The moment Yun Cuo realized that he hadn’t left, he immediately panicked.
He stood up in a hurry and wiped his tears with his sleeve. He swallowed the food in his mouth. When the flesh of the Suanni fell into his throat, he used magic to dissolve it completely, and it disappeared without a trace.
If it weren’t for the dust on his clothes and the undried tears on his eyelashes, others would think he was still the usual cold and indifferent immortal monarch.
Xue Huai stood quietly in front of him, waiting for his answer.
Yun Cuo said in a hoarse voice, “Xue Huai, you don’t need me anymore. Go back…”
Before he could finish the second half of the sentence, Xue Huai’s expression suddenly froze, and he narrowed his eyes. In an instant, he was filled with fierce anger.
He strode forward, grabbed Yun Cuo’s collar viciously, and raised his palm. But the slap did not fall after all, it just dropped softly, and then he grabbed his collar with the other hand.
Xue Huai stood on tiptoe, trying to look him in the eye. He was so mad that he could hardly stand steadily.
The corners of this pretty little immortal’s eyes turned red, and he cursed in a clear voice, “Do you think everyone is as idle as you? Try breaking up when you have nothing to do! Every time—every time you didn’t listen to me, I have never given up on you, I even gave up my home, and I still want to follow you. You try saying one more word that I don’t want to hear.”
Xue Huai was extremely angry.
He was usually a cold and self-sustaining person, but when it came to Yun Cuo, he couldn’t use his usual logic. Yun Cuo refused to listen at all and was even more stubborn than a gluttonous ghost.
No, to say he was stubborn was to flatter him. Yun Cuo, this person was simply a fool.
Xue Huai’s chest rose and fell violently, and even his voice changed with anger. Before coming here, he had thought about many possible reactions from Yun Cuo and made the decision to sit down and talk to him calmly.
But now he couldn’t bear it anymore.
Xue Huai had never experienced love after all, so he kept all the grievances and dissatisfaction in his heart to himself. He understood that Yun Cuo was more immature than him, so he never spoke out loud.
He tried to suppress his trembling voice and said, “Why can’t you tell me what you’re thinking? In your last life, you… Never mind. Just think of my past life as a dream I had, even if I’m talking nonsense. But Yun Cuo, have you ever thought about this: if I die one day, the two of us won’t even have a chance to sit down and talk it out?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Cuo seemed to have heard something extremely terrifying. He pulled Xue Huai into his arms and covered his mouth with his hand.
His force was too great, and Xue Huai’s lips bumped against the skin of his mouth, causing it to bleed a little, and a strong smell of rust filled the air.
He slowly licked the blood from his lips and looked up at him with his bright eyes.
Yun Cuo then noticed that he was in pain and hurriedly relaxed his hand, loosely clasping it against Xue Huai’s lips. His warm and moist breath passed through his fingers, warmly gathering into an invisible mist.
Yun Cuo covered Xue Huai’s mouth with his hand, and then he lowered his head and put his forehead on Xue Huai’s shoulder.
Xue Huai still had the familiar scent of snow bamboo and pear blossoms on his body, which could arouse his lower abdomen anytime and anywhere. His crying voice was almost hoarse, but he still repeated word for word like a madman, as if he had been greatly stimulated by something.
“You won’t die, Xue Huai, you… don’t die, don’t…” He was almost going insane, his eyes were filled with a terrifying crimson, and his gaze became as weird as blood.
Xue Huai originally wanted to push him away and scold him, but he had no strength left and was too lazy to continue entangled with him.
He reached out and touched Yun Cuo’s long silver hair and whispered, “It’s alright, I won’t die.”
He actually didn’t quite understand why Yun Cuo was so obsessed with the matter of life and death—so obsessed… as if he had seen him die in the dream.
But in the past few days, the little junior sister told him that since Yun Cuo listened to Cai Yi’s class and understood how fragile the Fengyu people were, he would send some things to his former residence every now and then. It seemed that he was afraid that something might happen to him.
Xue Huai no longer lived in the original Yaoxiu Warm Pavilion. He asked for leave from Murong Jinchuan these days, frankly saying that he had some problems in his relationship and needed to go to the Heavenly Palace to ask Yue Lao for help.
Murong Jinchuan had always known that the two little things were in a passionate relationship and seemed to have anticipated that there would be problems between them, so he didn’t ask anything and just let him go.
Xue Huai took the gluttonous ghost to heaven and signed up for Yue Lao’s training class on “How to maintain a long-lasting relationship with your Daoist partner.”
This training course is very expensive, costing 50,000 gold melon seeds, and includes food and accommodation.
Xue Huai gave him 100,000 gold seeds with a wave of his hand, but still felt that the food in heaven was not enough for him, so he hired the God of Food to cook for him.
After listening to the class for a few days, Xue Huai only felt that Yue Lao had said a lot of nonsense, but it also seemed like nothing had been said.
The only thing that impressed him was, “If your Daoist partner doesn’t listen and can’t take it seriously, just give them a beating.”
He really didn’t expect that Yun Cuo would performe the entire tragedy alone without his presence.
The little junior sister vividly told him: “Yun Shidi thought that no one knew and that no one could see that he had actually broken up with his lover and was nearly going crazy with grief. Xue Shixiong, Yun Shidi were really miserable during the few days you were away.”
In addition to this training class, he also took time out to visit the Underworld and use a large sum of gold to hire the faithful crows to tell him stories for the second time.
It was all about Yun Cuo’s past, starting from when he was born and ending when he met him now.
After listening to it, he rushed back to the Murong Mountain Manor, only to find that Yuncuo was sick.
The reason for his illness was as bizarre as ever, just like when he was unable to pass the test in the ice cave. Yun Cuo was in seclusion for less than half an incense stick of time this time, and he encountered an inner demon, and his aura went astray.
He actually meant what he said: “As long as Xue Huai is by my side, it’s fine.”
Xue Huai patted Yun Cuo’s back gently, as if comforting a child, and told him, “We continue talking, alright? You take the medicine first.”
Yun Cuo hugged him even tighter, as if after this time, he would never be able to hug him again.
Yun Cuo whispered, “No, I won’t go in. Xue Huai, I’ll explain everything to you here.”
Xue Huai let out an “En.”
“Xue Huai, I lied to you. I did something very cruel to you. You can hit me, scold me, or even kill me…”
Xue Huai interrupted him: “Stop it, Yun Cuo, I don’t want you to apologize or confess to me, I want us to sit down and talk as equals, do you understand?”
He looked into his eyes quietly and said, “I like you, just as you like me. I can do anything for you, just as you are willing to do anything for me.”
Yun Cuo opened his eyes slightly and looked at him, his thoughts stagnating for a moment.
Xue Huai lowered his head, took his hand, and pulled him into the room.
He first asked Yun Cuo to lie down obediently, and then he got in beside him and covered him with a blanket. Just like every night before their quarrel, the two of them fell asleep with their heads touching and had endless things to say.
Yun Cuo lay flat on his back stiffly. Xue Huai patted his shoulder and asked him to lie on his side, facing him, with their eyelashes touching and their noses almost touching.
When they talked, they could see the tears in each other’s eyes, moving slightly.
Xue Huai said, “Now you can continue and tell me honestly, what unforgivable thing have you done to me?”
Yuncuo lowered his eyes and said softly, “I’ve monitored you.”
Xue Huai let out an “En?” as if he didn’t understand what he meant for a moment. Not only did he not rush to get angry, but he asked him with great interest, “How did you monitor me?”
“I bought the bats to monitor and control your whereabouts. Last time you fell off the cliff, you came out and asked me if there was something in the sky. I lied to you. Xiao Tao was right to be alert. What he saw was actually the bat I released.”
After Yun Cuo finished speaking, he dares not look at Xue Huai at all, as if he were waiting for the final verdict.
After a moment, Xue Huai only lazily asked, “I see. Where is your apology?”
Yun Cuo uncomfortably said, “I’m sorry.”
Xue Huai said, “Alright, I forgive you.”
Yun Cuo tensed up and looked at him in disbelief. “You just… forgive me?”
Xue Huai nodded seriously. “However, I forgive you, but Xiao Tao may not. I heard that you locked Xiao Tao outside the door, ignored him when he cried, and didn’t comfort him, so he went home crying like a ghost. You need to apologize to him.”
Yun Cuo nodded quickly, “Alright, I apologize.”
Xue Huai continued to ask, “Is there anything else you want to confess?”
Yun Cuo took out a letter from his sleeve, it was exactly the letter that Xue Zong sent to Xue Huai last time.
Yun Cuo whispered, “Xue Huai, I was wrong. I lied to you last time. Uncle didn’t say anything harsh in the letter. Instead, it was that he wanted to reconcile with you. At that time, I was afraid…”
“You’re afraid that I’ll get back together with my family and stop being with you, right?” Xue Huai took the letter but didn’t rush to read it. He just looked at Yun Cuo seriously. “Do you think I can agree to start a family with you because I’ve lost my own family? Is that right?”
Yun Cuo froze for a moment, then nodded.
Xue Huai sighed softly: “Alright, although this matter is quite serious, now that you have told me, I guess I will just think of you and forgive you reluctantly since your mistake is not too serious either. I will not ask you to apologize to my father for this matter. I will help you keep it secret when the time comes. Besides this, is there anything else?”
Yun Cuo shook his head: “No more.”
Xue Huai tilted his head and looked at him: “No more?”
He repeated it to him almost word by word while gritting his teeth.
“There’s. No. More?”
He suddenly turned back into the grumpy kitten look, turned over, and pressed on Yun Cuo directly. He kneeled down at Yun Cuo’s sides and leaned over to look at him.
Yun Cuo was a little nervous and swallowed his saliva. It was as if he saw the blade that was hanging over his head that had just been put down being picked up again.
He didn’t know why Xue Huai was angry again.
Xue Huai glared at him fiercely.
“Just because of these two trivial things, you want to break up with me? Yun Cuo, you are really cruel.”
“I…”
Before Yun Cuo had the chance to explain or apologize, all sounds ended between his lips and tongue.
Xue Huai leaned over and kissed him.
The breath was warm, and the long-lost warmth and softness made people feel numb from hair to toes. His fingertips trembled, his muscles stiffened, and his body was cold and hot.
The kiss ended.
Yun Cuo saw Xue Huai raise his face and lower his dark eyelashes, which were like crow feathers.
The moist, rosy lips and the calm and cold look in his eyes created a huge contrast and shock. At that moment, there was even a hint of evil in Xue Huai’s beauty, making it impossible to escape.
Xue Huai whispered, “I want you to know that this is a small matter for me. I want you to know that I am not as fragile as you think, nor as frivolous and weak as you think. The person I, Xue Huai, like can be fragile, childish, make mistakes, be inferior to me in everything, and not deliberately cater to the things I like. The only thing he can’t do is that he cannot be stubborn and insist on doing what he wants.”
Although it was such a gentle tone, it sounded like thunder in his ears, shaking his heart.
“If you want to spy on me, then spy on me. If you want to lock me up, then lock me up. I’ll let you do whatever you want to me, because I’m yours.” Xue Huai turned his head and kissed his earlobe. “I belong to you.”
