CH 90

TL: Moonlit

Yin Shao stood still in place, as if petrified for a moment. He couldn’t hear any sound in his ears.

The surroundings were silent, and his face showed no expression. Even the sound of his own heartbeat seemed to vanish.

In his mind, there was only the last sentence spoken by the cat demon.

“Dead?”

What does it mean, dead?

Yin Shao raised his head in a daze, feeling his mind buzzing.

His eyes revealed a bewildered confusion, as if he was in a state of stupor.

In an instant, it felt as if the flow of time had ceased.

Only the deep-rooted fear, like an approaching storm, and the overwhelming pain of everything collapsing reminded him of what had happened.

Yin Shao’s eyes remained fixed on the cat demon, watching as it discreetly wiped away tears and opened its mouth, seemingly saying something.

But he couldn’t hear clearly.

He couldn’t hear anything at all…

Only the echoing repetition of the last words, “Dead, long gone,” resounded in his ears.

Unconsciously, Yin Shao took two steps back, as if he had stepped on something. His balance faltered, and he stumbled, appearing disheveled.

After a while, he lowered his head to see what he had stepped on.

It was the three strings of sugar-coated haws…

Now the sugar-coated haws were crushed under his feet.

They had already spoiled due to prolonged exposure and were now in a wretched state…

Yin Shao’s eyes remained fixated on these three strings of sugar-coated haws.

He felt that what he had trampled on was not the sugar-coated haws…

But Bai Yu’s heart.

That day, he thought he was fulfilling his promise by buying three strings of sugar-coated haws for Bai Yu.

He believed that once he bought these three strings of sugar-coated haws, he would no longer owe Bai Yu anything.

He could safely leave.

He remembered that Bai Yu loved these things the most…

But in the end, he didn’t even wait for Bai Yu to finish eating them. He impatiently demanded the crimson fruit, wanting to leave…

So, these sugar-coated haws were only tasted by Bai Yu once before they fell to the ground.

At that time, Yin Shao was too eager to get the crimson fruit and didn’t pay attention to these details.

Now, he realized that what he thought was fulfilling Bai Yu’s wishes and promises wasn’t what Bai Yu wanted at all.

Bai Yu desired not the sugar-coated haws, but a lifetime of companionship…

But now, everything was gone.

The sugar-coated haws were gone.

Bai Yu was gone…

The room was empty.

As if everything they had experienced there had never happened.

People change, circumstances change…

But those memories had already deeply engraved in his mind.

Impossible to forget…

Yin Shao’s mouth twitched, and he fiercely slapped himself in the face, trying to wake himself up from this terrifying nightmare.

He had heard before that if you encountered a terrifying dream, you should hit yourself hard in the dream to wake up.

But even though he had already hit himself hard, why hadn’t he woken up?

Why hadn’t Bai Yu appeared in front of him?

Why was the cat demon still crying and crying?

Why were these sugar-coated haws still in a wretched state?

Large tears slowly rolled down Yin Shao’s eyes.

He felt so much pain…

The pain was unbearable…

Even now, he was unwilling to believe that Bai Yu was already dead.

Bai Yu’s smile was so pure and beautiful, his character so adorable and innocent. He hadn’t fulfilled his wishes…

He hadn’t accompanied him throughout this lifetime.

How could he be dead?

Yin Shao lifted his head and looked at the cat demon. In an instant, he rushed towards it, grabbing hold of it tightly.

“Tell me, you were lying to me just now. Bai Yu is alive and well, right? Tell me where he is! I want to see him!”

The cat demon stared into the eyes of the person in front of it, and only at this moment did it realize who this person really was.

So, he was the demon hunter who betrayed Bai Yu!

It’s truly laughable how he personally pushed Bai Yu into the depths of hell.

And now he comes here with false pretenses, saying all these things!

Yin Shao’s cheeks turned slightly red, from the self-inflicted slaps.

At this moment, another loud slap landed on Yin Shao’s face!

That harsh “smack” echoed loudly in the empty room!

“This slap is for Bai Yu. You scum! You’re not worthy of Bai Yu!”

The cat demon forcefully pushed Yin Shao away.

He looked at Yin Shao with eyes full of hatred!

It was because of this damned human that Bai Yu had died!

“You have already caused Bai Yu’s death. What else do you want? Do you think by deceiving yourself, Bai Yu will come back to life? Let me tell you, he is gone, forever!”

The cat demon yelled at Yin Shao, “On the day you left, Bai Yu had already returned to his original form. Do you know what it means for us demons to lose our inner core?”

Seeing Yin Shao’s speechless expression, the cat demon sneered,

“A demon without its inner core is equivalent to losing all its spiritual power. They can never transform back into their human form. Since you want to find Bai Yu so badly, go catch any random rabbit out there. Because without his inner core, Bai Yu is no different from an ordinary rabbit. Now that Bai Yu is gone, go spend your life with a rabbit.”

The cat demon’s words were filled with irony! Even the look in its eyes toward Yin Shao was filled with disgust!

Humans hated demons.

But who said demons didn’t hate humans?

Especially these demon hunters, each one considering themselves great, harming their kind indiscriminately.

In the end, they even betrayed those who slept by their side every day!

These self-righteous humans, one more detestable than the other, one more damned than the other!

The little cat demon used to be terrified when it saw demon hunters, but today, it didn’t know what had changed. They dared to hit him.

But even if they hit him, it didn’t bring any satisfaction because Bai Yu would never return!

With a fierce glare at Yin Shao, the cat demon turned around and left.

Yin Shao stood there dumbfounded, still unable to recover.

Seeing the cat demon about to leave, he hurriedly caught up.

“Tell me, how did Bai Yu die?”

Even if he had turned into a rabbit, he was still alive, right?

Yin Shao wanted to know what had happened after he left.

“How did he die?”

The cat demon’s eyes held both hatred and sarcasm.

“How can you have the audacity to ask? It was because you stole his inner core, and he wasted away!”

“Do you know? Even if you took away his inner core, even if he turned into a rabbit, he was still waiting for you here! He waited for a whole month. I came several times, wanting to take him away, but he refused… And then, all the spiritual power in his body slowly depleted. His consciousness became unclear… and he truly turned into an ordinary rabbit…”

“But even without his consciousness, he still refused to leave. He didn’t know anything anymore, and he couldn’t speak to me, but he still persisted in staying here… waiting for a damned heartbreaker! In the end, he was devoured by the wolves in the mountains. When I arrived here, Bai Yu was already gone, leaving only a piece of his torn skin and a lot of blood…”

The cat demon spoke while crying, his eyes filled with hatred as he looked at Yin Shao. He truly wished he could kill him! But as a demon, he feared demon hunters and couldn’t harm him at all.

Since he couldn’t kill him, he wanted to make this person suffer!

To let him experience the same despair that Bai Yu felt before leaving!

“Are you satisfied now? Are you happy? Do you know how his last month of life was spent? The daily waiting, even without his consciousness, he still instinctively waited. Can you understand?”

Yin Shao stood there in pain, tears streaming down his face. The pain in his heart surpassed everything. Bai Yu had waited for him here for a whole month…

At that time, he was eagerly rushing to his sect.

But he had no idea how the person who deeply loved him spent the last month of his life…

Waiting day after day…

Only to experience increasing despair in the end…

Yin Shao forcefully grabbed his own hair, screaming like a madman.

“No!”

His pain, his suffering, couldn’t be released.

The cat demon had long left, leaving Yin Shao alone in agony in that empty room.

—

Late at night.

Yin Shao lay on the cold bed alone, with Bai Yu’s figure filling his mind.

They had only been together for a month, but that month had left an indelible mark on his heart.

He loved him, missed him, but he would never have him again…

Yin Shao closed his eyes and slept, with images of Bai Yu cuddling in his arms filling his mind.

At that time, he wasn’t accustomed to sleeping together, but Bai Yu always found excuses.

He would say that sleeping together would keep them warm and they wouldn’t feel cold.

But now the weather was so cold.

Yet the person in his arms was no longer there…

Yin Shao closed his eyes and murmured in pain:

“Bai Yu, I’m so cold… Can you come and hug me?”

But no matter how much he said, it was useless.

That person was long gone.

An empty heart…

His eyes closed, and his mind was filled with memories of what had happened when he tried to leave.

He still remembered Bai Yu’s last words to him…

He said:

“Don’t forget the words you said. From now on, we owe each other nothing. I hope you never regret!”

At that time, he thought he would never regret it…

But now…

The reality before his eyes was like a huge slap, fiercely striking his face.

Leaving him completely stunned.

Yin Shao held his body tightly, his eyes filled with indescribable despair.

He bit his own arm with force, crying uncontrollably.

“Bai Yu, I regret it. Please come back… please?”

“I don’t want the crimson fruit anymore…”

“I don’t want anything anymore…”

“I only want you…”

“I just want you…”