Tiger tribe XXII
Mu"s mood had become very blue recently. He found that his favorite person Ah Yu had begun to ignore him.
Since Ah Yu had started to receive a lot of presents, his att.i.tude toward himself has slowly changed. It"s not that Ah Yu likes those things since he stopped accepting people"s gifts. But he also started to refuse anything Mu gave Ah Yu.
And then suddenly one day, Ah Yu ignored him and started to avoid him.
Mu began to panic. Has Ah Yu discovered that Mu likes him? Is it because Ah Yu does not want to accept Mu that he has begun to avoid him?
Mu was very scared. He grew up together with Ah Yu. He could not imagine living without Ah Yu, and he could not stomach the idea of Ah Yu together with some other shapes.h.i.+fter.
Mu had been in a panic trying to get to Ah Yu for a few days, and as Ah Yu continuously refused to meet him, his alarm reached its peak.
No, this is definitely can"t be happening!
Mu did not even know what to say. There was a panic in his heart. He was afraid that Ah Yu would leave, and he did not have the slightest idea of how to make him stay. He had never felt that he was so incompetent.
In the next few days, all the thoughts in Mu"s mind were about the way Ah Yu would leave, heartless and suddenly.
He likes Ah Yu. It was Ah Yu who helped his body recover, picked herbs for him, and made it so that his body now looks so healthy. Everything was because of Ah Yu.
But what did he give to Ah Yu in return?
Mu"s chest was full of depressed emotions.
Mu had not recovered from this mood when Ah Yu suddenly came to find him.
Besides confusion, the only feeling in Mu"s heart was shock. Ah Yu must have come over to tell him not to try to find himself anymore! To tell him to completely stop thinking about himself in that way!
No, this definitely must not happen!
The first time he refused to meet Ah Yu, he was thinking that there must be some way to turn things around. He wouldn"t be able to stand it if Ah Yu rejected him now.
However, Ah Yu insisted on standing guard outside the door and yelling out loudly. Mu felt a burst of pain in his heart, and he couldn"t help but walk out the door.
Mu was only just able to maintain a serious expression and coldly tell Ah Yu to leave. He looked at Ah Yu"s sad face. Mu"s heart seemed to be torn into pieces and the pain pierced his very bones.
But he can"t go with Ah Yu to collect medicine. He can"t give Ah Yu a chance to reject him.
Ill at ease, the extremely pained Mu did something that he had never done before: he consulted the stepmother whom he considered to be an enemy. "Aspen, I would like to ask you something."
Aspen, who had never been seen Mu like this, was shocked. He asked softly, "What"s wrong?"
Mu frankly and painfully told Aspen all his own thoughts. When he finished speaking, he felt a little regretful that he had told all this to Aspen. How can he tell him what he likes to do with Ah Yu? If Aspen knew, it would certainly not help anything.
However, to Mu"s surprise, Aspen actually lovingly showed him how to pursue females.
"All the females like a kind of plant in the forest. It is called a dream flower..." and Aspen described in great detail the shape and location of the dream flower. "The dream flower is all that the female dreams for. It represents pure love and supreme commitment."
Mu was a bit wary. "But why haven"t I heard of it before?"
Aspen smiled. "For a moment, I forgot that the dream flower is the spirit flower of our snake tribe. The tiger tribe actually has no knowledge of this kind of flower."
Mu nodded his head. Although he was eager to pick it and give it to Ah Yu, he did not act rashly, still suspicious of Aspen.
But today he finally can"t stand it.
"I heard that that little shapes.h.i.+fter gave a moon fruit to Ah Yu. Ah Yu is really blessed, so many little shapes.h.i.+fters like him." Aspen said with studied nonchalance next to Mu"s ear.
Mu panicked. When he thinks that Ah Yu will receive a gift from someone else, Mu really wished he could rush there and block them.
He no longer contemplated if Aspen was tricking him, and immediately disappeared into the forest.
Looking at Mu"s disappearing figure, Aspen smiled widely.
Mu followed the route Aspen had told him about into the depths of the forest, taking care of a few wild beasts he met along the way. At noon, he finally reached the place where the dream flower was supposed to be.
The blue petals are clear and transparent, like a beautiful illusion.
Mu looked at it, dazed.
He cautiously leaned forward, only to smell something heady and almost greasy that didn"t match with the flower"s pure appearance. The rich scent made Mu"s head suddenly feel dizzy and his eyes dry.
Mu"s doubtfully frowned, but eventually, he shook his head and carefully removed the flower.
Right then, Mu suddenly felt that a burst of fire had broken out in his body, burning fiercely.
He felt very hot, and an unbearable feeling itched inside him from his chest to his arms and legs.
Even the air he exhaled was scalding beyond compare as if he could burn away the blue flower in front of him.
Mu felt only a ceaseless agitation. He wanted to vent all the fire in his body.
The burning, the stifling.
I really miss...
I really miss Ah Yu...
Thinking of Ah Yu, Mu"s throat was as if it had been burned by the fire, fiery and thirsty.
He wants to get rid of Ah Yu"s clothes, and press him down fiercely!
Not enough, this is not enough!
Only then did Mu understand thoroughly that he had walked straight into Aspen"s trap. He immediately tossed away the blue flowers in his hand.
However, it was already too late.