On the afternoon before departure, Cheng Xi stood outside the restriction set up by Cheng Shaoli, and looked around as usual, but still did not see Cheng Ye.

He knew that Cheng Ye didn't like to go out, but he didn't expect that he had never left the restriction for such a long time, leaving him no chance at all.

but--

A familiar figure gradually became clear.

Cheng Xi took a closer look.

Since that day, he rarely saw not only Cheng Ye, but also Cheng Shaoli. Especially after he was ordered to go out for training, Cheng Shaoli also deliberately avoided him.

But who else could this figure in front of him be but the Second Elder!

Could it be that Cheng Ye had something to say to me but didn't want to see me, so he found an agent?

Cheng Xi was overjoyed and took a big step forward in a hurry, but was severely knocked back by the restriction.

He had no choice but to stand where he was and from a distance, he raised his voice and called out, "Second Elder."

In fact, he also wanted to follow Cheng Ye and call him Second Uncle, not to curry favor with the Cheng family, but just to follow Cheng Ye and call him that.

Unfortunately, he was afraid that Cheng Shaoli would throw him out before he could even scream.

It's not about throwing away this mountain, but directly throwing away the Cheng family, or even throwing out the entire area of Cheng Ye's sight from now on.

Cheng Shaoli frowned slightly, looking a little unhappy.

Of course I would be unhappy. I snatched something away from you. No, I wanted to snatch the other person's relatives away from them. It would be strange if I could be happy.

Even if Cheng Shaoli drew his sword and stabbed him now, Cheng Xi wouldn't even blink.

Seeing Cheng Shaoli, who had no use for teleportation and was slowly walking towards him, Cheng Xi saluted respectfully: "Second Elder, Ye Zi..."

"He doesn't want to see you." Cheng Shaoli was unhappy and spoke in a bad mood.

A look of desolation flashed across Cheng Xi's face, but he remained undaunted. Only his tone betrayed his anxiety at the moment: "I'm leaving tomorrow. Today...can I see him from afar? I can swear to my inner demon that he will never discover my existence!"

"Nonsense!" Cheng Shaoli almost burst into curses!

What a joke!

Heart Demon Oath!

If it really affects her future practice, then what future does Ye Zi have if she follows him?

At that time, even if Ye Zi loved him until death, she would not agree to them being together - in terms of life span, the two of them were no longer compatible.

His death was the end of everything, but what would happen to Ye Zi who was left alone?

How come this kid is so hot-headed that he can do anything?

Cheng Shaoli's face clearly showed strong dissatisfaction.

Cheng Xi immediately stopped insisting, lowered his head and said that he was wrong and accepted the criticism from his "Second Uncle".

"Forget it." Cheng Shaoli didn't say anything and said directly, "I'll take you upstairs. As for whether Cheng Ye wants to see you or not, that's your own business."

Cheng Xi was suddenly delighted, as if he had been hit by an opportunity that fell from the sky, and he could hardly believe his ears!

"Stupid?" What's wrong with this child? He seemed quite smart before, but why is he acting so stupid today?

"No, no, second uncle, let's go." In excitement, Cheng Xi actually shouted out what he was thinking.

Cheng Shaoli was stunned the moment he turned around, and almost slapped him: "What did you call me?!"

Cheng Xi suddenly realized that something was wrong. Thinking back, he bowed tremblingly and said, "Second Elder!"

Cheng Shaoli: "..." He is not yet at the age of deafness or memory loss.

Cheng Xi followed Cheng Shaoli to the door of Cheng Ye's room, his breathing a little disordered.

Calculating the time, he hadn't seen Cheng Ye for a long time except in his dreams. His hands were shaking and he didn't dare to knock on the door.

He obviously wanted to see Cheng Ye so badly, but now Cheng Ye was only separated from him by a wall, but he really didn't dare.

He was afraid that he would be driven away by Cheng Ye as soon as he opened the door. He was afraid that he would be rejected by Cheng Ye as soon as they met. He was not afraid that Cheng Ye did not like him now, he was afraid that Cheng Ye did not give him the qualifications to like him at all.

Seeing how disappointing he was, Cheng Shaoli turned around and walked away without saying a word.

What's the point of him interfering in the affairs of two juniors?

Cheng Shaoli does have some self-awareness.

Cheng Xi's knock on the door was trembling.

"Wait a moment." Cheng Ye liked to sleep when he had nothing to do. He was woken up by the knock on the door. He lifted the quilt in a daze, without putting on his clothes or shoes, and stumbled on the long-haired carpet that was deliberately designed to cover his feet to open the door.

The moment he heard Cheng Ye's voice, Cheng Xi's breathing became heavier. He took a deep breath, fearing that Cheng Ye could hear his heartbeat like a drum through the door.

“Second Uncle…” Cheng Ye held the door with one hand. The moment he saw Cheng Xi, he was completely stunned. He rubbed his eyes and said, “You…” How did you get in?!

Cheng Xi still couldn't suppress her worry and fear in her heart, but when she saw Cheng Ye's cute and silly expression in private, she was replaced by great joy.

The corners of his mouth finally formed the first faint curve since he separated from Cheng Ye.

Cheng Ye was never on guard in front of him, and always showed a cute and charming expression. Every move, every frown and smile of this person made him so obsessed that he longed to hold her tightly in his arms, or even embed her in his chest, so that they could completely merge into one and never be separated again.

However, Cheng Xi was just thinking about it. He didn't dare to act rashly for fear of irritating Cheng Ye.

Cheng Ye hurriedly gathered his messy clothes and rubbed his face hard, then he barely woke up.

There was no longer the sticky sound in his voice.

Cheng Xi felt a little regretful, but didn't dare show it.

He didn't dare look directly into Cheng Ye's eyes, and could only lower his head slightly to hide his cautiousness. As a result, he saw Cheng Ye's cute white and tender feet hidden under the beige long hair.

Cheng Xi: “!” His throat was a little dry, but his tongue couldn’t help but secrete saliva, and he couldn’t help licking his dry lips.

Cheng Ye was completely unaware of Cheng Xi's change. He was completely immersed in the sudden sight of the person from the headquarters who should be here.

"How did you get in? Did you force your way in? Are you crazy?!" Although Cheng Xi was making rapid progress, Qi Yu didn't dare to challenge Cheng Shaoli, let alone the fledgling Cheng Xi!

Cheng Ye was scared to death!

"How is it? Are you hurt?" Cheng Ye said as he touched Cheng Xi's arms and legs, even putting his fingers on Cheng Xi's pulse!

How could Cheng Xi bear such a naked touch?

As soon as Cheng Ye got close to him, Cheng Xi's heart beat faster and his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

Cheng Ye lowered his head, concerned about Cheng Xi's safety, and didn't see Cheng Xi's expression at all.

Cheng Xi wanted to avoid it, but was reluctant to get close to it.

It’s great that Ye Zi is still so concerned about herself!

"I'm fine..." Cheng Xi said to Cheng Ye in a low voice, "I promised you that I wouldn't force you. It was the Second Elder who brought me in."

"Fortunately." Cheng Ye breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he regained his previous astonishment. His emotional intelligence also came online. When he heard Cheng Xi's hoarse voice, he knew what was wrong with the other party. He was confused and a little embarrassed, "You!"

Cheng Xi didn't want to do that, but he couldn't control himself. After all, no normal man could stand his beloved groping around on his body.

"What are you doing here?" Cheng Ye was somewhat happy to see Cheng Xi, but he was a thousand-year-old fox after all, so how could he show it? He took two steps back, pretending that he was not the one who was worried about him just now, and glanced at him coldly.

Cheng Xi saw the indifference in his eyes, and the curve of his mouth lowered a little, but after all, he was prepared. He even imagined that Cheng Ye would be more angry than he was now, and even unwilling to pay attention to him, so he was already very satisfied.

"I miss you so much." Cheng Xi honestly expressed her inner desire, "I think about you all the time. The days when you are not by my side are like years. No, when you are not in front of me, I feel like my life has lost all light."

Cheng Ye: “!” It seems that I have a lot of free time these days, and I even have time to go to the love talk cram school.

Cheng Ye noticed that Cheng Xi looked more haggard than before, with many red bloodshot eyes and dark circles under her eyes. Although it was not ruled out that this was also a pity tactic, Cheng Ye still couldn't help but feel distressed.

As he was talking, Cheng Xi suddenly became a little excited. He lowered his head and kissed Cheng Ye directly on the face.

Cheng Ye: “!” He stepped back subconsciously.

Cheng Xi was afraid that he would leave her deep down. She put one arm around Cheng Ye's waist and pressed the back of his head with the other hand: "Ye Zi, please don't leave me, okay."

The tone of his pleading was too low. Before Cheng Ye could even catch his breath, he was captivated by his pitiful look, and his nose felt a little sore.

He even raised his hand, wanting to give the other party some response.

But the moment his fingertips touched Cheng Xi's back, Cheng Ye immediately woke up, pushed Cheng Xi away, and took a deep breath: "Don't worry."

But Cheng Xi didn't feel very reassured.

really--

Cheng Ye then said: "You are my brother, and you will always be my brother. As long as you don't leave, the Cheng family is your home, and I am your relative - your brother."

He had a lot of things to say to Cheng Ye, but after hearing these words, it was like a basin of cold water was poured over him from head to toe.

Cheng Xi's fiery desire to express himself cooled down instantly.

But his love for Cheng Ye remains the same.

Cheng Xi stopped talking, and the atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment.

At this time, Cheng Ye suddenly turned around.

Cheng Xi followed nervously, regretting that he should have said something to ease the situation. He was afraid that Cheng Ye would think his silence was passive resistance. "What are you doing?"

Cheng Ye said nothing. He walked to the bedside, rummaged around symbolically, and silently took out a few storage rings from his space: "These are prepared by my second uncle. This is your first time going out, so be careful."

What Cheng Shaoli prepared was not just for him. Everyone who was going to travel had already received and was familiar with it. It was obvious who these things belonged to.

Cheng Xi was extremely happy, but he didn't dare to get carried away. He took over and said, "Then please help me thank my second uncle."

Cheng Ye rolled his eyes at him: "That's my second uncle."

Cheng Xi nodded reluctantly and changed the subject, "Then please thank the Second Elder for me. Everything he gave me before was very useful."

Cheng Ye's face felt a little hot, and he turned his head to him: "What my second uncle brings out must be good things. He really treats you as his nephew." Not niece-in-law.

Cheng Xi carefully put the storage ring close to her body and asked tentatively, "So, when are you going back to live?"

In order to take care of Cheng Xi more conveniently, we didn't find a separate place for him, and he lived with Cheng Ye.

Cheng Ye paused and replied nonchalantly, "The day after tomorrow."

I don’t know when they will leave tomorrow, but Cheng Ye has no intention of seeing him off.

The loss in Cheng Ye's eyes was obvious, like a spider web, spinning a cocoon, almost wrapping Cheng Ye up.

But he couldn't be soft-hearted.

Once you become soft-hearted, all your efforts will be wasted.

This kid is the type who will take advantage of the opportunity to climb up the ladder. If he is allowed to catch any hope, I am afraid that they will either become Taoist companions or strangers in the future.

"You go back first." Out of sight, out of mind, just pretend you didn't see it.

"I..." Cheng Xi wanted to say something, but Cheng Ye waved his hand and disappeared in front of him.

Is this a typical case of not being able to hide away even if you can't provoke me?

After Cheng Ye left, Cheng Xi did not go back immediately. Instead, he blinked his eyes and reached out to touch the place where he disappeared. Although the weather was hot, he felt an unusual coldness on his fingertips.

Cheng Xi grinned.

During this period, he had been practicing smiling in front of the bronze mirror, because Cheng Ye had asked him before why he couldn't smile, and he could smile.

Every time, even if he could only see the corner of Cheng Ye's clothes, he would smile.

But this smile comes from the heart, so it is in my heart.

But since Cheng Ye wanted to see it, he wanted to smile in front of Cheng Ye.

But—he didn't want to watch it now.

Well, he doesn't look good when he smiles anyway.

Cheng Xi frowned, hesitated for a while, and finally sat down on the edge of the bed.

He touched the bed, and his fingertips seemed to still feel the remaining body temperature of Cheng Ye, warm, just like his whole body, gentle and soft.

But now Cheng Ye will no longer be gentle to him.

Of course Cheng Ye didn't go far, he just entered the space and could still see Cheng Xi.

It was precisely because he saw Cheng Xi's distraught look that he could no longer leave.

Sometimes people just like to abuse themselves.

Cheng Ye just felt a little sad.

How can a good person be so humble?

How can this not make people excited?

Cheng Ye had never carefully observed the boyfriends in previous worlds. She wondered if they were also self-abandoning when they loved her, with only him in their hearts and eyes?

If they forget themselves, won’t they be compared to others and become even less human?

Cheng Ye sniffed and slowly squatted down against the corner of the wall.

He looked around - this room was decorated by Yang Sheng. Especially after seeing the bright red wedding quilt and the exquisite mandarin duck embroidery on the bed, Cheng Ye's eyes turned red.

What are you doing?

Cheng Ye stood up with the help of the wall, moved to the edge of the bed, and sat down in the same position as Cheng Xi.

But what he touched was not the mattress, his eyes fell on the photo frame on the cabinet.

If it weren't for this photo, he would have almost forgotten what Yang Sheng looked like.

It’s not that he really has no conscience, but after passing through that world, he consciously wants to forget everything about it.

Including people!

The glass in front of the photo was icy cold, without any trace of the heat that Yang Sheng felt.

Cheng Ye wondered what kind of mood Yang Sheng was in when he decorated this "wedding room"?

When he thought about himself, did he also look like Cheng Xi, with a look of despair on his face?

Cheng Ye didn’t know, but precisely because he didn’t know, there was more room for imagination.

Cheng Ye even had an urge to go out and tell Cheng Xi clearly that he had someone he liked, and he liked her very much, but the person he liked was dead.

It is impossible for them to do so in this life, and it will not be possible in the next life either.

Just give up on this idea completely.

But as soon as this thought came to mind, Cheng Ye's heart felt like it was being rubbed by a big hand. It felt so painful that it seemed as if tears would fall in the next second.

Cheng Ye took a deep breath, suppressed the emotion of wanting to cry, pulled the corners of his mouth, and murmured: "It seems that I really am a white lotus."

After his death, he was always afraid of being hurt and never dared to give his true heart, but now he realized... he had been hurting others, hurting those who were really close to him.

His self-isolation prevents him from seeing the other person's sadness and loneliness, and even more so, the other person's strong love.

Cheng Ye suddenly raised his right hand and slapped himself in the face.

He grimaced in pain, but couldn't resist the heartache.

"Second uncle, I want to go out for a while." Cheng Ye went to find Cheng Shaoli on the third day after Cheng Xi left.

Cheng Shaoli was stunned when he saw Cheng Ye, who looked depressed and had red and swollen eyelids. "What's wrong with you? What happened? What have you been doing these past two days?"

Cheng Ye just shook his head and said nothing.

Cheng Shaoli snorted coldly: "Now you're worried and want to catch up? What about a few days ago? I thought..."

"No, second uncle, there's no possibility for Cheng Xi and me. Don't mention him anymore." Cheng Yecuo rubbed his face and said tiredly.

He has been staying in the space until now, thinking about his previous relationships and analyzing his current relationship with Cheng Xi.

Cheng Ye wasn't sure whether he really liked Cheng Xi.

After all, when he was with Yang Sheng, he did have feelings for Yang Sheng, but this feeling certainly seemed not as deep as Yang Sheng's feelings for him.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have forgotten Yang Sheng so quickly after leaving that world, without even a trace of him.

His feelings for Cheng Xi are probably the same as his feelings for Yang Sheng.

His devotion was not worthy of their love for him.

This is unfair to them!

Cheng Xi deserves better!

Instead of someone like me who can be with anyone and has lost the ability to love.

Hearing Cheng Ye's almost choked voice, although Cheng Shaoli was still very worried, he no longer pursued the matter. Love is not just the passion between two people, and all aspects need to be taken into consideration.

He believed that Cheng Ye's decision took all aspects into consideration and was beneficial to both parties.

"That's good. You've been at home for quite a while this time." Cheng Shaoli then turned to talk about what he had seen and heard recently in the Weapon Refining Pavilion. "It seems that the Mysterious Iron has appeared on the Sola Continent. You should go and take a look."

"Yeah." Cheng Ye nodded randomly without much interest. "I'll go back and pack my things first."

There wasn't really anything to pack, but he just wanted to be alone.