Don't be afraid, fairy, I'm blind

Chapter 388 When Hugging Becomes a Habit

"you're awake."

A female voice sounded softly, like the tinkling sound of dew drops falling on bamboo leaves.

You Su opened his eyes half asleep, and smelled the faint lotus fragrance lingering around his nose, and the stunning beauty was within reach.

"Master...wife..."

He Shutong sat upright in a chair, looking at the boy who had just woken up, with a slight smile on his lips. It was a shallow smile, but it was heart-warming.

"Ah."

She answered softly, secretly thankful that her wait was not in vain, as You Su would be able to see her the first thing he saw after waking up.

In the past, the Third Elder would always give her beautiful clothes of various colors, saying that she would be more beautiful if she wore them, but she would always decline. The Third Elder then said that a baby bird would regard the first living thing it saw after birth as its mother, and extended this to humans, explaining the importance of the first impression in interpersonal communication, but she was still speechless because she said that she did not need interpersonal communication.

Of course, that was before.

The first impression she made on You Su must have been a bad one. Fortunately, now in this memory that should not exist, she has the opportunity to make up for the first impression with more "first impressions".

You Su was still a little confused and sat up shakily.

His mind had not yet recovered from the tense situation with the young man in white, causing him to look nervous and frightened.

Judging from the severe pain at that time, he was obviously hit hard and fainted, and then he came into the mental barrier of his master's wife.

But who knocked me out?
But what surprised You Su even more than this question was that his body was already very strong, and he could be knocked unconscious directly, which showed that this person's strength was far beyond that of an ordinary person.

At that time, there was only Bai Ze behind him. Bai Ze was extremely sensitive in the snow, so he was able to detect the approach of the young man in white earlier than he was. If Bai Ze saw someone attacking him from behind, he would definitely not keep silent...

You Su suddenly opened his eyes slightly, and soon figured out the reason! This meant that the attacker's strength was even beyond Bai Ze's sensing range!

"What are you thinking about?"

A gentle and soothing female voice sounded, bringing You Su back to his senses.

"I was wondering... who exactly is Master's Wife..." You Su tried to change the subject.

He Shutong raised her eyebrows slightly, and said with a hint of sadness: "So, you can lie to me too."

You Su looked at He Shutong in surprise. He thought that talking about this topic would make his master's wife hesitate to reveal her identity, but she easily saw through what he was hiding.

But in his impression, even if his master's wife had lived for three hundred years, she was not good at observing people's expressions and understanding people's hearts. After all, for a sword immortal who practiced Bing Xin Gong, these were indeed worthless things.

"Curious about how I figured that out?"

There was a hint of pride in He Shutong's tone, and the cleverness he inadvertently revealed made You Su a little dazed.

Seeing You Su's absent-minded look, the fairy in white dress frowned slightly, and her eyes seemed to contain thousands of stars. She tilted her head slightly, and a strand of black hair brushed across his fair cheek, just like the spring breeze blowing on the willows, full of tenderness. She seemed to be curious about what You Su was looking at, and seemed to be trying to find out what he was thinking. The charm of that moment was like the first light of dawn, making everything around him pale in comparison.

"Can you see me?"

You Su's heart froze, and he immediately came back to his senses. Fortunately, he reacted very quickly and did not make any move to expose his guilty conscience. Instead, he continued to stare at her, as if he was reluctant to let her go. He just glanced at her without noticing, and let his unconsciously focused gaze relax a little.

"You can really see it?!"

He Shutong's surprise was beyond words, but besides being surprised, he also felt an extremely complicated feeling of shame and regret.

She remembered what the Third Elder had said to her about the importance of first impressions. If You Su Fuming could see her, it would be a true "first sight". But she was totally unprepared for this and couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed and even flustered.

But she was not an ignorant girl after all. She realized that even if You Su in front of her could see her, he was just the You Su in her false memory who should not exist.

Thinking of this, her face paused, as if she had thought of something unbelievable.

If Su'er had recovered his sight in Izumo City... then I had talked with him naked in the Lotus Pond so many times, even bathed in the same pond with him, and even gave him...

"Master's Wife, you must be very beautiful, that's why Master chose you as his Taoist partner..."

You Su's sudden praise made He Shutong feel mixed emotions and she was unable to accept it calmly, but it also helped her to get rid of her complicated emotions.

Wait, what Su'er means by this... Why does it seem like she can't see me?

You Su was seen with his head lowered sadly, his eyes closed, as if he was in a daze and sad.

"You... still can't see?" He Shutong was very cautious, afraid of hurting You Su.

You Su shook his head silently, which made He Shutong feel the same way and felt pain in his heart.

"My master's wife was strict and cold before, but I never thought there was anything wrong with her. Since she recovered her cultivation, she has treated me very well, and I am grateful to her. But all these changes can be traced, but the tone of my master's wife when she said that just now was like she had become a different person. I felt really uneasy, and at that time I foolishly thought, if I could see things, I wouldn't have to worry about guessing the true identity of the people around me..."

The words came from the heart and were so sincere that He Shutong's heart softened like a hot spring. Only then did she realize that the young man was doubting her true identity, which was why he was looking at her so infatuatedly.

She wanted to confess to the boy directly, but this would be a waste of all her efforts. She couldn't recover her state and couldn't help You Su, who was missing in reality. She was confused for a moment, not knowing how to prove her identity. She opened her mouth several times but couldn't say a word.

"But... I think I may be worrying too much." It was You Su's mumbling that freed He Shutong from his entanglement.

"Why?"

"Master once comforted me by saying that many people in this world cannot distinguish the things around them even if they can see. Sometimes people who cannot see can distinguish the important things better. I relied on this sentence to overcome a difficulty that I thought I had no chance of success, so I will stick to this sentence. Master's wife is Master's wife. No matter what you become, you must be my Master's wife, because there is no other Master's wife in the world."

He Shutong's eyes were slightly rippling, as if two clear springs were gently swaying in them, shimmering and reflecting the boy's innocent and resolute face. The fairy, who was always as cold as frost, seemed to understand why he was the one who could melt her icy heart.

"Do you know why I know what you were covering up with your previous words?" He Shutong asked again.

You Su shook his head in confusion.

"It's because I know that you won't ask me who I am. You haven't asked me once in the past eight years, but you keep calling me Master's Wife. Obviously, it doesn't matter what other identities I have or who I am to you, as long as I am your Master's Wife. How could such a person come to ask today? So you can rest assured that I am your Master's Wife, and I don't have another disciple named You Su."

The fairy was very honest. In fact, she had no idea what kind of person You Su was before. But she still remembered the conversation she had with You Su when he woke up after the incident in Izumo City. The boy should have been full of questions for her at that time, but he didn't ask a single question. Only then did she know why he knocked in front of an empty door for so long, because this blind boy was really a blind and extremely stubborn person.

"Ok!"

You Su seemed to be rejuvenated as well. The gloomy look on his face faded away and he nodded heavily.

That tiny bit of doubt disappeared in an instant.

"So if there is something you don't want to tell me, just be honest. I won't force you." He Shutong's mood brightened a little, and whether intentionally or unintentionally, he actually played hard to get.

As expected, You Su hesitated for a long time, as if hesitating whether to say it or not.

He Shutong's heartbeat quickened when he saw this. He felt nervous that his plan was about to succeed, but he also felt a little guilty.

She secretly annoyed herself. How could she shamelessly plot against You Su just to find out his secrets just because the You Su in front of her was fake?

However, it seems to be a mother's nature to peek into her child's diary. Her diary, which was filled with secrets when she was a child, was also peeked by her mother, who said that it was to urge the child to grow up.

Yes...I am curious about Yousu's secret and it is also for his growth...

The real You Su has become an adult who can stand on his own feet. There was even one night when he was with two people... The boy who was used to hiding everything from her and treated her as a protected person was very different from the stubborn and cute blind boy in her memory. This was entirely because she had to bear greater pressure to bring him to the sacred mountain.

But, You Su hasn't done that yet... She wants to protect the boy's growth and never let him repeat the same mistakes and become that stubborn adult who insists on his own way.

So she had to cultivate the boy's habit of opening his heart to her, and become able to trust and rely on her in everything.

"I have no right to ask about your secrets, but if you have any difficulties, remember not to hide them from me, because the only person who can help you is your master's wife." He Shutong touched the young man's lowered head and comforted him.

This sentence seemed to finally pry open the boy's tightly locked heart. You Su slowly raised his head, and his face became resolute:

"Master's wife... Actually, I have seen what you look like."

He Shutong was slightly startled and asked quickly: "When?"

"In...a dream."

You Su spoke hesitantly, but He Shutong knew that he was not making it up. He himself felt that what he said might be questioned and he was not confident.

"In a dream?"

"Not only Master's Wife, I also saw the appearance of Junior Sister in my dream."

At this moment, He Shutong felt secretly happy for having found out You Su's secret, but he was also a little confused, not knowing whether You Su was blind or not.

"Is this dream the hopeless difficulty you just mentioned?"

"Well... this is actually the reason why Junior Sister was visited by those people."

He Shutong knew that she had finally found the core. It was she who was responsible for the conclusion of the Izumo Castle Incident. In order not to alarm the two children who escaped death, she did not ask any further questions, but she was sure that You Su must have experienced something else before this.

"Tell me everything, and Master's Wife will help you."

"In fact, what I said just now was meant to please Master's Wife."

"Guess I'm pretty?"

"Well... because the master's wife I met had a huge vortex on her face, and there was a circle of terrifying tentacles around it..."

Just like that, You Su slowly told He Shutong about the strange dream he had because of the dream-eating ghost and Tai Sui.

He Shutong finally figured out the whole story, including the appearance of the dream centipede. It turned out that before she knew it, You Su had risked his life to protect her and Ling Ruo.

She quickly figured out based on the image that the one pretending to be her was the dream-eating ghost. It turned out that You Su, who had just broken through to the lower realm of condensed water, was not dealing with a dream centipede, but an evil spirit that even she had difficulty dealing with... As for the one that Ling Ruo was possessed by, it was the evil spirit that she couldn't even name.

So he always believed that Ling Ruo and he were possessed by evil spirits, but he never thought of giving up on us, but was even more determined to save us...

How could he be so stupid...

At some point, He Shutong had already gently embraced You Su in his arms.

Relying on this refreshing warmth, You Su wanted to confess the matter of God to his master's wife, but he could not speak frankly because he had not yet been exposed to the conspiracies behind it.

Now he can only play the role of You Su in his master's wife's memory, otherwise if this memory collapses, he doesn't know what impact it will have on his master's wife.

"Your blindness saved your life." He Shutong sighed, "If you were scared out of your wits the first time you dreamed of them, you would have been killed by them long ago."

He Shutong didn't know the whole story, and could only guess that You Su was lucky enough to save his life because of his stubbornness, which made the dream-eater ghost think he was worth using. It can be said that a fool has good luck.

"So it was always me who was bewitched by the evil spirit...not you?!" You Su pretended to be shocked.

He Shutong secretly hugged the young man tighter, "Since we have seen through the evil demon's ability to deceive people, you don't have to be afraid of it. It may even dare not come again."

"Is it because of Master's Wife?" You Su asked with lingering fear.

He Shutong curled the corners of his lips slightly, liking the feeling of being admired and relied upon by the boy, and said firmly:
"Master's wife will always be by your side."

If it were in reality, she would just tell You Su to run away. But this was a fabricated memory, so she was confident that she could kill even the three evil gods in front of You Su.

Hearing this, the boy snuggled a little closer, enjoying the warmth like a mother licking her calf.

He Shutong had no idea that while she had felt conflicted about the hug in her dream last time, this time it had become a habit.

An unknown amount of time passed like this. When He Shutong came back to her senses, she found that You Su had fallen asleep in her arms.

……

You Su woke up slowly. If he was traveling alone, he would definitely not wake up from that beautiful dream on his own initiative.

Anyway, the attacker was so powerful that he would be no match for him whether he woke up or not, so he might as well linger in the dream for a while longer.

But there is still Bai Ze...

He looked around, only to find himself in an unknown place. All around were cold stone walls, and dim light shone through the narrow window frames, casting mottled shadows like the dimmest stars in the night sky.

There was a damp and musty smell in the air, and You Su quickly determined that this was a dungeon.

"If you want it to survive, answer the questions well."

A voice that was difficult to tell whether it was male or female suddenly sounded.

(End of this chapter)