Signing-In: The Lazy Moon Goddess-Chapter 278: Her Reason

The awkwardness after the group split continued even after Shen Jueyang left the camp. Even Yue Xuexia, who went ahead in the tent, or Tan Bingyu, who followed over to serve her mistress, didn’t speak a word after the group parted.

Inside the tent, Yue Xuexia is wiping herself with water before using a cleansing spell on herself. She felt that a cleansing spell doesn’t feel the same as bathing in water. Silence in the tent was suffocating; however, Tan Bingyu didn’t dare open her mouth to ask anything. She noticed that the mood of her mistress wasn’t as good as she thought.

Yue Xuexia spoke, "Sister Bingyu, can you help me dry my hair?"

"I can’t control the temperature and only release cold mist. Is that alright?" Tan Bingyu asked.

Yue Xuexia, who is afraid of the cold, hesitated and didn’t speak. Tan Bingyu took a new towel and helped her mistress dry her hair manually.

Tan Bingyu said, "Let me help you dry it with a towel instead." freёnovelkiss.com

There is an awkwardness between the two ladies, but it’s coming from Yue Xuexia instead of Tan Bingyu.

Yue Xuexia asked, "Sister Bingyu, did I... did I say it badly?"

"Is the Mistress talking about what you’ve said with Lord Shen? It might be said in the wrong way, but I’m sure that Lord Shen will understand the mistress’s words. But... does the mistress truly not want Lord Shen to stay?" Tan Bingyu asked.

Yue Xuexia didn’t respond to this question right away. Tan Bingyu waited; however, she also didn’t push her to answer. Quietly, she just waited patiently until her mistress opened her mouth herself.

"Even if I want them to stay, I am not willing. Sister Bingyu, you already know the connection of the Moon Goddess to me. She is my past life; however, her past life memories have awakened in me. That’s why I can’t let him forget his original goal or else I won’t be able to face his people."

"His brethren were massacred. His empire was annexed and his subordinates were all killed while his vassals all betrayed him. I’ve only seen the scenes and already felt that I can never forgive whoever did it. I might be her incarnation, but I will never be the Moon Empress. It wasn’t me who died protecting the man she loves."

"How about Jueyang and Yangyang? That’s their original home, their land, and their family. I am already living a new life with my new family. I am... no longer the former Moon Goddess. I can’t get involved anymore. As I am now Yue Xuexia and not Yue Xuehua."

"I can’t allow them to stay beside me because of their guilt towards my past life. She already moved on and what happened had nothing to do with me. I also couldn’t believe the undying love the Moon Goddess has for Shen Jueyang is real. As for what I had experienced, she truly is in love with him; however, the love Gu in her intensified that feeling and made her insane. Is that still love?"

The more Tan Bingyu learns, the more shocked she is. Even though she had an inkling that the two lords had some connections with her mistress, she didn’t expect that it had something to do with her past life. If so, how long did Taiyang and Shen Jueyang exist? Hundreds of years, thousands, ten thousands of years, and more? It is simply insane.

Yue Xuexia continues to speak her side, and she knows that the two men outside are listening to her. She didn’t mind them listening. After all, it’s better if they know her thoughts to avoid misunderstandings.

"If they are staying because of their guilt towards my past self, then I will not allow them to. Much less forget the fact that they lost their family and everything to that person. A person who destroyed one empire just for one woman. That crazy piece of shit! The Star Emperor."

"Mistress, are you saying the empire of Lord Taiyang and Lord Shen Jueyang was plotted upon because this Star Emperor desires one woman from that empire? Who is the beauty that caused this disaster? She should be a heavenly-defying one for that Star Emperor to go mad," said Tan Bingyu.

Yue Xuexia narrowed her eyes with unknown thoughts, but there wasn’t any hesitation.

"It’s the Moon Goddess. The Star Emperor fell for her and thought that the Sun Emperor had banished her for the Fairy Queen."

Taiyang and Shen Jueyang were shocked with what they’d just heard; even Tan Bingyu, who only knew a bit, was speechless. After all, this Moon Goddess was her mistress’s past life. The home of Lord Shen Jueyang and Lord Taiyang was destroyed because of her mistress’s past self.

Yue Xuexia stated coldly, "Don’t look at me like that. The Moon Goddess is weak-willed and blinded with love. If it was me, I would have longed to divorce the scum husband and beat the shit out of that damn stalker. Also, wake that bitch up and make him see what kind of trash the men she is attracted to."

Tan Bingyu’s thoughts: ’Isn’t the scum husband in this story, Lord Shen? Is it alright to say it out loud knowing that he might be listening to it? ’

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Tan Bingyu didn’t know what to say. She didn’t meet the Moon Goddess and only knew her decisive mistress, who would kill even the innocent to protect what she wanted to protect and give warmth to those she loved and those she deemed worthy.

She actually couldn’t imagine her mistress being blind with love and allowing a man to cling to her in such a crazy way. She had witnessed a man who rudely flirted with her mistress; not only had this man’s family’s evil deeds been dug up, but that man had even turned into an eunuch for annoying her mistress.

Yue Xuexia said, "Anyway, the Moon Goddess is also at fault and the men involved are also in the wrong. However, it didn’t mean that Yangyang and Jueyang should forget about their revenge. If they decide to stay here, I will kick them out myself. It’s not that they can’t return right? Hmp! I’m annoyed. I’m going to sleep now!"

She hurriedly changed her clothes into her onesie pajamas, and this time she was wearing a brown bear one and lay down on her bed, closing her eyes and ignoring everything else.

Tan Bingyu gently tucked her mistress to sleep and whispered, "Sleep well, Mistress." She also laid down on her bed after cleaning up the tent.

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On the other hand, outside the tent.

Taiyang acted as a lazy guard, lying beside the bonfire with skewered cheese over the fire. These were his midnight snacks. Beside him, Shen Jueyang, who left pouting, had returned, staring at the cheese in his stick melted into liquid, and fell into the fire burning with the charred wood.

The two of them were listening to the conversation of Yue Xuexia and Tan Bingyu inside the tent and didn’t expect to learn Yue Xuexia’s feelings that way. Now they understood why Yue Xuexia acted coldly in that split moment. It was because she was angry that she felt like being used as an excuse to stay in this world.

Taiyang clicked his tongue and said, "Don’t waste my cheese! That’s my midnight snack from Xue’er!"

"Oh? Give me one more," Shen Jueyang said.

Taiyang took all the cheese away and said, "No way in hell. You’ve wasted one already. So wasteful!"

The atmosphere between the two turns silent. Taiyang was ignoring his main body, roasting some cheese over the fire, and happily eating it. Beside him, Shen Jueyang was staring at the bonfire, dazed as if his soul had floated out somewhere.

Taiyang, who could no longer bear the quietness of his main body, speaks up.

"Xue’er is right. We must return to the immortal world at least once. The Star Emperor will not stop. Though I would have never expected that the reason he attacked the empire was because... because of the Moon Empress. That’s something I didn’t expect."

"That might not be the only reason. Have you forgotten what is under our empire?" Shen Jueyang said.

Taiyang thought for a moment and finally frowned as he realized what his main body was trying to say.

"The gates of the Devil Realm. Did they sign a contract with the devil? If so, the Immortal Realm is in danger. Not only is the Moon Race there, but the Royal Lei Clan where Uncle Yue comes from is also located in our former territory. Should we inform Uncle Yue about this? He might have a way to contact his clan and give them a warning," said Taiyang.

Shen Jueyang said, "We don’t have proof. Much less convince the Royal Lei Clan; even asking the Moon Race might be a tall order. It seems we truly need to go back."

"We are lacking a bit more merit, but that should be gathered in a few years with Xue’er helping us," said Taiyang.

Shen Jueyang answered him with silence.

Taiyang said, "You still don’t want to leave?"

"I need more time to think. Moreover, hide this planet before we leave. If the Star Emperor learned that Xue’er is here, he... will definitely come over," said Shen Jueyang. He had an indescribable expression on his handsome face.

He can still recall the obsession that man had before he was stabbed. It’s just that at that time he didn’t understand it. Learning that this is all about the Moon Goddess, he now believes that the Star Emperor, his former friend, is truly in love with his former empress.