Chapter 107: Wake Up and I’ll Kiss You

Chapter 107: You Can Kiss Him When He Wakes Up

The mermaid's waters receded, and the other soldiers who had followed Shen Yu also arrived at the ruins of the palace, grieving over the endless stretch of rubble and broken walls.

"Deputy General, we..."

"I don't believe the General is dead! Search for him—alive or dead, we've got to find him!" Gu Yuankai steadied himself against the broken walls and got to his feet, leading the search through the ruins.

The other soldiers were about to join the search when they suddenly felt the ground unsteady beneath them.

"Deputy General, the ground's shaking again!"

Before Gu Yuankai could react, another deafening boom sounded in the distance. Maybe there were still leftover bombs that hadn't gone off.

"All troops, fall back now!" Gu Yuankai wasn't afraid to die himself, but he couldn't stand by and watch his brothers get blown up.

"No, if we go, we go together." The men tried to drag him along with them.

Gu Yuankai commanded them: "With the General gone, everyone answers to me—now leave!"

"If you're not going, then we're not going either!"

"You—!" Gu Yuankai gritted his teeth, about to lead them out, when someone shouted.

"That looks like the General!"

At those words, everyone rushed in the direction he was pointing.

Shen Yu was covered in dust and blood, stumbling as he walked, but he held the unconscious Bai Yeye tightly in his arms.

"General!" Gu Yuankai cried tears of joy and stepped forward to support him.

Shen Yu shook his head. "No need to support me. I can walk."

"General, you're in no shape—let us help you." Gu Yuankai tried to take Bai Yeye from his arms.

"I'm fine. Take your men and the scanners and dig out every hidden bomb on this planet." If they haven't exploded by now, they probably won't. But leaving them buried is still a hazard—they need to be cleared out.

"Yes, sir!" Gu Yuankai left a small group to escort him back to base while he led the others to begin the search.

Shen Yu carried Bai Yeye back to the base, and only after watching Bai Yeye start receiving treatment did he finally collapse from exhaustion.

When Bai Yeye woke up, two days had already passed.

"Yeye, are you still hurting?" Long Rui's voice was hoarse, but a smile lingered on his face. Finally awake—if he hadn't woken up, he wouldn't have been able to face his two dads.

Bai Yeye's throat hurt like hell, and he couldn't speak.

Bai Xingxing, who had been looking after him, quickly fed him some water. With the warm water soothing his throat, he finally managed to get some words out.

"Is everyone okay?"

"We're fine. It's all over." Long Rui's throat tightened with emotion—Bai Yeye's bravery this time had blown everyone away.

"What about Shen Yu?" Not seeing him made Bai Yeye's heart clench. Shen Yu couldn't be hurt, could he!

Bai Xingxing said quietly, "General Shen was badly injured, but his life isn't in danger. Doctor Wu is already treating him."

During the explosion, Shen Yu had used his own wings to shield them both. Bai Yeye was unharmed, but Shen Yu's wings had been severely damaged by the blast. Luckily, Wu Shao was the one treating him—any other doctor might not have been able to save them.

"I'm going to see him." Bai Yeye pushed himself up from the bed.

Long Rui pressed him back down. "He's still out cold. Wait until he wakes up before you go. Besides, your own body hasn't recovered yet."

Although Bai Yeye hadn't been affected by the explosion, he had suffered a lot of injuries while he was with Wu Xiu. The painkillers he'd taken at the time had masked the pain, but now that they'd worn off, the soreness was coming back.

"I'm fine. Let me go see him." Bai Yeye insisted on getting out of bed.

"Brother, wait for me." Bai Xingxing found a wheelchair, and Long Rui helped Bai Yeye into it before pushing him to see Shen Yu.

In Shen Yu's ward, Shen Cun and Xie Yongyun were keeping watch by his side.

Seeing Bai Yeye come in, Xie Yongyun walked over, gently touched his face, and said warmly, "How's your body doing?"

Bai Yeye's attention was fixed entirely on Shen Yu: "I'm fine. How's Shen Yu?"

Shen Cun said, "Wu Shao just changed his bandages. He'll probably wake up in three or four days."

Bai Yeye wheeled himself to Shen Yu's bedside, and seeing his pale, bloodless face, his nose stung with emotion.

Shen Cun comforted him: "Wu Shao said he'll recover with some rest. Don't worry."

They were hurting inside too, but they didn't want to add more worry to the injured Bai Yeye's plate.

"Can I stay in the same ward as him? I'll keep quiet and won't disturb him." Until Shen Yu woke up, Bai Yeye didn't want to leave his side.

Shen Cun explained, "Yeye, it's not that you'd disturb him—it's that he might disturb you. Ayu needs his bandages changed several times a day, with people coming and going. It would mess with your rest."

"It's fine. I'm mostly recovered—I don't need rest. Let me stay with him, please, I'm begging you." Bai Yeye looked at them with pleading eyes.

Long Rui couldn't bear to see him like this and spoke up for him: "Let him stay. Otherwise, he won't rest well even if he goes back."

Shen Cun and Xie Yongyun could only agree, and had the other bed moved over.

A week later, Bai Yeye's body had fully recovered, but Shen Yu still showed no signs of waking up.

"What's going on? Didn't you say he'd wake up in three days? Why hasn't he woken up yet?" Bai Yeye pestered Wu Shao with the same question a hundred times a day.

Wu Shao removed Shen Yu's bandages and applied fresh medicine: "Let me tell you one more time—I said 'probably.' It could be as short as three or four days, or as long as one to two months."

Shen Yu's condition was already pretty good. Aside from not waking up, everything else was recovering well. With any other doctor, even if they could heal him, it would take years before he could even get out of bed.

Bai Yeye watched Shen Yu anxiously: "Not eating or drinking for one or two months—that would cause serious problems for his body."

"He's not you."

Bai Yeye: ...

Wu Shao couldn't stand his constant worrying and added, "If you're that worried, you can chew up the food and feed it to him mouth-to-mouth."

They were already giving Shen Yu nutrient fluids, yet Bai Yeye still fretted over these things.

Shen Cun chimed in: "Yeye, don't be so tense. Though Ayu hasn't woken up, his complexion has improved a lot."

Bai Yeye finally stopped pestering Wu Shao and lay by Shen Yu's bedside, watching him.

"Uncle needs to go handle some matters at the base. Ayu is in your hands."

With Shen Yu unconscious, he and Bai Yuanzhou had been taking turns managing base affairs.

Bai Yeye nodded: "You go ahead and handle your business. Once you're done, make sure to get some proper rest. I'll stay with him tonight."

"You're the one who should be resting more. If it gets to be too much, just call your uncle and have him come back."

"Don't worry, Uncle. See you later."

After Shen Cun left, Bai Yeye drooped over the bedside, all worn out, curling his fingers around Shen Yu's.

"Why won't you wake up yet?" Bai Yeye muttered softly. "Hurry up and wake up, and I'll give you a kiss."

Shen Yu's fingers suddenly twitched, and his eyelashes began to flutter.

Bai Yeye: ?!

And that's what gets you going?

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