Chapter 74. The boy smiled silently as he watched Yu Qingzhou, who seemed completely oblivious.
After that, the two of them stayed in that place for another three days.
Every day, Yu Qingzhou would go out early to look for his missing senior sister.
Li Xiao waited in the cave. Firstly, his poor physical condition did not allow him to take any other actions, and secondly, Yu Qingzhou was worried about him going out and running around.
Yu Qingzhou set up a magic array in the cave to prevent other monsters from coming after smelling the blood.
"Wait here and don't leave the area of the magic array," Yu Qingzhou instructed before turning to leave.
By this time, Li Xiao already knew Yu Qingzhou's name.
He then called out to the latter and asked when he would be back.
Upon hearing this, Yu Qingzhou looked at the boy with a slightly hesitant expression: "What's wrong?"
Li Xiao was taken aback by the question, coughed lightly, and muttered somewhat unhappily, "What's wrong? I'm just asking when you're coming back. If you don't want to say, then forget it."
It's no wonder Yu Qingzhou found it strange, because this was the first time Li Xiao had taken the initiative to talk to him.
—Something unusual must be going on.
Moreover, Yu Qingzhou was already wary of this young man.
Under Yu Qingzhou's scrutinizing gaze, Li Xiao finally lost his patience.
"Alright, weren't you in a hurry to find your so-called Senior Sister Xue? What are you still doing here staring at me? If something really happens, don't say it's because of me that you were delayed—"
No, it won't.
Yu Qingzhou interrupted Li Xiao coldly, his face revealing an extremely displeased and serious expression for the first time.
Li Xiao was stunned at first, then turned away in anger.
Even when he was almost killed, the guy surnamed Yu had never experienced such a dramatic change in emotion.
He had only casually mentioned whether the missing woman was alive or dead, and he was suddenly attacked.
— Li Xiao was very unhappy.
Besides being unhappy, there was another inexplicable emotion he had never experienced before, which made him so uncomfortable that he wanted to immediately disobey Yu Qingzhou's instructions and run out to kill indiscriminately.
However, given his current situation, rushing out would likely result in him becoming someone's meal.
—And all of this is thanks to Yu Qingzhou.
Before this human suddenly appeared, for a long time, Li Xiao was the tyrant of this area. If he was unhappy, he could easily take down whoever he wanted…
But now, he can't even protect himself, let alone cause trouble for others.
This was entirely because Yu Qingzhou had taken his eyeballs...
Li Xiao had considered getting the eyeballs back.
—However, outright robbery is definitely not an option.
So as soon as Li Xiao was able to get up and move around a bit, he started planning a sneak attack.
After careful observation by Li Xiao, it seemed that Yu Qingzhou was least on guard when she closed her eyes and was concentrating on regulating her breathing.
In fact, whether human or demon, everyone needs to sleep.
Li Xiao was forced to stay in the cave, spending the day napping. Compared to Yu Qingzhou, who had been busy all day, he was full of energy.
For two nights in a row, Li Xiao concealed his presence and sneaked up to Yu Qingzhou, who was meditating, without being noticed.
He even tentatively leaned closer to smell the other person's fragrance. Adjusting his breathing, he was only millimeters away from the other person, and several times, Li Xiao almost couldn't control himself and wanted to open his mouth and bite.
But thinking back to the experience of being severely beaten and almost dying at the hands of the other party.
Li Xiao finally held back. He wasn't the type to fight head-on to begin with, and if he hadn't been careless and underestimated his opponent earlier...
A dark glint flashed in his emerald eyes.
Like a wild beast waiting for its chance to strike.
Seeing that Yu Qingzhou seemed completely unaware, the young man smiled silently.
—He became more and more confident.
On another note, Li Xiao felt that Yu Qingzhou's pleasant scent wasn't as strong anymore, probably because her wounds had healed and stopped bleeding, which made Li Xiao feel a little disappointed.
However, the thought that once he retrieved his eyes and regained his demonic power, it wouldn't be entirely impossible for him to trap the other party in return.
The boy became ambitious again.
Today is the evening of the third day. Recalling Yu Qingzhou's serious and smug manner in correcting him before leaving this morning, Li Xiao can hardly wait to see the other party's flustered and embarrassed appearance.
Ideally...
Let that guy taste what it feels like to have his limbs broken, his eyes gouged out, and be forced to crawl on the ground like a worm, unable to move...
However, Li Xiao suddenly thought, wouldn't that be too wasteful?
After all, Yu Qingzhou's blood smells so good. If it were to splatter everywhere, it would be a terrible waste. Besides... just gouging out her eyes wouldn't seem enough to vent the resentment he'd been harboring for the past few days.
Oh, right!
Wasn't Yu Qingzhou completely obsessed with that senior sister?
—Then he would make those eyes look only at him!
We must fill those seemingly indifferent eyes with resentment, humiliation, shame, and panic...
That's right, exactly.
Li Xiao finally understood, and he decided to raise this human. That way, he could smell his favorite scent every day.
Although Li Xiao hasn't thought about anything particularly complicated in his mind yet, he can still distinguish between a full meal and having food at every meal.
Li Xiao made up his mind.
They were increasingly looking forward to Yu Qingzhou's arrival, hoping to help him realize his beautiful vision.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.
It was as if Yu Qingzhou was deliberately going against him; she would usually be back around this time.
But the day never came.
Li Xiao became increasingly irritable.
It wasn't just because of the brilliant plan in his mind; he was thinking, what if... what if Yu Qingzhou was successfully attacked by the other guys here? Then it wouldn't just be a question of whether Yu Qingzhou could survive.
Having lost his demonic powers and become a useless person, it's only a matter of time before he dies here and becomes a snack for the lackeys he used to look down on.
Therefore... Yu Qingzhou cannot die.
Just as he was thinking this, a familiar smell of blood suddenly entered Li Xiao's nostrils, and the boy abruptly sat up.
This taste is clearly that of Yu Qingzhou!
But... such a strong smell of blood, could something have happened?!
With a thought, Li Xiao turned and ran outside, without caring about the situation outside or whether his rash action might put him in danger.
All he knew was that Yu Qingzhou couldn't be harmed—at least not until he regained his demonic power, Yu Qingzhou absolutely couldn't die at someone else's hands.
It was dark outside.
The blood-red full moon hid behind the clouds, like a sneaky, scarlet eye.
From afar, Li Xiao saw the figure lying motionless on the ground. The white clothes he wore when they first met had been stained with blood, turning almost black with a dark red hue.
For some reason, Li Xiao suddenly felt a weakness in his hands.
For a moment, I was hesitant to go forward and check.
But he quickly came to his senses.
Even if someone covered in blood lies in this miasma-filled place and survives on their own, something else will soon be drawn by the smell.
In the past, Li Xiao wouldn't have given those scoundrels a second glance, but things are different now...
Realizing this, Li Xiao immediately ran over, not caring how badly the person was injured, and carried them back first.
Strangely enough, despite Yu Qingzhou's severe injuries and the blood loss along the way, she didn't encounter a single one of those normally eager, filthy scavengers.
Li Xiao only realized halfway there that the night seemed unusually quiet.
It was as if all living beings in the vicinity, except for himself and Yu Qingzhou, had perished.
"No way, it was all... you who did it, wasn't it?"
Li Xiao muttered to himself, and couldn't help but glance at the young man on his shoulder.
Seeing the other person's pale face covered in blood, looking just like a dead person, the boy realized this wasn't the time to think about such things, so he immediately looked away and continued walking into the cave.
Only after stepping into the magic array set up by Yu Qingzhou did Li Xiao breathe a heavy sigh of relief. He thought that he should be safe for now.
Whether it was Li Xiao's imagination or not, ever since he stepped out of the cave, he had had a strong feeling of being watched, to the point that his hair stood on end.
This feeling of being watched reached its peak when Li Xiao approached the unconscious youth—fortunately, nothing else of substance happened.
Li Xiao pretended not to know and reluctantly carried the person back.
After carefully placing Yu Qingzhou on the simple bed, Li Xiao didn't know what to do.
He reached out and patted the pale face, but there was no response.
I tried breathing through my nose, and there was still air, but it seemed a little weak.
—Oh right, take your medicine.
Suddenly, Li Xiao had a flash of inspiration and remembered the pills that Yu Qingzhou had given him before, which seemed to be for healing injuries.
"...Where did you put it?"
Li Xiao muttered to himself and naturally began to grope the unconscious young man.
Her blood-soaked clothes clung to her body, carrying not only Yu Qingzhou's original pleasant scent but also some mixed odors—the familiar scents of nearby demonic beasts to Li Xiao.
Li Xiao was somewhat dissatisfied.
Not long ago, Li Xiao had taken this for granted, after all, he had grown up by eating these guys.
But the past is the past. Now that Yu Qingzhou has such a delicious reserve of grain in front of him, Li Xiao has started to look down on his old buddies.
They even felt genuinely indignant that their favorite flavors had been corrupted by these messy smells.
As he thought about it, he unconsciously increased the pressure on his hands.
Li Xiao then changed from touching to tearing, and started directly pulling at the pieces of fabric that were in the way.
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