Yan Yaoxuan became embarrassed, and his face flushed. He sat up from the bed and said, “This… is this moving too fast?”
Shan Cheng didn’t speak. After looking at him for a while, he put on his pants again.
The passion just now hadn’t faded. Yan Yaoxuan leaned forward and picked up the shirt he took off. He suddenly realized that when the two of them hugged and gnawed at each other, this Shan Cheng seemed to be very aggressive, as if he were really 1, instead of a fierce 0.
“There may be a little misunderstanding between the two of us,” Yan Yaoxuan said. “I’m a 1.”
He wasn’t confident in what he said. He felt that even if Shan Cheng was a 0, his 1 was not confident in front of him, which was why he didn’t dare take off his pants. It wasn’t that he was too inexperienced, but this Shan Cheng… All he could say was that mixed races are different.
Shan Cheng frowned. “Are you sure?”
What did he mean? Doesn’t he look like a 1?
Yan Yaoxuan stood up and put on his clothes. “There seems to be a misunderstanding.”
Shan Cheng said, “You, are a 1?”
Fuck, these words!
Yan Yaoxuan said with a little displeasure, “Is there something wrong with that?”
“No.” Shan Cheng said, “Let’s be friends.”
What’s so great about making friends with two 1’s?
Yan Yaoxuan said, “I’m sorry, I should tell you the truth. I just wanted to hook up. I’m not looking for friends.”
“A hookup?”
Yan Yaoxuan nodded.
“It didn’t feel like it.”
Shit, what does he mean? Was his kissing skill too poor? Or was his performance too astringent? In what ways was he better than him?
Yan Yaoxuan didn’t want to talk to Shan Cheng anymore, so he sent him out the door. Considering the other party’s family background and the relationship with Gao Weicheng, he took him back to the party.
The two of them had only been together for more than half an hour. Yan Yaoxuan felt very depressed. When they arrived at the party, he started to drink wildly. From time to time, he would glance at Shan Cheng. After a while, he saw Gao Weicheng sending Shan Cheng out.
He went over with a drink in hand, saw Shan Cheng getting into a luxury car, and drove away.
….
This guy really did drive here.
Gao Weicheng returned and walked directly to him. “What did you do with Shan Cheng just now?”
“I didn’t do anything. We just went out for a walk.”
Gao Weicheng didn’t think much about it and just said, “That’s good. I thought you had offended him or something. He just asked me for your information as if he wanted to settle accounts.”
Yan Yaoxuan felt tight in his heart and hurriedly asked, “What did you say?”
“I just told him stuff that everyone knows about.” Gao Weicheng asked, “Why? Did you really offend him? Fuck, don’t offend him. Don’t even look at him. He’s usually low-key, but he’s ruthless… Is there anyone in his family that isn’t?”
Yan Yaoxuan listened to what was in his heart. Since the transaction wasn’t successful, he surely wasn’t offended. It wasn’t his fault that the model did not match. He just didn’t expect that such a beauty would also be a gong. It seemed that he still had too little experience.
After encountering such a setback in the first attack, Yan Yaoxuan felt particularly frustrated and got drunk. It was afternoon when he woke up the next day. He touched his phone, checked the time, and saw a friend request.
He clicked on it to check it out. Just by looking at the other person’s profile picture and name, he couldn’t tell who it was, so he ignored it.
As a result, in the evening, Gao Weicheng called him and said, “Shan Cheng said that he has added you as a friend, so you should accept it.”
“Why did he add me?” Yan Yaoxuan asked.
“He said he wanted to get to know you better. Why else?” Gao Weicheng said, “I specifically asked why and if you said something wrong that offended him. Guess what he said?”
“What?”
“He said not at all. In fact, he likes you a lot and wants to be friends with you!” Gao Weicheng said excitedly, “If you can be friends with Shan Cheng, your connection network will be extremely useful in the future! You should quickly accept him as a friend.”
After hanging up the phone, Yan Yaoxuan looked at the friend application. After hesitating for a few minutes, he clicked accept.
Shan Cheng was surrounded by two beautiful bikini beauties who stuck to him hard. Yan Yaoxuan was familiar with one of them. It was Fu Yingying, a daughter from a wealthy family. She had always been known for her cold demeanor, but now she was acting flattering and coquettish. “Last time I celebrated my birthday, I specifically invited you. You didn’t even come and say you didn’t like to go to parties. Why did you come today when Gao Weicheng invited you to his party? How eccentric…”
Yan Yaoxuan had goosebumps when he heard this delicate voice.
“Hey,” he patted Fu Yingying on the shoulder, “Make room for your brother.”
Fu Yingying glanced back at him and immediately poked his hand in displeasure. “What do you think you’re doing?”
Yan Yaoxuan smiled and said, “Make room. Let’s sit together.”
“Who wants to sit with you?” Fu Yingying said with displeasure.
She knew Yan Yaoxuan. She didn’t like this kind of dandy who had nothing but money. Even a rich second generation like Gao Weicheng, who didn’t have much ability, was 100 times stronger than him. Shan Cheng certainly wouldn’t like him either.
As a result, as soon as her voice fell, she heard Shan Cheng say in English, “Can you two give me some space for a while? I like to have a chat with my friend. Thank you.”
It was very polite, but also cold. Fu Yingying was taken aback for a moment and got up with her female companion. “Of course.”
As soon as Fu Yingying got up, several rich kids surrounded her. She could be regarded as a great beauty, and she had an amazing figure. A lot of rich second generations had been eyeing her, so as soon as she came in, they would all focus on her.
However, for Fu Yingying, she didn’t bother with these second generations. She flipped back her hair and glanced back at Shan Cheng. She saw that Yan Yaoxuan had already sat down next to him.
How did these two meet?
Shan Cheng’s family background was unusual. His education was strict. Although he had a good relationship with Gao Weicheng, he rarely participated in this kind of circle that loved to eat, drink, and have fun.
What else can Yan Yaoxuan do besides that? He was a slacker who had studied abroad for several years and couldn’t even speak English well.
“You are very popular,” Yan Yaoxuan sat down and said.
Shan Cheng smiled. His eyes were lighter in the sun, and his face was really handsome. He was comparable to Shen Jintai.
“They’re all old friends,” Shan Cheng said.
While his Mandarin wasn’t standard, he could still speak it fluently. Listening to him, Yan Yaoxuan thought he was a very humble and gentle person, very contrasting to his sharp outward appearance. Yan Yaoxuan relaxed. He felt that although he’d never been in a relationship, he was surrounded by a group of masters who loved eating pork and were chasing pigs every day. Taking a trick out of their book, he flirted. “You look like someone that I know.”
This beautiful man named Shan Cheng took the bait and asked, “Really? Who?”
It felt so easy. Yan Yaoxuan casually made up a person. “A friend of mine in China. He’s a good friend. As soon as I saw you, I felt you two were very similar.”
As he said it, he waved his hand at the waiter. The waiter walked over with a glass of wine. He took two glasses and handed one to Shan Cheng. “I would like to introduce myself again. My name is Yan Yaoxuan. Remember this name. We may become very good friends in the future.”
This was his first time flirting, so he was a little flustered. However, he thought that while the trick may seem a bit old-fashioned, it was probably enough to fool a rookie like Shan Cheng, whose Chinese wasn’t as strong since he had grown up abroad since childhood.
Sure enough, Shan Cheng clinked his cup with him and said, “Shan Cheng.”
According to the sultry steps he saw from Gao Weicheng and the others, the next step would be to take this handsome guy away from the party.
“It’s a bit messy here. I have a more interesting place to go to. Are you interested?”
Shan Cheng nodded.
Things unexpectedly went smoothly. It seemed that this Shan Cheng should also like men.
Yan Yaoxuan left with Shan Cheng. With so many people there, Gao Weicheng probably didn’t care much about them. When the two walked out, Yan Yaoxuan took out his car keys, turned around, and asked, “Did you drive here?”
Shan Cheng paused, then shook his head. “No.”
Yan Yaoxuan opened the door of his sports car. “Get in.”
Shan Cheng said, “You have been drinking.”
“It’s just two drinks,” Yan Yaoxuan said. “I’m still sober.”
Shan Cheng sat down on the passenger seat.
The UK was different from China. China had adopted the standards from the World Health Organization, where anything above 2 dc/L would be considered drunk driving, while the UK was 8 dc/L. Yan Yaoxuan didn’t dare do it if he ever drank in China, but when he was in the UK, he was more courageous. Besides, he had drank very little today.
“You believe in me so much. Are you not afraid that I will do bad things to you once you get into my car?” Yan Yaoxuan smiled as he turned his head and looked at Shan Cheng.
“What kind of bad things?”
“I actually want to take you to my place.”
Was his hint obvious enough? If this Shan Cheng wasn’t a fool, he should be able to understand what he meant.
After speaking, he looked at Shan Cheng and said, “We can continue to drink and chat. I’m not a bad person.”
Even if they don’t sleep together, he could still get better acquainted with him slowly. To meet such a superb beauty, as long as he could get his foot in the door, he would have the patience.
“If it’s convenient for you,” Shan Cheng said.
Yan Yaoxuan smiled, a little excited. This would imply that he understood.
His place wasn’t far from the Gaos. It took about 10 minutes to get there. His place was bought for him by Fang Fengmei and was very close to the school he attended. After entering, he went to get the alcohol. “Do you drink baiju?”
He needed to be courageous.
Shan Cheng said, “I do.” After speaking, he looked around Yan Yaoxuan’s place.
“Just sit down.” Yan Yaoxuan opened the wine cabinet and found that he didn’t have baiju. There were a few bottles of wine and a bottle of whiskey, and the rest were all beer.
He opened a bottle of red wine and felt that the atmosphere was good. There was no need to get each other drunk.
However, when he sat down with a glass of wine in hand, Yan Yaoxuan found that he was inexperienced, and the atmosphere became awkward. He had brought a man he had just met to his place, and he had planned to do adult things with him.
Forget it. These days, a one-night stand was pretty common. What he needed was intense sex and love so he could forget about all his bad experiences in China. Before they came here, he and Shan Chang had made it clear that there was no need to be coy. After all, they were both adults. He took a sip of red wine and leaned towards Shan Cheng, stretching out his hand as he stroked the back of Shan Cheng’s hand and looked at him flirtatiously.
Shan Cheng looked at him and said something in English. The pronunciation was fluent and sexy, well deserved of a person who had grown abroad since he was a child.
It was a pity that he was a slacker and didn’t understand what was said, “What did you say?”
Shan Cheng said in Chinese, “I have to confirm one thing with you in advance.”
Yan Yaoxuan nodded.
Shan Cheng said, “Do you simply want to sleep with me, or do you want to fall in love with me?”
Yan Yaoxuan turned around, gulped down the rest of the wine in his cup in one go, then rubbed the stains on the corner of his mouth with his thumb and said, “Look at you.”
After speaking, he put the wine glass on the table, reached out, and unbuttoned his shirt.
Shit, stop talking nonsense, and let’s get it on. He felt that his figure and appearance were good enough that Shan Cheng shouldn’t refuse him. After throwing his shirt on the bed, he stood up, revealed his thin muscular outline, and looked at Shan Cheng with a blushing face.
Beauty, are you satisfied with what you see?
Shan Cheng put down the wine glass, and he leaned forward.
Yan Yaoxuan wanted to kiss Shan Cheng, but who knew that Shan Cheng dodged slightly, but pinched his chin with one hand. “Think about it.”
“Cut the nonsense,” Yan Yaoxuan kissed him directly as he said it.
The other party seemed to be a novice, as the kiss was very jerky. Rather, it wasn’t even as good as a novice. However, they were men after all and were driven by the desire of flesh. When they kissed, both their bodies moved, and desire overwhelmed his brain. Both their teeth knocked into each other’s lips, and no words were spoken. Yan Yaoxuan was getting so excited that he forgot how to even get to his bedroom. In short, they kept kissing as they moved toward his bedroom.
When he got on the bed, Shan Cheng, who had been pressing his lips on him, suddenly turned him over and pressed him under his body.
Yan Yaoxuan roared inwardly. This is a wild beauty, and he likes it!
They were both men, so it was only natural that they should fight against each other. A single spark can ignite both their firewood.
Yan Yaoxuan was so excited that he saw Shan Cheng leave him suddenly. His lips were red as he got up slightly and saw Shan Cheng take off his shirt in front of him.
Wow. He couldn’t tell before because he looked thin with his clothes on, but underneath he was quite muscular.
When Shan Cheng took off his pants…
Wow.
WOW!
Before the third wow came out, he bounced off the bed all of a sudden.
Shit!
When Shan Cheng leaned forward, Yan Yaoxuan immediately stretched out his hand. “Wait… Wait a minute!”
Fuck me.
It didn’t matter much to him as Shan Cheng is the shou, but the problem was he was too embarrassed to take off his pants. Compared to Shan Cheng’s, the difference was too fucking tragic! How could he have the face to be a gong in front of this?
“What?” Shan Cheng asked him with his eyes wide open.
In an instant, he felt the special feeling of being attacked…
Fuck! He’s not a 1, right?
The author has something to say:
It’s important to have a good model in advance.
Kinky Thoughts:
Yan Yaoxuan falling into the same fate as Shen Jintai.
The story of Yan Yaoxuan and Shan Cheng had to be told a long, long time ago.
Yan Yaoxuan had always felt very miserable. His father, Yan Tiefeng, was rarely at home and would only come back occasionally. He was also very strict with him. As for his mother, Fang Fengmei, she was not a caring or meticulous mother. He was essentially raised by his brother, Yan Qiuchi, since he was a child.
However, a large part of his sorrows came from this brother.
Yan Qiuchi was a famous and outstanding representative of the second generation of the wealthy in Nancheng. He had an absolute aura on both the Yan and Fang sides of the family. He was their greatest hope, and not only was he excellent, but he was also handsome, had a good figure, was tall… In short, aside from being a bit cold, he was almost perfect.
With such a brother to make comparisons to, Yan Yaoxuan was just mediocre. As a result, he was forcibly painted as a dandy who couldn’t amount to anything. This eventually led him to completely give up on himself. No matter how hard he tried to compete with his older brother, it was like going against the will of heaven.
What made things even worse was that the person he had a crush on also liked his brother. Just the name Shen Jintai would make his heart beat faster when he thought of it.
He didn’t know whether their families had discussed it first before coming up with their names, but Jintai, Yaoxuan, and Qiuchi all looked like a family, but he felt that his name was actually the best match for Shen Jintai. They were both bright and sunny, unlike his brother, whose name was just like his personality, cold*.
Clarity: Yaoxuan (耀轩) translates to shining [Yao] (耀) pavilion [Xuan] (轩). As explained before, Jintai translates to gold [Jin] (金) tower [Tai] (台). This is why Yan Yaoxuan believes his name is more fitting to be with Shen Jintai (a shining pavilion and golden tower) vs Yan Qiuchi, autumn [Qiu] (秋) pool/pond [Chi] (池). The reason why their names seem to be like a “family” is because it’s like a group of things that belongs in one of those temples/historical sites where it holds pavilions, towers, and ponds.
However, Shen Jintai was obsessed with his brother to the point where the entire world knew that he had given up on his career when he was at the height of his popularity for him.
Even for a dandy like him, he felt that withdrawing from the circle was quite befuddling, and he had a lovesick brain. Still, Shen Jintai was the one that he secretly loved.
After so many years, his secret love had accumulated for such a long time that it eventually made him blind. He felt that no matter how stupid Shen Jintai was, how many fans he had lost, and how many people had laughed and made fun of him, in his heart, Shen Jintai was still the best.
This love was buried deep in his heart, and it only made him feel that he was really weak. He only dared to secretly love him while putting on a front that he was just a fan of Shen Jintai.
Eventually, from his secret love came his confession and rejection. He had expected it, so truthfully, he didn’t feel that sad about it. It was always like this. He wouldn’t be too sad about it, so he wouldn’t stop secretly falling in love with him again.
As long as Shen Jintai didn’t fall in love, he wouldn’t give up. That was until… he discovered that his brother, who had always hated Shen Jintai, had suddenly become fragrant and started liking him. At this point, he knew that his love would never come to fruition.
He was actually a person who loved to play around. The rich second generation around him, whether it was with men or women, were very good at playing. Because he used to think about Shen Jintai in his heart all the time and fear that Shen Jintai would dislike him if he was “dirty”, he abstained from those vices. Now, he planned to let himself go and live a romantic and free life.
Back at the university in the UK that he attended, he had his own circle of Chinese friends. In this circle was another circle that included either the second generation of the wealthy or high officials. Among them, the one with whom he got along best was Gao Weicheng. Seeing that he had been in low spirits since he returned to school, he invited Yan Yaoxuan to his home to attend a party.
“My parents have returned to China, and it’ll be a month before they return. I’m hosting a pool party at my house. There’ll be a bunch of beauties there, so come and have some fun.”
He originally thought Yan Yaoxuan would refuse. While he liked to fool around, he never went to any messy parties. However, he didn’t expect that Yan Yaoxuan would actually agree this time, as he said, “Okay.”
Yan Yaoxuan dressed up beautifully and drove his sports car to Gao Weicheng’s place. While the Gao family was Chinese, they mainly did business in the UK. Their family had one of the most luxurious homes in the area, and included in it was an extremely large swimming pool. However, like most typical Chinese parents, the Gaos were extremely strict. Only when they left to go back to China would Gao Weicheng dare to go wild like this.
Yan Yaoxuan planned to indulge himself tonight to see if there were any handsome guys. Since ancient times, the best way to heal emotional injuries was always to start a new relationship quickly.
He walked through the hall with a cigarette in his hand and went directly to the back garden of Gao’s house. The sun shone on all the handsome men and beautiful women who were in shorts and bikinis. A few were wrapped in bathrobes. What he was wearing was normal clothing, but it stood out because he looked different from the rest.
Gao Weicheng shouted down from the balcony on the second floor, “Up here!”
Yan Yaoxuan squeezed the cigarette and glanced up. Then Gao Weicheng said, “Come up.”
Yan Yaoxuan took a glass of wine from the waiter, took a sip, then put the glass back and went up with a cigarette in his hand.
An exceptionally handsome and cold man stood beside Gao Weicheng, looked downstairs, and asked, “Who?”
“I’ll introduce you later.”
After a while, he saw Yan Yaoxuan coming up, with his hair slicked back and wearing a light gray suit. While he wasn’t particularly handsome, he had a flirty aura and exuded the feel of an aristocrat. When he saw the man next to Gao Weicheng, he raised his eyebrows.
Gao Weicheng introduced the two of them. “Shan Cheng, Yan Yaoxuan.”
Yan Yaoxuan’s eyes lit up when he saw Shan Cheng for the first time.
So fucking handsome.
He was cold, tall, and thin, befitting a type like Shen Jintai, but his eyebrows were a little sharper and his facial features more profound. This kind of beauty made his eyes glow.
He stretched out his hand. “Nice to meet you.”
Shan Cheng shook his hand but kept staring at him. With an unsure smile, he said, “Hello.”
Listening to the accent, he guessed that his Chinese wasn’t very good. If he looked closely at his facial features, they were deep, and the colors of his eyes were slightly light, indicating that he was probably mixed blood.
No wonder he looks so good.
“Why didn’t you two go down to play?” Yan Yaoxuan said.
“He’s not here to play. He’s here to talk to me about something.” Gao Weicheng looked at Shan Cheng as he said, “Okay, what you said, I’ll talk to my dad about it later.”
“What kind of party are you having?” Shan Cheng asked.
“You won’t be interested,” Gao Weicheng said with a smile.
Gao Weicheng was taken aback for a moment. What’s going on today?Two people who were never keen on these types of parties suddenly became interested in them?
A beautiful woman shouted for Gao Weicheng from the bottom. Gao Weicheng asked Yan Yaoxuan, “Are you ready to have fun?”
“If there are good ones,” Yan Yaoxuan said.
Gao Weicheng hugged his shoulder and went down with him. “Yeah buddy. I found two of the best girls for you.”
Gao Weicheng didn’t know that he liked men, so all the people that he looked for were women. However, he looked back at Shan Cheng, who was walking behind him, and saw that Shan Cheng was also looking in his direction.
Oh, there may be a spark. It was just that the name Shan Cheng made him a little hesitant.
He secretly asked Gao Weicheng, “Shan Cheng, is it the Shan I’m thinking of?”
Gao Weicheng glanced back and whispered, “This man isn’t someone you can be friends with. He’s not the same as us.”
It seemed that he really was from that famous Shan family.
The people who were at the party were all playboys. As soon as Shan Cheng found a place to sit down, several women surrounded him, but he looked at them coldly and wasn’t interested in any of them.
Yan Yaoxuan hesitated for a while before he intended to try. He couldn’t find anyone worse than Shen Jintai. If he didn’t, wouldn’t it be hard to make peace with himself?
This Shan Cheng was a beautiful and cold man with such a good background, so it must be very enjoyable if he could do him. The only drawback was that he was a little taller than him.
He actually liked the 0s that were shorter than him, which made him feel a better sense of conquest. However, nothing in the world was perfect. The conditions Shan Cheng possessed were already pretty good.
Yan Yaoxuan tore open his neckline, rolled up his sleeve, took a glass of wine, and walked towards Shan Cheng with a cigarette in his hand.
The author has something to say:
Mixed-race, focus on the key points, and take the exam.
A story of being X if you don’t succeed in seducing a man.
Kinky Thoughts:
For those who failed the exam, the implication that he’s mixed race means his other race, which is non-Asian, is probably packing a lot of heat.
Long Shen took the sword out of its sheath and jumped directly in front of the thousand corpse figurine, blocking it from pouncing on Xie Qingling. When the long sword in his hand swung out, the speed was extremely fast that it looked like white light. Before everyone had time to see clearly, the heads on the shoulders of the thousand corpse figurine had been cut off. Around six heads flew disorderly as they opened their mouths in mid-air trying to bite.
He didn’t stop there and turned to Zhang Song and stabbed his sword into the chest of another thousand corpse figurine. A thick black gas spewed out as it was kicked by Long Shen, causing it to stagger a few steps back before falling to the ground. Zhang Song took the opportunity and cut off all its heads.
From Dong Zhi’s glimpse, he could see that two men were moving suspiciously behind Long Shen, quietly, as if they had bad intentions.
He stopped them with his Changshou Sword and was about to ask them their identities. Unexpectedly, they looked as if they were guilty of being a thief, and thinking that Dong Zhi was about to attack them, they took a few steps back, giving him a look of vigilance. One of them started chanting an unknown mantra and pinching his hand, then took out a mass of something from his pocket and threw it in front of Dong Zhi. The thing quickly swelled into a three-dimensional shape as it bowed its neck, adopting an offensive posture.
Although Dong Zhi had just entered the spiritual world not long ago and had not seen much of it, he knew the origin of the other party as soon as he saw this young man’s technique. On Changbai Mountain, Master Fujikawa summoned shikigamis to fight, which was exactly what this thing in front of him was.
These people must be working for the Japanese!
It seems that they have also been separated from the main force, so this makes dealing with them much easier.
The white tiger rushed over with a roar. Dong Zhi quickly bent down, picked up his Changshou Sword, and cut a hole in the white tiger’s abdomen. The eyes of the master of the white tiger glared at him coldly.
Ordinary weapons cannot hurt shikigamis, unless the sword Dong Zhi was wielding was a magical weapon. He hadn’t taken Dong Zhi seriously at first, based on the way his opponent was holding his sword and his reaction speed. He was at best a novice swordsman, but since he wields a magical weapon in hand, his opponent can temporarily compete with his white tiger.
With Long Shen’s and Dong Zhi’s arrivals, it added much needed help to Li Ying and the others. Long Shen was able to hold back the thousand corpse figurines by himself, but these figurines were invulnerable. They had thousands of heads and hands and were quite strong in combat. No matter how powerful Long Shen was it was impossible to wipe out thousands of troops in an instant to eliminate these evil things.
As soon as Xie Qingling was able to catch her breath, she noticed the sound of skimming from the back of her head. She didn’t have time to look back and chose to avoid it sideways.
Behind her, an extremely fast figure turned around in the air and attacked her. Zhang Song had just swung his sword, pushing away a thousand corpse figurine when he felt a tingle. When he saw it, he flew towards it and pierced the phantom.
While his speed was very fast, his opponent had disappeared out of thin air before the sword arrived, and once again appeared beside Xie Qingling, directly grabbing her head!
Upon seeing this, Li Ying threw a talisman out subconsciously, and the talisman stuck to the opponent, causing the latter to snort and stagger back, hitting himself against the wall.
*Strategy and tactics of unconventional warfare, guerrilla warfare, and espionage purportedly practiced by the ninja.
Li Ying narrowed his eyes and threw another talisman over, without giving the opponent time to breathe. However, the man smiled strangely at him and disappeared from sight out of thin air.
Li Ying knew that this was just a distraction. His opponent is a human being, not a monster. It was impossible for him to break through space obstacles, but a clever ninja could maximize the use of people’s blind spots and attack from there.
With a chill in his heart, he turned around quickly, but he was punched in the chest immediately, causing a dull pain to spread immediately, interrupting his attack.
Xie Qingling raised her hand, and several puppets pounced on the white tiger. The white tiger turned around and clawed at them, but the puppets dodged flexibly and assisted Dong Zhi in his attack.
Zhang Song originally wanted to help Long Shen deal with the thousand corpse figurines, but seeing that Li Ying was struggling, he raised his sword and swept it towards the ninja.
“Fucking hell. I don’t believe that you can jump faster than my sword!”
In the blink of an eye, Long Shen had already killed three of the thousand corpse figurines, and seeing that he was gradually gaining the upper hand, when he was about to kill the remaining one that was under his sword, four more people broke in.
“Master, be careful! The cloaked person is here!”
Seeing the new arrivals, Dong Zhi didn’t care about being grabbed by the white tiger, who wounded his arm as he shouted loudly to Long Shen.
Not only did the cloaked person come, but there was also an old acquaintance on Changbai Mountain, Onmyouji Fujikawa Aoi.
Regarding Fujikawa Aoi, after the Changbai Mountain Incident, he once heard He Yu mention that the word Aoi is commonly used as a female name in Japan. However, Fujikawa Aoi’s mother died when he was born, so to honor his wife, his father used his wife’s name to name his son after her. The Japanese Shinto Priest and Onmyouji were originally two different identities. After being able to hold both identities at the same time and becoming a well-known warlock* in Japan, Fujikawa Aoi’s name had also changed from one of ridicule to praise. It was said that the disciples under him, in order to please him, also changed their names to female names.
In any case, Fujikawa Aoi was a powerful Onmyoji as far as he could tell from what he had learned from He Yu’s mouth.
The only reason the master and apprentice returned last time was not because they weren’t strong enough, but because of Long Shen’s presence in addition to dealing with the bone dragon, which was a divine beast that had lived for thousands of years, they were too ambitious and underestimated their opponents, resulting in the fiasco they suffered.
Now, the proud Japanese will not allow themselves to fail again, especially when it’s against the same opponent. This time, they were well prepared, and they will definitely be more difficult to deal with.
The man fighting with the Dong Zhi also shouted excitedly when he saw Fujikawa Aoi. He was more excited than Liu Qingbo, who had also arrived. In such a noisy and intense environment, he just heard the words “Master”. First showing a look of disbelief before he yelled, “The one surname Dong, what the fuck did you just say?!”
Dong Zhi was trying to catch his breath and had no time to pay attention to him. Liu Qingbo gritted his teeth and vented all his energy on the enemy in front of him.
I will cut, cut, cut you to death!
Fujikawa Aoi swept his gaze at Long Shen with gloomy eyes, sneered, raised his hand, and then released two shikigamis, which rushed towards Long Shen.
The cloaked figure was covered with a black robe and even its face was so tightly concealed that Dong Zhi couldn’t see the person’s appearance at all. The cloaked figure ignored everyone else and walked towards the stone statue after entering.
Zhang Song noticed the figure’s strangeness and tried to intercept it without a second thought.
“Stop!”
The cloaked figure raised its wide sleeves and, in an instant, several black mists flew out from under the cloak, pouncing on Zhang Song from several directions.
Zhang Song was taken aback but found that the black mist started to expand when it fell to the ground and covered his head.
Dong Zhi was stunned and hurriedly shouted, “Those are demons! You can’t let them touch your body!”
In order to warn Zhang Song, he forgot to pay attention to himself, allowing the white tiger to rush up and bite his shoulder just right after he finished speaking.
Xie Qingling pressed her hands together hard, and several puppets started to grow bigger. They rushed on the tiger. One started stabbing the tiger in the heart with its dagger, while the other grabbed its head and twisted it vigorously. The tiger roared and struggled before finally letting go of Dong Zhi.
The arrival of the cloaked person and their party immediately reversed the situation where they had the upper hand.
Long Shen raised his hand, and a longsword was released from it and turned into a white light that flew towards the back of the cloaked figure. The figure responded by letting out several black mists, but it couldn’t stop Long Shen’s sword, so it had to stop and turn around, facing Long Shen head-on.
When the sword was flying through mid-air, Long Shen jumped after it, caught it, and slashed at the cloaked figure’s head. The cloaked figure’s black robe suddenly bulged, and black mist quickly overflowed from under it, entangling Long Shen’s sword.
One person was in the air while the other was on the ground. It was a scene like a white awn dueling with the black mist. They were evenly matched!
Their clashes spread infinitely, with the two of them at the center of the circle, wrapped in a huge sound wave that suddenly exploded! With a bang, the ground cracked inch by inch and the whole cave trembled violently, stunning everyone present.
However, Long Shen and the cloaked figure, who were in the eye of the vortex of great waves, did not stop fighting. The white light glowed brighter, and the black mist became thicker, expanding to become larger. The sea of clouds rolled around the cloaked figure, covering the white light, shrinking it down. While the light became smaller, the brightness continued to grow brighter.
Archfiend! That cloaked figure must be Xu Wan. The Archfiend was truly not dead!
Dong Zhi was shocked.
In the tumbling black mist, the laughter of the cloaked figure sounded, and it seemed that Xu Wan’s voice was still a little different. It sounded weird, cold, and treacherous.
“Long Shen, your old injuries have not completely healed yet, have they? Don’t make unnecessary struggles. It’s none of your business whether there’s peace in the world or not. Power is eternal! It’s better to be completely possessed and enjoy it together with me!”
Amidst the loud noise, the white light and black mist burst out again, causing loud soundwaves to erupt. The cracks on the ground instantly became larger. All things soaked in the black mist were not spared. The white tiger roared, and its color gradually turned to gray in the black mist, but suddenly its power became greater. With a wave of its sharp claws, Xie Qingling’s puppets were shattered instantly.
Xie Qingling spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell directly to the ground.
From the corner of his eyes, Dong Zhi saw that Fujikawa Aoi had bypassed the stone statue and directly stepped onto the stone platform behind it. A handsome young man took out the bronze mirror and squatted down, pressing the bronze mirror into the ground.
Since the stone platform was several steps higher than the ground, it was impossible to see whether there was any sort of mechanism on it from Dong Zhi’s perspective. The ground shook violently after the bronze mirror was pressed in. In the rumbling, the stone platform split from the middle, slowly dividing into two, revealing a concave stone trough.
Fujikawa Aoi showed joy on his face, but Dong Zhi could see from this joy that something foreboding was about to happen. No matter what they wanted to do, it would not be good, and they had to be stopped.
With that thought in mind, Dong Zhi took advantage of the fact that the white tiger was still distracted and ran towards the stone platform. He raised his sword to slash at the young man, but his opponent simply smiled at him. With a flick of his hand, the sword in Dong Zhi’s hand seems to have hit some kind of obstacle, as if it was blocked by the air and couldn’t slash down.
“You’re not worthy to be my opponent. Begone.” The other party whispered softly and closed his five fingers. Suddenly, a strong wind came, blowing Dong Zhi towards the stone wall of the cave.
He felt severe pain in his back, but he didn’t care about anything else. He pulled out a Sunlight Talisman, chanted a mantra, and threw it. The talisman swept towards the young man in mid-air, but he didn’t turn his head. Instead, he stretched out his hand and grabbed it directly, causing the talisman to explode in his hand.
Dong Zhi took this opportunity to raise his sword and rush up to stab his opponent. The young man turned his head aside, smiled slightly, and his expression became a little more serious. His five fingers stretched out and made a sweep in the air.
Through the light from the bronze lamp on the stone wall, Dong Zhi discovered that several transparent silk threads were entangled between his fingers. It was no wonder he was bounced away just now. It should be these silk threads.
As fast as lightning, the silk thread was already in front of him. Dong Zhi raised his sword to parry, trying to cut the silk thread, but it instantly slinked back, as if it was alive. It dodged his attack and wrapped itself directly around his wrist.
As the silk touched his flesh, his skin immediately started bleeding, as his wrists were being strangled.
“I don’t like killing people, so you better not force me.”
Regardless of how earth-shattering the battlefield was, the young man still had an elegant and polite tone. Dong Zhi, on the other hand, tossed out a talisman, hoping that the talisman fire would burn the silk threads. However, the thread immediately wrapped itself around his other wrist and stopped his actions.
As soon as the young man raised his hands, the silk thread immediately wrapped around Dong Zhi’s body, binding him tightly. The other end of the silk thread was tied around a stone wall, affixing Dong Zhi to the wall.
After doing this, he stopped paying attention to Dong Zhi and returned to the side of the stone platform groove. He stretched out his hand and leaned down.
Suddenly, he let out a gasp, shrank back his hand and retreated under the stone platform, showing a look of surprise. Dong Zhi thought his reaction was strange, but in the next moment he immediately widened his eyes.
The stone platform began to shake and tremble, then it shattered. Countless hands stretched out from under the stone platform and heads that were still rotten, half hung with flesh and blood, peered through.
“There is actually a ten thousand corpse array down here!” Dong Zhi heard the young man say, in shock.
The stone platform seemed to be a seal. With the seal broken, ghouls began to climb up from below one by one, moving slightly slower than the living. Their black nails scratched on the ground, leaving deep scorches on it.
The black mist seemed to have a natural attraction to the ghouls. Without paying any attention to the young man and Dong Zhi, they crawled towards the black mist one after another. The ghouls inhaled the black mist and roared, seemingly realizing their combat effectiveness had increased instantly. They pounced on Xie Qingling and the others.
Under the groove, a steady stream of ghouls kept climbing up!
Dong Zhi couldn’t help but feel anxious, but the silk thread had tightly bound him to the stone wall. Any little movement would cause the silk thread to cut into his flesh, causing pain. He didn’t need to lower his head to know that his entire lower body was covered in wounds from them.
“We’re here!”
With a loud shout, the figures of Song Zhicun and others appeared at the entrance. Seeing this situation, they threw themselves into the battle one after another.
Li Ying was weak. He had used too many talismans, more so than he had ever done in the past and had exhausted his mental and physical strength. He was so tired that he almost vomited blood. Unable to fight, he helplessly watched as the thousand corpse figurine rushed towards him. Song Zhicun leaped forward, forming the seal of Acala* with both hands before shooting them at the thousand corpse figurine.
*[Budong Mingwang] (不動明王) A wrathful deity and protector of Dharma prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism. In Chinese modern times, he is revered as one of the eight Buddhist guardians of the Chinese zodiac and specifically considered to be the protector of those born in the year of the Rooster. He is also frequently invoked during Chinese Buddhist repentance ceremonies, such as the Liberation Rite of Water and Land, along with the other Wisdom Kings, where they are given offerings and intreated to expel evil from the ritual platform.
“Lin!” His voice wasn’t high, but it was like the roar of a lion that reached everyone’s ears deeply, stimulating them.
With the seal of Acala combined with Taoist mantra, Song Zhicun effectively doubled his power. Qi surged all around him as the thousand corpse figurine crashed down, breaking into several pieces.
Liu Qingbo didn’t have his Feijing Sword, so he danced around with a short dagger in his hand and immediately slashed all the ghouls that were close to Xie Qingling.
Ba Sang and Xiang Yongnian were martial artists, so they could not easily fight the thousand corpse figurines, but they could easily deal with the ghouls. In order not to be contaminated by them, they had to bind up their hands and feet.
Gu Meiren’s flute sounded, slowing the ghoul’s movements and buying much needed time for the others. While Chi Banxia’s witchcraft had no effect on the dead, it was more than enough to deal with the living. With her there, the few Japanese who were still around dared not approach her and became more anxious.
With the addition of Song Zhicun and the others, the tide of the battle had suddenly changed again. While all this was happening, the battle between Long Shen and the Archfiend was still ongoing.
Dong Zhi originally heard the Archfiend mention that Long Shen was still injured, so he was worried for him. However, the Archfiend’s condition shouldn’t be any better. They had fought it on Tianyuan Building before and had severely injured it. Although they failed to completely eliminate it, it should still have had lasting damage from that battle, and it was likely that it couldn’t find a suitable body. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have wrapped itself up in a cloak like this.
His attention, though, was still focused on the young man not far from him. Based on his intuition, this person should be a powerful figure, and he may not necessarily be any better to deal with than the Archfiend.
His opponent was looking at the direction of the stone platform intently. Countless ghouls kept climbing up from the inside and rushing to the black qi that nourished their resurrection.
Dong Zhi felt that the other party wasn’t just observing the ghouls, but it seemed more like he was… waiting. After waiting for all the ghouls to come out, there should be something below.
What was he waiting for?
His heart jumped as Dong Zhi felt a bad premonition.
“Don’t let him approach the platform.”
A voice that Dong Zhi was very familiar with sounded in his mind. It was Long Shen’s. He turned his head and looked. Long Shen’s figure was barely visible in the overwhelming black mist. The white light seemed to be overwhelmed by the black mist.
But Long Shen was still talking to him using telepathy. This meant that Long Shen was still trying to hold off the Archfiend and would not be able to get away for the time being. It also shows that this matter was extremely important, so much so that he didn’t hesitate to consume extra energy to tell him telepathically.
Looking around the field, besides Long Shen, only Song Zhicun was the strongest among them.
The demonic energy released by the Archfiend was quarantined by Long Shen within a certain range, so it didn’t spread for the time being. However, Song Zhicun was now dealing with several thousand corpse figurines that were infected by demonic energy alone, as well as the unscrupulous Japanese. Among them, only Fujikawa Aoi could match his strength. Not only that, ghouls kept pouring out and rushing towards everyone.
The others weren’t faring any better as they were thinly stretched and struggling to cope. Although Liu Qingbo and the others had not yet lost ground, the situation wasn’t looking optimistic. No one had time to spare. There was only him as the glimmer of hope.
A wrathful deity and protector of Dharma prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism. In Chinese modern times, he is revered as one of the eight Buddhist guardians of the Chinese zodiac and specifically considered to be the protector of those born in the year of the Rooster. He is also frequently invoked during Chinese Buddhist repentance ceremonies, such as the Liberation Rite of Water and Land, along with the other Wisdom Kings where they are given offerings and intreated to expel evil from the ritual platform.
While Long Shen didn’t have any impatience, Dong Zhi still felt embarrassed. After crying for a while, he gradually stopped. Taking a deep breath in, Dong Zhi said, “Master, how many apprentices are you going to accept? Before me, are there any other senior brother and senior sister*?”
*[Shijie] (师姐) Elder martial sisters. Basically equivalent to shixiong but refers to older girls.
Long Shen: “I didn’t accept disciples before you and I’m not accepting any more after you.”
Dong Zhi was taken aback. “I’m good enough for you than over a thousand sails*?”
*(过尽千帆) Comes from <Wang Jiagnan> by poet Wen Tingjun. It depicts a woman’s longing, looking forward to her husband’s return, yet thousands of ships had passed over, but none had her husband on it. || In this context, Long Shen is like the woman but instead of waiting for over a thousand sails, he had settled for Dong Zhi.
Long Shen shook his head. “Too many. I don’t have the energy to teach them all. One is enough.”
So Liu Qingbo has no chance? Dong Zhi couldn’t help feeling happy and sorry at the same time. After all, he still didn’t know Liu Qingbo’s fate.
“Master, do we save people now?”
“Wait.”
What are we waiting for? Waiting for someone? Or waiting for the right time?
From their commanding position, they had a panoramic view of the secluded lights in the caves. Several faint areas with lights glowed from the “dandelions”. They looked weird at first, but after looking at them for a while, they started to grow on you.
Dong Zhi: “You said that those plants that look like dandelions are called ceylon forget-me-nots?”
Long Shen: “They are everywhere, and so are the hallucinations. The terrain here is very complicated, which causes chaos in time and space.”
Dong Zhi: “After we attacked the python, what happened? How could so many of us be separated?”
Long Shen: “The giant python was struggling with its injuries, causing the river to surge and many people got washed away. I went to Boss Song to find them when I encountered a thousand corpse figurine.”
Dong Zhi: “What is a thousand corpse figurine?”
Long Shen: “It’s made up of corpses that died in vain and are piled together. Due to fate, they will encounter a land of absolute darkness. Their resentment remains rampant, and gradually they’ll become a demon corpse. Hundreds of thousands of these corpses gather together to tangle endlessly, until they become refined into the thousand corpse figurine. This thing is the most sinister and poisonous thing in the world, and it’s extremely difficult to deal with.”
Since he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, it was natural that Dong Zhi couldn’t imagine it. “Even harder to deal with than an Archfiend?”
“An Archfiend can only act through a human body. No matter how powerful their magic is, in general, they will be confined to that body.”
Dong Zhi said suddenly, “And the thousand corpse figurine is equivalent to an expanded container, which can carry more magical energy. Is this why it’s more difficult to deal with than a single ghoul?”
Long Shen nodded. “In this area lies truth and falsities. The only thing that remains unchanged is the giant python. I have been observing here for a long time, and the illusion has never had any effect on it. It is the only real symbol of this place. As long as we wait for it to pass by next time and keep up with it, we should be able to get out of here.”
Dong Zhi remembered that Liu Qingbo’s Feijing Sword was still inserted in the chrysanthemum of the giant python. In any case, that was his issue. Such a waste of a famous sword from the ages was now lost, buried in the depths of a giant python’s chrysanthemum. Even if Liu Qingbo had other swords to use, he still felt some regret.
Long Shen heard Dong Zhi tell him the events that transpired and how he wanted to get the sword back and shook his head. “That sword should have been thrown to the bottom of the river by the python. It’ll be difficult to find, so we don’t need to worry about it for now.”
At this point, Dong Zhi secretly apologized to Liu Qingbo and moved on to tell Long Shen about his encounter with Fujikawa Aoi and the cloaked figure. “I heard them mentioning an altar. Is this a huge underground altar and those who died here were sacrifices?”
Long Shen agreed with him. “The bronze mirror may be related to the altar, and the altar may be related to the stone tablet.”
Dong Zhi said, “Only when we find the Japanese or the altar will we know their intentions.”
He remembered something and said with concern, “You just fought against a thousand corpse figurine. Did you get hurt?”
“I’m okay.”
Dong Zhi took out the chocolate from his pocket and handed it over.
“You should eat something first. I still have water here.”
Long Shen didn’t answer.
“You can have it.”
Dong Zhi was a little anxious. “But when you came down, you only brought your sword with you. You didn’t bring any water, right?”
Long Shen said, “It doesn’t matter whether I eat and drink or don’t.” This sentence was plain and faint and seems to have a deeper meaning.
When Dong Zhi looked at the man’s face that was shrouded in darkness, he couldn’t see his expression clearly, but he seemed to be able to see that in that man’s eyes held countless secrets. Many words came to his lips, but he couldn’t speak to them easily because he felt those words were too shallow.
After a long silence, he whispered softly, “I’ll worship you as my teacher today and for life. No matter what happens now, tomorrow, or in the future, I’ll always be your disciple.”
Long Shen said nothing, only patted the back of his hand. It seemed like a sign of a kind of silent encouragement and approval, which made the corners of Dong Zhi’s mouth slightly curl up.
Neither he nor Long Shen knew when the giant python would appear again, so all they could do now was wait.
Dong Zhi yawned. Besides Long Shen, he unknowingly relaxed a lot of his vigilance.
Long Shen seemed to notice his tiredness and said, “Rest first.”
Dong Zhi wanted to be polite, but when he opened his mouth, his consciousness was immediately pulled into darkness. It seems that his body was exhausted to the extreme, as he didn’t even dream during his slumber. He hadn’t changed his clothes since he came out of the pool, and with the mountain wind blowing on him, feeling wet and cold, he couldn’t help leaning towards a heat source after falling asleep.
Long Shen noticed his behavior and took him in his arms.
It wasn’t on a whim that he decided to accept Dong Zhi as his disciple. From the time he lent him the Qingzhu Sword, he had actually faintly expressed his willingness, but he wanted to observe for a while, because he felt that Dong Zhi had too soft a temperament and could easily be moved by strange things, which meant his will wasn’t firm enough. However, after transpiring several events, though he may not be as good as Liu Qingbo in terms of comprehensive abilities, he has shown more plasticity.
Liu Qingbo was like a rock with sharp edges and corners, while Dong Zhi was like water. It could be quiet. It could be rushed. It could turn into a thousand-foot waterfall and be a deep pond that reflects the moon.
At this stage, Dong Zhi had made great strides in his decision-making progress in situations of difficulty, but when dealing with many things, it’s still not thoughtful and proper enough. There’s also his lack of ability, which needs to be strictly honed and practiced in order to become a great weapon.
Long Shen leaned against the stone and closed his eyes to rest, but his mind never stopped working.
Dong Zhi remained asleep, peacefully and quietly, unaware of the thoughts that his male god was thinking about him and the reasons why he accepted him as a disciple. This was only the beginning, and the master had already prepared a devilish training plan for him.
Suddenly, he was patted on the shoulder. With a slight movement, Dong Zhi’s throat subconsciously made a sound, but his mouth was immediately covered.
Heat sprayed on his ear as Long Shen whispered almost inaudibly, “It’s here.”
Dong Zhi felt a chill as he instantly woke up. Only then did he find that most of his body was buried deep in the arms of Long Shen, who propped his back up to let him sit firmly, then turned his body sideways against the mountain wall, as if he was observing the situation below.
Dong Zhi quickly rubbed his face and looked out like him. A huge behemoth that looked like a hill was haunting in the faint light that he could occasionally see its vague outline. While the three-headed python slithered silently, its five red lightbulb eyes were extremely recognizable.
“Grab the vine and fall on it, just like how you did it before. We need to follow it!”
Long Shen’s speed of speech was very fast that didn’t leave Dong Zhi any time to think, so he took action subconsciously. He took a deep breath, grabbed the vines hanging from the top of his head, kicked his body and swung towards the python, landing on it. He almost slipped but didn’t fall. Dong Zhi hurriedly bent over and fell on his body, lying on top of the python.
The fishy smell once again hit his nose, and that made him almost vomit. He quickly pinched it and looked back.
He didn’t know when, but Long Shen had already fallen lightly behind him, though his posture was much more graceful and elegant.
The two landed on the python without speaking to each other.
In the dark, the giant python continued moving forward at a very fast speed, so Dong Zhi had to stick his entire body to it to reduce as much resistance as possible.
The python led them through the cave and along the big river they first encountered. Dong Zhi found that this underground river was extremely long. From upstream to downstream, the surface of the river gradually changed from wide to narrow, and the flow of water slowly eased out as it divided up into several smaller rivers, which had its own vitality.
If it weren’t for the dangers below, the three-headed giant python, the illusions, and the ghouls, this would be a good spot for scientific research.
But how did the ancients discover this place thousands of years ago?As the Japanese said, there’s an alter below, so how did the builders avoid the three-headed python? Was there another entrance?
Dong Zhi lay on the python and thought wildly, and several thoughts flashed through his mind.
“Come down!” Long Shen whispered suddenly.
Dong Zhi slid off the python and his feet were almost squashed by the python. Fortunately, Long Shen had a sharp eye and quickly gave him a hand. Long Shen led him to a nearby path which gradually opened. There were many ghouls in the cave that were either sitting or lying down, which made him shudder. Dong Zhi followed Long Shen carefully, trying not to touch the ghouls.
“Help… Help me, Boss Long… Dong Zhi…”
It’s Zhou Yue’s voice!
“Go forward, don’t look back,” Long Shen said in front.
Dong Zhi did not look back, but his footsteps inevitably paused a little. That was the chance it needed, as two hands immediately wrapped around Dong Zhi. The cold and weird touch and the long fingernails were not the feelings of a living person!
Dong Zhi was taken aback before he turned around and slashed at the figure with his sword. Zhou Yue’s body was cut with a deep mark by a sharp sword, but no blood came out. He showed a hideous smile towards Dong Zhi and rushed up again towards him. His nails on both hands were long and curved, and his face was covered with purple meridians, just like Xing Qiaosheng before.
Dong Zhi didn’t show any mercy now. He took a few steps back and quickly pulled out a Sunlight Talisman from his bag.
“The heavens give birth to water, the earth gives birth to fire, the heavens give birth to wood, the earth gives birth to gold. The five central palaces, subdue malignity, overcome disasters, and eliminate all traces of evil! Imperial edict!”
He could now recite the mantra at a very fast speed and could complete it within four seconds but compared to the speed He Yu’s and Li Ying’s, which was less than two, there was still a lot of room for improvement.
The talisman burst into flames and attached itself to the blade of his sword, which he slid towards Zhou Yue. With a puff, Zhou Yue’s head ignited into flames, and his entire body was instantly covered by fire that quickly overwhelmed him.
Zhou Yue screamed and struggled in the flames. Dong Zhi couldn’t help but want to step forward but was held back by Long Shen.
“You did the right thing. He’s not Zhou Yue.”
After a pause, Long Shen said, “Zhou Yue is dead.”
Dong Zhi was taken aback. “When did it happen?”
Long Shen: “When we were fighting with the python in the river before, he fell into the river and was swallowed by one of the python’s heads.”
It was difficult to kill a huge creature like the three-headed python that has lived for at least thousands of years. Its life has been integrated with this cave. At that time, the purpose of Long Shen and Song Zhicun fighting it wasn’t to kill it, but to buy times for others to escape. It was unfortunate that Zhou Yue was just unlucky. He washed away in the river and failed to return to shore in time like Li Ying and the others. As a result, one of the python’s heads plunged into the water and directly ate him like a fish. Although Long Shen and Song Zhicun finally hit the python hard, it was too late for Zhou Yue who had died instantly when his heart was pierce by the giant python’s fangs.
However, the giant python didn’t fare much better. The reason why it has become more docile now, and it had no response when Dong Zhi was lying on its body was because Long Shen had seriously injured two of its heads, greatly reducing its attack power. Except for its large size, it poses no other threats.
The news of the death of another companion reminded Dong Zhi of Ba Sang and Gu Meiren. Ba Sang should be fine. He was quite strong and should have substantial vitality, so Dong Zhi didn’t need to worry about him, but it was unknown whether Gu Meiren’s flute would work on the ghouls.
While thinking about it, they had reached the end of the cave, and Dong Zhi screamed, “This is the pool where we’ve been before!”
The water pool led into four directions. The caves they walked in were located to the west, north, south, and east. Liu Qingbo, and he had already walked through them before. The east was impassable, and he finally encountered Long Shen in the north. After a big circle, he was brought back here by the python again, which meant that the caves in the west and north were connected.
He no longer needed to worry about it. In the end, there was only one choice left, the south. With a new master, no matter how dangerous the new environment was, it didn’t seem to be so terrifying.
Dong Zhi also discovered something new. After entering this cave, the forget-me-nots that seemed to be beautiful but were actually hiding traps suddenly disappeared. As he walked inside the cave, it became darker and darker in front of him.
Where there were those forget-me-nots, there were illusions. If those forget-me-nots were not there, did it mean that those half-truths, half-false illusions would end as well?
Dong Zhi turned on his phone flashlight to illuminate his surroundings. There was only 1% of power left. Seeing that it was about to run out, the light may have turned off at any time.
“Master, where’s your phone? Can you lend it to me?” he said.
“I didn’t bring it. I left it above surface before entering.”
“Do you have night vision?”
“No, but bringing a phone down here will get it damaged. I’ll have to buy another one when I go back.”
Dong Zhi felt that he had taken an arrow to the knee*, because although he was wearing a waterproof bag, his phone still got soaked in water and the battery had now dropped, barely usable at this point, so it was on the verge of being a piece of scrap metal.
*This spawn from the game Skyrim, where it’s now become a meme. The whole quote is “I use to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.” The meaning behind this is debated, as taking an arrow to the knee in the Nordic sense means getting married, while the developer put the quote there as an Easter egg as a reference that an armor type wasn’t in the game that protects the knee. According to Baidu, Chinese people use it as a way to express unforeseen accidents in life.
“Does the Deputy Director’s equipment not get reimbursed due to business-related activities?”
Long Shen: “No.”
He paused, and then said, “If you can pass the training exam in the end, I’ll buy you a new one.”
Dong Zhi was at a loss as to whether to laugh or cry. Usually, people busy themselves with giving gifts to their master, but why does it seem like he’s taking advantage of his master instead?
The phrase eating the old* came to his mind as he hurriedly said, “It’s okay, I have…”
*(啃老) Describe young people who have reached adulthood and can earn a living but still haven’t been “weaned” off of relying on their parents for support (AKA being a moocher off your parents when you’re old enough to support yourself).
Before he could say the word money, he heard a faint movement in front of him. Long Shen accelerated his steps, and Dong Zhi hurriedly followed. The farther he went, the louder the movement.
There were not only curses and quarreling but also the sound of fighting. The terrain here was strange. While it sounded like the noises weren’t far away, they still had to make more than eight turns. After several turns, Dong Zhi estimated that they’d been walking for about twenty or so minutes, because his phone was completely dead before they saw the situation at the end of the road ahead.
In the center of the high and wide main cave stood a stone statue. In terms of appearance, it looked like an ancient woman. Behind the stone statue, there was a round stone platform with nothing above it.
However, instead of being called a cave, it was more appropriate to be called the main hall. As soon as Dong Zhi saw this hall, he realized that this was probably the final destination of their trip. The area of the main hall was at least the size of the Taihe Hall in the Forbidden City. Bronze lamps hung around the stone walls, which revealed some light from inside, but it wasn’t candlelight.
These were just the rough impressions he had at first glance, as he didn’t have time to observe more, because just in front of the stone statue, Li Ying, Zhang Song, and Xie Qingling, as well as several unknown men, were forced to retreat step by step by several thousand corpse figurines.
Seeing it with his very own eyes, Dong Zhi couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
They were at least two meters high, and their bodies were densely packed with skulls. There were at least a dozen of them that were stacked together, from the front and rear. All had varied expressions that looked completely wrong. Some still had rotten flesh and blood that was still attached to them. The eyes were purplish blue, and the fangs were ferocious, as if they could eat anyone at any time. Numerous arms hung from its body, stretching out from its chest and back in all directions.
Before Long Shen and him arrived, the three people leaned against each other and formed a triangular battle array to deal with the four thousand corpse figurines, but it looks like they were pretty stretched out.
In the blink of an eye, Li Ying threw out a talisman that was swallowed whole by one of the heads. Xie Qingling manipulated several puppets that were holding daggers that jumped around the thousand corpse figurines flexibly, looking for weaknesses, and stabbing them when she saw an opportunity, causing a certain restraint from the thousand corpse figurines. Zhang Song, on the other hand, had to deal with the other three thousand corpse figurines, which proved to be quite difficult. He was born on Mount Longhu, and while a good swordsman, he naturally also knew how to draw talismans. Seeing that the thousand corpse figurines could not touch oil and salt, he gritted his teeth and pointed his sword and sliced off a piece of his arm, allowing blood to gush out and slide down the sword’s body. He chanted a mantra while holding the sword in one hand and pinching his palm with the other, and asked Li Ying to cover him. He flew forward as the sword flashed with red light as he drove it into the heart of the thousand corpse figurine.
Zhang Song yelled and turned the hilt of the sword slightly. The thousand corpse figurine stretched out a few arms to grab his sword, but they were immediately cut off by his sword and fell to the ground. Zhang Song wanted to withdraw his sword but found that it was stuck in the body of the thousand corpse figurine. His face changed slightly as Li Ying handed him a talisman in the nick of time.
“Use this!”
Zhang Song didn’t even look. He grabbed it with one hand, abandoned the sword, retreated, and took a deep breath before jumping up. With the sword inserted into the body of the thousand corpse figurine, he slapped the head of the figurine with one palm. The moment the talisman came into contact with the thousand corpse figurine, it immediately burst into flames and the fire quickly spread to its other heads. Zhang Song turned over in the air and landed on the ground, pulled out the sword smoothly, and kicked the thousand corpse figurine fiercely, causing it to stagger back a few steps before finally falling to the ground.
But before Zhang Song could catch his breath, another thousand corpse figurine rushed over.
“Fuck, it’s not over yet. I’m almost out of strength!” He couldn’t help yelling.
The other side didn’t fare much better, but they didn’t know what tricks they were using. There seemed to always be a strange aroma emitting from the other party’s body that the thousand corpse figurines seemed to be afraid of, so they didn’t dare approach. Naturally, they went for Li Ying and the others instead, focusing on them as their key targets.
Not only did Li Ying and the others have to deal with the thousand corpse figurine, but they also had to guard against the two unknown people, so as not to be backstabbed by them in such a chaotic state.
When Long Shen and Dong Zhi arrived, Li Ying and the others were already at the end of their limits. Seeing Long Shen, their eyes lit up as if they saw hope.
“Boss Long!”
Kinky Thoughts:
Death count so far 2: Xing Qiaosheng, Zhou Yue.
I guessed that the “dandelions” had something to do with the illusion, and when Long Shen told Dong Zhi they were forget-me-nots, that pretty much confirmed my theory. What a fitting flower for this cave.
Last night, Bai Qingquan dreamed that he was climbing Qiuming Mountain with Shi Lei all night. The house Shi Lei bought was located next to it. At the beginning of the dreams, there were few clouds, but halfway through, it began to rain.
This was not the first rain he encountered on Qiuming Mountain. It was just a slight drizzle, so it didn’t matter if he used an umbrella or not. Since it had rained so heavily yesterday, Shi Lie originally wanted to cover him with an umbrella, to keep his body dry from the raindrops, but he refused.
He had never been in the rain before, so he wanted to enjoy it thoroughly.
However, he underestimated the intensity of the rain as it continued to pour harder and more fiercely. Eventually the raindrops slammed on him loudly with a bang, soaking his body in red. The rain fell on his chin, causing him to open his mouth slightly as the rain dripped down the corners of his mouth.
Still, he was so happy. He was able to accept this rapid rain without an umbrella, without any protection. The bigger the rain got, the more unbearable it was, but the happier he felt. In the end, the pain of the raindrops hitting his body was no longer painful. On the contrary, it made him feel crazy and happy.
He was able to accept the dew that had watered him. He grabbed Shi Lei’s arm, and the two headed towards the highest point of the mountain together. When they reached the top, the rain had stopped. It had covered the entire vegetation with its raindrops, soaking them. Both he and Shi Lei were drenched. Shi Lei stretched out his hand and wiped the water on his forehead and chin, and he couldn’t help himself but hug Shi Lei and didn’t let go for a long time.
Then he woke up and laid down in Shi Lei’s arms.
“Do you want to take a shower?” Shi Lei asked in a low voice.
He shook his head and did not move. He was exhausted.
Shi Lei said, “You don’t need to move. I’ll wash you.”
Bai Qingquan still shook his head. His voice was a little hoarse as he said, “I like this taste.”
Shi Lei stopped talking. He needed to let Bai Qingquan sleep honestly, but truly, this fairy wasn’t afraid of death.
He stretched out his hand and brushed away the tears on Bai Qingquan’s face and gently kissed his ears.
The beautifully made hanfu was scattered on the ground in a messy manner. Bai Qingquan remembered the feeling of being watered by heavy rain even in his sleep. He felt that his body was like a container, and it was full and about to overflow, just as was his heart.
His physical fitness was quite good—so good that it not only surprised him but even Shi Lei was astounded.
Shi Lei was a rough man. He didn’t know how to pity and cherish jade*. He was fierce and cruel, making him cum twice. He thought that he would walk unnaturally the next day, but while his legs were a bit soft and his walk seemed to be a bit forked, there was no pain.
*(怜香惜玉) Idiom referring to a man with a tender heart that takes care of his beloved. || In this context, he’s saying Shi Lei was the opposite way in bed.
It felt like he was just dreaming of climbing Qiuming Mountain all night.
When Wei Ge saw him, he was taken aback for a moment and said, “You look so good today.”
He was very happy as he felt Bai Qingquan had listened to what he said and had gone to bed early yesterday. He looked well rested and was in good condition. His complexion was healthy, and his face was full of spring.
Bai Qingquan participated in the opening ceremony for <Night Talk at the Ming Palace> in a radiant state.
The show broke the premiere record of <The East Palace is Coming> as soon as it started broadcasting. It was completely different from the theme and style of the East Palace. It reflected the Tang Dynasty and was designated as the ultimate romance, ultimate magnificence, and ultimate thriller. Bai Qingquan, Zheng Siqi, and Shen Jintai appearing in the same long shot detonated the hot search.
<Night Talk at the Ming Palace> was a big hit.
Relying on this drama, Bai Qingquan once again returned to the top position, and his popularity was equal to that of Shen Jintai. This was the advantage of TV dramas. Once they explode, they are far more popular than movies.
He had now become the white moonlight to many people again. The black history of the past seems to have become a thing of the past, as no one seems to remember it anymore. Wherever he went, there were only stars and the moon, as if the scandal of the past had never existed. He was still the white moonlight with unparalleled beauty and an excellent reputation like before.
But only he knew that he was no longer the white moonlight in the hearts of his fans. Whether or not his alt account was exposed, he knew that while the love of his fans was strong, true, and grand, it was unreliable. It was meaningless and never lasting, as one day they would leave him. He wouldn’t be the white moonlight forever in their lives.
But he was Shi Lei’s white moonlight, and that had remained from beginning to end. It was enough for him to be a person’s white moonlight for a lifetime. He was quite satisfied with it.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Bai Qingquan moved into his new home.
The moon was bright on this day, big and round, as it shone its rays through the floor-to-ceiling windows. This moon not only cast its light on his new house but also on everything in the world, illuminating the clear spring (Qingquan) water that flows down from the stone (Shi) for decades to come.
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Next up is the paring of Shan Cheng. The playboy who’ll be attacked by a black belly*. The Xiao Bai couple, just like Shen Jintai and his wife, will also appear from time to time to show their affection and call their husbands. Shen Jintai and Yan Qiuchi will also make occasional appearances.
*Term used to describe someone who acts kind on the outside but is dark and soulless on the inside.
Kinky Thoughts:
This marks the end of the Bai Qingquan’s chapters. Awwww. I really wanted more. I really like this couple. Next up will be Yan Yaoxuan x Shan Cheng pairing.
For those who are not getting the first half of the chapter… It’s an allusion to what they were doing in bed. Think of the rain as Shi Lie and the umbrella as the condom that’s trying to protect Bai Qingquan from Shi Lei’s “raindrops”. When they reach the top of the mountain, it’s the climax. You get the point.
The teenage Bai Shu in the photo looked at the camera quietly and shyly. Many years had passed, and Bai Qingquan was no longer the quiet, sentimental teenager in the photo. He had become more beautiful. His figure was taller, his waist was tighter, and his ass was firmer.
Shi Lei was no longer the arrogant slacker of the past. He had become manlier and stronger and was now blessed with broad and thick shoulders and a sexy back, just like a wolf.
The autumn rain outside seemed to be falling harder. The curtains on the windows were open, and it was completely dark outside. The room was also dark, with light from the living room peeking in from the bedroom door. Although the indoor light was dim, it still provided enough lighting that things could still be seen clearly, though a bit blurred.
Bai Qingquan put his arms around Shi Lei’s head and pressed him to his chest.
“Come here again tomorrow?” Shi Lei said.
Bai Qingquan let out a moan and said, “Nn. Okay.”
Neither of them moved, and they maintained this position for a long time.
With no lube or condoms available, it was only natural that their guns didn’t have live ammunition. Still, it wasn’t that much different from real actual sex. Everything that needed to be done had been done. Sex had always been the catalyst for feelings, and after it was over, Bai Qingquan felt that he and Shi Lei were finally really lovers.
It was too pleasing to do this kind of thing with the man you love. No. Next time he came, he would bring lube!
Shi Lei thought the same in his heart, so much so that when they got up the next morning, they were both energetic. Shi Lei got up earlier than he did and didn’t keep him warm. He was probably saving his energy until later that night.
Shi Lei made breakfast and brought it to bed. Bai Qingquan sat up and started to eat as he asked, “Am I being too lazy like this?”
“You work so hard. Shouldn’t I be serving you?”
His awareness is quite high.
“I like serving you too,” Shi Lei said with a smile.
Bai Qingquan blushed slightly.
Shi Lei wanted to serve him not only in life but also in bed. Yesterday, he served him from his feet all the way to his hair, enthusiastically and meticulously.
Bai Qingquan felt that the two of them really matched well. He had a girlish heart and wanted to be treated like a little princess, so he had always hoped for a man that would hold him in the palm of his hands.
Shi Lei happened to be manly and was a man who doted on his wife. Bai Qingquan was a big star in his heart—his little baobei, who wanted him to take care of him. It felt like the most natural thing.
Shi Lei headed off to work as Bai Qingquan slept more at home all morning. At noon, Shi Lei brought him back food, and Bai Qingquan finally got up after lunch.
It was still raining outside, and the temperature was so low that it felt a little cold as Bai Qingquan showered. After he finished, he remembered that he hadn’t brought any extra clothes, so just as Shi Lei had borrowed his clothes when he visited him at the hotel, he opened the bathroom door and called out, “Shi Lei!”
Shi Lei came in, and he told him, “Bring me some of your clothes, a t-shirt, and underwear. I’ll wear it temporarily and change when I go back to the hotel.”
Shi Lei obeyed and went to find him a t-shirt and underwear. The t-shirt was one he had worn before, but he gave Bai Qingquan a pair of underwear that was still brand new.
Bai Qingquan said, “I don’t want this.”
“It’s new. I haven’t worn it,” Shi Lei said.
Bai Qingquan was a little embarrassed to say that he wanted to wear a pair that Shi Lei had already worn, so he found an excuse and said, “Don’t you know that you can’t wear intimate clothing without washing them first? Just bring me what you usually wear.”
Shi Lei went out, and after a while, he brought him another pair of shorts.
At first glance, these shorts were worn by Shi Lei because they were looser and… the front was bulging, as if it had been propped up.
Bai Qingquan was satisfied and changed his clothes with a blushing face.
Shi Lei returned to the living room, took a few sips of cold water, and calmed down for a while. This little fairy was going to be the death of him.
Shi Lei personally took him back to the hotel. Bai Qingquan felt like he was dying when he had to leave the car. He told Shi Lei, “Today, I’m going to wear your underwear while I do my interview. I won’t return this pair to you. I’m keeping it to myself.”
Bai Qingquan had provoked Shi Lei so much that it took him over half an hour to calm down. He felt that he was going to give Bai Qingquan a taste of his suffering, so on the way back, he stopped by an adult product store and went to buy lube and condoms.
Bai Qingquan entered the hotel sweetly and happily. Qian Wei and the others were already waiting for him at the hotel. As soon as Qian Wei saw him, he immediately looked at him up and down and said nothing else.
Bai Qingquan’s radiance today was obvious and had the aura of love. Not only did the people around him think so, but some sharp-eyed netizens also found out. “Bai Qingquan seems to look very good today. His eyes seem much brighter.”
“He’s in really good shape today. Usually, he’s very gentle when facing reporters, but today he seems to talk and laugh a lot. I’m guessing he’s in love.”
“Finally, someone has the same feeling as me. I feel that his recent Weibo posts are full of restlessness. What season of love is in the spring and a hot heart in the summer?”
“Looking at the exposed appearance of his alt account, everyone knows that he really wanted to fall in love, so when he does, the change would be quite significant. My friend is like this. When he falls in love, I feel as if his entire person has changed, and he can’t hide it at all!”
As netizens gossip, even the moonlight powders had something to say. They were reluctant to believe it.
“My brother has been filming recently. How can he have time to fall in love?”
However, they weren’t particularly resistant to Bai Qingquan falling in love. He no longer has any girlfriend fans, and his fans now were attracted to his true temperament. Some even looked forward to him falling in love.
The exposed alt account of Bai Qingquan was shameful, but the content spoke truth. The incident in the beginning was so shocking and subversive that those who could continue to be his fans already had a strong heart. As long as there wasn’t anything morally corrupt, like chasing after someone underage or being entangled with a married person, they could accept it.
All of Bai Qingquan’s fans were career fans. They only hoped that his desire for love would be returned. As long as he continued a successful career and was on par with the other young film emperor, Shen Jintai, they would be okay with anything.
However, the people in his team and the company were still nervous about this situation and hoped to make it public slowly.
After returning from participating in his promo event, it was already past 7. Bai Qingquan asked Xiao Feng to send him directly to Shi Lei’s home.
Qian Wei said, “The broadcast ceremony will start tomorrow, so you have to go to bed early today.”
Bai Qingquan had Shi Lei on his mind all day. How could he listen to this in his heart? After a few perfunctory words, he took a car to Shi Lei’s.
When he was halfway there, he suddenly remembered about buying lube. He wondered if Shi Lei had already bought it. It stood to reason that he probably did, as they had tried it last night without success. He felt that Shi Lei’s body was shaking from anxiety.
However, he was also embarrassed to ask him about this kind of thing, so he decided to buy it himself, just in case.
He asked Xiao Feng to stop the car. “I’m going to the supermarket.”
Xiao Feng said, “Tell me what you want to buy, and I will buy it for you.”
“No,” Bai Qingquan said. “I haven’t been to the supermarket for a long time, so I want to go shopping by myself.”
As he said it, he put on his mask and hat, opened the car door, and went out.
He was wrapped tightly, and no one in the supermarket recognized him. Relying on the fact that no one could recognize his face, he went directly to the adult supplies area. When he saw a bottle of lube, he picked it up and tossed in a few bags of snacks to cover it up.
He was the most nervous when he checked out. When he was in line to check out, he thought silently that if this incident broke out, he didn’t know how much trouble it would cause.
[Popular male celebrity personally buys sex supplies at the supermarket!]
He expected he’d become the number one coquettish star in the entertainment industry.
Bai Qingquan cleared his throat and said calmly, “I want a bag.”
After paying, he trotted out of the supermarket and got into the car with his belongings. Xiao Feng glanced back and only vaguely saw a few bags of snacks.
“Brother Quan, you need to eat less of this kind of snack. It’s easy to gain weight, and it’s not healthy.”
“Drive quickly,” Bai Qingquan said as he took off his mask.
The security of the community where Shi Lei lives was relatively strict, so the car wasn’t allowed to enter. Bai Qingquan had to wait at the gate until Shi Lei came down to pick him up. When he saw Xiao Feng, he said, “Would you like to come in for a bit?”
“Thank you, Brother Lei, but I’ll just go back now,” Xiao Feng said hurriedly.
Since he saw these two people getting greasy in the car last time, he wanted to hide as far as he could from them. He had been following Bai Qingquan for a long time, so in his heart Bai Qingquan was always a fairy to him. Although his mouth would occasionally be vulgar, he still regarded Bai Qingquan as the white moonlight in the sky. Now that the fairy had descended to earth and seen the seven emotions and six desires, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Xiao Feng drove away as Shi Lei and Bai Qingquan walked home together.
Shi Lei glanced at his hand. “Why are you still carrying a bag of snacks?”
Bai Qingquan said, “I bought it for you.”
Shi Lei said, “I don’t eat snacks.”
“Then will you eat me?” Bai Qingquan asked.
Shi Lei smiled and glanced back at the security guard behind him.
In this regard, he was more careful than Bai Qingquan. He didn’t want his existence to have a negative impact on Bai Qingquan. After all, he was the lover of a big star, so he must maintain a high degree of alertness.
However, it’s Bai Qingquan who likes to be mouthy.
When they were in bed together, he was cowardly. He kept wavering as he felt there was something sexy about something that couldn’t be eaten, but he still pestered for him to eat it.
When the two returned home, Bai Qingquan went to the bathroom. Shi Lei thought about the snacks that Bai Qingquan bought for him and thought he’d eat a few bites as a symbolic gesture, so he went to take a look. As a result, he found the bottle of lube. He went through the rest of the bag but didn’t find condoms.
Bai Qingquan just came out of the bathroom as he put his pants on with a smile. His face was a little provocative but shy.
“You’re missing something,” Shi Lei said.
“What?”
“What about the condoms?” Shi Lei asked.
Bai Qingquan smiled and said nothing.
Shi Lei said, “Fortunately, we both have the same line of thought. I bought them on the way back from dropping you off.”
Not only did he buy it, but when he bought it, he also asked the store owner to explain the details of the price and the differences between products. He specifically picked out the one that was best for Bai Qingquan’s health and had the highest reputation.
Although it was also the first time buying such a thing, Shi Lei was magnanimous and calm as he asked questions and felt no embarrassment at all. It was normal for a man to buy this thing. How could he possibly let his wife do it?
“What are you doing buying condoms?” Bai Qingquan pursed his lips and said, “We don’t need it.”
Last night, Bai Qingquan said that he didn’t want him to wear it while they were in bed, but he just chalked it up to bed talk. He didn’t expect him to be serious about it.
Shi Lei was immediately turned on by this, so much so that his body was tight as he ate and showered. He couldn’t relax for even a moment. He showered first and waited in bed for Bai Qingquan. The two bottles of lube were placed at the head of the bed. This should probably be enough for tonight.
As a result, after waiting for a long time, he didn’t see Bai Qingquan come in. He was getting impatient, so he took off his clothes and went to the bathroom. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Bai Qingquan dressed in a red robe, looking at him shyly and proudly.
The two of them formed a stark contrast. One with a crew cut, while the other was dressed in an elegant robe. When they saw each other, both were taken aback.
“What are you doing?” he asked Bai Qingquan.
“Does it look good?” Bai Qingquan asked.
Shi Lei nodded. “It looks good.”
Bai Qingquan entered the room, closed the door, and leaned against it as he pressed against the door with both hands. He was planning to wear the full set, but when he put it on, he suddenly felt it was a bit troublesome, so he only wore the outer robe and was naked underneath. He even only buttoned up two buttons, making it loose and revealing.
Shi Lei stretched out his hand, touched his neck, then grabbed his collar and pulled with both hands. His pull had some force that immediately disrobed Bai Qingquan. He didn’t let Bai Qingquan take off the robe completely, as the red robe was quite suitable for a bridal chamber.
The night was long, and they had a long way to go in the future. The dreams in Bai Qingquan’s alt account were realized by the one who knew them the most. He still had many more, and Shi Lei was determined to help him realize them all, one by one.
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Bless Xiao Bai and Sishi.
Kinky Thoughts:
Ahhhhh bless them indeed. I’m so happy for Bai Qingquan. I wish there was some smut though *sobs*…
“Where did you get the photo?” Bai Qingquan asked.
Shi Lei walked over, took the photo frame in his hand, and said, “When I went to work, I asked your classmate for it.”
Bai Qingquan was filled with emotion. He felt so happy, as not everyone in the world could encounter such feelings and meet the person who loved him as much as this person did.
He didn’t have his class photo, so he took a picture of it and saved it on his phone.
Shi Lei cleaned up the bed and opened the curtains. It was still raining outside, so he didn’t open the window.
Bai Qingquan liked this house. The advantage of a single-family villa is that when it rains, you can hear the sound of the rain. Outside the window was a small grove. Under dusk, you can vaguely see the wildflowers on the grass. Listening to the drizzle fluttering gave it a calm and peaceful melody.
He toured the house, going upstairs and downstairs, and said, “You live alone in such a big house.”
“Because of my work, I know many real estate agents. At that time, the house was sold. It wasn’t remodeled, so no one wanted to live in it. The owner was in urgent need of money, so he sold it at a cheaper price than on the market, so I bought it. Living alone makes it feel a bit empty, so it’s better to have more people.”
Bai Qingquan smiled and glanced back. It was time for dinner, as darkness had settled in. There was a high probability that Bai Qingquan would stay tonight.
Shi Lei asked, “Do you want to order takeout, or do you make your meals yourself?”
“I can’t cook,” Bai Qingquan said.
“I don’t know much either. I’m just okay at it.”
Bai Qingquan knew that Shi Lei was referring to his cooking skills, but he wanted to be a little dirty, so he said in a slightly ambiguous tone, “Then you can give me something to eat.”
“Okay, I’ll give it to you today,” Shi Lei said.
Bai Qingquan was taken aback for a moment; his face turned red, and he watched Shi Lei take out his phone to order takeout. Since takeout had been ordered, did it mean that Shi Lei had no intention of giving him some food down below? What did he mean by what he just said? What was he going to give him?
Bai Qingquan glanced at Shi Lei’s crotch, licked his lips, and lowered his head slightly.
After ordering the takeout, Shi Lei told him, “It will take about half an hour.”
What can they do in half an hour?
Bai Qingquan put his hands behind his back and continued to look around the house. As he walked, he asked, “My new house, have you been to see it recently?”
Shi Lei nodded and said, “Occasionally, I will open and close the window.”
Bai Qingquan’s house was decorated with the most environmentally friendly materials. Shi Lei asked someone to check on it some time ago. In fact, it was already livable now, but Bai Qingquan had been staying with the crew and would stay at hotels when he returned to Nancheng, so he wasn’t in a hurry to move in yet. Shi Lei planned to ventilate it for a while and wait for Bai Qingquan to finish filming before letting him move in.
At that time, Bai Qingquan would no longer need to film, and he would be able to do everything that he planned to do. He actually endured it very hard, especially when Bai Qingquan teased him just now.
Bai Qingquan wanted it, and he too could see it, but he had nothing at home. There was no lube or condoms, so they couldn’t do it. But to say that there was no intention at all was obviously impossible, as their minds were already predisposed.
Bai Qingquan’s phone rang suddenly. He saw that it was Wei Ge.
Bai Qingquan cleared his throat and picked up. Wei Ge asked, “Are you with Shi Lei?”
Bai Qingquan let out a “Nn” and said in the most natural voice possible, “I’m about to eat.”
Wei Ge said, “There will be an interview at noon tomorrow, and the broadcast ceremony is the day after tomorrow.”
“I know.”
“Does Shi Lei know?”
“Know…”
Wei Ge hung up the phone.
Bai Qingquan looked at Shi Lei and put the phone down.
“Who was it?”
“Wei Ge,” Bai Qingquan said.
“If he wasn’t straight, I would think that he likes you,” Shi Lei said.
Qian Wei was really protective of Bai Qingquan. It was very lucky for Bai Qingquan to have him as his agent, as not every agent treats their artists like him.
Truthfully, Bai Qingquan also doubted Qian Wei’s sexual orientation. He was still unmarried at his age, despite his conditions being pretty good. He made a lot of money, so it wasn’t difficult to find someone to marry.
Later, he found out that Qian Wei just wasn’t the marriage type. It was just that he didn’t talk about his messy relationships. While he liked to play by himself, he was especially protective of Bai Qingquan, who he saw as a pure little chick.
While everyone around him, even Shi Lei, felt that he was very pure, Bai Qingquan felt quite the opposite.
Shi Lei ordered a very hearty takeout this time. After eating, it was only after 7. Bai Qingquan was drinking a glass of water as he looked at the TV that was broadcasting a basketball game. He knew nothing about it and wasn’t interested in it.
However, it made him remember that when Shi Lei was in junior high, he seemed to play basketball.
“I also play now but don’t play much. Occasionally, I go to the basketball court at Laonan University with Liu Chuan and others,” Shi Lei said while he cleaned up. “It’s still raining outside. Are you planning to go back?”
Bai Qingquan touched his cup and said, “If you send me, I’ll go back.”
Shi Lei smiled and said, “Then I will drive you later.”
Bai Qingquan pursed his lips and glanced at Shi Lei, then smiled slightly as he touched his knees with both hands and raised his head slightly to say, “I want to stay…”
“What?” Shi Lei asked deliberately.
“I want to sleep here, can’t I?!” Bai Qingquan said.
Shi Lei smiled and said, “This is my house. Not a hotel. You should think about it.”
Bai Qingquan raised his chin; his face flushed slightly, but his expression was quite provocative.
Shi Lei had finished cutting up some fruit and brought them over and sat down beside him. Bai Qingquan took a piece of watermelon and laid down on the sofa as he silently ate it. As soon as he finished eating, Shi Lei handed over a wet paper towel.
Bai Qingquan didn’t take it but instead turned his head and sucked on his fair and slender fingers. The corner of his mouth was wet with red water stains.
“Are you honest?” he asked.
Shi Lei looked at him with a smile but didn’t speak.
Bai Qingquan’s face turned crimson, and he rushed up to Shi Lie with a smile. Shi Lei was thrown back on the sofa and said in a hoarse voice, “You want it so badly?”
“You don’t want to?” Bai Qingquan stared at Shi Lei motionlessly. He was so excited just looking at Shi Lei’s nose because it inherently reminded him of something else.
“I’ll let you know if I want to.” Shi Lei held his face as he spoke and fished him off. After speaking, they kissed a few times, and he let him go again. However, Bai Qingquan was addicted to kissing and chased his lips as they parted. Shi Lei was a healthy young man in his twenties. How could he bear this? The fire has been lit on the dry wood.
Also, they were currently in his home. Under this psychological limit, his self-control was much more fragile. When Bai Qingquan got up and took off his shirt, Shi Lei was in a daze. He got up abruptly and hugged Bai Qingquan as he held him up.
Bai Qingquan yelped and put his arms around his neck as Shi Lei carried him into the bedroom.
This was Shi Lei’s bed. This was Shi Lei’s smell. The posters that were posted on the wall and his photos were all placed at the head of the bed. He felt the deep and long-lasting love inside this bedroom, and he felt this extremely strong and fierce desire from Shi Lei’s hot body.
Under the blending of the two, Bai Qingquan’s heart was completely dedicated. He was loved by a man who had been waiting for him for many years and had loved him silently all this time. For each of them, this kind of bliss made their bodies tremble.
As it was September, Nancheng had entered its rainy season. When they returned to Nancheng, it coincided with the autumn rain. While it wasn’t heavy, it still drizzled and had been raining nonstop, cooling down the temperature. Bai Qingquan first went to meet with Shen Jintai.
The movie <Welcome Rain on a Spring Night> had been delayed for so long that it missed the Cannes Film Festival. Everyone thought that this movie would be released in the summer, but as the summer passed, the film hadn’t even been officially announced. Then, in a very sudden way, it was shortlisted at the Venice Film Festival.
Shen Jintai and the crew of <Welcome Rain on a Spring Night> were about to go to Venice tomorrow. As the boss of Sunshine Media, Yan Qiuchi would also attend with them.
“Have you watched the finished film?” Bai Qingquan asked Shen Jintai.
Shen Jintai nodded. “I just watched it a few days ago.”
“How is it?” he asked.
Shen Jintai said, “I like it very much, but I don’t know what the audience will think.”
“If you like it, then the quality will not be bad.”
“The duration is two and a half hours, and the pace is relatively slow,” Shen Jintai said.
It’s a literary and artistic film. With such a long run time, when it’s officially released in theaters, it could affect the film’s scheduling, and thus people were not optimistic about its box office performance.
A majority depends on the quality, but there’s also a portion that depends on luck. This was something that could be met but was not required. The people in Shen Jintai’s studio were actually more worried about the box office performance.
For male actors, the box office is more important than awards, because winning them is just icing on the cake. There’s no harm if you don’t get them, but the box office is different. If you get good results, you’ll be praised to the heavens, but once you fall on your face, you’ll be ridiculed very badly.
Everyone hopes that this movie will have a box office performance of more than 100 million.
“Will the Ming Palace also hold a launch ceremony the day after tomorrow?” Shen Jintai asked.
Bai Qingquan nodded.
“I have already recorded my portion, and Siqi seems to have recorded his as well.”
Zheng Siqi was now making a new movie in Thailand.
Seeing that he was about to go to Venice, Shen Jintai was under a bit of pressure, but Bai Qingquan’s pressure was actually no less than his.
<Night Talk at the Ming Palace> had released an official trailer online, and the response was extremely enthusiastic. Many people thought this drama would be the second <The East Palace is Coming>. Relying on its reputation and popularity, <Night Talk at the Ming Palace> was sold at sky-high prices both to TV stations and online broadcasting platforms, attracting loads of investment. If this highly anticipated show didn’t live up to expectations, it would cause him to be ridiculed badly.
The biggest possibility was that he would be compared to Shen Jintai. Although he was the male lead in <The East Palace is Coming>, all eyes were on Shen Jintai. Now, he was truly alone.
After his visit with Shen Jintai, he returned to his hotel. Xiao Feng had brought the hanfu that was tailored for him. This hanfu was more exquisite than he expected. The material was also softer than the material he wanted. Xiao Feng said the pattern on the top was hand-embroidered by an old master.
After Xiao Feng left, Bai Qingquan took a shower before trying on the hanfu. He first didn’t wear anything underneath as he tried it on naked, but then put on his underwear and tried it on again.
Both had their own advantages. When he didn’t wear anything underneath and only wore the robe and no boots with his shoulder exposed, it created an enchanting and romantic look. If he wore his boots and buttoned up all the buttons, it would look clean and abstemious.
Bai Qingquan thought for a while, but still planned to wear it all. With such complicated clothes, it would be interesting for Shi Lei to unbutton them one by one as he removed them layer by layer.
After making up his mind, he called Shi Lei.
Shi Lei didn’t know that he had returned to Nancheng. He had told him that he was still filming with the crew today. When Shi Lei picked up the call, he asked, “Are you not filming today? Resting?”
“Resting. What are you doing now?”
“I’m still at the office. I’m about to get off in half an hour.”
Bai Qingquan said “Nn”, then chatted with him for a bit before hanging up. After hanging up, he immediately put the hanfu in his bag, carried it out, and went straight to Shi Lei’s office.
It was still raining outside, and the sky was darker than before. The main store of Livable Decoration was just in the city center of the New District, opposite the shopping plaza. On the big screen in the plaza, the trailer for <Night Talk at the Ming Palace> was being played. This wasn’t an advertisement done by the TV station or producer but was bought by the moonlight powders for Bai Qingquan.
It could be seen that this drama would explode, so they were very fierce about it.
Because of the rain and the fact that it was getting close to when people got off work, there weren’t any customers at the office. Xiao Fang and a few colleagues sat in the lobby on the first floor, drinking coffee, and through the floor-to-ceiling window, they saw the advertisement in the square opposite the building. Amidst the rain curtains, Bai Qingquan’s beautiful face, coupled with his costume, looked dazzling.
This was the first time that Bai Qingquan had worn red. People always thought that Shen Jintai’s bright and flamboyant personality was suitable for wearing red, but unexpectedly, Bai Qingquan, with his fairy persona, also looked good in red, which was a stark contrast to his fair complexion and delicate eyes and nose.
“Do you believe what Sister Wang said?” One of the girls said, “She said that Bai Qingquan has a long relationship with our boss.”
“Bai Qingquan is our boss’ idol… Although I really can’t understand how a straight man like the boss can chase stars.”
“There’s still a bit of a relationship there. The two of them came from the same town. Don’t you think that they knew each other before? Otherwise, how could the boss have landed this job to remodel his home? However, Sister Wang was implying that their relationship is more like love. Isn’t that a bit of a stretch?”
Xiao Fang had doubted it before, as she felt it also seemed ridiculous. It wasn’t that their boss wasn’t good enough, but how improbable was it for a big star like Bai Qingquan to fall for him? It wasn’t like this was some kind of TV drama.
A colleague next to her suddenly straightened up and looked at the door. Xiao Fang followed her gaze and saw a young man wearing a mask come in.
As she was the receptionist, upon seeing this, she immediately got up and returned to the front desk, then bowed and smiled at the person and said, “Welcome to Livable Decoration.”
The young man smiled and asked, “I’m here to find your boss, Shi. Is he there?”
“Yes, you are…”
The young man took off his mask and looked at her with a smile.
Xiao Fang was stunned, and when she recovered, her face flushed. “Our boss is in his office!”
Bai Qingquan smiled and nodded at her. Xiao Fang felt she was getting dizzy.
Oh my god! She just saw Bai Qingquan! It was the first time in her life that she was able to see a big star so close. He’s so beautiful!
It was too shocking.
As Bai Qingquan headed to the office, all her colleagues swarmed her. “Is that Bai Qingquan? Is it? Is it him?”
“It’s him,” Xiao Fang said blankly. “It’s Bai Qingquan!”
Everyone was so excited that it seemed they had lost their minds.
Bai Qingquan knocked on the door of the office and heard Shi Lei’s voice from inside. “Come in.”
He smiled and pushed the door in. “Dun, dun, dun, surprise!”
As a result, he was dumbfounded when he opened the door because there was another man in the office. The man who was sitting opposite Shi Lei had almost spilled the teacup in his hand when he saw him.
Shi Lei immediately stood up. “Why are you here?!”
Bai Qingquan felt embarrassed and smiled. “I didn’t know you had guests…”
“This is my friend, Liu Chuan.”
Liu Chuan also stood up. “Bai Qingquan. You are Bai Qingquan, right?”
Bai Qingquan recovered, immediately stretched out his hand, and walked over, shaking Liu Chuan’s hand.
Several employees sneaked up to the door to peek. Shi Lei went over and said, “You should have told me. I would’ve gotten off work earlier.” After speaking, he smiled and closed the door to the room.
Everyone looked at each other as they returned to the hall and couldn’t sit still.
“Wasn’t his house renovated a while ago? Why is he here again?”
“It seems that he is really familiar with Mr. Shi.”
“Then isn’t what Sister Wang said true?”
Everyone looked at each other but still held doubts. It was possible to believe that they were friends, but it was highly unlikely that Bai Qingquan would fall in love with their boss. That was too unreal.
As everyone was gossiping, they saw Shi Lei and the others come out of his office. Bai Qingquan had put on his mask again, and while whispering with Liu Chuan, he waved his hand at Xiao Fang and the others.
Liu Chuan stopped when they got to the door and watched as Shi Lei and Bai Qingquan got into the car.
On the big screen outside, the trailer for <Night Talk at the Ming Palace> looped again. This time, it was accompanied by a mix of Bai Qingquan’s past roles. Liu Chuan looked at the big screen because he had just met the person himself. Looking at the advertisement now, it felt like it was a dream.
Bai Qingquan got into Shi Lei’s car. As soon as he got in the car, Shi Lei asked, “Why did you suddenly come back?”
Bai Qingquan smiled and asked, “Are you surprised?”
“Surprise.” Shi Lei said as he looked outside. It was still raining, and no one was around. He stretched out his arm, and Bai Qingquan threw himself into his arms and said, “I missed you and I wanted to see you.”
There was a hint of coquettishness in his tone, which made Shi Lei’s heart quiver as the sound reached his ears. He touched Bai Qingquan’s earlobe and said, “How many days are you back for?”
“<Night Talk at the Ming Palace> is about to start its broadcast. I’m here to participate in the opening ceremony for the TV station, but I also have a two-day break. I can stay in Nancheng for three and a half days!”
“I didn’t sleep well when I thought about you yesterday,” Shi Lei said.
This was the truth. He dreamed of Bai Qingquan last night. He woke up halfway through the dream and couldn’t think about anything else. He sent a message to Bai Qingquan in the early morning, but Bai Qingquan had lied to him, saying that he was still with the crew.
Xiao Fang and the others looked secretly at Shi Lei’s Audi through the glass window. The car hadn’t moved.
Shit. What are the two doing in the car? Chatting?
It felt… really ambiguous.
As it was almost dinner time, Shi Lei started the car and said, “Let’s eat dinner first.”
He was going to take Bai Qingquan to a restaurant for dinner. Bai Qingquan said, “Let’s order takeout today. I don’t want to eat out. Let’s go to your house. I haven’t been to your place yet.”
Shi Lei knew that Bai Qingquan wanted more time alone. This made him happy, so he drove Bai Qingquan to his place.
It was still raining lightly outside, bringing in a misty layer of fog. Bai Qingquan felt nervous, so he turned up the music.
[At this time, the warbler flies and the grass grows. The one I love is on the way. I know that he’s been through highs and lows. His journey not rewarded with day. Crossing the sea of people, just to give you hugs.]
The very rhythmic song made Bai Qingquan gently shake his head to the music as one hand rested on the cold car window. His fair fingers stretched out slightly.
The car entered the community and stopped in front of a white villa. When Bai Qingquan got out, he looked around the community and said, “You’re so young, yet you can buy such a good home.”
Shi Lei was a little nervous. He didn’t expect Bai Qingquan to come visit him so suddenly, so he wasn’t prepared at all. As soon as they entered the house, he immediately bent over and started cleaning up. Bai Qingquan stood at the door, staring blankly at the messy living room.
There were a few cans of beer on the table and half a cup of instant noodles left over. Pants, jackets, and even a piece of black underwear were scattered on the sofa. The shoe rack at the entrance was also a bit messy.
Shi Lei hurriedly cleaned up. He quickly piled all the clothes together, cleaned up all the food and drinks, and other things on the table, and said embarrassingly, “It’s a bit messy.”
While everything looked chaotic, there was also a breath of life. As a standard bachelor, this is what Shi Lei looks like.
Bai Qingquan put down his bag and helped him clean up. Shi Lei hurriedly said, “You sit down. I’ll do it.”
Bai Qingquan didn’t listen but smiled and helped him clean up. “You live such a life.”
“I’ve been used to it all these years.”
Fortunately, the floors were fairly clean. Shi Lei said, “I don’t know how to clean very well, so I have a cleaner do a deep clean every week.”
Bai Qingquan put his hand behind his back and asked with a smile, “Can I go inside? Do I need to give you time so you can hide the things that should be hidden and also the people that should be hidden as well?”
Shi Lei said, “The bedroom may also be messy.”
When Bai Qingquan heard this, he walked directly to the bedroom. The bedroom door wasn’t closed. When he entered, he saw that the bed wasn’t made and that there were a few clothes on the chair. It was a bit messy, but similar to the living room. However, he didn’t pay much attention to these things because all his focus was directly attracted to the posters in the bedroom.
One was a poster of him during the draft of <Pick Me>. Looking at the uniform he was wearing made him sentimental. At that time, he couldn’t keep the costume. Having not seen it for such a long time, it felt a bit rustic.
The other post was nearly two years older, probably after he had filmed the East Palace.
He glanced back and saw Shi Lei standing behind him with a faint smile and a little shyness, and said, “I had put it up before we met.”
Bai Qingquan looked at the posters one by one and finally saw a photo frame at the head of the bed. The photos in it seemed to be a class photo of Shi Lei’s when they were still in school. He immediately picked it up curiously and smiled as he looked at it, trying to find Shi Lei. After a while of looking at it, he found that there were many familiar faces, and he also saw his class teacher.
He was taken aback for a moment, and his smile gradually solidified as he saw himself in his school uniform among the group of young junior high students.
Standing on the right side of the row before last, he was looking at the camera very quietly.
He felt a slight heat in his heart, but his nose was inexplicably sour as he looked back at Shi Lei. This situation was really emotional.
Even Shi Lei felt a little damp in his heart. He thought about that year when he dropped out of school and embarked on his journey to work, and all he had for comfort was this group photo. He had a rough and somewhat angular personality and was new to the real world. He was suffering, felt tired and hopeless, but the one thing that supported him along the way was his fantasies of Bai Qingquan.
At that time, the fantasy was like drawing cakes to satisfy one’s hunger. He had never expected that one day he would have a moment like this. God had truly treated him well.
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The hard days are all over, and the future will be sweet.
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Yes, give me all the sweetness because they deserve it! Now let the cosplay play commence!
Chapter 214: Bai Qingquan, Who Wants to Be Crooked
As soon as Shi Lei laid down, he heard the door open. Before he got up, he noticed that someone had already climbed onto his bed. He stretched out his hand to turn on the bedside lamp and heard a voice say, “It’s me.”
It was Bai Qingquan.
Bai Qingquan said, “Are you going to sleep?”
Shi Lei turned on the light and saw Bai Qingquan sitting on his bed, looking at him with a smile.
“Something wrong?”
“No, I want to chat with you. Are you going to sleep?”
“Don’t you have to get up early tomorrow morning to film?”
“You turn off the light and let me tell you something.”
Shi Lei smiled. The pajamas he was wearing were a bit small, and the buttons were not all fastened, exposing his sturdy chest. His pecs were clearly contoured, making him look especially strong and healthy.
Shi Lei stretched out his hand and turned off the lamp.
Bai Qingquan said, “You lie down.”
Shi Lei obeyed. As soon as he lay down, Bai Qingquan rushed into him. Shi Lei stretched out his arm and hugged him with a slight force as he embraced Bai Qingquan.
Bai Qingquan was lying on top of him; their chests were pressed against each other, and they could feel each other’s violent heartbeat. They didn’t need to say anything, as their heartbeat seemed to be talking for them.
“What’s the matter?” Shi Lei asked.
“Nothing.” Bai Qingquan’s face was flushed as he laid on him and said, “I just want to talk to you.”
“Being naughty again?” Shi Lei asked in a low voice.
Bai Qingquan continued lying on him without speaking. Shi Lei stretched out his hand to hold his face, forcing him to look up. He held it for a while before suddenly kissing him fiercely.
Bai Qingquan finally got his wish. Although he came here suddenly, it was impossible to have sex now. However, there were many things that could be done besides sex.
He wasn’t sure why, but for a ruffian man like Shi Lei, he was very patient. Besides kissing, they didn’t do anything else. Bai Qingquan thought that since he had delivered himself to the door, he didn’t care whether he was being proactive or not. Who knew that as soon as he stretched his hand out, Shi Lei held it in place and wouldn’t let it move further?
“Wait until you have a rest day,” Shi Lei panted and said. “I’m afraid you can’t bear it.”
Without waiting for Bai Qingquan to speak, he continued, “I’m a bit big.”
Bai Qingquan exploded all at once. His mind was completely blank, and his face was hot. He thought he must have turned so red that he was dripping in blood. All his strength to attack suddenly drained.
They both had the same feelings and desires, and neither of them was particularly abstinent, so it was impossible to fall asleep while lying together. Bai Qingquan finally went back to his room, and as soon as he left, Shi Lei immediately went to the bathroom.
Bai Qingquan was lying in bed with a smirk on his face. He didn’t know what he was doing. He just felt that his heart was full, very excited, and very happy. This emotion made him drowsy, and it was not until late into the night that he gradually fell asleep.
—
“Report! Shen Jintai and Zheng Siqi really went to the Ming Palace crew to make a cameo appearance!”
“Shit. Is it real or not? This East Palace girl is going to cry!”
“It’s true. I saw that both the gold powders and the fresh powders confirmed it.”
“It seems that everyone from the eight groups* has come out.”
*Referring to Douban, which is similar to Reddit.
“The sisters upstairs pointed the way.”
“Let me just say that the two of them will definitely make cameos. Not mentioning their relationship with Bai Qingquan, just for Guo Rui and Meng Xiaosheng, they will go. Especially Touhua. If it weren’t for Meng Xiaosheng’s preference for Li Xu, how would he have the status he has today.”
“Whether it’s confirmed or not, I’m still excited. Just the thought of the three of them appearing in a costume drama again turned me into a groundhog!”
“It seems that Bai Qingquan is going to soar this year. There’s no need to worry about the ratings for this drama. With Sunshine Media’s backing, the quality is guaranteed. In addition, Guo Rui and Meng Xiaosheng are the golden pair. I’m optimistic he’ll return to the top again.”
“Your district often talks about this top stream and that top stream. Is the top stream a group of people or a single person?”
“It should be referring to a top-level traffic. It means the most popular stars. Among male stars, Zheng, Bai, and Shen are the top streams. For women, it’s Yang Lizhi. They’re popular and have many fans, so they have strong combat effectiveness in terms of topicality.”
“I vaguely remember that when they first debuted on <Pick Me>, Shen Jintai and Bai Qingquan were evenly matched. It was wonderful for the fans to tear each other apart. Now that the gold powder is dominant, I hope Bai Qingquan can recover his blood with the help of <Night Talk at the Ming Palace>!”
“Even if he regains his blood, moonlight powder and gold powder won’t tear each other up anymore. After all, the relationship between the three masters of the East Palace isn’t a plastic flower friendship. The cooking for their relationship is so good that all their fans are harmonious together.”
“Instead of looking forward to these two tearing each other up, it’s better to look forward to the second season of <Pick Me>. Isn’t it about to start? I hope they can make another top stream!”
“Since Bai Qingquan has joined the crew and <Night Talk at the Ming Palace> is a simultaneous film and broadcast, he won’t have time to go and be a mentor for the second season, right? Will Touhua go? After all, it’s his husband’s variety show.”
“Touhua shouldn’t go either. His current path is towards being a movie actor. I heard that among all the young stars, he has first dibs on any new projects. If he doesn’t want it, then it’ll be passed to other stars. Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it’s also true that Touhua’s film resources are pretty good.”
“At the Venice Film Festival in September, <Welcome Rain on a Spring Night> was shortlisted as the main competition. Following such principle, it would mean he’s also shortlisted. Touhua’s expected to win best actor at the Venice Film Festival.”
“Thank you all. I’ve been waiting for this moment. Is the movie finally going to be released? Touhua’s about to enter the international market!”
“<Night Talk at the Ming Palace> should be the last TV series that Touhua will act in for the next few years. I don’t know what role he’ll be playing. There’s also Zheng Siqi, the only straight man among the three masters of the East Palace.”
“Hahahaha, three friends, but two bottoms.”
“Do you think it is possible that Zheng Siqi is gay? He gets along so well with BaiShen!”
“It is unacceptable that Zheng Siqi is gay. Please leave a handsome guy for our star-chasing girl!”
This was usually the case on the entertainment forum. While chatting, the topic often deviates. Everyone was talking with relish as they continued to gossip when suddenly a few groundhogs broke in.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.”
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
“Are the sisters upstairs crazy?”
“Look what this is?!”
Immediately afterwards, someone posted a URL. Everyone followed it and found that it was a video. Under the rising sun, a crew was filming nervously. The camera swayed slightly as it pointed to a group of actors. In the group, there were three young men who looked exceptionally tall and fair. Shen Jintai was dressed in red, Zheng Siqi was dressed in white, and Bai Qingquan was dressed in purple. Their beauty and brilliance reflected each other.
<Night Talk at the Ming Palace> had started its hot search journey.
Yang Lizhi was painting her nails at home and recently had nothing to do but browse Weibo. Seeing the hot search [The three masters of the East Palace reunion], she sighed as she said to her best friend, “I don’t think it’s a problem for the three of them to remain popular for another ten years as long as they stay as this group.”
She was envious. They were similar in age, had similar reputations, and were mutually beneficial to each other. Whether from personal feelings or business interests, these three should be together for a long time.
Such a harmonious friendship was too rare nowadays. The entertainment industry was riddled with plastic flowers friendship, but only these three seemed real.
—
Today at the film and television city, the liveliest crew was the <Night Talk at the Ming Palace> crew. Even the crew from nearby had people running over to watch. After all, there were currently three top talents that had gathered, including two film emperors.
The first scene to be filmed today is the flower banquet for the scholars. There were countless handsome young actors, but in Shi Lei’s opinion, the best-looking was Bai Qingquan in his purple robe.
He had a figure that was naturally suitable for wearing ancient costumes, especially the robes of the Tang Dynasty with their round necks and narrow sleeves. It made him look exceptionally clean and beautiful. The addition of the white collar showed off his beautiful and abstemious temperament.
This was a big scene, so it had to be shot very slowly. It took more than an hour of continuous shooting to complete a single long shot.
Guo Rui loved taking long shots. This one was designed by him and the cameraman overnight. It was a one-and-a-half-minute long shot from the city of Chang’an to the Xinglin Garden. It not only reproduced the glory of the Tang Dynasty, but it also connected Bai Qingquan, Zheng Siqi, and Shen Jintai, who were not all currently present at the same occasion.
With three handsome men, three different kinds of beauty, the opening of <Night Talk at the Ming Palace> could only be described as grand and magnificent.
Shi Lei couldn’t stay on set all the time. He also had a job. As it was autumn, this was the busiest time of the year for his remodeling company. What was more, Bai Qingquan was seriously filming. While they were happy to be together, they also felt a bit tortured as well. After much discussion, Shi Lei would head back.
Once he left, it was estimated that the two would not see each other for a long time, so, taking advantage while Shi Lei was still here, Bai Qingquan went to see him as soon as he went on break. Shi Lei looked at him with bright eyes and said, emotionally, “You look really good in ancient clothes.”
The most beautiful man in an ancient costume in the entertainment industry. This title was not just praised by fans, but everyone recognized it.
When he said this, Bai Qingquan suddenly thought of something. After Shi Lei returned, he talked to Xiao Feng and had him order a hanfu* for him.
*Traditional style of clothing worn by the Han Chinese.
“I want a red robe with a round neck and narrow sleeves, exquisite workmanship, and embroidery with golden peony flowers,” Bai Qingquan instructed. “It needs to be matching, from both inside and out, as well as the boots. It has to be exquisite. It doesn’t matter how much it cost.”
Xiao Feng didn’t understand his reasoning, so he just nodded and complied.
That day, Shi Lei had to go back. Bai Qingquan couldn’t leave the set, so he couldn’t go with him to drop him off at the airport. He could only take him to the gate of the film and television city. The gate of the city was bustling with people coming and going, so he couldn’t get out of the car. Bai Qingquan hated partings the most. While at first, he didn’t feel anything, when Shi Lei was about to get out of the car, he couldn’t stand it, and he hugged him tightly and wouldn’t let him go.
The two kissed for what seemed like forever until they finally tired. Xiao Feng quietly sat in the front with his face completely flushed.
“I’ll call you when I have time,” Shi Lei said.
Bai Qingquan let out a “Nn” and let go of his hand after seeing that he would miss his plane if he was delayed any longer.
They had become so attached that even a tough guy like Shi Lei had inadvertently softened his heart.
“Bro… Brother Quan, the crew is urging,” Xiao Feng said cautiously.
Shi Lei got out of the car, and Bai Qingquan watched him get into the taxi through the window. If he could, he really wanted to be with Shi Lei every day.
He really liked the feeling of being crooked. Right now, he and Shi Lei still had two hurdles left to cross, so they were still separated by a layer.
First, they hadn’t revealed their relationship yet, so they had to sneak around, which meant they had less time to spend together.
Second, the two of them were only hugging and kissing. They hadn’t even deeply embraced, let alone gone for the home run.
When they could fall in love freely, like fish mingling in water, they would be so much happier, no matter how crooked they are. At least their mind and body would be ironed together. Just this thought made Bai Qingquan very happy.
—
Bai Qingquan had been filming with the crew for more than half a month. Before the broadcast of <Night Talk at the Ming Palace> started, he returned to Nancheng for a three-day vacation.
He felt that he wasn’t being reserved this time. Ever since that night at the hotel, with what he saw through the crack of the bathroom door and the vulgar language that Shi Lei would say to him almost every night when they talked on the phone, he felt he couldn’t wait until the filming of <Night Talk at the Ming Palace> to finish filming and he couldn’t wait for the new house to be fully ventilated.
He took the first step over Shi Lei because he couldn’t help it. He wanted it.
“I asked you to order a custom-made hanfu for me. Is it ready?” he asked while sitting in the car as it drove back to Nancheng.
Wei Ge asked, “Why do you want a hanfu?”
“During this filming, I found that the ancient costumes of the Tang Dynasty were better-looking than those of the other dynasties I’ve filmed, so I asked Xiao Feng to order one for me so I can wear it myself,” Bai Qingquan said with a blushing face.
“It’s already been ordered. You can pick it up when you arrive in Nancheng today,” Xiao Feng said.
Bai Qingquan nodded, pursed his thin lips, and looked out the window. His side face was exceptionally pure and beautiful. He was getting older with each passing day, so he had to take advantage of the youngest and best time of his life and get more crooked with Shi Lei.
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