Chapter 96
Wu Xiao, furious, hurried all the way and finally caught up with Huo Yao in front of the palace.
“You bastard, give me back my father!”
Huo Yao lifted Xie Zuo onto his shoulder with one hand and pushed Wu Xiao rudely with the other.
“Boom!”
Accompanied by terrible thunder, a bolt of lightning struck Wu Xiao’s heart directly.
Wu Xiao fainted on the ground immediately, and Xie Zuo struggled, “Don’t hurt him!”
Huo Yao patted Xie Zuo’s butt lightly, “Be quiet.”
Xie Zuo’s face flushed red. He dared to tease him in public!
Huo Yao carried Xie Zuo and approached Wu Xiao, staring at him coldly with a pair of dark eyes. Then, Huo Yao raised his foot and kicked Wu Xiao away rudely.
Not only that, Huo Yao called the palace guards, “Drive him out and never allow him to enter again.”
“Yes!” A group of burly Asura guards ran over, picked up Wu Xiao, and dragged him away quickly.
Huo Yao pondered for a while, “Although I don’t know who he is, I hated him as soon as I saw him. I really wanted to kill him.”
Xie Zuo: …something seemed wrong?
Huo Yao took Xie Zuo into his bedroom and pressed him directly onto the bed.
Xie Zuo looked at Huo Yao, who was so close to him, and was so excited that he stretched out his hand to touch his cheek carefully, “Huo Yao, Huo Yao!”
Huo Yao grabbed his hand and frowned, “Who is Huo Yao?”
Xie Zuo was struck by lightning. It would have been fine if he didn’t remember Wu Xiao, but how come he couldn’t even remember his own name!
Xie Zuo asked carefully, “Do you know who I am?”
Behind the veil, Huo Yao couldn’t see Xie Zuo’s appearance clearly, but that didn’t stop his admiration, “You are mine.”
The first time Huo Yao saw Xie Zuo in the crowd, he was sure that he wanted him.
He had forgotten everything from the past, and his mind had been very confused recently, but his body’s reaction was very obvious. This was the person he had been looking for.
Half a month ago, Huo Yao found himself standing in the palace of King Asura, with a scarred little golden snake wrapped around his neck. He wasn’t in good condition either, with the chain of sins and the fire of karma entangling him, and he would have been burned to death if he hadn’t been careful.
He had no memory of who he was or what he had done before. He rushed into the underground palace on instinct, and with the help of the unique underground water there, he alleviated the erosion of the chain of sins on him and gathered the remaining strength to heal the little snake.
Since then, Huo Yao lived in the palace. The little golden snake depended on him very much and recognized him as its father, and he was very happy from the bottom of his heart.
However, he always felt that a very important person was missing. His intuition told him that he should go to see someone, but he just couldn’t remember where he should go or whom he should see.
In recent days, he was in a state of confusion and clarity. That day, he felt better, so he went for a walk on the street to see if he could remember the past.
Everyone there was afraid of him. Wherever he passed, everyone fell silent. Soon, he arrived near a busy teahouse and saw Xie Zuo at a glance.
Although Xie Zuo was wrapped in a dark hood, Huo Yao couldn’t even see whether he was round or flat, but that didn’t affect Huo Yao’s judgment: it was him!
Xie Zuo finally realized that Huo Yao had lost his memory. …It didn’t matter; as long as the person was fine, amnesia was nothing!
Xie Zuo hugged him tightly, “Huo Yao, you are Huo Yao!”
Huo Yao said slowly, “Huo, Yao?”
“Yes!” Xie Zuo nodded vigorously.
“Wow–!” The flames of the chains on Huo Yao’s body suddenly rose. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and rolled off the bed, so Xie Zuo wasn’t hurt.
Xie Zuo looked at his bruised wrists and ankles and felt heartbroken, “I’ll help you.”
Huo Yao stood up, “I’ll go take a bath; you wait for me here.”
“Huo Yao!” Xie Zuo wanted to follow him, but he was tied up by a spell and forcibly imprisoned on the bed.
Huo Yao solemnly locked the door. His most beloved treasure was in the room. He wouldn’t allow anyone to get close to him or hurt him, including himself.
Huo Yao’s technique was very strange. Xie Zuo struggled hard to get out, sweating all over. Just as he was panting, “hiss, hiss, hiss~,” a small golden snake came in through the crack of the door.
Xie Zuo sat up and looked at the little snake with sparkling eyes.
Who knew that the little snake’s attitude was very fierce, “What are you looking at? Don’t think you can stay by pleasing me! Why don’t you get out!”
Xie Zuo blinked and was stunned.
The little snake climbed onto the bed and threatened him with its tongue, “You think you can get promoted by being favoured by my father once? Don’t dream! My father only loves my mother; you are just a tool for him to vent his lust!”
Xie Zuo: “…”
It was a surreal scene. The little snake had only been out of the shell for more than half a month. Was this what a half-month-old baby should say? He knew too much, right? And this rough and wild tone—why was it sounds so much like Wu Xiao?
Wait, the little snake knew so much—did Huo Yao often Favor other Asuras here? Seeing how skilled he was at kidnapping people on the street today…
Xie Zuo suddenly felt terrible. But in front of the child, he had to calm down. He looked at the little snake tenderly and reached out to touch him, “Who is your mother?”
The little snake nimbly avoided his hand, sneered, and looked at him critically, “He is someone you will never be able to compare to!”
“Oh…”
The little snake was very dissatisfied with Xie Zuo’s calm attitude and said viciously, “Oh what oh! My mother is very powerful, he is the most beautiful person in the six realms, and he is not like you who always cover your face…”
Xie Zuo nodded repeatedly, squinting his eyes and listening to the little snake praising him vigorously. Biological children were biological children; he hadn’t expected the little snake to love him so much.
After boasting, the little snake crawled around Xie Zuo twice. “My mother not only has a beautiful face but also a better figure than you, with a thinner waist and a rounder butt! My father likes his butt the most! You’re a waste and can’t continue to be with my father. Get out of here before he comes back!”
The little snake was very proud and waited for Xie Zuo to run away in shame. In the past few days, he had driven away those shameless people who had climbed onto his father’s bed. Although he hated his mother, he would never allow anyone to destroy his family!
Xie Zuo was completely confused by the little snake’s words. What kind of nonsense was a baby who had just hatched saying? How had Huo Yao raised a child like this?
Xie Zuo placed all the blame on Huo Yao for the child’s behaviour, not realizing that Huo Yao wasn’t responsible for all of this.
Looking at the angry little golden snake, Xie Zuo was a bit amused but mostly filled with pity and guilt.
How could he be so confused about such a lovely child that he hadn’t recognized him as his own flesh and blood immediately? The little snake looked almost exactly like him, even more heroic.
Unable to control himself, Xie Zuo transformed into a black snake of the same size as the little golden snake and rushed over to entangle him.
The little golden snake was stunned, then became angry and embarrassed, “You’re too shameless. Seeing that you failed to seduce my father, you want to seduce me? I don’t like you. Hey, don’t touch my tail!”
Xie Zuo didn’t dare to reveal his true identity to the little snake immediately. He vaguely realized that the little snake’s irritable character was related to him. If he admitted their relationship rashly, the little snake might not forgive him.
The little snake had been very intelligent even when still in the egg. He had suffered serious injuries after being cruelly thrown off a cliff by his mother. Xie Zuo didn’t have the courage to face the child.
Xie Zuo pressed the little snake under him and licked him apologetically, “I… I admire you very much. Let me stay by your side, okay?”
The little snake’s whole body turned golden red as he struggled embarrassingly, “You’re too shameless. Let me go!”
Xie Zuo reluctantly let go of the little snake and looked up at him. To reduce the little snake’s vigilance, he changed the colour of his body and deliberately became a bit smaller than the little snake.
The little snake looked down at the little black snake. Those beautiful eyes, that heart-warming smell—no wonder he had been favoured by his father at first sight. The way he looked up and begged for love reminded him of his silly brother.
The little snake struggled with his conscience but finally made a decision, “You can follow me, but you can’t flirt with my father anymore.”
Xie Zuo nodded repeatedly, not really hearing what the little snake was saying. He just enjoyed rubbing the child’s soft scales and tender body.
The little snake looked around, “My father will be back from the bath soon, and he can’t find out that I kidnapped you. It’s embarrassing if father and son quarrel. Come with me.”
Half an hour later, Huo Yao returned from the underground palace and was shocked to find that his lover and the child had run away!