CH 18

Chapter 18

[T/N: … I’m back. Also changed some of the terms.]

Xue Danrong’s expression changed distinctly, and his red lips pursed very tightly as if he was resisting something. However, he didn’t say anything in the end and just turned around, finding an open space to sit cross-legged again.

Fang Chaozhou was stunned when he saw Xue Danrong was suddenly so far away from him. But then, he thought it over. This was a normal Youngest Shidi. The previous Youngest Shidi was too abnormal, and his brain must’ve been muddled from the poison.

They stayed in this ruined temple for one night. Fang Chaozhou initially wanted to take note of the outside movements with Xue Danrong, but he fell asleep soon after. When he woke up again, he was awoken by Youngest Shidi’s call.

“Second Shixiong, we should go.” After Xue Danrong said this sentence indifferently, he took the Cutting Water Sword, removed the space formation, and took the lead to walk out of the ruined temple.

Fang Chaozhou immediately got up, but his clothes and hair were untidy right now. He could only open his mouth and yell one sentence.

“Youngest Shidi, wait for me!”

When he tidied up his clothes and hair and went out, Xue Danrong was already riding his sword. Fang Chaozhou promptly stepped on too upon seeing this.

However, the Cutting Water Sword was a touch different from before at this moment. When it flew up, it was charging around violently. Several times, Fang Chaozhou couldn’t help taking breaths of cold air. It’s said that the natal magic weapon would show different states at the beginning according to the owner’s mood. Was Youngest Shidi in a very bad mood right now?

After guessing this possibility, Fang Chaozhou became even more prudent. He didn’t talk to Xue Danrong the whole way for fear of causing the other party’s mood even worse. But even if he didn’t open his mouth, Xue Danrong’s mood didn’t improve and even had a faint tendency to get more vile.

When they arrived at Xianglian City, Fang Chaozhou called Xue Danrong at once.

“Youngest Shidi.”

With his back to him, Xue Danrong turned slightly sideways. The sunlight carried a layer of warm light on his inclined face, reducing some of his chilliness.

“Youngest Shidi, I still have a little something to do later. Return to the inn by yourself first.”

Fang Chaozhou had thought it through. If he went back to the inn with Xue Danrong, then everyone would definitely ask him why he came back with his Shidi and whether he was with his Shidi all of these past few days.

He feared that everyone would misunderstand, then the rumors of his impotence would be spread in vain. It was better for him to keep some distance from Xue Danrong.

Xue Danrong heard what he said and glanced at him. His tone was even colder than before, “Whatever you want.”

After he finished speaking, he turned his head back around. When they were not far from the inn, Xue Danrong had the sword descend halfway and immediately jumped down.

The wind blew his white sleeves with “gugu” sounds. The ends of his long hair perked up, only half-tied by the jade hair crown. When Xue Danrong dropped, he was practically like a deity descending to the human world. Every surrounding common person who witnessed all of this couldn’t help gasping in surprise. And after seeing Xue Danrong’s face clearly, they were all stunned, unable to produce a peep. They could only look dazedly, but Xue Danrong’s splendid face contained frost, and he walked toward the inn with large strides.

Fang Chaozhou, who was left on the sword, also jumped down quickly. As soon as he jumped down, the Cutting Water Sword immediately shrunk and flew into Xue Danrong’s hand.

After Fang Chaozhou landed, he glanced at Xue Danrong’s rear figure, then changed direction and headed to another place. He was preparing to stay outside for a bit before returning to the inn.

But where should he stay?

After thinking about it, he went straight to the nearby bookstore. But before he entered the bookstore, a whip was wrapped around his waist first.

“I finally found you.”

A voice sounded from behind simultaneously.

Fang Chaozhou paused for a moment before turning around.

Sure enough, it was the little devil.

The black-clothed youth pulled the other end of the whip, and his small face was slightly raised. A pair of kitten eyes stared at him, seemingly possessing a look of sizing him up. After a long time, the boy pulled the whip forcefully. Fang Chaozhou only perceived darkness before his eyes, and when clarity was restored before his eyes, he was already no longer on the street.

This place was like a special space formation.

It was dark all around, and there was only light where he and Li Zhu were standing.

“Weren’t you tied up by my dad? Did he let you go?” Li Zhu did not release the whip wrapped around Fang Chao’s waist and walked a circle around Fang Chaozhou. When he circled back to Fang Chaozhou’s front side, he lightly hit Fang Chaozhou’s hand with the whip handle.

After Fang Chaozhou heard this, he couldn’t help thinking of Li Yiye’s appearance of being stabbed in the heart by the Cutting Water Sword. It seemed that Li Zhu didn’t know that something had happened to his dad.

“I escaped by myself.” Fang Chaozhou chose to tell the half truth between telling the truth and lying.

Li Zhu didn’t seem too convinced, “You can escape from my dad’s clutches?” But he wrinkled his brows and said, “It’s possible. After all, my dad is more interested in my Darling Danrong.”

Having said that, he “hmphed” heavily.

On the day of the Cultivation Convention finals, he tied up a fake Xue Danrong, then a guy from Romance Nunnery abducted the fake Xue Danrong. Unexpectedly, he didn’t care, but his Darling Danrong chased after, and his dad chased after Xue Danrong. He feared that his dad would do something bad to Xue Danrong and immediately blocked his dad’s way. But in the end, he was no match against his dad.

He also didn’t know if his dad did excessive things after catching up later.

“Right, did you see my Darling Danrong when you escaped? Was he caught by my dad? I asked around, but he never returned to the inn where your guys’ Heavenly Water Sect is staying. Your guys’ Heavenly Water Sect has already been looking for him for several days.” Li Zhu’s eyes were full of nervousness as if he was very afraid that something had happened to Xue Danrong.

Fang Chaozhou thought for a time before saying, “I didn’t see him, but he’s probably fine.”

“How would you know? My dad is worse than a beast and acts like a tyrant. What if he bullies Darling Danrong?” Li Zhu cursed Li Yiye practically as if he wasn’t cursing his own dad, “No, I can’t stay here. I need to go back.”

After saying this, he took a step forward, but he suddenly came back. Furthermore, he had vigilance in his eyes, “Wait. You already know my identity, right?”

Fang Chaozhou had actually guessed it a long time ago, but presently, he could only act as if he just found that out. “I just found that out.”

Li Zhu raised his eyebrows and pulled the whip again, pulling Fang Chaozhou a little closer, “I loathe outsiders knowing my business.”

Fang Chaozhou heard this sentence and couldn’t help thinking that if he hadn’t been able to mobilize the Cutting Water Sword, he wouldn’t be an outsider right now and instead the little devil’s stepmother.

“Do you think I should kill you?” The little devil didn’t know that he was being taken advantage of by Fang Chaozhou. He deliberately lowered his voice, wanting to create a deterrent effect.

But Fang Chaozhou was not afraid of him at all now. He had offended the big devil. So what if he offended the little devil? Li Zhu couldn’t beat him anyway. Perhaps when he would have many enemies, they would even fight each other for the right to kill him.

Therefore, Fang Chaozhou lowered his head, looked at the whip on his body, and pulled the whip away with his hand immediately.

When Li Zhu saw that Fang Chaozhou actually pulled his whip away, his already big eyes widened even more. He was about to get angry at once, but Fang Chaozhou actually patted his shoulder in response, neither hurriedly nor slowly. “You can’t kill me unless you ask your dad to help.”

Li Zhu had no way to refute this sentence. He glared at Fang Chaozhou, “I can’t kill you now, but that doesn’t mean I can’t kill you in the future. I can always kill you.”

“Then let’s see in the future,” Fang Chaozhou said, not showing him respect.

Li Zhu was obviously even more angry. His face “toot toot” from the anger, and his eyes continuously emitted rage. But suddenly, he calmed his fury, “Then have you seen someone who looks exactly like Darling Danrong?”

[T/N: Clarification, the “toot toot” part is like the sound from when you see steam coming out from cartoon characters because they’re so red and angry.]

“No.” Fang Chaozhou firmly denied.

Of course he hadn’t seen the person. He didn’t look in the mirror at the time.

Li Zhu’s eyes that were looking at him became more and more skeptical. Then, he suddenly stepped forward and hugged Fang Chaozhou’s waist. With this, his complexion changed at once, “It’s you. I’ve hugged you before, and I still remember that feeling. You…” He was so angry that he gnashed his teeth. The guy in front of him heard all the stupid things he said at that time. “Do you still remember what I said that night?”

It had to be said that Fang Chaozhou was still a tactful person, “Which night? Have we ever met at night?”

But the more he deceived him as such, the angrier Li Zhu became. Probably because he was still young, the more he was ashamed, the angrier he was. He let go of Fang Chaozhou, “Forget everything I said, and you’re not allowed to say it to Darling Danrong, you hear? Otherwise, I will definitely kill you. It’s fine if it’s in ten, fifty, or a couple hundred years. I can definitely kill you.”

In short, he was threatening to kill Fang Chaozhou.

Fang Chaozhou shook his head, “Don’t worry. I won’t say anything.”

Li Zhu “hmphed” and was still not very happy. He felt embarrassed and wanted to regain ground, and this ground was very swiftly regained, because he remembered Fang Chaozhou was sitting on his dad’s leg when he kidnapped Fang Chaozhou.

“Right, what’s your relationship with my dad? Why are you sitting on his leg? Do you want to be my stepmother?” Li Zhu glowered at Fang Chaozhou, and without waiting for Fang Chaozhou to deny it, he rushed one step ahead and said, “Don’t think about it. Even if you do, you can’t. My dad definitely won’t like…”

He sized up Fang Chaozhou from top to bottom, originally wanting to attack Fang Chaozhou’s figure, but there seemed to be nothing to attack. He paused and then finally found a reasonable attack point.

“Such a shameless, lewd, and coquettish person! You’re shameless, seducing my dad and also deliberately seducing me.”

He thought it was Fang Chaozhou’s fault. Otherwise, he would definitely not have said those kinds of words that night.

Moreover, Fang Chaozhou was indeed coquettish. That night, he hid behind him first, hid behind the person from the Romance Nunnery next, hid behind his dad, and then finally held his Darling Danrong and didn’t let go no matter what.

No wonder his dad said that Fang Chaozhou was coquettish.

His dad, that beast, even said that Fang’s Chaozhou was coquettish, which proved Fang Chaozhou was truly coquettish.

Li Zhu recalled that Fang Chaozhou had once grabbed his hand and increasingly felt that he was right. This guy wanted to seduce him.

So could he let this guy get away with it?

Of course not.

So Li Zhu said, panting with rage: “Don’t think of seducing me. Both my person and heart belong to Darling Danrong. No matter how you seduce me, you will not succeed. Even if you strip naked, stand in front of me, and call me Gege, I won’t pay attention to you.”

Fang Chaozhou: ?

It seemed that something was not quite right.

Seeing that Fang Chaozhou was still looking at him, Li Zhu got even more angry, “You’re not allowed to look at me. Do you still want to seduce me? I definitely won’t pay attention to your cheap, low-end seduction tricks. Humph, only my dad, that beast, would pay attention to you. But I warn you, you’re not allowed to have the notion of being my stepmother. Do you want to be my stepmother and then do a pretty stepmother and handsome stepson thing, like what’s written in the huabens? Don’t even think about it!”

“That…” Fang Chaozhou really couldn’t listen anymore.

But just as he opened his mouth, Li Zhu couldn’t wait to interrupt him, “Shut up. You’re not allowed to talk. Are you trying to say that I have misunderstood? I would not misunderstand. I’ll tell my dad that you’re obsessively pestering me and won’t let me go and even wanted to call me Gege!”

Fang Chaozhou: …

No, what in the world had this little devil been reading recently?