Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 167: Chapter 165: This Is Her Principle

Shen Yue looked at him, frozen in place, and said coldly,

”At the end of the day, for all your talk about me being your Female Master, about how much you care for me and how it has to be me... you don’t actually trust me at all.”

”From the day I realized there was some kind of physical connection between you and Jue Ying, I’ve been waiting. For this entire journey—ten whole days—I gave you countless opportunities.”

Her voice grew heavy.

”But you’d rather keep this woman by your side, watching over her constantly to ensure her safety, letting her get under my skin at every turn, than tell me the truth.”

Bai Chaosi remained frozen in place, a chilling dread washing over him as if he’d been plunged into an icy abyss.

His eyes widened as he stared at Shen Yue.

’He never imagined Shen Yue had seen through everything long ago.’

’She knew everything. It was all crystal clear to her; she understood it all perfectly.’

’She had even spent the entire journey waiting for him to open up and tell her the truth...’

’No wonder. During the journey from the bamboo house, there were several times he felt the way Shen Yue looked at him was different than before.’

’At the time, he’d just assumed she was unhappy about Jue Ying’s presence and the fact that he’d brought her along.’

’He was wrong.’

’He had been so, so wrong.’

Her voice was cold as she continued,

”If you had been willing to trust me for even a single moment during these ten days, to confide in me about the secret between you two, do you really think we would have ended up like this over some insignificant woman?”

As Bai Chaosi listened, his body began to tremble.

’Yes... if only he had told her sooner. Told her about his pain, about everything. How much better would that have been?’

’But that was his unspeakable past. That was the part of him that lived in the shadows.’

’He didn’t dare let her know. He was afraid that if she found out, she would despise him, would look down on him.’

’He only ever wanted her to see the best of him.’

’But his efforts had backfired spectacularly.’

”If you had told me, then no matter the reason for the shared pain between your bodies, even if my own skills and medical knowledge are limited and I couldn’t be of much help, I would have tolerated her provocations and insults last night. I would not have laid a hand on her.”

”But you don’t trust me.”

She retorted, her tone chilling,

”So, why should I have to keep enduring this just because you have your reasons? You don’t trust me, yet you insist on keeping her around, and you expect me to tolerate this... this fly, constantly buzzing in my ear? To put up with her making my stomach turn all day long?”

”Do I look like a pushover to you?”

’The reason Shen Yue had agreed to give him a chance to explain wasn’t because she wanted to hear what he had to say. It was to tell him that she already knew everything. It was to make him understand that for her, his explanation was long overdue and no longer welcome.’

’It was to show him there was no need to waste his breath.’

’And it was to make him understand that she wasn’t like the other females of this world.’

’She had high standards for men. What she cared about in a relationship and the expectations she held were also high.’

’To become her man, it took more than just words.’

’To win her heart, to make her willing to open up and truly accept him, would require a thousand times more effort and trust.’

’Even if he couldn’t trust her one hundred percent right now, the least he could do was not hide things from her.’

’She looked at Bai Chaosi. To be honest, she hadn’t had a good impression of any of the original owner’s men at first.’

’But after spending these past few days with them, she couldn’t deny it.’

’She had, to some extent, developed feelings for them.’

’The feelings had crept in, soft and silent, until she found her mood unconsciously affected by them.’

’But now, she felt she absolutely could not get too invested. She couldn’t place too much hope in men.’

She spoke.

”However, I can understand. After all, we’ve only known each other for a little over a month. It’s normal that you don’t trust me.”

’So, she wouldn’t waste any more time on him.’

’The damage was already done.’

’Whatever positive feelings she’d had for him were almost completely exhausted as of last night.’

Bai Chaosi’s eyes turned completely red. He slowly lifted his head, his heart aching as if being cut by a knife.

”Shen Yue, it’s not that I don’t trust you...”

”I was scared... I didn’t dare... I didn’t dare to tell you.”

His voice was heavy with pain, tinged with a hint of numbness.

It was as if he was about to peel back the layers of his bottomless inner world and expose his own bloody wounds to the light of day.

Hearing this and seeing his hidden pain, Shen Yue decided not to press him.

”I know. For you to hide it so carefully, this secret must be a matter of life and death for you. So, you don’t have to tell me now. Whether I know or not doesn’t matter anymore.”

”Rest assured, no matter what happens between us, I will keep your secret.”

’That was a matter of principle for her.’

’Regardless of where things stood between her and Bai Chaosi, if a secret was meant to be kept, she would never be the one to reveal it.’

With that said, she turned to leave, unwilling to prolong the conversation.

But as she was about to walk away, Bai Chaosi quickly called out,

”It’s the Symbiotic Life Technique!”

Shen Yue stopped in her tracks.

She didn’t turn around, but she heard him continue,

”Jue Ying and I... we were bound by the Symbiotic Life Technique. Her father cast this secret technique on me right after I first learned how to transform.”

”This secret technique binds us together. It even amplifies any pain she feels several times over in my own body. If she is pained, I am pained. If she is injured, I am injured. If she dies, I die.”

Listening, Shen Yue’s brow furrowed, her back still turned to him.

’So she had guessed right. Their bodies really were linked.’

’But for such an inhuman form of Magic to exist in this world...’

’The name sounded pleasant enough. ”To live and die as one!”’

’But even lovers would probably find that unacceptable—if one died, the other would have to follow.’

’If one felt pain, the other’s pain would be ten times worse.’

’This was a vicious form of Magic that completely annihilated a person’s humanity, designed for pure torture, turning a person into little more than a puppet.’