Chapter 481: No!

Suzuki Zetsu's expression changed, and this time, his face did not hold the tension from before; instead, he calmly lifted his hand and gently wiped the bloodstains from the corners of her mouth, little by little.

He remembered... ever since she was little, Xingyue loved to be beautiful. How could she allow her face to be dirtied by blood now?

"Yuki... no matter what happens, I will always be with you," he said gently, his voice lowering as he whispered in her ear, then kissed her lips.

He would not let her leave alone.

So now... wherever she wanted to go, he would be with her... because he knew that she was actually very afraid of being alone, and without him, she would be afraid and cry.

As a child, she had once used fear as an excuse to unashamedly share a quilt with him.

Looking at the woman in his arms, he truly missed... those times that could never be returned to.