Married the Second Generation Fox Demon with a Baby in a Flash Marriage (GL) - Chapter 19

Hu Mengmeng gritted her teeth and vigorously paddled through the river water, quickly reaching the shore. She carried Ye Xinyu and jumped onto the bank’s railing.

Hu Mengmeng’s breathing was slightly heavier; the thrilling experience had left her heart racing.

Hu Mengmeng stopped and reached out to feel Ye Xinyu’s breath. She was still breathing, but the skin her fingers touched was cool and icy, and her eyes were closed. She looked unconscious, curled up in a ball in her arms.

At this moment, this person looked nothing like the demon hunter with sharp eyes and ruthless methods from before. Instead, she looked quite pitiful.

Hu Mengmeng shook her head and looked around. She had deliberately come to a deserted place. Given Ye Xinyu’s current condition, if she left her here, who knew what might happen? Hu Mengmeng could only hold onto Ye Xinyu, suppress her own aura, and prepare to take Ye Xinyu to a hospital or another populated place.

Hu Mengmeng had only run a short distance when she heard a buzzing sound. A helicopter was flying in her direction, along with the sound of police sirens, voices, and dog barks.

With the plane in the sky and the boats on the water, if they had the thermal sensing equipment they had mentioned, they had probably found her!

Hu Mengmeng thought for a moment, ran to a streetlight, and put Ye Xinyu down, preparing to flee. But then she saw a silver bell on Ye Xinyu’s wrist. It looked exactly like the bell she had lost, without a metal ball clapper, just the shape of a bell with some unique patterns, only the string it was tied with was different.

Thinking about what had happened between them at the villa, Ye Xinyu had probably picked it up. Hu Mengmeng had only ever seen one bell with such unique patterns, and that was her own.

Hearing the distant sounds getting closer, Hu Mengmeng hurriedly untied the string holding the bell on Ye Xinyu’s wrist, quickly jumped up, and reached a tree nearby.

The people who arrived were wearing uniforms, looking like public officials, carrying flashlights and police dogs.

Hu Mengmeng suppressed her aura, watching as those people lifted Ye Xinyu onto a stretcher and into a vehicle. Then, she jumped back into the river, submerged, and swam for dozens of meters, avoiding the so-called thermal sensing search. After confirming her direction, she swam towards where she had parked her electric scooter.

After reaching the shore, Hu Mengmeng circled around and saw her electric scooter still obediently parked under a tree by the roadside. There was no one around. Hu Mengmeng went over, got on her scooter, quickly retracted her bloodline, and drove home.

Hu Mengmeng rode her scooter home, opened the door, and went inside. Su Mingli was pacing in the living room. As soon as she saw Hu Mengmeng, she launched into a barrage of scolding.

“I called you several times just now, why didn’t you answer? Didn’t I tell you that you had to be home before 8 o’clock?!” Su Mingli’s hands were still trembling.

Hearing Su Mingli mention her phone, Hu Mengmeng quickly unzipped her jacket and took out her phone. The screen was black, and it wouldn’t respond no matter how she pressed the buttons. It had been soaked in water for so long, even her hands were wrinkled. The phone wasn’t waterproof, so it was obviously broken.

“You little brat, that phone was just bought! How did you get it like this? Did it fall into the water? Don’t tell me you ran into demon hunters again!” Su Mingli asked, looking at Hu Mengmeng’s appearance. The wind had mostly dried the clothes Hu Mengmeng had put on, but her inner layers were still wet.

“Mom, um, yes, I did run into them again. But I’m fine, aren’t I? Mom, don’t be angry, ah…” Hu Mengmeng said, before Su Mingli slapped her shoulder. She let out an exaggerated cry.

“I told you to be careful, but you just don’t listen!” Su Mingli’s heart was filled with fear and panic.

Hu Mengmeng looked at Su Mingli’s expression, walked closer, and hugged her.

“Mom, doesn’t your hand hurt from hitting me? This time was really an accident. I ran into Xiao Ya, and there was a demon in the water trying to grab her. I couldn’t just not save her, could I? Mom, calm down, it’s my fault, my fault. I promise I won’t worry you next time,” Hu Mengmeng said.

“You… sigh, go take a shower and change your clothes quickly! It’s not the middle of summer anymore!” Su Mingli said, helpless after hearing Hu Mengmeng mention Lin Yunya. She shook her head and patted Hu Mengmeng.

Hu Mengmeng went to shower and change. On the other side, Ye Xinyu was taken to a private hospital, showered, changed into clean clothes, and lay down on a soft hospital bed.

Ye Xinyu’s face was extremely pale, and she hadn’t yet recovered from the exhaustion.

“When you found me, was I alone?” Ye Xinyu asked, her long eyelashes fluttering as she looked up at Huo Zhilan beside her after drinking a cup of hot water.

Ye Xinyu had been exhausted earlier, with her body consuming more spiritual energy than it absorbed, making her extremely uncomfortable. She had had to absorb spiritual energy as quickly as possible. Although she appeared unconscious, she could still sense things, albeit vaguely.

That fox had come, had even saved her, had held her. And to her own surprise, she hadn’t felt any repulsion at its touch, instead feeling so warm and comfortable…

When she woke up, the space beside her was empty; the fox was gone.

Ye Xinyu couldn’t quite tell if she had been dreaming.

“The people in the helicopter said they saw someone carrying you ashore, but then they ran away and couldn’t be found. Do you know who it was? A human or a demon?” Huo Zhilan asked.

Ye Xinyu’s slender fingers rubbed against her other pale wrist, her eyes narrowing slightly. It was the fox, but she had run away again!

“Demon,” Ye Xinyu said softly, her eyes lowered, looking at her empty wrist where the bell had been.

Ever since she had seen that fox last time, noticing that it was still wearing the bell she had given it, Ye Xinyu had asked Huo Zhilan to bring a bell from the Ye family. She had prepared half of the hand seals and carried it with her, waiting to encounter the fox again so she could complete the seals more quickly and make it her contracted demon.

Now it was gone. She needed to get another one. Fortunately, her mother had made many enchanted bells, and there were still a few left.

That fox hadn’t run far; it was nearby. She didn’t believe she couldn’t find it.

“Xinyu, that was too dangerous this time. Put aside those demonic matters for now. I’m really on edge. That thing was dredged up today, and it was huge, terrifying to look at. We don’t even know where it came from. Xinyu, we absolutely can’t take on any more requests. You need to take good care of your body. You just had a full check-up, and your body looks fine, but you’re very weak. I’m really worried about your current condition,” Huo Zhilan said, looking extremely concerned at Ye Xinyu.

“Aunt Lan, I’m sorry for making you worry. The demon this time wasn’t actually that powerful, just troublesome in the water. I’ll take good care of my body and won’t take on any requests recently,” Ye Xinyu said to Huo Zhilan.

“You really do need to take good care of your body. The hospital doctors couldn’t find anything wrong, I wonder if it’s some other evil issue. I think we should ask someone from the Shen family to take a look. Uncle Ye’s illness was also treated by the Shen family last time, they should have some skills. I contacted them earlier and made an appointment for them to come check you out tomorrow,” Huo Zhilan said. The Uncle Ye she mentioned was Ye Xinyu’s grandfather.

“Mm. Aunt Lan, you’ve been tired all day, get some rest early. Don’t worry,” Ye Xinyu said.

Regarding her own physical condition, Ye Xinyu had initially thought it was just weakness due to recently losing her primordial yin, and the decline in her strength was also due to that.

Now it seemed it wasn’t that simple.

Her mother had continued to be a demon hunter after giving birth to her and had never mentioned any physical problems.

But now, it wasn’t just that she was consuming a lot of spiritual energy and couldn’t reach her perfect state. It was that whenever she used spiritual energy, her body felt uncomfortable, especially her abdomen, which would have a cramping sensation. This was particularly noticeable when she was in the water. After activating the seal on the dagger, the output of spiritual energy wasn’t much, but her whole body felt very unwell.

The Shen family that Huo Zhilan mentioned were practitioners of Daoist medicine and might be able to see what was going on.

***

The next day, not long after Ye Xinyu woke up, a woman came to her hospital room.

This woman looked to be in her late twenties, extremely beautiful, with a stern and serious expression. She wore a somewhat business-like tailored suit that accentuated her height and long legs. The dark gray color didn’t diminish her sensual figure.

She was Shen Qingyi from the Shen family, the Daoist doctor who had come to examine Ye Xinyu.

However, she didn’t look like someone who had come to treat a patient, but rather someone attending a business meeting.

Ye Xinyu was slightly surprised to see Shen Qingyi. Shen Qingyi was the head of the Shen Corporation and also the most skilled Daoist doctor in the Shen family.

Before Shen Qingyi examined Ye Xinyu, Ye Xinyu asked Huo Zhilan and another assistant to leave first, leaving only the two of them in the room.

“Ye Xinyu, you’re pregnant,” Shen Qingyi said directly after a brief examination, her tone flat and businesslike.

“What? Are you sure?” Ye Xinyu asked after a pause.

“Pregnant with a little demon. The spiritual energy your Ye family cultivates is specifically meant to counter demons. It’s only thanks to its half-human bloodline that it hasn’t already miscarried. This little demon is not simple. It’s developing and needs a significant amount of spiritual energy and nutrients. This is just the beginning; it will need more later. With your current physical cultivation, even if your spiritual energy were purified and no longer countered demons, you wouldn’t be able to sustain it until birth – it would drain you dry. By then, neither of you would survive. Moreover, its presence will limit your use of spiritual power. I suggest you terminate the pregnancy as soon as possible. Otherwise, your body will
get worse and worse, and you won’t be able to support the energy and nutrients it needs,” Shen Qingyi said directly.

Ye Xinyu was stunned.

What Shen Qingyi said perfectly matched her current situation.

Ye Xinyu had never imagined that just that one night with that fox would make her pregnant!

Ye Xinyu’s slender white fingers twisted together, her brow furrowed in contemplation. Shen Qingyi watched her without speaking for the moment.

“What price would I have to pay to terminate it?” After a moment, Ye Xinyu looked up and asked. Just as the words left her lips, Ye Xinyu felt a slight cramping sensation in her abdomen.