Chapter 688: Chapter 688: The Snake That Calls Souls
"I’m sorry, Wanwan. I won’t dare to do it again, I’ll never dare again. From now on, whether in the lofty heavens or in the depths of the Underworld, I’ll bring you with me," Yu Longting soothed me like a kitten, his fingers gently combing through my hair, delivering kisses on my back as tender as if they could pop like bubbles at any moment.
My heart was brimming with grievance, resenting his deceitful words and actions, yet grateful for his reckless sacrifices; my emotions were a complex tangle.
"You’re a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a big liar. I... I don’t believe your nonsense! Remember, the consequences of abandoning me... you... Yu Longting... won’t be able to bear it..."
"Not just remember, it’s etched in my heart. Wife, you’re getting harder and harder to fool. I won’t dare to lie to you anymore."
I had just experienced the turbulence of losing him and then regaining him.
It dealt a severe blow to my spiritual power, but although my body was full of Spiritual Power, the damaged Qi Sea Meridian was being healed and mended.
I was so mentally exhausted that I fell asleep on Yu Longting’s body; the sleep felt like it was over in a flash.
When I woke up, the fear of loss was so intense that my hands were grasping about like an octopus’s tentacles.
Finding that I was already clinging tightly to him, my anxiety and sense of loss relaxed slightly.
Dawn had already broken, good thing the cliff was on the shadowed side.
The sun couldn’t reach it, but it made the view in front of us, a village of stone houses laid out in an orderly fashion, shine with a dazzling light.
"Wanwan, I love you. I really love you, Wanwan..." Feeling my slight movement in his arms, he began, like calling back a soul, to repeat the words tirelessly in my ear.
I gently bit into Yu Longting’s well-defined shoulder and sighed softly, "Yu Longting, I... love you too."
With that, he not only stopped calling out.
His entire being stiffened completely, and he didn’t respond for a long time.
After a while, he slowly asked me, "Wanwan, what did you say?"
"Before, I didn’t have the right to say I love you, but now I finally can, so I wanted to tell you the moment I could," I finished speaking and felt a scale-like touch brush my leg. The white little snake tail had accidentally touched my back.
Feeling that he had offended me, he obediently moved away, yet restlessly swished around in the green liquid.
Yu Longting asked me with a bewildered face, "What do you mean... Now you can?"
As the saying goes, the intelligence of a man in love is like that of a primary-school child.
Even the crafty snake Yu Longting was no exception.
Staring at the cute, swaying snake tail of Yu Longting in the water, I was nearly lost in thought, "You can say it’s whatever reason you like, but the fact is I can love you now."
"Wanwan, you... you have a Love Soul now, right?" Yu Longting asked me uncertainly, his fingertips touching my forehead to sense, and then he was overcome by an almost wild joy, "Where did it come from? You shouldn’t have had the chance to interact with Ye Jiqing recently... It couldn’t be... that it grew on its own...?"
"I think... it’s very likely that it grew on its own. That’s good; it means I won’t have to take the one Ye Jiqing used."
I felt that I had caught a touch of Yu Longting’s mental fastidiousness.
The thought of not needing to retrieve my own Love Soul that Ye Jiqing had used filled me with relief.
Yesterday, thinking I was going to lose him, my soul was in intense pain.
That pain... may not have been a tearing pain...
But rather a kind of... growing agony...
It was truly a miracle that the missing part of my soul could regrow on its own.
When it appeared in my body, it felt so natural, so placid, with no special sensation.
But at the same time, there was an illusion that the whole world was left with only him, that he occupied my entire heart.
So this is what liking someone feels like, this is the sensation of love...
Like a volcano erupting under a calm sea, it could appear tranquil on the surface, but also be as tumultuous as hot magma colliding.
"Wanwan, the idea of a person growing a new Soul... it’s the first time I’ve heard of such a thing," Yu Longting remarked.
His cool, slippery snake tail wrapped around my ankle, slowly entwining deeper around my legs and my waist, "Can I do this to you, Wanwan... Wanwan...?"
With uncontrollable desire, he called out my name, his voice tinged with confusion and fear of loss.
"If I say you can’t, will you stop wrapping your snake tail around me?"