Chapter 83

‘ I, Qin Cheng, swear to all the Gods that I will only love Su Jingmo for the rest of my life and in the next as well. If I break this oath, may my soul be scattered away without being allowed to have a proper death! ’

As Su Jingmo looked at the palm of his hand resting on Qin Cheng’s chest, he felt Qin Cheng’s heart beating powerfully, with all the vitality of a living being, and his own devotion.

‘ Even if I have a red thread, so what? Even if fate connects me with someone else, then so what? It’s up to me to decide who I’m in love with…. See? My heart is right here, not with the Gods. They can’t control it…. ’

Ba-dum, ba-dum….

The beating rhythm under his palm, as well as Qin Cheng’s words, immersed Su Jingmo in a trance. It felt as if his own heart was beating as well, even though it was clear he didn’t have one anymore. Because he was already dead, he had nothing more than a lifeless soul.

So, why did it feel as if his empty chest was beating so violently?…. As if provoked by Qin Cheng’s words, blood had surged in his nonexistent veins, making his mind buzz, collapsing his reasoning….

This weird feeling made Su Jingmo’s consistent smile freeze on his face, with the slightest trace of awkwardness and panic.

Su Jingmo had been born into a high position, and even though he wasn’t the eldest son, he still became the Emperor in the end. So, how could he not know how important it was to suppress his real feelings deep inside his heart? As someone who was submerged in a whirlpool of power, if he wasn’t careful enough, he would’ve been killed…. Not to mention the fact that none of his brothers were fools.

If he were to show any weakness, it would only be used against him, as an excuse to kill him. Su Jingmo knew this very well, and played the game accordingly. Because of this, he had never shown his true feelings to anyone, not even to those he was truly interested in.

Lin Qing….was a variable in his life. She was a stunningly beautiful, talented and strange woman. Among other people, her mannerisms and speech were filled with a breathtaking style. Su Jingmo appreciated her, and he even felt that there was no woman in the world that could compare with Lin Qing. According to this, Su Jingmo must have been in love with that strange woman, right?

However, Lin Qing was in love with Su Jingyan.

It’s actually kind of funny when you think about it. Naturally, Su Jingmo was able to see that although Su Jingyan seemed to be in love with Lin Qing on the surface, in fact, he never gave her his heart. But Lin Qing couldn’t see it.

Su Jingmo was very annoyed at this. Why couldn’t he have her heart?

The thing Su Jingmo remembered with extra detail was that when he became the Emperor, and sent his fifth brother Su Jingyan to the Northwest, he had said: “You’re not treating Lin Qing with sincerity.”

At that time, his fifth brother, Su Jingyan, hadn’t replied. However, later on, when they were on the battlefield, Su Jingyan finally said to him: “Among our brothers, you and I are the most similar. We hide our real feelings deep inside our hearts. But, Imperial Brother, at least I’m able to understand my own feelings. Because I’m able to see them, I’m also able to suppress them and erase them with all my might. Imperial Brother, have you ever seen your true feelings? In my opinion, you’re truly heartless, which is why you aren’t able to see what’s really inside your heart. Haha, that’s so pathetic.”

However, Su Jingmo didn’t take it seriously. Instead, he just smiled and retaliated later.

In the present, when Su Jingmo looked at Qin Cheng, it was as if he began to feel something he couldn’t feel before. It was difficult to ‘breathe’, and it felt as if there was an unknown impulse running through his ‘body’. Even though it felt extremely unpleasant, he didn’t hate this sensation. In fact, it made him quite happy.

Su Jingmo couldn’t stop himself from laughing in disbelief as he shook his head.

‘ Su Jingyan was right all this time? ’

Su Jingmo used to think that his admiration and adoration for Lin Qing was love. Even if Lin Qing had loved Su Jingyan, he didn’t care. He never compared Lin Qing to the Taowu Bones because he knew that he wanted her more than the Taowu Bones in her father’s hands…. But his ‘love’ for her was more intellectual than romantic.

However, he had never treated Qin Cheng like this. Ever since meeting him, Su Jingmo felt an uncontrollable desire to be close to Qin Cheng. Not only did he suffer a lot when he discovered that Qin Cheng had a red thread of fate that wasn’t connected to him, but he also thought of destroying it.

Although Qin Cheng’s oath made his heart ache, he couldn’t restrain the joy he felt at the same time. After all, Qin Cheng had proposed to die inside this tomb in order to accompany him for eternity. Su Jingmo’s feelings weren’t fake this time, and because of that, he was extremely afraid of Qin Cheng regretting it later. Besides, although Su Jingmo did want to spend eternity together with Qin Cheng, he was also afraid of him dying….

These feelings were so strong he almost couldn’t control himself. Towards Qin Cheng, Su Jingmo was both reckless and cautious at the same time. He wanted to destroy and protect him. He couldn’t restrain himself, but he also didn’t want to restrain himself at all. Even if there wasn’t a red thread in his trembling dead fingers, he also wanted to imprison this man for a lifetime.

This….was more than desire…. This was like giving his whole heart to Qin Cheng in exchange for the same amount of sincerity from him….

He understands everything now.

At that moment, Qin Cheng didn’t know what Su Jingmo was thinking about. As he looked at Su Jingmo’s pensive and uncommunicative appearance, Qin Cheng felt a little bit nervous. In the end, he couldn’t restrain himself from squeezing Su Jingmo’s hand as he hurried to say: “I know that you may not believe me, but I really have no ulterior motive. I don’t know what the deal with this red thread is, but I do know that you’re the only one I love. As for other people, how can I like anyone else?!”

Qin Cheng was so flustered that his words were said in a mess. When Su Jingmo looked at him, he couldn’t help but smile sincerely: “I believe in your love,” Su Jingmo said as he slowly caressed QIn Cheng’s cheek. As he looked at Qin Cheng with arched eyebrows and bent eyes, he continued: “I believe….”

At that moment, Su Jingmo took the initiative to get closer to Qin Cheng, which made Qin Cheng’s heart tremble. Although he wanted to say something, he was under the spell of Su Jingmo’s beautiful eyes. Completely silenced, Qin Cheng simply let their gazes entangle with each other….

After an unknown period of time passed, Qin Cheng felt that the air around them seemed to entangle Su Jingmo and him together. As Qin Cheng took a quiet breath, his eyes slightly moved to Su Jingmo’s cheeks, until he inadvertently gazed at Su Jingmo’s tempting pale lips. At that moment, Qin Cheng remembered the kiss they shared in the past. He remembered the sweet taste of the kiss more…. The feeling of his hands touching Su Jingmo’s waist, he remembered that soft and beautiful touch very well….

“Do you want to kiss me?”

However, before Qin Cheng could take back his lustful eyes, he was caught off guard by Su Jingmo’s familiar low teasing voice. In an instant, Qin Cheng’s embarrassment brought him back to reality. Right when Qin Cheng was about to open his mouth to reply, Su Jingmo’s next movement made his eyes open wide.

Without waiting for Qin Cheng’s reply, Su Jingmo raised his eyebrows and laughed: “If you want to kiss me, then do it….”

As he said that, he closed the distance between them, until the last words were swallowed up by two pairs of lips pressing together….

When Qin Cheng’s consciousness returned, Su Jingmo’s lips had already left his mouth. At that moment, Qin Cheng saw with extreme clarity how Su Jingmo smiled at him as he licked his lips seductively. Unexpectedly, those peach blossom eyes contained a fatal temptation that made Qin Cheng’s pants feel too ‘tight’….

As Su Jingmo glanced at Qin Cheng’s changing expression, he smiled more and more openly. After raising his left hand to pinch Qin Cheng’s chin, Su Jingmo fiercely bit Qin Cheng’s lips. At this, Qin Cheng’s gaze darkened. After wrapping an arm around Su Jingmo’s waist to bring them closer, his other hand clasped the back of Su Jingmo’s head, deepening the kiss.

For a while, their lips tangled together. With Su Jingmo’s initiative, it was like a fuse, making Qin Cheng’s sanity fall to pieces.

‘ It’s not enough. Not enough…. ’

The practically screaming bulge in his pants was making Qin Cheng short of breath. After noticing that Su Jingmo’s gaze was starting to get misty, Qin Cheng felt even more uncomfortable down there.

Slowly, Qin Cheng’s kisses began to trace a route down Su Jingmo’s neck, until his lips were blocked by Su Jingmo’s collar. At that moment, and with some impatience, Qin Cheng tried to untie Su Jingmo’s belt.. But because the ancient robes of an Emperor were so complicated and tight, Qin Cheng wasn’t able to undress Su Jingmo. Not even a little bit. Feeling anxious, a bit of sweat formed on Qin Cheng’s forehead.

Although Su Jingmo knew he shouldn’t laugh right now, when he saw Qin Cheng getting this frustrated over clothes, a chuckle still escaped his lips.

Upon hearing Su Jingmo’s laughter, Qin Cheng relaxed and laughed as well. As he tilted his head to look at Qin Cheng, who was still hugging his waist, Su Jingmo blinked and said: “You didn’t expect this belt would block your way? Since you can’t untie it, then let’s stop here today.”

Qin Cheng knew that Su Jingmo was only teasing him, so as he helplessly looked at Su Jingmo’s belt, Qin Cheng didn’t say anything. He simply looked at Su Jingmo with sadness, with the obvious intention of asking Su Jingmo for help.

Su Jingmo, on the other hand, smiled and stared at Qin Cheng for a while. When he saw that Qin Cheng was unwilling to let it go, looking at him with passionate burning eyes, Su Jingmo suddenly felt some discomfort ‘down there’, and looked away.

In the past, Su Jingmo’s concubines and male lovers would always wait for him to ‘eat’ them. Occasionally, there would even be some lovers that would take the initiative and ‘eat’ him instead. For which Su Jingmo was very much happy to enjoy this ‘receiving’ experience.

However, Qin Cheng was different. Su Jingmo could feel an aggressive desire coming from the depths of his eyes. Even when Su Jingmo met Qin Cheng for the first time, he could feel that this man had always been trying to invade him completely….

This….was the first time for Su Jingmo, and to be totally honest, he didn’t know what to do….

Su Jingmo didn’t dislike Qin Cheng’s fierce gaze. But when he thought of those female and male prostitutes from his past, Su Jingmo couldn’t really imagine himself being ‘invaded’ by Qin Cheng the same way they were ‘invaded’ by him….

As for him ‘possessing’ Qin Cheng, Su Jingmo could totally do it….

However, before Su Jingmo could think carefully about it, the sudden presence of a qi coming from the other side of the tomb’s gates made Su Jingmo put away all these thoughts. Without a word, Qin Cheng, who was still waiting for Su Jingmo to take off his clothes, was pushed away.

Because he was pushed all of a sudden, Qin Cheng staggered back in confusion. However, when he saw that Su Jingmo had rearranged his clothes as he stared at the gates of the tomb with a serious expression, Qin Cheng understood that something must have happened.

“What are you trying to do by sneaking around my tomb? Qu Zhiwen, are you tired of living?”

As soon as Su Jingmo said that, the gates of the tomb were opened as well. At the other side, stood Qu Zhiwen.

Qu Zhiwen, who was still at the other side of the tomb’s gates, didn’t come in immediately. Instead, he stared back and forth between Qin Cheng and Su Jingmo, only to say next: “I’m a Heavenly Master, of course, I noticed from afar that there was something weird with your qi. I was seriously thinking of shouting ‘Ah!’ in surprise, but I was afraid of disturbing you two.”

Qin Cheng glanced at Qu Zhiwen and said: “If you could tell that something was going on, why didn’t you leave?”

‘ Aren’t you disturbing us anyways? ’

Su Jingmo looked at Qin Cheng, whose face didn’t look good, and couldn’t stop himself from lifting the corners of his mouth. Instead of pursuing this matter, Su Jingmo simply asked Qu Zhiwen: “What’s the matter with you, coming here in the middle of the night?”

“I really have something important to tell you. Of course, Qin Cheng can also listen to it.”

“What is it?”

“Jiang Ping and I just happened to run into your Professor, Li Guoxian, tonight. Since we saw that he was in a hurry, we decided to follow him. Then, he met with someone.”

“Who?” Qin Cheng walked to Su Jingmo’s side, pulled him towards the stone pavilion, sat down with him, and then said: “Is it Tang Jiaming?”

Qu Zhiwen shook his head and said: “About this, I would like to ask Su Jingmo something. Did everyone in the Su family look similar to each other?”

“Why do you want to know?” Su Jingmo smiled: “What does it have to do with this?”

“Well, I’m afraid that the….man Li Guoxian met today was, surprisingly, extremely similar to you in appearance. Besides, his surname also happens to be ‘Su’.”

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