The next day, they were the fastest to clear out the trial and come out among everyone else.
The trial prizes ended up in their hands, without a doubt. The only minor incident was that Murong Jinchuan called them over and scolded the two of them head-on—
It was only then that Xue Huai realized that their entire process of passing the test had been casually chosen by his immortal master, Cai Yi, as a teaching template and was being displayed in front of hundreds of cultivators. Murong Jinchuan was also present at that time, supervising the assessment of the cultivators’ teaching results.
Everyone was watching intently. At first, they were fine, but later on, the two students suddenly kissed each other.
It was also intense and lingering.
One of them is his grandson, the head of Murong Mountain, and the other is his own disciple. Murong Jinchuan almost couldn’t hold his old face and rushed in on the spot to catch the two of them.
After being scolded severely, Xue Huai positively admitted his mistake and applied to replace the Wujin spiritual stone that suits his water spiritual root with the Muyin spiritual stone that suits the earth spiritual root instead—he already had one Wujin spiritual stone, so he planned to give the other to Yun Cuo.
Murong Jinchuan changed it for him with a dark face.
Looking at his grandfather’s expression, Xue Huai felt that he wouldn’t be able to successfully take a leave for the time being.
But this is not difficult for him either. If he can’t take leave, he will just skip classes. Let’s talk about it after the Thunder Calamity.
He went back to the Warm Pavilion with Yun Cuo, walking back slowly.
Both of them remained silent all the way, as if they understood each other, and they felt a bit embarrassed to look at each other. However, as they walked closer and closer, their shoulders couldn’t help but get in the way, and their arms touched each other.
Finally, two hands gently hooked together.
Xue Huai felt like his whole body was burning. He didn’t know if Yun Cuo was like this or not, he didn’t dare look at Yun Cuo’s side at all.
They had passed the trial, and for the next few days they wouldn’t have the intensive cultivation and homework to do that they had on a normal day. That is to say, the two of them have enough time to stay together these days.
As they walked all the way to the door, Yun Cuo finally spoke to him, “Go wash yourself up and get a good night’s sleep.”
His ears were slightly red, but his eyes were staring at Xue Huai without blinking, a little nervous. He seemed to be hesitating about something as well as expecting something. It’s like he’s trying to see some reassurance in his eyes. This person has always been like this: when Xue Huai didn’t have much of a reaction, he got an inch, and when Xue Huai took the initiative, he started to be worried. He didn’t know what kind of things he was thinking in his head.
Xue Huai was in a state of shyness after being bold. Without saying anything, he grabbed a change of clothes and went into the bathroom to wash up.
He pretended to be calm and said, “If you’re tired, go to sleep for a while. I might have to wash for a long time.”
Yun Cuo said, “Okay, be careful not to catch a cold.”
Xue Huai continued to pretend to be calm and said, “We…take a nap, and then go out for a meal. What do you think?”
That would be considered a date.
Yun Cuo didn’t notice any difference between this schedule and their usual schedule. He replied, “Okay.”
Xue Huai entered with a book in hand and even called on the gluttonous ghost, washing it with a soft brush. After washing up, the gluttonous ghost obtained permission to splash into the water and take a bath with Xue Huai, just like when they were at the Xue family.
The Fuli spring water remained hot for a long time, and Xue Huai only got up after finishing a book. It had already been half an hour.
He pushed the door open and saw that Yun Cuo had really obediently gone to bed for a nap.
This person doesn’t care about all those fancy ways of enjoying things. For example, he never fully understands the fact that Xue Huai needs to take a bath, and from the bottom of his heart, he feels a bit coquettish—although he doesn’t say much.
Yun Cuo himself had always used the Purification Technique to clean up and wash his clothes directly, and he felt that it wouldn’t be more convenient to recite a five-minute incantation than to wash up for the duration of two incense sticks.
Xue Huai wiped his hair and changed into a nightgown.
When he went over to take a look, he realized that Yun Cuo still thought too much—this time, he didn’t sleep on the shaky hammock, he occupied Xue Huai’s small bed that had been laid out by the window instead.
He guessed he was still in a daze, he was thinking that, last time, Xue Huai was the same as the gluttonous ghost and the silly cat, they liked the shaky, suspended in the air hammock. That’s why he crawled to his place in the middle of the night.
So he left the little hammock for him, he was too obedient to be true.
Xue Huai felt that Yun Cuo’s ideas were very problematic and needed some serious correction from a senior brother like him.
He first wiped the gluttonous ghost dry, then carried it to the hammock. The gluttonous ghost loved it very much and was so excited that it started rolling around—Xue Huai held it down while trying to put it on a custom-made pajama—as soon as he turned around, he immediately caught a glimpse of something unusual.
Behind him, Yun Cuo moved on the bed and quickly laid his head back down, his ears turning red. After a while, he probably thought that Xue Huai hadn’t noticed and was afraid that he might catch him. Thus, he wrapped himself in the quilt to cover his feverish ears and formed a ball.
Xue Huai immediately overturned his previous thoughts and guessed that little bit of Yun Cuo’s thought—Yun Cuo himself was not sure why Xue Huai got into his arms that day. Did he really like the bed, or did he like him?
He even knew to come and try it out, the man wasn’t stupid in the end.
He remembered that the last time he casually selected his favorite dishes for him, Yun Cuo also came over and made the gluttonous ghost try them as well. He wanted to know whether he had inquired about his preferences or really just fed him like the gluttonous.
He is certain that this person is really only three years old.
Xue Huai slowly dressed the gluttonous ghost in his little clothes, patted its head, placed it in bed, and then went to coax the silly cat to sleep—this kitten is usually so energetic that he often scurries off to play somewhere, but as long as it gets its belly rubbed and chin scratches, then it will sleep through the night with no worries.
Then Xue Huai turned over and went to bed, covering the two sleeping animals with blankets. He also turned over and slept facing Yun Cuo.
The room is silent. Besides them, there were also cultivators who had passed the trials and returned one after another to fetch water and have a lunch break. It was not noisy, but it added to the atmosphere. They just listened to various people, with things gradually fading away, and finally returned to silence. This silence was warm, like the breath of a sleeping person.
Yun Cuo thought that Xue Huai was already asleep.
He cannot explain the sour feeling of disappointment in his heart—he expects Xue Huai to come and sleep in his arms after settling down the gluttonous ghost and the silly cat like last time.
Xue Huai, this person is sometimes cold and sometimes passionate, he cannot read his beloved.
Yun Cuo was a bit anxious, not realizing that this was actually the situation that every man would encounter when they first crashed into love. He felt that the person he was trying to catch was suddenly far and then close, making him unsure of what to do.
He turned over, only to see Xue Huai was sleeping facing him. His eyelashes were long, and they cast slight shadows under his eyes. The red tear mole was trapped in the shadows, not very noticeable. But today the sky is bright, and the interior inside the room is also bright. Xue Huai’s skin is translucent white, the whole person seems to be glowing, soft, and peaceful.
He even softened his breathing, staring at him in awe.
He seemed to have returned to that day. Under the pear tree where the mountain rain was about to come, his boy was sleeping soundly. He wouldn’t get tired of looking at that face for how many more times, and he could still hear his heart beating heavily and rapidly from nervousness even if he spoke to Xue Huai a million more times.
He looked at him almost obsessively and suddenly saw Xue Huai open his eyes.
His eyelashes fluttered slightly, like a butterfly suddenly landing on top of a flower branch, falling into a pool mixed with the light and shadow of broken stars.
Xue Huai tilted his head and deliberately asked him, “You are awake ah, Yun Shidi?”
He was so stupid that he didn’t expect him to be awake and deliberately pretended to be asleep to tease him. Yun Cuo panicked and flipped over, then wrapped himself tightly in the quilt and let out a muffled “En”, as if to cover it up. He added, “I just woke up and saw you are awake already.”
Xue Huai smiled and said, “You sleep ba, it’s me who woke you up.”
But in his mind, he didn’t believe him.
Yun Cuo didn’t say anything, looking like he was caught red-handed, so he no longer had the nerve to talk to him.
Xue Huai flipped over and got out of bed.
The ground in the room was made of smooth divine wood, and as he stepped on it barefoot, there was a faint sound of warm flesh and bones pressing against it, as if stepping on his heart. He could imagine the curvature of his fair and beautiful foot bending and walking, the beautiful taut instep, the glistening toes, and the round and cute fingertips…Xue Huai was walking towards him.
Walking towards him, the sound grew closer and closer, followed closely by the sinking of the bed. The quilt was pulled generally over, and the soft and warm body pressed against him. Yun Cuo felt his shoulder being hugged—Xue Huai’s hand passed through his arm and clasped his shoulder upwards. When it slid down slightly, it draped around his neck.
Yun Cuo only felt his face burning more and more—his flushed ears couldn’t be hidden anymore, they were burning and red. Xue Huai lay on his side behind him, caught a glimpse of fun, and didn’t know what he was thinking. Suddenly, he stood up and nibbled the tip of his ear.
It was a very shallow bite, moist and loving, but this bite made Yun Cuo tremble like an electric shock all over his body, it almost made him jumped out of bed and slip away in panic—but he was easily held down by Xue Huai.
Xue Huai hugged him from behind, propped him up, and didn’t let him move. “Don’t move, I want to sleep with you.” he said.
Yun Cuo dared not move or make a sound anymore.
The happiness that flourished in this moment was suppressed by Xue Huai’s sleepy words before it could be ignited.
He remained cautious and wanted Xue Huai to sleep well, but he couldn’t resist. He asked him, “So, do you want me to hold you?”
Xue Huai closed his eyes and shrank into the quilt, but his voice seemed calm: “I want to.”
Yun Cuo had no idea what he was doing anymore—he carefully turned over, reached out his hand, and placed it on Xue Huai’s waist, then gently leaned in, keeping him close to his own arms.
He remained motionless for a long time, thinking that Xue Huai had fallen asleep, but always felt that something was wrong.
Xue Huai buried most of his face under the quilt, revealing only a pair of tightly closed eyes, as calm and stable as earlier. Somehow, Yun Cuo felt that he was not asleep.
After hesitating for a long time, he didn’t know what he himself was thinking. He gently reached out and pulled the blanket down, wanting to see Xue Huai’s face. Just like searching for a cat that was sleeping in an unknown corner carefully.
The quilt was pulled down, revealing Xue Huai’s blushing face, unable to hold back his laughter—at this instant, Xue Huai broke down and laughed out loud. “You’re so annoying! Won’t you let me sleep!”
When he smiles, especially with a shy expression, from the tips of his hair to his eyebrows, he carries a spring color, and the watery light under his eyes actually manages to reveal some seductive beauty.
The water was glistening and clear.
Yun Cuo quickly apologized, “Sor-I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to. You-you go to sleep ba.”
Both of them cannot hold back and are about to lose it. Their faces turned red one after another, so they both shifted their gaze away from each other, their hearts beating like a rabbit, thumping and jumping.
Xue Huai said, “Let’s go out for a walk, we can’t sleep anyway.”
He pulled Yun Cuo up and thought of something, then said he wanted to pick out clothes for Yun Cuo and customize a comfortable nest for the silly cat as well. He listened to everything Xue Huai said, but he couldn’t resist Xue Huai’s urging. He panicked and put on his clothes, then followed him out.
The gluttonous ghost was awakened for a while, swaying its bald head to glance at the restless two people. It turned around in disgust and continued to sleep with its four paws spread out.
They pushed open the door and walked out, the room was filled with spring light. The Murong Mountain Sect has been spring for thousands of years. The grass grows wildly, filling the hillsides and the hearts of the people with green, waving, and swaying.
There are two or three cultivators and apprentices on the roadside. After the trial, the entire sect has time to relax and sit idly by the roadside.
Xue Huai pulled him down the mountain, openly pulling on his sleeve and through the crowd. Just a few steps away, suddenly his whole person was pulled back and wrapped in Yun Cuo’s strong arms.
He turned around to look at him, and Yun Cuo pulled him over again, leaning down slightly to rest his forehead against his, panting slightly.
There are people watching around. Xue Huai’s cheeks began to heat uncontrollably again, and he gently pushed him. “What are you doing?”
“I’m so happy.” Yun Cuo stared into his eyes. “Xue Huai, I’m really… really, really happy.”
Xue Huai then stared back at him, looked into his eyes, and chuckled softly. “It’s only now that you want to come over and be happy. Aren’t you too stupid?”
Yun Cuo’s eyes narrowed slightly. Following closely, Xue Huai felt that his arms were tightly wrapped around his waist. A sense of suspension and dizziness hit him—
Yun Cuo picked him up and spun him around a few times, like a child with his favorite toy. Xue Huai was so dizzy by his shaking that he started to scold him again, “Surname Yun, put me down quickly!”
He wanted to punch him with his fist but felt like it was too childish, so he let him go. He just look at him slightly.
He said, “I won’t put you down.”
The people and scenery around him disappeared, and it was as if starlight had fallen from this half-demon youth’s eyes. How gentle that starlight was, they were all filled with Xue Huai’s shadow.
The author has something to say: Three-year-old Yun: I want to kiss and hug and carry my wife a million times!
