Everyday the protagonist wants to capture me

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Chu Sheng?

Chu Yu was pleasantly surprised by the news. He looked up and saw Chu Sheng crossing the threshold into the room.

He had not seen Chu Sheng for more than a year. Xie Xi had not changed much, but Chu Sheng seemed to have changed completely. It was obvious that he had not sorted out his expression the very moment he stepped through the door. His gentle and calm bearing in the past had now been taken over by an air of graveness and indifference. He had also severely thinned down, and his face was ghastly pale. His entire demeanor was cold and aloof.

The moment his eyes met Chu Yu, he instantly brightened up like an iceberg melting. The corners of his lips unfroze, and he called out to Chu Yu with a cheerful smile, "Little brother."

Chu Yu's heart squeezed with guilt.

After all, he had not given Chu Sheng a choice at that time and had just gone ahead and knocked him out.

Although if he had to do it again, he would still choose to knock Chu Sheng out and send him away.

Xie Xi did not know what had happened in the forbidden area of the Chu clan, but Chu Sheng was very much aware. If Chu Sheng had been present at that time, the process to seal off Demon Lord Yan Heng would have been fraught with difficulties. If it came to that then all the terrible plotlines in the original book would have ended up being reproduced, who knew if the system would have eventually made Xie Xi's fate coincide with his original fate in the original novel, killing Chu Yu off before letting Xie Xi seal himself into the coffin...

Of course, it was also possible that Xie Xi would have a case of Qi deviation, that would end up in him turning into the second Demon Lord Yan Heng.

Chu Yu sighed as he stopped himself from thinking about it and revealed a smile, "Big brother."

Chu Sheng walked over to the bed and reached out a hand to stroke Chu Yu's hair. His eyes were filled with a mix of anguish and tenderness. His eyes reddened as he opened his mouth, "... Little brother. I'm to blame. It's all my fault."

Chu Yu had only just pacified Xie Xi a few days ago, and now he would have to coax his eldest brother. Chu Yu felt helpless and hugged Chu Sheng tighter. He said in a low voice: "Big brother, I won't blame you, as long as you don't blame me."

It was only with this hug he realized just how skinny and bony Chu Sheng was now. After a moment of silence, Chu Yu carefully scrutinized Chu Sheng's face, only to find that his face was so pale it was almost morbid.

He could not help but lift up his eyes to glance at Fu Chongyi. Fu Chongyi had been staring at Chu Sheng the whole time. When he felt Chu Yu's eyes on him, he raised his eyes to meet Chu Yu's. First, he nodded, then he shook his head.

Chu Yu got the hint. Patting Chu Sheng on the back, he smiled and said, "It's all right, big brother, I'm fine. Look, haven't I returned in one piece?" When he saw Chu Sheng wordlessly picking up a strand of his white hair, Chu Yu added, "It's just that my hair has turned white. I'll find something to dye it back some other day."

Chu Sheng released his hold on Chu Yu, turned his head to look at Xie Xi and sighed, "Little brother... Don't be so reckless in the future. You, you almost scared me to death."

When Chu Sheng had woken up from his coma, he felt icy cold all over his entire body. His heart had frozen after finding out that three days had already passed. When he heard that Chu Yu had sacrificed himself to seal off Demon Lod Yan Heng, everything had turned black before his eyes. He had practically crawled to the place where the Chu clan had placed the soul jade tablets of their direct line of descendants, heaving a sigh of relief only when he saw that the soul fire representing Chu Yu's life was still brightly shining.