Chapter 54: Explanation

Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Explanation

Bai Qianluo felt the changes in his eyes. His cool, detached gaze wavered as his pupils contracted violently. He felt this could all be an illusion. He couldn’t believe it.

He thought, "It must be a misconception, a hallucination, right? Am I so severely ill that I’m actually hallucinating?"

Qiao Suluo explained softly, "I’ve awakened some superpower that can heal your body’s injuries. Do you feel a little better?

"Is it working?"

This was Qiao Suluo’s first time using her Healing Ability, so she didn’t know how effective it was. She also had no concept of the medicinal efficacy she had absorbed, nor how much Healing Ability it had converted into or what the results would be. Furthermore, she was standing behind Bai Qianluo, transferring the healing power to him. Since she couldn’t see his expression, she could only ask.

Hearing Qiao Suluo’s voice, Bai Qianluo gradually snapped back to reality, realizing that all of this was real. The sensations within his body were also real. The stripped White Whale Blood Power seemed to be mending, and a trace of White Whale blood—his source Blood Power—suddenly appeared in his body. Just this tiny trace was enough to leave Bai Qianluo utterly astounded. After all, he had tried countless methods before to no avail. Besides, according to everyone’s understanding, once Blood Power was stripped away, it was absolutely impossible to recover.

"Yes... it’s working."

Qiao Suluo withdrew her hands and walked around to his front to check on him. "How is it? Is your body feeling much better? Do you still feel like coughing?"

The way he had been coughing just a moment ago made her worry that he might suddenly faint right then and there. If he passed out, she wouldn’t have the strength to carry him.

Bai Qianluo reached up and removed the white cloth covering his eyes. He looked at Qiao Suluo, his gaze instantly meeting her clear, pure eyes. They were like the ice and snow at the peak of a mountain, exuding an exquisite, crystal-clear beauty.

She had also genuinely lost a lot of weight. Her skin wasn’t as dark as before; although it still had a slight yellowish tint, it was very clean, and her aura was so gentle.

Was this what she looked like?

He could actually see clearly all of a sudden. It was so clear that he could even see her long, curling eyelashes. Like a butterfly fluttering its wings, they carried the bright sunlight straight into his heart, illuminating it.

Qiao Suluo watched as Bai Qianluo simply lowered his head to look at her, remaining completely still. He was as tranquil as an ink wash painting, yet she sensed hidden waves churning beneath that tranquility.

She waved her hand in front of Bai Qianluo’s eyes. "Bai Qianluo, what’s wrong?

"Are you still feeling unwell?"

Bai Qianluo reached out and gently grasped Qiao Suluo’s fingers. He softly pulled her hand to his lips and lowered his head, reverently kissing her palm. His usually cool voice trembled. "Wife, thank you. I can see clearly now.

"I can see you clearly, and I can see everything around us."

It had been a long time since he had felt this way. When the sunlight fell on his eyes, it only brought a gentle and beautiful sensation, completely devoid of that piercing pain from before. And he could see everything with perfect clarity.

Hearing this, Qiao Suluo’s eyes lit up with pleasant surprise. "Really?

"Your eyes can really see clearly now?"

She had completely forgotten the tingling sensation of his lips on her hand, utterly consumed by her excitement and joy.

Bai Qianluo looked down at her. Seeing the excitement pooling like clear spring water in her eyes and hearing her sweet voice made him feel a profound sense of warmth.

A rippling, affectionate luster filled his eyes, as if they were brimming with stars. "Yes, I can see clearly. It’s true.

"I also feel a sense of unreality."

The sunlight was so bright, the mountain forests, trees, and grass were so verdant—everything was so beautiful. He felt as if he could see hope itself.

"Wife healed my eyes. Wife is my benefactor."

Although his body had only mended slightly, for him, it was already an unimaginable miracle.

Qiao Suluo waved her hand. "No, no, I don’t deserve to be called your benefactor.

"As long as you can see clearly and be happy, that’s enough.

"Look, you look so handsome when you smile right now. Your eyes are so beautiful too; you really should smile more."

Qiao Suluo was telling the truth. When he smiled, the cool detachment around him dissipated, replaced by a clear, gentle aura brimming with vitality. Before, his coldness made him seem isolated from the rest of the world, carrying a sense of lonely sorrow and an ethereal, unapproachable air. But right now, it was entirely different.

Bai Qianluo smiled gently. "Alright, I’ll smile more for wife from now on."

That wasn’t what Qiao Suluo meant. She waved her hand. "No, not just smile for me. You need to be genuinely happy yourself."

A soft, silvery glow rippled in Bai Qianluo’s eyes as he said, "But I’m only happy when wife is by my side."

Qiao Suluo was immediately taken aback by his words. It caught her completely off guard, as if a pebble had suddenly dropped into the lake of her heart, stirring up unexpected ripples. She stood there completely stunned, forgetting how to react.

Bai Qianluo’s expression slightly restrained. "I’m sorry. Did saying that frighten wife?

"I didn’t mean to."

He had originally wanted to slowly let wife feel his affection, but those words had just slipped out involuntarily.

"If wife is unhappy, just pretend I never said it. Just... please don’t distance yourself from me, alright?"

He could sense that wife cared for Que Hongjin in a way she didn’t for anyone else, and he was afraid she would only choose to form a Contract with Que Hongjin. Bai Qianluo was humbling himself immensely at this moment, his voice laced with a hint of trepidation.

Qiao Suluo’s expression shifted as she snapped back to reality. "You didn’t frighten me.

"It was just very sudden.

"I thought you despised me.

"Or even if you didn’t despise me, I didn’t think you’d like me."

She felt that Que Hongjin liked her because he had discovered she wasn’t the original owner of this body, making him a special exception. Others wouldn’t necessarily uncover her secret. Furthermore, Bai Qianluo had been suffering from an eye ailment, making it even harder for him to notice anything different about her. Therefore, she never allowed herself to be presumptuous.

The truth was, they were simply too beautiful. She would feel terribly embarrassed if she harbored any inappropriate thoughts about them first. Every morning when she washed up, seeing her reflection in the water vat constantly reminded her to know her place.

Bai Qianluo anxiously grasped her hand. "No, it’s not like that.

"Wife, please don’t misunderstand. I don’t despise wife. I like wife."

Qiao Suluo looked up into Bai Qianluo’s extremely beautiful eyes and found his gaze to be incredibly earnest and pure.

"Why?"

Que Hongjin liked her because he knew she wasn’t the original host, but what was Bai Qianluo’s reason? If she were a male beastman and looked as stunning as he did, there was no way she would fall for someone who looked like her current self. Putting herself in his shoes made all of this painfully clear.

"Is it because I have a Healing Ability? Actually, you don’t need to like me. I’ll still heal you."

She had come here with a mission to begin with. Even if they did nothing at all, she was obligated to treat and heal them, to let them feel the beauty of the world so they wouldn’t go down a dark path or become twisted and paranoid. She didn’t want them to let hatred consume their rationality.

Bai Qianluo shook his head. "No, it’s because wife is wonderful. Probably since a long time ago, from the time I fell into the water and was saved, wife became different in my heart."

He was not good with words, but at this moment, he was terrified she would misunderstand and hurriedly explained.

Recalling the events of that day, his expression became somewhat distant, his voice low and remote. "I still remember that day... When I went to the river to wash clothes, something suddenly went wrong with my body. I felt dizzy, accidentally stepped on the wrong stone, and fell into the water..."