Chapter 50: Can I Let Shen Yu Know My Identity?

Chapter 50: Can I Let Shen Yu Know My Identity?

"Brother." Bai Yeye looked at Bai Ruoshui ingratiatingly, his bright eyes sparkling like stars.

Whenever he gave someone that look, it meant he wanted something. Bai Ruoshui looked at him fondly. "What do you want?"

Bai Yeye licked his palm. "Can I... stop taking the beast-form suppressant?"

"You want to become human? Of course, you can."

"Then can I tell Shen Yu who I really am?" Bai Yeye blinked nervously.

Bai Ruoshui hesitated. "That... I have to ask Big Brother and Father."

He couldn't decide that on his own.

Bai Yeye said, sounding dejected, "I just don't want them to know for now. I'll only tell Shen Yu, and no one else. Is that okay?"

Bai Ruoshui sighed and refused him anyway. "Yeye, I hope you can be with him too. But this is too important; we have to ask Father first."

Only a few close blood relatives knew Bai Yeye's real identity, and Bai Ruoshui couldn't make that decision on his own.

"Forget it, then. Brother and the others won't agree anyway; they might even ask me to go home." Bai Yeye dropped the idea, and his tail stopped wagging.

Bai Ruoshui comforted him gently, "Once this whole thing is over, we'll bring Shen Yu to Romarre. Then Father can decide, and we can tell him."

"But he's already offended Big Brother. Do you think our dads will like him?" Bai Yeye turned into 'Bai Bu Yeye' (literally 'Not-Really-Bai'), worried that Shen Yu would be kicked out the moment he stepped into the palace.

Bai Ruoshui smiled. "Don't worry; both of our fathers are very satisfied with him."

Otherwise, they wouldn't have considered marrying someone off to Shen Yu. Long Shen actually regretted that it didn't work out, because he valued Shen Yu's character and abilities.

Bai Yeye pressed on. "Brother, do you know who Shen Yu's other father is?"

Bai Ruoshui paused, thinking hard, but he really didn't know. "I only know Uncle Shen."

"His other father is Xie Shihua... and I hit him before... wuwuwu." Bai Yeye buried his head in his paws and howled.

Bai Ruoshui was very surprised. "Uncle Xie? Wait, how did you hit him?"

Bai Ruoshui knew Xie Shihua was acquainted with his father, but he didn't know Xie Shihua was also Shen Yu's father. Even more confusing was why Bai Yeye would hit Xie Shihua, when he was such a gentle uncle.

What Bai Ruoshui didn't know was that he was the only one in the family who could get gentle treatment from Xie Shihua. When he wasn't around, Xie Shihua was practically at odds with Bai Ningxin, pulling each other's hair.

Bai Yeye trembled as he recounted what had happened. After hearing it, Bai Ruoshui found it even more ridiculous.

What kind of mess was this!

"I'm doomed, wuwu. Last time he left, he said the next time he saw me, he would turn me into a Samsung folding screen."

Bai Ruoshui comforted him. "It's okay, it's okay. Brother will apologize for you later. Uncle Xie is a good person; he won't hold a grudge over something so small."

Bai Yeye burrowed into his arms. How could he live without his gentle and tender Brother Ruoshui?

After those trivial matters were discussed, Bai Ruoshui got to the point. "By the way, you said you overheard a secret conversation between the Emperor and someone else. What exactly did they talk about?"

"They just said they needed to find the right person to take the Gu King as the source. Nothing else." Bai Yeye looked away, not wanting to tell Bai Ruoshui that he himself was the target.

How could the perceptive Bai Ruoshui not catch the shift in his expression? "They want to catch me, right?"

"No! ...Fine, how did you know?" Bai Yeye said weakly. Why did Brother Ruoshui always see through his lies?

"The Empress keeps showing me favor and inviting me to the palace; she must have ulterior motives. The Emperor has also wanted to control me for a long time. Coupled with my mermaid bloodline, I'm the most suitable candidate."

Bai Yeye grabbed his hand tightly. "You can't go, Brother! If you dare to go, I'll definitely have Dad and the others come over!"

That damn emperor was clearly eyeing Bai Ruoshui's beauty. Going would be far too dangerous.

Bai Ruoshui smiled and ruffled his head. "Brother won't go. Don't worry."

Bai Yeye flopped back into his arms. "That's good. Don't go, don't go. Absolutely don't go!"

Bai Ruoshui said nothing, but there was a sigh in his eyes.

He didn't want to go either, but if he didn't, how else could they break this situation?

As night fell, Shen Yu and his troops returned without catching anyone, because the enemies had moved their base after Bai Yeye escaped.

Bai Yuanzhou said coldly, "They might be hiding in the palace. Let's just go and raid the palace!"

Shen Yu's tone was icy. "Are you the Emperor? Do you think you can just raid the palace?"

"Even if I'm not, we still have to raid it. It's clearly connected to that damn emperor!" Now he regretted even more that he hadn't usurped the throne back then. If he had taken that position earlier, none of this would have happened.

Bai Yeye barked in complaint, "What did the dog ever do to you?"

"Sorry, sorry. I meant the damn emperor."

Shen Yu picked up Bai Yeye and smoothed the fur on his back. "The Emperor knows I have spies in the palace, so he wouldn't dare keep so many poisoned people in there."

"Then I'll go cut his head off myself!" Bai Yuanzhou was furious.

Bai Ruoshui calmed him down. "Take it easy."

His beautiful wife's comfort did wonders, and Bai Yuanzhou immediately calmed down.

Bai Yeye thought, if Bai Yuanzhou knew the Emperor wanted to use Bai Ruoshui as the source, he would be just as furious.

"Everyone has worked hard today. I've made some restorative soup; go to the mess hall and have some. Yeye, Brother prepared some snacks for you too. Go and eat."

"Great! I love Brother Ruoshui the most!" Bai Yeye bounced off toward the mess hall.

Everyone gathered to eat, not noticing Bai Ruoshui and Shen Yu quietly slip away.

"What's the matter?"

Bai Ruoshui got straight to the point. "The Emperor wants to catch me to be the source. I think this is a good opportunity."

He hadn't brought it up in front of the others for fear that Bai Yeye and Bai Yuanzhou would react emotionally.

Shen Yu frowned. "Are you willing to take that risk?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

Him volunteering to go undercover was a good thing, but Shen Yu wouldn't agree easily. "Unless Yuanzhou agrees, I don't have the authority to agree."

Not only was Bai Yuanzhou his brother, but even if he was a regular person, Shen Yu couldn't just watch an omega take such a risk for them.

"Do you think he will agree?"

"No, and that's why I can't let you go."

Bai Ruoshui looked at him: "General Shen, I didn't tell Yuanzhou about it because he can't keep his priorities straight when it comes to me. You can see the bigger picture. Sacrificing just me to bring so many people back safely—it's worth it. Besides, I might not even be sacrificed; I'm more than capable of protecting myself."

"One person's life is a life, and a group of lives is also precious."

"But no one is more suited for this than me."

"We'll talk about it later." Shen Yu still wouldn't agree and strode away.

Bai Ruoshui shook his head and followed.

After they left, Bai Yeye, who was supposed to be eating in the cafeteria, came out.

Actually, he was the best person for this job.

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