The moment that she finished picking up the butterfly bush spirit flowers, she was about to bid farewell to him when her face turned into confusion.
"What are you doing?" She asked without knowing what he is doing right now.
"I'm moving my belongings to follow you." Shui Yin took out a lot of things from his space. He took out a wooden bucket, pouring the water from the lake into the bucket as he slowly put the spirit water vine inside.
"What are you doing with the spirit water vine?" Her eyelids twitched.
"I cannot leave my friend here alone. Who knew? When will we come to visit here later? It will be lonely without me." He explained it to her with attentiveness.
By the way, there was no web around his fingers. Was it because he transformed into human form and was not half fish, half human?
"My master, you better pick up these spirit flowers and plants. Leaving these here alone will be a waste." Shui Yin was the one who created this paradise forest; he has the right to do anything that he wants.
"Are you the one who created this forest?" She asked a question that she had wondered about for a long time.
"I can't say that I was the one who created everything here. I only threw the earth stone inside the soil here, and I was bored, so I planted a variety of the spirit fruits here." He seemed to have trouble walking because he rarely transformed into this human form.
He preferred to live under the lake to avoid humans.
Xiu Wanxue pondered. She has more doubts. Such as,
Is Shui Yin just here recently, or has he always been here?
If so, why didn't she notice his existence in her previous life? She has always come here, almost 3 to 4 days a week, for several years, and she has never seen him.
No one could really respond to her doubt.
"My master, please address me as Yin. We're not strangers. I'm your contacted beast now." Shui Yin smiled.
"You are not my contracted beast. You're not my slave." She uttered her words seriously.
Shui Yin looked at her serious face with confusion.
"If you don't betray me, I promise that you will be my precious partner as long as I still breathe." She looked at him to show that she wasn't teasing him.
Shui Yin's heart trembled. Precious partner?
"I have no one. If one day you are going to leave me, please don't come into my life. I can pretend not to see you, and for this soul contract, I will absolutely find a way to terminate it to set you free." She seemed to be so exhausted when she finished speaking.
"I would be very glad if you could become my family and my precious partner. But if you're going to leave, please leave now." She smiled faintly before she turned her back to him to hide her fragility. She stroked her fragile ruby eyes.
When did she become so weak? Didn't she already let go? Is she afraid of being left alone one day?
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering. But she always tells herself that, one day, everything will be better. It's all over.
Her smile made him panic. When she turned her back to him, he felt that his heart had missed a beat.
Her back was so lonely that he felt like she would disappear at any moment.
Panic? Shui Yin was stunned by his thought. Is he panicking that she will chase him away? Is he afraid that she will walk away and never look back at him? Is he afraid that she will suddenly disappear?
"My master, could I call your name?" Shui Yin approached her slowly, afraid that she would push him away.
"Name is just a title." She nodded as she looked at the clear sky through the leaves of the trees in the small forest.
Be strong, Xuexue!!! She rubbed her face fiercely. Be strong! She wasn't this kind of weak person! No matter how painful it is, she will never let those weak emotions control her sanity.
"Xuexue, I will never betray or leave you." He put his slender hands on her shoulders.
Xiu Wanxue's expression was plain. She can't be soft-hearted. She has heard of the method of terminating the soul contract.
Even if she had made the soul contract with him, she knew that one day this soul contract would terminate because, from the start, she could see that Shui Yin was the type of person who didn't like to chain his life and freedom to someone, and she would never ever force someone to be with her.
"I swear by the rule of the heavens and earth that if one day I betray Xiu Wanxue or have the heart to hurt her, I will allow the heavens to push my soul into the abyss of suffering, facing the endless suffering until my soul is gone for eternity from this world." Shui Yin hugged her from behind. He lowered his head and uttered oaths one by one as he put his lips on her right ear.
When he finished swearing, the rules of heaven and earth descended from the sky. The golden and silver light penetrated his forehead.
From now on, his vow was recognized and heard by heaven and earth. As long as he breaks his vow, he will bear all these consequences.
Is Xuexue always fragile but pretends to be strong? She was like a helpless girl who was abandoned by the world. What has she been through?
"Yin!" Xiu Wanxue's pupils shrank. She was panicking and wanted to stop him, but he refused to let her do this. How could her strength beat his?
"Xuexue, my master, can my vow touch your heart? Can I be with you now?" Shui Yin rubbed his lips on her side cheek softly.
"Yin, you shouldn't swear. I just don't want you to tie your life to mine. My life is messy, and I'm trying to find a way to break the chain that binds me right now. I might die anytime." She sighed, and her eyes turned red.
"My master, do you think that I was afraid of death?"I'm not a weak person." He put his chin on her head and comforted her.
He sometimes called her 'Xuexue', and sometimes he liked to call her 'my master'.
Xiu Wanxue didn't speak but slowly smiled.
Yin, I will protect you with every beat of my heart. I'll shield you from all the darkness in the world, keeping you safe and secure. So even if my life is in danger now and in the future, I'll make sure that you are safe and sound.