Liao Liao," Fu Yusheng called to her, bringing her back to her senses. "Who are you thinking of through me?"
Fu Yunyao blinked and picked up a piece of pastry from his hand. "Are you angry?"
Fu Yusheng sighed and reached out to remove the fallen leaf from her hair. "I was just curious."
Fu Yusheng will never get angry with Liao Liao.
Fu Yusheng was simply curious about who Liao Liao had met and how she was doing during the days he couldn't be by her side. He always held the most fervent longing for everything about her.
"I like someone. She is gentle and kind. All the good qualities in the world can be used to describe her, yet it seems that they are not enough to describe her."
Fu Yusheng listened quietly to her story. This was the first time he had heard her express her feelings for someone so clearly.
He followed her gaze and his eyes fell on the wooden tablet under the tree.
Qiuting Water.
Fu Yunyao continued, "When I first arrived in Xiaochi City, I happened to encounter the activation of the restriction within my body. Terrifying lines crawled up the side of my face, but she didn't feel afraid."
She thought back to that day when Qiu Tingshui looked at her with undisguised worry in his eyes.
Spring sunlight fell upon her, and she looked like a compassionate deity.
"She took me in and carefully applied medicine to my wounds. She knew my preferences and would prepare an extra portion of food for me, such as cloyingly sweet pastries."
She chuckled when this was mentioned.
"The children in the city also liked her very much, and they affectionately called her Fairy Granny."
There was also a hibiscus mutabilis, which he liked as well.
Those were wonderful and leisurely days, something I had never experienced in the rest of my life.
As Fu Yunyao spoke, she slightly curved her eyebrows and said, "You're right, I will indeed like it here."
“Mm,” Fu Yusheng replied. “If you like, you can come and stay here often after everything is over. I will stay with you.”
"Fu Yusheng".
"I am here."
"But mortal lifespan is so short." Fu Yunyao lowered her eyes and sighed softly, it was unclear whether she was talking about Qiu Tingshui or herself.
She thought that if it weren't for the restriction imposed by the dust, her life would have ended at the age of seventeen.
"What's the point of having such a long life?" Fu Yusheng asked softly, his eyes crinkling.
When Fu Yunyao looked up at him, he reached out and placed his palm on her hair.
He said, "If you can have someone you care about by your side, even for a moment, it feels like eternity."
The soul bell tolls, one ring after another, disturbing the peace of mind of who knows whose heart it strikes...
Amidst the crisp sound of bells, Fu Yunyao chuckled softly.
She moved closer to Fu Yusheng and, amidst his stunned gaze, asked him a question.
"Don't you want me to stay with you forever?"
She spoke slowly, each word striking a chord deep within Fu Yusheng's heart.
think.
Under her gaze, only this one thought remained in Fu Yusheng's mind.
I want to stay by your side forever.
I only stayed with Liao Liao.
The tips of his ears, hidden by his hair, flushed slightly. He parted his lips slightly, the words he wanted to say lingering on his lips, his gaze catching the cunning look in the eyes of the person in front of him.
"You're bothering me again."
As he said this, his eyes were full of shimmering light.
Fu Yunyao raised her eyebrows and took a step back, but in the next instant she heard Fu Yusheng's indulgent voice, which sounded like a willing admission.
"I think."
"Um?"
"I miss you so much, I miss you so much, I miss you so much."
The breeze stopped, but the soul bell on my wrist continued to ring softly.
Fu Yunyao leaned against the tree trunk and slowly shifted her gaze away.
She disliked making promises. In her view, the cruelest thing was making a promise that could not be kept. A heartless person would break a hundred or eighty promises, while a person with a heart would not need such an empty promise.
Moreover, life is too long, and who can guarantee that they will never change their mind?
She reached out and touched the soul bell on her wrist, stopping its soft chime.
She thought that the Soul Flame was extremely important to a cultivator, and Fu Yusheng gave her the Soul Flame to prove his sincerity at this moment.
He might not be able to guarantee that he would really want to stay by her side forever, so he used this method to ensure that if he betrayed her in the future, she could take his life at any time.
Actually, it doesn't have to be so complicated. She's not the kite string, and he's not the kite. If he wants to leave, she won't stop him.
After all, she had enough of herself in this life.
but……
Fu Yunyao looked at the person in front of her again. He just stared at her quietly, as if he would always be by her side no matter what she did.
She spoke, "Fu Yusheng."
"Yes," Fu Yusheng replied, "I'm here."
He always said that, and at least so far, he has never broken his promise to her.
"What would you like me to say? Or what promise do you want me to make to you?" she asked.
Fu Yusheng simply smiled and said, "It's good as it is now."
“Is that so?” Fu Yunyao countered. “But I think you might want to hear me say something to you…”
She softened her voice and spoke slowly and deliberately, under Fu Yusheng's smiling gaze.
"I will stay with you."
She noticed the smile in Fu Yusheng's eyes had froze, and found it rather strange.
Don't you want me to say that?
Fu Yusheng did not answer.
She tilted her head slightly, moving closer to observe his expression. "Or perhaps, you'd rather hear me say, 'I like having you by my side'?"
Fu Yusheng looked up and saw the inquiry in her eyes. He sighed inwardly, realizing that she really didn't understand anything.
But he really does like it.
Fu Yunyao waited a long time for his reply, and then spoke again.
"you……"
The rest of the words were all swallowed up by the warm breath.
She stared blankly at the young man who had suddenly moved closer, the warmth of his lips on hers.
They were so close that she could clearly see his trembling, uneasy eyelashes and his closed, devout expression.
Her brain, which had suddenly become unusually sluggish, finally started working again. She raised her hand, but in the next instant, the person with their eyes closed grabbed her wrist accurately.
The slender, well-defined fingertips touched the soul bell on her wrist, and the bell rang out once more.
He followed her hand downwards, slowly weaving his fingers into the gaps between hers, their fingers intertwined.
After an unknown amount of time, the person in front of them finally stepped back a little, their breaths mingling.
Fu Yunyao tried to move her fingertips, but couldn't pull her fingers away.
"Fu Yusheng?"
"Mmm," he responded, gently touching her lips once more.
A series of delicate kisses landed behind her ear, bringing with them warm breaths.
Fu Yunyao tilted her head, her gaze falling on a sliver of red hidden in the young man's hair.
"Fu Yusheng, your ears are red."
A very gentle reminder made Fu Yusheng stop in his tracks.
Fu Yunyao raised her other hand and placed it on his shoulder, but stopped when she felt the dampness on his clothes.
Fu Yusheng rested his forehead against her shoulder, his body trembling slightly as he let out a series of low, hoarse laughs.
Fu Yunyao lowered her eyes, puzzled.
He was clearly smiling, so why was her clothes wet?
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The author's note: Yu Yu is the kind of girl who gets teary-eyed when she kisses someone she likes.
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