CH 89

TL: Moonlit

Fang Xiao’s words made Yin Shao gasp in cold air.

His entire body began to tremble involuntarily.

The calm expression on his face instantly crumbled.

His heart was throbbing incessantly, causing him unbearable pain.

Yin Shao leaned against the nearby wall, struggling to steady himself.

Fang Xiao’s words kept echoing in his mind, leaving him in a daze.

What did it mean to be eaten by surrounding wolves?

How could Bai Yu be eaten by those wolves?

It was simply a joke!

The one who would sit on a tree and play a tune so mischievously…

The one who would show a playful and delighted smile when seeing him…

The little demon who would suddenly throw himself into his embrace and call him “husband”…

How could he turn into an ordinary rabbit? How could he be eaten by those wolves?

No…

Absolutely impossible!

His heart gave a violent thump.

Yin Shao, with eyes burning red, grabbed Fang Xiao’s arm and shouted at him, “Tell me, he won’t be eaten! It’s impossible! You’re lying, aren’t you?”

Bai Yu was not a fool!

How could he give him the demon’s core when he knew perfectly well what would happen without it?

Impossible!

Yin Shao desperately searched for excuses; he refused to believe the harsh reality right in front of him.

Because such a reality was too cruel.

Cruel to the point where he couldn’t accept it!

So, he desperately tried to convince himself that Bai Yu was fine!

He couldn’t be in danger!

“Fang Xiao, you say he’s fine, that he’s perfectly fine!”

Yin Shao not only deceived himself but also wanted Fang Xiao to deceive him.

He wanted to convince himself, to make his heartache stop. After all, that tearing feeling was becoming unbearable for him to bear.

Fang Xiao still hadn’t grasped the situation completely, but seeing Yin Shao’s anxious expression, he could only nod and comply, “He’s fine. He’s perfectly fine…”

Yin Shao nodded forcefully, telling himself that Bai Yu was fine.

But no matter how much he deceived himself, his heart still ached.

It was even getting worse!

His eyes were already red, and tears suddenly and without warning streamed down from his eyes.

Yin Shao gently closed his eyes, and in his mind, he could only see the scene of Bai Yu and him wanting the crimson fruit that day.

He had witnessed Bai Yu spitting out that so-called “crimson fruit” from his mouth… and it hit him…

Even if he tried to deceive himself again and again.

It was futile!

That demon’s core belonged to Bai Yu.

Without the demon’s core, Bai Yu would die!

Tears streamed down Yin Shao’s face like a broken dam.

That was his Bai Yu…

The one who had always been by his side, saying he wanted to be with him forever…

How could he be in danger? How could he be gone…

Yin Shao had never imagined that one day he would be so heartbroken because of the departure of a demon…

A demon hunter caring so deeply about a demon was simply absurd.

But he couldn’t control himself…

His mind was filled with Bai Yu’s figure.

That adorable Bai Yu.

That beautiful Bai Yu.

That Bai Yu who would call him “husband”…

Yin Shao tightly covered his heart with his hand, exerting force.

It really hurts here!

The pain is unbearable…

At a time like this, even if he was foolish, he finally realized his feelings for Bai Yu.

He had always regarded Bai Yu as the agreed-upon partner. He thought that his treatment of Bai Yu was solely because of their agreement.

And he believed that as long as he left Bai Yu, he would be able to forget him.

However, it was only now, in this situation, that he realized he had already deeply fallen in love with that person.

Only when he took away Bai Yu’s demon’s core with his own hands and pushed him into the bottomless abyss did he realize that he was deeply in love with him!

Is there anything more ironic in this world?

Yin Shao covered his heart with his hand, unable to even stand up straight due to the pain.

“Brother, what’s wrong with you?”

Fang Xiao was extremely worried beside him.

“Are you okay?”

Yin Shao, with eyes burning red, took the demon’s core from Fang Xiao’s hand.

He tightly clenched the warm demon’s core in his hand, gripping it tightly.

No.

He had to go find Bai Yu.

Perhaps there was still a chance if he went to find Bai Yu now.

He had to rescue Bai Yu!

Yin Shao ran forward in a daze, completely disregarding Fang Xiao by his side.

“Brother, where are you going?”

Fang Xiao wanted to catch up with Yin Shao, but Yin Shao’s speed was too fast.

He was running as if he had gone mad.

Fang Xiao’s body was already weak, and he couldn’t catch up at all. He bent over, gasping for breath.

—

The place where Bai Yu lived was a month’s journey away from there.

Even if Yin Shao ran desperately, he could only cut the time in half. It was completely useless.

It took a month to return, and another half a month to come back.

In the meantime, a month and a half had already passed.

Yin Shao stood trembling at the door of Bai Yu’s house.

During these days, he had desperately tried to reach this place. He wanted to see Bai Yu once again.

However, now that he was standing in front of this door, Yin Shao didn’t even have the courage to open it.

How he wished that when he opened the door, he would see Bai Yu still sitting inside, angry at him.

Yes…

Why was he so dull like a pig?

He had been with him for so long but failed to realize his own feelings for him.

And he insisted on leaving…

Bai Yu must be so angry…

He would probably ignore him.

However, Yin Shao knew that although this little guy seemed tough on the surface, he had the softest heart.

No matter what mistake he made, as long as he coaxed him a little, Bai Yu would forgive him.

Yin Shao could even imagine Bai Yu’s angry face.

He would always pout his mouth and look like a puffed-up little pufferfish.

It was clearly an angry expression, but it looked incredibly adorable.

At this moment, all he had to do was hug him from behind and give him a kiss on the face.

His originally pouting face would soften.

This was his little Bai Yu…

No matter what mistakes he made, Bai Yu could never bear to blame him…

So, this time, Bai Yu must still be waiting here.

He definitely wouldn’t bear to leave him alone…

“Bai Yu, I’m here… You wrote on the lotus lantern before that you wanted to be with me for a lifetime, right? I’m back now, and I won’t leave anymore, okay? This time, you must forgive me…”

Yin Shao weakly pressed his hand against the door, his tears flowing uncontrollably.

He forcefully opened the door.

However, the room was completely empty, with nothing inside…

There was no Bai Yu, no rabbit…

Nothing at all.

Only three strings of decayed sugar-coated haws were lying quietly on the ground.

One of the strings had a bite mark on it…

And then, there was nothing.

“Bai Yu…”

“Where are you, Bai Yu?”

Yin Shao looked around in a daze, searching for Bai Yu’s figure in this small room.

“Bai Yu, I’m back. Where are you? Please tell me where you are, okay?”

But there was no one to answer him.

There was nothing…

Yin Shao stood there, looking at the empty scene, feeling as if his heart had also emptied.

However, just at that moment, he suddenly heard faint footsteps behind him.

Yin Shao’s heart pounded, and he quickly turned around, calling out, “Bai Yu!”

But the figure in front of him was not Bai Yu, but a small cat demon.

The cat demon looked at Yin Shao, its face full of caution.

“Who are you? Why are you here?”

Yin Shao’s voice trembled with urgency, “Do you know where the owner of this house is?”

Faced with a little demon, as a demon hunter, his reaction was no longer to kill it but to find out Bai Yu’s whereabouts.

Yin Shao was no longer himself.

“Oh, you mean little Bai Yu?”

“Yes!” Yin Shao looked at the demon in front of him nervously, his heart thumping.

Did this demon know Bai Yu? Would he know where Bai Yu was?

“Well, you know, poor little Bai Yu. He fell in love with a demon hunter. He even told me that the demon hunter would definitely fall in love with him. But…”

The little cat demon shook its head as it spoke. “I told him, humans are unreliable. That demon hunter took Bai Yu’s demon’s core and ran away. You tell me, how can there be such a wicked person in this world? Bai Yu even called him ‘husband.’ How could he treat Bai Yu like this? Isn’t a husband supposed to protect his wife? But he treated Bai Yu like that. It’s really outrageous! If I ever see that scum, if I ever see him, I’ll tear him apart a thousand times!”

Yin Shao stood there in a daze, feeling utterly ashamed.

He felt as if his heart was being pierced by countless needles, with countless painful spots.

He made Bai Yu call him ‘husband’…

He made Bai Yu give him his sincere heart…

But in the end, he was the one who caused Bai Yu’s suffering.

As he watched the cat demon in front of him scolding him relentlessly, Yin Shao couldn’t utter a single word of defense.

All of this was his own fault.

“And what about Bai Yu… How is he?”

At this moment, Yin Shao no longer cared about anything else. He just wanted to find Bai Yu and make up for his mistakes.

However, the cat demon in front of him suddenly stopped his incessant chatter and fell into silence.

After a long time, it spoke with a somewhat desolate tone.

“He’s dead, he died a long time ago…”

TL’s note: I’ll post the rest of this arc’s chapters later this evening… I’m sleepy right now…