Chapter 61

The two were very close to each other, and Liu Guang looked at the pair of black eyes that shone with soft light as clear as water, and instantly turned red, uncomfortably turning his face to the side.

Cheng Nuo looked at his long, drooping eyelashes and his heart was moved. He couldn’t help but move closer and touch his lips tenderly. Liu Guang reached out and gathered him in his arms. Cheng Nuo could feel the sound of his accelerated heartbeat, especially strong.

He used to be a brother, but now he was his little boyfriend.

This sentence suddenly appeared in Cheng Nuo’s heart, and he couldn’t help but smile.

“You look so good when you smile.” Liu Guang stared at him, his heart beating uncontrollably.

Cheng Nuo then smiled more brightly and also wrapped his arms around Liu Guang.

He was sure that he really liked Liu Guang.

The two of them lay on the grass around the fire and snuggled up with their clothes. This season was still a little cold, but Liu Guang’s temperature was always higher than that of ordinary people. Cheng Nuo felt very comfortable lying by his side.

The stars and moon in the night sky were very bright. Cheng Nuo smiled and watched for a long time, slowly closing his eyes.

Liu Guang knew he fell asleep and gently adjusted them to a closer position.

Although Cheng Nuo smiled and said it with such certainty, he was still a little uneasy. He touched Cheng Nuo’s hair with his fingers. Cheng Nuo’s hair didn’t grow long, but it felt soft and comfortable.

Cheng Nuo may have been having a nightmare. His eyebrows frowned and his breath was a little fast. Liu Guang stroked his back carefully, and Cheng Nuo’s face finally calmed down.

Liu Guang stared at him and smelled the familiar scent. His eyes were wet for some reason. How much he liked Cheng Nuo. He didn’t know what to do to make him (Cheng Nuo) look at him only. Just like now, he didn’t know what Cheng Nuo dreamed of…

The next few days were just like a trip to the mountains, no twists or turns were encountered. They were happy and both their injuries healed. It was only when he got closer and closer to Liaoji City and looked at the familiar city gate from a distance, that Cheng Nuo’s heart somehow became heavy again.

He had deliberately controlled himself not to think about Bai Rui and he was happy, but he would always see Bai Rui’s shocked eyes at that time in his dreams, and his chest also felt very stuffy.

What did Bai Rui feel at that time, and how did he go back alone with his injury…

Although Bai Rui was more mature and stable, he was also only a child*.

(* TN: more like half-grown/half a child/half an adult lol)

But now, after all, there was no beginning, and it was best to hope that time could heal his wounds.

Cheng Nuo looked sideways at Liu Guang and smiled faintly at him.

Although the mission went wrong at first, it was remedied later. Moreover, according to the testimony of the guard, it showed that the traitor was in Lingyun Pavilion, so Cheng Nuo and the others were treated as having no merit or fault.

Liu Guang made great contributions, and the young master’s family entrusted someone to send a large sum of money to thank him. This matter was considered a legend and was spread around in Qinghua Sect for several days.

As usual, Liu Guang’s reward money was handed over to Cheng Nuo. Cheng Nuo put it all in storage bags and ventured to touch it with starry eyes whenever he had time. He had never seen so much money!

Liu Guang looked at his money-obsessed appearance with disdain, but he was very happy in his heart.

The only problem was that Liu Guang had become more famous and the number of females chasing him increased, and gifts were sent over like flowing water. However, Liu Guang was always cocky* and wouldn’t give any face to the females, and many gifts would fall into Cheng Nuo’s hands. Cheng Nuo easily returned some, but there were still a lot of unclaimed items left, including clothes, food, magic weapons, and so on. Liu Guang wrapped the pile of things in a roll and threw it to the side of the road in front of everyone, so that those females didn’t show up again.

(* 拽拽的: this seems to be an expression to refer to being cocky/arrogant/showing off, etc.)

Cheng Nuo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry anymore. The oldest person who gave gifts to Liu Guang was actually in his thirties! Although people who cultivate in this world can live to a few hundred years old, and even maintain their appearance in their twenties when they are one hundred or two hundred years old, it was still an old cow eating tender grass! He couldn’t help but feel guilty when he thought of it. He had also eaten a little tender grass… Moral decay!

Liu Guang would soon go out on a mission again, and he and Cheng Nuo lay down and talked for a while the day before leaving. As he talked, he couldn’t help but put his hand on Cheng Nuo’s waist, stroking it carefully with some longing and temptation.

Cheng Nuo’s breathing also steadily became fast. In fact, except for the first two times, it had been a long time since they had messed around. He didn’t know why he didn’t have that impulse. Liu Guang had been holding him to sleep regulary these days, and he hadn’t put forward any ideas in that regard.

He turned his face to look at Liu Guang. Liu Guang’s face was a little shy and he looked very cute. He went over, planted a heavy kiss on Liu Guang’s lips, and murmured, “Don’t bite me later.”

Liu Guang’s body obviously trembled, his body temperature suddenly rising, and he hurriedly began to undress. Cheng Nuo casually pulled the thin quilt over the two of them, hugged Liu Guang, entwining them together, and started to fool around.

Without clothes, the feeling of skin-to-skin was indeed very comfortable… Liu Guang was very enthusiastic. While using his hands to hold it for him, he kissed his neck and chest messily, and although it was very clumsy, he was obviously trying to please him.

Cheng Nuo’s emotions were aroused by him, gasping sharply, and his hands clung to Liu Guang’s back. But Liu Guang’s experience was clearly still so little that he got too excited and bit him in the chest, making him itch and ache.

He couldn’t help but grab Liu Guang, kissing his mouth heavily, hands groping and exploring down.

After messing around for a long time, when he released, Cheng Nuo panted for a long time to calm down, only to find Liu Guang on his body, staring at him without blinking, his big lake green eyes with some melancholy.

Such an expression was really not suitable for Liu Guang… He was stunned, and wrapped his arms around Liu Guang’s waist in a distressed manner and said, “What’s the matter?”

Liu Guang’s expression quickly returned to normal. He rubbed his face with his hands and said: “Nothing, I want to take a good look at you.”

Cheng Nuo was taken aback for a while. Could it be that Liu Guang had actually been upset all this time?

He pressed Liu Guang’s forehead to his, and said in a serious manner: “Liu Guang, although I am fond of Bai Rui and owe him a lot, I’m just friends with him. I said I like you and I will only be with you in the future, that’s for sure, I swear.”

Liu Guang held his breath and whispered, “I won’t like other females, I swear. You– don’t be with other males in the future, okay?”

With Liu Guang’s temper, had he ever known how to speak soft words? Now he was so nervous that he even forgot to breathe.……

Cheng Nuo’s heart trembled, gently kissed Liu Guang’s lips and said, “Mn, I’ll only want you too.”

Liu Guang set off early the next morning, and Cheng Nuo hurriedly followed him to see him off.

He carefully fixed Liu Guang’s collar for him, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: “Be careful.”

Liu Guang’s eyes had returned to their former dazzling demeanor, and he nodded as he looked at him.

After Liu Guang left, Cheng Nuo felt that his heart was empty all of a sudden.

Missions were always accompanied by danger, but the laws of this world were like this, and they could only keep getting stronger.

He took a deep breath, composed himself briefly and went to the training ground.

After three days, Cheng Nuo, covered in sweat, returned from the training ground. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a familiar messenger bird falling landing on the table from the window. His heart jumped heavily, and he slowly walked over to remove the bamboo tube from the bird’s leg.

When he opened the letter, he found his hands trembling. He hurriedly sat down.

The letter was written in a very familiar beautiful font. The content was as concise as ever, only a time and location of a restaurant, and the last sentence was: hope everything is well, Bai Rui.

When the handwriting was completely invisible, Cheng Nuo found that he had been sitting for a long time and it was completely dark. He lit an oil lamp to burn the letter. Cheng Nuo burned all previous letters after Liu Guang left. He was afraid that Liu Guang would turn up sometime, see them and overthink.

But his hand was inexplicably trembling badly. Finally, he folded the letter in a daze and put it in the cabinet – it wasn’t too late to burn it after seeing Bai Rui.

Last time he was too flustered to speak clearly. In fact, being ordinary friends was good. He was sure that he would be calm when he met Bai Rui. He was much older than Bai Rui anyway, and it was only right to look at Bai Rui with the eyes of a child.

At the appointed time, Cheng Nuo specially chose a dark dress to look more composed. He rode the magical beast to their destination.

He took a few deep breaths before he went upstairs, tried to show a careless smile as before, pushed open the door and went in.

It was only at the moment he saw Bai Rui that his heart, which had been so easy to calm down, began to be chaotic again, and every movement of his body became stiff and uncomfortable.

Bai Rui didn’t hide his hair color and pupil color, quietly standing at the window, as usual, but clearly thinner.

In an instant, Cheng Nuo was flustered. He quickly lowered his eyes, the corners of his mouth pulled up in a smile, and said, “Arrived a long time ago? Your injury… is it better?”

Bai Rui gave a soft “mn” sound. Cheng Nuo knew he was looking at him. He pinched the palm of his hand, smiled and raised his head and said, “that’s good.”

In the past, when they got along, they didn’t talk to each other a lot, but the atmosphere was very harmonious. Now as soon as the words fell, the room was terribly quiet.

Cheng Nuo tried his best to stay natural, his mouth open, but he didn’t know where the words that he had been brewing for a long time before arriving went, and his mind was blank.

Bai Rui’s beautiful golden eyes looked at him without blinking, his gaze still as soft as before.

Cheng Nuo lowered his head in embarrassment. How blind was he before? He actually hadn’t noticed it at all?

“Make me a meal.” Bai Rui unexpectedly smiled and said calmly, “I haven’t eaten since reuniting.”

Cheng Nuo was stunned for a moment, gave a “um” sound, and followed Bai Rui downstairs like a sleepwalker.

The whole restaurant had probably been booked by Bai Rui. There was no one downstairs. Cheng Nuo was flustered when he arrived just now, and didn’t notice it at all.

They went to the back kitchen, where the ingredients were ready, and more than a dozen kinds of vegetables and meat were washed and put on the chopping board. Cheng Nuo hesitated and said, “what do you want to eat?”

Bai Rui stood in the doorway and said calmly, “anything is fine.”

Cheng Nuo paused for a moment, then quickly began to cut vegetables, matching a few dishes according to Bai Rui’s taste.

He emptied his mind and just thought about how to prepare the meal. His extremely nervous mood relaxed.

Four dishes and one soup were soon ready. Cheng Nuo wiped the sweat on his forehead, turned around and smiled, “It’s been a long time since I’ve done it, I’m a little rusty.”

Bai Rui clumsily wanted to pick them up. Cheng Nuo hurriedly took them and smiled: “when Liu Guang and I first came to Liaoji City, we used to work as waiters. I’m very skilled. I’ll do it.”

Bai Rui let go for a moment and followed him out.

The four dishes were all refreshing flavors. Cheng Nuo watched Bai Rui slowly pick up the dishes with some anxiety. Bai Rui ate very slowly and almost made no sound when chewing.

“It’s delicious.” Bai Rui tasted them in turn and said with a smile, “thank you.”

Seeing Bai Rui smile twice a day, Cheng Nuo felt that his brain was almost spinning.

Bai Rui’s face always showed few expressions. He had a standard facial paralysis, but his smile was quite stunning. Maybe he was not used to it, his smile was a little stiff.

Cheng Nuo awkwardly lowered his head and said, “It’s good that you like it.”

After reluctantly finishing the meal, Bai Rui slowly wiped his hands and face and said, “Go out with me for a walk.”

As Bai Rui spoke, he got up and walked towards the outside, Cheng Nuo froze and followed behind in a restless manner. As he walked slowly, Bai Rui stopped, and Cheng Nuo quickly accelerated two steps and walked alongside him.

He cheered himself up in his heart, just be like a friend, be natural!

Along the way, Bai Rui did not speak or stop, Cheng Nuo did not know what to say, so he could only follow him all the way. It was noon, the road was bustling with pedestrians, but Cheng Nuo felt that the surrounding area was terribly quiet.

Without knowing how long they had been walking, Cheng Nuo raised his head, only to find that the two actually walked to the entrance of the city. He then was dumbfounded. Bai Rui came here to do what?

Bai Rui suddenly grabbed his hand and led him outside.

When Cheng Nuo’s hand was grabbed by him, his brain became dizzy, his thoughts stopped and he followed Bai Rui out blankly. After he stepped out of the city gate, Bai Rui let go of his hand, but he still didn’t react. The touch of Bai Rui’s hand seemed to remain on his hand, slightly cold and powerful.

Bai Rui looked at him unblinkingly and whispered softly: “I’m leaving, take care.”

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sheesh this poor boy cheng nuo keeps digging his own grave with every promise he makes