THNWO 128

Chapter 128 

These words took a turn in Fang Chaozhou’s mind, leaving him somewhat stunned as he looked toward Xue Danrong. “What?”

Xue Danrong’s gaze held a peculiar expression, his voice lowered, “Senior brother, you have a milky scent on you.”

Upon hearing this, Fang Chaozhou immediately straightened up, lifting his sleeve to sniff himself, “Do I? I haven’t bathed in anything like that. You must have…,” his words abruptly halted.

That moment, Fang Chaozhou’s expression became indescribably complex.

It seemed… he could smell it too.

Not strong, but quite noticeable, emanating from his sleeve.

A flurry of thoughts crossed Fang Chaozhou’s mind, ultimately fixing his gaze on two bottles of elixirs on the table. He had been testing medicines for Du Yunxi; could it be that something was amiss with Du Yunxi’s medicine?

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Seeing Xue Danrong looking over, Fang Chaozhou moved a bit closer, “How have you been lately? Have you completely rid yourself of the demonic energy?”

Xue Danrong nodded slightly.

Fang Chaozhou moved even closer, “Brown Chicken ran off with the Golden Winged Bird, didn’t even say goodbye. I’ve been so bored recently.” As he spoke, he seemed to forget how just a few days ago, he was engrossed in reading novels, unwilling to stop even at dawn, simply rambling on.

As he talked, he suddenly realized he was embraced in the other’s arms, pausing momentarily. Fang Chaozhou first looked down at the hand around his waist, then lifted his gaze to Xue Danrong’s eyes, a speculation forming in his mind.

“Junior brother, you…” Fang Chaozhou suddenly began to stutter.

Xue Danrong’s long eyelashes fluttered down, and his gaze was much darker than before, “Senior brother, aren’t you sleepy?”

“I am.” Fang Chaozhou squeezed out two words with difficulty.

“Then you should sleep,” said Xue Danrong.

Fang Chaozhou forced a stiff smile. He did want to sleep, but how could he with such touches? Had he known, he wouldn’t have sought Xue Danrong out for a chat. Now, the conversation had excited them both.

The nightmare from last time was still vivid in his memory; he had thought he would die in his bed.

Fang Chaozhou bit his teeth and negotiated, “Junior brother, the sky has darkened tonight, and we have to select inner disciples tomorrow. Let’s postpone it to another day.”

Hearing this, Xue Danrong withdrew his hand, “Okay.”

Fang Chaozhou didn’t expect Xue Danrong to agree so readily.

Not only did he agree readily, but he also quickly let go of him. Fang Chaozhou looked at his disheveled clothes, then at Xue Danrong, who had closed his eyes again, feeling somewhat uncomfortable in his heart.

Shouldn’t they have pushed and pulled a bit more? Then Xue Danrong could look at him with regretful eyes, withdraw his hand, straighten his clothes, and perhaps leave a kiss on his forehead?

Or he could keep refusing, but Xue Danrong, ignoring his protests, would persistently do this and that, frying fish above and below the bed, and after everything, tell him it was because he was too charming, and that’s why he couldn’t control himself.

That’s how it’s written in the stories, a popular trope.

But was there such an instance where Xue Danrong could change his demeanor so quickly?

They hadn’t seen each other for so many days, and not even a kiss?!

Fang Chaozhou couldn’t help but glare at Xue Danrong, but no matter how hard he glared, Xue Danrong kept his eyes closed, as if he had already fallen asleep. Seeing this, Fang Chaozhou sat up dramatically and began to straighten his clothes. After finishing, he turned his head to glance at Xue Danrong.

The fellow was sleeping soundly, his eyelashes unmoved.

Fang Chaozhou closed his eyes and lay down too, but this time, he didn’t sleep close to Xue Danrong, instead, he leaned completely against the wall. The frustrated Fang Chaozhou didn’t stay angry for long before falling asleep. After an unknown period, the person beside him slightly opened his eyes.

Xue Danrong glanced at Fang Chaozhou, who was sound asleep, and quietly got up to leave. When he returned after a long while, Xue Danrong had changed his clothes.

The next day, Fang Chaozhou woke up naturally. When he awoke, there was no one beside the bed, not even a hint of warmth, as if no one had slept there.

Had he dreamt of Xue Danrong coming back last night?

Fang Chaozhou lifted the bed curtains to find no one outside. However, it was already the time to select the inner sect disciples, and yet no one had come to call him. Could it be that Xue Danrong had gone on his behalf?

Was last night not a dream, then?

He hurriedly got up. Normally, Fang Chaozhou insisted on taking a bath upon waking, but this time, he quickly showered and rushed to the hillside in front of the Tian Shui Sect, where the disciple selection was taking place.

By the time he reached the hillside, there were even more people than in the previous days.

Fang Chaozhou felt a sense of oddity. The selection had already filtered many people in the previous days, so why were there even more people today? And it seemed like these people were all gathered in one place.

Curious, Fang Chaozhou hadn’t even reached the crowded area when he was caught by the eldest senior brother.

“Second junior brother, aren’t you feeling unwell today?”

Fang Chaozhou exclaimed in surprise, “Am I unwell?”

The eldest senior brother frowned, “The youngest junior brother said you were not feeling well.”

“Yes, I am not feeling well,” Fang Chaozhou immediately raised his hand to cover his stomach, “But I was worried, so I wanted to come and see.”

“If you are not feeling well, go back and rest. Don’t worry, with the youngest junior brother here, our burden is much lighter today.” The eldest senior brother said worriedly, even reaching out to push Fang Chaozhou, seemingly ready to escort him back to rest.

However, Fang Chaozhou dodged and looked past the eldest senior brother to the dense crowd, “Eldest senior brother, don’t tell me the youngest junior brother is there?”

The eldest senior brother honestly replied, “Yes, he is. Many of the outer sect disciples want the youngest junior brother to give them some advice, so we are free today…”

Before he could finish, he noticed the person in front of him had suddenly vanished.

Turning his head immediately, he saw Fang Chaozhou joining the throng of people.

“Excuse me!”

Fang Chaozhou stood outside the crowd, attempting to squeeze in.


TRANSLATOR’S NOTE: Fang Chaozhou is so funny, isn’t he? LOL.