NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 115 - It’s you
Listening to Liu Meng’s words, seeing the unwavering determination in her eyes, and feeling the hand that had firmly grasped YouYu’s, pulling him to his feet—
WuYue’s lips parted slightly, her expression momentarily frozen.
She lowered her head, her gaze landing on Liu Meng’s hand, the one tightly holding onto YouYu. After a brief silence, she looked up again. Liu Meng remained standing before her, blocking her path.
And in those eyes of hers… the emotions had only grown more resolute.
“……”
There was no mistake.
Recalling her past self, WuYue stared at Liu Meng and reached a conclusion—
She, too, had the desire to “protect” YouYu.
However…
On what grounds?
What gave her the right to sever her bond with YouYu, using such feeble excuses—reasons so insignificant they could hardly be called reasons at all?
She had finally found YouYu again, finally seen him once more, even if under these circumstances…
But regardless of how it happened—
YouYu had always been by her side.
She could not—would not—allow him to slip away from her again.
Especially not because of a woman like this…
With that thought, WuYue seemed to completely disregard what Bai Yu had previously warned her about. Instead, she suppressed the fury brewing within her, her expression and tone returning to their earlier facade of calm. Looking up at Liu Meng, who was half a head taller than her, she spoke:
“…You have the audacity to accuse me of being consumed by desire? To question why I said what I said? Have you ever stopped to consider the reason?”
“What reason? If you have something to say, just say it!”
Liu Meng shot back without hesitation.
“Reason?”
“You should already know the answer yourself.”
As she spoke, WuYue slowly raised a hand and pointed at Liu Meng’s lips.
“Right here… in this place—where I used to share meals with YouYu…”
“You—kissed him.”
“…What nonsense are you spouting?”
Hearing WuYue’s words, Liu Meng was momentarily stunned. Then, as if recalling something, she glanced back at YouYu behind her.
“……”
After a brief silence, she turned back, her voice softening slightly.
“…WuYue, you must have misunderstood. I… didn’t do anything like that with YouYu.”
“Just now, my hair had come loose, and YouYu was simply tying it back for me.”
“You must have arrived just as he finished, and from your angle, you misinterpreted what you saw.”
“……”
“Is that true, YouYu?”
Instead of immediately accepting Liu Meng’s explanation, WuYue paused briefly before directing her question to the boy behind her.
Liu Meng shifted slightly, allowing WuYue a clear view of YouYu.
“…It’s true.”
“Is that so…”
Seeing YouYu nod repeatedly, his wariness evident, WuYue studied him for a moment before shifting her gaze away.
Her eyes returned to Liu Meng.
With a calmer heart but the same indifferent expression, she asked:
“Why did you bring YouYu here, blonde?”
“…I have a name. It’s Liu Meng.”
Liu Meng frowned.
“Liu Meng…? Fine. Then let me ask you again—why did you bring YouYu here?”
“Why didn’t you bring him to us? Why didn’t you let him see me? Why did you wait until now—if I hadn’t stumbled upon you two by chance, I might have never seen YouYu again.”
“So, tell me.”
“What exactly is your reason for keeping him away from us?”
Liu Meng fell silent for a moment before replying:
“To prevent any accidents.”
“When I first met him, YouYu had already lost his memories. And at that time… he was in a half-human, half-Negative Beast state.”
“After bringing him back, I did some investigating into what might have happened before his transformation. And I found that it involved you and Bai Yu.”
“So… I was afraid that if he came into contact with you two, his suppressed memories might resurface, triggering an outburst of negative emotions.”
“That’s why I didn’t intend to bring him to you. Instead, I chose to keep him by my side, monitoring him to prevent any unforeseen incidents.”
“…I see.”
Hearing her explanation, WuYue gave a small nod, acknowledging her reasoning.
However…
“But do you realize something, Liu Meng?”
“It’s been over a month now, hasn’t it?”
“You say you needed to observe YouYu—I can understand that. But after all this time, have you still not reached a conclusion?”
“If you had, then by now, you should have brought him back to us, shouldn’t you? And if you haven’t—if he’s still dangerous—”
“Then why did you bring him to this restaurant?”
“And why—here of all places?”
With each successive “question,” Liu Meng’s brows furrowed deeper. She opened her mouth to respond:
“That’s because I wanted to help YouYu recover his memories, so I—”
“Recover his memories? Is that really the reason?”
But before she could finish, WuYue cut her off.
“Because from the way you look… it doesn’t seem that way at all.”
“You may not have noticed it yourself, Liu Meng, but I did.”
“When I arrived—just at the moment YouYu finished tying your hair—besides the so-called ‘misunderstanding,’ there was one undeniable fact.”
“When you turned your head, before you even realized who I was—your expression…”
“You were smiling.”
“If you had really come here solely to help YouYu regain his memories—”
“Then how could you smile like that?”
“So—”
WuYue took a step forward, closing the distance between them, and locked eyes with her.
“You didn’t come here to help YouYu—you came here to ‘monopolize’ him, to seek ‘happiness’ from him, didn’t you?”
“?! That’s—how could I…”
Flustered, Liu Meng tried to explain, but WuYue cut her off again:
“Your smile won’t fool me, Liu Meng.”
“Because in the past, when I was with YouYu—”
“I smiled the same way.”
“How could I not recognize what that smile meant?”
“……”
Hearing WuYue’s words, Liu Meng’s once-firm stance seemed to crumble in an instant.
At the same time… she remembered what she had suggested to YouYu earlier—about playing the role of WuYue herself.
For a moment, she fell into silence.
“……”
Watching her subtle change in expression, WuYue delivered her final words:
“You knew, deep down, that this was wrong.”
“But you did it anyway.”
“If anyone here has eyes filled with desire—”
“It’s you, isn’t it?”