Lian Li could not see his face clearly; he could only see the silhouette watching him from within the mist.
He recognized those clothes. They were the ones the original owner of this body had been wearing when Lian Li first crossed over into this world.
Even though he knew he was in a dream, Lian Li could not help but swallow hard.
At any other time, he wouldn’t have taken dreaming of this to heart.
But today, he had just finished relocating the graves of the original owner’s parents. To dream of the original owner that very night—it was impossible not to feel a sense of trepidation. Surely the original owner didn’t think he was being meddlesome?
But he truly hadn’t intended to relocate the graves at first. It was only after seeing the original owner’s parents buried there—with their eldest son living right at the foot of the mountain yet no one tending to the graves—that the thought had occurred to him.
He had thought to move them to a place where he could look after them. Even if he couldn’t come to pay his respects often, someone could be hired to look after the site every year. That way, the headstone wouldn’t break without anyone knowing, and the weeds wouldn’t go uncut.
Thinking of this, he felt a faint intuition that the original owner likely didn’t find him meddlesome. Otherwise, the spirit wouldn’t have waited until the parents were settled in their new graves to appear; he should have appeared the night they were moved out of Little Stone Village.
Furthermore, it had taken several days to travel from Little Stone Village back to Jianggao City, and he hadn’t dreamed of him during those days either.
As he stood outside the mist, looking in with a sense of uncertainty, the figure within the mist suddenly moved. He cupped his hands and bowed deeply toward Lian Li. Then, the figure dissipated like green smoke, and the mist also vanished.
Before the figure disappeared, Lian Li suddenly had an inexplicable feeling: the other party seemed very happy.
Lian Li rarely dreamed, and even when he did, he usually couldn’t remember them clearly the next day.
But this time, after waking up, he sat blankly on the bed for a long while. He actually remembered last night’s dream with incredible clarity.
He could even recall the patterns on the ties of the figure’s clothing, the loose threads at the cuffs, and even the mud stains on the hem.
When he had first crossed over, he had faced the crisis of the three wolves. Later, after being rescued by Yun Huizhou, he had fainted directly. On the second day of clinging to Yun Huizhou, the man had bought him two sets of well-fitting clothes.
He hadn’t thrown that old set away. After all, he had just arrived then and was penniless; since the clothes weren’t so torn that they were unwearable, he naturally kept them for a change of laundry.
He had carried that set of clothes all the way back to Drunken Dream Island. After he began practicing martial arts, he never wore them again, leaving them tucked away in his bedroom wardrobe.
He recognized the clothes, but he certainly shouldn’t have remembered them that clearly. He hadn’t even known there were patterns on the ties or loose threads at the cuffs before.
Rubbing the slightly chilled back of his neck, Lian Li wasn’t particularly afraid. He knew the original owner harbored no ill will toward him.
He just found it peculiar now.
He even wanted to return to Drunken Dream Island immediately to take those clothes out and examine them closely, to see if the patterns on the ties and the threads on the cuffs matched his dream.
With this thought in mind, he wanted to act immediately.
After tidying himself up, he went out into the courtyard.
Yun Huizhou was practicing with his saber. Lian Li didn’t go over to disturb him, instead running to another open space to begin practicing his whip techniques.
The two of them occupied their own sides, appearing as though they were not bothering one another.
However, this situation didn’t last long. Yun Huizhou suddenly flicked a small pebble toward Lian Li.
Lian Li sensed it instantly, and his movements changed immediately.
Not satisfied with merely blocking the pebble, he flipped his wrist, actually whipping the pebble back so it shot straight toward Yun Huizhou’s face.
Yun Huizhou raised an eyebrow and casually swung his saber. The pebble flew back toward Lian Li again at a tricky angle.
Lian Li spun his body, catching the pebble aimed at him and sending it back once more, this time targeting Yun Huizhou’s shoulder.
A single small pebble was whipped back and forth between the two of them over a dozen times until it finally succumbed to the pressure and crumbled into powder.
Lian Li retracted his whip and ran to the nearby pavilion to pour himself a cup of water, tilting his head back to gulp it down.
Yun Huizhou also sheathed his saber and walked over. After Lian Li finished drinking, he stared at him and said, “You didn’t even pour a cup for me.”
His tone actually carried a hint of acting spoiled.
Lian Li shot him a glare. He poured another cup, drank half of it in one breath, and then said to Yun Huizhou, “You used a pebble to sneak attack me. I’m not pouring water for you.”
Yun Huizhou didn’t speak, but simply looked at Lian Li with a somewhat mischievous smile.
Alarm bells immediately rang in Lian Li’s head. He hurriedly backed away, putting distance between himself and Yun Huizhou, fearing the man was up to some mischief.
However, how could his movements be faster than Yun Huizhou’s? With a reach of his hand, Yun Huizhou had Lian Li—and the cup in his hand—firmly in his grasp.
Then, he watched as Yun Huizhou took his cup and drained the remaining half-cup of water.
It was clearly just a simple act of drinking water, but for some reason, Lian Li felt the atmosphere turn flush-inducing. His mind was instantly filled with images unsuitable for viewing.
He gave a violent start, hurriedly broke free from Yun Huizhou’s embrace, and ran out of the courtyard without looking back.
As if to mask his guilt and embarrassment, he shouted as he ran, “Uncle Zhang, I’m hungry! What are we having for breakfast today?”
When crossing the threshold of the courtyard, he even tripped. For a martial artist who had already reached the second-rate level, this was essentially an impossible mistake.
Yun Huizhou watched his frantic, fleeing back, finding it both hilarious and a bit poignant. He really didn’t know what to say about this boy; when he wrote those storybooks, he made them as spicy as could be.
Yet now, with just a bit of deliberate teasing, he was scared enough to trip over a doorstep.
If he hadn’t seen wrongly, the blush on the boy’s face just now had spread all the way down to his neck.
Even as Lian Li sat at the table eating crystal buns, the flush on his face hadn’t faded. At the same time, he was silently loathing his own impure thoughts.
How could he imagine so many scenes unsuitable for children just from someone drinking water?
Could it be that he really was a hidden pervert? Had he already become extremely covetous of Yun Huizhou’s beauty without even realizing it?
Or perhaps it was because he hadn’t done any “handiwork” in too long, so he was too thirsty?
But that shouldn’t be right. Between him and Yun Huizhou, logically speaking, Yun Huizhou should be the one with the more vigorous “internal fire.”
The two of them were inseparable. Since he hadn’t done any handiwork, Yun Huizhou shouldn’t have done any either.
If anyone was thirsty, it should be Yun Huizhou. How could it be him?
If even he was thirsty, then shouldn’t Yun Huizhou be at the point of holding it in until he exploded?
But Yun Huizhou didn’t look at all like he was about to explode from suppression.
Was it really because he was a hidden pervert, or was it that he actually wasn’t very attractive to Yun Huizhou?
Thinking of this, Lian Li felt a bit melancholy.
As expected, Yun Huizhou was the “iron-straight” type. Even if the feelings were there, the body wasn’t quite there yet; he had no “dirty” thoughts.
What was to be done? Were the two of them really going to have a Platonic relationship forever?
Lian Li couldn’t help but sigh, feeling worried. He popped a small crystal bun into his mouth, and while chewing, a very outrageous thought suddenly occurred to him.
