The blazing light shining in the monster's eyes was all because of him.
Li Mo channeled all his anger, sadness, and joy—all the emotions he had learned—into Yin Xiu.
Humans cannot resist extreme and singular emotions because real people cannot possess such emotions. Real humans do not have the perfect love described in books, but the monster who learned from the books does, and he entrusted it to Yin Xiu.
He held the snow rabbit made of ice crystals in his hands, being very careful because he didn't know how to preserve such a fragile thing. He only dared to hold it and look at it, and didn't even dare to move it much.
Li Mo gave Yin Xiu flowers that would soon wither, and Yin Xiu gave Li Mo snow that would soon melt.
The gifts disappeared quickly, but their feelings for each other did not.
Yin Xiu squatted there kneading snow rabbit dumplings for Ya Ya, while Li Mo squatted beside him, holding his snow rabbit dumplings, not daring to move. The blizzard howled past, gradually blurring the figures of the two.
When Yin Xiu finished kneading the snow rabbit dumplings for Ya Ya, Li Mo's hair and shoulders were covered in snow. His dark figure squatted in the snow, not daring to move.
"What's wrong?" Yin Xiu asked, holding two snow rabbits and staring at him. "Are they frozen stiff?"
Li Mo blinked, shook off the ice crystals from her eyelashes, and slowly turned to stare at Yin Xiu. "Boyfriend, what should I do? Will it break if I move it?"
"The book says that snow is very fragile; it will break and melt, and it will turn into water as soon as it leaves the ground. How can I preserve it?"
Yin Xiu reached out and pulled him up, brushing the snow off him. "No need to save it. I'll make it for you again when it snows. Let's go back to the tent."
"But… this was a gift from my boyfriend." Li Mo held the snow rabbit dumpling, reluctant to let it melt, but still followed Yin Xiu into the tent.
As soon as the tent flap was lifted, two faces, one big and one small, were seen behind the door; only 408 was sitting far away.
Seemingly worried that something might have happened to Li Mo, Yin Xiu, or Ling Feng, the two kept peering through the crack in the door.
Caught red-handed peeping, Zhong Mu calmly coughed lightly, pretending nothing had happened, "Brother Xiu, you're back. It seems to be getting a bit cold outside, you should have come back."
Ya Ya frowned and muttered to Zhong Mu, "I should have gone out to play in the snow with my brother too. It's all your fault for stopping me."
Yin Xiu squatted down, holding two snowballs and handing them to Ya Ya, "Ya Ya, come here, the prettier one on the left is yours."
When Ya Ya saw the snow rabbit dumpling, her furrowed brows immediately relaxed, and her eyes sparkled. "Brother, is this for me? Can I take this pretty one?"
"Okay." Yin Xiu nodded. "The other one belongs to my brother, don't take it."
"But the other one is so ugly! Can you take the ugly one, brother?" Ya Ya stared at the two snow rabbit dumplings, tugging at her skirt. "How about I save the pretty one for brother?"
Yin Xiu shook his head, "Just take the nicer one, brother likes this ugly one."
"Oh." Ya Ya obediently reached out her hand. Just like Li Mo, she immediately became careful when she touched the icy snow rabbit dumpling, holding it in her hands, at a loss.
Zhong Mu stood aside watching the two non-human beings holding the snow rabbit dumpling in the same way, and the scene was somewhat amusing.
It's quite unusual that two strange creatures, each capable of taking a child's breath in one bite, would be so cautious and helpless when faced with a ball of snow.
As Zhong Mu was laughing, he suddenly realized something.
They each have an adorable snow rabbit dumpling, so why don't you have one?!
Forget about 408, I was trained by Brother Xiu, it would be too unfair if I didn't get a share of the snowballs!
As he watched the two strange creatures holding the snow rabbit, Zhong Mu's smile gradually froze. It's okay, he's strong, he doesn't care if he doesn't have that thing!
Perhaps sensing Zhong Mu's awkwardness, Yin Xiu held up the ugly snowball in his hand and pointed it outwards towards Zhong Mu, "I made a big one for you, it's outside."
Zhong Mu's eyes lit up, and she rushed out, head down, "Thank you, Brother Xiu!!"
He went out excitedly, but a few minutes later he returned shivering from the cold, sniffling as he went into the tent.
The snowman outside is tougher than him, so he should just come back and warm himself up.
Just as Ling Feng said, the snow on this snow mountain had no temperature during the day and was not cold at all, but at night, the entire snow mountain became extremely difficult to endure, with the temperature plummeting to an unbearable level.
As adventurers who often spend the night away from home, Ling Feng and his companions also prepared warming items and some bedding, which they distributed to Yin Xiu and his group.
"These are the bedding for you, four sets. I thought some things might not be necessary, so I didn't prepare more." Ling Feng put down the bedding, his words clearly intended for Li Mo's ears.
But Li Mo was still focused on holding his little snow rabbit dumpling and didn't hear what he was saying at all.
On the contrary, Zhong Mu and Ya Ya understood.
Ya Ya immediately raised her hand, "Report! We only need three beds!"
Ling Feng was taken aback. "Why?"
Ya Ya proudly put her hands on her hips, "Because Ya Ya is a monster, she's not afraid of the cold! So she doesn't need it!"
This short sentence left Ling Feng completely dumbfounded.
Then, 408 in the corner also raised his hand, "Two beds are enough, I'm not human either."
Ling Feng was even more bewildered. "Aren't you a lab subject in real life?"
408 lazily chimed in, "Just kidding, I'm patient number 408 from the mental hospital dungeon."
Ling Feng pursed his lips, his expression complex for a moment.
He thought that the man in the black suit was the only sinister and eerie figure in the group, but he didn't expect that only two of the five people were human!
By taking away patients from the mental hospital, treating a strange creature as a sister, and even regarding a powerful and eerie being of unknown origin as family, Yin Xiu's behavior has far exceeded the comprehension of normal people.
Ling Feng paused for a moment to process the information, then slowly took a deep breath. "Okay, I understand. If it's a monster, it's a monster. If I can't tell the difference, it means you're closer to humans than most monsters, so you shouldn't be a threat."
His gaze drifted slightly to Li Mo, but this man was clearly different from the other monsters. He exuded an inhuman aura, definitely not on the same level as the two monsters. He was much more dangerous and uncontrollable.
Ling Feng's gaze was too direct, and Li Mo noticed it as soon as she looked up and met his eyes.
His dangerously dark eyes narrowed, revealing an unfathomable, sinister smile that made Ling Feng shudder and hastily put down the bedding and leave.
I felt that if I kept an eye on it any longer, I would definitely provoke this dangerous thing, so it was best to be careful.
After Ling Feng left, Li Mo turned to Yin Xiu in confusion, "Why did he leave so quickly?"
Isn't the way humans express goodwill by smiling at others? He smiled, but why did the other person leave without even turning around?