Mo Yuan, Bai Qian, Ye Hua

Part 21

It had been 9 months since that day in the alley way, and Ye Hua and Bai Qian had spent almost every waking hour in each others company.  Though she refused to allow him to move past the occasional kiss on the lips, he was a patient man, but he would touch her often, in the smallest of ways, until she got used to him always near her.

When she smiled, he would lightly stroke her face, or wipe stray hair from her eyes even when there wasn't one, or gently kiss the top of her head, hold her hand at every opportunity which was almost always, rub her back, stroke her head, or just hold her in a soft embrace when she would allow it. And at night, she would always be in his arms, his face the last thing she saw when she drifted off to sleep to gentle caresses on her head, or light kisses on her brow.

Every waking moment, he was with her, and as the days passed them by, she grew closer to him. But the reality was, Bai Qian was struggling inside.  Her heart had only ever been for Mo Yuan, she believed without a shadow of a doubt, that he was her eternal love and she his.  He would be the father of her children and together they would live out their forever days as husband and wife.  Her heart had cried every mortal realm day for him, but as the days with Ye Hua dragged on, she could feel the pull weaken, as Ye Huas grew stonger.

And of course she knew what he was doing.  But his strength and kindness was her weakness. The many emotions of the man she had only viewed as a spoiled child, suddenly had her seeing him differently.  Not only was he kind and gentle, he was highly intelligent, was thoughtful of her every need, sometimes knowing what her need was before she did, he also knew her own emotions and moods, sensing instantly when to back away, and when she needed comfort or just a hand to hold.  He truly listened to her, and most of all, he knew when to keep quiet when she just wanted peace.

Her long endless days of solitude for 70,000 years, meant she did not like noise, or too many people about, preferring the quiet and peace that her lonely days had given her.  And Ye Hua gave her that peace, by just sitting quietly as her thoughts took her away to distant times and distant faces as he held her in his arms allowing her the space her mind desperately needed.

Their long endless walks along the beach was a favorite for both of them.  The roaring of the waves drowned any thoughts she had of home, while she came to accept the new friendship and growing love for the man who held her hand, who talked softly to her on many subjects, and having already figured out which were her favorite subjects, he would only talk of those, both relishing each others company as the days passed them by.

She knew, she would not be able to hold back on him for much longer.  She was a physical woman with physical needs, and the longer she spent away from Mo Yuan, the more she craved, and the occasional kisses and hand holding was no longer enough.

That night she dreamt of Mo Yuan for the first time since she arrived in the Mortal Realm.

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After Di Jun left, Mo Yuan sat on his seating for a long time thinking of all the places she could have gone.   Being a high Goddess, her energy would have been picked up immediately, being the only high Goddess in all the realms.  Yet no news had come back of her appearance anywhere in the Mortal Realm.  In fact, Zhi Lan had only just returned from the Mortal Realm after a quick scout of all the places she and his ninth disciple used to visit.  

He had even gone to the spring hills in a small town where Bai Qian used to hide his fine wine to drink, when the two of them would run away to play pranks on the Mortal children, which always ended up with her getting drunk with many of them, and her senior forced to carry her back for punishment.

But he came back empty handed, and if anyone knew her energy, it would be Zhi Lan.  Not even the energy tracker he gave him, came up with even the smallest whiff of her energy.