Chapter 48: Unfortunately, Master has been booked by me tonight...
"Do you think he is you? Why are you looking at me for no reason?" Qi Qing said unhappily.
His left hand had a rough time tonight. First, it was bruised by the black shadow, and then it was bitten by Yue Ji and left a circle of teeth marks.
Fortunately, there was no blood, which was a bit of comfort to me.
The candle had burned to the end, and the light in the room became dimmer. The precious candlelight was completely blocked by the person in front of him.
Qi Qing was completely shrouded in the shadow cast by Yue Ji.
It was too close, so close that he felt uncomfortable all over.
Qi Qing wanted to go around, but Yue Ji held him back. Not only did he not let him move a step, he tried to force him onto the bed.
The two of them went back and forth for a while, and almost bumped heads. Qi Qing immediately got angry: "You won't let me leave, right?"
"Where do you want to go so late?"
Yue Ji was determined not to move away. He hooked his hand that was leaning against the wall and started playing with his hair nonchalantly.
He was clearly doing something that was beyond his control, but he had a good appearance. Before Qi Qing could get angry, he raised his eyes and turned innocent again: "There is a ready-made high bed and soft pillow, why does Master have to go out and suffer?"
Qi Qingqi laughed and waved his left hand at him, signaling: "Am I suffering less? Get out of the way."
Yue Ji carefully studied his expression, thought for a moment, held his bitten finger and put it against his cheek, aggrievedly admitting his fault: "...I shouldn't have bitten Master, please don't leave, okay?"
His eyes flickered, and suddenly he became more humane: "Master Uncle has probably gone to bed with Master Uncle Jiang. If Master goes over now, won't it disturb their sweet dreams?"
Qi Qing pushed away his hand that was wrapped around his waist, turned away and said, "Who said I wanted to go over there?"
He put his hand on the ring, without looking at Yue Ji, and moved his mouth slightly: "...You won't let me leave, and you won't let me apply the medicine?"
A light suddenly flashed in Yue Ji's eyes, and a smile appeared on his eyes again.
He stepped aside half a body, and then seemed to remember something, and said, "I'll help Master apply it."
He pulled Qi Qing to sit down beside the candlelight, took out the blood-removing powder he carried with him, scooped out a little with his fingertips, and carefully and seriously applied it to the bruise on Qi Qing's arm.
He applied the paint very carefully and meticulously, dissolving it with his palms and rubbing it dutifully for a while until the bruise disappeared and no trace of it could be seen anymore.
Perhaps due to the penetration of the medicine, the place on his arm that had been rubbed felt slightly warm. Qi Qing lowered his sleeve to cover that area and yawned slightly unconsciously.
Yue Ji consciously tidied the mattress, turned his head and stared silently at Qi Qing, his eyes surprisingly bright.
It was almost three o'clock in the morning, and Qi Qing was in no mood to argue with him anymore. He stood up, quickly took off his outer robe, and casually draped it beside the screen.
As soon as I lay down, warmth emerged from the quilt. It was obvious that it had been warmed up by someone's spiritual power.
The young man narrowed his eyes, and the sleepiness that had not previously been there now surged over him like a tide.
The lights were blown out and the room suddenly fell into darkness.
The bed beside Qi Qing suddenly sank, and a male body that was warm and somewhat hot came over and pressed tightly against him, almost forcing him to the corner of the bed.
Qi Qing moved inwards and opened his eyes again, which were about to close. "The bed is so big, why do you have to squeeze me?"
Yue Ji turned slightly, lay on his side, and stared at him without blinking in the darkness.
Qi Qing let him look at her for a while, and suddenly heard him say, "Master, I like sleeping with you."
The young man yawned again, turned over and didn't look at him, and said coldly: "You'd better just like to sleep together and not want to do anything else."
Yue Ji's tone suddenly rose, and he asked excitedly: "Can we do something else?"
Qi Qing: “…”
He said angrily, "No!"
Blame him for being so talkative. He had to say that.
He rolled up the quilt, not caring whether Yue Ji had anything to cover himself with or not, and wrapped himself up like a cocoon, facing the wall, "Go to sleep!"
…
The next morning, before the cocks crowed, voices of people in Yunzhou City were heard.
When Qi Qing got up, Yue Ji was feeding the cat by the windowsill.
He didn't know where the wild cat came from, but he fed it enthusiastically and even moved closer to Qi Qing.
Qi Qing looked at him in confusion, and the stray cat seemed to have received some signal. It jumped down and kept rubbing against Qi Qing's legs.
In the next few days, Yue Ji kept feeding the cats, and he fed them one by one, each with a different pattern and color.
Qi Qing suspected that he had attracted all the cats in Yunzhou here, as he always heard cats howling in the middle of the night.
Qi Qing didn't understand what this person was doing and didn't take it to heart.
After being in Yunzhou for a few days, he went out to gather information during the day and came back to drink with his senior brothers at night, but he did not meet the black shadow that night again.
The senior brother listened to his words and continued pouring wine: "Could it be that you are sleepy?"
Jiang Chenqiu also said: "I didn't hear anything that night either."
Qi Qing immediately turned around to look for the witness: "Yue Ji, you also saw the shadow that night."
The person who was called lowered his head to drink tea and said calmly: "Yes."
The senior brother then frowned and thought, "Is he really that cunning? Could it be a new method of trapping someone... Never mind, I will pay more attention these days, and you should be careful too, junior brother."
Yue Ji put down his teacup and said seriously before Qi Qing could say anything: "Uncle Master, don't worry. I will protect Master."
Hearing this, the senior brother nodded with satisfaction and agreed: "Good boy, you are really filial!"
Filial piety?
Thinking about how he had been squeezed into the side of the bed these days and had to look at Yue Ji's face even to turn over, Qi Qing couldn't help but sneer.
He stood up and changed the subject: "I heard that a big shot from the Alchemy Association arrived in Yunzhou today. I have to go and take a look."
If I could meet Miao Zheng, maybe I could talk to her for a while.
Yue Ji also stood up: "Disciple will accompany you."
Qi Qing was about to say no, but then he changed his mind.
He raised an eyebrow and said, "Okay."
The plot line has gone a long way, but it still can't escape the key nodes. In the original novel, the "Miao Zheng" sister was a man dressed as a woman. If the little sister of the Wanshou Sect is actually a burly man... well, he can accept it.
The terrain of Yunzhou City is high in the west and low in the east, and most of the rivers are in the west of the city. Therefore, the scenery in the west is very beautiful, with green mountains and winding streams surrounding it. The inns are more luxurious than those in the east of the city.
"This is the fragrance of the spirit stone..."
Qi Qing placed his finger on his brow bone, admiring the red lacquer and gold-lettered sign of the inn not far away with great interest, and said, "It's obvious at first glance that the prices are high. These famous and wealthy clans can really enjoy themselves. How come our Tiandu clan is so poor?"
Although not considered low-class, compared with the sects living here, he can only be considered a small fry.
Yue Ji brushed aside the willow trees and said, "If Master likes it, let's go back and modify the courtyard?"
"Forget it, who would leave a good home and turn it into an inn?"
Qi Qing picked a willow leaf and put it in his mouth, then walked into the tea stall nearby. After looking at the price, he sighed, "It's worthy of being a wealthy area. Tea is three cents more expensive than other places."
After looking around, Qi Qing was still reluctant to spend money in vain, so he ordered the cheapest bottle of water and drank it while waiting for the guests from Xiwuzhou to show up.
He leaned lazily on the bamboo chair, his whole body limp as if he had no bones, and he sat in an awkward position. With his young and handsome face, anyone who saw him would have thought that Yue Ji, who was sitting upright next to him, was his master.
Not long after, a bell rang, and a group of people passed by the tea stall, all with fluttering gauze, surrounding an exquisite sedan chair in the middle.
It looks like the style of Xiwuzhou. Qi Qing whistled at the sedan chair.
Su Bai's fingers lifted the curtain, and people couldn't even see her chin clearly. Only a vague order was heard, and the whole team stopped.
The sedan chair just stopped outside the tea stall. Qi Qing was wondering, when he suddenly noticed dozens of gazes falling on him. He subconsciously sat up straight.
Oh no, whistling is considered a lecher.
He was just about to pull Yue Ji away when the person in the sedan chair appeared in front of everyone.
This person has a beautiful face, white clothes as white as snow, and an appearance like an immortal, but because of her temperament, no one dares to approach her.
She ignored the people around her and walked towards Qi Qing with a clear purpose.
After seeing the person's face clearly, Qi Qing immediately picked up the teacup and pretended to be busy, but his body tilted imperceptibly, inadvertently revealing Yue Ji behind him.
The little action caused Yue Ji to glance at him, but he didn't say anything.
Miao Zheng stopped directly in front of Qi Qing and called him by name, "Daoyou Qi, long time no see."
“…Ahahaha.”
Qi Qing laughed dryly: "It's been a long time since we last met. I almost didn't recognize you. Come, let me introduce you. This is my apprentice Yue Ji, the one from two years ago..."
"Fellow Daoist Yue is extremely talented, so I will naturally remember." Miao Zheng's eyes swept across Yue Ji's face and said in a calm tone: "You also live here?"
"Of course..." Qi Qing's smile froze: "No."
How can he afford to live there?
Miao Zheng raised her eyebrows, "So you came here specifically to wait for someone?"
I don't know what he thought of, his eyes softened: "Waiting..."
"Yes! You are waiting for me!" A voice suddenly interrupted the conversation.
Hearing this voice, Qi Qing stood there in a daze, watching the city lord in a fur-collared cloak squeeze out from the crowd of people in fluttering white clothes.
——Why is this guy here!
"Zien! I didn't expect you to be so enthusiastic!"
The city lord excitedly approached Qi Qing and said, "It's been two years! A full seven hundred and thirty-one days. I can finally come to the Middle Earth to have a look! I was planning to go to Tiandu Sect to find you, but I didn't expect you to wait for me first... I knew we were in sync!"
He seemed to want to give Qi Qing a hug, but with a "swish", a cup of tea suddenly flew towards his face.
The city lord Queen Cang looked up and narrowly avoided the splashing tea.
Yue Ji wiped his hands, with a smile on his lips, but no smile in his eyes: "Sorry, my hand slipped."
Although he had grown from a boy into a young man and his face had become more profound and three-dimensional, the familiar aura of danger still allowed the city lord to recognize him instantly. Knowing that he could not beat him, he wisely let go and kept a distance from Qi Qing.
"...Why are you wearing such thick clothes?" Qi Qing asked.
The city lord's outfit stands out from the crowd at this time of year, especially when he moves, his fluffy fur collar shakes along with it, just like a big furry dog wagging its tail.
"Is it very thick?" The city lord lowered his head and pulled at his cloak: "I heard that it's cold in your Middle Earth, so I made new clothes for you. My sister said they look beautiful!"
As he spoke, he returned to his old ways and put his arm around Qi Qing's shoulders: "Since we have met again after such a long time, why don't you stay tonight and chat about the past? How about we sleep side by side?"
Before he finished his words, another bony hand had already grabbed Qi Qing's shoulder.
Yue Ji gently pulled Qi Qing into his arms, raised his eyes and smiled: "Unfortunately, Master has been booked by me tonight."
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