Chapter 78: Act 20: Confess the Truth

Chu Xinglan held Ruan Chao's face, and placed small, sticky kisses on the corners of his lips, licking Ruan Chao's soft and red lips insatiably.

Maybe the current atmosphere is just perfect for saying some sticky and intimate words.

Chu Xinglan tried hard to suppress his desire to continue the deep kiss. He adjusted his disordered breathing, and without much hesitation, he directly said what had been lingering in his mind for the past few days.

"Chao Chao..." The young man's voice seemed to contain a burning feeling, lingering on the sensitive ears, making the bones numb.

He whispered, "When are we going to get married?"

Hearing this, Ruan Chao felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water over his head, and he instantly woke up from the dazed state caused by the kiss.

He blinked and subconsciously uttered a questioning syllable.

Chu Xinglan thought he didn't hear clearly, so he repeated it softly again, but this time the tone of voice changed from questioning to affirmative.

"Let's get married." He talked about the dates that people had been talking about in his ears for the past few days, "The eighth of next month, the sixteenth of the month after next..."

The young man paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Or you can choose any day you like."

Chu Xinglan looked calm, without any unnecessary expression on his face, and his tone of voice was also casual, as if he was saying that the weather was very good today and it was suitable for practicing sword for a few more hours in the back mountain.

But if you listen carefully, you can hear the slightest tremor in his voice, and his eyes are fixed on Ruan Chao, not wanting to miss any change in his expression.

——It was obvious that his heart was far from being as calm as his appearance showed.

Ruan Chao was stunned for a moment.

He did not show the joy and excitement as Chu Xinglan expected.

Instead, it was as if some plan had been disrupted and I was caught off guard, feeling a little flustered and at a loss.

"…Are you serious?"

Chu Xinglan's eyes darkened, and he said solemnly, "...I've never been so serious before."

"If nothing had happened to the Ruan family, I would have picked you up at this time as planned, and then we would have gone to the Three Lives Stone to fulfill the contract we made six years ago and become a couple certified by the Heavenly Dao."

Ruan Chao: “…”

"Isn't it a bit too hasty..." Ruan Chao changed his tone, "I mean, we are still too young now, why don't we wait another two years, until you are 20 years old."

Let alone two years, Chu Xinglan couldn't even wait two months.

The Nguyen Dynasty is really too popular.

In just a few days since he arrived at Guiyuan Sect, he has attracted the attention of many people.

The threshold of Ruyun Peak was almost worn out by the people coming and going.

Chu Xinglan was very familiar with the way those people looked at him, because he had always stared at Ruan Chao with that kind of eyes, so he could naturally understand what they were thinking.

Ye Qingwei's joking attempt to introduce Ruan Chao to his next client also caused Chu Xinglan to panic.

Chu Xinglan never doubted Ruan Chao's feelings for him.

Nguyen Chao liked him... He was very sure of this and never doubted it.

However, Nguyen Chao had lived in the lower world since he was a child, in the remote Lingyuan City. He knew very few people, and there were no extraordinary talents in Lingyuan City. To have successfully established a foundation at the age of twenty, he could be called a young genius.

Compared with Chu Xinglan, these people are like fireflies compared to the bright moon, they are completely incomparable.

There is a complete difference between heaven and earth.

It is understandable that the Nguyen Dynasty looked down on them.

But the upper realm is different.

Gui Yuanzong is even more different.

Guiyuan Sect is a gathering place for geniuses. Any inner disciple picked out alone can be called a proud child of heaven in the lower world.

Although Chu Xinglan is a genius among geniuses, a rare cultivation prodigy in thousands of years, and the only hope for ascension in thousands of years... However, the direct disciples of the elders are not much worse than him. They are also given various world-renowned titles, and the cultivation of several brothers and sisters is even one level higher than his.

Chu Xinglan was worried that... after Ruan Chao got to know these people, he would no longer like him as much.

After all, he is not as gentle and considerate as Senior Sister Jiang Yu, nor as eloquent and likable as Senior Brother Zhu Chuan, nor as mature and stable as Senior Brother Yun Qianfeng.

He has countless shortcomings.

He was afraid that after Nguyen Chao met someone better than him, he would shift his gaze from him to someone else and fall in love with someone else.

Therefore, Chu Xinglan was somewhat eager to confirm their relationship thoroughly, and become a true Taoist couple under the witness of Heaven. This way, their souls would be marked with each other, and no one would compete with him for them anymore.

Chu Xinglan withdrew his thoughts.

He held Ruan Chao's fingers and slowly tightened them, with a hint of coaxing in his words, "It's just an ordinary ceremony, it doesn't require any effort. If you don't like a big fuss, then we won't tell anyone, and we can just sign the contract between the two of us."

"...our relationship will remain the same as before. Nothing will change."

Nguyen said word by word: "Nothing will change? It's a lie."

His eyes were clear, and he obviously hadn't been fooled by Chu Xinglan. He went straight to the point, "After we get married, will you be satisfied with a simple kiss and hug like now? Won't you press me on the bed and practice with me?"

Chu Xinglan: “…”

Ruan Chao hugged Chu Xinglan's neck, leaned close to his ear, softened his voice and said to him as if to seduce him: "You know, our bodies are delicate and soft. A little stimulation will make us have a big reaction, and our bodies will also emit a very pleasant fragrance... Are you really willing not to touch me?"

Chu Xinglan: “…………”

Chu Xinglan's silence made Ruan Chao feel like he had caught something. He immediately took the initiative in the conversation, blurring the point and turning the tables, "I know you married me not because you like me, not because you love me, but because you want to take advantage of me."

Chu Xinglan denied it with some difficulty: "...I didn't."

Facing Nguyen Chao's questioning gaze, he could only make a promise, "As long as you don't want me to, I won't..."

He raised his eyes and looked at Ruan Chao, and saw that his porcelain-like cheeks were slightly pink, and there were still teeth marks on his swollen lips. He couldn't help but have charming thoughts in his mind, and his body reacted almost instantly...

Chu Xinglan looked as if he was burned. He quickly looked away and made a promise while tensing his nerves.

"...I will never touch you again without permission."

Since it won’t be touched...then the Nguyen Dynasty’s lies will continue for a while longer.

But this is only a delaying tactic.

Sooner or later it will be discovered.

Moreover, Ruan Chao didn't want to marry Chu Xinglan with such a secret.

He didn't want to deceive him.

He slowed down his tone and said, "Then let me think about it for a while, and I will give you an answer in three days."

Three days later, he told Chu Xinglan the truth.

No matter what the result is, he accepts it willingly.

…

After this incident, Nguyen Chao was no longer in the mood to continue practicing swordsmanship.

He returned the broken image to Chu Xinglan, and wandered around the bottom of the cliff alone. He also forbade Chu Xinglan to follow him, saying that he needed to be alone and quiet for a while.

He walked to a fruit tree and picked the fruits.

It is still the reddest and largest on the treetops.

He no longer had to climb up as precipitously as before. If he wasn't careful, he would fall from the thin branches and get hurt badly.

Now, as long as he moved his mind, the spiritual power he released would cut the branches, and the ripe fruits would fall down with a crackling sound.

Nguyen Chao picked up the fallen fruits.

The system suddenly spoke at this time, [Chao Chao, do you really want to marry Chu Xinglan? ]

Ruan Chao took a bite of the fruit. It was so sour and astringent, so sour that his whole face wrinkled up.

He swallowed the sour fruit with great effort and answered the system's question: […That depends on whether he minds or not. ] Whether he minds that his fiancée suddenly changes gender.

If you don't mind, it's not impossible.

After all, he had been instilled with the idea that the two of them were destined to be together since he was a child, and he had never had any regrets.

Perhaps it heard the answer it wanted from Nguyen Dynasty's tone.

The system fell silent.

It had no doubt that Chu Xinglan would not care about this little thing at all. Only the Ruan Dynasty, the authorities, could not see through the other party's intentions.

But as a bystander, it had no right to speak for Chu Xinglan.

And... they still have important tasks to complete.

The system stuttered and said something shocking: [Then…then can you two break up first before getting married? ]

Ruan Chao thought he was hallucinating because of the sour fruit, and a clear question mark appeared above his head, […? ]

【Why? 】

The system didn't know how to explain to him that this was the main purpose of their coming to this world and it was also the mission they had to complete.

If they fail to complete the task, they will not be able to earn points.

It could only bite the bullet and make up a lie: [I observed the sky last night and found that Chu Xinglan carries the fate of the entire world... He is the son of luck in this world. You know the son of luck, right? He is the protagonist in the storybook. Although your fate is intertwined with his in many places, you will eventually drift apart... Only when you separate, he will break through the emotional barrier, break the cage of fate, and strive for the great road.]

Nguyen Chao only listened to the first half of the system's words.

He was shocked.

Shocked that Chu Xinglan is the protagonist of this world.

He always thought... that he was the protagonist.

Otherwise, why would the system senior live in his body, and why would he obtain such a rare martial art? He doesn't have to do anything, just kiss Chu Xinglan a few times, and he can easily improve his cultivation - isn't this the treatment that only the protagonist can enjoy?

The inherent cognition was completely broken. Ruan Chao covered his chest uncomfortably and felt heartache.

[Forget it.] He comforted himself, [If Chu Xinglan was the protagonist, I would be able to accept it.] Anyway, his things are his, and Chu Xinglan's things will also be his. It doesn't matter who is the protagonist and who is the supporting role.

[This is not the point, Chaochao.] The system raised its voice and deliberately emphasized, [The point is that you and him must go through the important stage of breaking up.]

——Our mission can be accomplished.

Ruan Chao frowned, [What if we don't distinguish? What will happen if we don't distinguish? ]

The system is stuck.

There are no other consequences except that the mission will fail and they will lose points.

Ruan Chao recalled the second half of the sentence the system had just said, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, [If we don't separate... our destinies will gradually drift apart? ]

This is what the original plot was set to do.

Whether they break up or not, they will eventually walk out of each other's world until there is no intersection between them.

But now the plot has collapsed to the point where even his own mother doesn’t recognize him, and the system has no way of predicting what will happen next.

I can only vaguely say it's possible.

The system then said: [We are not asking you to really separate, it is okay to just put on a show.]

Isn't this the kind of thing the Nguyen Dynasty is best at?

Almost every small world has to go through a drama of deceiving the main system's cognition.

They have become proficient at driving.

It’s a pity that Ruan Chao has lost his previous memory and can only let the system teach him.

System: [It doesn't matter if we separate and then reunite. 】

System: [It's OK even if we get married right away. 】

System: [But Chu Xinglan must be the first to break up. ]

This is a prerequisite for completing the mission.