The moon was bright and the stars were sparse.
“Alright, alright, stop crying.”
After finally calming her down, Ye Shu held Xia Hanmo in his arms, sitting in a grove of withered leaves, comforting her as if coaxing a child: “If you keep crying, dawn will break.”
“Mmm...”
Xia Hanmo finally let go, but she still looked a little wronged, pouting with tearful eyes, the kind of sight that could melt anyone’s heart.
“So, why did you run away?”
Ye Shu gently tapped her nose, asking with some confusion: “Shouldn’t a reunion be a happy thing?”
Upon hearing this, Xia Hanmo lowered her head and murmured softly.
“I... I was afraid you would despise me...”
“Why would I despise you?”
“Because... because...”
When it came to this, Xia Hanmo couldn’t help but lower her head, not daring to look at him, as if she had done something shameful, her voice growing softer: “I’ve killed a lot of people... my hands are now stained with blood.”
“I’m... no longer a good person anymore.”
As she spoke, her voice turned tearful again, as if she feared he would despise her and push her away.
Ye Shu was taken aback.
He couldn’t help but smile wryly.
He thought it was something major, but that was the reason?
With his wisdom, he could naturally see that the reason the Little Fairy Doctor left him wasn’t that she feared his disgust—it was that she loathed herself.
She felt she was no longer the same person.
No longer that pure, untainted little white flower, afraid of soiling the image she held in his memory, giving rise to a sense of unworthiness.
At its core, it was still that feeling of unworthiness.
People always feel self-conscious when facing something they truly cherish, producing a sense of unworthiness.
This wasn’t her fault.
Looking at Xia Hanmo, who acted like a guilty child awaiting judgment with trepidation, Ye Shu felt pity rise in his heart.
“Silly girl, it’s just a few people you killed.”
He cupped her tear-streaked face, gently wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said softly: “What’s there to blame yourself for? I’m the Holy Son of the Demon Path now—I kill all the time too. It’s an unavoidable part of cultivation.”
“But... but I’ve killed a lot, a lot of people...”
The Little Fairy Doctor shook her head, her eyes blurred with tears.
“A lot, like how many?” Ye Shu held her hand and asked tenderly.
“Just a lot, a whole lot.”
Xia Hanmo lowered her head, her voice choked with sobs. She was a little afraid, but still reached out and began counting carefully on her fingers.
After a long moment, she finally figured it out.
She hung her head, not daring to look at him.
“How many?”
“O... one hundred...” The Little Fairy Doctor lifted her head with difficulty, holding up one finger.
“One million?”
Ye Shu frowned.
One million lives—that was indeed ruthless. No wonder this silly girl was so scared.
But it made sense. She dealt with poisons.
With such a devastating weapon, slaughtering an entire city would be a small task.
“But it doesn’t matter.”
Ye Shu took her soft hand, his expression suddenly turning serious, and said in a deep voice: “From today onward, all the karma from everyone Xia Hanmo has ever killed shall be placed upon me. Let every sin and guilt belong to me, Ye Shu.”
His voice was low but carried a strange resonance.
Xia Hanmo suddenly felt a lightness all over her body, as if some heavy burden had been lifted from her shoulders.
She stared blankly at Ye Shu, her eyes full of disbelief.
“You! What did you do?”
“Nothing.”
Ye Shu gently stroked her head, offering a warm, gentle smile: “Now you’re that pure and spotless Little Fairy Doctor again.”
With that, he looked expectantly at the little figures on his shoulders.
A million lives’ worth of slaughter!
Even if the karmic weight was heavy and would have to be repaid in the future, the karma and merit it provided would still be terrifying!
Maybe it would even be enough to reach six leaves!
But reality was...
The left little figure showed no reaction at all, while the right merit figure simply opened its eyes, scratched its butt, closed them again, and rolled over to continue sleeping.
As for the one on top of his head, it just rolled its eyes.
A tiny matter like this wasn’t worth its effort. It had thought it was a big order.
What a fuss over nothing.
“Seriously, guys?” Ye Shu chuckled in exasperation. Every one of them was rebelling.
“What’s wrong with you?”
Seeing his expression sour, the Little Fairy Doctor asked cautiously.
“Nothing. Did you really kill a million people?”
Ye Shu shook his head and asked casually.
“No,” Xia Hanmo said, looking bewildered at him, holding up one finger. “It was a hundred—I meant a hundred!”
“A hundred??”
“Wait a minute!”
This time, Ye Shu was the dumbfounded one: “Didn’t you say it was a lot, a whole lot? And it’s only a hundred??”
“A hundred... isn’t that a lot?”
Seeing his reaction, Xia Hanmo shrank her neck in fear, trying to make excuses: “I also killed lots and lots of magical beasts to make paper puppets.”
Ye Shu looked at her, both amused and exasperated.
All that fuss over nothing.
He thought it was something major, but it turned out she hadn’t even killed many people from the Mo family.
“Alright,” he sighed helplessly, hugging the bewildered girl. “A hundred it is. It’s still fine.”
“Hehe...”
Seeing that he didn’t mind, the Little Fairy Doctor finally relaxed.
She happily wrapped her arms around his neck, narrowed her eyes like a kitten that had found its owner, and softly poured out her longing.
“You know, I missed you so, so much.”
“From the day we parted, I’ve been thinking about you. I was waiting for you to come back, but all I got was a cold brocade box and a poison pill.”
“My whole world nearly collapsed!”
When she said this, the girl trembled, as if reliving the day she learned of his death.
Ye Shu rested his chin on the top of her head, listening quietly.
“Sorry... I got carried away.”
“Not at all.”
The Little Fairy Doctor turned around, embraced him, closed her eyes, and whispered: “As long as you’re alive, that’s enough.”
The two held each other in silence for a very, very long time.
Until the moon reached its zenith.
The girl in his arms suddenly looked up, her eyes sparkling like brilliant stars, carrying both hesitation and courage.
“Ye Shu, I like you.”
“I know.”
“What about you?”
“I don’t know.”
Whish—
Before the words faded, Xia Hanmo flipped over sharply, her robe tracing a graceful arc through the air. In an instant, she had pinned Ye Shu beneath her.
She stared firmly into his eyes, speaking each word deliberately:
“You know, after you died, I kept regretting.”
“Regretting what?”
“Regretting that back in Yuanyang Town, I didn’t give you everything I had.” With that, the girl leaned down, mustering her courage to kiss his lips, while her hands roughly tore open his clothes.
The moonlight was silent.
Meanwhile, far away at the Mo family’s branch compound.
In Mo Shisan’s courtyard, Jiang Xin plucked a green leaf from her hair and frowned slightly.
“There’s no tree around here. Where did this leaf come from?”
nce】【Lighthearted Comedy】【Ultimate Gentleman's Novel】【Viewer Discretion Advised for Under 16】 The mightiest human hero, Sharen Morian, is resurrected after a thousand years by his wife—the Demon King. This is not your typical hero-vs-demon-king tale.
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
