Chapter 92: His Face Is So Red, How Can He Sleep?

After finishing their meal, Su Mo took the opportunity to tell the princess and her consort of her plan to leave the East Sea.

The princess consort was not particularly surprised.

After all, she came here just to help Ye Yuan heal his injuries; now that Ye Yuan is mostly fine, it's natural for her to leave.

The princess consort smiled and asked, "When do you plan to set off?"

"Tomorrow morning."

Ye Yuan couldn't help but feel a hint of disappointment, yet he was also glad they still had one more evening together.

Ye Ling tugged at Su Mo's hand, reluctant, and said, "Sister-in-law, when will you come again?"

"I don't know yet; if you miss me, come find me anytime in the North Wing."

Hearing that, Ye Ling's eyes lit up and she wasn't as sad anymore.

After the meal, the princess consort pulled Su Mo aside for a brief chat.

By the time she finished washing up and returned to her room, Ye Yuan had already bathed and was sitting there waiting for her.

Su Mo's black hair hung loosely over her shoulders, her brows and eyes still carrying the dampness from her bath.

The air was filled with a faint fragrance, a scent Ye Yuan had smelled on her before, and it was very pleasant.

Mixed with her unique aura, each time it made his breath catch uncontrollably.

Su Mo tilted her head to study the person beside the bed, seeing his flushed cheeks, and smiled pleasantly.

【His face is red again? How can this little mermaid be so adorable?】

Ye Yuan was so nervous he didn't dare look at her, his whole body tense, not knowing what to do with his hands.

Su Mo walked over to him, then lowered her head to get close to his face.

With her eyes curved in a smile, she said, "Your face is this red—how are you supposed to sleep?"

Her breath washed over him, and in an instant Ye Yuan felt as if his entire aura were boiling.

He knew what this feeling was; it happened every time he went into heat……

Ye Yuan instinctively clenched his robes, warning himself inwardly, "No… I must not harm the wife master."

Su Mo looked at his ears, red enough to seem like they'd bleed, and teased, "You're wearing so much—aren't you hot? Take it off."

"No, I'm not hot!"

"Your face is this red and you're still being stubborn? Let me help you take it off."

Saying that, Su Mo moved to help him.

As soon as her hand touched his shoulder, Ye Yuan suddenly sprang to his feet.

With his back to her, he stood rigidly and stammered, "I—I'll go out for a bit, I'll be back soon!"

Having said that, he darted away like a gust of wind.

Su Mo was speechless.

【No way, I haven't even started flirting and he ran off??? Am I really that scary?!】

"Ding——"

Xiao Jiu suddenly appeared, saying, "Do you still need to flirt? If you don't flirt with him, he'll surrender…… All you have left is the talent to bully the Little Highness—why not pick on those few instead?"

"…Because Ye Yuan is just cuter, of course!"

Xiao Jiu snorted disdainfully, "Save those lies to fool yourself; if you flirt with those others, you won't get a wink of sleep all night. The Little Highness is different—his pure nature means he doesn't even know how to fight back… He really is just a pure little fish~"

Su Mo narrowed her eyes, "So he's more fun to play with~"

Xiao Jiu added, "Exactly, since you can't handle those others. With your mediocre skills, you can only find a sense of existence by picking on the Little Highness~"

"Hey! What do you mean?! Am I really that useless?!?"

"Who are you looking down on… This broken system really knows how to piss me off all day!"

Xiao Jiu wore a look of indifference, "Whether you're useless or not, you know it yourself—let me advise you: the Little Highness is easy to bully, but you can't keep doing it, or one day he might really fight back~"

Su Mo didn't buy it; Ye Yuan's nature is the most mild, so he wouldn't.

"Huh, why hasn't he come back after half a day? What's he doing?"

Xiao Jiu said casually, "Practicing his spear……"

"Ah?"

Su Mo took a moment to realize what that meant, and upon understanding, she couldn't help but blush.

She hadn't done anything just now……

Outside, the three eavesdroppers glanced at each other.

So the wife master likes the Ye Yuan who looks easy to bully?

……

What should we do to get the wife master to flirt with them?

After a while Su Mo remembered something and pulled from under her pillow the "Beast World Strategy" she had exchanged that afternoon from her space.

This book covers a wide range of topics, including governance, household management, personnel selection, and strategy.

Xiao Jiu was speechless, "Seriously? In a private world for two, you pull out this junk to do what? Discuss with him how to conquer the Beast World? Host, I really didn't see this coming—you're actually a career‑obsessed person?!"

At the end he grew inexplicably excited, "I'm really looking forward to becoming, together with you, the strongest system in the Beast World!!!"

Su Mo gave him a white‑eye look, "This is for Ye Yuan; do I look like someone who wants to conquer the Beast World? Thanks a lot, for thinking highly of me……"

Xiao Jiu calmed down after a few seconds and said sadly, "…I guess I can't have high hopes for you after all…"

"But what are you giving him this for?"

"The East Sea's vast waves cannot tolerate an indecisive ruler. If he can calmly finish reading this book, he will surely grow."

Xiao Jiu: "But if you stay by his side, there won't be any mistakes either, since he always listens to you."

Su Mo shook her head, "No one stays by another's side forever; I want him to grow, not be like seaweed clinging to others, but a pearl that can independently light the abyss."

Even if one day we go our separate ways, I hope he will remember this moment and not regret loving the wrong person. And I have never failed his sincere feelings.

Xiao Jiu fell silent for a moment, he understood Su Mo's meaning.

She hopes Ye Yuan can stand on his own; passion will fade but ability will not. It's better to teach how to fish than to give a fish.

Outside the window, Yue Ying's hand holding the fan tightened, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He just knew his judgment would not be wrong.

In Mo Xiao's and Fei Yan's eyes, a hint of tenderness involuntarily flashed.

After a while, Ye Yuan's footsteps were heard outside; the three quickly darted into their own rooms.

Ye Yuan knocked and entered the room; Su Mo was leaning by the bed, flipping through a book.

Seeing him approach, she gave him a slight smile: "Come over, sit down."

Ye Yuan sat beside her with a slightly flushed face.

Su Mo handed him the book "Beast World Strategies": "Want to look at it together?"

Ye Yuan took the book and held it for her; at first, the faint fragrance emanating from her body disturbed him so much he could not focus.

But Su Mo occasionally pointed to a few lines on the page, reading them aloud to him, and would discuss the book's viewpoints with him.

Gradually, his inner agitation calmed down, and he began to focus.

Afterward, not knowing how long they had been reading, he faintly heard her say: "Ye Yuan, this book is my gift to you."

When Ye Yuan finished looking at that page, he only then realized that the person leaning against his side had fallen asleep at some point.

He turned his head to glance; Su Mo's serene brows and eyes appeared unusually peaceful under the yellow candlelight.

Her features were quite ordinary, yet every part of them had grown into his heart.

Ye Yuan knew his nature was somewhat simple, but he was not stupid.

He knew the Wife Master's intention in giving him this book.

Although she didn't say it, he understood everything.

Because he understood, he felt all the more fortunate to have met her.

He helped her onto the bed, gently covered her with a fur blanket, and then placed a tender, lingering kiss on her forehead.

The next morning, Su Mo was awakened by footsteps outside.

When she got up, washed up, and came out, Fei Yan and the others were already waiting outside.

After accompanying the Princess couple and the Ye Yuan siblings for breakfast, they took the prepared gifts and set off.

Before parting, Ye Ling watched Su Mo cry, dropping small pearls all over the ground.

In contrast, Ye Yuan was much calmer today.

Looking at Su Mo's eyes, besides a hint of reluctance, there was more anticipation for the future.

They will meet again.

After saying goodbye, Mo Xiao took Su Mo and swam toward the gate of the underground palace exit.

Fei Yan and Yue Ying followed closely behind.

Su Mo and Mo Xiao arrived home first; the house, which had been in disarray when they left, now looked somewhat tidy after Cang Lan cleaned it up.

I don't know where Cang Lan found it, but the simple hand-drawn house layout she had made earlier has now been made to look proper on the first floor.

Upon hearing Su Mo had returned, Cang Lan dropped what she was holding and ran over excitedly, her eyes flashing with unusual joy, like a little dog waiting to be praised.

Before Su Mo could speak, a rustling of footsteps came from outside.

She instinctively turned her head to look.