Chapter 159: Stay
In the Observatory.
Xin Hongying suddenly fainted on the ground, and Shen Tingyu's face changed slightly.
"Your Majesty, wake up, what's wrong with you? Does your head hurt? You can't close your eyes, wake up quickly."
Shen Tingyu’s little hands kept slapping his cheeks, but to no avail.
"stand up!"
She looked around and tugged at the clothes on his shoulders, using all her strength, but she couldn't move them at all.
With her current puppet body, she couldn't pick him up or drag him, and was very passive.
Shen Tingyu leaned anxiously beside the unconscious Xin Hongying, sat on the ground deflated, spread her hands, looked at her puppet body helplessly, and a strong sense of self-loathing was about to swallow her up.
She is really useless!
Da Que'er died because of her, and she couldn't save Da Que'er, nor could she help the tyrant.
Everything she did was like a joke.
Warning! Warning! Warning!
[Quest Target: Xin Hongying's health is decreasing! Danger... Danger...]
The system alarm in her mind sounded sharp and rapid, like hitting her head with an awl.
The sound continued, like a danger alarm bell in my head.
Listening to this voice, Shen Tingyu's heart was like a heavy stone, sinking little by little.
The faint light from the horizon shone on her face, dispelling the darkness but casting a new layer of despair over her.
She had obviously tried very hard and even found many great doctors to take Xin Hongying away from the empress dowager's control.
But did they still fall on the eve of dawn?
She was unwilling to accept it.
Force yourself to shift your attention away from your ever-decreasing health value.
Shen Tingyu encouraged herself and cheered herself up again. She couldn't give up.
If the tyrant becomes a living dead, she will be obliterated as well.
"Xiao Qi, why did the Tyrant suddenly faint? Is it because the sub-Gu is about to mature and transform?"
Shen Tingyu clenched his fists with a determined look in his eyes.
"Xiao Qi, do I have any other way to stop Zi Gu?"
[That's right, host. Xiao Qi scanned and detected that the sub-Gu activity within the target's body is fluctuating violently. They must be in the final stages of a struggle.]
[Once the target's health reaches... zero, host, your mission will fail. Woo woo woo...]
[Xiao Qi, I like the host and don't want the host to fail. Xiao Qi doesn't know what to do.]
Shen Tingyu’s expression froze.
"In other words, this is the final moment."
"Xiao Qi, are you really unable to locate Bai Feng and Miss Yi Han?"
[Host, Xiao Qi can only locate the location of the mission target, wuwuwu...]
Shen Tingyu's mind was spinning frantically, and he once again clicked on the Transformation Pill panel on the system mall, anxiously looking at the jumping numbers on it.
Almost there! Almost there!
She was almost able to shed this doll body.
She had already used the beast-controlling talisman to remotely send instructions to the black cat, urging it to find Bai Feng as soon as possible and bring him to the Observatory.
Since the soul-eating insect devours sanity, she must wake up the tyrant and help him stay awake as much as possible.
Shen Tingyu looked at Xin Hongying who was in a coma, and leaned close to his ear to talk to him.
"Wake up, Your Majesty, can you hear me?"
"Don't let Zi Gu control you and become the Queen Mother's puppet."
"I don't want to see a living dead who can only breathe, but just a living you. Da Que'er has left me, and I can't bear to see you leave me too."
"If you die today, I will die with you."
Her tone was crazy and resolute, as if she would really die with him.
Xin Hongying, who was curled up on the ground in pain, heard her voice with his faint consciousness.
It was like a sharp blade like a rose, piercing his heart and letting his blood bloom into a blooming rose. There was a hint of selfish and despicable joy in his disbelief, but more than that, there was the fear of her death.
His brows were tightly furrowed together, getting tighter and tighter.
No!
He doesn't want her to die with him!
Rather than death, he would rather she ascend and leave, never to see her again, than to see her die.
Even just hearing it makes my heart tremble and my breathing stop.
Her slender eyelashes trembled slightly, and with strong willpower, her eyelids, which felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, forced her eyes open. A hint of sadness overflowed from the slightly red corners of her eyes.
His lips moved, and he whispered weakly, "No, you...can't die."
Shen Tingyu's heart was filled with joy, and she was no longer so desperate. The light of the rising sun shone on her body, and she finally felt a hint of warmth.
"Great, you're finally awake."
Shen Tingyu sobbed with joy.
"Your Majesty, you must hold on. The Soul Devouring Gu will devour your sanity, so you cannot continue to sleep."
"If you don't want me to die with you, then hold on. I've already sent someone to find Bai Feng."
Xin Hongying looked at her steadily, a rare smile on the corner of his lips.
When I was in the most pain, there was someone who did not give up on me and stayed by my side.
He couldn't help but sigh—
very nice!
It’s great to meet you!
Shen Tingyu's face wrinkled, and she smiled happily, her smile bright and warm.
“Think about what you want most, think about what you want to do most, think about the best things in life…”
"Tell me, talk to me."
Xin Hongying looked at her with weak eyes, looking at the only light in his world, and the blood in his chest flowed for her.
She is the only motivation for her to live.
He chuckled softly, poking her soft cheek with his finger, and using his strong willpower to fight against Zi Gu.
He said slowly: "If I survive, can you stay for me?"
"I'm not greedy. Mortal life is short. I only need you to spend a hundred years in the mortal world, and then ascend to heaven after a hundred years. Okay?"
There was a hint of humble plea in the low voice.
Shen Tingyu's body trembled. She had seen violent, calm, arrogant, and gentle tyrants.
But she had never seen such a tyrant.
So humble, so lovable, so low to the dust..., as if a believer is praying to his god to stay for him for a moment.
There was a hint of anticipation in his ink-black eyes.
It is a plea but also a hidden selfish drag, it is his desire and ambition to get more.
Beneath his calm eyes, he wove a big net with the weakness he showed before his death. He was waiting... waiting for his god to willingly stop for him.
He wants her love!
Even if this was the pity he earned in exchange for showing weakness.
As their eyes met, Shen Tingyu stood there blankly, and the sound in his mouth stopped.
Her heart was as hot as boiling water, gurgling... the sound of bubbles bursting was the sound of her heartbeat.
She finally admitted it.
Before she knew it, she had already fallen in love with him.
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