"Any comments?" Cang Mo said and naturally sat next to him and started eating.
"How dare you," Lin Qingyang shook her head and sighed, "I am a prisoner. Thank God that His Highness the Demon King is willing to give me a meal."
"If you really want to be a prisoner, the dungeon is still empty." Cang Mo raised his eyebrows.
"Just kidding." Lin Qingyang smiled, secretly complaining about childishness.
The two of them were eating, and Lin Qingyang couldn't help but glance at him. This scene was very similar to when he was in Qingfeng Pavilion in the past. He felt a little emotional, thinking that he would never have such an opportunity again.
Feeling his gaze, Cang Mo also raised his eyes and looked over.
Lin Qingyang looked at him and smiled and said, "You look pretty in white too."
Cang Mo was silent for a while and whispered, "What happened in Tianshui City back then?"
Lin Qingyang fiddled with the vegetables in the bowl and said calmly, "As you know, I was injured and that's what happened."
"Why is it so serious?" Cang Mo asked again.
Lin Qingyang smiled helplessly, "I can't beat him, but at least I saved my life."
Cang Mo looked at him with a complicated expression, and then asked again after a while, "Where is Xue Lanyuan?"
Lin Qingyang's hand holding the chopsticks tightened, and she paused before saying, "She turned into a strange monster, and then... disappeared."
After the incident in Tianshui City, Mo Yan also took the Jiuxiao Sect disciples back to look for him, but they never found him. In fact, everyone knew that people who turned into strange monsters would not survive long, but no one wanted to say so.
Lin Qingyang lowered her eyes and said no more. Her long eyelashes cast shadows, covering the emotions in her eyes. Cang Mo looked at him, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a while, Lin Qingyang looked up at him again, his face returned to his careless look and said, "Eat quickly, the food will be cold in a while."
Cang Mo didn't say anything else. After the two of them finished eating, he consciously cleared the table and went out with his food box.
It was getting dark outside. Lin Qingyang washed up, took off her robe and prepared to go to bed. But as soon as she sat down, she saw Cang Mo coming back again, and she closed the door after entering.
Lin Qingyang was so frightened that she stood up from the bed again and said in a panic, "Why are you back again?"
"Come back and sleep." Cang Mo said with a natural expression.
Lin Qingyang's heart skipped a beat, her expression became nervous, and she asked tentatively, "Could this... be your room?"
"Otherwise?" Cang Mo asked with raised eyebrows.
Lin Qingyang laughed dryly, then he said whose guest room was so luxurious, and then breathed out and asked, "What about my room?"
"There is no room for you." Cang Mo said simply.
"..."
Lin Qingyang took a deep breath and still refused to give up. "Any place will do, I won't pick it."
Cang Mo didn't say anything, just stared at him walking over step by step.
Seeing him approaching, Lin Qingyang wanted to step back nervously, but her legs were pressed against the bed and she sat back down on the bed. Cang Mo stood beside the bed, looking at him condescendingly.
Lin Qingyang swallowed and said nervously, "If I don't sleep well, I will... disturb you..."
Before he finished speaking, Cang Mo suddenly leaned closer. Lin Qingyang was startled. He leaned back and almost fell on the bed, looking at the person in front of him warily.
But the other party just glanced at him, then reached out and took away a pillow from behind him, and stood up again.
"I forgot about it today. I'll have someone clean up your room tomorrow." Cang Mo said calmly, then turned around and left the bedroom with a pillow.
Lin Qingyang was stunned for a moment, then sat up and looked into the outer hall. He saw Cang Mo lying on the couch outside, and he casually took a blanket to cover it.
He breathed a sigh of relief, then felt embarrassed about his reaction just now, and patted his forehead with some annoyance. What was he thinking about? He was the Demon King now. If he didn't have anyone, how could he have any thoughts about himself? What's more, after what happened in the Ten Thousand Demons Forest, it would be nice if he didn't hate himself.
Thinking about this, he sighed helplessly. Hearing that there was no movement outside, he took off his shoes and went to bed. He thought that he would not fall asleep so quickly after sleeping for so long during the day, but after a while, he felt sleepy.
The bright crystals in the hall were extinguished at some point, and only the quiet moonlight filtered in through the windows, reflecting the soothing incense rising from the incense burner.
In her sleep, Lin Qingyang turned over uneasily, frowning as if she was not sleeping peacefully. Beside the bed, Cang Mo's figure appeared at some point, her wolf-like eyes were exceptionally bright in the darkness, staring at the person on the bed.
In order to make it easier to go to the Shadow Cave, Lin Qingyang asked Cang Mo to find him a pair of demon costumes to change into. The black robe was printed with dark patterns in the style of a wolf, which looked like a demon costume at first glance.
"Where did you find this dress? It fits you quite well." Lin Qingyang looked in the mirror and said with satisfaction, then stretched out his hand towards Cang Mo who was waiting next to him.
Cang Mo naturally handed over the black robe in his hand. Lin Qingyang put on the robe and pulled down the hood to try. It could almost cover his face. The cloak was stained with Cang Mo's scent, which should cover some of the human smell.
He looked at Cang Mo next to him again, frowned and said, "I asked you to cover up, too. This look is so eye-catching. Everyone will know who you are wherever you go."
Cang Mo glanced at him without saying anything, and then saw that his white hair began to slowly turn black, and his stature began to shrink. The black robe with wide sleeves also tightened, turning into a waist-cinching outfit. Finally, his face changed into the appearance of the boy he once was, but without the wolf ears and tail.
Lin Qingyang looked stunned when he saw that the person in front of him had returned to his familiar appearance.
Amber eyes met Lin Qingyang's gaze and she said calmly, "What's wrong?"
His voice has returned to the clearness of his youth, but his tone is disproportionately mature and low.
Lin Qingyang came back to her senses and said with a smile, "It's nothing, let's go."
As he was about to turn around and go out, Cang Mo pulled him back.
The distance suddenly shortened. Lin Qingyang's heart skipped a beat when he looked at the face in front of him that he had not seen for five years.
Cang Mo stretched out his hand, picked out his hair that was buried under his clothes, and tidied up his messy hair.
Lin Qingyang was stunned for a moment. With the same face and the same actions, the two of them seemed to have gone back in time, to a time when nothing had happened. After being stunned for a while, Lin Qingyang immediately came back to her senses and stepped away.
"Let's go quickly, don't wait any longer." Lin Qingyang said.
Cang Mo glanced at him, then turned and walked out the door. Lin Qingyang followed him. Looking at the familiar back of the young man, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, but it was a pity that he didn't have a tail or ears.