Chapter 193 "You like me too, okay?"
Looking at the elegant bamboo house ahead, Yu Qianling glanced around and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration:
"Your place is lovely, with babbling brooks and birdsong. You really know how to enjoy yourself."
"I just find this place quiet and peaceful."
Yu Xuan noticed her eyes flicker slightly, pursed his lips, and tentatively asked, "If you like it here, why don't you stay for a few days?"
"OK."
Yu Qianling agreed so readily that Yu Xuan was somewhat taken aback. "You really want to stay?"
"Yes, I couldn't be happier."
Yu Xuan: "Hmm? What do you mean?"
Yu Qianling lay on a bamboo couch by the stream, leisurely saying, "Hey, it's because when I was forming my Nascent Soul, I accidentally shook my cave dwelling and now I'm worried about having nowhere to live."
"It collapsed?" Yu Xuan was stunned for a moment, then chuckled. "You're really something."
"Ugh, don't even mention it, my master keeps nagging me to death."
Yu Qianling rested his hands behind his head, looking at the sky with great satisfaction, and sighed, "Beautiful mountains, beautiful waters, beautiful scenery, it's just a pity that there's no good wine."
"Please wait a moment."
"Um?"
Yu Qianling saw him enter the bamboo hut, and a moment later he came out with two jars of wine. "Look, we have some good wine now."
Yu Qianling took the wine jar he handed her and eagerly opened the seal. A rich and fragrant aroma of wine wafted out, making her smile with delight.
"It smells so good! This wine must be quite old."
Seeing her smiling face, Yu Xuan smiled and introduced, "This is eight-hundred-year-old Purple Bamboo Jade Liquid. There are other immortal wines in the room. If you have nothing to do and are not in a hurry to leave, we can slowly savor and appreciate them."
"No rush, no rush!" Yu Qianling hugged the wine jar to his chest, brought it to the mouth and took a deep sniff. "We have to finish this fine wine before we leave."
Hearing her words, Yu Xuan was secretly delighted. "Then it's a deal. You can't leave until you've finished drinking."
"I didn't know you were a wine lover too."
Upon hearing this, Yu Xuan simply smiled without saying a word, took out two jade cups and filled them both, saying, "Come, let's drink from this cup!"
"Good!" Yu Qianling tilted his head back and drank the wine in his hand, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Hmm, mellow and strong, it's indeed a good wine!"
"I'm glad you like it."
Yu Xuan used his spiritual power to manipulate the wine jar, then refilled it for her, and chuckled, "I really didn't expect you to reach the Nascent Soul stage so quickly. If this continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to beat you."
"You're not bad either. I was able to make such progress during my seclusion because of the secret technique I received last time."
Suddenly, Yu Qianling sat up abruptly from the bamboo couch and said excitedly, "How about we have a friendly spar?"
"Forehead……"
Yu Xuan's face was full of helplessness, and he felt a sense of powerlessness as he looked at her. "Qian Ling, when we're together in private, can we please not spar..."
"Then what else can we do?"
"us--"
Yu Xuan was at a loss for words. Yu Qianling had absolutely no romantic feelings for him. If he were to break the ice, they might not even be able to remain friends.
He lowered his eyes and pondered for a long time before pouring her a glass of wine. He sighed and said, "We can do many things, like this, chatting, enjoying the scenery, and drinking. Isn't that nice?"
"It's good... but wouldn't you get bored if it were like this every day?"
Yu Xuan squeezed the jade cup in her hand and murmured softly, "As long as you're here, it's never boring..."
"Huh? What did you say?"
"It's nothing." Yu Xuan smiled. "If you find it boring to stay here, I'll take you out for a walk later. Cultivation also needs to be balanced, after all."
"That seems to make sense."
Yu Qianling tapped the jade cup with her fingertip, signaling him to fill it up. "Then I'll do whatever you say. Anyway, the final competition will be in a month, and then we'll settle things once and for all... no, let's settle things once and for all!"
"good."
The two chatted and drank together, finishing several jars of wine in half a day.
Yu Qianling's cheeks were flushed with pink as she chatted with Yu Xuan about many childhood memories, and before she knew it, she seemed to have fallen asleep.
"Qian Ling?"
Yu Xuan got up and called her softly a few times, but unexpectedly, he stumbled and almost fell on her.
So he instinctively braced himself beside her, looking at her sleeping face so close to his, and his Adam's apple bobbed rapidly.
A gentle breeze caressed their faces, and strands of hair, one black and one red, intertwined tenderly, creating an ambiguous and alluring atmosphere.
Yu Xuan felt his heart pounding wildly. Staring at the slightly parted red lips, he kissed them as if possessed.
He kissed her very lightly, like a dragonfly skimming the water, so much so that the sleeping Yu Qianling didn't even notice.
Suddenly she mumbled and turned over, startling Yu Xuan back to his senses. His face, which was already flushed from the alcohol, immediately turned bright red.
Looking at Yu Qianling, who was completely unguarded towards him, he felt deep contempt for his own frivolous behavior just now.
"What am I doing...?"
Yu Qianling's trust in him was his only chance to get close to her; if she disliked him...
Given her temperament, we probably won't even be able to be friends anymore.
Yu Xuan sighed dejectedly, then stood up and gently picked her up. Unexpectedly, she looked at him with half-closed eyes and asked, "Hmm...hmm...aren't you going to drink anymore?"
Hearing this, Yu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and said softly, "I won't drink anymore. Let me take you back to your room to rest."
"No, no need... I can sleep outside."
After saying that, Yu Qianling struggled to get down, but Yu Xuan held her tightly in his arms. "Don't move, just sleep in my room."
In her drunken stupor, Yu Qianling listened to his gentle, magnetic voice, which seemed to possess some kind of magic, making it impossible for her to refuse. She could only let him place her on the bed.
"Alright, lie down and go to sleep." Yu Xuan gently stroked her eyelids with his fingertips. "They're a bit bruised... Have you not slept for days?"
Lying on the bed, Yu Qianling met Yu Xuan's concerned gaze, and a strange emotion welled up in her heart. "It hasn't been many days..."
"Close your eyes."
"oh……"
Yu Qianling obediently closed her eyes, concealing the panic in them, and drifted off to sleep with a slight flutter in her heart.
Yu Xuan sat by the bed for a long time, his fingertips twirling a strand of her red hair, then he kissed it and murmured:
"Qianling...you like me too, okay?"
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