After Deceiving Shizun into Dual Cultivating, I Ran Away With His Bun 66

Chapter 66

“Hello.” Lin Queli held A’Xue and greeted the two with a dry laugh.
A’Yu came back to his senses and paused. “We are A’Xue’s clansmen. My name is A’Yu, and she is A’Lin. We came to accompany A’Xue to the Myriad Sword Sect to participate in the grand competition…”
Lin Queli suddenly understood. “Oh, oh…!”
That’s great!
Lin Queli pinched A’Xue’s cheek, feeling very relieved.
It’s so good that so many people care about A’Xue!
A’Yu continued, “Now there are still three days until the grand competition. We will wait in Rongcheng for these three days. A’Xue can also rest and make a final sprint.”
A’Lin added, “That’s right! And it just so happens that there’s a lantern festival tomorrow. We can also go for a walk.”
Lantern festival?!
Lin Queli’s eyes immediately lit up. “What’s so fun about the lantern festival?”
A’Lin thought to herself, His Highness is still as playful as before.
“There’s a lot of fun. Not to mention there are many snack stalls, you can also guess lantern riddles and release lanterns.” A’Lin glanced at Helan Xue and said with a smile, “In short, it’s very suitable to go with a loved one.”
Helan Xue paused.
Lin Queli nodded without noticing, excitedly rubbing his hands. “Good, good, good! Then do we need to prepare anything?”
Helan Xue said, “First, I’ll take you to buy a few sets of clothes.”
“Hmm?”
Lin Queli looked down at the set of clothes on his body. Thanks to the washing spell, he was indeed still wearing his… school uniform since he transmigrated.
The school uniform showed its quality well. After he had rolled and crawled around, it only had a few small holes.
Fortunately, this was a cultivation world, and it was still summer. Everyone didn’t feel anything about strange clothes.
—After all, those guys from the Hehuan Sect were already wearing clothes that barely covered their bodies!
But if he wanted to go to the lantern festival and participate in the celebration, he did indeed need to buy a few sets of clothes.
A’Yu and A’Lin had traveled a long way to get here, so they went back to their rooms to rest first. Helan Xue held Lin Queli with one hand and A’Xue with the other, and they went to the market together.
When they arrived at the ready-to-wear shop, the owner enthusiastically introduced many things, especially… the three of them were very good-looking.
Helan Xue had now become an immortal, and his temperament was no longer like a mortal’s. Although Lin Queli now lacked the charm of a demon, he was also handsome and bright. And A’Xue had inherited Helan Xue’s and Lin Queli’s appearance, so there was no need to say.
Standing together, they were very pleasing to the eye.
The boss said with a grin to Helan Xue, “Are these two your younger brothers? The whole family is so good-looking. Are you cultivators? Recently, there have been many cultivators in our Rongcheng. It’s said that they are here to participate in that grand competition!”
When the boss’s wife on the side heard this, she strode forward and slapped the boss on the head. “You old man, don’t you have any eyes! That’s a couple, a couple! A family of three!”
“Huh?!”
The boss looked at Lin Queli, then at Helan Xue, and suddenly understood. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I misunderstood!”
Lin Queli’s face was scalding hot, and the tips of his ears were red. He thought to himself, this is the real misunderstanding!
He waved his hands helplessly. “W-well, not really…”
The boss’s wife said with a smile, “Aiya, what are you shy about! I can see that you have a very good relationship!”
Lin Queli scratched his head. “R-really? How can you tell?”
“You two are so intimate. And those eyes… they’re practically pulling threads! Do you really think I’m blind? Only this old man of mine can’t see.” The boss’s wife handed a measuring tape to Helan Xue. “Here, measure your husband. He’s too thin. I have to alter his ready-made clothes and take them in.”
Helan Xue lowered his eyes, hiding the smile in his eyes as he took the measuring tape. He wrapped his hand around Lin Queli’s waist from behind, as if he were holding him in his arms.
Lin Queli’s heart was pounding. He lowered his head, not daring to look at him.
W-what’s going on! Wen Chen is a proper person. I-I shouldn’t be making wild assumptions…
“Ah!”
—Helan Xue’s hand touched the small of Lin Queli’s back, making him jump.
…I should be making wild assumptions!
Is this person in front of me having ulterior motives!
Lin Queli gritted his teeth and looked at Helan Xue with reproach.
Helan Xue chuckled. “Sorry.”
This laugh instantly made Lin Queli lose his senses.
He lowered his head in a fluster.
—Helan Xue’s gaze was so tender, so gentle, as if it were a sign of something, and as if it confirmed the boss’s wife’s teasing.
If the people of the Myriad Sword Sect were here, they would definitely find it unbelievable.
At this moment, Helan Xue did not look like an otherworldly immortal, but was almost no different from a “husband” in the mortal world, his body filled with the gentleness of being stained with the fireworks of the mortal world.
Lin Queli’s mind was a little chaotic.
“I’ve measured it.”
Helan Xue let go of Lin Queli and turned to discuss with the boss’s wife.
The surroundings suddenly became empty, and Lin Queli felt a moment of reluctance.
He scratched his head and, as if to cover it up, took a ready-made garment from the side and held it against A’Xue. “M-mine is about done! What about A’Xue’s? Have you picked it out?”
A’Xue chuckled.
Little daddy is shy.
After coming out of the ready-to-wear shop, A’Xue had a few new sets of clothes, and Lin Queli looked at himself—he finally matched the style of the surroundings.
Helan Xue had picked out a lot for him. Now he was wearing a bright yellow garment. The fabric was the best, light and breathable, and the cut was close-fitting and smooth, making him look even more bright and beautiful.
Lin Queli was very happy and was about to thank him when he heard a call from behind him.
“Young Master Lin?!”
Hmm?
Lin Queli turned his head and saw a tall man running towards him.
The man’s features were honest and simple. Although he was wearing ordinary people’s clothes, it could be seen that they were not cheap.
Seeing Lin Queli’s confused expression, the man said with a dejected expression, “Young Master Lin, have you forgotten me? I’m Jiang Li from Yangjing Village! I even gave you pastries before… look!”
Jiang Li took out a jade pendant from his waist pouch. “This is the token you gave me before. I’ve kept it well! I didn’t expect to be so fated to meet again!”
Lin Queli blinked.
Who?
Did he mistake me for someone else?
No… I’m starting to wonder if I look like someone else. Why did Wen Chen mistake me for someone else at first, and now this person also mistook me?
Helan Xue’s gaze sharpened. He pulled Lin Queli over and said, “You’ve mistaken him for someone else.”
“How could I mistake him? And mistake two people at once?” Jiang Li said with a grin, looking at Helan Xue, “An immortal’s appearance is not like a mortal’s. I definitely wouldn’t mistake him.”
Helan Xue frowned.
He almost forgot. His illusion spell used the method of distorting spiritual energy to confuse the line of sight, but for a mortal with no spiritual energy… it was ineffective.
“It’s fine… Young Master Lin is a cultivator. It’s normal for him to forget me. But we can get to know each other again.” Jiang Li said with a smile, “Does Young Master Lin still like to eat pastries? I’ve opened a pastry shop nearby. I’ll also have a stall at the lantern festival tomorrow. Young Master Lin…”
Helan Xue put his arm around Lin Queli’s shoulder. “Sorry, we have something to do. We’ll take our leave first.”
Lin Queli: “Hey, but…”
Those are pastries!!
A’Xue glanced at the unhappy Helan Xue, then at the dazed Lin Queli, and smiled as he pushed him along with Helan Xue. “I’m tired… can we go back?”
“Ah, ah? Oh…”
Lin Queli could only wave to Jiang Li. “See you tomorrow then!”
Helan Xue’s brow twitched.
He said in a low voice, “I also have pastries…”
“But they’re all different pastries!” Lin Queli blinked. “A change of taste?”
Helan Xue: “…”
Change what?
Helan Xue’s brow twitched twice.
“…Let’s go back.”

…

The next day, when Lin Queli got up, he looked out the window and saw Helan Xue and A’Xue practicing in the courtyard nearby. In the distance, the neighborhood was decorated with lanterns and streamers, already preparing for tonight’s lantern festival.
And after night fell, a few firecrackers announced the opening of the festival.
Lin Queli held A’Xue’s hand and excitedly shuttled through the streets. Helan Xue was behind the two, protecting them from being separated by the endless stream of people. Now the streets were so crowded it was difficult to turn around, and the carriages couldn’t even turn around, but no one cared, only looking at the lanterns and the hundred plays.
It was A’Xue’s first time here, and like Lin Queli, he was dazzled.
A’Yu and A’Lin followed behind, also feeling novel and curious.
The fire trees and silver flowers made by the craftsmen and the fireworks set off in the sky complemented each other, illuminating the entire Rongcheng.
And on the ground, the lanterns shone brightly, like a sea of flowers, as brilliant as day.
Lin Queli looked up at the fireworks. Helan Xue turned his head and saw Lin Queli’s eyes flicker, as if there were fireworks in his eyes.
“A’Li.” Helan Xue asked, “Do you have a favorite lantern?”
Ordinary lanterns could be bought directly, but for a special shape, one had to guess lantern riddles or win games.
Lin Queli looked left and right and really took a fancy to a rabbit-shaped one.
Other lanterns were competing to be beautiful, wishing they could write “I’m very expensive” on their faces. Only this pure white little rabbit had a simple and low-key design, but it was not lacking in exquisite and texture, which was very special.
Helan Xue was curious. “Why do you want this one?”
Lin Queli smiled. “I think it’s very much like you and A’Xue. Mmm, especially you.”
He glanced at Helan Xue’s white hair.
Helan Xue turned his head away.
Lin Queli smiled even more brightly. “Is Brother Wen Chen shy?”
Helan Xue turned around. “I’ll get it for you.”
“Okay!”
This lantern had to be obtained by guessing lantern riddles. Lin Queli saw Helan Xue listening to the riddle seriously on the side and only found it cute.
Lin Queli couldn’t help but smile. He probably never dreamed that Helan Xue, such a tall, cold-looking “immortal,” could be described as “cute” by him.
Just as Lin Queli was about to go up and guess the lantern riddle together, he only felt a tightness in his chest, a little nauseous and sick, and his head was very dizzy.
He felt very uncomfortable. He didn’t know if it was because the crowd was crowded and the air was not circulating, or something else.
Lin Queli didn’t want to affect everyone’s mood of visiting the lantern festival, so he handed A’Xue to A’Yu and A’Lin. “I’m going over there to buy a candied hawthorn!”
“Hey, wait…!”
The next moment, Lin Queli took advantage of his small size compared to these ancient people and cultivators and slipped into the sea of people and escaped.
“Phew…”
After Lin Queli came to an empty alley on the side, he actually bent over and vomited a mouthful of blood.
Ah…?
Lin Queli stared blankly at the bloodstain on the ground, a little dazed.
—That blood was even black!!
He… what’s wrong with him?
Lin Queli shook his head, feeling as if his whole body was about to fall apart. This feeling was too sudden, and he couldn’t even find the reason.
—Am I going to die?!