Faced with Yin Xiu's rejection, Li Mo wasn't too upset. She simply smiled and gazed at him, "Is it not enough now, but it will be later?"
"Maybe... not necessarily." Yin Xiu wouldn't give anyone a definite promise easily. He himself couldn't figure out his own future thoughts, as the situation in the dungeon was always changing in an instant.
"It's okay, I can wait until my boyfriend is willing to accept me." Li Mo thought that she had a long time, a very long time, long enough that she could wait until her boyfriend was eighty or ninety years old before she agreed to it.
Human books don't always describe how the most romantic thing is watching someone important walk beside you, from the vibrant dawn to the graying dusk, hand in hand into the darkness of death.
In the torrent of time, there must be a trace of the other person.
Li Mo didn't quite understand human romance. The monster's lifespan was far too long. It could only cherish every second that Yin Xiu was by its side and record everything about him with countless eyes.
Yin Xiu cannot reach its twilight, but it can accompany Yin Xiu into its night.
"It's not that I can't accept you, it's just that I feel I don't need you right now." Yin Xiu stared at him calmly. "But people's emotions are always fickle, who knows?"
Yin Xiu's words were mumbled and Li Mo couldn't quite hear them, but did her boyfriend mean that he might suddenly want to be with her one day?
His face immediately lit up with pleasure. He strode forward and pressed his forehead against Yin Xiu's. His dark eyes met Yin Xiu's gaze, and a hint of dark red lingered deep within his pupils. As he uttered each word, his expression became sinister and malevolent.
"Yin Xiu".
As soon as those two light words were uttered, Yin Xiu's pupils suddenly dilated, and he felt his body stiffen, as if some consciousness was invading him.
Her dark red eyes stared intently into his, and she whispered slowly, temptingly, "Tell me."
Even if I'm not your boyfriend, I'm still an important person to you.
Yin Xiu pursed his lips, a few words lingering on his lips, "Even if... no, not my boyfriend, you will... be..."
His eyes narrowed, and his voice trembled uncontrollably, "I'm important... someone important to me..."
After receiving those words, Li Mo pressed her forehead against Yin Xiu's with satisfaction. "That way, you'll never forget me again, boyfriend."
To prevent a recurrence of this situation, he had to plant a hidden hint in Yin Xiu's consciousness to ensure that no one could alter the image of himself in Yin Xiu's memories.
As a small punishment for forgetting himself, he could secretly slip himself some, right?
Yin Xiu's unfocused pupils blinked for a moment, then he regained his senses and stared at Li Mo in front of him, his voice indifferent, "When did you get so close to me?"
"Because I want a kiss as a reward." Li Mo stood shamelessly in front of him, refusing to back down.
Yin Xiu calmly pushed his face away. "Not now... it's easy for someone to see us. Let's talk about it later."
"Why are you afraid of being seen by others? And how long after that?" Li Mo asked, puzzled. Do humans have to be secretive to develop feelings for each other?
"In short, not now." Yin Xiu turned and walked back indifferently.
Biting a monster when you're not fully conscious is completely different from kissing it when you're fully conscious!
He needs to think things through.
Li Mo followed behind, puzzled, and could only wait obediently.
He doesn't understand many things about human behavior and sensitive emotions, but since this is his boyfriend, he can observe and learn slowly.
When they returned to the dilapidated playground, the teacher had already finished the lesson. After Yin Xiu left, the teacher didn't say anything important and just passed the time casually.
Everyone was eating next to the big pot that Auntie had set up after class.
The food from the canteen must have been buried underneath. There aren't many utensils, but luckily everyone here lives in dungeons and is well-prepared. They have backup plans even if they don't have food when they enter a dungeon, let alone utensils.
"Brother! Where did you go!" Seeing Yin Xiu return from afar, Ya Ya, who was slowly drinking a bowl of soup, suddenly realized that she hadn't followed him out. She hurriedly picked up the big bowl and stumbled over.
I accidentally let the big monster go out to play with my brother alone. What a loss!
"I just went out for a walk." Yin Xiu bent down and touched her hair. She had been sitting by the fire, and her wet clothes had been dried off. Her soft hair felt warm and comfortable to touch.
Yin Xiu picked her up in one go. "How about I braid your hair again in a bit?"
"Okay, okay." Ya Ya smiled and raised the bowl in her hand. "Brother, do you want some soup? Auntie makes delicious soup."
As she spoke, she carefully brought the bowl to Yin Xiu's lips, wanting to share what she liked with him.
Before Yin Xiu could even take a sip, a small tuft of tentacles suddenly emerged from his collar. The tiny mouth at the tip of the tentacles took the rim of the bowl in its mouth, quickly slurped it up, and smacked its lips, saying, "Delicious!"
Ya Ya froze, her pupils widening as she watched the little tentacle finish its drink and flee at lightning speed. She couldn't help but pout, "Waaah... I gave it to my brother... you're so mean..."
Seeing that she was about to cry, Yin Xiu immediately lowered his head and took a sip of soup, trying to comfort her, "It's okay, I've already drunk it, it's delicious."
But Ya Ya didn't care about anything else. The first sip wasn't drunk by her brother, but by the rascal who had kidnapped her brother. She angrily shoved the bowl into Yin Xiu's hands, then jumped to the ground and charged fiercely at Li Mo.
The nights on the sea are cold, and everyone goes to drink a bowl of Auntie's soup to warm up before going to bed. Just now, after queuing up and getting a bowl of soup, before even taking a sip, the ground suddenly shook, almost scaring everyone so much that they spilled it.
"What's going on? Is the school about to split open?" The players looked around in confusion. When they turned around, they saw a hairy black monster pouncing on a large ball of sticky black liquid on the other half of the school ruins, far away from the players. The two monsters were biting and snarling at each other, as if they were fighting.
"Brother Xiu! Your two are fighting!" The players were shocked and quickly called out to Yin Xiu, wondering why they had suddenly started fighting amongst themselves!
"No, I'm just playing." Yin Xiu replied casually, and nonchalantly took his bowl to find his aunt to add more soup.
The players holding bowls were completely bewildered. This earth-shaking situation, you call this playing?
Having come from a dungeon, they'd seen all sorts of things. After a moment of fear, they noticed the two monsters had been biting each other fiercely for a while without drawing blood, so they simply sat down in a row with their soup to watch.
I've never seen two monsters fight in a dungeon before. Let's watch a bit longer.
As they watched, they even started discussing it.
"The one covered in fur must feel like petting a cat, all fluffy and soft."
"I used to own cats, so I'm very familiar with how this fur feels to the touch. It shouldn't be bad."
"And the other one... is sticky?"
"I don't know. I've never touched tentacles before. They should be soft and slippery, like snakes?"
"In reality, some pet owners do like the feel of scales, so they keep snakes, lizards, crocodiles, etc... but I don't think anyone has ever kept a soft-bodied one, right?"
"Um... the feel of a dolphin should be similar. A dolphin's head feels soft when you pat it... I used to work at an aquarium."
"Oh! I see!"
"My roommate's monster form must be really nice to touch, right?"
"I don't know, I've never touched it, it's just that the feel might be similar."
"oh..."
Everyone stared at the top, and couldn't help but turn to look at Yin Xiu, for only Yin Xiu, who had been in close contact with it, knew what it felt like.
While making soup, Yin Xiu suddenly felt a prickling sensation on his back. He turned around in confusion to look at the people.
Faced with the questioning looks from the crowd, Yin Xiu put down the soup ladle.
"It's soft...cool...and a little damp."