Chapter 42: ★Interspersed Extra★
The Great General Qi had always thought that his first kiss, that is, his first kiss with Fu Yunzhi, was on the island, the time when Fu Yunzhi had been drugged with an aphrodisiac.
Hmm… it seems that wasn’t the case?
This year, Qi Xiao was eighteen, and Fu Yunzhi was sixteen. The two of them were sitting at a stone table in the Qi family’s backyard, drinking wine and admiring the moon, chatting about everything under the sun.
This year, Fu Yunfei had not yet had his accident, and Fu Yunzhi did not yet have the Flower Moon Gu in his body.
“I’m leaving at noon tomorrow. I can’t… I can’t get drunk…” Qi Xiao held the wine jug, his face flushed red.
Fu Yunzhi agreed perfunctorily and continued to pour wine for him.
“Yunzhi… I’m so nervous. It’s my first time leading an army…” In the past, although Qi Xiao had gone on campaigns, he had at most served as a wing general or a lieutenant. This was the first time he was a general, holding the lives of a hundred thousand men in his hands.
“You’re an adult now, and you’ve been appointed as a general. It’s time for you to lead troops…” Fu Yunzhi said, his mind elsewhere. After a pause, he said in a low voice, “It’s also time for you to get married… When you return from this campaign, the Qi family and the Emperor will probably arrange it for you…”
“M-married… hehe…” Qi Xiao lay on the stone table, laughing like a fool. Fu Yunzhi rolled his eyes inwardly.
So ugly. He would be a great general starting tomorrow, but he was still such a fool.
Of course, Fu Yunzhi didn’t know that Qi Xiao only showed this side of himself when he was with him.
Fu Yunzhi twisted the corner of his clothes and, seeing that Qi Xiao was mostly drunk, he asked, “Qi Xiao, who do you want to marry?”
His palms were sweating. He was afraid the answer would not be what he expected, not what he had imagined. Although he could get a glimpse of Qi Xiao’s feelings and had a rough idea, he was afraid that he was just being wishful, bringing his hopes into reality.
“Yunzhi…” Qi Xiao murmured.
Fu Yunzhi couldn’t tell if this was an answer or just him calling his name. He asked again, “Qi Xiao, who do you like in your heart?”
“I like… the Emperor.”
Fu Yunzhi’s heart sank.
“And Shaoling, and Father…”
Fu Yunzhi: “…”
“But I like Yunzhi the most. Yunzhi is different.”
“How is he different?”
“Yunzhi is for marrying…” Qi Xiao smiled.
Fu Yunzhi stared at him blankly.
“I like Yunzhi, I want to marry Yunzhi, I only want to marry Yunzhi…”
Fu Yunzhi could no longer hold it in. A wide grin spread across his face, and he couldn’t help but laugh out loud. He leaned over and planted a kiss on Qi Xiao’s forehead.
Qi Xiao, perhaps thinking he was having a sweet dream, chuckled a few times, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
Watching him sleep soundly against the stone table, Fu Yunzhi propped himself up and pressed his lips against Qi Xiao’s.
He was not the “experienced” Qi Xiao, who knew things from theory. He didn’t know how to kiss, only gently rubbing his lips against Qi Xiao’s, feeling his breath.
“When you come back…”
When Qi Xiao returns in glory, with victory, I will make things clear with this fool.
If I don’t make it clear, Fu Yunzhi thought, who knows when this fool will see through it. He didn’t know when this fool had started to like him. As for himself, from the moment he had consciousness, there had only been one person in his life. He hadn’t understood it in the past, but now that they were both grown up, he understood.
Fu Yunzhi tilted his head slightly and, like a child, nibbled on Qi Xiao’s lips, imagining their future together in his heart.
It was a pity that later, there was no “later” for them. Qi Xiao was gone for more than a year, and Fu Yunfei had his accident.
When Qi Xiao returned, Fu Yunzhi was no longer the Fu Yunzhi of the past…