"No, my only contact with him was those few minutes when he was choking me," I told Yu Longting.
Yu Longting frowned, "By what you're saying, Qingyang shouldn't have had the chance to harm Dumpling, but he did meddle with him secretly."
"Master Qingyang meddled with Dumpling? How exactly?" I asked nervously.
Yu Longting seemed unconcerned, smiling lightly, "The old trick, planting a Demon Qi Seed in a child's body. Since it starts off very small, it's difficult to detect by checking the pulse or inspecting the stomach. By the time it's discovered, the child might already be demonized."
"Then our Dumpling is doomed, right? According to my father's notes, any creature that is demonized must be eliminated, otherwise, they become senseless Demon Heads," I was nearly going mad.
Yu Longting: "No need to worry, you just need to resist the urge to eat raw meat and blood lately. Don't look like that, it's not for any other reason, I'm worried about you contracting parasites."
"Really, no need to worry?" I was skeptical.
Yu Longting lowered his eyelids, hiding his serpent-like, gleaming eyes behind his thick, elongated lashes. A cold, shallow smile played on his lips, "I will handle it. I've already temporarily sealed Dumpling. He will remain unconscious, and thus the Demonic Qi will not grow."
"That still doesn't solve the problem. Once the Seal is lifted, won't it..." just continue to grow the Demonic Qi, what then?
I hadn't finished speaking when Yu Longting pressed against me, sealing my lips with a deep kiss, "You can't handle this. Worrying is pointless, leave it all to me."
His kiss left my mind in utter disarray, but I quickly came to my senses and started to struggle, "Hey, you're squishing Yitian, don't get so close."
The Xiao Yitian in my arms stirred from the pressure and struggled to poke her small head out from between us.
Her sleepy eyes looked at me and then at Yu Longting.
"Mommy, Daddy, what's going on..."
"Pacify." Yu Longting's palm rested on her forehead.
Li Yitian closed her eyes again and sweetly fell asleep.
With Li Yitian staying with us in the same room, we definitely couldn't sleep as we used to.
I suggested that I would sleep in the bed holding the little girl, while Yu Longting could sleep on the couch.
Initially, Yu Longting disagreed, planning to either let the little girl sleep on the couch by herself or throw her out the window.
I was so scared that I almost conceded, just as I placed her alone on the bed.
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She was about to wake up.
I had no choice but to pick her up again, begging Yu Longting, "Just for tonight, I will make it up to you later. Can you just accommodate this once, please?"
"Make it up? You said it, just tonight, no exceptions!" Finally, the snake was soothed – no, his scales smoothed – and he hugged his blanket, heading to sleep on the couch himself.
The night was cool as water, I was exhausted, and I fell asleep the moment I lay down.
I slept deeply for a while, then began to feel groggy, as though I were asleep but somehow sensing that I was about to wake up.
I could feel that the room seemed exceptionally cold, as cold as a freezer.
The curtains were blown up, something drifted in.
"Mommy, mommy... wake up..." In my dream, I heard a soft, sticky voice of a little girl.
I opened my eyes, and the little girl in my arms also woke up, looking at me with her big, round eyes, "Something's happening, mommy."
"What's happening?" I wasn't fully awake yet, yawning as I asked.
"Just now, someone spoke from inside mommy's belly, saying they're very hungry and want to eat Yitian," Li Yitian told me.