The next day.
Shu Bai deftly sheathed his sword, and seven or eight groaning bandits lay on the ground.
Li Yuheng immediately rushed over and kicked each of them in the butt: "You guys are stealing from us! Do you know who this is? The coolest guy in the underworld!"
Shu Baiyin said, "...You do know how to give me a title."
Li Yuheng took it as a compliment and scolded him even more enthusiastically.
"Especially you! That bald guy! You were the one glaring so fiercely!"
The bald bandit being pointed at looked aggrieved: "I was just born with uneven eyes..."
Shu Bai scoffed and turned to rummage through the scattered bags on the ground: "Eye size is determined by genetics, but being bad-witted is self-inflicted."
Li Yuheng followed eagerly, then his eyes lit up: "Wait! Young hero! This group must have a treasure vault!"
Shu Bai suddenly turned around.
Their eyes met.
Everything is understood without words.
…
Half an hour later, the two men squatted in the cellar of the thieves' den, staring blankly at the chests full of gold and silver.
"Everyone who sees it gets a share!" Li Yuheng grabbed the gold ingots and stuffed them into his pocket. "You get six, I get four... no, you get seven, I get three... or you get eight, I get two?"
He kept glancing at Shu Bai's pale face as he spoke, his hands never stopping.
Shu Bai pressed down on his restless hand: "Stop, the stolen goods must be handed over to the government."
"Oh dear, you silly Chun, what are you handing over?!" Li Yuheng cried out in anguish. "We're acting on behalf of Heaven! According to the rules of the martial world, this is called spoils of war!"
Seeing that Shu Bai remained unmoved, he suddenly lowered his voice mysteriously: "Actually... I just remembered, I might be an imperial envoy traveling incognito! I've granted you special permission to confiscate these embezzled funds!"
cut.
Pretending to be serious.
Is she afraid of losing face in front of him?
Okay.
Now that he's said that, it's perfectly aboveboard!
Why pretend with him...
Shu Bai silently raised his sword sheath, his eyes resolute as if he were about to join the Party.
"Then I will now clean house for the Emperor and execute this fraudulent swindler."
Li Yuheng's expression froze instantly.
broken.
This is a true scripture.
"Okay, okay, I'll hand it in..."
He reluctantly pouted, watching the gold and silver being put into the box with longing. "But at least leave some reward for my hard work, right? Look how hard I worked just now, my voice is hoarse from shouting."
"...What did you shout?"
Shu Bai looked utterly bewildered.
"I'm cheering you on! Go, Brother Shubai! You're awesome, Brother Shubai..." Li Yuheng imitated perfectly in a high-pitched voice, "If I hadn't been cheering you on here, would you have been able to take down those thieves so easily?"
Shu Bai: "..."
He tossed the last silver ingot into the box, locked it with a click, and said in a cold tone:
"If you utter another word, I'll hand you over too. It'll be a good opportunity for the authorities to see that there's a fool here who's walked right into their trap."
He stood up, his back to Yu Heng, his movements fluid and graceful, his tone icy cold.
But Li Yuheng, who was squatting in place, could see it clearly as soon as he looked up.
The ear hidden among the dark hair was flushed with a suspicious blush.
…
When passing through towns on the road, Li Yuheng stared at the sugar painting stall and couldn't move away.
"Young hero—" he drawled.
"I have no money." Shu Bai replied without looking away.
"You still have the bounty you just received for suppressing bandits tucked in your pocket!"
"Ha. That's for travel expenses, not for feeding the pigs."
Li Yuheng suddenly clutched his chest, his voice trembling: "Oh no... I think I've got some kind of acute illness that will kill me if I don't eat sugar paintings..."
Shu Bai's steps never stopped.
"Really! Look how pale I am!" Li Yuheng jogged after him. "The medical books say this is glucose deficiency!"
"Which medical book says that?"
"The Medical Classic of Li Yuheng!"
Shu Bai sneered: "The 'Shu Bai Prescriptions' says that this kind of illness is mostly caused by being idle."
In the end, however, he still bought a sugar painting and stuffed it into Li Yuheng's hand:
"Eat your food, stop howling."
Li Yuheng held the sugar painting and pouted.
He proudly held up the dragon-shaped sugar painting:
"Look, doesn't it look like you?"
Shu Bai frowned and asked a series of three probing questions: "Do I look that twisted? You not only damaged your brain, but you also went blind? Are you just trying to make conversation?"
"This is artistic exaggeration! What do you know..." Li Yuheng mumbled, licking the sugar painting. "By the way, where are you going next?"
"...to eliminate evil and promote good."
"Alright, alright! This time I'm going to be the main player! It's time to show my true skills!"
When they encountered the next group of bandits, Li Yuheng, hiding behind Shu Bai, shouted louder than anyone else:
"I'm warning you! My young master is the number one swordsman in the martial world! If you know what's good for you, kneel down and beg for mercy! You might still get a chance to live!"
Enraged by his shouting, the bandit leader charged forward, knife in hand.
As the blade was about to strike, Li Yuheng quickly crouched down.
He stretched out his arms and hugged the pale, slender thigh, burying his face in the fabric of the fabric at the lower back of the man's clothes, his voice muffled and tinged with pity:
"Young hero, protect me!"
After a crisp, clear sound of swords clashing and wind whistling, the bandits lay sprawled on the ground.
Shu Bai lowered her eyes, gently kicking the large ornament still lingering beside her leg with her toe, her tone full of sarcasm:
"Is this what you mean by 'being the main force'?"
Li Yuheng then slowly let go of her hand, stood up, and leisurely brushed the dust off her robe.
Instead of showing any embarrassment, a pure and innocent smile bloomed on her face:
"Mental support is support too! Didn't you notice that after I shouted, their movements were noticeably slower, giving you so many opportunities to make a move?"
“That’s because,” Shu Bai sheathed his sword, mercilessly puncturing the carefully constructed illusion, “that you screamed in their ears, giving them all tinnitus, okay?”
Li Yuheng blinked, his smile deepening, tinged with a hint of slyness, as if to say:
The desired effect has been achieved, isn't that enough?
Shu Bai stared at Li Yuheng's excessively bright smile, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper, until he finally couldn't help but speak:
"What's wrong with your eyes? You're making faces, it's hideous."
Li Yuheng blinked frantically, trying to send some ambiguous signal: "Can't you tell? I'm flirting with you."
"Discharge? Are you sure it's not facial nerve twitching? I suggest you see a doctor."
“That’s charm! Charm, you know!” Li Yuheng leaned closer and continued to wink. “So many girls fall for this.”
Shu Bai silently took a step back: "They're just taking pity on you, aren't they?"
How can you be so clueless about romance!
"Stop babbling on and get to the clinic."
Shu Bai waved her hand at him with disdain.
Li Yuheng was furious and grabbed his wrist: "Look closely! You're willing to send such beautiful eyes to the clinic?"
Shu Bai was forced to look at him for a few seconds, then suddenly raised her hand and pressed down on his eyelids: "Don't move, there's something in your eyes."
"Really? What is it?" Li Yuheng immediately became nervous.
"Eye boogers."
Li Yuheng: "..."
Damn it, he thought we were going to kiss.
Shu Bai's hand was still covering Li Yuheng's eyes, the skin under his fingertips was warm, and he could feel the slight tickling from the trembling of the other's long eyelashes.
The word "eye boogers" slipped out purely to cover up his sudden panic.
Just now, when Li Yuheng grabbed him and insisted that he take a closer look at those eyes, he was caught off guard and bumped into those overly bright eyes.
The light of the sky and the shadows of the clouds were reflected in it, and his own slightly stunned face was reflected even more clearly.
An unfamiliar emotion suddenly struck his heart, making him gasp for breath.
He instinctively wanted to look away, as if if he looked for even one more second, some carefully maintained barrier would collapse.
So he raised his hand to cover those overly disturbing eyes, using a vulgar excuse to gloss over the truth.
But her fingertips betrayed the secret, trembling slightly.
Li Yuheng's eyelids were very clean, with absolutely no eye discharge.
He just... just suddenly couldn't bear to look anymore.
The thing in my chest was beating violently, at an inopportune moment.
It was as if he was silently accusing someone of a fact he was not yet ready to admit.
Just as his thoughts were in turmoil, a clumsy pedestrian hurriedly brushed past Shu Bai from behind, bumping into his shoulder lightly.
Shu Bai was already unsettled, and the sudden force made him stumble slightly.
The hand that had been lightly pressing on Li Yuheng's eyelids slipped uncontrollably from the impact.
Due to the inertia, he fell straight towards Li Yuheng.
Distance was swallowed up in an instant.
Li Yuheng felt the hand that was blocking his view suddenly disappear.
Immediately, Shu Bai's suddenly magnified face filled his entire field of vision.
Everything seemed to slow down.
His dark hair, carrying the cool scent of soapberry, brushed against his cheek, leaving a slightly chilly feeling.
Immediately afterwards, his pale cheeks brushed against his own.
The touch of warm, delicate skin sent a barely perceptible shiver through me.
For a moment, both of them held their breath.
The sensation was fleeting, as quick as an illusion.
Li Yuheng was clearly caught off guard by this turn of events and instinctively reached out to help Shu Bai.
But Shu Bai, with his excellent waist strength, suddenly pulled back and regained his footing.
He quickly turned his face away, leaving only a taut profile and a faint blush that spread quietly from his ear to the side of his neck, which even his collar couldn't conceal.
Li Yuheng stood there, stunned, blinking. The unusual warmth seemed to linger on his cheek where he had just wiped his face.
He watched Shu Bai's disheveled figure from behind, and a meaningful smile slowly curved his lips.
"Hey, young hero Shu Bai, were you secretly taking advantage of me just now?"
Shu Bai's back view visibly stiffened.
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