Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: You Don’t Deserve to Know

Shen Yue completely ignored the two of them.

Flashlight in hand, she slowly crouched down.

She stared intently at the two raised points, her gaze deepening as she studied them seriously.

Then she stood up and knocked back and forth on the wall.

Listening to the echo from within, she crouched down again, carefully examining the contact surface between the two faint dots and the floor.

Bai Chaosi watched her repeat this process several times, his cool eyes narrowing slightly.

"You don’t have to push yourself so hard. Even a top mechanism master of this era might not be able to choose correctly at this Gate of Life and Death. Why don’t you rest for a bit?"

Mu Silin was actually filled with self-reproach.

"Shen Yue, the fox is right. Panicking won’t change our situation. You should rest first. We can think of another way!"

’If we really can’t get out, we’ll just live here at the bottom of this abyss.’

’Or die together.’

’As long as I’m with her, I’m fine with anything.’

He only blamed himself for being useless, for getting her into a situation where she had to make a life-or-death choice.

Shen Yue remained crouched on the ground, her gaze resolute.

It was as if she had just confirmed something.

She shot to her feet.

"Leopard, press this one."

Her flashlight was still aimed at the same faint dot she had first noticed.

Mu Silin froze.

Bai Chaosi also hadn’t expected her to make a choice so decisively.

’This isn’t something you can just choose randomly, you know?’

’Even people who understand mechanism construction aren’t guaranteed to pick the right one.’

’Yet she’s so certain?’

Mu Silin looked at her firm gaze.

"Shen Yue, are you sure you want me to press it?"

Shen Yue had made up her mind.

"Just press it. Trust me!"

Hearing this, Mu Silin felt anxious. He knew a wrong choice would lead to irreversible consequences.

But he had said he would unconditionally trust and follow her, no matter what.

He would do whatever she said.

Mu Silin walked back to the faint dot, raised his hand, and prepared to press it.

But he paused.

He looked up at Shen Yue, his handsome face filled with genuine emotion.

He took a deep breath, as if about to deliver his last words.

"Shen Yue, I want to say I’m sorry."

"I’m sorry you had to go through all of this."

"I really regret it."

’I regret not getting to know you sooner and believing those rumors.’

Shen Yue’s perpetually serious expression softened slightly.

She met Mu Silin’s deep gaze but said nothing.

’Why is he saying all this to me?’

’Does he think we’re going to die here after he presses the button?’

’Is this his final goodbye?’

Mu Silin continued, "Also, thank you for giving me such a lovely son. My life has been worth it."

"If there’s a next life, I’ll definitely find you and make it up to you, even if I have to be your beast of burden."

Shen Yue: "..."

"Leopard, maybe... we press it first? I think you’re speaking too soon. You’re not going to die."

Bai Chaosi actually had something to say as well.

But after hearing what Mu Silin said, he suddenly didn’t want to speak.

He wanted to act.

So.

Just as Mu Silin, no longer hesitating, reached out to press the faint dot...

...he pulled Shen Yue into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her.

Forced to tilt her head back, Shen Yue’s eyes flew wide open.

’What the hell is going on??’

’Why is he pulling me into a kiss now?’

’So one gives a heartfelt confession before death, and the other gives a passionate kiss? Is that it?’

After the button was pressed, just as Shen Yue had said, the expected death did not come.

Instead, a powerful beam of light instantly shone in.

It fell directly on the two people kissing.

Outside, Huang Ziyue had finally managed to break through the ice wall.

The moment he saw the stone door open, a rare hint of joy appeared on his perpetually stern face.

Lan Cangyue, holding Qibao, also stared intently inside.

He had already sensed that Shen Yue’s aura was very close. She had to be inside!

But, the moment the stone door opened and the beam of light shone in...

...the expressions on both their faces fell simultaneously.

Huang Ziyue’s dark red eyes instantly turned bloodshot, fixing on the embracing pair with a look that could kill!!

Lan Cangyue’s ice-blue eyes smoldered with a quiet fury, his face so dark it looked like it might crack. He looked as if he’d seen his mortal enemy, wanting nothing more than to strangle Bai Chaosi!

Meanwhile, Mu Silin, who was still crouched on the ground after pressing the button, saw the light shining in from outside and was ecstatic.

’We chose right! We made it out!!’

’We’re not dead!’

But then, he turned around.

His world came crashing down!

He nearly exploded on the spot.

"Stop that! What are you doing!!"

As Shen Yue’s eyes adjusted to the light, she could faintly make out two figures standing outside.

And just as Mu Silin’s fist came flying, Bai Chaosi released her.

Even Bai Chaosi himself hadn’t thought Shen Yue would actually choose correctly and get them out.

Seeing two more furious gazes glaring at him from outside...

...he was overwhelmed and immediately dodged Mu Silin’s attack first.

"You dare to dodge? You fox, how can you be so shameless?"

"Taking advantage of her in such a short moment! How dare you kiss her! I’ll kill you!"

Mu Silin truly hadn’t expected that in the brief moment he’d lowered his head to press a button, that shameless bastard would make a move on Shen Yue.

It was infuriating.

Bai Chaosi didn’t indulge him either.

"You’re allowed to pour your heart out to her before death, but I’m not allowed to kiss her? I, Bai Chaosi, also have a marriage agreement with her. Why can’t I kiss her?"

"I’m not arguing about this with you! You lowlife, I’m going to smash that mouth you use to kiss people randomly!!"

"With just you? This Young Master kissed her, so what can you do about it?"

The two of them immediately started brawling.

Despite still being injured, they fought as if to the death.

Huang Ziyue stood there, and upon hearing Bai Chaosi’s words, his aura grew even colder.

’A marriage agreement!’

’So this Leopard isn’t the only one who hasn’t broken off an engagement with Shen Yue.’

’Bai Chaosi... so this fox is called Bai Chaosi, is he!’

He, Huang Ziyue, would remember that.

He strode over in two steps, stood before Shen Yue, and looked at her with cold eyes.

He had been bottling up a bellyful of rage, but when he saw the wound on her shoulder...

...his pupils contracted.

Shen Yue looked at the man before her, whose aura was terrifying, and her scalp tingled.

"You..."

Before she could finish, her feet left the ground.

The man bent down and swept her up into his arms.

Shen Yue:

"Hey, what are you doing?"

With a dark expression, Huang Ziyue said nothing and strode out with his long legs, carrying her.

The two men still fighting behind them saw this and stopped.

"Let her go!"

"What are you doing carrying her!"

Huang Ziyue completely ignored them.

He simply released a powerful pressure that forced them back.

"Follow me again, and you die!"

But Mu Silin and Bai Chaosi were not the types to be intimidated by his threats, and they immediately rushed forward.

Shen Yue was utterly speechless.

The man held her so tightly she couldn’t even jump out of his arms!

’What is all this chaos!’

She was momentarily bewildered. This scene was a bit too much for her to handle.

"Put me down, I can walk! You don’t need to carry me."

Huang Ziyue ignored her.

As he carried her past Lan Cangyue, who was frozen in place, Shen Yue’s eyes suddenly widened.

’I’m not mistaken, am I?’

’Isn’t this beautiful man with blue hair the handsome mermaid I saw in my dream that night?’

’Wait, what is he holding in his arms?’

"Qibao!"

She was shocked.

’How is Qibao in his arms?’

’My precious daughter!’

Lan Cangyue’s pure eyes held a simmering fire as he looked at Huang Ziyue.

"Where are you taking her?"

Huang Ziyue was seething with rage.

"You’re not worthy of knowing."

Lan Cangyue’s eyes narrowed. If he weren’t holding the child, he would definitely fight this Flood Dragon right now.

Qibao, who had been asleep, groggily heard Shen Yue’s voice.

In her sleep, she murmured in a soft, sweet voice:

"Female Mother, Xi Xi misses Female Mother."

The little girl had cried herself to sleep from overwhelming sadness earlier.

Even her sleeping voice was punctuated by tiny hitches.

Huang Ziyue had almost carried Shen Yue completely past them.

But upon hearing that sound, her eyes reddened and she exploded.

"Who are you? Why are you holding Qibao? Let her go. Let go of my daughter!"

Huang Ziyue saw how fiercely she was struggling.

He could barely hold her down.

She looked ready to fight Lan Cangyue to the death.

He immediately hugged her tighter.

"He is Qibao’s Father."

With that, giving her no chance to react, he flickered and vanished from the spot with her in his arms.

Shen Yue shouted all the way in his arms:

"Bastard, put me down!"

"Who says he’s Qibao’s Father? I don’t acknowledge it!"

"I have to find Qibao! Let me go!"

She couldn’t let her daughter fall into the hands of an unfamiliar stranger.

’That’s too dangerous!’

’What if that man is some kind of pervert!!’

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