"Cheng Xi, you are still young. Some things are not as simple as you think." Cheng Ye looked at his little brother who caught up with him and sighed with deep hatred.
I am not young anymore. Many people my age already have three wives and four concubines, and some of them are even less accomplished than me. But I absolutely cannot say this out loud.
Although Cheng Xi was reluctant to admit it, just like in the eyes of parents, no matter how old their children were, they were still their own children, in Cheng Ye's eyes, no matter how old he was or how much he had cultivated, he was still the child who was bullied and had no power to fight back and was helpless.
They are so young, there is no possibility for them to be Taoist companions!
"I know, but I can think more and more complicatedly." Facing Cheng Ye who was determined to go against him, Cheng Xi chose to go along with him.
He held Cheng Ye's hand, on the one hand because he was eager for close contact, and on the other hand because he was afraid that he would disappear again. After all, the magic weapon on Cheng Ye's body could not be defended by himself.
But Cheng Ye is still standing here and is willing to talk to him, so Cheng Xi is already very slow.
"What if I liked someone else?" Cheng Ye paused, "Not Qi Yu, but someone... someone who is already dead."
Since he couldn't think of it anyway, he might as well just lay the problem out and let Cheng Xi make his own decision.
Cheng Xi: "..." Why did another love rival suddenly appear? What's his cultivation level and family background? Is there no chance of him winning against her?!
Cheng Xi asked cautiously, "I haven't heard you mention it before?"
"Cheng Xi, let me be honest with you. I've never been in love with Qi Yu. All I did before was feel that he had wronged me, and I wanted to seek justice for myself. The Qi family is not something you can retaliate against casually, so I have to... find a reason, and even say something serious, otherwise my second uncle will beat me to death."
Cheng Xi: “?”
Cheng Ye straightened his collar and continued to drop explosive news: "Before I met you, I had lovers. I met them when I was traveling before, and there was more than one..."
Cheng Xi's eye twitched.
More than one? Which one can I snatch away?
Cheng Ye squinted his eyes: "Don't think too much, it's not at the same time, one dies, and then the next one comes." He also has integrity, okay.
Cheng Xi's pupils dilated: "...are they all dead?"
"Yeah, are you scared?" Cheng Ye felt that his focus was a little off, but when he thought about it, it seemed that... they were all dead.
Cheng Xi moved his chin, and suddenly said solemnly: "I will try my best to live longer."
"What are you talking about!" Cheng Ye's face darkened. "I'm not a disaster star. Whoever I take a fancy to will die! They died of old age."
Cheng Ye actually liked an ordinary person?
More than one?!
No wonder no one in the Cheng family knew about it.
Cultivators look down on ordinary people. Even if Cheng Ye likes the other person, the Cheng family will not agree.
So, does his dislike for me have anything to do with this? Does he have to become ordinary to have a chance? But without cultivation, how can he protect Ye Zi? How can he... strive to live longer?
Cheng Xi carefully observed his expression and said tentatively: "But they are all dead." The living should look forward instead of sticking to the past!
Cheng Ye squinted his eyes: "They are all dead, are you happy?"
"..." That's not what I meant, but if they don't die, there will be no chance for Ye Zi and me.
After all, Qi Yu was just a cover, but those were the people Ye Zi really liked.
Cheng Ye sighed again: "You still don't understand what I mean."
"How can I understand if you don't tell me?" Cheng Xi's eyes were firm. "You can't make the decision for me. You can tell me your concerns and let me decide for myself whether to pursue you or not." He finally understood that Cheng Ye didn't dislike him, but...
Cheng Ye coughed lightly, a little embarrassed: "You don't understand."
"Although not at the same time, I did fall in love with someone else after my lover died, and..." The reason why Cheng Ye didn't tell Cheng Shaoli was because he felt that he was too casual and it was not easy to put it into words.
But now, facing Cheng Xi's admiring eyes, Cheng Ye actually poured out all his worries: "I wasn't too sad about the previous one's death. I now suspect that I can't love anyone at all. I'm with them only because they love me and take care of me, and I need this love and care, so it's natural for us to be together."
"Then I love you too and take care of you. Do you need me? Or I can love you more than them and take care of you more attentively." Cheng Xi looked at him with expectation.
"... Is there something wrong with your understanding, kid? Why don't you understand what I mean? You've missed the point from beginning to end." Is this your problem now? It's me! It's me who might not fall in love with you! It's me who might let you down! It's our love that's unequal, and it's unfair to you!
Cheng Ye was so angry that his teeth were itching.
Cheng Xi really likes to see his crazy look, it's very cute.
Besides, why didn't she understand what he meant? She just - didn't care.
"It's not that you don't have the ability to love, you just haven't met the person you truly love." He naturally held Cheng Ye's hand, "Let me be that person, okay? Even if I'm a substitute, even if you still don't fall in love with me in the end, but give me this chance, please."
The words of refusal were on the tip of his tongue, but when he saw the stars sparkling in Cheng Xi's eyes, Cheng Ye didn't say it out loud.
Cheng Xi was even more delighted when he saw this: "You can't bear it, right?"
Cheng Ye suddenly smiled bitterly: "You see, sometimes this is called ruthlessness." I don't like you, but I can't bear to reject you!
"I don't mind." Cheng Xi reached out to hug him, but Cheng Ye dodged her.
Cheng Ye looked at Cheng Xi with a strange expression, "You are very similar to them."
The words just now didn't hurt Cheng Xi, but after saying this, Cheng Xi's face changed color and she forced a smile: "That proves that you are very loyal. You always like the same type of people. I should be glad that I have become the person you like."
"Cheng Xi, you don't have to be so - so humble. You are very good, very good, and you will definitely meet someone who will treasure you in the future." Cheng Ye didn't know what to say. He lowered his head and rubbed the ground with his toes.
"No, I just want to own the treasure." Cheng Xi shook her head. "Don't think that you are always gaining, or that it is unfair to others. I am giving, but I enjoy giving. While giving, I am also gaining. As long as you are happy, as long as you are willing to respond to me, I am gaining! This is my happiness, and you can't deprive me of this right."
Cheng Xi looked at Cheng Ye pitifully and even tilted his head.
Cheng Ye's eyebrows jumped and his head was buzzing.
...Since persuasion failed, has he resorted to cuteness and temptation?
But he still fell for it.
Knowing that he must have done it on purpose, Cheng Ye still shamefully softened her heart, and even developed a mentality of living for today and enjoying life while she could. Instead of constantly worrying about it, it would be better to ignore what would happen to Cheng Xi in the future and only care about her own current feelings. It would be so nice to have a chance to be loved and cared for.
Why can't I be more selfish? Why do I care about what they do? In modern society, there are still divorces after marriage. No one can guarantee that they will only love one person for their entire life. Why should I be so strict with myself?
Cheng Ye said dejectedly, "Let me think about it..." Thinking of how Cheng Xi might be sad and frustrated after he left, he still felt a little reluctant.
His anger clouded his conscience before, but now that he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he really was... Tsk.
This is possible!
Completely different from his mentality of feeling unfair for himself, Cheng Xi was extremely happy and would take any opportunity as long as it was available.
He loves Cheng Ye so much that he is willing to pay the price of his life. Even if he is just moved, he is determined to pursue Cheng Ye.
"Okay, you think about it." Cheng Xi knew that Cheng Ye was soft-hearted. He would not ignore him as long as he played a little pity. He pursed his lips and said, "But you have to give me a specific time. You can't let me wait indefinitely."
Even if you want to, Cheng Ye can't be so bad as to make someone a backup forever.
But this deadline—Cheng Ye pressed his forehead with a headache: "Ten days, give me ten days!"
"No, ten days is too long." Even a blind man could see that Qi Yu had not given up, and Feng Yuxuan was no longer a stumbling block to him. In order to avoid more trouble, Cheng Xi had to take down Cheng Ye as soon as possible.
"Then you decide how many days." Unintentionally, Cheng Ye had been gradually dominated by Cheng Xi and subconsciously obeyed his wishes.
That's right. He wasn't good at making decisions. When 666 was around, at least he had someone to discuss things with. But now—let Cheng Xi decide! It was his own business after all.
"Three days! Just three days. At this time three days later, no matter what the result is, you must give me an answer!" In such a short time, I believe Cheng Ye must not have sorted out his thoughts yet, and will not change his mind. His chances are greater.
If he were given enough time, Cheng Ye's mind would turn around and he would be lost in thought about something. He would look back and forth and cause many unexpected changes.
Cheng Xi sent Cheng Ye to the foot of the mountain, and neither of them spoke along the way.
Cheng Ye even lowered his head and looked at his toes the whole time, deliberately ignoring the living person next to him.
Cheng Xi, fearing that a wrong word from her would influence Cheng Ye's decision, restrained herself and glanced at him several times along the way, looking listless, like a child who didn't get any candy.
"I won't go up." After all, Cheng Xi is still nominally gaining experience outside, so it would be inappropriate for this to happen.
Cheng Ye still didn't speak.
Cheng Xi originally wanted to watch him leave before leaving, but Cheng Ye didn't move for a long time.
Cheng Xi sniffed and turned around reluctantly. He took two steps and looked back: "Then I'll go first. I'll come to see you in three days." He looked at Cheng Ye as if he was looking at a heartless man who put on pants and didn't recognize him. He was so aggrieved that he almost squeezed out a few tears.
Cheng Ye's face turned red.
Not afraid of spraining his neck, Cheng Xi kept looking back and took two steps forward: "I'm really leaving, take care of yourself!"
"..." Just go ahead. Did I hold your legs or tie you up? You're such a face-palm guy, why did you become so long-winded?
After half an incense stick of time, Cheng Xi had only taken less than five steps. Cheng Ye was getting impatient. If he didn't watch him go out, what would happen if he touched the restriction?
Seeing that he wanted to say something, Cheng Ye thought for a moment and felt that he wanted to say something more, so he took the initiative to ask, "Do you know about the Feng family's affairs?"
Cheng Ye originally wanted to find a time to have a good talk with the Feng family about what they had done to Cheng Xi, or at least extort some money to seek justice for Cheng Xi.
Unexpectedly, because of his laziness, the Feng family brought disaster upon themselves.
He didn't even have the chance to take revenge.
I still feel a little regretful about what happened.
When the Feng family was mentioned, Cheng Xi's face darkened, but after all, it was Cheng Yeqi's topic, so he slowly said: "I know, it was me who did it."
"What did you do?" Cheng Ye was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and asked seriously, "It was you who spread the news to those people." Although the Feng family was wiped out, it would definitely affect Cheng Xi's reputation if it were to get out.
"I was also the one who activated the protective magic weapon." Cheng Xi felt happy when he said the first sentence, but now... he carefully observed Cheng Ye's expression, fearing that he would think he was cruel. After all, it was not just one or two people who died, but an entire family.
Cheng Xi deliberately blurred the details and only gave a rough outline of the incident: "I attacked the magic weapon first and destroyed the balance. Then I took advantage of the fact that the elders of the Feng family were entangled by the magic weapon and the others were confused like headless flies to sell the Feng family's predicament to the independent cultivators." He even "kindly" reminded the specific location where the Feng family collected the treasures.
"But don't worry, I used the face-changing pill and hid Qixi. No one knows it's me."
What should I worry about? What does it have to do with me? Cheng Ye thought so, but he was obviously relieved.
"The Feng family is a small family after all. They have accumulated a lot of wealth over the years. After the independent cultivators got the news..."
They were all willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of cultivation. They were cruel to themselves and even more cruel to others. They went against the will of heaven and were not afraid of retribution. They immediately attacked the Feng family in groups of three or five.
As Cheng Xi spoke, her voice gradually became softer, and she kept glancing at Cheng Ye.
Cheng Ye was puzzled: "Why, you don't want to talk anymore?"
The skinned toad would jump a few more times when it was about to die. He also wanted to know how those old immortals in the Feng family could watch helplessly as their years of accumulation were destroyed, and finally died of vomiting blood.
Cheng Xi said faintly, "Do you think I'm going too far?"
Cheng Ye choked: "Of course not, this is the retribution they deserve!" If he hadn't been tripped up, he would have preferred that he was the one to do all of this.
After all, he is not from this world. Even if the heaven wants to calculate cause and effect, it will not affect Cheng Xi's future ascension to become an immortal.
pity--
He forgot, because of the mess he had, he completely forgot about the mission.
In addition—
666 seems to have not appeared for a long time, but even if that guy was there, he would not diligently remind himself to do the task, but would just keep blowing rainbow farts!
Cheng Ye wiped his face as he looked at Cheng Xi, who looked so pitiful, as if he was afraid that Cheng Xi would dislike him.
Cheng Xi regretted it deeply: "It was only later that I realized that this plan was not sound."
Cheng Ye frowned.
"In this case, the rumor that the magic weapon you refined is problematic and may even kill people will be difficult to control." Cheng Xi worried and gritted his teeth, "I didn't think it through. I will find a way."
"It's okay. This is an experimental product from hundreds of years ago. Which weapon refiner hasn't failed? It was stolen by Feng Yuxuan. I didn't take it out to use. It has nothing to do with me." Cheng Ye waved his hand disapprovingly, "I'll go back first. You..." He suddenly remembered that he didn't know where Cheng Xi had settled. He opened his mouth and met Cheng Xi's hopeful eyes without asking, "Go practice sword if you have nothing to do. Don't let your imagination run wild all day and waste your cultivation."
"Look at Qi Yu!" This must be a lesson for Cheng Ye. Cheng Ye was not blind. In the end, he also realized that Qi Yu's cultivation had not improved at all, and had even deteriorated greatly. There was no trace of the high-spirited man he had when they first met.
"I am different from him." Whether it is character or cultivation, everything is different!
Cheng Xi refused to be compared with people like Qi Yu, as it would affect her score in Cheng Ye's heart!
Cheng Ye rolled his eyes, threw his white clothes, turned around and left.
No matter how restrictive it is, it won't kill him, so it's unnecessary for me to stay here.
When Cheng Xi couldn't see, the corners of his originally tense mouth unconsciously curled up.
After returning, Cheng Shaoli had heard about the jokes at today's reunion ceremony. He felt that he had never encountered such a ridiculous scene in thousands of years. This time, the Qi family could no longer be simply summarized as shameful.
It’s a pity that the good reputation accumulated by the ancestors of the Qi family for thousands of years has now been ruined by Qi Yu.
As for Cheng Xi, he did not show up at the ceremony, and Cheng Shaoli did not know that Cheng Ye had seen him.
He came to find Cheng Ye excitedly, intending to celebrate this special and lovely day with his nephew by eating peanuts from a hanging oven and drinking wine, but he found that Cheng Ye's room had become dark and he had gone to bed early.
Cheng Shaoli was even a little surprised, but then he thought, after all, he had truly loved her before. Even if he had completely let go of this relationship, he would definitely have mixed feelings seeing her in such a predicament. So he didn't disturb her and went back.
Cheng Ye couldn't sleep either. He tossed and turned many times, or he tried to persuade himself for a long time. After simulating countless scenes, he found that the person he liked seemed to be of the same type. Not 100% similar, but at least 70% or 80% similar.
Could it be that I'm not really heartless, but rather loyal? From now on, everyone I like will be like him?
As soon as this thought came to mind, Cheng Ye shuddered and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He fell asleep while thinking about all sorts of things.
He stayed in the house for these three days and didn't go anywhere!
He said he would think about it, but his head was a mess and he couldn't think at all!
Time passed quickly, Cheng Ye was so worried that his hair was about to fall out, but he still couldn't come to a conclusion!
"leaf?"
The door of the room, which had been quiet for several days, was suddenly knocked, and Cheng Ye was startled.
"Second uncle, it's you!" Cheng Ye's pounding heart gradually calmed down.
Cheng Shaoli glanced at his furrowed brows with a half-smile in his eyes and asked, "Why, who do you think it is?"
"Who else could it be?" Cheng Ye's eyes flickered. Without answering him, he turned around, sat down, poured himself a cup of cold tea and drank it.
"Isn't it Cheng Xi?" Cheng Shaoli thought he was pouring it for him, and had already stretched out his hand, but withdrew it awkwardly.
"..." Cheng Ye licked the corner of his mouth, the cup blocking most of his face. He said after a long while, "Didn't he go to gain experience? How could it be him!"
"Oh, so you didn't make an appointment? I didn't expect him to lie at such a young age. I'm going to go out and teach him a lesson right now!"
"Second Uncle!"
How could Cheng Ye not see that Cheng Xi was teasing him, and his face turned red with anxiety.
Cheng Shaoli pinched his cheek: "Why, have you figured it out?"
Cheng Ye lowered his head and stammered, "He's fine, but... I'm not fine!"
Cheng Shaoli said with a straight face: "Nonsense! You are the best!"
Cheng Ye: "..." You don't even know how to praise others! Such a poor vocabulary, it doesn't make me feel good at all!
Under Cheng Shaoli's gaze with curved eyebrows, Cheng Ye packed up simply and went out to see Cheng Xi stretching her neck and looking around like a woman waiting for her husband. Seeing him come out, she seemed relieved and smiled. The smile was bright, but mostly silly.
Cheng Ye couldn't bear to watch it.
"You're back so early?" Cheng Ye scratched the back of his head. "You always leave the group and walk on your own?"
"I'm not with them." Cheng Xi's eyes were fixed on his face, and her tender affection unconsciously leaked out as she spoke, "They want to go somewhere far away, and I don't want to leave."
Cheng Ye’s eyes widened: “…So you haven’t gone out to gain experience?” That’s why you appear by my side at any time?
"No." Cheng Xi hurriedly explained, fearing that Cheng Ye would think he was not ambitious. "I can handle that secret realm."
"That's right, your current cultivation is enough." Cheng Ye had never seen Cheng Xi take action before, and because of his concern, he was still worried about him going to the secret realm. But after seeing his fight with Qi Yu yesterday, Cheng Ye had a plan in his mind.
Cheng Xi felt a little embarrassed, her eyebrows drooping slightly: "It's enough to protect you."
"Let's try it." Cheng Ye lowered his brows and said suddenly.
"Huh?" Cheng Xi was stunned for a moment.
Cheng Ye's cheeks flushed red, and he rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Forget it if you didn't hear it. It's not a big deal anyway." He turned around and was about to leave. Cheng Xi was so scared that she hugged him from behind and rested her chin on his shoulder. "It's important, more important than my life."
Something sounded amiss. Cheng Ye wanted to turn his head, but was restrained. He struggled a little and asked, "Are you crying?"
Cheng Xi froze: "I'm so happy, really, Cheng Ye, I will treat you well, I will treat you well for the rest of my life."
A genuine, simple and unpretentious friend, but it was precisely this simplicity that was so difficult to achieve. Cheng Ye couldn't turn around, so she just pulled up a lock of his hair and played with it in her hand: "Don't think too much, who knows what will happen in the future."
It was clear from his words that Cheng Ye had no hope for the future, but Cheng Xi didn't feel angry. He would prove it with practical actions.
In particular, he will really try to live longer and strive to be the last person Cheng Ye falls in love with!
This way, Cheng Ye can be mine in the next life.
Cheng Ye didn't know what he was thinking, he just felt that his current feeling was indeed right.
Besides——
The life span of cultivators is inherently longer, not to mention that Cheng Xi has excellent talent and physique, so there is a high chance that he will achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven. Maybe -
You can tear through time and space and return to the real world with yourself.
Even if he can't, he can stay in this world forever for Cheng Xi!
Cheng Ye thought, take a gamble, for himself and for Cheng Xi. Cheng Xi is someone who is worthy of his love.
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