Chapter 39: The Wind And Moon Cross The Rivers And Seas (Part 1)
Bai Chunsheng stood there in a daze, while Yan Yi pinched his chin, seemingly intending to kiss him again.
When their soft lips touched, Bai Chunsheng shivered. He froze for a moment, and before he could react, he immediately opened his mouth and bit down hard on Yan Yi’s lip.
Bai Chunsheng pushed Yan Yi away and quickly wiped his lips with the back of his hand. “What are you doing?!”
Yan Yi wiped the blood from his lower lip with his right thumb. Bai Chunsheng had bitten him pretty hard. Yan Yi looked at him, and the moonlight shone on his face, still carrying that cold and indifferent expression, but Bai Chunsheng couldn’t help feeling that Yan Yi was smiling.
Yan Yi retorted, “Didn’t you say I don’t need to ask?”
The implication was clear—Bai Chunsheng had been shy about wanting him to kiss him but was too embarrassed to admit it.
Bai Chunsheng snapped, “I never said you could… could kiss me!” He was both embarrassed and angry, wanting to punch Yan Yi in the face. But since he couldn’t afford to openly confront him just yet, he gritted his teeth and let out a frustrated sigh, his voice growing softer.
“Alright.” Yan Yi thought that Bai Chunsheng must have gotten shy again.
Yan Yi asked, “Then can I kiss you?”
“No, you can’t! Of course, you can’t!” How could Yan Yi kiss him!
Yan Yi seemed to be taking a more casual approach, his demeanor filled with self-assurance. This stunned Bai Chunsheng, and he stammered, “W-why… why did you kiss me?”
Yan Yi replied, “Naturally, it’s because I want to kiss you.”
The mood was right, and the affection was strong, so it only made sense to let things happen naturally. Yan Yi had figured it out, and the previous sense of hesitation completely vanished. What replaced it was his confidence and justification. It was only natural for him to kiss his own Dao companion.
Completely different from Yan Yi’s confident demeanor, Bai Chunsheng felt extremely uneasy, even a little restless.
Bai Chunsheng was caught off guard. Clearly, he was the one who had been taken advantage of, yet somehow Yan Yi’s attitude was making him feel smaller. He pointed in the direction where Su Xiaojing and Mu Changzhou had been, hurriedly saying, “It’s the ‘cut sleeve’ thing when two men kiss, but we’re not like that! How can you kiss me?”
Yan Yi lightly countered, “But I am, aren’t you?”
As soon as those words left his mouth, two thoughts crossed Bai Chunsheng’s mind.
No wonder, over the years, there had never been any rumors about him being involved with beautiful female cultivators. There were plenty of attempts to send attractive female servants to his bed, but Yan Jingqiu had rejected them all. No one dared to interfere with his life, or try to arrange a marriage for him.
So, it turned out he was a die-hard ‘cut sleeve’!
The mighty Sword Sovereign of the Yan family was, in fact, a confirmed ‘cut sleeve.’
Haha, the trend of keeping male pets and practicing the ‘cut sleeve’ behavior had always been looked down upon in the cultivation world. If word of this spread, although no one would dare take action against Yan Jingqiu or point fingers at him, it would still remain an imperfect stain on his life. Even begrudgingly, it could be used as leverage!
The first thought that crossed Bai Chunsheng’s mind was one of delight—this was great! Yan Jingqiu had just given him a piece of dirt to hold over him.
Yan Jingqiu was finished.
He had truly lost his memory, and along with it, his reason. How could he trust such a secret to his former enemy?
Now, Bai Chunsheng thought to himself, he’d see how Yan Jingqiu would be forced to do his bidding.
But then, Bai Chunsheng had another thought, and something didn’t sit right. Why would Yan Jingqiu suddenly tell him such things? He had kissed him just moments ago…
Could it be… could it be…
Bai Chunsheng stiffened, his face turning serious, his gaze evasive. He awkwardly turned to Yan Yi and asked, “Are you a ‘cut sleeve’?”
Yan Yi was a man, and so was Bai Chunsheng.
Yan Yi liked Bai Chunsheng, so of course, he must be a ‘cut sleeve.’
“Mm.” Yan Yi nodded slightly.
It was over.
Bai Chunsheng thought, he was done for.
A beautiful little bird like him was rare in the world, and Yan Yi must have taken a liking to him.
Damn it!
As expected, beauty without power would only bring trouble.
So that’s how it was, so that’s how it was.
No wonder things had felt off from the beginning. He had thought that after losing his memory, Yan Jingqiu would truly show kindness. But it turned out that he had never had good intentions.
So, Yan Jingqiu, after losing his memory, had actually taken an interest in him!
Was Yan Yi going to make a move on him?
This shameless beast, had he really set his sights on Bai Chunsheng?
How dare he?!
This was probably just a test.
“No way!”
Bai Chunsheng shook his head. How could Yan Yi be a ‘cut sleeve,’ liking men?
What about him? He still wanted Yan Yi to protect him and take him back to the Middle Realm, to expel those foul dragons from the Water Abyss Realm and out of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect’s territory. Was he supposed to feign indifference to Yan Yi? No, he couldn’t do that. His own reputation would be ruined, and that would be too embarrassing.
Just as Bai Chunsheng was still mulling over his thoughts, Yan Yi suddenly asked, “What’s not allowed?”
While Bai Chunsheng was still trying to figure out how to continue deceiving Yan Yi, he immediately shook his head, blurting out, “I’m not a ‘cut sleeve.'”
Crap, how did he let that slip!
Bai Chunsheng was afraid that his words might anger Yan Yi, so as soon as he said them, he covered his mouth, showing an anxious expression.
Yan Yi smiled. He understood Bai Chunsheng’s meaning—”He isn’t a ‘cut sleeve’ because he only loves him.” How touching. Yan Yi could understand Bai Chunsheng. He loosened Bai Chunsheng’s tightly clenched fist and took his hand. “I feel the same.”
Bai Chunsheng almost choked on his breath again: You feel the same? Nonsense.
Couldn’t Yan Yi understand human language? Bai Chunsheng couldn’t stand it anymore. He shook off Yan Yi’s hand. “I don’t like you!”
“Mm.” Yan Yi said, “Okay.”
He said it so plainly, but in reality, he didn’t believe a single word of it. He was clearly in love with him, madly in love. But since Bai Chunsheng didn’t want to admit it, that was fine. Facts wouldn’t change just because Bai Chunsheng refused to acknowledge them. Yan Yi just decided to give Bai Chunsheng some face for the moment. He saw through it, but chose not to expose it.
It was Yan Yi’s carefree, stubborn attitude that made Bai Chunsheng so angry. He turned his head. “Stop talking to me!”
After a while, Bai Chunsheng realized he couldn’t keep going like this.
He practiced the bloodline technique of the White Phoenix clan. It seemed almost healed now, but in reality, he hadn’t been able to use any real offensive abilities, only some minor tricks that weren’t impressive at all. If Yan Yi really wanted to take advantage of his beautiful, soft appearance, what was he supposed to do?
If he had known this would happen, he should have never revealed his true form in front of Yan Yi, no matter how badly he was hurt or how much blood he coughed up.
In such a situation, was he really supposed to obediently obey and let Yan Jingqiu manipulate him?
It was strange, Bai Chunsheng thought. He couldn’t understand. If Yan Jingqiu really was a ‘cut sleeve,’ how would he even deal with himself…
They were both men, after all.
Did that mean they just had to share a bed and sleep together?
In that case, hadn’t they already done that?
If nobody knew and if they only need to kiss like this and he can comfort Yan Yi, tolerating it wasn’t entirely impossible.
No, no, that was too embarrassing. Yan Yi was shameless, but Bai Chunsheng couldn’t let his private morals go to waste like this.
Bai Chunsheng turned his head and saw Yan Yi smiling at him, staring without blinking. His heart tightened. Bai Chunsheng thought he was frightened. He gritted his teeth and pointed at Yan Yi. “Turn around. I don’t allow you to look at me.”
“Oh.” Yan Yi turned his eyes away.
The two of them stood frozen on the rocky slope for a long time. In the end, Bai Chunsheng suddenly remembered the two humans who had caused the current situation, so he temporarily decided to set the matter aside.
Perhaps it was because Bai Chunsheng had been so startled by Yan Yi that he forgot to maintain his spell. The small white puppet had been exposed for a moment and its presence was detected. By the time Bai Chunsheng recalled the two humans, there were no traces of them left in the original patch of grass. The white puppet had returned to its original state, lying alone on a patch of grass that had been trampled.
After thinking it over, Bai Chunsheng blamed Yan Yi for everything. He spoke sarcastically, “It’s all your fault, you delayed the timing.”
Because of Yan Yi’s sudden kiss, Bai Chunsheng had forgotten all about the demons and the conspiracies.
Bai Chunsheng wouldn’t get tired of bringing up the past, no matter how many times he repeated it. He once again talked about something that happened before: “I heard your grandfather once hosted a banquet for you. At the banquet, the three major sects—Cuiwei Palace, Taixu Sect, and Tianqing Gate—lined up their most talented and beautiful female cultivators for you to choose from. Didn’t you have enough to kiss at the time?”
How come he didn’t like any of them and had to come kiss him?
Saying this, Bai Chunsheng even felt a bit proud. These female cultivators probably weren’t as beautiful as him, so Yan Yi hadn’t taken a single one.
They had once been enemies, but now, after Yan Yi lost his memory, he claimed to like him.
Such a shallow person. Pah.
Yan Yi: “I lost my memory.”
But Yan Yi seemed to be telling the truth. It was likely that before his memory loss, he and Bai Chunsheng hadn’t yet established a relationship, so those things had happened before.
Yan Yi sincerely said, “I’m really sorry for making you jealous in the past. Don’t be mad anymore.” The two of them still couldn’t see eye to eye. Yan Yi secretly sighed, thinking that Bai Chunsheng must have long admired him, which was why he still remembered things from so long ago.
“Who was jealous?” Bai Chunsheng wasn’t that angry at first, but as soon as he heard those words, he became furious. “I wasn’t jealous! What you do has nothing to do with me. Who cares who you marry or who you’re flirting with?”
Yan Yi: “Alright, alright, you didn’t get jealous.”
Bai Chunsheng’s jealousy was practically written all over his face. If that wasn’t jealousy, then what was it?
Yan Yi’s words weren’t very convincing because his expression clearly suggested that he had already decided Bai Chunsheng was jealous.
Bai Chunsheng, unconvinced, paused for a moment before deliberately saying, “I would only get jealous if I liked you. But I don’t like you, so how could I be jealous?”
He tilted his head, looking smug. “Do you get it now?”
An attempt to cover up only made things worse.
This idiom fit perfectly to describe how Bai Chunsheng tried to hide his feelings for Yan Yi, only to expose them completely.
Yan Yi, thinking of this somewhat abruptly, casually replied, “Got it.”
Bai Chunsheng was satisfied. “I’m glad you understand.”
The two of them chatted idly, slowly making their way back to their cave residence.
The dense fog that Cheng Yue had mentioned was indeed visible, swirling around the mountains. From the Fuyu Mountain Range, it was always like this—once night fell, the entire mountain was enveloped in thick fog, so dense that one couldn’t see their hand in front of their face.
The cave was dry and dark. Bai Chunsheng replaced the lamp’s spirit stones in the pillar, and the cave was immediately bathed in light.
He pulled out the bed and cabinet he had set up earlier from his storage bag. These were mundane items, nothing like the decorations he had once had in the Starview Pavilion. But given the circumstances, Bai Chunsheng didn’t mind. He laid out soft bedding and a fluffy blanket, arranging everything so he could comfortably nestle in and sleep.
After washing up, Bai Chunsheng was eager to get into bed and sleep right away.
However, when he turned around, he saw Yan Yi lying on the bed right next to his.
Bai Chunsheng snorted coldly, took out a screen embroidered with flowers, moons, spring winds, and gold and silver threads from his storage bag, and placed it between the two beds.
Yan Yi: “…”
“You’ll only be able to sleep with me once you’ve cured your obsession with men!” Bai Chunsheng said fiercely, since this person actually had improper intentions toward him.
— This little guy is really something.
Yan Yi sighed.
Author’s note: Gradually getting into the theme #Forced to Become My Amnesiac Arch-Rival’s Fake Dao Companion#
#The forcibly twisted melon is sweet#
#False sincerity brings out true feelings#
Bai Chunsheng: Yan Jingqiu must be after my beautiful, soft skin. After all, my true form is the most beautiful little bird!
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