Chapter 148: Still Staying on the South Island

He reached out and pinched Lian Li’s face, saying, “Before I heard you say that phrase, I had never encountered such things. Ever since I heard you say it, I feel weird every time I speak.”

Lian Li grabbed his hand and replied, “Is that not a universal truth?”

“Truth, my foot.” Yun Huizhou applied a bit of pressure before letting go, leaving two red marks on Lian Li’s cheeks instantly.

Yun Huizhou was slapped in the face by reality very quickly. That evening, while the two were eating dinner, the East Island Lord arrived.

Lian Li immediately looked up at Yun Huizhou, the meaning in his eyes clear.

You better pray Senior Uncle didn’t come here to say that martial arts training starts tomorrow.

Yun Huizhou also felt a surge of panic. Surely Lian Li’s line about “if nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected will happen” wasn’t about to come true again, was it?

Sure enough, in the next second, the East Island Lord spoke: “Yun Huizhou, starting the day after tomorrow, go to Xiyu to treat your injuries. Come find me once your wounds are fully healed. Lian Li, starting the day after tomorrow, you will go to the East Island. You’ll be living there.”

Lian Li pointed at himself in disbelief. “I’m moving to the East Island?”

The East Island Lord nodded and then said, “If you are willing to run back and forth every day, you don’t have to move there.”

As expected, Lian Li’s face showed his hesitation.

Yun Huizhou glanced at him, lowered his eyes in thought for a moment, and spoke up: “Even if you move there, you won’t be able to sleep in even a little bit later.”

Lian Li looked at Yun Huizhou expressionlessly, his eyes full of condemnation. “Am I that kind of person?”

Yun Huizhou smiled and didn’t reply.

After condemning Yun Huizhou, Lian Li turned to give the East Island Lord his answer: “Senior Uncle, I think I’ll still stay on the South Island.”

The East Island Lord raised an eyebrow. He didn’t force Lian Li to move to the East Island, merely saying, “Since you’ve decided, then arrive at the East Island promptly at the hour of Chen every day.”

“Alright, I will be there on time,” Lian Li hurriedly promised.

The East Island Lord was very efficient. Once he had said what needed to be said, he didn’t linger and turned to leave.

Yun Huizhou stared at Lian Li for a long time before saying, “You really chose to stay on the South Island.”

Lian Li was confused by his tone. “Didn’t you say that even if I went to the East Island, I wouldn’t be able to sleep in? Then there’s no difference regardless of where I stay.”

Yun Huizhou choked for a moment and said, “Then did you never consider that if you lived on the East Island, you’d spend less time traveling, and that travel time could be used for practicing martial arts?”

Lian Li replied, “Traveling is also exercise for the body, and I can practice my Lightness Skill.”

“…” Yun Huizhou said, “That makes some sense.”

In truth, he didn’t actually want Lian Li to move to the East Island. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have specifically told Lian Li that moving there wouldn’t save him any travel time for sleeping.

If Lian Li went to the East Island, then until his own injuries were healed, the two of them would likely be separated on different islands and unable to see each other.

He just didn’t know why he had asked Lian Li that extra question afterward; perhaps it was to hide something.

When the East Island Lord arrived, the two had just started eating. Now that he was gone, they had to continue their meal.

Lian Li kept his head down, shoveling rice into his mouth. He couldn’t help but feel conflicted. If he went to the East Island, would he be able to avoid seeing Yun Huizhou for a while?

Wouldn’t that be exactly what he had thought before—separating for a period of time?

But when the opportunity actually arose, he hesitated.

Then, after Yun Huizhou gave a random reason, he immediately followed that lead and chose to stay on the South Island.

Lian Li kept his head down, nearly burying his face in his bowl. He cursed himself in his heart for being so spineless; he would be the one suffering for it later.

Seeing Lian Li keep his head down, Yun Huizhou thought Lian Li was feeling a bit down because Senior Uncle had come over to announce the immediate resumption of their previous training.

He thought for a moment and then said, “At least it starts the day after tomorrow. We can still adjust tomorrow. However, my injuries really can’t be delayed any longer. I plan to go to the West Island tomorrow.”

Lian Li peeked at him and asked, “Will you stay on the West Island?”

Yun Huizhou’s hand tightened on his chopsticks, and then he said, “I won’t stay on the West Island. Although Brother Zhao is still here, it would be inconvenient for me to stay there.”

He knew that if it were any other girl, those words might have some credibility, but the one on the West Island was Qu Tingquan. This was purely a reason he had pulled out of thin air.

Hearing this answer, Lian Li didn’t think too much about it. He felt a small spark of happiness in his heart, followed by a bit of sorrow.

In his past life, he had been alone due to illness, but after transmigrating, he had to taste the bitterness of love.

If it weren’t for the fact that Yun Huizhou knew his pen name for writing serious literature, he would definitely write a book titled Falling in Love with a Straight Man.

***

Early the next morning, when Lian Li woke up, Yun Huizhou was no longer on the first floor of the pavilion.

Lian Li climbed out of bed, finished washing up, and practiced his Lightness Skill and whip techniques for a while before returning to the table in his room.

Yun Huizhou likely wouldn’t be back for the entire day. For once, Lian Li didn’t know what to do with himself. Previously on Drunken Dream Island, Yun Huizhou had to teach him martial arts.

While they didn’t spend twenty-four hours a day together, they were together for at least twenty.

After going out, they could be described as inseparable.

Now that he was suddenly told he had an entire day to himself, he actually felt a bit at a loss.

He remembered when they were traveling outside, Yun Huizhou would sometimes go out to gather information and would often be gone for several hours.

Back then, why hadn’t he felt this way?

He let out a heavy sigh. In the end, it was only after realizing his feelings that he started having these strange reactions.

This world had no mobile phones to pass the time. After spacing out for a while, Lian Li felt he couldn’t just do nothing.

He originally wanted to find some storybooks to read, but then he remembered that the reason the East Island Lord was being so strict about his and Yun Huizhou’s martial arts this time was because they had no ability to protect themselves when facing truly top-tier experts.

Yun Huizhou’s current martial arts were at the peak of First-class, making him an upper-level existence in the entire martial arts world. However, he was still too young. In a world where Transcendent masters rarely appeared, there were still Super First-class experts who could suppress him.

As for himself, let alone that—he was still struggling to climb toward Second-class.

Recalling how the two of them had nearly lost their lives at the Spirit Cult, Lian Li felt he could no longer indulge in these petty emotions.

Furthermore, the people from the Demonic Sect had already surfaced; a major plot development was about to begin.

A plot like this would likely have a massive range of influence. Even if he didn’t participate, he would inevitably be affected.

Many cannon fodder characters would likely die. Someone like him, who wasn’t even part of the original plot, most likely belonged to the cannon fodder category. Only by improving his martial arts as quickly as possible would his chances of surviving the plot be greater.

Only by surviving would he have the luxury to think about these trivial matters.

Otherwise, if he spent all his time thinking about these things only to die in the end, it would be a joke.

He thought for a while, then turned and went to the South Island Lord’s residence.

The South Island Lord only spared him a glance before continuing with his own business.

Lian Li walked over, sat down opposite him, and asked, “Master, are there any records concerning the Demonic Sect in our book pavilion?”