Actually, he could have recovered a long time ago.
—If Qin Moyu hadn't given him the wrong medicine last time.
Logically speaking, he shouldn't have stayed to recover from his injuries; it would have been best if he had left quietly the day after waking up.
Not to mention having such contact with Qin Moyu, or even exposing her vulnerable back to him without any defenses.
but.
Shen Yebai watched Qin Moyu, who was rambling on about how wonderful the bow was, and then looked down at the bow on his own waist and couldn't help but laugh.
—It seems he really doesn't want to leave.
Chapter Sixty-One: I think I've fallen in love with you too...
The days I spent recovering from my injury were as peaceful as a beautiful dream.
Shen Yebai felt that Qin Moyu was a very magical person. After being around him for a long time, even someone as boring as himself seemed to become more vibrant.
Qin Moyu always has some strange and unusual ideas, like a bag of pastries with different flavors. You can never imagine what new and exciting experience he will bring you next.
He would take Shen Yebai to the back mountain to catch fish. They would hold their breath and stare intently for a long time, but after all that effort, they didn't catch any fish and ended up falling into the river themselves. The fishing net they threw out eventually caught them.
Shen Yebai watched from the shore as Qin Moyu struggled desperately in the fishing net, her despair growing with each struggle. He laughed until tears streamed down his face. Qin Moyu, enraged, tackled him to the ground, and the two of them ended up tightly bound together in the net. Shen Yebai had to cut the net to free them.
It was Qin Moyu who suggested catching fish, and it was Qin Moyu who failed to catch fish, but in the end, it was Shen Yebai who had to tell stories for a week to coax the furious Qin Moyu.
Shen Yebai found Qin Moyu's occasional temper tantrums both helpless and amusing, yet he accepted them with amusement.
Days passed by like this, until one day Qin Moyu suddenly approached Shen Yebai mysteriously and said with a hint of excitement, "Yebai! Can you do me a favor?"
Qin Moyu's hot breath hit Shen Yebai's earlobe, making Shen Yebai's heart skip a beat.
"Go ahead," Shen Yebai forced himself to calm down, not daring to look at Qin Moyu.
Qin Moyu was completely oblivious to his unease and was still enthusiastically recounting her "grand plan."
It turns out that the old Taoist priest made a kind of pastry for Qin Moyu yesterday, which Qin Moyu loved. She ate it while reading, but accidentally ate too much and felt very uncomfortable.
The old Taoist priest scolded him severely, saying that he was a grown man and had no sense of propriety, and then ruthlessly took away the pastries, refusing to let him eat them.
Some things, you know, I just like them when you give them to me, but if you don't give them to me, I want to eat them even more.
Thinking of yesterday's pastries, Qin Moyu smacked his lips and then urged Shen Yebai to go steal some pastries with him.
"Don't worry, I'll share half with you if I steal it." Qin Moyu patted his chest generously.
Shen Yebai wasn't interested in pastries, but since Qin Moyu was so happy, he couldn't spoil her mood, so he agreed without hesitation.
Qin Moyu successfully recruited someone to join her group, cheered, and excitedly hugged Shen Yebai.
"I love you to death, Ye Bai!"
Qin Moyu blurted out, completely unaware of the immense impact her hug had on Shen Yebai.
The moment Qin Moyu hugged him, Shen Yebai almost forgot to breathe.
Something's not right.
Something's not right.
Shen Yebai's rationality told him that he was caught in an unprecedented emotional upheaval, but his mind was a complete mess, with only Qin Moyu's embrace remaining in his thoughts.
He stood there stiffly, like a puppet with its strings cut, without reacting at all until Qin Moyu released him.
"Ye Bai?" Qin Moyu waved her hand in front of him, puzzled.
Shen Yebai suddenly snapped out of his daze, but his rationality seemed to have vanished: "Huh? W-what's wrong?"
"I said, can you distract Master for a bit, and then I'll sneak around and steal the pastries?"
Qin Moyu patiently repeated it again.
"Mmm." Shen Yebai's mind was in complete turmoil, and he answered absentmindedly.
Qin Moyu glanced at him suspiciously, but said nothing.
The plan was going smoothly. As soon as Shen Yebai stepped outside the fence gate, the old Taoist priest saw him and shooed him away with a sour face. He also walked up to Shen Yebai and warned him to stay away from Qin Moyu.
Shen Yebai remained noncommittal to the old Taoist's threat. He saw Qin Moyu make a gesture towards him from afar, say a few words, and then turn and leave.
"I will not leave Moyu."
This remark nearly made the old Taoist priest die of anger.
Qin Moyu was very happy to have stolen the pastries. In order not to be discovered by his master, he even went to Shen Yebai's room to eat them.
Although the old Taoist priest couldn't resist Qin Moyu's tantrums and let Shen Yebai stay, he arranged for Shen Yebai to stay in the back mountain in order to avoid seeing him and getting annoyed.
"Master's pastries are so delicious!" Qin Moyu took a bite of a pastry with a satisfied look and said happily, "I must find a Daoist partner who can cook in the future, hehehe."
"Really?" Shen Yebai's heart stirred, and he suddenly had the idea of learning to cook.
"Yeah, being able to cook is so amazing! Look at me, I've been learning for so long and I still can't learn. Humph, it's all because Master is stingy. If he had given me more practice, I definitely wouldn't be in this situation where I can't cook anything." Qin Moyu pouted.
If the old Taoist priest heard this, he would definitely be so angry that he would beat Qin Moyu up.