Xiao Lin's thoughts seemed to drift back to that desolate wedding. He said, "If it weren't for my own willingness, how could you have tricked me into drinking that drugged wine?"
Yu Tang's eyes widened as he looked up at Xiao Lin: "Your Majesty, you..."
“You want me to live and create a prosperous era.” Xiao Lin interrupted him, saying, “Then I will live and fulfill our shared wish.”
"After the great cause is accomplished, I will go to the underworld to accompany you."
Yu Tang was so moved by his words that she choked up.
To be honest, he always felt guilty about deceiving Xiao Lin.
Now that Xiao Lin had explained it this way, he was finally able to vent, and tears streamed down his cheeks.
Xiao Lin felt extremely sorry for him.
He comforted Yu Tang for a while, then gently wiped away the little boy's tears with his fingers. Watching Yu Tang's cheeks being slightly deformed by his fingers, and seeing him still sniffling, he was simply adorable.
A sly glint appeared in Xiao Lin's eyes as he pinched the red rope around Yu Tang's waist with two fingers and said to him.
"General, if we don't bathe soon, the pool water will get cold."
"So now, may I help you undress?"
Chapter 11
The villain is resurrected for the fourth time (11)
Yu Tang looked up at Xiao Lin and found that the other's eyes were filled with excitement, as if they were filled with stars.
He looked down at his short, stocky frame, wondering what could possibly excite the other person about him.
"I only have this one piece of clothing, Your Majesty doesn't need to help me." He nudged Xiao Lin's fingers: "I can do it myself."
Xiao Lin raised an eyebrow, sat down by the pool, loosened his grip on the red rope, and looked at him with a smile: "Alright, then General, you can do it yourself."
Yu Tang sat in his palm and untied the red rope himself, causing the white robe with gold patterns to fall down.
This jade pendant once saved Yu Tang from a knife wound, and the resulting crack was then wrapped with gold thread.
Therefore, after Yu Tang transformed into human form, golden patterns appeared on his white robe.
He truly inherited the image of the jade pendant completely.
The previous wheat-colored skin was gone, and the little figure was now completely white, exposed in front of Xiao Lin.
Xiao Lin narrowed his eyes and said in realization, "Oh, so the general really wasn't wearing any underpants. You usually only wear this one garment to cover your body. Don't you feel that your lower body is too exposed?"
"And it's really small." Xiao Lin looked down, her red lips parted slightly, and uttered a heart-wrenching remark: "I wonder if drinking my blood will restore it to its normal size. Otherwise, if I were a general, I'd probably cry."
Yu Tang knew what he was referring to, and his face immediately turned bright red.
When they realized what had happened, they were still gritting their teeth.
He was about to argue when he saw Xiao Lin looking thoughtful.
Then a finger was placed on his chest, and with a gentle push, he was knocked down into the palm of the hand.
"It seems I need to learn some needlework skills so I can make you some clothes."
"Otherwise, it would be too pitiful if they didn't even have underwear."
Yu Tang pushed his fingers away: "Your Majesty! I don't need new clothes! And why did you push me for no reason?! Let me up!"
"Because I wanted to verify something." Xiao Lin stepped into the pool, comfortably squinted his eyes, and then splashed some hot water on Yu Tang's body. While the other was confused, he gently rubbed his rough fingertips together.
Yu Tang's eyes instantly turned red. He curled up like a cooked shrimp, pushing Xiao Lin with both hands and feet.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
He thinks Xiao Lin is a complete freak right now!
That's absolutely outrageous!
Seeing that Yu Tang was about to cry from shame, Xiao Lin finally let go of her.
Suppressing his malice, he explained, "General, don't be angry, I was just joking."
It was ruthlessly destroyed.
Feeling that this wasn't enough, Yu Tang grabbed his hand back, bit down on it, and began to suck blood like a vampire.
The wound on my fingertip felt numb.
Xiao Lin laughed as he watched. He pulled a dagger from his robe and slashed his wrist without even flinching. He then handed it to Yu Tang, saying, "General, bleeding from your finger is too slow. Drinking from here will be faster."
Yu Tang was still furious and bit Xiao Lin's finger fiercely.
But now, seeing Xiao Lin cut his wrist without hesitation, he panicked again.
Whether it was the other party rushing to the northern border despite their own health, or now they're just bleeding people out like this.
This is all too chaotic.
"Your Majesty, can you please stop hurting yourself so easily? Cutting your wrist is too dangerous!" Yu Tang crawled over and tenderly gathered Xiao Lin's blood together with both hands. He then used his divine power to make the wound shrink into a thin line before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Xiao Lin leaned over the edge of the pool and asked him, "Does the fact that the general is willing to talk to me mean that he has forgiven what I did just now?"
Yu Tang then realized he had fallen for a ruse, and his cheeks puffed out.
He gave Xiao Lin another hard blow.
But the force was no different from tickling.
At this point, he had become even larger than Xiao Lin's palm.
He glared at Xiao Lin, stood up, and plunged into the water, startling Xiao Lin.
"General?!"
Just as she exclaimed in surprise, a small head popped out of the water. Yu Tang paddled his feet and swam to the edge of the pool. He put one hand on the wall and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be alarmed. I'm fine."
“I’m serious.” His expression was unusually serious: “I’m not in a hurry to get bigger, so don’t get into those thoughts of bleeding yourself out. You should learn to take better care of your body.”
After all, we'll be spending a long time together in the future, and you have a lot to do. How can you manage without good health?
Seeing his serious expression, Xiao Lin finally understood what was causing Yu Tang's anger.
My heart is warmed.
"General, you are right." He said with a smile, feigning agreement. "However, I've noticed that you're becoming more and more aware of your role as my wife when you're giving me these lectures."
"So, do you want to marry me as your empress? Or..." Xiao Lin narrowed his eyes and uttered to Yu Tang the thought in his heart that, if heard by the court officials, they would probably collectively write a petition in blood to stop him.
"Not as empress, but to ascend the throne with me and become emperors hand in hand?"
"From now on, we will be equals, creating a unique legend in history."
Yu Tang was stunned.
I never expected Xiao Lin to suddenly say something like that.
“Your Majesty, please don’t joke.” He replied, “I am now just a jade spirit, and the Xiao Kingdom does not believe in ghosts and gods.”
If they saw me like this, it wouldn't be unreasonable for the ministers and people to demand that I, this evil spirit, be burned at the stake. How could they possibly acknowledge the so-called dual kings?
"Besides, you are the ruler and I am the subject. My job is simply to assist Your Majesty from below."
"You don't believe in ghosts and gods?" Xiao Lin was not persuaded by Yu Tang's words. Instead, he seemed to have grasped a point and his smile widened.
He said to Yu Tang, "Then let them believe it."
"I am confident that everyone will accept your existence."
Yu Tang looked at him helplessly.
But he also understood that Wei Yuan was the kind of person who would see things through to the end once he set his mind on something, especially when it came to matters concerning him.
This personality trait was completely inherited by the fragments of souls from these worlds.
It would be a miracle if he could stop them.
He sighed, stopped arguing, and went back to swimming in the pool.
Looking at his appearance, Xiao Lin couldn't help but laugh: "General Yu, you really look like a fish now."
Yu Tang replied, "Then I am the fish, and Your Majesty is the water. I cannot survive without Your Majesty."
Xiao Lin's breath hitched.
It's amazing how well his foolish general can now spout sweet nothings.
"Without fish, the water will lose its vitality." He leaned against the pond wall, his gaze towards Yutang softening, completely devoid of the imposing aura he had displayed in the Mingzheng Hall.
He recalled the more than ten years of suffering he endured after losing Yutang in his previous life, and sighed softly: "Without the general, I am like a stagnant pool, where I can only be accompanied by loneliness day and night. Even if I dry up, the guilt and despair of the fish will not disappear."
Although Xiao Lin was smiling when he said this, Yu Tang still felt uncomfortable.
He quickly swam over, stepped on Xiao Lin's fingers, and pulled on the wet bathrobe that was clinging to his body to climb onto his shoulder.
She kissed the man's cheek and stroked his hair.
Xiao Lin was successfully comforted by him and was about to say something when Yu Tang suddenly slipped, cried out, and fell off his shoulder!
"General!"
Xiao Lin tried to catch him, but the effect of the blood probably wore off, and Yu Tang suddenly shrank, brushing past his fingers and falling directly into the pool!
Yu Tang immediately used his divine power to gain the ability to breathe underwater and opened his eyes.
Unexpectedly, as he fell, he landed right at Xiao Lin's feet!
Looking up, you see Xiao Lin's twin brother!
Damn! It's even bigger than both of his current ones!
Chapter 12
The villain was resurrected for the fourth time (12)
Yu Tang's expression cracked.
Then the entire little figure turned completely red from head to toe.
Finally, with a "poof," it transformed back into the shape of a jade pendant.