Chapter 97: YeYe Leaves

Chapter 97: YeYe Leaves

"How is he?" Shen Yu was busy again until the dead of night, only asking about Bai Yuanzhou's situation when Shen Cun entered.

Shen Cun sighed: "After Long Rui talked with him for a while, he started eating and sleeping again, but I feel like this makes his condition even worse."

Bottling it all up will only drive a person to extremes. He was now afraid that Bai Yuanzhou would act normal for a while, then suddenly snap and off himself.

Shen Yu pinched the bridge of his nose: "This is a dead end. It's up to him now."

These past few days made Shen Yu feel like a failure for the first time. He wasn't the all-powerful General Shen at all—when something happened to someone close to him, he couldn't even offer comfort.

He didn't even have the courage to ask how his beloved was doing.

Shen Cun brought up the elephant in the room: "How is YeYe?"

Shen Yu's hand froze, and after a long pause, he said: "I don't dare to ask."

For the first time, Shen Cun heard the words "don't dare" come out of his son's mouth. Normally, he would have teased him, but now he just felt a pang of sadness.

Shen Yu said gloomily, "Dad, will YeYe forgive me?"

Shen Cun frowned and said, "This isn't your fault."

Shen Yu took it all on himself: "But if I had been more vigilant, maybe this wouldn't have happened."

What was he thinking back then? How could he have believed Wu Xiu would be stupid enough to walk right into a trap?

Shen Cun patted his shoulder and said, "You're not a god. You did the best you could with what you had."

With such a major incident happening, the battle situation still had no flaws, which showed Shen Yu's capability.

Shen Yu was somewhat dejected: "But I didn't protect his brother. YeYe must be so heartbroken right now."

Shen Cun shook his head and comforted him: "Things just happened. Everyone's emotions are bound to be raw. Once they calm down, they'll all understand."

Bai YeYe might have some thoughts now, but he's a sensible kid. After this critical moment, he'll come to understand.

Hearing this, Shen Yu felt much better.

"You've worked hard. Go back and get some rest."

"I'm not resting. If there's anything I can help with, let me do it. You should rest—you're the backbone, you can't afford to collapse."

"I'm fine. Don't you need to go back and take care of Dad?"

Mentioning his beloved, Shen Cun sighed again: "He took Yong Yun back to Phoenix Mountain. Yong Yun was also scared by this; when he left, he couldn't even speak."

Shen Yu had been busy with official matters these days and hadn't had time to check on his family. Hearing that his younger brother had obediently left, another heavy weight lifted from his heart.

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"Brother YeYe, I beg you, please eat just a little bit, okay?" Bai Xingxing's eyes were swollen from crying, his voice hoarse as he begged Bai YeYe to give him some kind of reaction.

Bai YeYe hugged his knees, sitting with his back against the railing.

In less than three days, he had lost a lot of weight again because of this. His already slender body looked even more skeletal, pitiful to see.

Seeing him unresponsive, Bai Xingxing had no choice but to bring up Bai Ningxin's name: "The clan leader just woke up today. The doctor said he's sick from worrying and can't bear to hear any more bad news. If you keep refusing to eat, I'll have to ask the clan leader to come here."

"Dad..." Bai YeYe buried his face in his arms and sobbed softly. He was used to seeing Bai Ningxin's strong side and couldn't bear to imagine how painful it would be to see him sick.

"For the clan leader's sake, just eat a little." Bai Xingxing carefully placed the food next to him.

Bai YeYe emptied his mind and, after a long silence, said: "I can eat, but can you promise me one thing?"

"Anything except letting you out, I'll agree to it." Bai Xingxing finally showed a hint of a smile.

"Give me my space storage. Brother Ruoshui bought it for me, and it has a lot of our memories in it. I want to look at those things again, okay?"

Bai Xingxing hesitated, thinking that the only key was in his hands, so it should be fine.

"Then eat first. After you're done, I'll give it to you."

Bai YeYe only took a few bites before he couldn't eat any more. Bai Xingxing didn't force him and handed over the space storage.

Bai YeYe took out a family photo from it, gently stroking Bai Ruoshui's face with his fingertips, recalling every little memory he had of Bai Ruoshui.

Mermaids are naturally fierce and violent, but Bai Ruoshui was an exception. While other little mermaids were already hunting prey, Bai Ruoshui only liked to grow beautiful little flowers in the garden and sew tiny socks for his newborn brother.

He had started learning martial arts—which he didn't like—for Bai YeYe's sake. Back then, the diviner's words had led to many assassination attempts on Bai YeYe. So he set aside what he loved and worked hard to improve himself, just to protect his younger brother.

Not just with family, Bai Ruoshui was also full of patience and love for others. He would help whenever he could. He was named the First Beauty of the Galaxy—half for his looks, and half for his kindness.

Why did such a good person have to leave so soon?

"Brother YeYe..." Bai Xingxing saw that he was already in tears and wanted to comfort him, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his own tears started falling.

He could only go outside to calm himself down, giving Bai YeYe some space to compose himself.

Bai YeYe wiped the tears from his face and forced a smile at Bai Ruoshui's photo.

"Brother, please come back, okay? When you're not here, they all bully YeYe."

His plea got no response.

Bai YeYe pressed the photo against his heart and murmured softly: "Brother Ruoshui, YeYe wants to listen to you and stay here obediently. But YeYe wants to avenge you with his own hands. Forgive YeYe's stubbornness, okay?"

He dried the photo on his face and took out what he truly wanted from the space storage.

The universal key that Xie Yongyun had given him back then—he never thought it would come in handy now.

Bai YeYe tried to open the lock with a hopeful attempt, and to his surprise, it actually worked.

Hearing the commotion inside, Bai Xingxing rushed in: "Brother YeYe! How, how did you get out!"

Watching Bai YeYe approach him step by step, Bai Xingxing felt a bit scared. He covered his head with his hands, afraid that Bai YeYe would hit him.

Bai YeYe reached out and hugged him: "Don't be afraid. Brother knows you meant well for him

The servants were burning spirit money for Bai Ruoshui at the entrance; they did it outside because they were afraid of upsetting Bai Yuanzhou.

Bai Yeye wanted to cry again, but it took him a long time to manage to hold back his tears.

He couldn't let his brother see him cry—he'd worry.

He walked into the mansion, which was filled with flowers that Bai Ruoshui loved. Bai Yeye tugged the corners of his mouth into a faint smile. If Brother Ruoshui saw these flowers, he would definitely be very happy.

"Bai Yeye." Wu Shao appeared behind him.

Bai Yeye had expected that the moment he saw Wu Shao, he would fly into a rage and kill him, but seeing Wu Shao's current state, he couldn't even raise his hand.

"Wu Shao, where's my brother?" Bai Yeye asked him.

Wu Shao closed his eyes. "Let's talk alone."

At the base, Shen Yu learned that Bai Yeye had returned. In a rare impulsive move, he dropped what he was doing and came to find Bai Yeye in person.

But by the time he arrived at the prince's residence, Bai Yeye had already left.

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