Chapter 99: Forced to Grow Up

Chapter 99: Forced Growth

Bai Yeye and Wu Shao's plan could not be implemented immediately. The two of them checked into Long Rui's hotel, asking him not to tell anyone.

Long Rui thought Bai Yeye was only guarding against Shen Yu, but he didn't expect Bai Yeye to be guarding against him too.

"Don't tell my brother about our plan. It's best if you don't tell anyone at all."

Wu Shao said calmly, "You don't need to say it. I won't tell them either."

If they found out, they would certainly not let Bai Yeye cooperate with him.

Bai Yeye didn't say anything else, staring blankly at his belongings in front of him. Several days had passed, but he still couldn't accept it in his heart. He always felt this was just a dream, and when the dream ended, Bai Ruoshui would come back.

When Wu Shao saw those things, his eyes darkened.

He turned away and threw his most precious medicinal herbs into the wooden barrel.

While waiting for the herbs to dissolve, Wu Shao spoke again: "By the way, you'd better notify your father the Emperor and have him protect your other father. I suspect Wu Xiu's next target is your father, Bai Ningxin."

Bai Yeye shot up, his delicate face filled with towering rage: "How dare he!"

"What doesn't he dare to do now? Why did he target your father? Because he knows your father is also very strong."

"There are plenty of strong people in the world! Why does he have to keep targeting my family?" Bai Yeye wasn't afraid of being targeted himself, but he was afraid of harm to his family.

"First, the strength of the merpeople is well known. Second, you are all omegas."

Bai Yeye didn't understand: "Why only omegas?"

"There is only one Gu Poison King. An omega's body might be able to produce another one. So what I told you before wasn't a bluff. Once the Gu Poison King enters your body, even if you aren't controlled, your body will suffer great damage. The worst-case scenario is that you won't be able to conceive in the future."

Bai Yeye lowered his eyes: "If I can't, then I can't. I don't care."

"Don't you want to ask Shen Yu's opinion?" Wu Shao wasn't one to meddle, but Bai Yeye was Bai Ruoshui's beloved younger brother. For Bai Ruoshui's sake, he had to make it clear.

Bai Yeye paused: "This is my decision. Even if he has objections, they won't change anything."

"What if it affects your relationship later?"

"Whatever he wants. If it doesn't work, then we won't be together. I'm not going to force it."

Wu Shao glanced at him. "Are you blaming him for sending you away? Or blaming him for not protecting your brother?"

No matter which one, Shen Yu was hardly at fault. Sending Bai Yeye away was everyone's decision, and as for what happened to Bai Ruoshui, Wu Shao thought it was his own fault.

"It has nothing to do with those things. Are you finished with it?" Bai Yeye didn't want to continue this topic.

He was well aware that Shen Yu wasn't wrong, but given the current situation, how could he have the heart to worry about his own relationship?

As long as he hadn't avenged Bai Ruoshui, his heart would ache every day.

Seeing his persistence, Wu Shao said nothing more. He added boiling water and stirred the herbs until they dissolved.

The bitter aroma of medicine spread. Bai Yeye walked to the wooden barrel: "Is it ready like this?"

"Of course not."

Bai Yeye watched him keep adding herbs and asked: "Am I not already immune to all poisons? Why do I need so many herbs?"

"Wu Xiu's methods are insidious. One more herb adds another layer of protection."

Bai Yeye watched him throw his precious herbs into the barrel as if they cost nothing, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

Wu Shao said calmly: "I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing it for him."

Bai Yeye felt a sharp pain in his heart: "If you knew this would happen, why didn't you listen to him then and join forces to kill Wu Xiu?"

If Wu Xiu had been killed, perhaps what happened later wouldn't have occurred.

Wu Shao didn't speak, but the scar in his heart was torn open again by Bai Yeye's words.

There's no use crying over spilt milk.

Bai Yeye soaked in the medicinal bath for three full days. During that time, Long Rui came once and asked what they were doing. Wu Shao brushed him off, making an excuse that Bai Yeye was feeling uneasy.

After three days, all the herbs in Wu Shao's possession had been absorbed into Bai Yeye's body. With the help of these herbs, his mental strength seemed to have improved as well.

Bai Yeye didn't bother to examine it closely; he was anxious to know when the plan would start.

"Finish all your business tonight. We'll start tomorrow." After saying this, Wu Shao left, and no one knew where he went.

Bai Yeye asked a servant for a new communicator and with trembling hands, he contacted his two fathers.

He wanted to see how they were doing, because he didn't know when he would see them again.

Long Shen answered after a long time. His tired face appeared on the screen. Only when he saw it was Bai Yeye did he show his first smile in days: "Ye Ye."

Bai Yeye's nose tingled: "Dad."

He had never seen Long Shen like this before. In his memory, his father was always carefree and cheerful.

Long Shen comforted him: "Don't cry. Don't let your other father hear, or he'll be upset again."

"How is Dad?" Bai Yeye suppressed his tears.

Long Shen lowered his eyes: "He's resting. I won't show him to you for now."

"Let me see him!" Bai Yeye didn't believe it. Long Shen's eyes clearly showed that someone was beside him.

After hesitating for a long time, Long Shen slowly turned the camera toward Bai Ningxin.

When he saw Bai Ningxin's current state, Bai Yeye's tears streamed down his face.

"Dad..."

That face, so similar to Bai Ruoshui's, had lost its usual luster. What pained Bai Yeye even more was his hair.

Bai Ningxin and Bai Yeye both had long white hair, but usually their hair was glossy and beautiful. Now Bai Ningxin's hair had no luster at all, only a dimness shrouded in grief.

"Ye Ye." When Bai Ningxin saw him, he finally showed some reaction, but it was only a call of his name, with no other actions.

He seemed especially empty, as if he had lost his soul.

"Dad, how are you? What did the doctors say?"

Long Shen suppressed the bitterness in his heart: "The blow from your second brother's

Seeing Bai Yeye crying, Long Shen said, "Don't cry. Don't upset him. Tell him something happy."

He wanted to cry too, but crying was useless. He had already lost one child; he couldn't lose his beloved as well.

Bai Yeye raised his head and forced a smile, "Dad, I'll be back in a little while. Then Yeye will play with you, okay?"

Bai Ningxin looked at him and said slowly, "Come back safely."

"Mm! Yeye will definitely come back safely. From now on, Yeye will stay by Dad's side every day and won't go anywhere else."

Bai Yeye said a lot to Bai Ningxin, but Bai Ningxin only responded with a few words once in a while.

When the doctor brought the soothing herbal soup again, he watched Bai Ningxin drink it before he said he had to hang up.

Long Shen stepped outside, and the sunlight fell on his face. It was only then that Bai Yeye noticed that many silver strands had appeared amidst his thick black hair.

Bai Yeye could only squeeze his own wrist hard, forcing himself not to cry.

Long Shen looked at his beloved youngest son and smiled bitterly, "Diviners really are something else. Back then, he told me that one day, I would definitely push you forward to take on a great responsibility. At the time, I thought, even if I worked myself to death, I would never let you go out and suffer even the slightest bit. But now, Dad really has no other choice."

Because Bai Yeye's nature was too childish, Long Shen had always treated him like a little kid. He didn't want Bai Yeye to become some overlord who unified the star systems; he only wanted him to be a happy-go-lucky Samoyed.

But now that his beloved had become like this, he was simply in no state of mind to deal with anything else, and he had no choice but to let Bai Yeye and Long Rui handle these matters.

"Yeye, I'm sorry for forcing you to grow up."

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