Yun Qishen

Chapter 2312 Stay together
Mo Langqin gently brushed the hair behind Bai Ying's ear. Bian Yu had already recounted in detail what had happened to Bai Ying's rampage among the drug-using people. Fortunately, Bai Ying's ability only caused the drug-using people to fall into a deep hallucination; no casualties were reported.

Seeing Bai Ying's eyes flicker slightly, Mo Langqin softly called out, "Bai Ying."

Bai Ying frowned and slowly opened her eyes. She turned her head to look at Mo Langqin, her expression revealing an apology in the candlelight. "Mo Langqin...did I mess up the task you asked me to do?"

Mo Langqin gently shook her head. "I didn't mess it up. It was my oversight to ask you to do this. You don't need to worry about how it goes. I'm more concerned about you. Did you have any unusual feelings before you suddenly went berserk?"

"I was hallucinating." Bai Ying turned to lie on her side, and her hand naturally covered Mo Langqin's hand.

"A hallucination?" Mo Langqin did not dodge but instead let the white shadow caress and hold his hand tightly.

Bai Ying nodded, "Hmm... When that drug person was having their blood drained, I suddenly saw many people rushing towards me. They were tearing at my flesh, their expressions greedy, and they were all laughing. My chest was aching the whole time, it hurt so much."

As she spoke, Bai Ying pulled Mo Langqin's hand and pressed it against her chest, but there was no heartbeat there. After all, Bai Ying's current body was just a puppet.

“It’s alright now.” Mo Langqin said firmly, “I will never let you go through those painful things again, and I will never let you feel sorry for me again.”

"Experience it again?" Bai Ying sat up and looked Mo Langqin in the eye. "I've experienced the things I hallucinated before?"

"I heard that you went through those things before you became a monster."

"But why do I still retain memories from my previous life?"

Mo Langqin withdrew her hand and placed it back on the edge of the bed. "Perhaps this painful memory has become the foundation of your current abilities; it's inseparable from it..."

Bai Ying grabbed Mo Langqin's arm and buried her head in his chest, "Mo Langqin... don't leave me..."

"I won't leave you, I will always protect you..." Mo Langqin hugged Bai Ying and gently patted her back. He rested his head on Bai Ying's shoulder and smiled slightly. "Because Bai Ying, you are very important to me. I said I would make you happy."

But you lied to me! You lied to me! You lied to me! You never intended to protect me forever! You lied to me! You lied to me!

That mournful voice lingered in Bai Ying's ears again, but this time Bai Ying paid no attention to it. Instead, Mo Langqin noticed it.

Bai Ying felt the light patting on her back suddenly stop. She released Mo Langqin and looked up to meet a pair of blank eyes. "Mo Langqin, what's wrong?"

Mo Langqin pulled herself back to reality and looked affectionately into Bai Ying's eyes. "It's nothing... I just suddenly felt like I owe you so much."

"No... I owe you so much too." Bai Ying hugged Mo Langqin again and snuggled into his arms. "It really is... waiting for you to grow up is so tiring. When will you finally grow up? For the first time, I feel like time is passing so slowly..."

“Bai Ying… I’m waiting too.” Mo Langqin hugged Bai Ying and snuggled against her for a moment, feeling Bai Ying’s breath and her impossible heartbeat.

At the same time, that resentful thought gripped Mo Langqin's neck with both hands, but trembled and couldn't bring itself to do it. [Why, Mo Langqin... why can't I do this... Mo Langqin...]

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The following day, Mo Langqin took Bai Ying to keep their appointment with the man with the mustache.

After entering the bamboo forest, Bai Ying looked up at the back of Mo Langqin's neck and asked softly, "Is that person really alright?"

"Be careful after you meet him, and don't have too much contact with him. If there is any danger, I will allow you to use ghost magic on him if necessary."

"Okay, I understand." The white figure quickly stepped forward and clung to Mo Langqin's arm. "What about the medicine people..."

Mo Langqin's gaze was fixed on Bai Ying, but he did not stop walking and continued to walk forward. "I have already asked Senior Bian Yu to handle it, and I also gave him a few taels of silver to eat."

"He's really only interested in money and food." Bai Ying pouted as if she were being coquettish, her voice becoming soft and gentle. Mo Langqin liked Bai Ying like this, like a free dandelion seed in the sunlight.

As the saying goes, "People die for wealth, birds die for food..."

Before Mo Langqin could finish speaking, Bai Ying interrupted, "Then Bian Yu is a human-bird."

"Pfft, hahaha." Mo Langqin clutched her stomach and laughed, tears welling in her eyes. Indeed, some words spoken by someone you care about carry a sense of joy.

"What's so funny? Why are you laughing all of a sudden!"

Bai Ying's complaining expression warmed Mo Langqin's heart like a gentle sun.

“Because… what you said is very interesting. I like it very much.” Mo Langqin would laugh at Bai Ying’s words, and Bai Ying would blush and be moved by Mo Langqin’s words.

This is happiness.

"You two have a very good relationship." The uncle with the mustache, carrying a rough burlap sack, suddenly walked out of the bamboo grove next to him.

Mo Langqin and Bai Ying concealed their obvious expressions and looked warily and seriously in the direction of the mustachioed man.

"We meet again, young lady." The man with the mustache focused his gaze on Bai Ying, his brows furrowed and his expression slightly complicated.

The white figure stepped forward, blocking him and Mo Langqin. "You had the same expression on your face on the ship... Mo Langqin said you wanted to see me. What do you want to see me for?"

"Wow, the changes are really significant now that I'm looking at it this way..." the mustachioed man chuckled dryly and sighed. "That's right, so much time has passed, and you've become a ghost beast again. What's meant to change will always change..."

The man with the mustache gestured for Mo Langqin and the others to continue forward, saying, "Let's talk inside the hut."

"No need, let's talk outside." Mo Langqin pulled Bai Ying to stand in front of her. "I came to find out what she looks like. It doesn't matter whether we go inside or not."

Bai Ying looked up, her eyes fixed on Mo Langqin's face. His earnestness, determination, and deep care melted her heart. How could such a wonderful person exist in this world? She suddenly felt incredibly happy.

"Give me your hand." The man with the mustache stretched out his hand to Mo Langqin. Mo Langqin hesitated for a moment, but still reached out and shook his hand tightly.

The man with the mustache looked at Bai Ying again. In his eyes, Bai Ying was no longer the naive child Yan Cang had been. She had become fair-skinned and beautiful, like a magnolia flower that would shatter at the slightest touch. "Little Bai...you really don't recognize me?"

Bai Ying stared into the eyes of the man with the mustache and shook her head. "I don't recognize him... but I can see my reflection in your eyes... I hate that image, and I hate how I look now..."

"You used to be very beautiful."

Mo Langqin's words completely captured Bai Ying's attention, and because of those words, Bai Ying felt that she could no longer hate her former appearance.

"You don't recognize me anymore... Hahaha... Don't recognize me..." The man with the mustache suddenly burst into laughter and released Mo Langqin's hand at the same time.

"The bones are here." He untied the rough burlap sack on his body, took out the bone-carved box from it, and placed it at his feet. "Kill me if you want to take it."

Mo Langqin pursed his lips; there was no time for him to hesitate any longer. While Bai Ying was unconscious, Mo Langqin had asked Bian Yu some questions about the flesh-dead hysterical souls. If the flesh-dead hysterical souls couldn't be dealt with decisively, the most dangerous moment would be when their souls and bodies could no longer connect. At that time, the suppressed magical power within their bodies would be most likely to erupt, causing even greater harm.

Mo Langqin hardened his heart, made a hand seal and chanted a spell. A deep blue ghost beast, carrying a burst of red ghost power, slashed at the neck of the mustachioed man like a blade.

The man with the mustache was decapitated, his head rolling at the white figure's feet, still lingering with life. A faint voice, mingling with the rustling of the bamboo, spoke, "I suppose you hate me too. I had so many chances to take you away from those people, but I was greedy... greedy..."

He was greedy. Like those who harmed Bai Ying, he coveted her power and her beauty. He seemed even worse, coveting both the time he spent caring for her and her heart, but ultimately he couldn't have them.

But he never regretted staying by her side, protecting her, and searching for her bones.

I'm guaranteeing you eternal life not so you can suffer here...

The mournful voice came to the side of the man with the mustache and complained.

"Ah...you've come." His voice grew increasingly muffled. "I...I don't want to live forever."

"Useless..." The resentful voice cursed and disappeared, along with the head and body of the man with the mustache.

Bai Ying looked at the scattered dust at her feet and asked, "Mo Langqin, if the flesh dies and the hysterical soul disappears, does it turn into dust and dissipate?"

"I'm not sure, but I guess so." Mo Langqin bent down and picked up the bone-carved box. After hiding it in his storage ring, he reached out and took Bai Ying's hand. "Maybe we'll see him again in the future. Let's go, Xiao Bai."

"Don't call me that." Bai Ying pouted, looking unwilling, but obediently followed Mo Langqin.

"Okay, Xiaobai, Xiaobai, Xiaobai."

"You're annoying."

Bai Ying was making a ruckus, and Mo Langqin was laughing as she dodged forward, briefly enjoying the childhood time that they had all lost.