Chapter 98 Let's go find mom together, okay?

"It's all you, it's all because of you! You broke mom's tail feathers!..."

"Mom, you broke mom's tail feathers... Woo woo woo, mom, I want to see mom..."

Shang You bumped into things and was pressed on the forehead by that hand again, followed by a cold and ruthless voice falling from the top of his head.

"You won't have the chance to see her again."

Shang You's lips trembled when he heard that. The whole cub completely collapsed. He didn't want to be held by this bad guy who hurt his mother. He struggled desperately, "Let go, let me go..."

After a moment of silence, Ying Shixue let go of the cub with swollen eyes.

Shang You's little hands were locked, and he could only use the little dragon claws at both ends of his tail to crawl to the back corner of the cold pond. He stopped crawling after making sure he was away from the bad guy.

Shang You huddled against a corner of ice, her dragon tail curled up. Unable to do anything, unable to accept the thought of never seeing her mother again, she buried her face in her tail, crying out for her mother non-stop, sobbing and crying.

Meanwhile, Ying Shixue stood calmly on the shore, her expression unmoved by the cub's cries.

When the cub's cries faded, as if it had lost the strength to cry, Ying Shixue calmly approached, leaning down slightly and lifting the now-fainted cub from beneath the ice.

Perhaps due to not having fully transformed into a dragon and having just experienced a seizure, Shang You's fever was once again noticeable, and it continued to rise.

In a daze, Shang You seemed to sense a familiar cold aura approaching, and she fiercely spread her paws to repel it, sobbing, "Never mind..."

But after only a few sobs, Shang You let her dragon tail droop again, her paws curling limply back down.

Ying Shixue leaned against the edge of the deep pool, one side of her dragon's tail completely out of the water. She placed the young dragon, now curled up in a small ball, feverish, on her tail to cool it down.

Ying Shixue's expression was cold and oppressive, a chill lingering around the pool, invisible and colorless, and equally devoid of sadness or joy.

This was the scene Elder Changyi encountered when he arrived with the latest information on the exact location of Mount Penglai in the southern seas .

The young dragon lay sprawled on a corner of the king's dragon scales, sobbing and slumbering.

Although the king said nothing, Elder Changyi noticed something unusual.

The scales near the end of the dragon's tail were slightly curled up from the abnormal heat.

However, the king's cold breath quickly subsided, and the scales gradually returned to normal.

The elder Changyi then continued his report, "Since the king's departure, the South China Sea was the first to lose its protection. The sea spirits were driven to the cape and forbidden to approach the center of the South China Sea, where spiritual energy is most abundant."

"I have located the expelled sea spirits and investigated. In recent years, the one stationed in the South China Sea is Chen Jichuan, a descendant of Feng Bo and Yu Shi. I suspect the spiritual weapon that suppresses Mount Penglai may now be in his possession..."

Throughout the elder Changyi's whispered report, Ying Shixue remained motionless, her deep, cold eyes cast down as she gazed silently at the cub perched on the slender dragon's tail.

Only after the cub's temperature had fully returned to normal did Ying Shixue have it brought back to the New Palace. Before leaving the icy abyss, she issued a single instruction:

"Watch over the child."

...

According to Ying Shixue's order, the guards originally stationed at the New Palace were replaced by two relatively gentle and amiable water cranes, transformed into human forms.

When Shang You regained consciousness, she had been transported back to the crystal palace.

She climbed up from the bed and looked up to see He Zhimo standing by the bed, staring at her in a daze. Shang You ignored him and without thinking, she raised her little hand to hit her dragon's tail hard. But before she could touch the dragon's tail, He Zhimo's hand reached out and hit the back of his hand unexpectedly.

He Zhimo groaned in pain, but still held Shang You's little tail tightly to prevent her from hurting herself.

Shang You's eyes were still red and swollen. The little hand that had just hit He Zhimo trembled and curled up instantly. She pressed her lips in grievance and cried at him, "What are you doing! Who asked you to put your hand over here!"

He Zhimo let her be angry with him, holding her little tail tightly and said, "Youyou, don't be like this. They, they said that if dad finds out and Youyou hurts her tail again, he will lock Youyou's hands. Youyou--"

Shang You stared at him with red eyes, but tears fell down and fell on the back of He Zhimo's little hand. He Zhimo endured the pain and raised a little hand to wipe her tears, "Youyou, don't cry..."

Shang You was stunned. She pushed his little hand away and was about to climb out of bed, but He Zhimo stretched out his little hand again to stop her.

"Youyou, this is useless."

He Zhimo looked at her with his little face downcast. "After you ran away, I asked Uncle Doctor Feng carefully about it. It's impossible for us to leave here if we run around like this."

Shang You also lowered her head, but couldn't help but secretly glanced at the back of He Zhimo's hand that had just been hit red by her.

He Zhimo continued, "Just now, Sister Shuihe brought you back and said that you went to find..." Before he could finish the word "Dad", He Zhimo remembered what Shang You had said before. He was silent for a long time, and had to swallow his words back and said again, "You went to find him, but it was still useless, right?"

Shang You pursed her lips, clenched her little hands tightly, pinched the flesh of her palms, and could only repeat in a hoarse voice, "I hate him."

The scene described by Shang You of her father hurting her mother flashed through He Zhimo's mind again. Her black eyes looked at her, and she said with the same sullen face, "I will never forgive him either."

Hearing He Zhimo say this, Shang You's gaze at him finally froze a little, and she finally couldn't help but apologize with tears in her eyes, "Brother, I'm sorry..."

But He Zhimo shook his head, lowered his little hand to coax her, "It's okay, brother doesn't feel any pain."

Shang You bit her lip, lay back on the bed in silence, and covered the annoying dragon's tail with a blanket.

Although she had stopped crying, Shang You still felt a huge grief coming over her whenever she thought about what that bad guy said and the possibility that she would never see her mother again. Her shoulders began to tremble slightly again.

At this time, He Zhimo grabbed her restless little hand.

"Youyou, brother will find a way to find an exit from here. Then, we can go find mom together, okay?"

Shang You raised her eyelashes that were wet with tears. "Really?"

He Zhimo promised her.

"Brother will definitely take you away from here."