After returning home, both of them felt much better. Mu Yijie watched Yong Shanling drink the milk. Instead of asking her to practice calligraphy, he let her go to bed.
Hearing that she didn't need to practice calligraphy, Yong Shanling immediately excitedly hugged Mu Yijie like a bear and gave him a hard kiss on the cheek.
"Uncle Shu, you're so nice." After the kiss, Yong Shanling ran away as fast as a rabbit.
Yong Shanling returned to her room, threw herself into the quilt, and kept wriggling around. "Ah, I kissed Uncle Shu. Will Uncle Shu find out that I like him? What's his reaction?"
Mu Yijie was a bit dazed as he touched his cheek, his eyes deep.
At night, after Mu Yijie finished dealing with his official business, he returned to his room to sleep. A metal animal figurine on the bookshelf emitted a glint of light from its eyes.
The next day, Yong Shanling cheerfully prepared breakfast again. With the help of the aunt, she made small steamed buns, millet porridge, and several side dishes.
She happily sat in her seat, waiting for Uncle Shu to come and eat, so that he could see how capable she was and how suitable she was to be a wife!
However, an hour had passed since Mu Yijie's usual getting - up time, and he still hadn't gotten up.
"Grandpa Butler, has Uncle Shu gone out for something?" Yong Shanling asked the butler anxiously.
The butler shook his head and said puzzledly, "No, the young master didn't go out at all today."
Hearing the butler's words, Yong Shanling couldn't sit still. She anxiously ran to Mu Yijie's room door. Just as she was about to knock, the door "clicked" open.
"Uncle Shu, are you sick? Why did you get up so late today?" Yong Shanling looked at Mu Yijie, whose face was a bit pale, with concern.
Mu Yijie looked a bit weary as he raised his head and gently rubbed her head, more gently than usual.
"It's okay. I just didn't sleep well." After saying that, he slowly buttoned his shirt. Only then did Yong Shanling notice that Uncle Shu hadn't buttoned his shirt yet.
His well - defined six - pack abs and firm muscles were not as exaggerated as those of overly muscular people, but one could still sense the strength from his body. It was obvious that those not - overly - thick muscles contained great power.
She blushed instantly and glared at Mu Yijie fiercely. "Uncle Shu, I'm still a girl. How could you come out without dressing properly?"
Mu Yijie said innocently, "But if I hadn't heard you calling me and was afraid you'd be worried, I would definitely have dressed properly in the room before coming out."
Yong Shanling was at a loss for words. She snorted and walked away.
Mu Yijie, left standing there, watched the swaying ponytail in front of him, his eyes filled with smiles.
Silly girl, he could have just answered her. There was no need to come out without buttoning his shirt.
In the following days, Mu Yijie got up later and later every day. Yong Shanling thought that Uncle Shu might have something on his mind, which was why he couldn't sleep well. But later, she noticed that Uncle Shu's complexion was getting worse and worse. However, when the family doctor came to check his body, nothing was found. She knew that something was wrong.
One night, before going back to her room to sleep, Yong Shanling stopped Mu Yijie.
"Uncle Shu, have you felt any demonic aura around you recently?" Yong Shanling frowned and looked at Mu Yijie worriedly.
Mu Yijie's eyes were full of tenderness, but there was a flash of fear deep in them. He shook his head and said softly, "I haven't felt any demonic aura. Don't worry. I'm a cultivator now. I'll be fine."
After saying that, he left, as if he didn't want to stay with Yong Shanling any longer.
Yong Shanling frowned tightly. Looking at Uncle Shu's back, she was sure that Uncle Shu wasn't lying. But she also felt that Uncle Shu seemed to be avoiding her, which puzzled her very much.
She didn't understand what had happened that made him avoid her.
Her lips were tightly pursed, and her eyes were fixed on Mu Yijie's door.
Late at night, in a dim room, a man with deep - set features was lying on a black bed. With his eyes closed, he looked a bit gentler than usual, without his usual sharpness. Even in his sleep, he frowned tightly, looking a bit frail.
Yong Shanling squatted beside Mu Yijie's bed, looking at the man who made her heart flutter. Her gaze moved from his tightly - frowned brows to his closed eyes. His long eyelashes seemed to be tempting her. Then it went to his high nose bridge, and finally to his slightly - pursed thin lips even in his sleep.
She unconsciously held her breath. His pale red lips seemed to be calling her like a devil. She couldn't help but get closer, closer, and closer.
Their breaths gradually intertwined, like two swans with their necks intertwined.
She finally kissed his lips. At that moment, she felt as happy as if she had ascended to heaven. Her heart was filled with so much joy that it seemed to overflow. She unconsciously kissed his lips gently one by one.
However, the man below seemed to be trapped by something and didn't react at all.
"Um~" Mu Yijie suddenly frowned tightly. The veins on his arm under the quilt popped out, and his whole body emitted a terrifying aura, as if he was going to tear someone apart.
Seeing this, Yong Shanling was very worried. She immediately put her hand on his temple. She suddenly had a terrible guess, but it needed to be verified.
"It's a nightmare!" She suddenly withdrew her hand and murmured in disbelief. Then she panicked and looked around, but there was nothing suspicious around.
Under Mu Yijie's pillow, a strange animal figurine that was neither stone nor gold was lying quietly.
There was nothing she could do. She gritted her teeth and lay down beside Mu Yijie. She tightly held Mu Yijie's hand. Mu Yijie's big hand seemed to sense something and intertwined their fingers.
Yong Shanling sank into her own spiritual consciousness sea and reached the very center. There was a little baby girl curled up there. She activated her spiritual power to push the little figure.
The little figure woke up reluctantly and was dazedly pushed by the spiritual power to her palm. Outside the palm was another big space.
The little figure refused to move no matter what. Yong Shanling gritted her teeth and pushed it with her spiritual power. The little figure rushed into the shiny golden thing beside.
Yong Shanling attached her divine sense to her Nascent Soul and entered Mu Yijie's spiritual consciousness sea. Before she could observe Mu Yijie's spiritual consciousness sea, she was swept into a nebula by a black substance.
"What is this thing?!!!"
With a scream, she lost consciousness. When she woke up, she found that she was trapped in a body, and that body was constantly spitting out blood. Mu Yijie was painfully holding that body.
"Why did you save me? Are you a fool? You could have survived on your own. Why are you so stupid?"