Arc 5: Chapter 24
Yu Sui’an’s fierce gaze almost scared Lin Yuan to death, he looked so scary!
“Senior… Senior Brother…” Lin Yuan stuttered nervously, and his slender fingers pinched the corner of Yu Sui’an’s crimson robes.
Just like his soft and well-behaved tone, the cute and tender youth in front of Yu Sui’an seemed more harmless than a little bunny, but in reality, the little rabbit was anything but. He had not only ensnared Yu Sui’an, but also Xie Hanzhou.
Yu Sui’an’s anger was already intense, and now that the first thing he saw after waking up was Lin Yuan’s lips obviously swollen from kissing, he was even more furious! Xie Hanzhou must’ve done it on purpose!
He grabbed Lin Yuan’s slender wrist forcefully, his grip was like an unbreakable shackle that Lin Yuan could never escape from.
“Senior Brother? You still remember you have a senior brother? What did you promise me before I left? And what did you do instead?”
Yu Sui’an’s eyes blazed with rage that could burn Lin Yuan, his tone laced with bitterness and sarcasm as he continued: “You got together with Xie Hanzhou. While I was teetering between life and death, you were off smooching him? Lin Yuan! How could you do this to me?”
Hearing Yu Sui’an’s scathing remarks, Lin Yuan’s eyes began to brim with tears as the grievance in his heart overflowed. He aggrievedly rebutted: “I already liked Master when I started liking you! And I didn’t want to hurt you! I didn’t!”
You were the one who split into two people!
Yu Sui’an didn’t expect the little liar to talk back, and now he was even more angry.
The man furrowed his brow, his eyes as dark as ink. He said coldly: “You didn’t want to? You’re already together with me, but you still got with Xie Hanzhou, that’s obviously cheating! You’re a heartless flirt!”
Lin Yuan felt absolutely exasperated and helpless. Simultaneously, he couldn’t help but feel incapable compared to the source of all evil, Chu Yao, who managed over a dozen lovers, while he couldn’t even handle one (who was split into two)!
Lin Yuan puffed up in anger: “Fine! I’m a heartless flirt! I’m a cheater!”
“If you don’t like… like me anymore, then we… we can just break up…”
Wuuu, he didn’t want to break up! He couldn’t bear leaving Yu Sui’an, wuuuu…
Lin Yuan started crying pitifully. Turning his back to Yu Sui’an, he wiped his tears frantically.
Hearing Lin Yuan’s soft and distressing sobs, the fire in Yu Sui’an’s chest began to ache indescribably. Maybe he... went too far? Although the little liar was a bit of a flirt, the real one at fault… was Xie Hanzhou!
That shameless scoundrel must’ve been the one who seduced his little liar! How could his little liar do any wrong?
Just like this, the mighty Demon Lord convinced himself in no time. He softened his grip and moved closer to Lin Yuan, reaching out to embrace the youth: “Sui Sui…”
Sensing the man moving closer, Lin Yuan hid to one side, and looked back at Yu Sui’an with teary eyes and angry brows: “What do you think you’re doing? You were in so much pain just a few hours ago, and now you want to push yourself again, are you trying to make things worse?!”
Yu Sui’an paused in midair. But gazing at Lin Yuan, he decided to follow his heart, and without hesitation, pulled the youth into his arms: “But I missed you... I missed you so much…”
Lin Yuan’s frustration evaporated instantly, and his heart melted into a puddle of warm water.
He hugged Yu Sui’an back for a moment, but then quickly wriggled free from the man’s arms. He pretended to glare up at Yu Sui’an: “Did Senior Brother really miss a ‘cheater’ like me?”
Yu Sui’an was quite amused by the youth’s pettiness. He pinched Lin Yuan’s cheek, and softly coaxed him: “Sui Sui, I’m sorry, what I said was wrong. Don’t be mad anymore, okay?”
Lin Yuan rubbed against Yu Sui’an palm, and said earnestly: “It was my fault first, I’m sorry too.” He grabbed Yu Sui’an’s sleeve and asked a little pleadingly: “Senior Brother, I… I may seem a bit flirtatious, but… I really like you, and I also like Master.”
His voice quieted: “If you don’t like it, then we’ll go back to being fellow disciples, and I’ll go back to being Master’s student.”
Yu Sui’an’s eyes narrowed. This greedy little liar still wanted both him and Xie Hanzhou, describing him as audacious was an understatement.
Seeing Yu Sui’an stay silent, Lin Yuan’s heart nervously jumped: “.... Master said… he was willing to share me… and be one of my husbands. But Senior Brother, if you don’t want to, then I’ll go tell Master to cut off this relationship.”
Lin Yuan actually had a tiny bit of hope for being with both of them.
But he wasn’t delusional. Neither Xie Hanzhou and Yu Sui’an were easily to be trifled with, and he couldn't imagine the dual-husband arrangement going smoothly.
At least if they returned to their previous relationship as sect members, he could still find excuses to see them and be around them, while also avoiding similar confrontations from happening again.
Yu Sui’an couldn’t help but laugh angrily. Very good, Xie Hanzhou, what a poisonous method. The so-called righteous immortals were indeed no less cunning than demons.
And no matter how he looked at it, Xie Hanzhou would benefit more from this arrangement.
If Yu Sui’an refused, then wouldn’t Xie Hanzhou seem more generous and agreeable than him? But if he agreed, then especially in Pure Jade Palace, Xie Hanzhou’s own territory, Xie Hanzhou would undoubtedly gain the upper hand using his position as Lin Yuan’s master.
Lin Yuan saw Yu Sui’an’s face change again and again.
He hesitated a bit before saying softly: “Senior Brother, you probably don’t want to, right? If you don’t…”
Yu Sui’an raised his hand and pinched Lin Yuan’s chin, stopping him from continuing. He slightly raised a eyebrow: “Even our Sect Leader is willing to take a step back and share a Daoist partner with me. As a mere elder disciple, how can I refuse the Sect Leader’s orders?”
“But Sui Sui, co-husbands should be treated equally, so you can’t favor Xie Hanzhou more just because he’s your master. In fact, you should favor me more, since I am technically the junior.”
Yu Sui’an continued lowly: “For example, what you were doing with Master while I was unconscious, you have to compensate me by threefold.”
His warm fingertips brushed over Lin Yuan’s swollen lips, and he said softly: “Sui Sui, how long did you spend with Master earlier? Tell me.”
Lin Yuan hesitated to speak.
Threefold?!?
So whatever he did with Xie Hanzhou, he’d have to do three more times with Yu Sui’an?!
This… he’d die! He didn’t have Chu Yao’s godly behind artifact.
It took a while until Yu Sui’an gently coaxed the answer out of him.
Hearing the answer, Yu Sui’an pulled Lin Yuan with him to lay back on the bed. Before the youth could struggle, Yu Sui’an murmured: “Sui Sui, I can’t give you what Xie Hanzhou can right now, so please bear with me. Just half an hour. Can Sui Sui kiss me properly?”
Just half an hour? Lin Yuan suddenly wanted to go back to being fellow disciples. He didn’t want his lips to fall off.
Lin Yuan expressed this very serious concern and Yu Sui’an immediately pulled out a jar of ointment like he had been prepared. This kind of ointment could heal wounds instantly.
With the ointment in hand, Lin Yuan indeed no longer felt as scared.
He kissed Yu Sui’an for a long, long time. And even though Yu Sui’an’s face turned pale and his body began to tremble, he held Lin Yuan tightly and refused to let go.
Somewhere else, Xie Hanzhou felt a familiar softness on his lips, and his face darkened. With cold eyes, he picked up a brush and began to copy the Clear Heart Sutra silently.
A warm and tender tongue licked his lips, slipping through and sliding around the roof and floor of his mouth. Xie Hanzhou subconsciously clenched his teeth, but the sweet intrusion made its way inside uninhibited, wrapping around his tongue and hooking it into a teasing dance.
It was fragrant, soft, and silky. This sensation was all too familiar, one that Xie Hanzhou had tasted frequently during this period of time.
A quarter of an hour later, Xie Hanzhou’s pace in copying the Clear Heart Sutra slowed, and was no longer as fluid as before.
Half an hour later, the brush in Xie Hanzhou’s snapped, and an intense streak of ink stained the white paper he was writing on.
Another quarter of an hour passed, and the torment finally came to an end. Xie Hanzhou coldly sneered as he finished writing the remaining part of the Clear Heart Sutra, and then tore the paper to pieces.
In the evening, when Lin Yuan returned to his room, before he could even light up the lamp, he was pinned against the wall, and cool lips pressed down on his.
An incense stick later, Yu Sui’an shook his sleeves and snapped the hundred-year-old sycamore tree in the courtyard in two.
“Xie Hanzhou, you dog! Haven’t you kissed enough?!”