I was filled with unease towards her indifference, suppressing my feelings as I spoke, "Of course, it's necessary to ask you, for if you stop it, there must be something he and I aren't doing right. Whatever your concerns are, we can prove ourselves with concrete actions."
"You two? Now you can do everything possible to win my trust for his sake, but what if one day he treats you poorly, can you fight back? Can I save you?"
My mother, no longer hiding her emotions out of fear for the Snake Lord, questioned me fiercely, with every word dripping with blood.
Yu Longting's expression was as still as water, "I can hand over my Life Token to Su Wan."
"Is my daughter really worth that much to you?" My mother's attitude changed to one of perplexity upon hearing the words Life Token, as she looked at Yu Longting.
With a casual wave of his hand, Yu Longting placed a pristine white snake-shaped ring on my ring finger, "Whether it's worth it or not is my own business, and I never speak in jest."
"I really don't know if this is her good fortune or her karma," my mother scoffed with a self-mocking laugh, "You've gone this far, so of course I have no reason to refuse. You may marry Su Wan, but it must wait until after she has given birth to the child." Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novel⟡fire.net
I stared blankly at the ring on my finger, realizing that this was the Life Token, something Yu Longting had previously promised to give me.
At the time, I hadn't accepted it, but now his life was in my hands after all.
If I wish it, he could die...
What sort of trust is this, and where do I merit such a sacrifice from him?
Thinking of how my father had once caused his death added to the heaviness in my heart.
Such a wise Snake Lord, yet he had made such a foolish decision.
Yu Longting simply stated, "Consider it settled."
"Wanwan, did the Snake Lord just mention you've suffered heart channel damage?" My mother, who had just a moment ago seemed ready to sever ties with me, could not help but express concern now.
I told her the truth, "Mother, Immortal Liu's descendant needed a Reincarnation Garment, so I made it... to help her... cough, cough..."
Before I could finish, my body uncontrollably swayed like a drifting weed, nearly collapsing.
Yu Longting hooked his arm around my waist, pulling me into his embrace.
My body was too weak; at that moment, I was entirely out of strength, gasping for breath.
"What? You made the Reincarnation Garment?" My mother was utterly shocked, watching me cough. She fed me the water she had prepared earlier, urging me to drink, "Have some water, moisten your lungs. Your father also once wanted to make a Reincarnation Garment but ruined his health before he could finish it. How could you dare..."
"There was such a thing? I didn't... know..." My eyelids drooped, sticking together as if glued shut, and I could no longer keep them open.
I felt my entire body being cradled horizontally in Yu Longting's arms, but I couldn't relax because my mother was beside us.
My mother coldly rebuked Yu Longting, "Su Wan is a fool; she doesn't understand anything. Snake Lord, didn't you know to stop her?"
My heart skipped a beat, and I wanted to speak, but I couldn't even open my eyes.
I could only silently pray that Yu Longting would use his high emotional intelligence to shift the blame onto me. I have blood ties with my mother; surely she wouldn't really blame me.
But if it were him, it would only deepen my mother's prejudice.
"I'm very sorry, it was I who asked her to make this garment," Yu Longting actually confessed straightforwardly...
He is the formidable Snake Lord, after all; why would he need my mother's approval?
He could take whatever he wanted by force; why bother to please anyone?
My mother, indeed, was utterly disappointed, "You don't truly love Wanwan. If you did, how could you let her suffer so much?"