Chapter 234 - Moving On? (1/2)
Bai Lei looks to the cave and asks ”Do I need to destroy the whole thing?” I lift my head and look to the cave opening and say ”Xia is in there... she showed up and attacked Eli.” Bai Lei doesn't look like he cares either way so I quickly say ”I will come back later and destroy everything. Let's just go home.”
It looks like he wants to argue or even ask what happened but he keeps silent and nods his head. Zhen and the others walk over with black blood covering them from head to toe. Mogui, Hundun, and Ai all have a look of excitement while Zhen looks disgusted.
Bai Lei uses his magic to clean Zhen. Zhen gives him a grateful look while saying ”I think it's safe to say we'll all sleep well tonight. Thanks again for your help.” Hundun smiles and smacks Zhen on the back while saying ”Nova is a friend of ours and like family. We'll always come to help if she needs it.”
A friend and like family? I roll my eyes but I can't help the grin as I say ”Let's go home.” We say goodbye to the Demon brothers and go back to the Night Palace with Zhen and Ai. The others all wait in the garden with looks of worry but when they see all of us return, they all let out a sigh of relief and smile from ear to ear.
My mother nearly knocks me over as she hugs me with all her strength. Lady Xue walks over calmly before giving Bai Lei a large hug with a low chuckle. ”Welcome back kids.” She says with a large smile. My mother pulls back and starts checking me all over before asking ”Are you hurt? Is this your blood?”
I cringe a little as I say ”No, it's not mine. I'm okay I promise.” Little Bun sniffs at me from my mother's shoulder with a concerned look so I send him a reassuring smile. After saying our initial hellos, I quickly take off to take a quick but much-needed bath. I feel like soap and water are the only things that can truly clean me.
When I come back to the garden, everyone's laughing and talking. I take a moment to take them all in before walking over to them. Bai Lei pulls me onto his ŀȧp and wraps his arm around my waist as he asks ”Are you hungry?”
While I was taking my bath, my thoughts kept going back to Eli's death and even though I've scrubbed myself until I was nearly raw... I can't get the images or the smell of death to go away. I give him a warm smile and shake my head saying ”I'm just tired.”
When I turn back to the others, I notice that Guozhi was still down. I frown and ask ”Guozhi, what's wrong?” He quickly looks up and gives me a strained smile before shaking his head and saying ”Nothing, I guess I'm tired too.”
I frown at him in concern but I don't say anything else. Bai Lei tightens his arms around me and says ”Let's go to bed then. It's getting late.” My mother quickly jumps on board and says ”Yes! You need to make sure to gets lots of rest after using a lot of power.”
I smile at her and don't bother correcting her. I didn't really use a whole lot of power... I glance at Guozhi again when I see Ai handing him a small bread roll. Guozhi looks up to the roll before looking up to Ai with confusion.