Finding a reason for Shen Zhaozhao's indifference, Xie Linyuan felt a little smug, like a new bud breaking through the soil in spring, sprouting up rapidly.
All the hurt and sadness on his face, which was capable of captivating all beings, quickly faded away.
Clearly, Xie Linyuan was still trying to maintain the aloofness and indifference expected of an Upper Realm Immortal Venerable, but the slight upturn of his lips and the renewed, slightly proud light in his eyes completely betrayed his inner thoughts of "I'm good again."
Shen Zhaozhao looked at Xie Linyuan with a strange expression, which instantly switched from a miserable mood to a subtle smugness of "I have seen through everything". Her eyes were once again filled with incomprehension about the daily life of a lunatic.
She was too lazy to figure out what her sect leader was thinking and asked directly, "Where are the pastries from Zuifeng Tower? You brought so many spirit stones, surely there are some left over? What about the ones that were packed up?"
"Take it out quickly. Two days and one night in the secret realm have exhausted me. I need to eat something to calm my nerves."
Although Foundation Establishment cultivators have long since stopped eating, that still costs 800 spirit stones!
She's thrown in 800 spirit stones, how could she not see some return?!
Xie Linyuan's smug expression of "I have seen through all your tricks" froze instantly.
He was taken aback at first.
She reached out...did she want this?
It's not about...
Tsk.
Realizing he might have misunderstood something, Xie Linyuan was about to frown, but then, as if realizing something, his pupils suddenly contracted.
etc……
Each and every one of those pastries had lingered between his fingers...
Could it be that what she wanted wasn't just the pastry itself, but... something that carried his scent...?
This...this is clearly...
Beneath his wide sleeves, Xie Linyuan's fingertips unconsciously curled up.
In my mind, I uncontrollably recall that chaotic and scorching night.
A strange, alien world; a weak and powerless self; hands forcibly held down; and... that close, intertwined breath, carrying the sweet scent of alcohol and a burning heat...
"..."
Xie Linyuan suddenly raised his hand and covered his mouth tightly, as if that could stop the gasp that was about to escape his lips.
"cough……"
His Adam's apple bobbed almost imperceptibly as he forcibly suppressed the strange feeling, but his gaze involuntarily drifted to Shen Zhaozhao's outstretched palm.
The watery light in those peach blossom eyes seemed even stronger, and the blush at the corners of their eyes was even deeper.
The most alarming thing was that the man's jade-like ear tips were spreading a thin layer of blush at a visible speed, turning so red that it was almost dripping blood.
Shen Zhaozhao stared in disbelief at her sect leader, who had been extremely aloof just a second ago, but suddenly covered his mouth, his eyes reddened, and his whole body steamed, as if he had encountered some unspeakable atrocity.
A deep weariness and despair, originating from the soul, instantly overwhelmed her.
She closed her eyes in despair.
Heavens above, earth below!
Can anyone tell her?
What on earth is Xie Linyuan, that lunatic, thinking about all day long?!
"This seat..."
However, just as Shen Zhaozhao was about to strangle Xie Linyuan, the latter suddenly made two noises.
Clearly, although Xie Linyuan tried his best to suppress the raging fire in his heart, the burning sensation that he had forcibly suppressed was like glue to his lower back, causing half of his body to feel numb.
He quietly turned his face away, not daring to look at Shen Zhaozhao's overly clean eyes that only showed "hunger," and his voice was low and hoarse: "...I didn't bring it out."
Shen Zhaozhao stared at his awkward expression, as if he had just experienced something unspeakable, and then looked at his ears, which were so red they were almost burning. Finally, the corners of her mouth twitched violently.
Shen Zhaozhao: "..."
Finally, Shen Zhaozhao's "tolerance of lunatics" string snapped completely.
"You didn't bring it?!"
Furious at having spent 800 spirit stones and not even getting a crumb of pastry, she jumped up without a care, grabbed Xie Linyuan's clothes, and started shaking him wildly!
In fact, with Xie Linyuan's skills, dodging Shen Zhaozhao's "atrocity" would be easier than brushing away a speck of dust.
Can……
Just as Shen Zhaozhao charged forward with an aura that seemed to say, "Even if the Heavenly King himself came, you would still die!", Xie Linyuan felt a familiar scent, carrying a hint of sweet fruit fragrance, suddenly envelop him.
Xie Linyuan's mind went blank for a moment, and the chaotic images and burning sensations that he had just managed to suppress instantly swept back in.
"800! A whole 800 spirit stones, and you didn't bring me back even a crumb of pastry?! Huh?!"
"I was just saying you were standing there, acting all all wronged and like a lovesick fool! So you realized you were a terrible person, that you felt sorry for me, and that your conscience finally bothered you, right?!"
"You know you've wronged me, yet you still won't take it out?! What kind of conditions does our sect have?! To allow you to squander like this?!"
Xie Linyuan was shaken so much that the jade hairpin holding his hair was tilted half an inch, and a few strands of black hair slipped down his forehead.
Under the sunlight, it appears even more broken.
The two Yunmiao Sword Sect disciples who hadn't gone far were craning their necks to watch with great interest when their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, and they both gasped in shock.
"hiss!"
One of them pinched his arm hard: "Am I seeing things? Senior Sister Shen slept with someone and then abandoned them, not only did she start something and then leave, but now... now she's even yelling at them?!"
The other was so shocked her jaw almost dropped to the ground: "But...you're right! Look at our sect leader, his hair is all messed up, and even like this he's still tilting his head and not daring to move, his eyes are red...hiss, stop shaking him, Senior Sister Shen, can't you see your sect leader is about to break!"
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