Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 270: Chapter 268: As Long as You Want It, What Does the World Matter

Bai Chaosi froze for a moment as he listened.

’Not turning unknown dangers and her inner fears into harm against the people around her?’

He seemed to understand something from that sentence.

’That’s right. No matter what situation Shen Yue faced, she never hurt anyone around her.’

’Instead, it was him who always seemed to presumptuously project his own fears and many thoughts onto her...’

’...which always resulted in her getting hurt because of his actions and decisions...’

His throat tightened, and he looked toward the house.

A Cheng paused for a moment before saying seriously,

”Young Master, don’t you think everything that’s been happening is telling us that something bad could occur in our Beast World at any moment? So, I think, why can’t you just have a proper talk with Miss Shen Yue and resolve the issues between you?”

”I just want to see you two be happy together. I don’t want to see you suffer so much, Young Master, nor do I want to see Miss Shen Yue sad. And I especially don’t want our little Young Master to end up like you were as a child.”

Meanwhile, inside the house.

Shen Yue looked at Huang Ziyue. ”You gave me the Dragon Guard. Aren’t you afraid of what the Flood Dragon Clan’s elders will say?”

For some reason, all Huang Ziyue wanted to do right then was pull Shen Yue tightly into his arms.

In fact, that’s exactly what he did. He reached out, gathered her into his embrace, and offered her his broad chest to lean on.

”Even I belong to you. What would they dare say?”

”As long as you want it, the entire Flood Dragon Clan can be yours.”

Shen Yue’s heart trembled. She slowly raised her head to look at his sharp jawline.

His handsome, well-defined features, as perfect as a god’s, seemed to show no excess emotion, yet his eyes swirled with a love that was about to overflow.

A warmth spread through her heart as she leaned into his embrace.

”Ice Block, if I wanted the whole world, would you hand it over to me?”

Huang Ziyue’s large hand rested on the back of her head, gently stroking her hair.

”If you’re the one who wants it, what does the world matter?”

For him, taking over the entire world would be incredibly easy.

He already held an unshakable position in the hearts of all the Beast World People.

If he truly wanted to take the world in his grasp, it would just be a matter of having the Flood Dragon Clan re-emerge and get involved in the affairs of the various nations. He could use some special measures when necessary. Within a year, the world would surely be his.

Shen Yue’s heart jumped when she heard him say that.

”I was just saying! I never said I really wanted the world. In such a terrible era, who would want it?”

It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there.

Everywhere is filled with bloodshed, violence, and inhumane evils that cannot see the light of day.

Huang Ziyue, of course, understood how she felt.

After all, when he left the City Lord Mansion today, he had felt the same, as if a great mountain was weighing on his heart.

Perhaps he had never seriously examined this world before, but in Shen Yue, he saw the light that humanity should possess, and the standards and decency this world ought to have.

So, he began to wonder, ’If the world wasn’t like this, what could it be like?’

Thinking of this, he stroked her hair and said,

”If the world were in your hands, perhaps that would be a blessing for everyone in it.”

As soon as he said this,

it was as if a pebble had been dropped into the lake of Shen Yue’s heart, its clear splash sending out ripples.

’Huang Ziyue wants to see what would happen if the world were in her hands?’

’What kind of world would it become?’

’Perhaps it would be a magnificent scene that he could never imagine and had never seen. Or perhaps it would be just as she longed for it to be: simple, prosperous, and warm, a place where everyone had enough to eat and love was everywhere...’

’This was the fairy-tale world she had once described in her heart when she told stories to the children on Wilderness Mountain!’

How could Shen Yue not understand what he meant? But she was no saint; she couldn’t bear such a heavy burden.

’I’m just a selfish, ordinary person.’

’I can barely take care of myself and my children, so how could I possibly look after the entire world?’

’I just want to protect my children and the people I care about. I don’t have the ability to do more.’

The thought of her children immediately brought the adorable faces of her seven little ones to mind.

She didn’t continue the topic, instead saying directly,

”I miss the children.”

’I really, really miss them. I wish I could hug their soft little bodies and kiss their little faces right now.’

Then, she looked up.

”I want to set out now.”

Huang Ziyue heard this and said, ”You barely rested at all yesterday...”

”Right now. Let’s go now.” She cut off Huang Ziyue’s protest, determined to leave immediately.

She couldn’t wait another moment.

Huang Ziyue met her gaze, said no more, and simply nodded. ”Alright.”

He had always gone along with her wishes.

Whatever she wanted to do, he would just accompany her.

Shen Yue pulled open the door, about to make an announcement to everyone in the courtyard, only to find Bai Chaosi standing right at the entrance.

She froze.

Bai Chaosi seemed to have been standing at the door for quite a while. He looked at her.

”Shen Yue, can we talk?”

In the courtyard, the Dragon Guard, the men from the Mystic Mechanism Building, and the others all looked over when she opened the door. She announced,

”Pack your things. We leave for Barbaric City in half an hour.”

When the crowd heard this, their eyes instantly lit up. They could finally go back.

They said in unison,

”Yes!!”

Then, she looked at Bai Chaosi.

”I’ll give you this half hour.”

’Perfect. I also wanted to have a good, long talk with Bai Chaosi.’

She wasn’t one to complicate matters. Some things needed to be said openly, some words needed to be clarified, and some feelings needed to be expressed in a timely manner.

「On the hillside behind the courtyard.」

Green bamboo stood tall, and its leaves drifted down gently with the clear breeze, landing at Shen Yue’s feet.

Bai Chaosi stood beside her. The breeze stirred his silver hair, and the vast bamboo forest behind him seemed to become his backdrop, making his cold and slender figure appear even leaner.

Shen Yue looked at him seriously. This man was still so beautiful.

So beautiful he was like a wisp of light smoke that had accidentally fallen to the mortal world, pure and untouched by a single speck of dust.

But in such a short time, he seemed to have suppressed too many things and emotions, causing him to naturally exude an aura of melancholy and gloom.

It made him look as if he had lost his vitality and vigor...

Where was the ethereal, otherworldly man she had first met on Wilderness Mountain, who seemed to be above mortal concerns?

She watched him, seeing that he seemed to be struggling with how to begin.

She spoke first. ”Do you love me?”

Just those few, direct words.

They instantly brought Bai Chaosi back to his senses. His gaze fixed, and he looked at her with a stiff back.

His eyes met hers, and in that instant, his rims turned red.

He opened his mouth, the sound coming from deep within his chest.

”I do.”

He was speechless for a few seconds, then forced the words from his chest:

”I love you.”

These three firm, resolute words resounded in his heart like thunder, making his chest ache and his breath slow.

His eyes were fixed tightly on her.

All the unspoken words and feelings were concentrated in those eyes, which were filled with deep affection and profound pain.

He finally had a reason to say those three words, words he had held back in his heart for so long, never daring to speak.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still. He waited for her reaction, and even the passing breeze seemed to be waiting for her response.