Chapter 69 Day and Night Together (Bonus Chapter for 1800 Nutrient Solution) (Bug Fix) ^...

A pair of dark eyes, as deep as a pool, remained fixed on her face, their depths swirling with an almost fiery excitement and a strange, twisted satisfaction that Li Chen couldn't decipher.

Those twisted and burning sensations, like slippery, cold, and eerie venomous snakes, seemed poised to wriggle upwards through her hand and climb onto her body at any moment. She instinctively loosened her grip, but just as she was about to leave his neck, he grabbed her hand and pressed it back down heavily.

He gazed at Li Chenjin's tightly furrowed brows, a slow smile spreading across her blood-stained lips. It was as if her hitting him and trying to kill him just now was not punishment or humiliation, but a long-awaited gift. Even with half his face stained with crimson blood, he felt an unparalleled sense of pleasure.

"Well done, hehe..." His voice was hoarse as he pressed down on Li Chen's hand that was gripping his neck. He moved closer to meet her eyes. "Do you know? It wasn't until our souls were bound together that I realized you treat everyone the same way, with the same leniency."

"You accommodate me, and you accommodate others too. In your eyes, I'm no different from anyone else, am I? If I hadn't insisted on pestering you, you probably wouldn't have wanted anything to do with me, would you? Heh..."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pressed his fingertips, stained with his own blood, against Li Chenjin's lips. "Li Chenjin, I know you're lying to me. Everything you said before was a lie. You never liked me, and you never will. That was true before, that is true now, and that will be true in the future."

"But so what? If you can't kill me, I'll keep haunting you; if you kill me, I'll keep haunting you with my soul. As long as our souls remain intertwined, you can't escape me. Even if you die, we'll be together day and night in the underworld. Even if you're reincarnated, I'll always be with you. We'll be together forever, hehehe..."

He smiled, his gaze falling on Li Chenjin's raised fist, and his smile deepened.

He chuckled softly, grabbed Li Chenjin's hand, pressed his face against her fist, and said in a hoarse voice, "Are you trying to kill me outright?"

"Okay, if this makes you happy, then of course there's no problem. Hehe... Now you're finally treating me differently than you treat others, that's great... Hehe... That's so good..."

"Even if you hate me, that's fine. If you hate me, it means you'll remember me. Even if I die here today, you'll remember me for the rest of your life. Even if you don't remember, it doesn't matter. I'll be with you every moment, right beside you. You'll feel me, hehe..."

The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and the strange satisfaction and obsession in his eyes sent chills down her spine.

Shen Zhengyuan was indeed a madman. He was completely different from normal people. He didn't even feel that being beaten was a punishment. Instead, he felt that it was a special treatment given to him by her, different from others, which made him want to immerse himself in it for a long time.

Li Chen frowned slightly, withdrew his hand, and released his neck. Watching him fall back to the ground, he said solemnly, "Shen Zhengyuan, you are an incurable madman."

Shen Zhengyuan lay on the ground, gazing in Li Chenjin's direction, and said in a hoarse voice, "A madman? What's wrong with being a madman? If I weren't mad, I wouldn't have survived long ago. It's because I'm mad that I've survived until now, hehehe..."

"Now you finally know I'm a madman. You know what? I've been pretending all this time, trying to make myself look like a normal person, but it was too tiring, I couldn't keep up the act. Now that you see the real me, don't you find me even more repulsive, and no longer want to like me?"

"Oh, no, that's not right. You've never liked me, hehehe... I almost forgot, how could you like a madman? Hehe..."

He laughed happily on the ground, but Li Chenjin's face was devoid of any smile. He simply said indifferently, "Even if I like you, even if I have moments when I can't help myself to my feelings for you, so what? The way you are will only push people further away. No one likes someone who restricts their freedom. The way you are will only make the people around you want to leave."

He laughed for a while before slowly sitting up, looking at Li Chenjin, and said softly, "So what? As long as you can't leave, no matter how much you hate me, we will be together forever. As long as you and I can be together forever, I don't care whether you like me or not."

Li Chenjin: "..."

She closed her eyes, took a few deep breaths, and tried her best to calm herself down.

Shen Zhengyuan found it quite novel to see her trying so hard to suppress her anger. After admiring her for a while, he continued, "Li Chenjin, you probably want to ask more than just what you asked before, right? Do you also want to ask if the magic cultivation world and the weapon cultivation world really developed puppets?"

Li Chen slowly opened his eyes and looked at Shen Zhengyuan.

Seeing her looking at him, Shen Zhengyuan's smile deepened. "If you want to know, I'll tell you. The Dharma Cultivation Realm and the Artifact Cultivation Realm did indeed create this item. I made it especially for you, hehe... Now, you know everything. Are you happy?"

Li Chen asked, "What do you do with that kind of thing?"

Shen Zhengyuan said, "I will save you. If your body is no longer usable, I will use a puppet to make your body. That way, you will not die, you can continue to live, and you can avenge yourself, tearing those who betrayed you to pieces, and you can also tear me to pieces."

"How about it? Are you happy? Whether you want to kill someone else or me, I will help you, just like you helped me before. Li Chenjin, from now on, I will not betray you, and you will not be able to betray me. Let's be bound together like this for all eternity. Isn't that good?"

Li Chen stared at him quietly for a long while before saying, "Sect Leader Shen, firstly, I will not kill you; secondly, since we've already come to this point, let's be completely frank and speak frankly."

“I never thought there was anything wrong with us before. At most, I didn’t want to be a burden to you because I don’t have long to live. But now it seems that we are not suitable for each other at all. I like a free and unrestrained life, but you prefer a canary that can stay by your side and follow your arrangements.”

“If I like someone, I would never break their wings for fear that they will fly too far, forcing them to rely on me and never be able to soar through the heavens again. But Sect Leader Shen, your feelings are completely different from mine. So rather than torment each other in the future, it is better to part ways now. I will live my own free life, and you can go find a canary that is willing to listen to you.”

Shen Zhengyuan said, "You like freedom and don't want to be bound, and I can give you all of that. I just hope you won't suddenly disappear again, leaving me to search for you for hundreds of years. Is that not enough? Or is it just that I can't do it, but if it were the person you're thinking of, you could accept it?"

When he said "the person you're thinking of," his tone suddenly became more serious, and his expression darkened. Li Chen couldn't help but sigh. "Sect Leader Chen, I don't know who you're talking about, but I can tell you, no matter who it is, it won't work."

“Even if it were the Venerable Mingcun who did these things, I would still choose to turn my sword against my savior. At worst, I would pay with my life, it’s no big deal.”

Their eyes met and stared at each other for a long time, but neither was willing to give in, clearly neither of them felt they were wrong.

In the end, Li Chen could only close his eyes, exhale, and say, "Since Sect Leader Shen and I can't reach a conclusion for the time being, let's put this matter aside for now and talk about things that can be discussed at the moment."

"The number of people in Qilu Pavilion and Hezhang County must have been seen by Sect Leader Shen when he came. If something really happens, the casualties here will be heavy. Since neither of us is willing to back down right now, let's prioritize the overall situation."

There was nothing she could do but abruptly change the subject.

Shen Zhengyuan is neither easily swayed by soft words nor by force; he only eats what he wants.

Now, he puts on a fearless and unyielding facade, and in the end, his only response is that he'd rather kill him than not.

But Shen Zhengyuan was like this when he was alive. If he died and turned into an evil spirit, what would happen?

At that point, life will simply be unbearable.

Instead of trying to lower Shen Zhengyuan's guard, she should first find a way to make him lower his guard, and then secretly find a way to separate their bound souls.

Shen Zhengyuan said, "I know you're trying to distract me now. After this is over, you want to find an opportunity to go to Monk Mingcun and have him deal with me, and find a way to separate our primordial spirits, right?"

Li Chenjin: "..."

That's really strange.

It was clear that Shen Zhengyuan was in the wrong, but for some reason, after hearing Shen Zhengyuan directly point out her intentions, she felt a little guilty.

"If Han Shannan were to do these things to you now, would you still act this way?" Shen Zhengyuan suddenly asked.

Li Chen frowned and asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly bring him up?"

Shen Zhengyuan said, "You treat him very well, even better than you treat me. Don't you like him?"

Li Chen glanced at him and couldn't help but say, "He's still a child! According to the age of demons, he's just a child who has just learned to run. I'm not that beastly!"

"Hey Sect Leader Shen, don't you have anything important to do all day? You even have to pry into what I do every day and who I get along with? If you're going to look, can't you look at something more serious?"

Li Chenjin seemed somewhat annoyed, but Shen Zhengyuan's expression remained calm, as if he wasn't worried at all that she would actually get angry. He simply glanced at her quietly and then said in a light tone, "What do you mean by 'proper'? Do you mean watching you bathe and change clothes?"

Li Chenjin: "..."

Li Chenjin: "...?"

Li Chenjin: "What did you see in me?"

Shen Zhengyuan said, "I've seen all the ones I think are worth watching."

Li Chenjin: "..."

“But I haven’t seen what I shouldn’t have,” Shen Zhengyuan said. “I’ll be careful not to look while you’re bathing and changing. Of course, if you think I should see…”

“I don’t think you should have looked at anything, Sect Leader Shen,” Li Chen interrupted him. “I’ll let this matter go for now. Once we’ve resolved things here, we can find a suitable time to talk things through.”

"……Can."

………………

There are quite a few maids patrolling the Weeping Dew Pavilion.

These maids were clearly puppets, and when necessary, they could even become dancers, as their fragrance was identical to that of the dancers.

Han Shannan managed to evade the patrolling maids and quietly made his way to the doors of the fellow disciples of the Pavilion Master of Qilu Pavilion.

As soon as they approached, a cold voice came from inside: "What are you all afraid of? She has only climbed into the world of magic cultivators. Do you think those people in the world would seek justice for a mortal like her? Even if they did, what does it have to do with us? We have never wronged her, nor have we ever laid a hand on her. Why should she seek justice from us?"

"But... she made Master hand over the position of Pavilion Master to her for selection. Isn't that a slap in the face to Senior Sister? Who in Biyun Pavilion doesn't know that Senior Sister is the next Pavilion Master? She's clearly taking revenge on us by doing this..."

"Senior Sister, this matter is strange and we must be careful. Master's health has been deteriorating in recent years. He stays indoors nine out of ten days a year, and even we disciples rarely see him. How did she manage to get Master's consent?"

“Exactly! Don’t you find it strange? In Biyun Pavilion, everyone is in charge now. Who in Biyun Pavilion would dare to disobey her? If she had sent a letter to Master, we should have known by now. Why did this happen suddenly?”

"Second Senior Sister is right, this matter is indeed strange. We don't know when she sent the letter to Biyun Pavilion, nor do we know when Master sent the letter to her Qilu Pavilion. We were caught off guard and had no choice but to come to her place to compete with those rabble outside."

"Hmph! If you ask me, Liu Yan is just petty! She still remembers the old grudges we held against her for making fun of her and giving her nicknames! It's just a few nicknames, how could they hurt her? Why hold a grudge until now?"

After a moment of silence, someone suddenly spoke softly, "Senior sisters, I think... Senior Sister Liu Yan shouldn't be that petty. What she remembers might be that we intentionally isolated her in the past, never informing her of any news from the pavilion, forcing her to always be alone, and thus being punished by Master several times?"

After another silence, another person retorted, "When have we ever treated her like that? It's obvious that she didn't ask anything! If Master suddenly asked us to do something, wouldn't she ask Master if we didn't tell her?"

"That's right! We only joke around with her occasionally, it's not like we ostracize her every time, so what's there for her to hold a grudge about?"

"Exactly! Besides, every time we ignore her, she comes crawling to us like a lapdog. If she resented us, why would she always be so eager to please us? If you ask me, she's clearly enjoying it! A poor farmer's daughter, she couldn't even scrape together a tael of silver when she married into the family, her clothes were all patched, she was poor and ignorant, what could she possibly know?"

"Could it be... that we went too far with our jokes before? Every time she got close, we'd say she'd been in the bandits' den for too long and smelled terrible. Even when we brought her food or medicine, we'd make a fuss. Her legs were crippled in the bandits' den, is that why..."

"So what? If you can't stand it, then go die! Or get out of Biyun Pavilion as soon as possible! You cling to Master all day long. If it weren't for her taking up the position, Senior Sister's sister would be our junior sister. If Senior Sister's sister had become our junior sister, with Biyun Pavilion protecting her, how could she have disappeared after becoming someone else's disciple?"

The eldest sister, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up, saying, "Why bring this up now? Now that I think about it, my sister's disappearance actually has nothing to do with her... It was my mother who wasn't keeping a close eye on her when she took my sister to get new clothes, which led to my sister's disappearance..."

Another person whispered, "Senior sisters, she really helped us a lot during those years at Biyun Pavilion. To prevent us from ostracizing her, she would rush to do chores for us every day for nine years... Now that I think about it, we really feel bad for how we treated her before..."

Upon hearing this, one person exclaimed excitedly, "Why are you suddenly bringing up these things? Those things, those things were all done voluntarily, we didn't force her to do them! Besides... besides, these things weren't our fault, were they? She's clearly the one who's annoying! She doesn't say a word all day, always has a gloomy face, she can't even smile, and even when she does smile, it's uglier than a ghost's smile!"

"Exactly! When she went to see Master before, didn't Master say, 'It takes two to tango'? If she was only bullied by one person, then perhaps it was that person's fault; but she is disliked by so many of us, doesn't that mean she has no problems?"

“That’s right, Master… Master has seen it all. If Master doesn’t want to get involved, it means there must be something wrong with her! Besides, given her timid nature, without our training, how could she have achieved what she has today?”

"She's clearly insatiable! She's already taken half of Master's fortune! That's half of the treasures in Biyun Pavilion! Enough for an ordinary person to live comfortably for dozens of lifetimes. Isn't that enough?"

"But she deserved it. Back then... back then, in order to get to the capital in time, Master and Senior Sister only asked a passerby to report to the authorities on their behalf, and gave him one or two taels of silver as a reward. But afterwards... we don't know whether that person actually reported to the authorities... what if that person didn't?"

“I’ve thought about this too. I remember Master saying after he came back that the town with the county government office wasn’t far from the bandits’ den. If that person really reported it to the authorities, there shouldn’t have been three days and three nights without anyone coming to rescue her…”

"But what does this have to do with us? Master and Senior Sister have already given the money. If that person didn't report it to the authorities, Liu Yan should blame that person. What does it have to do with Master and Senior Sister? And what does it have to do with us? We were still in Biyun Pavilion at that time and didn't know anything!"

Han Shannan was listening intently and was about to continue when he suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder.

He suddenly turned around and saw a maid from the Weeping Dew Pavilion standing behind him.

The maid had a beautiful and delicate face, with a faint smile on her lips, but when she opened her mouth, the words she spoke were calm and without any fluctuation. Or rather, her voice sounded lifeless, so calm that it was somewhat eerie.

She stared intently at Han Shannan, and said stiffly, "Honored guest, please return to your room. Honored guest, please return to your room. Honored guest, please return to your room. Honored guest..."

She kept repeating the same sentence, like a soulless puppet, rigidly urging under her master's control. This made Han Shannan feel a chill down his spine, and at the same time, he was dizzy from the fragrance emanating from her body.

Before he could leave, he heard hurried footsteps coming from inside the room.

The next moment, the door was suddenly pulled open, and a slender woman with a cold face walked out. She was the woman that these people called "Senior Sister".

Her cold gaze fell on Han Shannan, and in an instant, she guessed what he had just been doing.

The room they were staying in was the last one in this corridor. To say that they had stumbled upon it by mistake would be a stretch, so this person would definitely not have come here if they had no purpose.

The only reason this person would be here is to eavesdrop or spy on something.

Before she could figure out which type Han Shannan was, the others in the house came running out one after another. One of the girls, who had the most fiery temper, pointed directly at Han Shannan's nose and shouted angrily, "Where did you come from, you lecherous scoundrel?! How dare you come here and cause trouble!"

"Speak! What did you just hear? Who sent you?!"

"Speak quickly! Who are you? Who sent you? Is it Liu Yan or someone else?"

"Senior sister, could this person be some kind of womanizer...?"

"He looks familiar... I remember now, isn't he one of the two people who followed us upstairs after the banquet today?"

Listening to the analysis of those around him, the first person to speak angrily said, "Who cares who he is? He's crossed me, and if I don't give him a good beating, I'll change my surname to his!"

"Bring Liu Yan here! What kind of person is she?! You've invited someone over, and you can't even protect the safety of your guest?!"

"That's right! We were invited by Liu Yan to be judges, but she dared to let in any filth she could find, and even summoned your sect leader!!"

………………

At first, Li Chenjin was listening to Shen Zhengyuan talk about the Qilu Pavilion, but as he listened, he unknowingly leaned against the tea table in the middle of the couch and fell asleep in a daze.

She used to suffer from constant pain, so she either couldn't sleep or couldn't sleep soundly. Nine and a half out of ten days she wouldn't get a good night's sleep.

But now that his injuries have worsened, although the pain in his body has not disappeared, and sometimes even hurts more than before, he sleeps much more soundly than before.

Although he slept soundly, he also became excessively sleepy, as if he could never wake up. Usually, after waking up at night, he would take a nap soon afterward, and then sleep a little longer as the sun was about to set.

When she woke up again in the evening, it was time for dinner, and not long after dinner, it was time for bed.

Sometimes she tries to control herself from falling asleep, but she finds that when the time comes, she can fall asleep quickly, even if she is standing.

Author's Note: Hehe, the plot is adapted from some real-life experiences. Don't worry, it's based on my own life, hehe.

I've heard the saying "it takes two to tango" countless times before, haha. I also think I must have done something wrong, so I went to ask for forgiveness (even though I didn't know what I did wrong, but an apology would have been enough [heart emoji]). And then, unexpectedly, I was met with ridicule, just as I expected.

Because I feel like I haven't done anything wrong, and the people on the other side also say I haven't done anything wrong, they just really don't like me. Sigh.

If only I were prettier (though even if I had known, I couldn't have changed my appearance), but I feel like maybe if I were prettier, people would find me more pleasing to the eye, hahaha [laughing and crying emoji]

Sigh, I always like to ramble on and on. I talk so much nonsense. Maybe my mom was right before, I do have a bit of a masochistic streak, hmm…

Actually, it's been a long time since they've scolded me like that, and I felt like I'd forgotten about it, but I don't know why I still think about it. Maybe it's because they're being nice to my sister now?

I remember they used to believe in the popular "adversity education" approach. They never cared about me when I encountered problems outside, and I would get scolded at home if I didn't do things well. But it seems that it didn't make me any better; instead, it made me insecure, timid, and easily stressed. Hehehe.

Actually, after my younger sister was born, I was really hoping she would receive the same kind of education, hehe, how dark of me!

But no, they didn't use that kind of "tough love" approach on my sister. Whenever she encountered trouble, they would always stand up for her.

She was just verbally abused and bullied by a boy at school, and when she came home and cried, they went to the teacher and wanted to talk to the other boy's parents. But why didn't I? Sigh.

But that's fine too. She can grow happier than me, becoming a strong sapling. I don't need that anymore, I don't need it anymore. It's just that sometimes when I see her happy, when I see them enjoying each other's company, I have very dark thoughts, I feel so disgusted, so hateful.

Sigh, I don't really hate myself anymore, but it still pops up occasionally, especially when those old memories stubbornly resurface. So sometimes I still hate myself a little more. I'm actually pretty bad too, um...

I wish I were as amazing as Xiao Li. So far, I really enjoy this story and I like Xiao Li a lot. But I'm sorry I haven't been able to let more people see and like you. And in the future…

I can't promise you anything about the future, because who knows what will happen? Like right now, I don't know what I should do or what the future holds, but I know I will definitely love you.

Actually, I quite like Xiao Shen too. That serpentine, constantly coiling feeling sometimes makes me feel safe, haha. But compared to him, I still prefer Xiao Li.

When I die, I'll try to find someone to print out what I wrote into a book and burn it for me, hahaha.

How long will I live?