A group of people were soaking in a pool that was only the width of a person's walkway apart, chatting about nothing.
Baili Xiyao, who had tied the collar of He Mozhao's bathrobe several times, wanted to cast a small spell to fix the collar, but accidentally discovered that the collar was not opened by hot spring water, but was secretly opened by his baby himself. So he gave up the idea and started to play a game of back and forth with He Mozhao.
"If Brother Yu Mo were here, Sister Shu Yan would definitely come too," Zuo Linyu said suddenly with emotion.
He Mozhao and Mu Shaojin were stunned when they heard this.
"Huh? Who are the 'Brother Yu Mo' and 'Sister Shu Yan' you are talking about?" Li Yue was curious and felt gossipy.
"Brother Yumo is our eldest brother, the eldest son of our Licheng Si family. Sister Shuyan and Brother Yumo are childhood sweethearts. We have known each other for many years. Unfortunately..."
"What a pity?"
Seeing that the topic was getting out of hand, Mu Shaojin, who was sitting next to Zuo Linyu, subconsciously raised his eyes to look at He Mozhao, only to see that the corners of He Mozhao's lips, which had been raised, froze and gradually lowered, with a flash of pain in his eyes.
Mu Shaojin pulled Zuo Linyu with his underwater hand and glanced towards He Mozhao. Zuo Linyu instantly realized that he had said the wrong thing and said, "Brother Zhao, I'm sorry."
He Mozhao forced a smile and shook his head, "It's okay."
"What's wrong?" Baili Xiyao held He Mozhao's hand, feeling that he was uneasy and a little worried.
He Mozhao leaned his head on Baili Xiyao's shoulder, lowered his eyes and said softly: "Don't worry, I'm fine, I just feel a little uncomfortable when I think of my old friend."
"If you miss your friends, just go and see them," Baili Xiyao wanted to comfort her baby, but after hearing her words, He Mozhao became even more depressed.
"I won't be able to see him again..." He Mozhao's voice was low and slow, and he recalled the past, his voice was stained with moisture. In just a few words, he hid endless regret. "Three years ago, he blocked two bullets for me, but I couldn't save him. It's my fault."
For a moment, everyone present didn't know what to say.
At this time, Qiongqi emerged from the pool and said, "You can see it. Just ask the adults to take you to the underworld for a visit."
“……”, is this the underworld I was thinking of?
"......", the underworld can come and go as it pleases?
"……", this bastard, has his brain been eaten by a dog?
"Is it okay?" He Mozhao looked up at Baili Xiyao with expectation in his eyes.
Baili Xiyao shook his head, "You are a mortal now, and you can't stand the coldness of the underworld." Seeing the light in He Mozhao's eyes dim, he couldn't bear it and comforted him, "In the past hundred years, the efficiency of reincarnation in the underworld has not been high, so your friend should not have been reincarnated yet. If you really want to see him, I can tell the King of Hell to keep his soul first and delay his reincarnation."
Hearing this, He Mozhao shook his head to express his disapproval, "No, let him reincarnate in peace."
"Then I'll ask Xiao Rui to buy a bouquet of flowers, and I'll accompany you to his grave to see him tomorrow?" In addition to being grateful to the person who blocked two bullets for He Mozhao and protected him, Baili Xiyao was a little curious. She always had a hunch that she knew this person.
"Okay," He Mozhao responded, sitting up straight, "Xixi, let's go back to the room, I don't want to soak anymore."
"Okay," Baili Xiyao circled He Mozhao and turned to the crowd, "You guys continue to soak, I'm a little tired, I'll take my baby back to the room first."
Zuo Linyu hesitated and wanted to say something, but didn't know how to start.
In the end, choose silence.
After returning to the villa, He Mozhao went straight to the kitchen, took out all the oranges from the refrigerator, moved them to the juicer, and started making orange juice for himself.
Looking at the cup after cup of orange juice placed on the table one after another, Ye Yang had already delivered cups and fresh oranges three or four times.
Seeing that his baby had no intention of stopping, Baili Xiyao sighed helplessly, walked to He Mozhao, stretched out his hand to straighten it, and faced him.
"Baby, I can't finish it."
He Mozhao was stunned, glanced sideways at the table full of orange juice, then lowered his eyes to look at his hands holding the fruit knife and orange.
After a while, he called out softly, "Xixi".
Baili Xiyao took the knife and orange from his hands, stepped forward and hugged him, gently caressing He Mozhao's back with her fair and soft hands, and spoke softly and slowly, "If you feel uncomfortable, just hold me tight, I'm always here"
The pair of arms on his back were wrapped tightly, almost making it impossible to breathe, but Baili Xiyao still breathed steadily, and the hand stroking He Mozhao's back never stopped for a moment.
He Mozhao's voice sounded faintly behind his ears.
"When I was 7 years old, my uncle sent me abroad, and then secretly brought me back to Yucheng. I met Yumo, Shuyan, Jin, and Ayu one after another."
"Later, the five of us formed a team and fought together in the sea of blood to become stronger."
"At first, the nightmares Zhen Linye brought me tortured me day and night. It was Brother Yu Mo who patiently comforted and enlightened me over and over again, allowing me to gradually hide the fear deep in my heart, so that I no longer suffer from nightmares so often."
"At the time, I thought it would be nice if we could keep fighting between life and death like this. We wouldn't have to go back to Licheng, we wouldn't have to face Zhen Linye, it would just be the five of us."
"When I was 12, we, led by Brother Yu Mo, left the training base and jointly founded YM in Yucheng. We found out about my life story. Three years later, we returned to Licheng together, and with Brother Yu Mo's encouragement, I returned to the Zhen family."
"When we were 17, we received a mission from the base after five years. We didn't expect the mission to be a competition with a team from Country E. In that competition, all five of the other team members were seriously injured, but Brother Yumo..."
At this point, He Mozhao's voice began to choke.
"Until his death, Brother Yu Mo kept telling me, 'Mo Zhao, you did a great job. I'm just tired and want to rest for a while, so don't blame yourself or feel sad.' That was the first time I heard him call me 'Mo Zhao,' and I didn't expect it would be the last time."
"But how can I not blame myself! It was my negligence during that mission that allowed the other party to find a flaw, and those two bullets should have passed through my body!"
"Xixi, it's my fault"
"No, it's not," Baili Xiyao interrupted.
He Mozhao was stunned, loosened his arms, stood up straight, and looked at Baili Xiyao in confusion.
"Baby, let me ask you, if you were in a different position, would you have blocked those two shots?"
He Mozhao nodded, "Of course."
"Why did that baby block those two shots?"
He Mozhao was stunned.
"Because it's an instinct to protect friends and comrades. It's an instinctive reaction without thinking. It has nothing to do with who's around you." Baili Xiyao paused and continued, "I think under that situation, anyone in your team would risk their lives to protect the other person, so this isn't your fault."
"Is that so?" He Mozhao always felt something was wrong, as if he was being brainwashed.
"Of course it is like that!" Baili Xiyao had no guilt at all and allowed He Mozhao to look at him with suspicion.
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