Chapter 132: Refraction of Light... I also like this place
"Choose your mother—"
Xu Xingxing was halfway through her scolding when she was suddenly pulled back slightly by Hou Yuan. He stepped forward and stood in front of her. He raised his head and said to Shi Chen, who was hanging in the sky, "Would you mind if I could have a few words with you?"
Shi Chen narrowed his eyes and looked at him for a while, then said, "A cup of tea."
After being dragged into the house by Wei Yuan, Xu Xingxing frowned and asked, "What are you doing? I'm sure I can get you safely away, but you don't trust me?"
Wei Yuan held her in his arms and coaxed her softly, "I believe it, I believe it."
"Then let's go now." Xu Xingxing said as she tried to break free from his arms.
However, Wei Yuan stubbornly held her in his arms and said, "Don't you care about these townspeople anymore?"
Xu Xingxing's heart trembled, and a flash of regret flashed across her eyes, but she quickly concealed it. She looked up at him, but her voice was still tinged with tears. "...I care about you more. I don't want you to suffer. The townspeople here are just code. It doesn't matter."
Wei Yuan didn't know what the code was, but he didn't ask. He just looked at her, wiped the tears from her eyes with his fingertips, and asked softly, "If you don't care, why are you crying?"
"I'll be fine in two days after we escape. It's only natural that I'm feeling a bit emotional right now." Xu Xingxing said impatiently, "Stop dawdling. Let's go! If we had known this would happen, we would have continued wandering..."
Xu Yuan suddenly held her face and kissed her. Xu Xingxing's heart trembled, and tears finally flowed. She responded to him obediently, but her heart was getting more and more painful.
After the kiss, Wei Yuan leaned against her forehead and chuckled, "Xingxing's words are enough."
"What do you mean by enough..." Xu Xingxing curled her lips and said, "I'm not kidding you, let's go."
Just as she was about to chant a spell, she was deftly defeated by Hou Yuan pinching her waist. Hou Yuan held her in his arms, his warm fingertips gently rubbing the back of her neck. His voice was so soft and smooth, "I'm not leaving. Xingxing, I'll choose one."
Xu Xingxing's eyes suddenly widened, and her entire body instantly exploded: "What the hell are you choosing?! Did I let you choose?"
"But I also want to keep this place." Yuan Yuan hugged her and stroked her fur. "I am just like Xingxing. I... also like this place."
Xu Xingxing's body trembled suddenly, stunned for a moment by the inappropriate words of Hou Yuan. She tried hard to digest them, raised her eyes and said, "This is just an illusion... It's not real—"
"But this is where Xingxing and I first lived together." A faint smile hung on the corners of Hou Yuan's mouth, and his eyes were incredibly soft, reflecting her panic. "It's also where Xingxing called me husband for the first time... in front of everyone."
Husband?
She only remembered that most of the time she was forced to shout by him in bed. If he hadn't suddenly mentioned it now, she would have forgotten when she shouted for the first time.
It was not serious and was very casual. I never thought that he would remember it so clearly.
That day she was going shopping with her sister-in-law who worked at the butcher's shop. Yu Yuan was sitting at the counter surrounded by patients. She wanted to talk to him but couldn't squeeze in at all.
She wanted to call him by his name, but she always felt that calling him Xu Mo was too strange. Well, he originally wanted to call himself Xu Hei, but she rejected it, saying that Mo also means black, and it would sound better. From then on, he always used the name Xu Mo.
But she had never called out his name before. In private, she could do the same as before. This was the first time she had to call his name in public.
She happened to hear the butcher's sister-in-law telling her husband something, so she followed suit and called out in the direction of Yuan: "Um...husband! My sister-in-law and I are going out for a while and will be back before dinner."
Because of the crowd, she couldn't see Xu Yuan's expression at the time. She only remembered that she waited for a long time without receiving his response. The patients surrounding him were not noisy, and his ears were always sensitive, so he shouldn't have been unable to hear. She was about to say it again when she heard a patient say, "Doctor Xu, Doctor Xu? Doctor Xu! Your young lady is talking to you."
She heard him clear his throat and murmur, "Yeah."
From that day on, he added a step in bed where he asked her to call him "husband".
But these reasons could not convince Xu Xingxing. She knew how Shi Chen tortured him. How could she watch him being taken away by the old Taoist again?
She clutched his clothes tightly and spoke incoherently, "Xiao Hei, my husband, if you want to hear it, I will keep calling you this from now on until you get tired of it. And... after we leave this illusion, we will always live together. This... this place doesn't mean anything... You are more important. I don't want you to be tortured by that person anymore. Let's go, huh? I want to take you away."
Looking at the woman's anxious expression, Wei Yuan felt as if the pain in his heart was coated with a layer of icing sugar. Although it still hurt slightly, he felt extremely happy. "There are more stars than stars."
His tone was soft from beginning to end, like a dream: "The first time I walked hand in hand with you on the street, the first time I visited someone's home with you, the first time I watched you build a snowman in the snow, the first time I had a home with you..."
"For the first time, I knew what it felt like to be blessed. They praised us, a match made in heaven, saying we'd married the right person, that we were meant to be together, and that our children would be beautiful. Even though I didn't want children, hearing this made me incredibly happy. Wherever I went, they would mention you, without exception, as if we were one. Everyone knew I had a beautiful wife at home, that I loved and cherished you, and couldn't live without you. They teased me, or praised me, but not one resented me, not one looked disgusted, not one thought my love was inappropriate, that my presence was a burden to you.
"No one here knows our identities. I have no magical powers, but I can really raise you well on my own. I can hug you and kiss you every day. You are always within my reach. I only need to look up to see you curled up in a ball, sleeping soundly. You said you are very happy like this, Xingxing, but I am. These days, I feel like I am in a dream. Everything feels unreal, but everything makes me tremble with joy..."
"And last night, when you told me that, do you know how happy I was? Stars, my stars, this illusion will eventually collapse, and the dreamland will dissipate, but now I am willing to guard this pure land, for you, and for me."
Xu Xingxing's eyes widened and her tears flowed more and more. She looked at Wei Yuan's serious, gentle yet determined eyes and felt that she should say something, but her mind was blank and she couldn't even put together the most basic sentence.
He Yuan pressed his forehead against hers again, his lips curled up slightly: "There's more..."
"My star is good, and I do not want your heart to be hardened because of me."
Xu Xingxing's tears fell like beads from a broken string, and she even stammered, "But...but...I don't want him to treat you like that...I wonder how much it hurts you..."
"It doesn't hurt." Yu Yuan kissed her tears, "As long as I know that Xingxing loves me, I would be willing to die immediately."
"Pah, pah, pah!" Xu Xingxing's tearful eyes were filled with anger. "You didn't let me mention this word, but you wanted to mention it, right? If you die, I'll go sleep with other men—"
Her mouth was bitten, and Wei Yuan's pupils turned red: "Xingxing, do you want me to have you now?"
Xu Xingxing was suffocated by the kiss. After they finally separated, she cried, "Then don't say that word..."
Looking at the aggrieved woman, Wei Yuan's madness immediately dissipated, and his heart softened again. He imitated the woman and made three "pooh" sounds before saying seriously, "I won't talk about it anymore. You too, you are mine. Even your hair and toenails are mine. I have kissed and bitten them, and they all carry my scent. I forbid you to mention anyone else."
This line sounded familiar, but Xu Xingxing was too busy to care. She cried and hugged his waist: "...I only love you, so you have to be well."
He hugged the person in his arms tightly again and kissed her hair gently: "Remember how to find me?"
Xu Xingxing sobbed and nodded: "I remember."
"That's good."
Xu Xingxing frowned slightly and cried in dissatisfaction, "How disgusting! I'm cruel, but you're the kindest person."
Hou Yuan's fingers gently rubbed the back of her neck, and he smiled softly, "I blame myself for letting the stars force me to be cruel. The stars have worked hard to guide me to be kind."
Good and evil make no difference to me.
But because of you, things are different.
Why is the world after I'm with you so different from what I saw before?
Is it because of my change?
No, it's not.
It is because the world I look at now, from beginning to end, is all reflected in your eyes.
*
After Wei Yuan was taken away, Xu Xingxing comforted Aunt Ding who was crying for a while, then went home and took out his small treasury to distribute it to everyone he knew.
Then he went to look for Yuan.
Knowing that she might not be able to sleep, Yu Yuan taught her another method.
She sat cross-legged on the ground and tried to find her sea of consciousness after a long absence. Of course, she couldn't get in. But at the moment when she was forcibly sent out by the sea of consciousness, Xu Xingxing immediately recited a spell. At this moment, the extremely dark shell of the sea of consciousness suddenly burst into a brilliant red light, as charming and captivating as Xu Yuan's red eyes.
She raised her hand and touched him, and her body was instantly enveloped by a wave of heat, as hot and strong as that man. She rested her forehead against him, feeling the trembling of his soul, and said:
"Please, take me to find Hou Yuan."
Her mind became blurry for a moment, and when she opened her eyes again, the scenery had changed.
It was a rather large room, with a huge crimson alchemy furnace standing in the middle. Strange patterns were carved on the furnace, making people in this space feel terrified and suffocated.
A man dressed as a Taoist priest heard the commotion and glanced over: "Are you awake? Hurry up! If the master comes back and hasn't cleaned up yet, we'll all be punished."
Xu Xingxing sat up in a daze.
"Still wasting time?" The young Taoist priest threw the towel into the wooden bucket with a sad face, washed it with the water in the bucket, and then went to the furnace and wiped it vigorously. "No wonder no one wants to work with you. How can you be so lazy? You really don't do any work!"
She saw the clean towel in the little Taoist priest's hand quickly turn red again, and couldn't help asking, "Why is this stove still fading?"
The young Taoist priest glanced at him with a look of idiocy. "Are you sleepwalking? You're really lying! I heard that the master has found the person whose body can be restored. When he comes back, he might start the furnace to make elixirs. There can't be other people's blood on this furnace."
"Blood?" Xu Xingxing woke up.
Indeed, although the stove is red, this dark red is unevenly covered with a layer of dried blood stains. If you look closely, you can also find many uneven pieces of meat.
Xu Xingxing suppressed the urge to vomit and asked casually, "How did Master find him?"
Although this matter is no longer important, Xu Xingxing still wants to know the reason.
The young Taoist priest's tone remained impatient. "Have you forgotten? Elder Qingru of Chengxu was the consort of the Princess of Qi. It was he who discovered that the male concubine named Chunsong had an unusual physique and informed our master. But such a little male concubine was able to escape, and the master had to go find him personally."
I see.
Xu Xingxing didn't ask any more questions, picked up the towel and worked together, slacking off while gathering information. However, the young Taoist priest was still young, and the information he provided was not very useful. But knowing yourself and the enemy is better than being in the dark.
Just as they finished cleaning, someone came to inspect and said that Shi Chen was about to enter Chengxu, so they were asked to pack up quickly and go to the mountain gate to welcome the master.
Two hours later, Xu Xingxing and the young Taoist priest stood in front of the mountain gate. Standing there with them, from the mountain gate down, there was no end in sight.
Another hour passed, and finally a huge team slowly appeared in the quiet sky. The team grew from small to large and gradually headed towards here.
At the front was a huge flying boat, and in front of the boat were two high-quality spiritual beasts that looked like unicorns. When the team reached the mountain gate, the following monks landed one after another, but the flying boat continued to sail into the mountains without stopping.
The direction is exactly where the alchemy room is.
Xu Xingxing's chest tightened, and he was about to follow, but the young Taoist priest quickly grabbed his sleeve and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Xu Xingxing raised her head slightly and pointed to the direction of the alchemy furnace: "Don't we need to follow?"
The young Taoist priest once again had a look that said, "Let's see how stupid you can be." He looked quite contemptuous. "What are you thinking? That's the job of the senior disciple. We are only qualified to do the odd jobs of cleaning up. We can only go in after the master is done."
"Used up?" Xu Xingxing's voice was slightly hoarse. "What do you mean?"
The young Taoist priest was amused by her. "Are you really stupid or are you just pretending to be stupid? Master has returned this time without even taking a break. He is so impatient. He must want to test the effects of that male favorite."
Xu Xingxing's breathing stopped, and the words she spoke seemed to float outside her soul: "When can we go in?"
The young Taoist touched his chin and said, "Just wait. They should call us in two hours."
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