
Xueyue puffed her cheeks with an annoyed frown. On the edge of the red lotus lake outside the palace, he walked hand in hand with Bai Lang who had a different appearance from the one he had previously seen.
Seeing that there was an empty boat by the lake, Bai Lang led Xueyue to follow him and the man jumped onto the boat. He reached out his hand intending to help Xueyue get on the boat. However Xueyue roughly brushed him off and threw away a face.
"I can ride on my own." Xueyue grunted. Bai Lang was not heartbroken, he just smiled thinly paying attention. Silently Xueyue stole a look towards Bai Lang before she got on the boat with little difficulty.
Shen Xueyue still did not want to believe what empress Yun said. Although it sounded impossible, empress Yun Xieya tried to tell him that Bai Lang was actually his other brother besides the crown prince and the third prince Shen Wei. Not only that, Bai Lang existed not because of Shen Jinglong, but rather because of the man named Bai Shu Lang whom Yun Xieya had loved before marrying his father Shen Jinglong. That meant, before Yun Xieya married Shen Jinglong, the woman had married Bai Shu Lang and had a son named Bai Lang.
It is said that when Yun Xieya met for the first time with Bai Shu Lang, it was when Yun Xieya was fourteen years old. The two accidentally have an accident incident that makes them hostile to each other. That day, Yun Xieya was trying to help someone because someone had stolen his money bag. And when Yun Xieya managed to catch the thief, it was actually Bai Shu Lang.
The two had a great debate at the time. However, Shu Lang, who was in need of a lot of money at the time, tried to convince Yun Xieya that the money was not used for himself but for the benefit of many people in need.
As Yun Xieya did not believe the words of a thief, in the end Bai Shu Lang led Yun Xieya into a narrow alleyway in a corner of the Shuixiang royal city. The narrow road gradually looked quiet and had a very dirty environment. Yun Xieya frowned as Bai Shu Lang led her to a place that was quite creepy and looked seedy. Moreover, the stench of foulness was letting out causing Yun Xieya's nose that never went to such a dirty place to twitch could not bear it.
Even though Yun Xieya was born as a tough and brave princess, she was still a woman who had a soft heart as soft as cotton and that feeling of fear engulfed her heart.
Bai Shu Lang glanced at Yun Xieya and knew what the woman behind him was feeling. He said, "Just calm down. I have no intention of being evil to you. I just want you to know that what I'm doing here has a reason."
"Still stealing is a very bad deed!" hardik Yun Xieya sharp. Bai Shu Lang was not angry, he just smiled and understood with the thought of the fourteen-year-old girl. Moreover, looking at Yun Xieya's appearance, it was no wonder that Yun Xieya had such a stubborn and slightly haughty nature.
Not long after they passed through the narrow alley, Yun Xieya was treated to a very apprehensive sight before him.
In front of him, there was an old gubug with worn wood and reot. Some children dressed full of stye everywhere were derelict, appearing malnourished. They are abandoned children who no longer have parents. Taking a single glance, Yun Xieya already knew that they were here for quite a long time and there were no adults taking care of them. And only a handful of adults like Bai Shu Lang might have the obligation to provide for them.
"Sister Lang!" the cry of a small child resuscitated Yun Xieya's daydream and jolted his body to look towards Shu Lang who was in the crowd of three to five year olds. "Did my sister bring food? We're so hungry."
Yun Xieya gasped and reflexively turned to look at Bai Shu Lang who was smiling bitterly full of guilt, "I'm sorry. I'll try to get you guys some good food tomorrow. Today, we use some of the yam we produce to prop our stomachs up tonight first."
Traces of disappointment appeared on each of the children's faces. Yun Xieya's little heart was pinched and she felt the same pain as them. Bai Shu Lang turned his head, turning his head to look at Yun Xieya's expression. He snorted, "Have you seen him? I tried to steal money for them."
"But..."
"I know I shouldn't steal and I can work for them. But did you know? With my young age like this, they would only cheat and use my energy. If an adult alone could make more money when the job was the same as mine, the money I made was actually less than theirs because I was easy to get beat up." The pondering Bai Shu Lang recalled his past snorting furiously at the arbitrary deeds of his former boss, resentment and resentment were seen in his face when he told the facts that had befallen him during his work.
"I...." Yun Xieya lost her words. In his little heart, he also could not deny that what Bai Shu Lang had said was indeed true.
In the end, Yun Xieya who did not want to see Bai Shu Lang steal anymore could only help the young man to make money. By selling the jewelry he owned in the palace, he would send the money from the sale to Bai Shu Lang to use to buy groceries.
Bai Shu Lang always asked where Yun Xieya could get that kind of money from whenever he needed it. But Yun Xieya always said that the money was his saving money and there was no need to talk about it. So inevitably, Bai Shu Lang could only accept.
As time went on, the two spent time together. Looking for ways to make money together, and grow up together. When Yun Xieya was sixteen, eighteen-year-old Bai Shu Lang proposed to her. The two married secretly in a secluded temple and away from the crowds. Building a house in the middle of the forest with orphans and conceiving a son, Bai Lang.
Of course, as long as Bai Shu Lang knew Yun Xieya, the young man did not know the true identity of Yun Xieya who was actually a princess from Shuixiang kingdom. Bai Shu Lang only guessed that Yun Xieya might just be a mischievous princess who came from a family of officials in this city. But Yun Xieya actually said that he was actually the same orphan as Bai Shu Lang. Hence, why the two married without accompanying family.
When Yun Xieya decided to choose to stay with Bai Shu Lang when her stomach started to grow bigger, her parents did not know because it was very rare for them to visit Yun Xieya. And that was why Yun Xieya had always been very free to play outside of the palace.
Until then, the king of the kingdom Shuixiang—Yun Zhongshan finally found out that his daughter had fallen in love with a young man with a hooligan not known his origin and chose to run away with the young man.
All the soldiers and palace soldiers were sent to search for the existence of princess Yun Xieya. They were ordered to bring home Yun Xieya's daughter and kill the young man who had presumptuously kidnapped their daughter.
Hearing the news, Yun Xieya and Bai Shu Lang tried hard to escape as far away from Shuixiang city as possible. However who knew that the two would be trapped and they were caught by King Yun Zhongshan's special forces.
Originally Bai Shu Lang who knew nothing was at a loss, why so many warriors had chased after them all that long. He wondered and kept wondering. Until he had a conclusion when he saw his beloved wife. Was Yun Xieya actually a princess from Shuixiang kingdom? If that was true, then the actions of those entire soldiers could not be blamed.
Once, Yun Xieya pleaded for Bai Shu Lang's freedom with her. As long as Bai Shu Lang and his son survived, he would willingly follow them to return to the palace again. Otherwise, Yun Xieya threatened to kill himself right then and there would be no way for his mother's father to see his body.
Of course, the king could not do much and ordered all his troops to withdraw. Bringing Yun Xieya who had given birth to her son would inevitably have to leave the two for the safety of her husband and son.
Bai Lang who was still in his infant state was crying very loudly, causing Yun Xieya's heart to suffer pain. Bai Shu Lang could do nothing and he could only cry apologizing to Yun Xieya for his inability to protect the people he loved. Although he felt very disappointed, but he would never regret having been together with Yun Xieya all this time.
Bai Shu Lang was not a trained warrior. He did not possess the martial skills he should have in order to protect the ones he loved. And that made him blame himself every day.
By the time Bai Lang was four years old, Bai Shu Lang was suddenly found dead by stabbing his stomach, the man tore and opened it to make his entire stomach look bathed in a lot of blood. Bai Lang who had just returned home from playing was suddenly startled and just stood silently staring at his father's corpse with a gaze that was hard to decipher. Whether he was angry, disappointed, sad, no one knew. Bai Lang did not even cry at all when he saw that his father's body was already stiff in place.
When Bai Lang finds out that his mother is still alive, he tries to search for the whereabouts of his mother who left them in grief. Hate and resentment seeped into the bone to the marrow of Bai Lang when he remembered his cruel mother.
At a celebration, Yun Xieya was on a wine rack with a wedding stretcher. In front of the palanquin, there was the figure of the King from Hou—Shen Jinglong kingdom who looked very happy with his bridal robe. Even though Yun Xieya agreed to marry her, in her heart the woman still stored the slick name of Bai Shu Lang and her son.
That day Bai Lang appeared for the first time and stopped the procession that was accidentally struck by the jostling people. The boy had almost been beheaded by a warrior from the Hou kingdom if Shen Jinglong had not stopped him immediately.
Shen Jinglong walked up to the child and squatted in alignment with Bai Lang's height, asked him what the name of the child was and was briefly answered by Bai Lang.
"Bai Lang." hearing the name he missed so much, Yun Xieya who had daydreamed of losing his soul was shocked. And he tried to pop his head to see what was really going on up ahead.
When he saw the figure of Bai Lang who was facing Shen Jinglong, Yun Xieya could not help but feel his longing and finally he sobbed in tears. Of course he recognized the figure of his son who began to grow up.
"Mr Princess.." the servant beside her was a little surprised and anxious when she saw her master suddenly just crying in silence.
Shen Jinglong kept asking about Bai Lang's figure. Upon learning that the child was a child who already had no parents, he offered Bai Lang whether to join them to Hou Country.
Bai Lang wanted to refuse. But when his eyes saw Yun Xieya's figure inside the bridal palanquin, he quickly agreed.
The night of their bride, Bai Lang quietly slipped into Shen Jinglong's tent and Yun Xieya who had momentarily stopped to rest. He who had a genius brain very quickly hid his presence and continued to monitor the two inside the tent. Traces of anger appeared when he looked at the two especially at Yun Xieya's figure. However, her anger faded when she accidentally heard Yun Xieya suddenly admit something she had never imagined before.
"Until now I will never consider you my husband." sis Yun Xieya. She continued, "I only have one husband named Bai Shu Lang. And one son named Bai Lang. Did you know that the kid you brought was actually my son?"
Shen Jinglong was neither surprised nor angry. He was actually very proud of Yun Xieya's honesty towards him. In fact, when he first met Yun Xieya, he already knew that Yun Xieya had such a conflict. Of course, he had investigated the origin of Yun Xieya before he decided to marry her.
Shen Jinglong smiled, "I don't care. If Bai Lang is indeed your son, isn't it from this second that he is also my son? That means my decision to take him was not wrong, right? Can you smile now?"
"Xiya." Shen Jinglong took a seat beside Yun Xieya, "I love you for who you are. I don't care about your past. I am proud that you are a mother who cares deeply about the safety of your husband and son. I married you for your courage. I fell in love because I cared about you. I love whatever you have. Despite all your past, you deserve to be happy. Might as well... With you marrying me, aren't you free to seek the whereabouts of your husband or son?"
Yun Xieya looked at Shen Jinglong strangely, "You're so weird."
"I just want to save you?" enter Shen Jinglong, lightly.
"I'm sorry? But.. There was no need." sizzled Yun Xieya looking at Shen Jinglong unfriendly.
In their conversation, Bai Lang knew that his mother had never forgotten him and his father. Why did his father choose to commit suicide? Was it because of his inability in terms of protecting his mother? Bai Lang did not understand.
From then on, her hatred turned into a deep affection for Yun Xieya. But he could not admit that he had forgiven Yun Xieya completely. She can only protect her mother in the shadows. Practice martial arts very hard to become a confidant of Shen Jinglong. He could only act as if he did not know Yun Xieya.
When Bai Lang was eight years old, he boldly sent a letter to his mother. Acknowledging himself as his son and apologizing for not being ready to meet face to face. Moreover, Bai Lang asked her to be willing to accept the sincerity of Shen Jinglong's love. He accepted her as his father's surrogate husband after telling her that his father had died. Bai Lang also said that Yun Xieya had nothing to worry about that he would hate her. He will accept everything with a big heart. From then on, Yun Xieya who managed to forget about Bai Shu Lang, tried to open her heart to Shen Jinglong and finally get her happiness. She gave birth to two sons and one daughter to Shen Jinglong.
But at the birth of their last descendant, Bai Lang saw a strange femonema that suddenly occurred to his last sister. It was the seven Xueyue souls that spread out and disappeared into the air. Bai Lang did not know about his origin. When he finds out who he is, he is actually a descendant of the wolf demon from his father's family tree and can see strange things that ordinary humans cannot see through ruby eyes.
Bai Lang learned that the soul on his younger brother Shen Xueyue was incomplete and he followed his two younger siblings' souls who disappeared in the free air.
Who knows, that he will set foot into a strange portal to the realm of the modern human world that he has never seen before.
In the modern world, his age is still the same and his power to refrain from hunger is still there. So for several years, he survived without eating and without changing his clothes just to observe everything that mortal men do in the modern world.
Until he saw a strange smoke that pulled himself to follow the smoke. It was a portion of Xueyue's soul floating aimlessly. And when he found out that the white smoke was heading towards a white building, he slipped in with a pre-adjusted appearance. He saw that the smoke entered the body of the baby who had a face similar to his sister in his home world.
And how shocked he was as he also saw the figure of his mother and stepfather Shen Jinglong was also in this strange human world in clothes that were very different from his home world.
Merely, he only saw the figure of both his parents and one boy whom he knew by the name of Shen Qingtian who had a face similar to that of Crown Prince of Hou kingdom. There was no figure of the last Prince Shen Wei.
From then on, Bai Lang had always been keeping an eye on Shen Xueyue wherever and whenever. Being a protective figure for the Xueyue family in this modern world secretly.
When Xueyue was a teenager, Bai Lang also experienced a very slow age change. And he also immediately adapted to the environment in this world. By becoming a math teacher at Xueyue school, he could keep an eye on Xueyue anytime anywhere.
Who knew that his sister would fall in love with him. If Xueyue was not his sister, he would have long since fallen in love with that extremely adorable and attractive figure of Xueyue. Unfortunately, that can't happen.
Hearing all the stories that were immediately spoken from Bai Lang's lips, Xueyue couldn't help but be surprised. He did not know that the Bai Lang that existed in his previous home world, was also Bai Lang who was in this world. It was the same as the figures Zhu Guang and Lu Guan came into his life when he was in his first high school at the time.
"That's why you suddenly disappeared?" Xueyue sneered.
"No." replied Bai Lang. Shen Xueyue frowned incomprehensibly. Bai Lang then went back to saying, "I was suddenly pulled by a black hole in the apartment where I was staying the night before the graduation announcement came. Right when you graduated from high school. Might as well... My time is up to be in the mortal world. Moreover, I was also no longer worried when I found out that there were Zhu Guang and Lu Guan beside you. Because I also know who they really are. Which also came with the same purpose as me."
Xueyue shook her head, staring at the strange Bai Lang who was currently paddling a boat for her. The man smiled blandly, "I... It was impossible to repay your feelings back then because you were my sister."
"Don't the world not dispute that? Marrying his own brother so that the royal noble's blood isn't cut off?"
"Despite this, I don't want to marry my own sister. And I'm not even a descendant of noble blood." Bai Lang said firmly. Xueyue naturally could not deny Bai Lang's reply.
After all, he did not want to have imperfect offspring. Not because he's ashamed. But more to him who does not want his descendants to get reproach and maki maki people because of imperfect birth. It was enough of him to feel the reproach. Not descendants.
"Bai Lang, are you... Have you ever felt the same way as me?"
Bai Lang looked at Xueyue inside. His hands stopped rowing the boat and stopped in the middle of a lotus flower bed floating around the boat they were riding on. The atmosphere between them became quiet. Only the sound of rippling water collided with the dabbling boat.
"Bai Lang's..." Xueyue called out to the man with a pleading gaze. Pain and disappointment spread in the recesses of his heart. It was a painful throbbing, torturing the inner.
"I am always by your side. Protect you, and take care of you. So, you can do whatever you want with me."
Xueyue closed her eyes in frustration, sighed heavily, looked at the man softly then snorted, "That's not the answer I wanted. I asked, have you ever loved me once?"
Xueyue was silent for quite a long time before she answered briefly, "....No."
Xueyue again sneered at the man and said, "You're a very accomplished liar. And I don't trust you anymore."
"Then? What do you want from me?" Bai Lang still looked calm.
"I told you, I want you to take responsibility." urged Xueyue, without letting go of her sharp eye contact from Bai Lang.
Both of them were silent on the quiet boat. No one moved and just stared at each other without blinking. Bai Lang lost control of himself when he saw the look in Xueyue's injured eyes.
The next second, Bai Lang lost his mind over him. He threw a paddle in his hand and shot out in a split second pressing on Xueyue's body. Shen Xueyue who was gasping at her place held her breath with her lips slightly opened, before suddenly Bai Lang thrust his tongue very boldly into the lips of the girl. Kissing her greedily and pulling Xueyue's body to get into her tight embrace.
Xueyue was stunned for a moment. But just as he was about to step aside, somehow his body could not move and he lost control of his own body.
"Don't fight. Or you'll be paralyzed for good." sizzled Bai Lang, dangerous. After commemorating Xueyue, the man greedily sipped Xueyue's ranum lips. Caressed the girl's face with her other hand, and enjoyed the beauty Xueyue had. "Don't blame me if I do something like this. You really drove me crazy to death, Yue'er."
'Hua Hua ..' a speck of clear liquid flowed from the corner of Shen Xueyue's eye fertilizer. His heart called out to the sternest man for the first time in his brain this time when Bai Lang was still pressing down on him.
Song Shi Hua's heart that was far away from him suddenly stopped beating with a thump. He turned his head involuntarily towards where the Hou country was. For some reason, his feeling said that Xueyue was having a hard time. But he immediately threw that feeling in the back of his head and tried to stay positive.
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To be continued....