Chapter 60: Demonic beasts are still so simple.
During the Lantern Festival, the already lively Lingyun City became even more bustling.
When the two of them arrived, the decorative lanterns were already lit. The lights from the stalls flowed from the head of the street to the tail, and the center of the street was a sea of heads.
Liao Chen directly placed a spatial formation around the two of them. This way, no matter how crowded the people around them were, there was always a gap around Yan Jingyu.
“I really don’t know whether to say you are steady or reckless.” Yan Jingyu glanced at the passersby who brushed past him but were always separated by spiritual energy and never really touched him. His words were sudden, but Liao Chen actually understood. “Reckless towards others, steady towards myself.”
“You person…” Yan Jingyu immediately laughed, a little annoyed. “No wonder everyone wants to kill you.”
“As if no one wants to kill you.” Liao Chen said, “A goody-two-shoes like you who always has a clear conscience is the easiest to be targeted without knowing it.”
“Can’t you talk without stabbing people’s hearts?”
“What, you’re still not used to it?”
“…You.” Yan Jingyu stepped on him. Liao Chen immediately dodged. He stepped on him again, and he dodged again. The crowd was clearly crowded, but Yan Jingyu failed to step on him several times. Liao Chen looked at his angry expression and said deliberately, “You want to step on me that much?”
Yan Jingyu glared at him. Liao Chen curved his lips. “Call me ‘husband’ once, and I’ll satisfy you.”
“Shameless.” Yan Jingyu turned his head and walked away. Liao Chen immediately followed him. “Speaking of which, aren’t my words quite reasonable? You see, whenever I sense danger, I don’t care if it’s real or fake, I just kill the other person first. So I’m still alive and well. As for you… don’t always talk about the morals your father taught you. If a person has evil intentions, they will surely bear evil consequences. Instead of waiting for this evil consequence to affect you, it’s better to let him eat it himself first…”
“Then you would have died countless times long ago.”
“I’m different.”
“How are you different?”
“I’m strong enough.”
Yan Jingyu shot him a sideways glance. “You’re so full of yourself.”
Liao Chen let out a laugh and took his hand. His thumb rubbed his fingers, his voice becoming a little softer. “Why are your hands so soft?”
Yan Jingyu suddenly stepped on him. Liao Chen, caught off guard this time, frowned slightly and saw him reveal a triumphant smile. “Are your feet soft?”
Liao Chen smiled slightly, directly pulled the other’s hand, and hugged his waist, pressing him against himself.
Yan Jingyu shrank slightly, and his two feet stepped on his instep together.
The crowd was crowded, the lights swayed. Yan Jingyu subconsciously blinked. This action compensated for his slightly lower height than Liao Chen, allowing him to be completely level with the other. His dark pupils reflected the flowing light of the lanterns, and also a slightly nervous face.
Yan Jingyu looked left and right. Many people had already looked at them. Even though he knew they couldn’t recognize who the two of them were, Yan Jingyu still felt a little embarrassed and quickly patted his shoulder. “What are you doing? Let go…”
“Didn’t you like to step on me?” Liao Chen pressed his waist with one hand and the back of his head with the other. “I’ll let you step on me to your heart’s content.”
“Mmm…”
This kiss came so suddenly. Yan Jingyu was forced to press himself completely against him. Liao Chen tilted his head slightly, his high-bridged nose brushing against his upturned nose. His lips opened and closed, constantly containing his lips.
Yan Jingyu shrank his neck in shock, his eyelashes trembling as he wanted to close them, but he couldn’t help but see the people looking at them from the corner of his eye. Everyone would turn their heads to look at them. Some people were pointing and talking about something, which made his face turn even redder.
He pushed Liao Chen’s shoulder.
But Liao Chen kissed him even deeper, and more and more wantonly.
Yan Jingyu’s waist was very thin, and his body was too soft compared to his. He kept tightening his arms, but still felt that his slender waist could not be held in one hand. He always felt that there was still a gap, that he could hold him tighter, closer to himself.
Yan Jingyu had already closed his eyes as if he had given up. His cheeks and neck were extremely hot, his mind in a mess.
When he was finally released, he no longer dared to look around. His foot slid down from Liao Chen’s instep, a little unsteady. His eyelashes were lowered, his brain clearly not blank, but still extremely chaotic.
Not until a laugh came from his ear did Liao Chen blow on his face. “There’s an illusion. They can’t see.”
Only then did Yan Jingyu suddenly look up, glare at him fiercely, and turn to walk away.
Liao Chen looked at his long, slender back, and slightly licked the tip of his tongue. The fragrant, soft, and wet feeling seemed to still linger in his mouth… How could he have thought that the young immortal lord who had always been against him back then would be so…
A word that should have appeared on food popped into his mind. He reacted for a moment, flipped his palm to suppress the heat in his dantian, and took a step to follow.
As soon as he felt him approaching, Yan Jingyu wanted to step on him again, but as soon as his foot was lifted, he silently withdrew it.
That little action was seen by Liao Chen. He let out another light laugh and deliberately moved closer to his ear. “Still want to step on me again?”
“Are you messing with me?!”
Yan Jingyu glared at him fiercely, but found that he was actually very close to his face again. The tip of his nose even bumped into his. He couldn’t help but frown and grit his teeth. “Liao, Qi, Mei…”
“Do you want to buy a lantern?”
Liao Chen’s voice was gentle. Yan Jingyu couldn’t get angry anymore, so he said, “I want a little dog one.”
“A little dog…” Liao Chen did not withdraw his body, still maintaining a very close distance with him. He patiently sent out his divine sense and swept around, then smiled. “There really is one.”
He finally straightened up, took Yan Jingyu’s hand, and said, “Let’s go.”
Yan Jingyu glared at him a few more times, and was led by him through the crowd. He walked for nearly half a street before he saw a small dog lantern at a stall that was crowded with people.
He directly separated the crowd and walked in, and immediately heard the dissatisfaction of the people around him. “How can you be so impolite?”
Liao Chen’s body burst with astral energy, directly shaking the surrounding people a few steps away. Yan Jingyu subconsciously raised his hand to cover his face. He began to feel that being with Liao Chen was a very unwise thing. After all, the difference in their three views was really too great… In this kind of matter, he really wasn’t that thick-skinned.
There were also cultivators around. While being shaken away, they also realized that this person was not to be trifled with. They only complained a few words. In less than two moments, the lantern stall that had been crowded with people was soon left with only the two of them.
Liao Chen smiled slightly, took a step forward, and took out a silver ingot from his sleeve. He pointed at the small dog lantern. “I want this one.”
“…This lantern, you have to guess a riddle.” The stall owner carefully flipped over a small wooden sign. “If you can guess correctly, you can take it away.”
Liao Chen glanced at it. Yan Jingyu’s eyes rolled. Just as he was about to see how he would deal with this riddle, he suddenly heard the owner cry out. The sign was directly swallowed by a blue-purple demonic flame and instantly turned to ash, falling in a pile on the ground.
Liao Chen still held the silver ingot steadily and repeated, “I want this one.”
The owner’s face was pale. He stumbled as he took down the lantern and offered it with both hands. “Your dog lantern.”
After leaving the stall, Liao Chen was very satisfied as he carried the lantern, occasionally bringing it in front of Yan Jingyu. But when Yan Jingyu went to take it, he immediately moved it away. “I got this with my own ability. If you want it, then make me happy.”
“You don’t even spare the mortals. Do you have any shame?”
“When you played tricks on me back then, I didn’t see you have any shame either.”
“You’re comparing yourself to a mortal, are you?”
“To me, they are weak. To you, a group of immortal sect members, I am alone. How can we not compare?”
“You know you’re alone, and you’re still not giving me the lantern?” Yan Jingyu said, “Do you believe I’ll kill myself right now and let you continue to be alone?”
Liao Chen glanced at him, then held up the lantern again, his gaze fixed on his face without blinking. Yan Jingyu did not snatch it, but held out his hand proudly, waiting for him to put the lantern handle in his palm.
But Liao Chen gently held the lantern high, staring at him intently.
Yan Jingyu frowned and ordered, “Hurry up and give it to me!”
Liao Chen, as if he were admiring it, looked at his face, which was made a little hazy and soft by the light of the lantern. “You’re so beautiful.”
Yan Jingyu stiffened. Liao Chen had already taken the lantern down, then held it up again, and sighed lightly. “The light of the jade pot turns, the powdered cheeks are lightly covered…”
Yan Jingyu looked at him. He seemed to be listening to something with his ear, then continued, “The beautiful eyebrows are gathered, the distant mountains are a horizontal green…”
“Wen Renying!” Yan Jingyu shouted at the Qiankun Pouch. Liao Chen finally did not continue to speak. He held the lantern and looked at Yan Jingyu’s face for a while. “Beautiful, hmm…”
He put it down, then held it up again. “So beautiful.”
Yan Jingyu rolled his eyes, reached out and snatched the lantern, and deliberately shone it on his face. Liao Chen raised his sleeve to block it. Yan Jingyu, while holding his hand, deliberately faced him. “The late sun’s glow lightly crosses, reflecting your face so charmingly. Your sword-like eyes hold the stars, just like the moonlight condensing into mist…”
Seeing him frown, he deliberately said fiercely, “What, you don’t understand? I’m scolding you!”
Liao Chen snatched the lantern back again. “I was just praising you. How can you scold me?”
“If you praise me, you should at least use appropriate words.” Yan Jingyu said, “If I say you have a phoenix bun like a cloud of fragrant mist, just like a peony in the spring day, you show me how happy you are!”
“…” Liao Chen raised an eyebrow, his gaze falling on his exquisite, jade-like face. He looked at his puffed-up expression and his indignant eyes. “Just like a peony in the spring day… delicate?”
“Shut up!” Yan Jingyu snatched the lantern back again. Liao Chen let out a laugh on his own, his gaze measuring his graceful figure. He then came up again and wrapped his arms around his waist. “There’s red bean paste up ahead. Want some?”
As soon as he softened his tone, the anger in Yan Jingyu’s heart also vanished. He snorted. “I’ll reluctantly go with you to have a look.”
The two of them walked forward. Liao Chen’s smile was gentle. As he looked up, the high balustrades of the pavilion, the hooked corners and flying eaves, and the thousands of lanterns hanging there, flowed into his eyes like the Milky Way. He saw a person in the crowd.
His smile did not diminish. He met that person’s gaze quietly.
I have come to keep an appointment with a person from the past. I hope you know that I have already found a good way to save him. Though I have gone through a thousand sails, this love has not ended.
The person’s eyes stared at them without blinking, his deep eyes lighting up, degree by degree.
Liao Chen lowered his head and made a move to snatch the lantern in Yan Jingyu’s hand. Yan Jingyu immediately nudged him with his shoulder, his face full of displeasure.
The person watched them leave, until their figures had completely disappeared from sight. Only then did he let out a light laugh. “You jinx, you really didn’t die.”
The him of the past did not yet know what he was about to experience, and was full of confidence.
The him of this moment walked straight forward, never looking back.
Not until Yan Jingyu suddenly turned his face and looked back. “Just now, I seemed to have seen someone who looks a lot like you…”
“Yin Shi also came to Lingyun City?”
“It’s not Yin Shi.” Yan Jingyu’s head was gently held and turned back. “It’s like another you.”
“…Between me and Yin Shi, you can tell us apart?”
“Of course I can tell.” Yan Jingyu said, as if it were a matter of course. “When you’re being yourself, you’re particularly annoying. When you’re being Yin Shi, you’re particularly likable.”
Liao Chen was unhappy. “So you like Yin Shi more?”
Yan Jingyu glanced at him. “Are you jealous?”
“How could I be?” Liao Chen said nonchalantly, “I was just thinking, if you like him so much, I’ll call him back at night to sleep with you with this Lord, to satisfy Immortal Lord Dufang’s vanity of always wanting to have one on each side.”
Yan Jingyu was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, “You dare!”
“I dare?” Liao Chen said, “Why wouldn’t I dare? Weren’t you always thinking of him? Weren’t you always hinting that you wanted to sleep with the two of us?”
“You…” Yan Jingyu looked left and right. “Liao Qi Mei, you…”
In the other’s frowning expression, Yan Jingyu suddenly reacted, coughed lightly, and said, “There’s no such thing. Don’t let your imagination run wild.”
Demonic beasts are still so simple, they don’t have so many dirty thoughts.
He reached out and wrapped his arms around Liao Chen’s neck, taking the initiative to kiss him. “I like him because I know that’s you… alright, don’t be angry. The little dog lantern for you?”
“I don’t like dog lanterns.” Liao Chen looked at him and said deliberately, “I want a rabbit lantern.”
“Alright.” Yan Jingyu agreed at once. “I’ll go win you a rabbit lantern!”
He was about to turn and leave, but Liao Chen pulled him back again. “One more kiss.”
Yan Jingyu had no choice but to kiss him again. Liao Chen was slightly satisfied, but not satisfied enough. “One more.”
Yan Jingyu directly gave him two. “Buy one, get one free. Alright, let’s go.”
Liao Chen was pulled forward by him. Thinking of his suddenly gentle appearance just now, he was half-puzzled, half-curious. “Yan Jingyu.”
“Hmm?”
“What were you going to scold me for just now?”
“I wasn’t going to scold you…”
“It was when I said I would sleep with you with Yin Shi.”
“…Look!” Yan Jingyu pointed ahead. “That rabbit is the most beautiful. Hurry up, hurry up, or it will be snatched away by someone else!”
“At worst, this Lord will just snatch it back…”
“Hurry up and go!”
