Chapter 23
Cassel couldn't help it. He suddenly burst into tears and couldn't stop crying. He groped his way forward while calling out to Nie Wuhen. The moment he touched Nie Wuhen, he immediately rushed over, hugged him and cried.
Bai Yi felt uncomfortable. He retreated silently, and before leaving, he placed the pill in his arms on the table.
Nie Wuhen hugged Cassel and let him cry. He remembered the scene of his mother gently patting his back when he was crying, so he reached out his hand stiffly and slowly patted Cassel's back.
The words of comfort were stuck in his throat. The speech he had prepared in his mind was useless at this moment. Nie Wuhen was unable to utter a word. He felt the inner depression for the first time in a long time. The feeling in his heart could no longer be described simply by the word "heartache".
"I didn't tell any lies at all," Cassel cried enough, and put his head on Nie Wuhen's shoulder. He tightly grasped Nie Wuhen's sleeves with both hands, and told Nie Wuhen about his grievances like pouring beans, "He didn't believe me, and he even beat me..."
Nie Wuhen patted his back and said dryly: "I will help you get revenge."
"He hit me with a whip, it hurt so much," Cassel's eyes widened, his emerald green pupils were lifeless, just like the withered leaves in autumn, dull and lifeless, "He also cut my little tentacles with a knife, I begged him, but he still wanted to cut them!"
Tears flowed down his cheeks to his chin, soaking Nie Wuhen's clothes. For the first time, Nie Wuhen failed to control his emotions. He reached out and hugged Cassel tightly, saying, "It's all over, it's all over."
“But I don’t have any tentacles anymore,” Cassel cried, breaking down. He suddenly began to struggle violently, pushing Nie Wuhen away while retreating aimlessly. “I’ve completely turned into a monster. No demon would like a monster! Barbatos won’t like me anymore. He won’t like me anymore!”
Nie Wuhen felt like he was punched in the heart, but he didn't realize why he felt even worse, and there was also a hint of anger mixed in. He didn't think too much about it, and just thought that he was blaming himself, angry at his own incompetence and the annoyance of not being able to kill the culprit.
"No, Cassel," Nie Wuhen grabbed Cassel's hand, trying to calm him down, "No. He will like you, he will..."
Nie Wuhen couldn't continue. Although Cassel once said that Barbatos was his father, no child would call his father by his name.
"It's not a monster," Nie Wuhen wiped Cassel's tears and said, "It won't be a monster. Bai Yi will help your little tentacles grow out, and your eyes will be healed. You can see again."
Cassel bit his lip and sobbed for a long time before he said, "Don't lie to me, don't leave me, okay?" He turned around and hugged Nie Wuhen again, saying lovingly, "Don't lie to me..."
Nie Wuhen clenched his fists tightly. After a long while, he asked with difficulty: "When have I ever lied to you?"
Cassel said nothing.
Nie Wuhen closed his eyes. He didn't understand why Cassel was so insecure. Is it because he made him get on the bridal sedan and play the role of the bride against his will from the beginning? Or is it for some other reason?
A gentle breeze blew outside, and the white gauze curtain rolled up, then fell down as the wind stopped, returning to its original place.
Cassel was tired of crying, and after taking the medicine, he fell asleep again. When Bai Yi came in, he saw Nie Wuhen raising his hand to lower the curtain and walking towards the door. The two of them happened to meet.
"Brother," Bai Yi said seriously outside the door, "The matter of Zhaojia Village seems to have been resolved, but in fact, there is no solution."
"I know." Nie Wuhen leaned against a banyan tree.
The banyan tree is so large that ten people can barely hug it together. It has been here since Nie Wuhen could remember. It is said that this tree has lived for tens of thousands of years, but in order to be able to stay by the side of the Immortal Venerable Shang Yao, it refuses to cultivate into a human.
"The Mermaid King and the fox demon have most likely colluded long ago. Now that they are both out there, they must have already gathered together," Nie Wuhen said indifferently, "but there is no need to worry. He will come back sooner or later."
With the Mermaid Pearl in hand, how could the Mermaid King not come to find him?
"I went down the mountain recently and told the village chief of Zhaojia Village about this matter. He finally got rid of his old-fashioned ideas and finally agreed not to sacrifice young girls anymore," Bai Yi stretched and said, "It was Cassel, alas."
"Mermaids are good at weaving. I need to go to the South China Sea again." Nie Wuhen continued, "As for what I promised Master, I will wait until I come back."
The two kept the matter of their inner demons a secret. As soon as he discovered it, he rushed down the mountain, and Shangyao Immortal Venerable had no time to react. If this matter had not caused such a big stir, Nie Wuhen would not have come back, and Immortal Shangyao would never have known about the existence of the inner demon.
Now, the master asked Nie Wuhen to go into seclusion and practice the ruthless way, and to start on a chosen day. Nie Wuhen naturally would not refuse.
"Don't worry about his eyes."
Bai Yi understood what Nie Wuhen meant. It was nothing more than restoring Cassel's eyesight while making a piece of floating light brocade with the cloth woven by the mermaids and covering Cassel's eyes with it to cover the color of his pupils. This would at least save him a lot of trouble.
Nie Wuhen nodded: "Thank you."
Bai Yi spread his hands: "I won't do it if you say thank you."
Nie Wuhen: “…”
Cassel woke up and began to try to get out of bed, groping his way around. Nie Wuhen was watching him from the side, instructing him which was the door and which was the window. Cassel muttered to himself and counted numbers, and finally when he counted to three hundred, he stepped on the threshold and almost fell down!
Nie Wuhen was quick to support him.
"Walking from the bed, three hundred steps is the door, fifty steps is the desk, three steps is the candied haws, and there are lots of food. There is also water next to it, which is very sweet." Cassel described to Nie Wuhen excitedly. He felt that he had done something great.
Nie Wuhen took back the hand that was supporting his arm and asked Cassel, "Where is the medicine?"
Cassel blinked and thought, the little wings behind him flapped twice, he could not remember anything.
"Next to the pillow," Nie Wuhen said, "Remember, I put it next to the pillow again."
"Oh," Cassel felt uneasy. He pulled Nie Wuhen's sleeve and looked up at Nie Wuhen even though he couldn't see him. Although Bai Yi has been treating his eyes, it seems that it will take a long time. "Nie Wuhen, are you... leaving?"
"no."
"Will that be the case?" Cassel's lips trembled. "You don't want me anymore? I really won't cause any trouble..."
Nie Wuhen: “…”
This isn’t the first time Cassell has said this. He seemed very afraid that he would abandon him.
Nie Wuhen felt that he needed to make it clear: "I never said I would abandon you."
"But you said it was in the Misty Forest," Cassel whispered back, "What if my eyes get better and it's not you I see?"
The moment he finished speaking, Cassel didn't hear Nie Wuhen's reply for a long time. If he hadn't held on to Nie Wuhen's sleeve, he would have thought that Nie Wuhen had left.
"It's time to take a hot spring bath," Nie Wuhen said after a long while, "I'll take you there first."
Cassel never went out, at least not while he was conscious. So, this was his first time going out.
He pulled Nie Wuhen's clothes and walked forward slowly, but before he was halfway there, he almost tripped over a stone under his feet. Nie Wuhen took advantage of the situation to support Cassel, and at the same time reached out and grabbed Cassel's hand, reminding him, "Slow down."
Cassel poked his head out of his arms and said in a sullen tone: "Why didn't you remind me? I almost fell down."
"I didn't see it." Nie Wuhen straightened the man and said, "Be careful next time."
Cassel shook his wings a few times to shake off the fallen leaves, and tried to pull his hand back, but he failed. He was a little confused and blinked twice, thinking that Nie Wuhen didn't notice that he was holding his hand, so he whispered, "Why are you holding my hand?"
"I didn't notice." Nie Wuhen was silent for a moment, slowly loosened his hand, and said, "Next time..."
"Forget it," Cassel quickly held Nie Wuhen's hand and said carefully, "It's safer to hold your hand... Can I hold your hand?"
Nie Wuhen swallowed back the unfinished words. He nodded softly and said yes.
The hot spring water is warm, steaming, and the sound of water flowing is constant. There was a dark red sandalwood table on the shore, with wine jugs and wine glasses on it. Not far away was a clothes rack. Cassel was hiding behind the screen, pulling at his belt.
But the belt was a bit complicated to tie. He pulled it for a long time but it didn't get untied. Instead, it got tighter and tighter. Finally, he had no choice but to stick his head out and called Nie Wuhen in a low voice.
Nie Wuhen stood in front of him and asked him what was the matter.
Cassel couldn't see. He could only look towards the source of the sound. His cheeks were flushed red, his hair was wet and stuck to his cheeks, and his clothes were pulled loose by him. But he said in a pitiful voice: "I can't untie my belt."
"Can you help me?"
Nie Wuhen placed the Wuwang Sword on the table, turned his head and looked at Cassel. He took a step closer, put his hand on Cassel's belt, and pulled the slightly timid Cassel over. He lowered his head and said, "Don't move."
Cassel's eyelashes trembled slightly, but he didn't move.
He thought he would have to wait for a long time, but in the blink of an eye, he heard Nie Wuhen say, "Okay."
Cassel was suspicious. He touched it in disbelief, and sure enough, it was untied. He pulled off his belt and threw it aside casually. He then undressed me with grunting pains. While he was busy, he praised me sincerely: "You guys are really amazing. You untied such a difficult belt in no time."
Nie Wuhen was bending down to pick up the belt he had thrown on the ground, and when he heard this, he paused. But within half a second, he put the belt on the hanger as if nothing had happened.
"You guys?" Nie Wuhen repeated his words and said slowly, "Besides me, who else?"
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