nashuaworldcup Chapter 167: A roundabout way of expressing love?
Chapter 167: A roundabout way of expressing love?
Chi Yu, feeling extremely depressed, climbed down from the end of the bed on tiptoe. When he passed by the living room on his way to the bathroom, he almost had a heart attack when he saw two figures quietly standing by the door at the entrance in the pitch-black hall.
Chi Yu was about to call for help, but when he opened his mouth, his eyes, which had finally adapted to the darkness, could vaguely see that the two figures lying on the crack of the double doors were He Ci and Shou Sui. He walked towards the two people at the entrance with a look of surprise and confusion on his face, "What are you two doing here?"
The two people who were blocking the door, one in front and one behind, put their faces close to the middle of the two door panels in a sneaky manner, and prying their hands through a finger-wide gap in the door, and no one knew what they were peeking at outside.
"Shh!" When he heard the noise coming from behind him, Shousui turned around quietly and made a gesture to Chi Yu to keep quiet.
Chi Yu looked at the two of them inexplicably and lowered the volume, "What are you looking at?"
"Here I am having a midnight snack!" He Ci glanced at Shou Sui, with a hint of helpless ridicule in his tone, "System-branded dog food midnight snack."
Thinking of what Shou Sui said this afternoon that he could do whatever he wanted to him at night, He Ci went to take a bath excitedly as soon as he returned to his room. But he never expected that the person who was still lying on the bed before taking a bath would disappear when he came out after taking a bath.
He wrapped himself in a bath towel and searched around the room, and finally came down to the first floor, only to find that Shousui had come here at some point to peep at Tianqing and Xuansang having a tryst, and no matter how hard he pulled him away, he wouldn't leave.
After the fall, the weather gradually turned cooler, and the temperature difference at night was quite large. When He Ci went upstairs to his room, put on his clothes and came down again, he coaxed, deceived, and dragged Shou Sui to go back to his room, but Shou Sui still clung to the door and remained unmoved. He had agreed to "let him do whatever he wanted", but in the end, he had to eat the dog food scattered by the system with him. He Ci was so depressed.
"If you don't like it, go back to your room and sleep!" Hearing the man's speechless tone, Shousui rolled his eyes at He Ci and pushed him upstairs in the living room. A hint of impatience was faintly revealed in his low voice, "Don't interfere with my CP!"
It's a rare opportunity to see the two systems put aside their past grudges, live in harmony, and show affection to each other. How can we miss it when we stay up all night to celebrate the New Year?
"..." Chi Yu looked slightly embarrassed after hearing this.
If it were any other time, Chi Yu's eyes would have lit up when he heard such a big news, and he would have happily joined the crowd to watch. But at this moment, he was still worried about sleeping between two zombies and whether they would bite him like a chicken leg in the middle of the night, and he had no intention of eating dog food at all.
Chi Yu smiled and said goodbye, "Then you guys continue, I'll go back first..."
He was halfway through saying "go back to the room and have a rest" when Shousui put his index finger on his lips to signal him not to make any sound.
Shousui opened his arms and put his arms around Chi Yu's shoulders and brought her one step closer to the door. He pointed outside the door without saying a word, urging Chi Yu to look through.
Xuan Sang was pulled all the way out of the house by Tianqing. Before leaving, he glanced at the people around him embarrassedly. He saw that Shousui was dragged to the room upstairs by He Ci, and Chi Yu and Mo Yuankai, who were arguing in the bedroom area on the first floor about who would sleep in the same room with whom, did not notice them. Only then did Xuan Sang not break free from Tianqing's hand.
"Why did you pull me out?" Xuan Sang had just walked out of the house and thought that something had happened to Tianqing. He lowered his eyes and looked at the two people holding hands, and asked the man in front of him in confusion.
Tianqing led him to the steps in front of the house and sat down side by side. The man turned his head to glance at Xuan Sang and said in a very happy mood, "Actually, there's nothing to do. I just want to stay with you for a while."
Thinking back to what Xuan Sang said today about not wanting to cancel the divine covenant between them, and his proactive and intimate hug, Tian Qing still couldn't believe it.
Xuan Sang had left so quickly in the afternoon that Tian Qing, who had been craving for Xuan Sang's tight embrace and warmth in his palms for a long time, still felt unsatisfied. Now that he finally had a chance to be alone with Xuan Sang again, Tian Qing certainly didn't want to let him go so early.
Even if they were just sitting side by side quietly on the steps in front of the house, doing nothing but talking and chatting, as long as the person accompanying him was Xuan Sang, as long as he could stick with him for a while, Tian Qing would be very happy and satisfied no matter what he did.
This house is located halfway up a mountain, and the night view outside the door is very open. Under the night sky with bright moon and sparse stars, the green plants in the front yard, the terrain of the fields below the mountain, and the white road winding like a snake beside the fields can all be clearly seen.
In the abandoned fields due to lack of care, weeds grew wildly. When the night wind blew, the whole field looked like surging waves. Groups of fireflies emitting green light, which were resting on the grass leaves, flew up like frightened birds, and continued to wander in the fields when the wind stopped.
"It's so beautiful!" Xuan Sang couldn't help but sigh after looking at the night scene below, "I didn't expect there is such a beautiful scenery in the world."
He looked at the man. Tianqing was dressed casually today, with a gray T-shirt and black sweatpants, a black and white patchwork jacket on the outside, and his long hair was tied up high. I thought such a modern outfit would make Tianqing's long hair look out of place, but now it seems that the man's overall outfit is not out of place at all.
On the contrary, the ponytail made Tianqing look more cheerful, and he looked full of youthful vitality and as handsome as ever. Xuan Sang was dazed for a while, and his eyes could not help but stay on the man for a little longer.
"So compared to the scenery of Yuling City, do you prefer the fireworks of the human world or the fairyland of Yuling City?"
It was not until Tianqing's question came to his ears that Xuan Sang suddenly came back to his senses. He looked away with a slightly embarrassed look. Realizing that he had been distracted like a fangirl just now, Xuan Sang's face flashed with embarrassment, and he couldn't help but curse himself in his heart, how useless it was to be so easily dazzled by male beauty!
When Tianqing saw Xuan Sang's expression change from shyness to frowning in the moment he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but smile and pinched Xuan Sang's palm.
"Hmm..." Xuan Sang murmured in confusion, "I feel they all have their own beauty, I like them all!" He replied to the man, and couldn't help but look up at Tianqing again.
Xuan Sang's eyes quickly swept across the man's face, and when he caught a glimpse of a burgundy headband hanging between the ends of his soft hair, he felt that it looked familiar and stopped to look at the headband again.
Xuan Sang couldn't help but pick up the headband from the end of Tianqing's hair and held it in his hand to examine it carefully for a moment. Whether it was the texture of the silk or the auspicious cloud patterns embroidered with gold and silver threads on the fabric, they were exactly the same as his.
No, not exactly the same, this is his one.
"Why... do you still keep it?" Xuan Sang raised the hairband in his hand in front of Tianqing and asked.
"Because it was given to me by you, I can't bear to throw it away." Tianqing looked at him with a smile.
After hearing this, Xuan Sang couldn't help but recall the time when he shamelessly gave his "Qingsiying" to Tianqing.
Because the Phantom God Clan all have human bodies and snake tails, Xuan Sang at that time was still one level short of cultivating legs. In order to successfully transform into a real human form, he decided to go into seclusion for a while to practice and improve his strength.
So after explaining to Tianqing the reason why he was leaving for a while, Xuan Sang was afraid that the other party would forget him over time because they were in different places and could not meet. At the same time, in order to prevent Tianqing from falling in love with someone else during his absence, Xuan Sang thought about finding a way to prevent it.
So after much thought, he cut off the last thumb-thick braid left on the back of his head, which was still tied with his golden silk auspicious cloud headband.
Xuan Sang still remembered that he handed the braid he had just cut off to Tian Qing and said with a smug look,
"Here, this is my 'Green Hair Shadow'. Don't underestimate it because it's just hair. If you miss me, pick up a strand, inject spiritual power into it, and cast a spell on it, and it will be able to transform into my silhouette. 'Green Hair Shadow' can not only accompany you, but also talk to you to cheer you up. If you encounter danger, it can also fight the enemy. You should know that in the entire phantom world, only my Xuan Sang's hair can have such magical powers! I won't give it away to ordinary people casually!"
This latter part was actually quite hypocritical, and Xuan Sang felt ashamed now. He himself couldn't even remember how many people he had given his hair to, otherwise the entire Fantasy God Realm would not have been filled with elegant men with waist-length hair, and he was the only one who was going further and further down the path of short hair.
But all those hair braids that were given away before, without exception, disappeared within a few days. The reason was surprisingly the same. After they transformed into human form, they saw that Xuan Sang still had a tail and no legs, so naturally they looked down on him and didn't want to associate with him anymore.
When Tianqing saw that he had completely changed his hairstyle into short hair after cutting off the braid, he couldn't help but doubt Xuansang's later words "I wouldn't give anything to ordinary people casually".
Although he had doubts in his heart, Tianqing still accepted the braid with a happy look on his face.
Tianqing accepted the gift and wanted to give him a personal item, but Xuansang thought it was too expensive and refused to accept it. Tianqing looked dissatisfied and asked, imitating Xuansang's previous words, "You don't want this or that, what if you miss me?"
After hearing this, Xuan Sang pondered for a while. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind and he looked at Tian Qing and said, "Your name is Tian Qing. If I miss you, I will look up at the sky! Hehe..."
Thinking back to this, Xuan Sang couldn't help but feel amused. He was laughing at how he could say those embarrassing words without blushing or beating his heart. Even now, Xuan Sang still felt ashamed, and it was not until now that he deeply realized that he was young and stupid at that time. That stupidity was like written directly on his face, but he didn't realize it.
So, how did Tianqing resist from laughing at him at that time?
Seeing that only the dark red gold hairband was left of the "Qingsiying" he had given as a gift, and Tianqing was still reluctant to throw it away, Xuan Sang was secretly delighted but also felt uneasy.
"Oh," he lowered his eyes and responded in a low voice. As if to hide the excitement rising in his ears, Xuan Sang suddenly picked up the previous topic and asked the man, "What about you?"
"What?" Tianqing asked again, unable to understand for a moment.
"That is, do you like the scenery here, or do you prefer the scenery of Yuling City?"
"Hmm..." This time it was Tianqing who hesitated for a moment. He frowned slightly and looked a little embarrassed. "This question stumped me."
"Ah?" Xuan Sang looked at the man in confusion, "No, is this really that difficult?"
Since it was so difficult to answer, just when Xuan Sang was thinking about whether to change the topic, Tian Qing continued to respond, "Yes,"
The man glanced at Xuan Sang and said casually, "Because I like you more. The scenery is the most beautiful when you are with me."
"If you're not here, I don't like Yuling City or anywhere else, and I don't want to choose it."
After hearing this answer, Xuan Sang felt that he had finally calmed down the heat in the tips of his ears, but because the deer in his heart suddenly started to beat wildly again, he felt the flush like a heat wave climbing up his cheeks at lightning speed.
How could a casual chat about the night view involve him? Tianqing's spontaneous love words made Xuan Sang unable to resist for a moment.
After a long silence, he looked unnatural and awkward before continuing the topic, saying, "Although the scenery here is equally beautiful, there is one scene that cannot compare to Yuling City."
"Which one?" Tianqing asked calmly.
"The sky on earth is gray most of the time. No matter the blue sky during the day or the starry sky at night, they are not as beautiful as the one in Yuling City." He looked up at the bright night sky and replied with a shy face.
After Xuan Sang finished speaking, he felt his cheeks getting even hotter.
When Tianqing first heard it, he thought Xuansang's words were just a literal expression of his liking for him. But when he realized what was going on, he was stunned for a moment. Because at this moment, he suddenly recalled a sentence Xuansang had said to him before. He said, "Your name is Tianqing. If I miss you, I will look up at the sky!"
Tianqing realized it belatedly and turned to look at Xuansang. The hands they were still holding suddenly tightened, and the man's calm heart suddenly became agitated.
Xuan Sang has kept his head down and eyes lowered since he finished speaking. He didn't dare to look at Tian Qing. He was even afraid that he would see his embarrassment. He almost buried his flushed face in his knees.
When Xuan Sang felt Tianqing's gaze falling on him, the deer in his heart beat even more happily.
Tianqing reached out and pinched his chin and lifted it slightly. The handsome face of the man in front of him got closer and closer, and their breaths blended together, just when Xuansang was about to be kissed.
The door behind them suddenly opened a gap as wide as a person's. Shousui was squeezed out and fell to the ground because of his unstable body. He tried to suppress his voice and cursed, "Hey, don't push me! What are you pushing for? Damn it!"
The noise frightened Xuan Sang so much that he jumped up from the ground reflexively and moved one meter away, putting some distance between himself and Tian Qing.
"!!!" Tianqing's hand, which was originally pinching Xuansang's chin, froze in mid-air for two seconds before being withdrawn with a little embarrassment.
The two turned around and looked towards the door. The people who were being peeped at and those who were hiding behind the door stared at each other in surprise.
Shousui hurriedly got up from the ground with a deep sense of apology. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Well, you guys continue! I, I didn't see anything." As he spoke, he waved goodbye to Xuansang and the others with a smile and backed back to the house.
As he retreated back to the gate, Shousui turned around and glared at the people in the room fiercely, and roared in a suppressed voice, "Who the hell pushed me just now!"
"..." He Ci suppressed his smile with a look of gloating.
"..." Chi Yu opened her big eyes and looked at him innocently, then shook her head like a rattle.
"..." Mo Yuankai, who found out that Chi Yu went to the bathroom but didn't come back to the room for half a century, came out to look for him and then joined in halfway, shrugged with an expression that said "definitely not me".
Seeing that no one acknowledged him, Shousui had to suppress his anger and step into the house. He turned around and smiled embarrassedly at the two people at the steps outside the house again, then calmly closed the door.
After being disturbed by the people in the room, Xuan Sang felt so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into. He immediately lost interest in staying with Tian Qing.
"Well, it's getting late, shall we go back to the house?" Xuan Sang pulled the corner of his mouth and spoke to Tian Qing with a smile.
Tian Qing's good time was interrupted, and the man's depressed face was even more gloomy than the sky covered with dark clouds.
He responded unhappily, "Yeah."
After seeing this, Xuan Sang knew that the man was unhappy because his friends had interrupted his good deeds. He was about to go back to the house. Just as he stepped on two steps, Xuan Sang turned around, taking advantage of the false height advantage of standing two steps higher than Tianqing, and the angle of his back facing the door, he put his arm around the back of Tianqing's head, then lowered his head and quickly kissed the man's thin lips.