Xu Shiqing didn't act pretentiously. He just lay down there, wrapped himself tightly in his coat, and leaned towards Xie Chongyue.
The man's body stiffened for a moment, then he forced himself to relax.
Xu Shiqing closed his eyes and thought, "What's the big deal? Wasn't it just that I was forced to be honest with him not long ago? I had to have physical contact with a man in order to cure my illness. We are all men. I have what you have, and it won't make me lose any meat if I see it."
He inevitably felt a little aggrieved, as if his good friend had suddenly become distant from him for some unknown reason.
That night not long ago seems like it was just yesterday.
This guy is much stronger than me, so why should I care...
As Xu Shiqing was thinking, he fell into a drowsy sleep. His fair face looked particularly soft in the firelight, rising and falling with his long breaths.
The fire occasionally made popping sounds, like cheap firecrackers.
Xie Chongyue waited until everything was quiet before he rolled his eyes, tilted his head and lowered his eyes to look at the young man who was already fast asleep beside him.
Tomorrow they will be able to return to the land of Qi and Zhou. General Sun and his men have already made plans for what Lingnan will do next, so Xie Chongyue has nothing to worry about.
In fact, they came here originally to avoid the current turmoil in the Central Plains. Needless to say, Xie Chongyue's body made it impossible for him to be separated from Xu Shiqing for too long.
As for Xu Shiqing, he is the orphan of the Xu family. This means that if he gets involved in this matter, he will never be able to escape from this vortex, so Liu Xiangsheng directly kicked his apprentice out of this game and threw him to Lingnan.
As for the King of Qi, on the one hand, he wanted to completely control the Guandong Army, and on the other hand, he wanted to prevent the Prince of Qi from taking risks with Xu Shiqing... After being in the martial arts world for several years, it was impossible for the King of Qi to be unaware of the little things that Xie Chongyue and Xu Shiqing had done.
What should he do next?
Xie Chongyue had to think so. He naturally saw Xu Shiqing's confusion and helplessness, but the reality was that what happened not long ago completely disrupted Xie Chongyue's original plan. He didn't want to, and was unwilling to, follow the other party's path of becoming close friends and let the ambiguity of that day go to waste.
Then Xie Chongyue would really have no hope at all.
The young man moved uneasily, curled up and slept even more deeply.
Xie Chongyue stared at him in a trance, his mind recalling the time they fell into the water together and huddled together for warmth on that winter night, or perhaps the Lantern Festival, when the young man tilted his head, a faint smile on his lips; on a snowy night in Guandong, a black horse came treading on the snow, the sword light drawing a long line of blood -
The heart was beating fast, and the hidden clues were long-forgotten. He thought that it was the gaze that never left him during the pain of the illness that made him unable to forget it, but in fact, Xie Chongyue simply fell in love with this person.
Because of this, he would never let Xu Shiqing think that his closeness to him was only because of the Gu in his body.
Xie Chongyue not only wanted to be his close friend, but also wanted to have an affair with him.
What should he do?
Xie Chongyue was so lost in thought that he didn't notice that his hand had unconsciously picked up a strand of the young man's hair and was playing with it. When he came to his senses, his hand had already been held.
Xu Shiqing was dazed and pulled the thing that disturbed his sleep towards him, and was speechless.
"Stop messing with me..." He yawned, muttered, and changed his posture to get closer to Xie Chongyue: "I'll be on guard in the second half of the night... Huhu..."
I'm so sleepy.
Xie Chongyue: “…”
He looked at the palm of his hand that was being rubbed, and the worries in his heart were washed away, and he even felt a little amused.
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After returning to Lingnan, although the situation was tense, matters such as negotiation, criticism, and negotiation had always been handled by dedicated people. The role of the civil servants was revealed at this moment, not to mention that this time they were not at all inferior to this group of mobs that were on the verge of falling apart.
Our ancestors had already mastered the art of forming alliances and making allies, and now it was even easier to use it on these foreigners.
Xu Shiqing, a commoner, was quite idle. After all, Xie Chongyue was the prince of Qi, and was often called by Sun Yat-sen to discuss matters. Although the other party privately complained that he was just there to be a decoration, every civil and military official present was an old senior, and had much more experience than him, a prince who was ignorant in the world.
"Oh, I think you should listen carefully and learn." Xu Shiqing said: "You are the prince, and you will be useful in the future."
Even he knew that as the only son of the King of Qi, Xie Chongyue would surely be given protection and favor by the emperor when he rewards the king according to his merits and appoints him as a noble or a prime minister in the future.
"...Actually, I have no interest in these things." Xie Chongyue said, "I prefer to live in the mountains and wilds, wandering through the clouds and exploring the cranes, appreciating the wind and the moon... Those empty titles in the court are just nice names."
If it were not for this, Xie Chongyue would not have run into the underworld before he even reached adulthood.
How could a body worth thousands of gold come to this?
"That being said, didn't you still establish the Demonic Cult?" Xu Shiqing mercilessly pierced through Xie Chongyue's disguise: "In recent years, the people of Lingnan have rarely been harassed by the barbarian martial arts world. If you say this is not your purpose, then I don't believe it."
What on earth does Xie Chongyue need the Demon Cult for? Lingnan is a place where military strategists don't fight for control, it's barbaric and backward. What's the point of him establishing a jianghu sect that only operates here?
After all, he couldn't let go of Lingnan and his homeland.
"Okay, I can't hide it from you." Xie Chongyue said helplessly, "But I really don't care anymore. Most of the affairs of the church are handled by Elder Ren and others. I am just a figurehead."
"...What do you plan to do next?" Xie Chongyue asked softly.
Xu Shiqing slowly raised an eyebrow and looked him up and down: "After all this preparation, are you just asking this nonsense?"
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