" are you alright ?" seeing that Yu Dong waa startled because of his sudden appearance , Shen Li was worried that he might have scared Yu Dong . Though he should have been the one who should be scared of her but seeing the pale expression of Yu Dong he couldn't bring himself to be scared of her .
This Yu Dong looked much more lively and energetic . And she no longer had that gloomy aura around her body anymore , before whenever he wanted to talk to her , Yu Dong would look at him as if he had committed a grave mistake and she would ignore him without even bothering to answer his question . When have she shown such cute expression in front of him ?
Yu Dong who was suddenly asked such a scary question , pursed her lips and suppressed her anxiety . Now that the cat was out of the bag , she couldn't think of any excuse to divert Shen Li's doubts. If this was Chen Mi or Ye Liu she might have been able to get away after lying to them but Shen Li struck as more intelligent to her , that's why she knew that even if she lied to him now he wouldn't believe it . In fact he might even doubt her intentions even more , she looked at Shen Li then decided to come out clean " how did you find out ? I don't think I have done anything suspicious to make you doubt me , right ?"
Shen Li smiled in mockery , how did he find out ? He had married Yu Dong when she was twelve and he was sixteen , he was four years older than her . Because he didn't look like a gentle and beautiful mer , no one was willing to marry him - in the end he grew older and older , and his family sold him off to a human trader from where Mother Yu brought him to marry to Yu Dong .
Being the older one in their relationship , Shen Li of course watched Yu Dong grow up . He had known all about her selfishness and her arrogant and princess like attitude - he had also seen how lusty and lose her character was , not even a day went by after Yu Dong learned about the things between mer and women , that she didn't get physical with him .
Even when he was tired , upset or depressed - Yu Dong would always drag him to their bedroom and force herself on him . Shen Li was forced by Yu Dong so many times that he developed a trauma regarding sexual relationship. After a few years no matter what Yu Dong did to him , his body wouldn't react and he would remain as cold as a block of ice .
Even his thing down there wouldn't react and he soon became nothing but a block of wood . Yu Dong who was in her puberty and liked having her sexual desires fulfilled found him nothing but a useless tool - not to mention he was never able to get pregnant even after Yu Dong made multiple sexual relationship with him in the course of two years .
It was inevitable that Yu Dong would go bored of him soon , with his block of wood like body and no child in belly -thus after two years of their marriage Mother Yu brought Ye Liu and an year later Chen Mi .
Compared to him Ye Liu and Chen Mi married Yu Dong after she became an adult and didn't know much about her . But Shen Li had been married to Yu Dong for four years , how will he not know about her personality ?
The previous Yu Dong was selfish and eccentric . She thought that the entire world owed her something that's why she would always pull a long face in front of anyone or everyone . She was also lazy to bones and disliked working , and she never went to forest with his mother in law , not once he saw her following her mother after he got married to her .
So how come she become a wonderful huntress so quickly ?
The present Yu Dong was both hardworking and caring , she didn't even got upset when Chen Mi gave birth to a mer . Chen Mi and Ye Liu were only married to Yu Dong for a few years so they didn't know how deep Yu Dong 's resentment went regarding Mers , there was
no way she would actually be happy about the birth of a mer and even spoil him .
And most importantly , She wasn't forcing herself on them yet she wasn't visiting the brothel either . Even if Yu Dong somehow became hard working , there was no way she would became upright in just a few days time right ?
" I have been married to her for four years" answered Shen Li " it would be surprising that I wouldn't be able to find out the changes in my wife "
Yu Dong frowned , she had an idea about how severe the previous owner was with Shen Li and the others but she never thought that the reason she would be exposed was because she became nice to them all of a sudden . She sighed rubbing the back of her neck uncomfortably - how was she supposed to tell Shen Li that Yu Dong his real wife passed away ?
Shen Li must have noticed her hesitation as well because he smiled and said " Don't worry I won't tell anyone about this matter , I just - as her husband I want to know what happened to her , its just that . Even though she wasn't a good wife , she was still my wife if she really - " he paused then with a little difficulty continued on " If she really passed on then as her husband its my duty to pray for her departed soul "
Yu Dong couldn't lie hearing the sincerity in Shen Li's voice then sighed " She overdosed on happy powder and passed away . I - I don't know how I came here , I was dead to you know . So , When I got a second chance to live a happy life , I took it - believe me I have no bad intentions regarding you three , I only want to live a peaceful life , and because I took over this body you three are now my responsibility so I will try my best to give you a better life , than before . I'm really sorry about your wife though "She told him trying to sound like she was genuinely upset about Yu Dong 's death however - the previous Yu Dong was such a scum bag , That she wasn't able to summon much emotions for her .
Shen Li took the news of Yu Dong passing away quiet normally in fact , his nonchalance could be taken as if he was only grieving a stranger . And maybe he was grieving a stranger because apart from sharing their bodies , the two really didn't talk much about each other . Though he was upset about becoming a widower at such a young age , somewhere he was relieved too - at least now he won't have to live in fear anymore . But what surprised him was Yu Dong 's latter half of the speech " you - you want to take care of us ? Why ? You didn't marry us , did you ? We are not your responsibility , you can always leave us or sell us - mers , they aren't worthy of anything . I know you are a kind soul and probably a nice person but I can't take advantage of you by asking you to take care of us , that will be too much - after all you only took over the body of my wife nothing more , there is no need for you to burden yourself with our responsibilities "
Yu Dong shook her head , she didn't agree with Shen Li or this world's view regarding Mers at all ,she smiled then kicked herself off the well that she was leaning against and started pulling the bucket up again " I come from a very developed place , and every gender is treated with equality there . To me everyone is the same whether men , women or mer - you all are human too aren't you ? Your life matters just as much as mine does " once she got her bucket that was full of water , she walked over the field where she had just planted grape vines and then turned to look at Shen Li over her shoulder " And if I sell you guys what will happen to you ? At least with me here you will be able to eat and drink with ease and with my strength I will be able to protect you three , if you leave who will take care of you ? . Don't worry I won't try anything else on you three , I am not a pervert like your original wife , if that's what you are worried about "after saying this much she turned her back to Shen Li and carried the water bucket to the field .
Under the golden glow of the setting sun , the figure of the young woman carrying a water of bucket was fairly common and there was nothing magical about it . But to Shen Li who was staring at Yu Dong 's thin waist that was swaying around with her movements - this scene was just taken out of a beautiful fairy tale .
For the first time in his life , He felt his heart beat for a women . And on the evening of one autumn day , the flowers of Shen Li 's prolonged and delayed spring time finally blossomed into a tiny bud which will one day bloom in beautiful flowers.
That night neither Shen Li nor Yu Dong had no further conversation regarding the previous Yu Dong. Shen Li of course had numerous questions that he wanted to ask from Yu Dong but he didn't know where to start, after all even though he had asked Yu Dong about his doubts and have received a positive answer regarding his suspicions .
Shen Li had no idea what to say or think about it. Who will believe him if he were to say that his wife's body was being occupied by someone else's soul ? even he couldn't believe in such a thing.
However the truth was that the Yu Dong he knew was no more. Shen Li had many questions but he knew that right now wasn't the time to ask about his questions , as Yu Dong's husband it was his duty to burn some joss paper and incense sticks for his wife's departed soul.
The evening was declining in a rather fast forward manner as if someone have clicked a magical button to make it vanish even faster in the boiling pot of ink.
Soon the entire sky was covered with twinkling stars and floating clouds, only when the moon appeared high in the sky and night reached its peak did Shen Li returned with a couple of joss paper and incense sticks.
Yu Dong was had just finished cooking the stir fried pork when Shen Li entered the kitchen with the joss paper and burning sticks. Yu Dong noticed the things that he was holding in his hands but didn't say anything after all the dead indeed deserved the respect of the living, even though the previous Yu Dong was nothing but a living, breathing example of modern scumbag, she was still a human and was the wife of Shen Li and the others.
If Shen Li wanted to pay his respect to Yu Dong 's soul there was nothing she could say and she had no right to say anything either . In this family she was nothing but a stranger who arrived out of nowhere and was now taking care of this family in place of the person whose body she was now occupying.
"Do you want me to keep a separate share of this stir fried pork in a clean bowl for offering ?"she asked knowing that generally while paying respect to the dead , people offered something edible to eat with the joss money .
Shen Li paused in his steps, even though he knew that the person in front of him was much more kind than the previous Yu Dong, he was still founding the entire situation a lot surreal - he couldn't believe that something like this really happened.
Compared to the previous Yu Dong he found it rather awkward to have a conversation with the current Yu Dong because no matter how kind she was to him and the others- she was indeed a stranger to then and despite all her gentleness and care , he knew nothing about her .
Shen Li also felt a bit awkward because unlike the previous Yu Dong he wasn't as unbothered in front the current Yu Dong. Her kindness was something really precious to him , after being treated with nothing but scorn all his life - all of a sudden he was being treated so nicely . If Yu Dong acted unconcerned towards him , Shen Li wouldn't have minded it but - she was actually being so nice to him , that he was feeling something for her despite knowing and understanding that she was someone he couldn't afford to like .
He was Yu Dong 's widower, and his body wasn't clean either - faced with such a situation , Shen Li thought he was indeed not worthy of the Yu Dong who was standing in front of him .
Why will a stranger accept him ? She had already told him that she had no designs regarding them and was only taking on their responsibilities because she took over Yu Dong 's soul. It was her kindness that she was not kicking them out - so how could he take advantage of her ?
Shen Li also knew that he wasn't no where as beautiful as the other mers and he was also old now . His cinnabar mole wasn't as bright as others and he couldn't get pregnant easily either , with so many flaws- how can someone like him ?
But he knew that Yu Dong was asking him out of kindness and it would be rude of him ignore her goodwill. Therefore Shen Li nodded and said "I do want to offer some food after paying my respect to her. And meat was her favourite if possible please add a fat chunky piece of pork in the offering, she might be happy if I offer her something that she liked."
It was really weird that he was actually paying respect to his wife's soul when her body was moving perfectly fine in front of him.
Shen Li even thought that he was being insensitive by paying respect to the previous Yu Dong while the current Yu Dong the one he felt something for , was right in front of him.
But Shen Li had only thought about the matter a lot more seriously than Yu Dong. She didn't find anything wrong with Shen Li paying his respect to the original host after all she was the one who married him not her. And because she was oblivious over the fact that her kindness had ignited some sort of feelings in his heart , Yu Dong didn't feel weird at all .
"Alright I will do that. And you should also go ahead and wash your hands because its time to eat, Ye Liu and Chen Mi have been waiting for you to comeback home. Its already past nine and we all are getting hungry."
Actually Yu Dong had explained the situation in a rather light manner but the truth was Ye Liu and Chen Mi were so hungry that they made several round in the kitchen( Ye Liu was either helping Chen Mi go to the bath house or he was taking him out for a walk because Chen Mi was bored after being confined to his room for so long , that was what they said but their eyes were firmly locked on the pot she was stirring ) .
Even Yu Mai who had taken pride over the fact that he was a very good child - he too was so hungry that he actually forgot about being a good child and has been tailing Yu Dong like a little puppy who was salivating over a juicy bone that he could only see but couldn't eat.
Yu Mai actually wanted to go ahead and find Shen Li and bring him back home for half an hour ago. However the little boy didn't know where Shen Li actually went, so even if Yu Mai knew about each and every villager he couldn't just go ahead and check each house could he.
Therefore Yu Mai could only stay at home and walk in and out of the kitchen clutching his hungry tummy and trying his best to melt Yu Dong with his best puppy dog face.
But Yu Dong knew that if she gave Yu Mai something to eat the young boy's tummy would soon fill up with this or that type of small snacks and he wouldn't be able to eat his dinner properly thus she didn't give him anything which was why Yu Mai was lying angrily on Chen Mi's bed face down with a prominent pout.
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