Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off novel Chapter 72

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: You Don’t Deserve to Know

Shen Yue completely ignored the two of them.

Flashlight in hand, she slowly crouched down.

She stared intently at the two raised points, her gaze deepening as she studied them seriously.

Then she stood up and knocked back and forth on the wall.

Listening to the echo from within, she crouched down again, carefully examining the contact surface between the two faint dots and the floor.

Bai Chaosi watched her repeat this process several times, his cool eyes narrowing slightly.

"You don’t have to push yourself so hard. Even a top mechanism master of this era might not be able to choose correctly at this Gate of Life and Death. Why don’t you rest for a bit?"

Mu Silin was actually filled with self-reproach.

"Shen Yue, the fox is right. Panicking won’t change our situation. You should rest first. We can think of another way!"

’If we really can’t get out, we’ll just live here at the bottom of this abyss.’

’Or die together.’

’As long as I’m with her, I’m fine with anything.’

He only blamed himself for being useless, for getting her into a situation where she had to make a life-or-death choice.

Shen Yue remained crouched on the ground, her gaze resolute.

It was as if she had just confirmed something.

She shot to her feet.

"Leopard, press this one."

Her flashlight was still aimed at the same faint dot she had first noticed.

Mu Silin froze.

Bai Chaosi also hadn’t expected her to make a choice so decisively.

’This isn’t something you can just choose randomly, you know?’

’Even people who understand mechanism construction aren’t guaranteed to pick the right one.’

’Yet she’s so certain?’

Mu Silin looked at her firm gaze.

"Shen Yue, are you sure you want me to press it?"

Shen Yue had made up her mind.

"Just press it. Trust me!"

Hearing this, Mu Silin felt anxious. He knew a wrong choice would lead to irreversible consequences.

But he had said he would unconditionally trust and follow her, no matter what.

He would do whatever she said.

Mu Silin walked back to the faint dot, raised his hand, and prepared to press it.

But he paused.

He looked up at Shen Yue, his handsome face filled with genuine emotion.

He took a deep breath, as if about to deliver his last words.

"Shen Yue, I want to say I’m sorry."

"I’m sorry you had to go through all of this."

"I really regret it."

’I regret not getting to know you sooner and believing those rumors.’

Shen Yue’s perpetually serious expression softened slightly.

She met Mu Silin’s deep gaze but said nothing.

’Why is he saying all this to me?’

’Does he think we’re going to die here after he presses the button?’

’Is this his final goodbye?’

Mu Silin continued, "Also, thank you for giving me such a lovely son. My life has been worth it."

"If there’s a next life, I’ll definitely find you and make it up to you, even if I have to be your beast of burden."

Shen Yue: "..."

"Leopard, maybe... we press it first? I think you’re speaking too soon. You’re not going to die."

Bai Chaosi actually had something to say as well.

But after hearing what Mu Silin said, he suddenly didn’t want to speak.

He wanted to act.

So.

Just as Mu Silin, no longer hesitating, reached out to press the faint dot...

...he pulled Shen Yue into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her.

Forced to tilt her head back, Shen Yue’s eyes flew wide open.

’What the hell is going on??’

’Why is he pulling me into a kiss now?’

’So one gives a heartfelt confession before death, and the other gives a passionate kiss? Is that it?’

After the button was pressed, just as Shen Yue had said, the expected death did not come.

Instead, a powerful beam of light instantly shone in.

It fell directly on the two people kissing.

Outside, Huang Ziyue had finally managed to break through the ice wall.

The moment he saw the stone door open, a rare hint of joy appeared on his perpetually stern face.

Lan Cangyue, holding Qibao, also stared intently inside.

He had already sensed that Shen Yue’s aura was very close. She had to be inside!

But, the moment the stone door opened and the beam of light shone in...

...the expressions on both their faces fell simultaneously.

Huang Ziyue’s dark red eyes instantly turned bloodshot, fixing on the embracing pair with a look that could kill!!

Lan Cangyue’s ice-blue eyes smoldered with a quiet fury, his face so dark it looked like it might crack. He looked as if he’d seen his mortal enemy, wanting nothing more than to strangle Bai Chaosi!

Meanwhile, Mu Silin, who was still crouched on the ground after pressing the button, saw the light shining in from outside and was ecstatic.

’We chose right! We made it out!!’

’We’re not dead!’

But then, he turned around.

His world came crashing down!

He nearly exploded on the spot.

"Stop that! What are you doing!!"

As Shen Yue’s eyes adjusted to the light, she could faintly make out two figures standing outside.

The two men still fighting behind them saw this and stopped. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

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