Chapter 120: Hello, YeYe!

Chapter 120: YeYe's a Good Boy!

"You're really something else with that trick. I heard several of them coughed up blood from anger," Long Rui said as he fed Bai Yeye a big chicken leg.

Bai Yeye, who was busy chowing down, snorted coldly: "That's bad? I've got way worse up my sleeve."

Bai Yeye had been truly merciful by not taking their sorry lives right then and there—he was really going easy on them.

Shen Yu added more food to Bai Yeye's bowl: "They're the ones who are unreasonable. They're bad. YeYe punished them, so YeYe's a good boy."

Bai Yeye said, acting all smug, "Exactly! Lord Cucumber!"

"You want cucumbers? I'll have someone haul over two baskets."

"No, I want big chicken legs." Bai Yeye had eyes only for the chicken legs.

Shen Yu watched him eat, his gaze growing increasingly tender.

How is YeYe this cute?

Long Rui cleared his throat: "Before the wedding, no funny business. If I catch you, I won't be nice!"

He only meant to warn Shen Yu, but Bai Yeye's doggy body gave a tremble, and he said nervously, "Does groping his chest muscles every day count? At most I just feel him up a little, nothing more."

Long Rui: ......

God damn it, how could his pure, innocent little brother say something like that!

It's definitely Shen Yu's doing. Pfft, no shame!!! Luring someone into touching his chest muscles before they're even married—how thirsty is that!

Bai Yeye realized he'd exposed himself and quickly pivoted: "Oh right, brother, you still haven't explained what your conflict with Little Phoenix is about. Since Shen Yu happens to be here, why don't you tell us? Maybe Shen Yu can go back and help smooth things over for you."

Long Rui, who'd been happily cursing Shen Yu out in his head: ......

The other guy only gropes a chest, but he's already gone and marked someone. Maybe he should lay off Shen Yu after all.

"Nothing much." Long Rui forced a strained smile at Shen Yu: "Haha, it's all minor stuff."

"Brother, you look like someone just flicked you in the nuts." Bai Yeye dropped a savage comment.

"You shut your mouth! Say one more word and you're getting chicken wings instead of drumsticks!"

Bai Yeye shuddered, hung his head, and went back to chowing down.

Shen Yu was about to stick up for Bai Yeye when he suddenly got a call from Gu Yuankai.

"What's wrong?"

Gu Yuankai's voice was heavy: "Yuanzhou said not to tell you, but I still wanted to ask if you could come back as soon as you can."

Shen Yu's expression changed: "What happened to him?"

"He took pills last night. Good thing we found him in time—he's okay after getting his stomach pumped. But he..." Gu Yuankai's throat clenched, and he couldn't finish the sentence.

They'd all thought Bai Yuanzhou had really let go, but he'd just been bottling it up.

"I'm heading back now. Watch over him."

"Okay."

"What's wrong with Brother Yuanzhou?" Bai Yeye caught bits of it and suddenly wasn't hungry anymore.

Shen Yu looked down: "Wu Shao told me before that he wasn't really okay—he was just toughing it out. So I'm worried that..."

Long Rui's fists clenched: "Didn't Wu Shao give you the forgetfulness potion?"

"He won't drink it, and I won't force him."

As Bai Yuanzhou's best friend, Shen Yu knew him better than anyone.

Bai Ruoshui was his whole world. Making him forget would be no different from killing him.

After a few minutes of tense silence, Shen Yu closed his eyes and said, as if making up his mind: "If we can't stop him, then maybe this is the best outcome for him."

Bai Yeye's eyes welled up: "I'll go with you to see him."

"Be a good boy, don't come. I'll go by myself."

Shen Yu hugged him: "If anything comes up here, I'll come right back. Take care of yourself."

"Take me back with you, Shen Yu..."

Long Rui stopped Bai Yeye: "Let him go alone."

What good would Bai Yeye showing up do now? It would only make Bai Yuanzhou think of Bai Ruoshui.

He could only hope Shen Yu could talk him down. If he couldn't... then there was really nothing else to do.

Shen Yu rushed back to Lexus Planet as fast as he could. The door to Bai Yuanzhou's hospital room was packed with his usual brothers. The tough alphas all looked grief-stricken, except Bai Yuanzhou, who was all smiles.

It was only when he saw Shen Yu that Bai Yuanzhou's smile slowly disappeared: "So you came back after all."

Shen Yu told everyone to leave and went to sit by his bed.

He didn't say anything, just looked at him.

Bai Yuanzhou gave his shoulder a light punch: "I'm sorry. I didn't want to bother you at a time like this, but I'm really hurting too much."

Back when he was busy, he could distract himself with work. Now that he had nothing to do, the moment he stopped, he'd think of Bai Ruoshui.

He'd planned to at least hold out until Bai Yeye and Shen Yu got married, but he couldn't last that long.

"Yuanzhou..."

Bai Yuanzhou cut him off: "Ayu, I know what you're going to say. I want to move on too, but I really can't."

"I'm so grateful to you. You've looked after me from the very start. I'm a failure, I'm worthless, and I can never repay you."

"Don't say that!"

Bai Yuanzhou looked out the window. It was sunset, and the orange sunset glow dyed the whole sky, making him think of his first meeting with Bai Ruoshui again.

"Ayu, I know you're sick of hearing this, but please listen to our story one more time."

"That day, I was surrounded by poisonous bugs and exhausted when he showed up and saved me. He told me not to be scared, that he'd get me out for sure."

Bai Yuanzhou's mind began to drift.

They all thought Bai Ruoshui had only rescued him from danger that once, but it was so much more than that. Bai Ruoshui had pulled his whole life out of the darkness.

He had no parents and had been bullied within the royal family since childhood. No one taught him how to control his mental power, so he had to learn on his own. He couldn't shift back from his beast form, and he was often mocked by others.

Fortunately, Shen Yu gave him special care, and his teenage years were relatively comfortable, but the pain of being bullied in his early years lingered on.

Shen Yu was truly good to him, and even Shen Yu's parents treated Bai Yuanzhou like their own son. But Bai Yuanzhou knew very well that they weren't his parents—they were Shen Yu's.

Later, he made many, many friends and felt warmth from them, but it still couldn't fill the void in his heart.

He always felt he was alone, that no one would stay with him forever.

The appearance of Bai Ruoshui shattered the shadow in his heart. Outsiders thought that in this relationship, Bai Yuanzhou was the one who gave the most. He went into business for Bai Ruoshui, moved heaven and earth for him, and did all kinds of extravagant things for him. Only Bai Yuanzhou knew that Bai Ruoshui was the one who gave the most.

When he said he was afraid of being alone, Bai Ruoshui would always wait for him to come home and rest together; when he said he had been called useless since childhood, Bai Ruoshui would praise him for the smallest things, making him feel truly capable; when he didn't like eating vegetables, Bai Ruoshui never forced him but instead tried different cooking methods, keeping track of which preparations he'd eat more of.

These were all small gestures, but they truly made Bai Yuanzhou feel loved.

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