What Yang Xue said successfully pleased Sun Wukong. In a great mood, he no longer bothered with them. He grabbed Xuan You and negotiated that as long as they could hand over Maomao and Xiaorou intact, he would let it go.
Xuan You's face darkened. After pondering for a moment, he said, "With Bai Xue's methods, it's probably impossible to hand them over intact."
"What do you mean?" Yang Xue turned to look at Bai Xue lying on the ground. Her eyes turned cold. She directly grabbed the woman into the air and said, "If there's even the slightest injury on either of them, I'll surely skin you alive!"
"My lady, we'd better go and check on them as soon as possible. Maybe they're being tortured right now." Sun Wukong was familiar with such tricks. He knew Yang Xue was inexperienced in the ways of the world. He thought that if they could see the two girls soon, there might still be time.
Sure enough, when they rushed to the dungeon, they found Maomao lying on the ground, on the verge of death, while Xiaorou was hanging on a rack, covered in wounds.
Without thinking, Yang Xue immediately began to heal them.
Maomao was too seriously injured to be cured quickly. She had to be taken back for recuperation as soon as possible.
As for Xiaorou, her injuries were only superficial. With the Heavenly Book in hand, Yang Xue healed her external wounds in a short while. However, due to the severe torture she had endured, she still felt a bone - deep pain.
"Sister... save... save my child~" These were the first words Xiaorou said as she lay in Yang Xue's arms.
Yang Xue was extremely surprised. "Child?"
Had they even had a child in the years they were apart?
Thankfully, Sun Wukong reacted quickly. He instantly grabbed two little demon guards and found out the situation. He ordered them to bring Xiaorou's child.
"My child..." Xiaorou struggled to get up. Hearing the child's cries, she immediately rushed over.
Sun Wukong took the child in his arms curiously. Looking closely, the little baby in his arms was only a few months old. Its big eyes stared at him.
"Great Sage, my child..." Xiaorou knelt on the ground, holding out her hands, wanting to take the child from the Great Sage.
Sun Wukong came back to his senses. He carefully handed the child over, his eyes fixed on the child, watching those innocent eyes and the small moving hands intently.
Yang Xue was a bit surprised. She got up and walked to Sun Wukong's side, whispering, "Great Sage, you seem to like children a lot?"
She asked tentatively, as his expression seemed to show a great interest in the little baby.
"Well... I can't describe the feeling. How do people raise such a tiny child? Its little head is even smaller than my fist." As if afraid of scaring the child, the Great Sage's voice was very soft. He looked around at the child's movements in Xiaorou's arms.
"Wow... wow...呜呜..." As soon as the child felt Xiaorou's embrace, it burst into tears.
Xiaorou quickly turned around and lifted her clothes to breast - feed the child.
Xuan You stood at the door, quietly watching the actions of the two pairs of lovers in the narrow dungeon, not moving forward.
Although Maomao was extremely weak, hearing the child's cries, he still struggled to sit up from the ground and crawled towards the child.
Yang Xue turned around and glared at Xuan You unhappily. "Do you have any pills? You've tortured the child's father like this. Don't you plan to do something? Do you want him to hold the child like this?"
Xuan You was speechless, but he still took out a pill from his bosom.
Suddenly, Bai Xue rushed over from afar and grabbed Xuan You's hand forcefully. "No, this is for me. You can't give it to this cheap cat!"
Yang Xue slightly raised her hand and sent Bai Xue crashing into the opposite stone wall. She then reached out and took the pill, handing it to Maomao.
Xuan You turned to look at Bai Xue on the ground indifferently, as if she was an unimportant person. He said coldly, "You've done so many evil things. Do you still want a pill? These two have been treated as honored guests by me. But as soon as you came, you did such cruel things!"
"But they are my people. Why..."
"Just because you're so cruel - hearted and vicious. No wonder they betrayed you." With that, Xuan You turned his head away, as if afraid that she would dirty his eyes. "You can go. Never appear in front of me again. Since you can't replace her, keeping you around is just an eyesore."
"Xuan You! No, I don't want to leave. What's wrong with me? She's just lucky..."
"Do you really want me to tell you what's wrong with you?" As if hearing something extremely ridiculous, Xuan You turned around with a sneer.
"This question is most appropriately answered by this Great Sage. Xuan You doesn't know my lady very well yet." Sun Wukong strode out of the stone gate. His shoulder brushed past Xuan You's as he looked down at Bai Xue haughtily.
"Sun Wukong..." Bai Xue gritted her teeth and glared at him. "You're blind. You treat her like a treasure..."
She spat out a mouthful of blood, her mind occupied by jealousy and hatred.
"Of course you can't compare with her. The least important thing is this appearance, but hers is much more pleasing to the eye than yours. With your aggressive and evil - doing ways, you've really wasted this empty shell." Sun Wukong raised his head high and didn't want to look at her twice.
"If it weren't for fear of making my lady unhappy, this Great Sage would really like to destroy your appearance." With that, he shook his head. "But looking closely, this Great Sage finally understands the saying 'one's face reflects one's heart'. Although your looks are similar, I'll never mistake you for each other."
"You're talking nonsense..." Bai Xue struggled to argue. "Cough, cough, cough..."
"Alright, let's go." Yang Xue helped Xiaorou up. "Great Sage, give me a hand."
"Sure thing." Sun Wukong turned around and helped Maomao up. He quickly flashed out of the cell. "Farewell!"
Xuan You didn't even look at the person on the ground. He followed Yang Xue and came outside.
"Yang Xue, I have something to say to you..."
"No need. We have nothing to talk about. Whether it's because of Bai Xue or Yue Bai, I don't want to have any connection with you." Holding Xiaorou's child, she suddenly thought of something and said indifferently, "I finally understand why Yue Bai would rather adopt a child than keep your offspring. It's because you don't deserve it!"
... Hearing such cruel words from the mouth of the person he had insisted on loving, Xuan You's veins bulged.
"I advise you to live a good life. Life is long. You can't be so heartless all the time." Suddenly, Yang Xue changed the subject. "I always think that as long as you turn over a new leaf and be good to Yue Bai alone, she might still forgive you."
... This time it was Sun Wukong's turn to be speechless. He spat disgustedly and said, "Bah! If Yue Bai forgives this kind of fickle man, she'll never have a good life. I advise you to teach your spiritual - contract demon well. Don't keep longing for this kind of scumbag. It's not easy to survive. Continuing to entangle with this kind of person is just a waste of life!"
"Hahaha, the Great Sage is right. I was being hasty." She stood on tiptoe, put her arms around the Great Sage's cheek, gave him a kiss, and said, "Let's go. There's still a big snake demon to deal with."
Xiaorou and Maomao looked at the small courtyard that belonged to them. There was also a small piece of land outside the door, and fruit trees and flower gardens were surrounded by a fence. They couldn't believe their eyes.
"Sister, Great Sage, is this... really where we'll live from now on?" Standing in the spacious courtyard, Xiaorou was so touched that her eyes were blurred with tears and she couldn't see Yang Xue clearly.
She tried to wipe away her tears desperately, but found that the more she wiped, the more tears there were.
Suddenly, a clean white handkerchief appeared in her hand. "Silly girl, from now on you'll be a family. How can a family of three not have their own small courtyard? The Great Sage said this courtyard was for his retirement. Now he's giving it to you."
"Thank you, Great Sage. Your great kindness, you two, I'll never forget. Please accept Maomao's bow!" Maomao's face was as white as snow, but looking at the scene in front of him, he gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground, enduring the pain.
Yang Xue quickly reached out to help him up. "What are you doing? It was you who helped me when I was in the most difficult situation."
"Well, since you call Yang Xue sister, and now we're husband and wife, what do you think you should call me?" Sun Wukong was so happy to hear Maomao say "husband and wife" that his heart was itching. He raised his chin proudly, looking forward to Maomao's answer.
Yang Xue wanted to laugh but held it back, giving him enough face.
"Brother - in - law?" Maomao quickly changed his words. "Brother - in - law, please accept my..."
"Alright, go back and rest quickly. Medicine and food will be sent to your courtyard. From now on, this mountain will be your home. We won't bother you anymore." Sun Wukong was satisfied. He put his arm around Yang Xue and walked out.
"Take care, sister and brother - in - law." Xiaorou held the child in her arms and watched them walk down the mountain.
Maomao put his arm around Xiaorou and said softly, "We've finally come to this day. It's all thanks to her saving us."
"Yes, she's really different from Bai Xue. She's like our re - born parents." Xiaorou wiped away her tears, picked up the sleeping child, and said, "Let's go. We have a long time ahead to repay them."
...
"Xue'er, this Great Sage really likes children. What should I do?" Sun Wukong held Yang Xue's hand and stood on the clouds. For the first time, he didn't fly too fast.
Yang Xue blinked her eyes. "Then it depends on whether Xiaorou is willing to let you see the child often."
"It doesn't have to be their child. After all, it's someone else's child. It never feels as close as one's own."
... Little rascal, so this was what he was up to.
Yang Xue blinked her innocent eyes and pretended not to understand again. "Oh, there are quite a lot of little monkeys on this mountain. They're so cute. Do you want to hold one first?"
"Xue'er," Sun Wukong put his arm around her waist and rested his chin on her neck. "What do you think our child will look like?"
Yang Xue turned her head and bit his ear, saying fiercely, "We haven't even gotten married yet, and you're already thinking about having me give birth to a child. You have a sinister motive!"
"Hiss... My lady, if you don't want to have a child, then forget it." He quickly admitted his mistake. "I heard that giving birth is very painful. My lady surely can't bear it. We can just adopt a few more little monkeys and save a few more children in the mortal world."
"Well... It's not that I don't want to have a child. After a few years... Oh no, a few hundred years." Yang Xue pushed his head away. Suddenly, she was full of emotions and muttered unhappily, "Why are we suddenly talking about marriage? The Great Sage didn't court me properly, and we haven't even had a proper relationship. It's too soon to get married. I'm not happy."
"Then..."
"Cough, cough. It seems you two are in high spirits on this bright day." Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind. "The clouds in the sky have left the mark of your embrace. If you don't restrain yourselves, everyone will know that there are immortals courting and flirting, like mandarin ducks playing in the water."