Chapter 26 Married Woman (Part 3) Do you want to do something unconventional...
(Twenty-six)
That night, Li Shanglu spent the first night of the sect competition in the secret realm.
Xie Du scolded her a lot, saying that they would be back in half a minute, but Li Shanglu and the mute disappeared as soon as they came back, and what if something happened... He talked for a long time, but Li Shanglu didn't listen at all.
She stared at the pretentious Shen Changyi and said casually, "Who wins between you and Helan Jin?"
Hearing this, Xie Du's expression turned even uglier, and his voice lowered, "It's a draw."
He didn't expect Helan Jin to use poison to plot against him. The two fought for a long time and were both injured. Finally, Helan Jin looked at the ranking on the sky and proposed a ceasefire, because if they continued fighting, two people from their team would probably be eliminated early.
Li Shanglu said "Oh" with a lack of interest and said calmly, "How many monsters have you killed?"
Killing monsters?
The two of them searched the entire secret realm, fearing that Li Shanglu was taken to some uninhabited place by the mute and committed some inhumane things. They didn't care about killing the monster at all.
After hearing their explanation, Li Shanglu sneered, "I've already killed fourteen of them today. What use do I have for you?"
Hearing this, Helan Jin looked at Xie Du with resentment. If this bastard hadn't been so difficult to deal with, he would have definitely won Li Shanglu's trust in the secret realm long ago.
One day, I will kill him.
"Master Lan Jin."
Helan Jin was slightly startled. He turned back to look at Li Shanglu. Meeting his smiling eyes, he explained in a low voice, "I will work hard tomorrow, Shanglu, don't worry."
Li Shanglu hooked his finger at him and patted his side. "Come, sit here. I'll roast some sweet potatoes for you."
Her tone was extremely gentle, yet it caused several people present to shudder for no reason.
Xie Du frowned at her, wanting to stop her, but afraid that she would use him as a scapegoat, so he pursed his lips and remained silent.
Helan Jin instinctively felt that there must be something fishy going on as she suddenly became so gentle, but somehow, his legs still walked over involuntarily.
After receiving the fragrant and soft roasted sweet potato, Li Shanglu gently warned him, "Be careful, it's hot. Do you want me to blow on it for you?"
His heart skipped a beat, and Helan Jin lowered his eyes to look at her. The smile on his lips was warmed by the fire. Besides the sweet potato aroma, he could also smell the soft orchid fragrance on her body.
"Yes, Shanglu, cool me down a little." He whispered affectionately, "Why are you suddenly so nice to me?"
Li Shanglu blew the sweet potato to cool him down. She caught a glimpse of someone looking at her from the corner. She said with satisfaction, "Of course it's because Master Lan Jin is a good person. You are much stronger than some sword immortal Shen Changyi."
This is one of the words that Helan Jin likes to hear the most.
"Do you really think so?" Helan Jin's eyes darkened and he took the sweet potato from her hand.
It is said that beauty can mislead people, and this beauty with a sweet mouth and good conversation can mislead people even more.
Li Shanglu chuckled and said, "Yeah, Shen Changyi is no match for you. If he weren't so good at swordsmanship, no one would even look at him twice."
Not far away, Shen Changyi looked at her with melancholy.
Is this a real joke?
Xie Du suddenly sneered, "You say one thing and mean another, so why are you still hanging a tassel on the bow he gave you?"
Li Shanglu's smile froze slightly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Anything you give me is mine. I can hang whatever I want."
Hearing this, Xie Du snorted, "You're just being stubborn. So what if you admit it? It's obvious that you like her very much."
When he received the first gift from the sect leader, he treasured it to death. He even carved flowers on the sandalwood box that contained the gift. If he liked it, he liked it. There was nothing shameful about it.
Li Shanglu glared at him in shame and anger, unable to bear it any longer. "Get lost."
Xie Du knew he couldn't afford to offend her, so he turned and left the cave, holding his sword and sitting at the entrance to keep watch.
After hearing their words, Shen Changyi finally turned his gaze to the beautiful tassel on the short bow.
It looked very beautiful. He remembered that this tassel was originally hung on the golden hairpin that Li Shanglu often wore. It seemed that it was specially taken off and wrapped around the short bow.
Did she like the gift he gave her?
There was a slight smile on the corner of his lips hidden under the hat, but before he could be happy for too long, he heard Helan Jin say again.
"What can a grain of corn prove?" He rested his chin on his hand and looked at Li Shanglu, handing over his purse. "Shanglu, I'll give you something better someday. If you don't want it, I can give you money."
Li Shanglu calmed down a bit, took the purse, and sighed, "It's rare to find a soulmate in this world, and you understand me the best."
As soon as she finished speaking, a shadow suddenly fell on her head. Li Shanglu was startled and looked up. The other party took out a few silver ingots from his arms and placed them in her palm.
She wanted to throw the silver in his face, but then she thought it would be a waste not to accept it, so she put it in her own pocket.
"Thank you, you're such a nice person."
Li Shanglu said this with a forced smile, then turned around and continued chatting with Helan Jin, completely ignoring him.
Helan Jin was amused by him and asked in a low voice, "Why did he suddenly give you money? Do you know each other?"
"I don't know him." Li Shanglu said calmly, "Maybe he's stupid and has a lot of money. Who cares? Let's talk about our own things."
The two chatted animatedly. Shen Changyi stood behind them, feeling awkward for a while, and then quietly returned to the corner and sat down.
When I occasionally glanced at him, I saw him sitting there with his knees hugged, his hat covering his face, making him look inexplicably pitiful.
The smile on Li Shanglu's face faded slightly.
What are you doing? Are you asleep?
How dare you not watch carefully the good show she performed?
"Hey." Li Shanglu suddenly stood up and walked in front of him, leaning down and staring at him, "Why are you wearing a bamboo hat?"
Shen Changyi didn't expect her to suddenly walk towards him. He stiffened nervously. When he heard her words, he didn't know how to explain.
Should I tell her that it was to be a hero and save the damsel in distress?
If you open your mouth, your identity will be exposed. If you take off your hat, you will be beaten immediately.
After holding it in for a long time, Shen Changyi decided to remain silent.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Li Shanglu sneered in his heart and raised his hand to take off the hat, but Shen Changyi quickly grabbed his wrist.
"You won't show me?" Li Shanglu stared at him with interest and said with a smile, "Are you some powerful person who deliberately put on a mask and pretended to be a pig to eat the tiger?"
Shen Changyi: "..."
Can she see through things?
It must be because they were too close, Shang Lu might be able to see his face through the gauze.
Thinking of this, Shen Changyi suddenly stood up and sat down in a corner farther away under Li Shanglu's astonished gaze.
What's the meaning?
Don't want to pay attention to her?
Angry because of what she said?
I have clearly said more vicious words than this before, so why didn't I see such a big reaction from him?
Li Shanglu frowned and was about to follow, but then he paused again.
Why should she care whether he was angry or not? She was going to piss him off to death anyway.
He can go wherever he wants. At home, he likes to sit in corners anyway.
*
I didn't sleep well last night.
When I woke up in the morning, my whole body ached.
Li Shanglu was a light sleeper to begin with, and he had a nightmare all night in which he was eaten by a giant python. In the dream, no matter how hard he tried to run, he couldn't escape. Shen Changyi was not there, and the short bow was not in his hand. The giant python twisted its body and chased him, opening its bloody mouth.
She woke up several times and found that the three of them were guarding outside the cave in an orderly manner.
In fact, as long as Xie Du was there, it was enough. She was not worried at all about what Xie Du would do to her. No matter how bad that bastard was, he would not have the courage to do that. He would also do his duty to help her keep an eye on Helan Jin and his good master.
Li Shanglu stretched his body, took out the basin from the storage ring to wash up, and when he looked up, Shen Changyi came in at some point.
She almost spit out a mouthful of water on his bamboo hat and said angrily, "You walk without making any sound, don't you know how to make a sound?"
After being scolded by her, Shen Changyi lowered his head and handed her a towel to wipe his face.
Xie Du leaned against the cave entrance and said lazily, "It's time to set off. We have to kill at least four hundred today to catch up with the first place."
Four hundred?
Li Shanglu thought for a moment and said, "That's easy. You and Helan Jin kill 200 each, and the mute and I kill a few dozen more, and we'll surpass the first place."
She had a really good plan. She wasn't coming to the sect competition just to get the rewards, was she?
Xie Du looked at her with a look of disappointment. After a long while, he could only swallow his anger and said, "I understand." Helan Jin had no objection to this. The only thing he disagreed with was, "Why are you with him again?"
Li Shanglu did not answer, but just smiled and said a few perfunctory words to coax him away.
As for the reason, of course it was to see what Shen Changyi was planning to do.
The two walked along the path without speaking.
Li Shanglu insisted on waiting for him to speak first, but after waiting for a whole day, the man didn't say a word except for killing monsters.
On the way, they encountered a very powerful monster, the white tiger, and she and Shen Changyi were forced to the edge of the cliff.
At the critical moment, Shen Changyi suddenly stood up and fell from the sky, using a very gorgeous sword technique to kill the white tiger. He also looked back at her, as if asking for credit.
Of course Li Shanglu did not praise him, and even felt that he had nothing to do. The problem could be solved with just one sword, so why fight in such a fancy way?
She walked past him calmly, dug out the White Tiger's inner core, put it in her pocket, and left.
Shen Changyi followed her dejectedly, looking at her back and sighing softly.
He should have guessed this would happen earlier, that approach wouldn't work on Shang Lu.
Forget it, let’s leave tonight.
Shang Lu has killed a lot of monsters in the past two days. I believe that Shang Lu can take care of himself without him.
At night, the moon in the secret realm is as bright and gentle as the moon outside.
The two of them walked back in silence, and Li Shanglu was already starting to feel a little bored.
After two whole days, she still didn't understand what this idiot was going to do.
When they returned to the cave, Xie Du and Helan Jin had not returned yet. Their team's points were still rising. It seemed that the two would not come back until they had killed 200 monsters.
Li Shanglu lit a fire and suddenly saw Shen Changyi stand up and walk out.
"Where are you going?"
Shen Changyi stopped and looked back at her, but after just one glance, he quickly looked away and turned to continue walking away.
Li Shanglu hated his silent nature the most, so he rushed over and pulled him back, "Want to leave?"
Being pulled back by her, Shen Changyi looked at her somewhat helplessly and pointed tentatively outside the cave.
"You can't leave. Forget it."
The pent-up anger in Li Shanglu's heart surged up. She looked Shen Changyi up and down, suddenly raised her hand, and slowly brushed the snow-white soap gauze hanging from the hat with the back of her fingertips.
"Dumb, to be honest, I like you more." She smiled, "Actually, I'm a married woman, but I like men outside more."
The back of her finger brushed against the soap gauze, as if brushing his face through the thin gauze.
Shen Changyi stiffened up and refused in a very quiet voice, almost in a whisper, "Don't."
Li Shanglu moved closer to him, slowly put his hand into the soap yarn, and touched his lips. "So you can talk."
"No." This sentence was even more trembling, and one could even faintly hear that it was Shen Changyi's voice.
But Li Shanglu pretended not to understand.
"So soft."
She smiled and said,
"I wonder how it would be like to kiss?"
Shen Changyi pinched her wrist and took it away from his lips, breathing heavily.
Li Shanglu still didn't let him go, and moved closer, saying softly, "What about you? Aren't you curious about me?"
She took his hand and gently placed it on her collar, her eyes filled with some evil playfulness.
"My husband isn't here anyway, so why not do something unorthodox and bad?"
Finally, Shen Changyi couldn't bear it anymore and reached out to take off his hat, but this time it was Li Shanglu who stopped him.
"No, I like you to cover your face."
Shen Changyi looked at her in shock, and after holding it in for a long time, he spoke in a muffled voice.
"Shanglu, it's me."
Li Shanglu sneered in his heart, but said, "Mute, I know it's you. It's you I want. I don't want anyone else."
She couldn't recognize his voice.
Shen Changyi took a half step back in disbelief, but his belt had already been pulled by Li Shanglu.
There were footsteps coming from the cave entrance. I couldn't tell if it was Helan Jin, Xie Du, or someone just passing by.
He was unable to think and subconsciously raised his hand to seal the cave entrance with a formation.
"Shanglu, wait..."
Li Shanglu gently held his hand, clasping his fingers together, and looked up at him with wet eyes, like a cat that deliberately knocked over a porcelain vase but still pretended to be innocent.
There was a loud bang in my head as if lightning had struck, and the sky and the earth went blank in an instant.
Shen Changyi stared at her blankly, no longer resisting, his heart aching.
It turns out that she can show such a beautiful look to others.
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