Chapter 1911 (1/2)
To continue investing oneself in something despite being unable to find any reason to support it was to delude oneself… and to hurt everyone else around you.
So Yun Che exhaled deeply before saying, “You are right, Meiyin. I’ve been thinking about that on my way over, and even now I can’t not find a single reason to explain it. It is as you say. My subconscious already knew that I was just deluding myself, but I just can’t…”
“It’s okay. It really is okay,” Shui Meiyin consoled him smilingly. “Who knows, maybe this experience will actually help you overcome your trauma faster?”
“Yeah.” This time, it was Yun Che who nodded strongly. His gaze also looked a lot more stable than before.
“So… is Wuxin in the Snow Song Realm right now?” Shui Meiyin changed the subject tactfully. “Assuming that you just ran off without warning, she must be really worried right now.”
Yun Che thought for a second before answering, “She’ll be fine with Xuanyin watching over her. Anyway, I’m going to visit father-in-law right now.”
“Eh?” Shui Meiyin exclaimed in surprise.
Yun Che smiled. “It’s about time father-in-law gets his final treatment. I may as well make it so the trip is not a complete waste of time, right?”
“Okay!” Shui Meiyin beamed.
…………
Shui Qianheng sat on the floor with his eyes closed and his face flushed.
Sitting on the opposite side of him was Yun Che, circulating streams of light profound energy around his whole body and through his fingertip.
A long time ago, he had thought that the damage he suffered was completely irreversible. In reality, they were healing under the power of Yun Che’s Divine Miracle of Life right now.
After today’s treatment, even his powers would return to their prime in the very near future.
Although he had already passed down his title to Shui Yingyue, he was the commanding enforcer of the entire Eastern Divine Region right now.
It was way cooler than being the Glazed Light Realm King!
For the past two years, he couldn’t help but lament that sometimes, having one great son-in-law was way better than having many sons. At the very least, he definitely hadn’t pampered his daughter for nothing!
Four hours passed, and the final treatment was reaching its end. Visible traces of excitement started flashing across Shui Qianheng’s features as he felt the awakening power in his profound veins. His reaction was perfectly understandable.
Shui Meiyin had been guarding by her father and her husband’s side throughout the process, although she had spent most of that time watching Yun Che with a besotted expression on her face.
It was at this moment a loud woman’s voice rang from outside the door:
“Yinyin! Come out and follow mommy somewhere, will you!?”
There was only one person in the entire Glazed Light Realm who could act like this at the heart of the Glazed Light Realm. She was the concubine who would rather die than become the queen mother, and the birth mother of Shui Yingyue and Shui Meiyin:
Cheng Wanxiao!
“Ah!” Shui Meiyin rose to her feet in a hurry and tiptoed her way toward the exit because she didn’t want to disturb either Yun Che or her father. When she was outside the door, she finally whispered, “Where are we going, mom? Big Brother Yun Che is still inside.”
Cheng Wanxiao moved closer to her daughter’s ear before whispering sneakily, “Your older sister is about to come home. We gotta make room for her, understand?”
Not only did Shui Meiyin understand immediately, she even pulled her mother away in excitement and said, “Ooh, we gotta leave now before she sees us!”
“Slow down. We can go after I send her a message.”
The sound transmission was done in no time. The mother and daughter exchanged knowing smiles with each other before leaving shoulder-to-shoulder. They didn’t inform anyone about their departure.
Back in the room, Yun Che suddenly opened his eyes and withdrew the light profound energy.
“It’s done,” He declared with a confident smile. “Your profound veins are completely fine now, father-in-law. Your profound energy should return to normal in three months to half a year.”
No one knew about his profound veins better than Shui Qianheng himself, so of course he knew that Yun Che’s declaration was absolutely true. He pushed down the urge to whoop like crazy before booming out a laugh,”Hahahaha! With the Great Emperor of the God Realm as my son-in-law, it doesn’t really matter if my powers recover or not!”
Yun Che swept the area with his spiritual perception but couldn’t find Shui Meiyin nearby.
“By the way, weren’t you heading north with Little Wuxin? Why did you come back so suddenly?” Shui Qianheng asked.
He didn’t believe that Yun Che had come back specifically to treat him.
Yun Che replied, “To be honest with you, it’s because I’ve run into a couple of difficult conundrums.”
“Difficult conundrums?” Shui Qianheng looked puzzled. “What is left in this universe that can puzzle Emperor Yun so?”
“Now that I think about it, there is something that I would like to consult you about, father-in-law, about.” Yun Che’s tone and expression were so casual that it was almost as if the matter was of no importance whatsoever.
“Oh?” Shui Qianheng grew interested.
Without giving Shui Qianheng any explanation whatsoever, Yun Che asked directly, “Seven years ago, on the day the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor left the Primal Chaos, someone delivered an unconscious me to the Glazed Light Realm… did Meiyin watch over me the whole time I was out?”
“But of course.” Shui Qianheng nodded without any hesitation. “You were a ‘vile devil person’ who was being hunted by the entire Primal Chaos at the time. At first, she cried like the heavens had fallen when she saw that you were unconscious. After she recovered, she kept watch and didn’t take even a single step away from you.”
Shui Qianheng shook his head smilingly. “It’s not like I don’t understand her. Considering the circumstances at the time, nothing could’ve removed her from your side.”
“... not even a single step, huh?” Yun Che continued smiling. Looking at him, you would think that he was simply enjoying some small talk and indulging in the little, inconsequential secrets that he didn’t know at the time.
“Yep.” Right as Shui Qianheng was about to nod though, he suddenly paused for a second before breaking into an expression of remembrance. “Actually, I’ve misspoken. Now that I really thought about it, there was a time she vanished somewhere in the middle.”
Yun Che’s eyebrows twitched, but he retained his casual expression and asked, “She did? Where to, and for how long?”
Shui Qianheng tilted his head slightly before answering, “I don’t exactly remember because I was busy laying down the isolation barriers back then, but it couldn’t have been more than half a quarter of an hour though… when I asked her where she went, she ignored me like she hadn’t even heard my question. In fact, she probably hadn’t. You were the only thing in her head at the time.”
“I see.” Yun Che nodded.
“Why are you asking this suddenly?” Shui Qianheng asked. “Is this somehow related to that ‘difficult conundrum’ you speak of?”
“It is just a casual question. You don’t need to overthink it, father-in-law,” Yun Che replied smilingly.
It was at this moment that the door opened to admit a pair of long, beautiful legs wearing a pair of jade shoes that shimmered a gemlike blue and the Glazed Light Fairy Dress. The room suddenly lit up, and Shui Yingyue’s extraordinarily beautiful countenance entered their view.
“You’ve returned, Yingyue,” Shui Qianheng greeted her smilingly.
Shui Yingyue gave her father a nod before looking at Yun Che. “What was your business with me, Emperor Yun?”
Both Shui Qianheng and Yun Che were caught off guard by the question. What business?
However, Shui Qianheng figured out what was going on immediately and kept silent.
A strange gleam also appeared in Yun Che’s eyes after his surprise had passed.
He rose to his feet and shot Shui Yingyue a smile. “I have something that I would like to speak with you alone. If you don’t mind—”
ALONE?
Shui Qianheng shot to his feet before Yun Che could get another word out and shouted, “I suddenly recall that I’ve forgotten to feed the rocks behind the mountain so I need to leave now before it’s too late no need to say goodbye have a nice chat!”