The General Who Only Knows How to Spoil His Beloved and Write Stories 13

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Chapter 13: The Secret is Out

The sweltering summer passed, and a crisp autumn breeze arrived, painting the capital in shades of gold. Leaves fell from the trees, carpeting the long streets, yet no one swept them away. Perhaps it was because the bleak beauty of the fallen leaves had a certain charm.

If one didn’t lament the desolation of the fallen leaves, the cool weather could indeed lift one’s spirits. Qi Xiao was not a sentimental person who enjoyed dwelling on the sorrows of spring and autumn. Add to that the wedding of his lieutenant, Jiang Luori, and it was truly the happiest event of the season.

Qi Xiao had sent Jiang Luori to follow Boss Chen’s family to Jiangnan and learn his cooking techniques along the way. He never expected that Jiang Luori would not only master the craft but also win a beautiful bride.

Jiang Luori returned to the capital with his wife. The man continued to serve as Qi Xiao’s lieutenant, while the woman opened an inn in the city. Although Fu Yunzhi now had his favorite breakfast to look forward to again, Qi Xiao was still so despondent that not even a “domineering CEO” smut novel could cure him.

His best friend goes to catch a thief and comes back with a great beauty.

His lieutenant goes to learn a craft and marries a little beauty.

And he himself had been guarding his childhood friend for nearly ten years, yet he couldn’t even touch his hand.

The rain on West Lake is my tears, the desert wind is my pain!

“What are you thinking about? Your expression is so strange.”

Fu Yunzhi’s voice pulled Qi Xiao back to reality.

“It’s nothing. I was just thinking, Luori is so lucky.”

The two were currently sitting in a corner of the main hall of Jiang Luori’s newly purchased residence. Today was the wedding day of Jiang Luori and Chen Xinxin. The hall was bustling with people, wine cups clinking, and the sounds of congratulations and toasts rising and falling. Most of Jiang Luori’s friends were his brothers-in-arms from the battlefield, and when they got rowdy, it was utter chaos.

The bride had already been escorted to the bridal chamber, while the groom was being dragged around for toasts and drinks.

Jiang Luori came over to Qi Xiao with a wine cup. “If it weren’t for you, General, Xinxin and I would never have been able to be together. I toast you, General! And I wish you an early and happy marriage as well!”

Qi Xiao clinked cups with him and threw an arm around his shoulder, thumping his back. “You little rascal! Showing off now that you have a wife!”

His brothers-in-arms chimed in, grabbing Jiang Luori and not letting him go.

“Come on, you brat, let your granddaddy here absorb some of your good luck in love!”

“Oho, you have a wife now, we can’t bully you anymore!”

“Brothers, let’s escort Lieutenant Jiang to his wife!”

The crowd swarmed around Jiang Luori and led him away. Qi Xiao shook his head with a smile and said to Fu Yunzhi, “From the looks of it, they’re going to be at this until dawn. I’ll take you to rest next door first.”

Jiang Luori’s residence was adjacent to the new inn Chen Xinxin had opened, making it convenient for the couple to manage.

“I can go back by myself. You go have fun with them,” Fu Yunzhi said.

“It’s very late now, and the Fu manor is quite far,” Qi Xiao said. “You might as well stay at the inn. Besides, they won’t be able to let loose with me around.”

Hearing this, Fu Yunzhi nodded, and the two left the main hall together.

A personal guard sitting next to Qi Xiao heard his words and felt very wronged. Isn’t the General usually the one who gets the rowdiest and leads everyone in causing trouble? What’s this about not being able to let loose? What the hell!

Qi Xiao led Fu Yunzhi to the Jiang couple’s Sunset Inn. The inn was newly renovated, so many things were still incomplete, and they hadn’t hired any staff yet. But since it was just them, Qi Xiao didn’t stand on ceremony. He grabbed a key from the front desk and led Fu Yunzhi to a guest room.

Fu Yunzhi frowned. “You only took the key to one room?”

“Yes,” Qi Xiao said. “There are only the two of us in this inn. The energy of the living won’t be enough to suppress the energy of the ghosts. It’s safer to stay in the same room.”

“I’m not afraid of such baseless things,” Fu Yunzhi said. “If you don’t think about them, they won’t exist.”

Qi Xiao said with a serious face, “But I’m scared.”

“…”

Fu Yunzhi said helplessly, “They say you’re a yaksha.”¹

[Translator’s Note:

Yaksha : A nature spirit or demon from Hindu and Buddhist mythology, often depicted as a powerful, fierce warrior. In this context, it’s a nickname for Qi Xiao, highlighting his fearsome reputation on the battlefield.]

A yaksha on the battlefield, decisive in his killing, whose strategies and martial arts struck fear into the hearts of all, leading an army of fellow yakshas.

Qi Xiao shrugged. “I guess they don’t really know me. Qi the Yaksha is actually a coward who’s afraid to sleep alone.”

He even made a funny face, which made Fu Yunzhi laugh.

As they were talking, they arrived at the first room on the second floor. After pushing the door open, the wardrobe, bed, table, chairs, and teapot—the traditional layout of an inn room—made Fu Yunzhi sigh. “I’ve really been staying in a lot of inns lately. And there’s more to come.”

“Where are you going?”

“I’m leaving for Yinshui City tomorrow to find Qi Shaofeng.”

“Shaoling’s wandering older brother? Why are you looking for him?”

“The Lord of Yinshui City is holding an auction soon, and there’s something there I want. Since Shaofeng is in Yinshui City, I plan to seek refuge with him.”

“What do you want?”

“Can you not be such a mother hen?”

Qi Xiao thought for a moment and said, “I…”

Fu Yunzhi cut him off. “You were going to say, ‘I want to go with you,’ weren’t you?”

“…”

“I’m not a three-year-old child. You don’t need to follow me everywhere I go. Besides, Shaofeng will be there.”

With that, Fu Yunzhi emphasized again, “You are not allowed to follow me this time.”

Qi Xiao didn’t press the issue. He only said, “Are you hungry? I can go buy some snacks if you are. Or do you want to drink Lan Niangzi? Now that Chen Xinxin has settled in the capital, you won’t have to worry about running out of wine.”

Fu Yunzhi shook his head. He never ate late at night, and as for wine… The last time, he had drunk for four days straight to suppress the Gu in his body, and the agony of the subsequent flare-up… Fu Yunzhi felt he was traumatized and didn’t dare touch alcohol for the time being.

Seeing that Fu Yunzhi intended to sleep, Qi Xiao also took off his boots, shed his outer robe, and lay down.

Fu Yunzhi noticed that there seemed to be a book in the pocket of Qi Xiao’s outer robe.

Fu Yunzhi had loved reading since he was a child. He was full of knowledge and literary talent at a young age, not only becoming the top scholar and the Prime Minister’s most prized student but also having his poems, songs, and paintings highly sought after.

That’s a book Qi Xiao is reading…

Fu Yunzhi’s interest in the book instantly multiplied. They said General Qi’s strategies were brilliant. Fu Yunzhi was very curious about the contents of the war manuals the God of War read.

Swoosh—

Fu Yunzhi lightened his steps and silently took the book.

Qi Xiao, of course, was aware of his movements, but he thought Fu Yunzhi was just getting up for a drink of water or to take off his outer robe, so he didn’t pay much attention and didn’t open his eyes.

Fu Yunzhi looked at the book in his hand. It was an author’s manuscript notebook!

A thrill went through him. So Qi Xiao no longer reads war manuals but creates his own military strategies! I will be the first to witness this God of War’s battlefield magic!

He turned the manuscript over and saw several large characters written on the cover:

The Evil Prince’s Dainty Little Male Wife
Author: Qi The Handsome

Fu Yunzhi: “…”

Perhaps this is military code, Fu Yunzhi thought. It’s normal that I don’t understand it.

He opened the first page and saw it was filled with “Ahhh~~~,” “Mmm~~~,” “Don’t~~~,” “Your Highness~~~,” and “It’s too big~~~.”

Fu Yunzhi snapped the book shut with a thud.

After a moment of thought, as if having made a momentous decision, he reopened the book. Skipping past the three or four pages of indescribable scenes, he finally reached some normal content without tildes and onomatopoeia.

It was a storybook. The protagonist was a servant in the household of a prince named Xuanyuan Aolong. His name was Little Rose.

Fu Yunzhi didn’t quite understand why a servant would have such a… well, indescribable name.

The story began. Every night, Little Rose would wake up from a sharp pain in his heart. One night, after waking up, he got out of his bed, which was filled with rose petals, and went to the courtyard to clear his head.

Fu Yunzhi didn’t quite understand why a servant would have a bed filled with rose petals. Could he produce the petals himself?!

While Little Rose was in the backyard, his heart suddenly clenched, and the pain was so intense he couldn’t stand. He fell to the ground, crying and moaning. Then, a person in magnificent clothes appeared. It was none other than Xuanyuan Aolong!

Fu Yunzhi’s cheeks turned red as he read. It’s just heart palpitations! Why is it described in such a vivid and sensual way, with all sorts of moans and postures, and something about the grass on the ground making his skin itch…

The moment they met, Little Rose’s heart instantly stopped hurting.

Xuanyuan Aolong said, “So it was you who made my heart feel like it was being twisted by a knife every night!”

Later, Little Rose learned that Xuanyuan Aolong also suffered from heart palpitations every night, but since they started having sex, the pain had stopped. Little Rose cried with emotion and said, “Your Highness, you are my fated one!”

With that, Little Rose, tears in his eyes, took off his clothes, and a pile of rose petals fell out from within…

Xuanyuan Aolong was astonished. Little Rose’s body could produce many rose petals! It was so beautiful and charming!

Fu Yunzhi was thunderstruck. So he really can produce petals… but why is it charming? Isn’t it terrifying?

Little Rose said shyly, “Your Highness, please fill my heart and body, which are full of a hundred holes and a thousand wounds!”

Clap—

Fu Yunzhi closed the book. He couldn’t take it anymore.

His mood was now very, very indescribable.

If he had to describe it, it was probably the feeling of having the door to a new world opened, his entire worldview overturned.

And, he seemed to have discovered a terrible secret. It turned out Qi Xiao’s tastes were so… peculiar. He really couldn’t tell! He was such a serious person, how could he write such a… magical story.

He felt like he had met a fake God of War.

So scary.

Qi Xiao finally, belatedly, woke up.

“Yunzhi, are you reading…”

“…”

“!!!”

Qi Xiao felt that if he were a character in a comic book, he would have been scared so badly that all the color drained from his face.

Seeing Qi Xiao petrified on the spot, Fu Yunzhi placed the book on the desk and said calmly, “I didn’t read it.”

Qi Xiao stammered, “That… I didn’t write it.”

“Mm, I don’t know. I didn’t read it.” With that, Fu Yunzhi immediately lay down, didn’t even blow out the candle, and turned his back to Qi Xiao.

…

Qi Xiao felt like he could just jump out the window.