Chapter 23 Chapter 23 That’s great, he loves me.

Ruan Mingyu looked up and saw Song Chenxi, whose eyes were filled with sarcasm. "God damn it! Why did he have to appear before him at this very moment when he hadn't come back earlier or later?"

Ruan Mingyu hurriedly pushed Chen Yanyuan away, but it seemed that his attempt to cover up the truth only made it more obvious.

"Brother, it's not what you think!"

Song Chenxi raised an eyebrow sarcastically, "Ruan Mingyu, who was it that begged me to take him away in the first place? And now you're here cuddling and making love with him? Ruan Mingyu, you've really grown up."

Shen Yanyuan stepped forward and pulled Ruan Mingyu back to his side. "Junior brother, you're acting more and more erratically. You have no right to question him here."

Song Chenxi sneered: "Get lost, you have no right to speak here."

Chen Yanyuan also refused to give in: "Is this the attitude you use when talking to your senior brother?"

The two of them immediately became hostile and were about to fight. Ruan Mingyu rushed forward and hugged Song Chenxi to stop them, but when he got closer, he found that his pupils were slightly red, probably a prelude to demonization.

Ruan Mingyu felt that something was wrong. Since he was a little shorter than Song Chenxi, in order to block Shen Yanyuan's sight and prevent him from noticing anything unusual, Ruan Mingyu put his hands on Song Chenxi's shoulders and used his free hand to hold the back of his head. He switched his position with Song Chenxi so that his back was facing Shen Yanyuan.

Ruan Mingyu acted out the whole thing, looking very excited. "Brother, you're finally back! I've missed you all these past few decades. It's so great to see you again!"

Ruan Mingyu felt that his acting was a bit fake, but Song Chenxi slowly calmed down. However, the originally stern face of Shen Yanyuan opposite him looked a little ferocious.

The plan now is to separate the two of them first. The sect forbids disciples from fighting among themselves. Once discovered, they will be imprisoned in the Cliff of Repentance and punished.

Ruan Mingyu hurriedly pulled Song Chenxi away until they reached a hill. He turned around and saw that Shen Yanyuan had not caught up with them. He breathed a sigh of relief.

The next moment, Song Chenxi held his arm and pressed him against the stone wall.

Song Chenxi smiled and began to question him: "Ruan Mingyu, I haven't seen you for twenty-nine years. You have improved a lot."

Ruan Mingyu lowered his head feeling guilty.

Song Chenxi pinched his chin and forced him to look up at him.

"What are you afraid of?" Song Chenxi stared at him with a dark look in his eyes. "Why don't you dare look at me?"

Ruan Mingyu's mind was racing. Damn it, how could he coax Song Chenxi?

He could probably guess what Song Chenxi was thinking, so when he looked up, Ruan Mingyu drooped his eyebrows and pretended to look pitiful, saying, "Brother, I was forced to do this. What's his cultivation level? What's mine? How could I resist? Brother, it wasn't me who took the initiative to go with him. He forced me to do this."

He pulled Song Chenxi's sleeve and shook it, then called out obediently, "Brother, don't be angry with me anymore."

Song Chenxi didn't react much, but the red shadow in his eyes gradually faded away.

Seeing the effect, Ruan Mingyu increased his strength and said, "Think about it, Senior Brother. He named me Ruoyue, which means like the moon. I look a little like you, Senior Brother. The person he loves is actually you, but he can't see you, so he captured me as a fake. There is absolutely no friendship between him and me!"

He held Song Chenxi's hand, looked at him with his big eyes, and said with a sincere expression, "Brother, don't you understand my heart?"

Ruan Mingyu's original intention was to show that Song Chenxi was his real senior brother, and that he and Shen Yanyuan were just playing along, but unexpectedly, Song Chenxi saw it as something else.

Song Chenxi stared down at his hand, not knowing what he was thinking. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Did you receive the letter I sent you?"

Why did he ask this suddenly?

Ruan Mingyu didn't dare to say that the letter turned into ashes before he could even read it, so he nodded.

Song Chenxi stared at him straightly: "What do you want to do?"

Ruan Mingyu said vaguely: "Very good."

Song Chenxi's face suddenly turned slightly red. Ruan Mingyu thought he was seeing things and rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not seeing things.

He looked at Ruan Mingyu with eagerness, and suddenly said without a word, "You look great in this."

Ruan Mingyu was dressed in light blue, as pale as the water in a spring lake, which made his lips and teeth look red and white.

Those were Song Chenxi's clothes that he picked up. They didn't even get burned when put in the fire.

Although many years have passed, due to his cultivation and the fact that Ruan Mingyu spent most of his days in a coma, not only does his appearance look almost the same as it did back then, his eyes have not changed much, with the corners of his eyes drooping slightly, and his eyebrows and eyes curved when he smiled, making him look particularly innocent.

Song Chenxi is different. Compared with the past, there is a bit more murderousness in his eyes.

Ruan Mingyu coughed. Well, although he was a bit handsome, it was still a bit surprising to hear it come out of his mouth.

Wait, why is he saying that?

Song Chenxi couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. He released the hand that was holding Ruan Mingyu's arm and said insincerely: "Since you have chosen me, don't have any contact with Shen Yanyuan anymore. If I see you talking to him again, I will..."

Ruan Mingyu asked tentatively, "What about you?"

Song Chenxi snorted: "Lock you by my side."

Ruan Mingyu: “…” What kind of ludicrous words are these? Did his brain get damaged by training in the secret realm?

One of them said one thing and the other thought another, and their conversation was completely irrelevant.

Song Chenxi rubbed Ruan Mingyu's arm considerately, then hugged him with his arms and rested his chin on his head.

Ruan Mingyu's heart was pounding. This scene was really weird. What was he doing?

He wanted to break free from Song Chenxi's arms, but Song Chenxi put his hands on his waist and whispered, "Don't move, let me hold you for a while."

He was incredibly strong, wrapping his arms around Ruan Mingyu. Every time Ruan Mingyu moved, she pressed herself against him. His warm breath filled her ears. They were so close, Ruan Mingyu could even hear his heart beating so fast. It was probably best described as a fluttering heartbeat. It wasn't quite the right word, but it was truly apt...

Ruan Mingyu didn't dare to move, and looked at him tremblingly out of the corner of his eye.

Song Chenxi must be crazy...

It seems that cultivating demons is indeed risky. Just now, he looked murderous and ready to stab someone, but now his face showed a gentle expression. Ruan Mingyu thought he might have gone astray and his mind was a little disturbed. Moreover, he was a person with unpredictable moods and did things unconventionally. If you make him angry, being stabbed twice would be the least of your trouble.

Well, it’s better not to provoke him.

If Song Chenxi knew what Ruan Mingyu was thinking, he would probably act moody on the spot.

He held her for so long that Ruan Mingyu could hardly breathe. He gently reached out to pull Song Chenxi's hand away, wanting him to let him go.

It would be bad to be too blunt, so Ruan Mingyu said tactfully: "Brother, I want to go down the mountain to buy some spiritual fields. Please help me with some advice. Let's go now!"

Song Chenxi: "No hurry, I'll go with you when I'm free." He lowered his head and sniffed Ruan Mingyu's hair. "Where have you been sleeping these past two days? You smell bad. Go back and change your clothes."

Ruan Mingyu sniffed his clothes. They still had the scent of sandalwood from the fire in the house. They didn't smell bad at all! What was wrong with Song Chenxi again?

After hugging her for a while longer, he finally showed the intention to let go.

Song Chenxi lowered his head and smiled, "Okay, stop hugging me so tightly. Let me settle the score with Shen Yanyuan first."

Ruan Mingyu: “…”

It’s Tiangang’s turn!

Realizing what he was talking about, Ruan Mingyu hurriedly chased after him and grabbed him.

"Do we have to fight?"

Song Chenxi raised his eyebrows: "Are you worried about him? Are you afraid that I'll hurt him?"

Ruan Mingyu really wanted to pry open his mind to see what he was thinking.

Ruan Mingyu didn't want them to fight. If he asked them why they were fighting, and someone told everything, it would probably not sound good if it got out, and he might be implicated as well.

He exhaled, pinched himself, and said in a cheesy way: "Brother, I just don't want you to get hurt."

Song Chenxi was stunned, rubbed his head, and said softly without even noticing: "Don't worry."

Ruan Mingyu was still worried and followed him.

Song Chenxi went to confront Shen Yanyuan face to face. He laughed arrogantly and said, "Brother, I miss you so much after not seeing you for so many years. The last time we fought was several years ago. Today, I want to ask you for some advice!"

Shen Yanyuan didn't even look at him. His eyes were always following Ruan Mingyu behind Song Chenxi. He said indifferently, "Okay."

Song Chenxi turned around and said to Ruan Mingyu, "Mingyu, why are you following me? Stay away. I'll have to spend time comforting you if you cry."

“…”

Seeing that he couldn't change his mind, Ruan Mingyu was speechless, but still obediently ran to the opposite hill.

As the saying goes, when gods fight, mortals suffer. Although they are not gods, if they fight, it will probably be a bloody storm.

As expected, just as Ruan Mingyu walked away, he heard a loud noise, which was as deafening as a landslide. Then there was the sound of swords clashing, crackling. He couldn't imagine how intense the scene was.

At first, Ruan Mingyu was very interested in watching the fun, but later he found that they were really good at fighting and the noise they made was very loud, so he simply found a pair of earplugs to plug his ears.

Later, he was tired of reading, so he leaned against a tree and squinted his eyes. He really fell asleep during this nap.

Ruan Mingyu slept very well, completely oblivious to the world around him. He even had a dream. In the dream, Song Chenxi was smiling gently one second, and then turned sinister the next. He tied him up and said, "Little liar, you dare to lie to me? I will break your legs and make sure you can't go anywhere."

Ruan Mingyu was awakened by a nightmare and suddenly opened his eyes.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Song Chenxi's enlarged face again, and he shrank back in fright. But it was Song Chenxi who leaned over and touched the tip of his nose affectionately with his index finger, and asked him, "Have you slept enough?"

Ruan Mingyu had not yet woken up from his dream, his eyes were wandering. He dodged the hand that Song Chenxi extended and pretended to rub his eyes.

"Did you finish the fight?"

"Um."

Ruan Mingyu stood up immediately: "I've slept enough, let's go back."

Song Chenxi didn't move. He gently picked a fallen leaf from Ruan Mingyu's head and then nodded.

Ruan Mingyu was frozen by his sudden action.

"Are you stupid? Let's go."

He seemed to be in a good mood, and left with Ruan Mingyu with a smile on his lips.

Ruan Mingyu came back to his senses and saw his expression change like turning the pages of a book. He asked him, "Did you win?"

Song Chenxi: "Not lost."

Ruan Mingyu wondered what kind of answer this was.

Did you win or lose? Are you happy or unhappy?

Song Chenxi's thoughts were hard to guess! Ruan Mingyu's mind was in a mess. He felt that Song Chenxi seemed to have misunderstood something, but he himself could not find out what was wrong. He was holding his head and was about to smoke.

Song Chenxi stopped and looked back at him: "Little Sparrow, hurry up and catch up, are you reluctant to leave?"

Ruan Mingyu shook his head. Never mind. He trotted back and said, "No, I was just thinking about something."

Song Chenxi asked: "What are you thinking about?"

Ruan Mingyu was a talkative person and subconsciously replied, "I miss you." After realizing what he had said, it was too late and Ruan Mingyu immediately shut up.

Song Chenxi's smile became more and more brilliant, as if he was in a really good mood.

"You should be thinking of me."

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The author has something to say: Song Chenxi: That’s great, he loves me.

Ruan Mingyu: There must be something wrong with Song Chenxi's brain.