My arch-nemesis, after losing his memory, insisted that we had dated for six months.

The name "Hidden Bone Mountain" was changed to enhance its mystique; its original name was "Ni Gu Mountain".

As soon as Xi Wang entered, he understood the origin of the first character. Clouds floated all around, shimmering with seven-colored light. "But where does the character 'Gu' come from?"

The voice did not answer him.

As he was wondering, he suddenly heard a series of ghostly wails coming from behind him—

"Stop, stop, stop! What's going on? Why are things from the previous scene following us to the next location? Elder Yin Soldier, I beg you, please stop following us! How much longer are we going to follow us?!"

"Jin He?" Xi Wang immediately recognized the owner of the voice.

As he could see, Jin He was being chased relentlessly by the Yin soldiers. His legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground. The Yin soldiers, oblivious to his plight, slashed down at Jin He with their blades.

Even knowing it was an illusion and wouldn't actually hurt anyone, Xi Wang still couldn't bear to watch Jin He get slashed.

A clanging sound came from above, and the heavy footsteps of the ghostly soldiers completely disappeared, leaving a clear sound in my ears.

"Disappeared?" A more familiar voice came from above. Jin He looked up in disbelief, and his pupils contracted sharply when he saw the person's face—"Xi Wang!"

Xi Wang glanced at him, then turned and walked towards the exit.

Subconsciously, Jin He was told that if he didn't speak up today, he and Xi Wang would remain in this state for the rest of their lives.

No! He won't do that!

In a panic, Jin He quickly chased after him and caught the unsuspecting Xi Wang in a tight embrace.

"Let go!"

"I don't!"

"You scoundrel!"

"Shall we talk?"

"I have nothing to say to you!"

"..."

Xi Wang frowned. Why wasn't he saying anything?

Before they could pry Jin He's hands off, two drops of scalding liquid fell onto his neck. Then more drops followed.

Jin He pressed his forehead against the back of Xi Wang's head, his whole body trembling, his voice hoarse, "Please, don't do this to me... Xi Wang, let's talk this over."

This plea pierced Xi Wang's heart like a sharp sword. He thought in despair: How could it hurt so much? It hurt so much that he felt like he couldn't breathe.

He said, "...This is the only time. After we finish talking today, we'll be even."

Jin He froze.

Seeing that he hadn't moved for a long time, Xi Wang, while cursing his own infatuation with Jin He's embrace, pretended to be impatient and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Jin He pulled out the sinful letter, and just as Xi Wang was about to explode, he heard him say, "...This is not what I wrote."

"What?"

"I swear, I really didn't write this. I... I admit, when we were at odds before, I did want to annoy and disgust you, so I sent you a lot of handkerchiefs and stuff, but I really didn't put this letter here!"

"Feeling disgusted?" Xi Wang was initially somewhat moved upon hearing the letter wasn't written by him, but upon hearing this, he suddenly wanted to laugh. He turned around, looking coldly at Jin He, "So that's what you think..."

"No!" Jin He panicked and almost bit his tongue. "I had never been in contact with anyone before, so I didn't know or understand. No one taught me that two people of the same sex could be together, so I thought everyone was the same. But later it wasn't like that. My junior sister told me that love is love and not loving is not loving, regardless of gender."

Xi Wang seemed to be deep in thought, "Junior sister told you... so what do you think?"

"I, I... I don't know." Jin He seemed like a deflated balloon. "I don't know how to describe it. But I know I don't want us to end here. Even if we might become friends in the future because of Senior Brother and Sister Zhong, I'm still not willing to stay at the level of friends... I may, really not like men, but I'm sure I like you." As he spoke, he observed Xi Wang's expression. "Like... Xi Wang."

The latter was extremely upset, and her eyes couldn't help but redden as she listened to these words.

He glared at Jin He and said fiercely, "Do you know how much I hate him?"

“You should hate me… I shouldn’t have done that in the first place.” Jinhe lowered his head.

“No,” Xi Wang shook his head, “I hate myself.” The two looked at each other, and Jin He hugged him as they fell onto the soft clouds. “I hate myself for being so wrong, for falling in love with the person I least wanted to love.” After regaining his memories, he thought for a long time about what his feelings for Jin He really were.

Disgust? Yet, shamelessly, she still longed to see him.

After much thought, the answer all pointed in the same direction—that absurd joke not only changed Jin He, but also Xi Wang.

“So, you do like me,” the person he both hated and loved most held his face in her hands, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes, her head resting against his heart. “You’re just struggling with this.”

"I'm also afraid." Afraid that he might fall for her, but Jin He didn't.

In the past, Xi Wang would never have so easily expressed his feelings. He suddenly understood that this was the origin of the word 'Gu'.

Jin He understood, and though overjoyed, her tears flowed even more freely. "But why...did you disregard your promise to me and go to the flower field with someone else? We clearly agreed..."

“It’s not what you think,” Xi Wang stopped his wild imagination. “I don’t know how to face you, so I don’t want to go. It just so happens that the sect took on a case and sent me and another junior brother there to collect evidence.”

"Can we still go together?"

That experience was truly unpleasant. Jin He felt like crying every time he thought of Xi Wang's cold eyes.

“Of course,” Xi Wang chuckled, “until we get out of here.”

*

Once outside, they were met with Tianquan Hall Master's waiting in wait.

"Both sects have repeatedly warned against any contact! How dare you four be so audacious!" Yes, Wei Laiyi and Zhong Chu were also being reprimanded.

"Guards, throw them into the Forest of Ignorance!"

"Wait!" Jin He suddenly shouted, pulling out a piece of paper in full view of everyone. "I have evidence from a major case here."

I wonder if it's possible to offset the mistakes with the good deeds?

"Tell me, what case is it?"

The three looked at him with worry in their eyes, but Jin He gave them a look to reassure them. Then he unfolded the paper and read it aloud in front of everyone with great emotion.

The more he read, the stranger Xi Wang's expression became, and the lower his head drooped. The Tianquan Hall Master's expression was no less bizarre.

The leader of the Nine Streams Sect initially dismissed the letter, but the more he listened, the more restless he became. Before the leader could finish reading, he tried to snatch the letter. Jin He was even faster, grabbing the letter and escaping to the side. "Sect Leader, what about our punishment...?"

"Stop reading, stop reading! You little brat, stop reading!"

"The rules of those two sects..."

"Remove it! I'll abolish it as soon as I get back!"

"really?"

"really!"

Jin He then looked at the Hall Master of Tianquan Hall, "Hall Master, our sect leader has already expressed his opinion, what about you?"

The head of Tianquan Hall couldn't bear to look at it, "...Do as you please!"

Therefore, the punishments for the four were null and void.

"What happened?"

Jin He proudly raised his head. What was going on? After he finished spelling it out, he felt the handwriting looked familiar. He examined it carefully and realized it was the sect leader's handwriting! It was written by the sect leader to the Tianquan Hall Master!

Although he didn't know why the letter was mixed in with the pile of things he gave to Xi Wang, Jin He knew that he had obtained a get-out-of-jail-free card.

What if it's not?

"No... then I'll just go into the Forest of Awakening and get beaten up."

The dust settled in autumn, and the flowers in the sea of ​​blossoms had long since withered. So Jin He and Xi Wang waited another year, until the flowers were in full bloom before going again.

At that time, Jin He asked Xi Wang if he had liked him for a long time. Xi Wang said no.

Jin He didn't believe it. "Then you said that after losing your memory, you felt your heart race when you saw me, and that you could only see me among so many people standing there."

"Although I really want to refute it, it's true." Hearing Xi Wang say this, Jin He grinned mischievously again, his face full of "See?"

Unexpectedly, Xi Wang said the next second, "But have you ever thought that it's because I hate you so much that my heart races when I see you?"

"I don't believe it. Then why did you say that out of so many people, only I could see?"

"If there's only one enemy standing there, who am I supposed to look at?"

"..."

Jin He turned his back and remained silent.

Xi Wang walked over, amused, and coaxed, "But I do like you now."

Despite Xi Wang's seemingly aloof demeanor, Jin He is actually the most difficult to appease. Seeing that he was still angry, Xi Wang added another kiss, but before their lips parted, Jin He held the back of his head and deepened the kiss. The other man gently ran his cool fingertips through Xi Wang's hair, sending goosebumps all over Xi Wang's body.

After the kiss ended, Xi Wang asked him, "Is that alright?"

"No." That person was truly shameless, whispering something else in Xi Wang's ear, making Xi Wang both embarrassed and angry. "That's enough!"

“Not enough—” Jin He dragged out the last syllable, grabbing Xi Wang’s hand and placing it against his chest so that he could feel his heartbeat. “You misunderstood me, and I’m heartbroken. Please make it up to me a little more, Master Xi.”

"That's all because of you—uh!" Before she could finish speaking, her mouth was covered again.

...

Looking at the two people standing side by side, Wei Laiyi thought to himself: I knew it.

"You two really didn't talk?"

"We really didn't talk."

"We really don't believe it."

"Don't believe me?" Jin He held up their clasped hands. "That's the right way to not believe me!"