Chapter 1008 - 994: What to Do About Her

So Su Muyao told herself that she absolutely couldn’t back down.

Xie Guixue looked at her like this, his cool and aloof eyes carried a hint of darkness, and his hand instinctively reached out, wanting to touch her hair.

It was an instinct to comfort her this way.

But as if remembering something, he withdrew his hand.

He closed his eyes, trying to calm himself.

"It’s my fault, you can’t stay here."

If she’s angry, then let her be angry.

Su Muyao’s expression changed slightly as she lowered her head, not expecting Xie Guixue to be so resolute.

Anyway, she couldn’t leave.

"You exhausted me last night, I haven’t recovered yet, so I’m not leaving now."

Xie Guixue had no way to refute such a reason.

"It’s my fault!"

Last night, his Spirit Sea was in turmoil, and the Demonic Qi followed suit, causing him to lose his rationality and act on instinct.

No matter how long it’s been since they last met, he was still familiar with her scent.

The feeling of that scent seemed to be carved deep into his soul.

Once touched, like dry wood and fire, it would quickly ignite him, burning away his rationality.

Anyway, with Su Muyao lingering here, Xie Guixue couldn’t really ignore her, so he had to stay in the cave and look after her.

He prepared food for her, dried her changed clothes, folded them, and placed them on the stone bed.

Worried she might get tired of beast meat, he even went hunting for different beast meat to cook for her.

With a cold face, he took care of all her needs.

Su Muyao was the type who had clothes to put on and food served, without needing to do anything herself.

If possible, Su Muyao felt that Xie Guixue would even help her with washing.

Clearly, he cared about her and took care of her, yet he acted coldly, as if wanting to drive her away.

What’s the real reason?

Su Muyao couldn’t figure it out.

She felt that he seemed to have changed since entering the Demon Realm.

Could it be because he wants to cultivate the Heartless Path?

However, even though the rain had lessened, it was still drizzling.

So Su Muyao never went out.

At night, Xie Guixue gave up the stone bed for her, while he sat on the side of the cave to sleep.

Su Muyao patted the stone bed and said, "The stone bed is big enough for both of us to sleep together."

"Didn’t we sleep together last night?"

Su Muyao planned to sleep on the stone bed, continuing to cling to him.

But evidently, Xie Guixue didn’t want that.

"You sleep, I’m not tired, I’ll just stay here."

Seeing him stubborn like this, Su Muyao was almost amused with anger.

She never thought Xie Guixue could be so infuriating.

Su Muyao lay on the stone bed, unable to fall asleep.

Not sure how long passed, Su Muyao got off the stone bed, quietly came to Xie Guixue, and leaned into his embrace.

Xie Guixue lifted her out, "What are you doing?"

Su Muyao whispered, "I’m a bit cold, only in your arms won’t I be cold."

"I’m also a bit scared, with the sound of beasts outside."

"Xie Guixue, no matter what, we used to be in that kind of relationship, you can’t ignore me."

Xie Guixue grabbed two thick pieces of beast skin from beside him, "Cover yourselves with these and you won’t be cold."

"But beast skin isn’t warm, your embrace is warm."

Xie Guixue’s hand trembled, almost losing his grip on the beast skin, and in the night, a blush spread from his ear roots to his face.

"Don’t say such things."

Su Muyao whispered plaintively, "Really, I just want to sleep in your arms, I won’t do anything else."

"Is that okay?"

Su Muyao lightly tugged at his sleeve, acting coquettishly.

She wasn’t very good at being coquettish, but if it worked, she would do it.

Such a Su Muyao, Xie Guixue had never seen before, so he was stunned, unable to resist.

His body became rigid, unwilling to push her away.

Thus, taking advantage of his stunned state, Su Muyao nestled into his embrace, tightly hugging him, closely pressing against him.

Xie Guixue’s body stiffened, afraid to move, stiff enough that he took a breath.

The suppressed flame inside his body suddenly surged up, thoroughly igniting him.

Xie Guixue suppressed it with great rationality.

At this moment, Su Muyao leaned against Xie Guixue’s chest, her head tightly pressed against his chest, able to hear his powerful heartbeat.

Each beat, very fast, as if it was about to jump out.

Su Muyao inwardly snorted, "He’s obviously affected."

So Su Muyao became even more fearless.

Her hand lightly rested on his chest.

Xie Guixue grabbed her hand that was moving around, "Don’t move around."

Su Muyao looked up, using innocent eyes to gaze at him, "I’m not moving around, I’m just cold and want you to warm my hands."

Even when he held her hand, she wasn’t behaving.

The colder and more indifferent he pretended to be, Su Muyao wanted to provoke him even more.

Wanting to see him reveal his true self.

Rather than suppressing it like this.

Not knowing what he was suppressing.

She felt his anomaly.

The scent around him was very pleasant, carrying a refreshing snowy fragrance, which she really liked, unable to resist breathing deeply a few times.

Xie Guixue sighed helplessly in his heart, feeling unsure how to deal with her.

Previously she was not like this, now suddenly acting like this, he didn’t know how to handle it.

But he clearly couldn’t lose control again, or it would be impossible to contain.

Xie Guixue’s expression was cool at the moment, he placed her on the stone bed, covered her with two layers of thick beast skin, and firmly tucked the corners of the beast skin.

"Stop moving, if you move again, I’ll guard outside at night."

Upon hearing these words, Su Muyao felt deflated, forced to sleep quietly.

Perhaps tired from all the fuss, it didn’t take long for Su Muyao to fall asleep quietly.

Xie Guixue sat beside the stone bed watching her, his cold gaze was no longer cold, it seemed to have changed, everything repressed in his eyes was exposed.

Su Muyao didn’t sleep soundly, while sleeping, she stretched her feet, kicking the beast skin aside.

Xie Guixue patiently covered her again.

...

For the next two days, it continued to rain, and Su Muyao tried every way to stay here.

She wanted to cook food, but Xie Guixue insisted on not letting her, taking care of her as he thought best.

But that afternoon, Xie Guixue went out.

She didn’t know if he went hunting or searching for something.

Su Muyao felt Xie Guixue insisted on sending her away.

He wanted her to leave this place, seemingly wanting her to leave the Demon Realm.

What was he worrying about?

When Xie Guixue went out, suddenly Su Muyao heard sounds of beasts roaring, sounding like there were many.

Inside the cave, her fingers activated the Wood Element Ability, being ready for battle at any time.

But when beasts charged toward the entrance of the cave, they were stopped by a Protective Barrier.

Su Muyao’s expression shifted, "So, Xie Guixue set up a Protection Barrier when he went out."

As a result, several beasts came charging but didn’t enter the cave.

Yet some beasts are quite large, when they were bounced back and fell to the ground, the earth shook along with them.

Not sure if the commotion attracted something, she heard beastmen’s voices from not far outside.

"That’s the place our people found, he lives nearby."

"There’s a female scent."

"Wasn’t Xie Guixue’s previous wife dead, how can there be a female scent where he lives?"

"For whatever reason, if there’s a soft spot, he’s easier to handle."

"Before he grows stronger, he must be dealt with, otherwise he’ll be the greatest threat to our leader ruling the Demon Realm."