"If you're willing to tell me..." Shu Yao gave a faint smile. He didn't want to force anyone.
Long Mo lowered his eyes and thought for a while. His eyelashes covered the complexity in his eyes. Then, he let out a soft sigh. "There are too many helpless things in this world. Some mortals are trapped by love, while I'm involved in his tribulation."
Leaving behind this meaningful remark, he casually added as he was about to leave, "Don't tell him I've been here after he wakes up. Also, his body can't touch water for these few days. If necessary, just wipe him with your hands."
When Shu Yao came to his senses, that figure had disappeared. In the vast forest, he was left all alone.
At the same time, Long Mo's words kept echoing in his mind. He chewed on every single word carefully. Apart from sensing a tinge of desolation, he couldn't solve the mystery.
So he simply stopped thinking about it and entered the tree - house. There he saw Shu Yue faintly open his eyes and let out a barely audible groan.
"Don't move. You're still injured." Seeing Shu Yue about to get up in a hurry, Shu Yao quickly supported him, but his movements were extremely cautious, for fear of accidentally touching his whip wounds.
Indeed, when he saw the wounds all over Shu Yue's body, he was really shocked. At the same time, he resented the elder for being so cruel to Shu Yue.
He was both angry and heart - broken. He wanted to avenge Shu Yue, but after considering the consequences of such impulsive actions, in order for them to live safely in the Kunshan Sect in the future, he had to give up this idea for the time being.
Shu Yue had just woken up and his body was still weak. But the moment he saw Shu Yao, he instantly perked up and his eyes sparkled.
Unexpectedly, he stepped forward and hugged Shu Yao. As if fearing to lose him again, he tightly embraced him in his arms.
"Great, great. Daddy, you're okay..." His voice was a bit choked. The strength of his arms tightened with his murmur.
"Alright, alright. I'm right here. Let go first. You might hurt your wounds." With such great strength, Shu Yao almost felt his body being crushed, but he was also worried that this force would indirectly pull at Shu Yue's wounds.
"No, let me hug you for a while longer..." Shu Yue started to act coquettishly again. He lay on Shu Yao's shoulder and refused to let go no matter what. This naughty look was completely different from the weak patient he was when he just woke up.
"Be obedient. You're still injured. You have to be careful everywhere. There will be plenty of time in the future. It doesn't matter this once."
Shu Yao forcefully pulled off the "big koala" hanging on him and carefully helped him lean on the pillow. But the next moment, a handsome face suddenly loomed large.
His eyebrows and eyes were full of charm. The curve of his lips was rather dissolute, and his smile was eerie and chilling.
"What are you doing?" Shu Yao frowned. Whenever Shu Yue showed such a smile, it meant trouble.
"Daddy, what did you mean by 'plenty of time in the future' just now?" He seemed to be completely innocent, but there was a hint of playfulness and teasing in his innocence.
He waited for Shu Yao's answer with great interest. The end of his long and narrow eyes was raised, showing an undeniable cold charm and allure.
Suddenly, Shu Yao mercilessly slapped him on the body, right on his wound.
He howled in pain. "Ouch, it hurts so much..."
From time to time, he looked aggrieved. How could his daddy still be so tough on him when he knew he was seriously injured!
To put it bluntly, he got these injuries for his daddy...
"If you keep being so frivolous, I can make you hurt even more. Do you want that?"
"Alright, alright. I admit I was wrong, okay?" He pouted his thin lips innocently, looking a bit bored. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something. He grabbed Shu Yao's hand and asked seriously, "By the way, Daddy, did that Li Nao make things difficult for you after I left?"
At the mention of Li Nao, Shu Yao subconsciously panicked. He couldn't imagine what would have happened to him if Yan Yijue hadn't shown up in time. He might really have been bullied by that stinky Taoist priest.
His hesitation and embarrassment made Shu Yue suspicious. He slightly squinted his deep eyes, and the light in them kept changing. He could clearly see the indescribable pain on Shu Yao's face.
"Why don't you answer me? Did he bully you?"
"No, he... he didn't bully me." To avoid causing trouble and not to affect Shu Yue's future, he chose to hide the truth.
"Really?"
"Of course. How could he bully me? He just asked me to reflect on my mistakes behind closed doors."
At the same time, he secretly smiled. This reason should be enough to make Shu Yue believe him.
Although he said so, Shu Yue could see Shu Yao's nervousness and knew that things were not that simple. But he also knew that if he continued to ask, he wouldn't get a clear answer from Shu Yao.
So he just pretended to believe it and didn't ask anymore.
After a few seconds of silence, he said, "Daddy, let's just stay in the tree - house for a while."
Shu Yao just followed his wishes and didn't ask any questions. "Okay, I'll listen to you. You can stay as long as you want."
"Great. Finally, I can live this care - free life with Daddy again. We don't have to care about the worldly eyes. It's quite peaceful and nice."
Shu Yao just smiled silently, because he didn't know how much time they still had together.
Anyway, he couldn't be so selfish as to let Shu Yue accompany him to live in seclusion in the mountains. After all, he was a demon and Shu Yue was a human.
Humans and demons were destined to go separate ways and there was no happy ending.
Hopefully, they could leave their most beautiful time in the tree - house.
"Daddy, what are you thinking about?" Shu Yue's reminder interrupted his train of thought.
"Nothing. By the way, your body can't touch water for these two days, so you have to bear with it for the time being."
"It's just a few whip wounds. Who says I can't touch water?"
Shu Yue still didn't take it seriously. When he asked Shu Yao, he saw him stuttering and his eyes wandering.
"Um... anyway, don't ask so many questions. Just listen to me." Shu Yao tried his best to cover it up and prevent Shu Yue from noticing anything strange.
Otherwise, if Shu Yue got serious and really asked about the reason, he really didn't know how to answer.
Shu Yue wriggled his body and scratched his neck with his hand, showing a look of extreme itchiness. "But I feel itchy all over now. I really want to take a bath."
"Taking a bath will infect your wounds. No way."
"Um... but I really feel so uncomfortable," Shu Yue continued to act like an innocent child. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and a sly look flashed across them. "How about Daddy washing me? What do you think?"
He moved closer to Shu Yao, only half an arm's length away. His chiseled face was full of unruliness. His dark and deep eyes were both wild and sexy, with an irresistible allure.
For anyone, it was impossible to ignore this kind of charm. Even Shu Yao was almost captivated.