Yin Xiu frowned, "No matter how long your lifespan is, you'll use it all up sooner or later."
Ye Tianxuan chuckled softly, "You wouldn't understand. It's pointless to use something when you need to.
Yin Xiu remained silent, but the group of players who had been filled with murderous intent just moments before calmed down and soon returned to normal, marveling at the return of Ye Tianxuan and the others.
Those who had already received the information were given priority to enter the recording room, while others hurriedly followed to get firsthand information. Those who had free time would excitedly greet Ye Tianxuan, and the crowd returned to normal.
Ye Tianxuan turned around, smiled, and waved. Then he squatted down and picked up the coin at Yin Xiu's feet. "What did you drop? A prop?"
As soon as he picked up the coin, a blurry black shadow suddenly appeared beside him, extending an inviting hand to Ye Tianxuan.
Startled, Ye Tianxuan immediately shoved the coin into Yin Xiu's hand, saying, "It's from the Sin Gate! I don't want it!"
Yin Xiu silently looked at the coin being stuffed into his hand, then turned to the outstretched hand of the Sin Gate and said, "I'm jealous of the Sin Gate... I don't want it either."
"So it was jealousy? That girl's sin gate?" Ye Tianxuan stroked his chin thoughtfully. He had just returned and didn't know what had happened, but judging from the situation, he knew that something big had just occurred here. "If you were bound to the jealousy sin gate, wouldn't it kill me first?"
Yin Xiu coldly pointed at Li Mo beside him, "If anyone's going to be killed, it'll be him first. She's killing her boyfriend first."
Yin Xiu's expressionless mockery made Ye Tianxuan's gaze slowly fall on Li Mo beside him. He narrowed his eyes and pondered for a few seconds, then his voice became low and meaningful, "Boyfriend? Can a pet be promoted to boyfriend?"
Li Mo smiled but remained silent.
Yin Xiu looked at the Jealousy Gate floating beside him and felt troubled. He couldn't just hand it over to someone else, so he frowned, turned around, and went into the lounge. "I'll take it in and leave it for now. I'll consider what to do with it later."
He turned and went inside, and Li Mo was about to follow him in.
But the moment he stepped out, a slender, pale, and powerless arm blocked Li Mo's path. Although it was completely intimidating, he still stopped and turned to look at the owner of the arm beside him.
"What's your name?" Ye Tianxuan asked first.
"Li Mo," he replied later.
Then Ye Tianxuan smiled, stroking the ring on his ring finger, and purple light slowly rippled in his blue pupils. "Not a bad name. I remember you. Was that black shadow I saw three years ago you? Yin Xiu's old pet."
Li Mo's smile widened. "It's me."
"Not bad, you've already taken on a human form." Ye Tianxuan nodded with satisfaction, not treating Li Mo as a monster at all. He reached out and patted his cold shoulder, then leaned closer and whispered, "But Yin Xiu has already forgotten you, hasn't he? His memory from the past two years has become so hazy that he's almost forgotten some important things."
Li Mo's gaze darkened slightly. "He has already forgotten."
Ye Tianxuan paused for a moment, then smiled and touched the ring on his ring finger. "To survive so long in this instance, there must be some price to pay, whether it's tangible or intangible. I seem to be the most pitiful one, but the one who has lost his emotions and memories is actually the most miserable."
"He has even forgotten what he has lost; you have to understand."
Li Mo remained silent.
Ye Tianxuan smiled and said, "If I suddenly die, you must remember to keep him company. You'll be his only remaining friend, oh no, his boyfriend?"
Li Mo lowered her gaze and stared at Ye Tianxuan's pale face. "Boyfriend, what is it? How is it defined in human relationships? None of the books I've read have mentioned it."
Ye Tianxuan raised the corner of his mouth, beckoned to him with his finger, and whispered, "Come here, I'll explain it to you in detail."
The two started whispering to each other.
Yin Xiu rummaged through the room for something that could hold the tiny coin but wouldn't be too close to his body. There was very little stuff in the dungeon. After searching the entire room, Yin Xiu finally wrapped the coin in layers of folded paper until the Gate of Sin no longer appeared when he touched it.
Finally, he held up a small ball made of paper and prepared to go out to show it to Ye Tianxuan.
As soon as the door was opened, a huge black slime suddenly covered him, knocking Yin Xiu to the ground and engulfing him as if it wanted to swallow him whole.
"Li Mo?" Yin Xiu asked in confusion, tugging at the black, sticky substance wriggling excitedly on his body, trying to pull it away, but it slipped through his fingers with the slightest touch.
The eyes on the slime were staring at him, and the liquid trickled up his arms and wrapped around his whole body, no matter how hard Yin Xiu tried to pry it off.
The liquid surged, and the tiny mouth emerging from it continued to mutter intermittently, "I like it, I like it!"
Yin Xiu was completely bewildered. "What happened? Why did you suddenly change?"
"Ye Tianxuan?" He turned his gaze to Ye Tianxuan, who was squatting by the door. "What happened between you and him?"
Ye Tianxuan, clutching his eyes in pain, squatted on the ground. "Ah... I explained to him what a boyfriend is, and he suddenly exploded. Ah... It hurts so much! My eyes hurt so much! What did I just see?! My head hurts too! I can't take it anymore."
Yin Xiu: ...
"Boyfriend! I love you, I love you!" The tentacles that had been wrapped around her body danced and swayed, and her voice was louder than usual, clearly indicating that she was very happy.
Yin Xiu took a deep breath and said calmly, "I'll say it again, I don't have a boyfriend, I don't."
"I was just saying it offhand."
But he ignored the slime on his body.
Yin Xiu sighed, staring coldly at the liquid on his body, "If you don't get up, I'll go and bind you to the Jealousy Sin Sect and abandon you."
The sticky substance on his body stopped abruptly, and the sound abruptly ceased.
The whole room fell silent, and Yin Xiu also remained silent, wondering what was wrong with it.
The next second, the black liquid swiftly wrapped around the paper ball containing the Jealousy Gate coin. The slime quickly gathered into a human shape on the ground, unfolded the paper ball, took out the coin, and snapped it in two right in front of Yin Xiu. Then, it looked up and smiled, "No."
Jealousy: Huh? Are you jealous or am I jealous?
Yin Xiu lay on the ground, looking up at him, trying to get up, but Li Mo bent down and slowly pressed Yin Xiu back to the ground. The movement was not rough, but very forceful.
"Boyfriend, I like you." He leaned down, buried his head in Yin Xiu's neck and nuzzled against him, each word uttered with tenderness and affection.
Yin Xiu stared blankly at the ceiling for a moment.
He didn't know if the inhuman being inside him could have the same feelings as humans. He was just going along with what that annoying woman said casually. Perhaps she didn't listen to him at all. Under the influence of his anger, he blurted out the words "boyfriend".
But it seems... the monster's emotions are purer than he imagined; he takes the identity behind those three words seriously.
Now it seems they're truly stuck and can't get rid of it.
Yin Xiu turned his head and reached out to pick up the coin that Li Mo had thrown on the ground and broken in two. Although the coin was broken, the Gate of Sin still appeared the moment it touched him, reaching out to him as always, but the gaze in the shadow seemed to have become very resentful.
"As long as the Sin Gate isn't dead, that's good." Yin Xiu tossed the coin aside with relief and patted Li Mo off his body. "Get up."
Li Mo didn't move.
"Boyfriend, get up."
Li Mo got up abruptly.