Su Jin obediently parted his lips and ate the medicinal pill.
After watching Su Jin swallow the pill, An Mo place his palm on his back to help him absorb it a bit faster.
Under the effects of the medicinal pill, Su Jin felt the persistent migraine he had been feeling slowly disappear. The ache in the back of neck also faded away, allowing him to stand straight from his slouched posture.
An Mo observed Su Jin's pale complexion recovered to a normal color; however, the dark circles were still under his eyes and would take a while to disappear.
Frowning, An Mo asked.
"How are you now? Are you feeling better?"
Su Jin looked up at An Mo, and even though the other person was frowning, he could still detect the relief in his eyes.
Su Jin didn't know why, but his eyes became a little moist. He hurriedly lowered his head to hide the fact that he was about to cry. However, his slightly choked up voice had already given him away.
"I—I'm better now. Thank you Elder Brother An Mo, and Elder Sister Xai Lin."
Xai Lin smiled and responded.
"No need to thank me, this was partly my fault as well."
Su Jin wiped his eyes and hurriedly shook his head before saying.
"No, Elder Sister Xai Lin isn't at fault, it's my carelessness that caused this situation and made both of you worry about me."
Xai Lin didn't refute Su Jin, but she noted in her heart to pay more attention to this kid. After all, she had agreed to him following them, so she was now responsible for his safety and wellbeing.
An Mo had already recovered his smile—patting Su Jin on the shoulder he said.
"Alright, let's just put this matter behind us. But don't let this happen next time. Since you plan on following us, we're responsible for you, and it wouldn't be good if you get hurt under our watch."
Su Jin looked up at An Mo and smiled, before saying with a nod.
"Okay, I'll listen to Elder Brother An Mo."
Upon hearing this, An Mo's smile grew a bit wider. He couldn't help but think that the way Su Jin called him elder brother was really good to hear.
Seeing that a few wet stains were still on Su Jin's eyelashes, An Mo reached up and wiped them for him while asking.
"We're planning on going to the hot spring, do you want to come along?"
Su Jin's cheeks turned a bit red in embarrassment from An Mo's care, but hearing the mention of a hot spring, he asked with a surprised expression.
"A hot spring? Is it on the ship?"
Nodding, An Mo responded.
"Yeah, it's on the ship. Do you want to come?"
With an excited expression, Su Jin nodded like a chicken pecking rice while saying.
"I'll come, I'll come."
Upon seeing how excited his newly adopted sibling was, An Mo laughed out loud, then grabbed his hand and said while pulling him out of the room.
"Alright, come on. Your older brother will wash your back for you!"
Su Jin didn't resist An Mo's pull, but he felt a bit of awkwardness as the reason he wanted to visit the hot spring was to see how the Spirit Artifact Refiner of this ship had added that section within this pavilion. However, he couldn't bear to say that and dampened this newly adopted older brother's mood.
"Little Jin, do you have a change of clothes?"
"Hm, I have a few sets in my storage bracelet."
"Ah, that's great. You can just change with those, also, no need to put on clothes now, just come like this."
Xai Lin, who had long been forgotten, watched as An Mo pulled a half-naked Su Jin out the room past her and down the hallway. She was somewhat a bit speechless.
Putting a hand on her hips, Xai Lin watched as An Mo reached the end of the hallway before suddenly stopping.
After saying something to Su Jin, he quickly scurried back to her.
Xai Lin looked at the boy in front of her with an amused smile playing on her lips.
Chuckling awkwardly, An Mo grabbed hold of Xai Lin's hand and said while dragging her towards Su Jin.
"Xai-xai, why are you just standing here? Let's go. We'll all go soak in the hot spring together!"
Xai Lin scoffed.
"Aren't you just embarrassed to ask where the hot spring is? But why bother asking someone as irrelevant as me, why not just use those eyes of yours to find your way there?"
An Mo scratched his messy hair, feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed. He indeed could have used his Myriad Dao Eyes to deduce the location of the hot spring, but he figured if he did that and left Xai Lin behind, something terrifying would happen.
Letting out a forced chuckle, An Mo said ingratiatingly.
"Xai-xai, I really didn't mean it. I just got carried away. Sorry…"
Xai Lin smiled. Despite her words, she didn't mind An Mo's sudden desire to get close to Su Jin. As for what An Mo had gotten carried away with, of course, it was making up for those fifteen years of loneliness.
Stopping next to Su Jin, An Mo turned to Xai Lin and leaned forward to kiss her on the lips before saying.
"You don't blame me, right Xai-xai?"
Xai Lin rolled her eyes at An Mo before pushing his face away and saying.
"Don't act so shamelessly in front of the children."
Su Jin, who was nearby, was already blushing furiously, while lowering his head so far it seemed like he wanted to bury his face in his chest.
An Mo looked over and seeing Su Jin's red face, he laughed and teased.
"What's wrong Little Su Jin? Didn't you say you wanted to follow and learn from us so you can find a Dao Companion of your own? What are you getting all shy for now?"
Su Jin didn't respond, but his ears did turn a shade redder.
An Mo chuckled, then said.
"Alright, I won't tease you anymore. I'm really afraid your ears might start bleeding from how hard you're blushing."
After that, he grabbed Su Jin's hand, and holding Xai Lin's own, he pulled the two of them down the hall.
If a fourth party were to see this scene, they might have thought they were a family of three who was about to visit a hot spring.
Little Bai: "…"
Right now, there were no words that could be used to describe An Mo's current emotions. After fifteen years alone, he had found a lover. Then right after leaving the Demonic Realm, he found himself a cute so—ah, wait, he meant a cute little brother. Right, right, he definitely meant a cute little brother!