Douluo Continent, Reborn: Yuhao and the Silver Dragon Keep Their Appointment

Huo Yuhao carried Na'er to the bed, stroked her beautiful silver hair, and asked with concern, "Na'er, is there anything else? Are you feeling alright?"

Na'er knelt by the bed, her little white legs stretched out to the side, her pink toes slightly raised. She hugged Huo Yuhao's waist tightly, nuzzling her head against his palm, and said in a pitiful voice, "Brother, you have to remember, you owe me now, and you have to spend the rest of your life repaying me, otherwise... otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" Huo Yuhao asked softly, following her words.

Na'er's body stiffened and then began to tremble, and even Huo Yuhao's body trembled slightly.

"Okay, okay, I'm not teasing you anymore. I'll go get you a glass of hot water. You should get some rest."

After saying that, Huo Yuhao tried to break free from Na'er's embrace, but the person in his arms seemed to be a lock, locking him in completely, and he couldn't pull her away at all.

"Na'er? Are you feeling unwell?" Huo Yuhao asked suspiciously.

Na'er didn't reply to him. The room slowly became oppressive, as if the surrounding space didn't exist. There was no sound, but Na'er's body trembled as if it could make a sound.

After a moment, Huo Yuhao understood and could only gently press her down on the bed, his entire body pressing against her soft form. He looked at Na'er's slightly flushed face, which dared not meet his gaze. Her eyes were tightly closed, and although her body had stopped trembling, her long eyelashes twitched exceptionally fast. She had lost all the aura of a female warrior she had just displayed, and was now nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter.

Seeing that her face was slightly flushed, Huo Yuhao really thought she was sick. He hurriedly sat up and touched Na'er's forehead with his hand: "Na'er, are you alright? Just bear with it for now, I'll go call Aunt Su right now."

Just as Huo Yuhao was about to get up, Na'er grabbed his sleeve. Na'er was both aggrieved and angry: "Brother, you're always bullying me."

Huo Yuhao looked at Na'er, whose eyes were brimming with tears and who could barely speak, and said, "Na'er, what's wrong with me? Did I just step on you? I'm sorry, don't be angry. I'm going to find Aunt Su."

"Brother!" Na'er shouted angrily, "You big bad guy, all you ever do is this!"

Na'er stood up angrily and punched him with her two little fists.

"Huh? What happened to me?" Huo Yuhao hadn't figured it out yet.

The little hand that had just punched him suddenly opened, and Huo Yuhao was gently pulled to lie down next to Na'er's bed.

"Brother, you have to coax me, otherwise I'll get angry and you won't have a little sister anymore."

Hearing Na'er's coquettish words, Huo Yuhao felt his heart soften: "Good Na'er, I was wrong. I can't live without my little sister, and Na'er can't live without her big brother. Na'er, go to sleep. I'll stay right next to you."

Na'er happily responded, then closed her eyes. Her eyelashes fluttered, and she opened them again, her violet-blue eyes filled with a hint of grievance. Her voice was hoarse and childlike: "Brother, do you like me more? Or Sister Yuewan more?"

"Hmm?" Huo Yuhao asked疑惑地, "Na'er, why do you think that?"

"Sister Yuewan is a good person, but I can't even take care of myself, and sometimes I need you to take care of me. How can I possibly have the energy to focus on others?"

Na'er pouted, but finally smiled and said, "Then brother can only like me, or Sister Gu Yue, otherwise... otherwise, Sister Gu Yue and I will tie you up and take you back to the Star Dou Great Forest. You can only see us every day, so you won't think about anyone else. Then, we'll all..."

"Na'er, that's enough!" Na'er was still fantasizing about her wonderful future life, but Huo Yuhao's shout brought her back to her senses.

"Brother?" Na'er hadn't quite reacted yet, and could only ask tentatively, "What's wrong?"

Huo Yuhao didn't go along with her words, but coldly replied, "I don't want to hear you talk about impossible things. I know you're good to me, but..."

Huo Yuhao froze, standing motionless beside Na'er, watching as her once bright eyes faded and turned ashen. She lowered her head blankly, her face transforming from a blooming sunflower into a withered spider lily.

"Brother..." Her voice was hoarse, devoid of its childishness, filled only with pleading, "I'm sorry, brother, I'm sick, I'm just scared. Please don't be mean to Na'er, Na'er will be very good from now on."

She stopped speaking, turned her gaze, and met his eyes. A pair of lifeless eyes looked at him: "I won't say these things again. Will you still joke around with me?"

It took Huo Yuhao a long time to come to his senses. He could only take her hand and intertwine his fingers with hers, saying, "It's my fault, I shouldn't have been so harsh with you. Get some sleep, I'll stay with you..."

After a long while, once Huo Yuhao felt that Na'er was fast asleep, he touched her forehead again to confirm that she was not sick, and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

What's wrong with me?

He could feel his body resisting when Na'er said those words. He hated that feeling, even if Na'er was joking, and her tone was so confident, as if imprisonment was nothing out of the ordinary for her. Perhaps it was because of Na'er's martial spirit; after all, dragons are proud and love collecting things.

But who exactly is Gu Yue?

He pondered this question for a very long time, until Aunt Su came into his room and called him out for dinner, but he neither noticed nor heard her. Even as the evening sun shone on his face through the window, and even as Na'er woke up, he remained lost in thought.

He felt as if he were sinking into an glacier, beneath which lay seawater, frozen solid. He could clearly see that the seawater beneath the ice was seven-colored, and there seemed to be several people and strange animals? And they even looked quite like the spirit of the Ice Douluo from the Spirit Pagoda murals…

He also found an egg, the shell of which was as big as his head. The shell was smooth and snow-white, and it seemed to be hiding a scary creature or a beautiful older sister.

Huo Yuhao walked for a long time in this icy ocean, looking at everything around him, and at the photos carved on the ice wall. Those photos told the story of a waste like him, with innate soul power level one, becoming a genius. He looked at those photos for a long time, feeling familiar and heartbroken. Was this a dream? Why did he feel like something was controlling this place? And he couldn't feel the cold.

He didn't know how much time had passed when Huo Yuhao felt someone tugging at his clothes and realized what was happening. He opened his arms, closed his eyes, and his short blue hair turned into long hair. He suddenly grew much taller and became more handsome—of course, that was just a blurry image from behind.

"Brother, wake up," Huo Yuhao heard the voice emanating from the air, but ultimately couldn't bear to leave. "I should wake up. Na'er is calling me. I'm so reluctant to leave this place. If only I could bring Na'er in to see it. Shrek Academy... I feel like I'm getting more and more familiar with it. I really want to go and see it."

Huo Yuhao slowly dissipated into the glacier, and the glacier gradually shrank, turning into a small river.