Chapter 276 The Master and Disciple's Shared Love
On the day of the winter solstice, Tingyan bought flour and meat filling and planned to make dumplings.
For this purpose, he specially asked his neighbor lady how to do it, and learned it carefully before preparing to do it himself.
Lin Zhi sat at the small table in the kitchen and Ting Yan gave her a piece of dough to play with.
"It's not difficult. I'll teach you."
Ting Yan stood behind Lin Zhi, almost holding his lover in his arms, and taught him how to roll out the dumpling skins.
Because of his eye problem, Lin Zhi inevitably made the shape not round enough, and it looked a little crooked, but Ting Yan praised him for doing a great job.
Lin Zhi couldn't see it, but she couldn't help laughing when she thought of Ting Yan rolling up his sleeves with his hands full of flour, carefully making dumplings.
Judging from Ting Yan's personality, I believe that even the Sword Master who used to be aloof from worldly affairs would do such a thing extremely seriously.
Although he is a person with a split soul, Yuan Zhi's reaction is probably different from Ting Yan's. Although Yuan Zhi is younger, he takes great responsibility in taking care of Ting Yan and never lets him worry too much.
For example, now, Ting Yan would give him some dough to let him kill time, let him focus on more specific things, and let him get more tangible rewards for what he did. If it were Yuan Zhi, he would probably let him sit by and wait to enjoy it.
There is no better or worse, just different personalities produce different results.
Lin Zhi thought of Qiu Zui's appearance in the kitchen again, and the smile on her face never faded.
Ting Yan looked at the corners of his lips that turned up, and his eyes became softer.
When he realized it, he found that love in the world was so enjoyable.
The dumplings were filled with both meat and vegetarian fillings. When Lin Zhi ate the last bit, she bit into a lucky dumpling that contained a copper coin.
"My aunt said that anyone who eats the copper coin will have a smooth year."
Ting Yan whispered, but his tone was too peaceful, and it seemed like he was coaxing a child.
Lin Zhi bent her lips, bit the copper coin lightly with the tip of her tongue, lowered her head and placed it in Tingyan's palm, then waved to Tingyan.
Tingyan leaned closer and was kissed on the face by Lin Zhi.
The young man smiled and said, "I'll share some of my blessings with you."
Tingyan's heart was beating fast. He responded vaguely, but couldn't help but kiss her deeper.
At night, the closed windows cannot keep out the cold.
Ting Yan circulated spiritual energy through his body before going to the bed, so as not to let his body be too cold and chill Lin Zhi.
In the autumn, the coldness of his body was enough to make people shiver, but the weather was not as bad as it is now. Although he was cold, he was still hot. Lin Zhi was in a daze and didn't dislike him.
But it’s not possible now. After falling asleep, Lin Zhi would unconsciously distance herself from him, which made Ting Yan very upset.
He used to stay in Wujian Mountain all day long and soak in the cold pond from time to time. He didn't take his low body temperature seriously at all. He never thought that one day he would be disliked for his cold body.
Naturally, the cultivators are not afraid, but Lin Zhi is just a mortal now, how can he bear it?
Thinking of this, Ting Yan couldn't help but think more deeply. Obscure emotions floated in his light-colored eyes, and his calm eyebrows were also tinged with a hint of darkness.
There will always be a time to go back, but Tingyan has not figured out what will happen then.
After Lin Zhi comprehended and recovered his memory, he would naturally notice something was wrong.
As for excuses, of course he had them. Wasn't it that he was afraid that Lin Zhi would make a mistake at first, so he had to play the role of Yuan Zhi and had to kiss others as a couple... He was too embarrassed to say this out loud, as it seemed too shameless.
Not to mention hiding it from Lin Zhi, he couldn't even deceive himself.
After all, he had people read out his real name in an attempt to replace him.
But they are originally one person, which is an unchangeable fact. Even if there was no dream of the nightmare beast, Lin Zhi would know it one day.
The lover beside him leaned closer to his arms in his sleep, and the look in Ting Yan's eyes was replaced by tenderness. He brushed a few strands of hair on Lin Zhi's face aside and hugged him to sleep.
The next morning, Tingyan helped Lin Zhi get dressed as usual, but he did not get out of bed to wash up as usual.
The young man with a beautiful face and gray eyes sat on the bed and said in a daze: "Azhi, my right leg seems to be unable to move."
Lin Zhi had anticipated this, but when this day came, he still couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The trials of the Nightmare Beast do not seem to be arranged randomly, and they often torture people at the points that are most difficult for them to accept.
To him, the life in his dream, in which he could not pass the imperial examination, lost both his parents and all his wealth, was not a big blow. Even if he was not awakened by 01, he would not be sad because of these things.
The only thing that really hit his sore spot was that he couldn't control his body.
However, he knew that this was only a temporary situation, and even the development of this matter was within Lin Zhi's calculations and was part of his plan, so his mentality was still relatively stable, but he still had to show the pain on his face and perform it for his only audience.
"It's okay, let's go see the doctor first, everything will be fine."
Ting Yan put on Lin Zhi's shoes, carried him out of bed, took him to wash up, and comforted him in a gentle voice. He let Lin Zhi hold his hand tightly. The pain seemed to penetrate the surface of his skin, making his heart ache as well.
Even though all this was within Tingyan's expectations, even though all this was fake, the pain Lin Zhi felt at this moment was real. What made Tingyan even more helpless was that he knew Lin Zhi could not get better unless he could wake up from the dream.
After returning from the clinic, Ting Yan bought a wheelchair for Lin Zhi.
The thin young man sat sickly in the wheelchair, looking increasingly lifeless, like the gray winter sky.
Passing by other houses in the alley, I saw the blacksmith's door was closed. Someone said that he injured his hand today and didn't know if he could still make iron in the future.
The woman's crying was faint, and some people felt sorry for her as she had to raise three children after her husband died. Her youngest son was kidnapped not long ago, and now her eldest daughter was sick and would not survive the winter.
A girl who lived on the street corner adopted a new puppy and raised a snake, but the dog was poisoned to death by the snake and the snake was bitten to death by the dog. She stared at their corpses blankly, looking very lonely, but the adults did not understand her pain and urged her to bury them quickly and go home for dinner.
Lin Zhi listened to human affairs and the sound of the wooden wheels rolling on the bluestone slabs.
The lover behind him was breathing lightly, but Lin Zhi could feel his worry.
In fact, it was not difficult for him to wake up from this dream, he was awake from beginning to end.
Lin Zhi raised his head slightly, the time has not come yet.
On New Year's Day, Lin Zhi felt that the hand holding his suddenly became stronger.
The palms of my hands are burning hot, like fire.
Lin Zhi didn't know whether he said anything.
He smiled faintly, and said as he did every day when welcoming his lover back: "Azhi, you're back."
Yuan Zhi's fingers pressed tightly on the armrest of the wheelchair, and he looked at Lin Zhi sadly, holding back the words "senior brother" that were about to come out of his mouth.
He was worried that he would wake up from this dream, leaving Lin Zhi alone here, and he was also worried that it would affect Lin Zhi and lay the seeds for disaster.
"What on earth am I going to do?"
Yuan Zhi muttered to himself as he thought about the disappeared Tingyan.
Yes, Ting Yan didn't know either, otherwise why would he keep wasting time until he could no longer bear the double consumption of forcibly entering the secret realm and the nightmare beast's dream, and had to return to his body to restore his soul power.
It is also because of this that he can stay awake.
Yuan Zhi's voice was very low. The young man in front of him was unaware and still smiled in his direction.
Lin Zhi's hearing has become very poor. His hearing did not disappear instantly, but it has been reduced little by little over the past one or two months. Perhaps after this year, he will not be able to hear anything even if someone speaks loudly in his ear.
The world is very quiet, even a little too quiet, which inevitably makes it seem a little boring.
But fortunately, his emotions were not out of control, not only because of Yuan Zhi's presence, but also because he had 01.
Sometimes 01 would tell him about the contents of the cartoons it had watched and liked. 01 lived in his soul, and the sound did not need to enter through the eardrum.
Of course, 01 is never broadcast live because that is not convenient.
"It's okay, Azhi, don't worry about my body. It's better this way. At least I can feel that I'm still alive."
The boy's hand, which used to hold the sword so steadily, was shaking a little, and Lin Zhi could feel it.
The vigorous and vital plunder, the boy's body temperature was too hot, even the dripping water was too hot.
Lin Zhi sighed: "Why are you crying?"
As his right leg could not move, he was held in the boy's arms. While questioning him, he combed the boy's long hair with his fingers, as if to comfort him.
"It's okay."
Because I am willing.
"I want you to hurry up..."
For my sake and your own, please move closer to my vision.
In a broken and sticky tone that couldn't even form words, Lin Zhi kissed away Yuan Zhi's tears.
After the New Year, the sound of firecrackers disappeared, and Chongdefang returned to its former tranquility.
Yuan Zhi, or Ting Yan, previously taught martial arts in Yongzhou City and received quite a good salary.
After the New Year, Yuan Zhi quit his job as he wanted to stay at home and take care of Lin Zhi.
He didn't have to worry about his livelihood in a few years because he wanted to get Lin Zhi out of here as soon as possible.
In the human world, every day seems so long, but after it passes, it feels too short.
The first person to wake up was Ni Ling, the disciple of the Beast Taming Sect. Her existence was suddenly wiped out in the world, but Lin Zhi and the others remembered her.
This gave Yuan Zhi hope, and he hoped day and night that Lin Zhi could pass the trial as soon as possible.
But things went against his wishes. Lin Zhi showed no signs of waking up. As his health deteriorated, he seemed to be immersed in this nightmare forever.
Yuan Zhi looked very anxious, but didn't know what to do. He even hoped that Ting Yan could wake up quickly and find a solution for Lin Zhi.
In front of Lin Zhi, it no longer matters who has control over this body.
Lin Zhi calmly tasted the punishment of fate and found that it was the most cunning executioner in the world.
He did not lose the sensation of his intact left hand and left foot, and seemed to be able to survive just fine.
What's more, in the absolute darkness and silence, he could still feel the body temperature of his lover.
Gradually, the sense of taste is deteriorating.
Losing the ability to appreciate food is undoubtedly one of the greatest regrets in life.
This made Lin Zhi feel even more frustrated than not being able to see or hear, so much so that kissing seemed to have lost some of its fun.
So Lin Zhi made an attempt, which obviously made Yuan Zhi extremely helpless. His cheeks were sore and only his throat could taste a little warmth. Lin Zhi gave up with some regret.
When the crab roe was fat in autumn again, Lin Zhi had lost his vitality. He lay there quietly, like a delicate puppet that could breathe.
On the day when Lin Zhi could no longer make a sound, Yuan Zhi could no longer bear it. He stared at the lavender sky above his head, intending to tear it apart.
On the same day, a strange guest came to Chongdefang.
He was wearing a white fox fur cloak, and his handsome and gloomy eyes and brows looked sick.
"The power of the remnant soul cannot shake the owner of the dream. He cannot wake up on his own. This is the only way we can do it."
The implication was obvious, they needed to merge their souls, and there couldn't be the slightest rejection, otherwise they would easily backfire and get hurt.
Yuan Zhi said without hesitation: "How to do it? As soon as possible!"
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