Chapter 49 Immortal Lord 049%
The east side was overgrown with weeds and was more muddy and difficult to walk through than the woods in the west, but as Di Shu had said, there was indeed plenty of firewood and grass to use.
The light here was too dim. In order to see the road clearly, Qu Yaoyao patted the Lian Chao bracelet on her wrist, and the phoenix-shaped bracelet began to emit soft light, illuminating the road under her feet.
As she walked further, the sounds behind her faded. The forest was silent, with only the faint chirping of insects and the sound of her own footsteps. Qu Yaoyao picked up firewood, stopping and starting, her mind a little hazy.
In this quiet and deserted environment, it was actually the best time to chat with Chong'an. But for some reason, since that night, Chong'an didn't show up, and Qu Yaoyao didn't take the initiative to look for him. The two of them just ignored each other tacitly.
It's like... they're all running away from something.
This feeling is really bad.
Seeing a pile of dry firewood under the tree ahead, Qu Yaoyao walked over to pick it up. Just as she bent over, the tree suddenly cast a large shadow, and a cold air emerged from behind her. Before Qu Yaoyao could react, a pair of arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her back into a hug.
Crash——
Dry firewood fell all over the ground.
The defenseless girl didn't struggle much. She just shifted uncomfortably and asked, "Who is it?"
"You don't even know who you are, yet you dare let someone hug you?" The voice behind my ear was low and familiar.
The arm around her waist tightened. Qu Yaoyao looked up, and in the dim moonlight, she saw the man's profile clearly. She tentatively called out, "Xie Qingxun?"
"No," the man said coldly, "You've got the wrong person. I'm a man-eating mountain ghost in the forest. I like to eat defenseless little girls like you."
Qu Yaoyao wasn't frightened, simply because the voice sounded more and more familiar. She lifted her wrist wrapped around Lian Chao and leaned towards the face of the person behind her. The light shone on his face, but he turned his head away the next moment. The person held down her arm and even wrapped his other hand around her, warning, "If you don't behave, I'll eat you right now."
Qu Yaoyao snorted: "Stop pretending, you are Xie Qingxun."
She had just seen his face clearly.
"Why are you here?" She realized belatedly, "Did you ask Di Shu to lead me here?"
Xie Qingxun explained calmly, "I just came to the lower realm to do some business and happened to be passing by."
"Oh." Qu Yaoyao stopped being self-indulgent.
As her short syllables fell, the atmosphere suddenly became cold. After she fell silent, Xie Qingxun did not take the initiative to speak. The two of them remained in a stalemate, leaning against each other in the most intimate posture.
"You..." Just as Xie Qingxun was about to say something, Qu Yushu's voice came from not far away.
"Yaoyao, are you in there?"
"Brother, I'm here!" Qu Yaoyao quickly agreed, struggling to grab Xie Qingxun's arm and replied, "I'm collecting firewood and will be back soon."
After saying that, she patted Xie Qingxun's hand and whispered, "Let me go, I want to go back."
Xie Qingxun reluctantly let her go, "Get rid of them and come over later."
"No." Qu Yaoyao asked in confusion, "Why are you staying here if you're not going back to the Immortal Ruins?"
Xie Qingxun choked and then replied, "It will be a full moon soon."
This was true. When the full moon came, he really needed her to suppress his evil spirit, but there were still a few days before the full moon, so there was no rush.
Qu Yaoyao knew that Xie Qingxun would not appear in front of her for no reason. Knowing was one thing, but hearing it from his mouth was another. She couldn't help but think of Chong'an's words of admonition: "How do you know that he gave you the magic sword because he doesn't hate you? Maybe he has some plans for you."
Now it seems that what Chong'an said is half right, but if Xie Qingxun had no other plans, would he still come to see her today?
"No." Qu Yaoyao went to pick up the firewood on the ground.
Xie Qingxun narrowed his eyes, "What did you say?"
Qu Yaoyao said, "I don't want to come to you."
She didn't want to be used by him anymore.
Qu Yaoyao ran away after saying this, not caring whether Xie Qingxun would be angry or not. Although she said some tough words, Qu Yaoyao was a little absent-minded after she left. She kept turning her head to look at the woods in the east. Qu Yushu called her several times but she didn't respond.
"Yaoyao." He called her again and raised his hand to wave in front of her eyes, "What are you looking at?"
With her sight blocked, Qu Yaoyao came back to her senses and with a guilty look she averted her gaze and said, "Nothing."
The firewood crackled, and the bright orange flames were dazzling. Qu Yaoyao glanced into the forest again, then suddenly stood up and walked to the haystack. "I'm sleepy."
Yunzhi added some more firewood to the fire and said, "Miss, please wait a moment. I will help you clean up."
Of the four, only she and Yunzhi slept on the dry grass, Dishu slept in a tree, and Qu Yushu rested against a tree. As Qu Yaoyao and Yunzhi lay down, Dishu also jumped onto a tall tree. Qu Yushu chose a tree closer to them and sat down, soon closing his eyes as well.
Qu Yaoyao didn't fall asleep.
She had never slept outdoors before, and initially it felt fresh. But once she actually lay on the soft grass, she finally understood why Qu Yushu had just smiled bitterly. The grass wasn't soft at all, and lying on the ground wasn't comfortable at all. The cold wind blew directly into her face, and the rustling of insects could be heard from the bushes.
Listening to Yunzhi's breathing beside her, Qu Yaoyao stiffened her body and dared not move. She couldn't sleep and could only look at the stars in the sky with her arms as a pillow. Unconsciously, the stars in the sky turned into Xie Qingxun's face. She remembered that not long ago, he had taken her to Jingyue Tower to count the stars.
...So annoying.
Qu Yaoyao hated herself for always thinking about Xie Qingxun.
He just turned over slightly, and the dry grass under him made a crackling sound. Yunzhi, who was sleeping soundly, also turned over and faced Qu Yaoyao with her back.
"Yunzhi?"
"Are you asleep?" Qu Yaoyao called her softly. Seeing that the person next to her didn't move, she made up her mind and slowly sat up, then looked at Qu Yushu who was not far away.
The light on Qu Yushu's side was a little dim, as if he was deliberately avoiding the moonlight. His face was slightly tilted in the darkness. Although Qu Yaoyao couldn't see him clearly, she waited for a while and saw that he didn't move, so she guessed that he was asleep as well.
Looking up at the tree, Qu Yaoyao only saw a corner of Di Shu's clothes. Not caring whether he was asleep or not, Qu Yaoyao got up and finally walked into the forest.
After her figure disappeared, Qu Yushu's eyelashes moved slightly in the dim light, and he slowly tightened the bracelet in his palm.
“…”
Qu Yaoyao took a long time to come back and was not sure whether Xie Qingxun was still there.
She tiptoed back to where she had just been. The surrounding vegetation was messy and dark. She looked around but couldn't find Xie Qingxun. She couldn't tell whether she felt upset or relieved. Just as she was about to go back, she turned around and bumped into something.
"Hmm." Covering her forehead and stepping back, Qu Yaoyao raised her eyes to look.
There was no one around just now, but now someone suddenly appeared behind her.
Xie Qingxun's white clothes dimmed slightly in the night, and his face was blurred. He appeared silently in the forest like a ghost.
"You haven't left yet?" Qu Yaoyao rubbed her forehead.
Xie Qingxun said calmly: "If you come later, I don't mind coming to find you."
"Then I really should linger a little longer." Qu Yaoyao retorted softly, and Xie Qingxun heard it and sneered: "It seems that you really want me to appear in front of Qu Yushu."
"Do you dare?" Qu Yaoyao questioned.
Xie Qingxun raised his eyes and glanced at her, "Why wouldn't I dare?"
Their conversation seemed normal at first, but the more she thought about it, the more strange it became. Qu Yaoyao uttered a sigh, then suddenly realized that she and Xie Qingxun were Taoist partners, and that he had indeed dared to approach her openly.
Thinking back to the conversation between the two just now, Qu Yaoyao burst out laughing.
She asked, "Do you know what cheating is?"
Thinking Xie Qingxun didn't know, she kindly explained, "Yesterday, my brother and I went to a teahouse to listen to a story. The old man there told a story about Lady Meng who teased her husband's brothers four times. It's similar to what we are doing now."
Lady Meng in the story was forced to marry a husband who was thirty years older than her. Dissatisfied with her husband's tyranny and old age, she deliberately took revenge by having an affair with his younger brother, but her brother-in-law actually fell in love with her.
There's a scene where the brother-in-law goes to see Lady Meng late at night. Lady Meng is afraid of retaliation because her husband is in the room, so she refuses to go out. The brother-in-law is also a ruthless person. After waiting for his beloved for a long time, he even has his maid send a small threatening note to her.
The old man described this story vividly, as if he had witnessed the two of them having an affair with his own eyes. When Lady Meng reluctantly rushed to keep the appointment, her brother-in-law also said, "If you don't come again, I don't mind rushing into the room to find you."
Lady Meng also asked, "Do you dare?"
The brother-in-law was even more domineering than Xie Qingxun's reply. He sneered and said, "I dare to go up to my sister-in-law. Do you think I dare to go up to him and snatch you away?"
Qu Yaoyao was so excited after hearing this that even Yunzhi beside her blushed.
Unlike Yunzhi, Qu Yaoyao just listened to the excitement. She couldn't understand some of the obscure and rude words. She even understood the word "affair" after Yunzhi explained it.
It was precisely because she didn't understand the vulgarity and immorality of this story that she dared to tell Xie Qingxun everything, even saying to his face: "We are just like having an affair now. You are especially like the uncle who was seduced by his sister-in-law. I ran away to have an affair after getting married..."
Xie Qingxun couldn't stand it any longer, so he pulled her in front of him with one hand. He covered her mouth and said coldly, "Try to steal one for me."
Qu Yaoyao grumbled twice, feeling that Xie Qingxun was really angry. She pushed his hand away and explained, "Don't be angry, I was just joking."
"Not even a joke."
Xie Qingxun pinched her chin, looked down at her and said in a sinister tone, "If you dare to do anything reckless, I don't mind breaking your legs and locking you up."
Qu Yaoyao shuddered.
Frightened by his sinister look, she whispered, "Why are you so fierce? I haven't stolen anything yet."
"Do you want to steal again in the future?"
Qu Yaoyao quickly shook her head. She wanted to say that she hadn't thought about it that way and that he shouldn't wrongly accuse people, but Xie Qingxun looked too scary. When his pressure came out, she stuttered and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. Don't wrongly accuse me."
Xie Qingxun was so angry at her self-righteous look that he laughed, and immediately pressed her against the tree behind him.
Grabbing her wrist, Xie Qingxun pinched her chin and pressed his lips against hers, carrying a fierce and unkind temper, forcing Qu Yaoyao to breathe. Qu Yaoyao was really about to be wronged to death. Unable to resist, she could only give up the struggle and let Xie Qingxun hold her with her legs weak.
"Have you thought it through now?" Xie Qingxun's voice was slightly hoarse. He lifted her face and looked at her.
Qu Yaoyao took a while to catch her breath, then gasped twice and said, "Can't you just listen to me finish what I'm saying?"
"What else do you want to say?" There was nothing else she dared not say.
Qu Yaoyao said aggrievedly, "I was just nervous and said the wrong thing. I never thought of having an affair at all."
Xie Qingxun frowned whenever he heard the word "affair". No matter whether Qu Yaoyao did it intentionally or unintentionally, he didn't like it.
"Don't listen to this nonsense anymore." Xie Qingxun didn't care how long Qu Yaoyao stayed in Xingyang Sect, but now that Qu Yaoyao had tormented him, he felt a surge of anger in his heart. He simply ordered, "Return to Xianxu tomorrow."
If she was allowed to stay in Xingyang Sect, Qu Yushu and his group would have no idea what she would become.
Qu Yaoyao opened her mouth reluctantly, wanting to say that Lady Meng's story wasn't finished yet, and that the old man would tell the ending at the teahouse tomorrow night. But after a moment's hesitation, she decided to resist silently. Xie Qingxun took her silence as a tacit agreement, and his temper subsided considerably.
"Have you suppressed your evil spirit?" She rubbed her eyes. "I want to go back to sleep."
She just couldn't fall asleep lying on the weeds, not because she wasn't sleepy. She had too much fun fishing in the water during the day, so she would be tired at night.
Xie Qingxun didn't have any evil spirit in him at the moment, and he hadn't absorbed her Snow Lotus Breath just now. After explaining what he wanted to say, he should have let her go, but when the words came to his lips, he said, "No."
"How can the evil spirit be suppressed so quickly?"
Qu Yaoyao thought about the previous times and didn't doubt that Xie Qingxun was lying. She yawned, tugged at his sleeve and urged him, "Then come quickly."
As she spoke, she stood on tiptoe and pouted, looking like she was actively asking for a kiss. Xie Qingxun couldn't help but smile, and he turned his face aside with a noble and cold expression and said, "I need to rest too."
"How could you ever rest before!" Qu Yaoyao leaned in front of him again, and said without blushing or beating her heart, "It was me who begged you to rest."
That's true.
It was a true statement, but it was very pleasing to Xie Qingxun's ears.
As if tired of Qu Yaoyao's nagging, he finally reluctantly held the back of her neck and lowered his head to peck her lips. The fleeting tenderness made it impossible to savor it. Qu Yaoyao was stunned and said, "It's not this kiss."
"Then how do you want me to kiss you?"
Qu Yaoyao opened her mouth, feeling like she was being teased.
She was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes. Seeing that Xie Qingxun refused to let her leave, she was about to get angry when she suddenly thought of something and pointed to the top of her head and said, "I want to kiss him on the tree."
It’s not comfortable to sleep on the haystack anyway, so she might as well go to the tree and feel it while Xie Qingxun is here.
The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: 1 ink;
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