After the Stand-in Hugged the White Moonlight's Thigh Tightly - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: Your Senior Brother Has Come Out of the Closet and Wants a Kiss…

Ruan Mingyu wished every day that Song Chenxi would recover immediately. He had to deal with Gong Lingdeng on one hand and Song Chenxi on the other. Both of them were trouble, and Ruan Mingyu was struggling to cope.

Lately, Gong Lingdeng seemed to have sensed something and was frequently coming to Ruan Mingyu’s room.

For instance, tonight, Gong Lingdeng insisted on coming over late at night to drink with him.

Fortunately, Ruan Mingyu was clever and had Song Chenxi hide in the closet beforehand.

Gong Lingdeng brought a pot of wine, clearly intending to drink with Ruan Mingyu until dawn.

Every extra second he stayed felt like an agony for Ruan Mingyu. He said reflexively when he saw Gong Lingdeng: “Lao Gong, you’re here.”

BAM! A loud noise suddenly came from the closet! Ruan Mingyu immediately shoved a box against the closet door to cover it up, explaining, “How did this box fall off the cabinet?”

Ruan Mingyu quickly diverted his attention, taking the wine from his hand.

“Come, let’s drink.”

Gong Lingdeng sat opposite him and said, “Someone broke into the Joyful Union Sect recently. Ruan Ruan, do you know about this?”

Ruan Mingyu forced himself to remain calm: “Hmm, I think I heard Sister Cuiyu mention it.”

He poured a cup of wine for Ruan Mingyu: “Cheers.”

Ruan Mingyu took the wine but seemed to recall some unpleasant memories and didn’t drink it.

“Afraid I’ve spiked the wine?” Gong Lingdeng seemed to have expected his reaction and wasn’t angry. He picked up his cup and drank it down, showing the empty cup to Ruan Mingyu.

With the other person behaving like this, Ruan Mingyu felt obliged to drink, but he only picked up the cup and touched his lips to it.

“Ruan Ruan is still wary of me?”

“I don’t really feel like drinking lately.”

“Don’t feel like drinking? Or is the person you want to drink with not here?” He smiled enchantingly and refilled his cup. “Ruan Ruan, I’ve never cared about anyone this much. Yet, no matter what I do, I still don’t have a place in his heart.”

Ruan Mingyu: “Why insist on something forced?” He took the empty cup from Gong Lingdeng’s hand, secretly sprinkled some powder into it, and refilled it for him.

“But drinking really can make you temporarily forget your troubles.”

Gong Lingdeng didn’t continue drinking, instead leaning his body towards Ruan Mingyu. From the side, it looked as if he and Ruan Mingyu were about to kiss…

Ruan Mingyu was busy pouring his wine when, at that moment, the closet door could no longer hold back. Song Chenxi kicked the door open.

Gong Lingdeng didn’t turn his head. It was as if he had known all along. He calmly poured another cup of wine: “Your Senior Brother has come out of the closet.”

Ruan Mingyu couldn’t be bothered to pretend anymore: “Gong Lingdeng, I’m telling you, I’m leaving today.”

Gong Lingdeng’s face turned grim, and he clapped his hands.

“You’re forcing my hand. I thought if I didn’t use force on you like last time, you would change your mind. It seems I was mistaken.”

At his command, people from the Joyful Union Sect poured in, crowding the small room. Escape was impossible for anyone.

Are they giving me no way out? Ruan Mingyu tried to stand up and hide behind Song Chenxi, but Gong Lingdeng firmly held down his hand.

Gong Lingdeng, just like back then, asked Ruan Mingyu to make a choice.

He handed Ruan Mingyu the wine cup he had spiked: “Drink this wine, and I will let him go.”

There was medicine in the wine. If he drank it, he would lose consciousness. Ruan Mingyu didn’t dare to drink it, or he wouldn’t be able to leave.

“What about me?” Ruan Mingyu demanded.

“Of course, you stay,” Gong Lingdeng said emotionlessly.

As soon as his words fell, a long sword split the table in front of them into pieces.

Song Chenxi’s long sword pointed directly at Gong Lingdeng’s throat. He sneered, “Who are you to decide anything? It’s not your place.”

Seeing this, Ruan Mingyu quickly shook off his hand and hid behind Song Chenxi.

Gong Lingdeng’s seductive face was slightly distorted as he said, “Then attack! Kill. Don’t leave anyone alive, except for Ruan Mingyu.”

There were too many of them. The best option now was retreat, but they first had to break through the encirclement.

Song Chenxi didn’t care about anything else. He just wanted to take Ruan Mingyu and leave. He transformed all his spiritual energy into a massive sword array. Instantly, countless swords rained down like shooting stars. A wave of agonizing cries erupted around them.

In just a few decades, Song Chenxi’s cultivation had progressed to such a terrifying level.

Seeing a gap appear in the encirclement, Song Chenxi wrapped his arm around Ruan Mingyu’s waist and teleported away with him.

They hadn’t gone far when a phantom image appeared before them like lightning. Gong Lingdeng had already caught up.

He said with disgust: “I failed to kill you last time. This time, I’ll send you to the Western Heavens.”

Song Chenxi scoffed: “Don’t you know your own limits? Do I have to make you realize them?”

In a flash, the two exchanged hundreds of blows.

Song Chenxi turned and used his eyes to signal Ruan Mingyu to leave immediately.

Ruan Mingyu nodded and quickly fled, obediently. He told himself not to worry about Song Chenxi. The protagonist always makes it to the end.

Seeing Ruan Mingyu about to leave, Gong Lingdeng’s eyes turned red with urgency. He launched a palm strike in Ruan Mingyu’s direction. The strike was ferocious; it would cripple or kill anyone it hit. To keep Ruan Mingyu, he completely disregarded his life.

A figure flashed over. Song Chenxi frowned and took the palm strike for Ruan Mingyu. He swallowed the blood in his mouth, activated a formation, and instantly teleported the two of them elsewhere.

He cast the formation in a hurry and didn’t know where they landed. Ruan Mingyu saw a vast expanse of green grass stretching to the horizon.

“Did we… escape?” Ruan Mingyu was a little incredulous.

He received no response. Ruan Mingyu looked down to see that Song Chenxi was lying on the ground, exhausted and motionless.

Ruan Mingyu also spread his arms and lay on the carpet-like grass. He hadn’t felt this comfortable in a long time, like lying on a luxurious mattress. However, he only lay for a moment before scrambling up.

Song Chenxi’s eyes were closed, his eyelashes unmoving.

Ruan Mingyu quietly called out: “Senior Brother?”

Still no response.

Ruan Mingyu’s heart clenched. He checked his breathing. Thankfully, he’s okay.

He still had medicine in his pocket, so he bent down and gently patted Song Chenxi’s face, speaking softly: “Senior Brother, wake up.”

Song Chenxi barely opened his eyes.

He had completely depleted his spiritual energy and found it difficult to move a finger, yet he struggled to wrap his arms around Ruan Mingyu, holding him close as if only this could make him feel secure.

He was so severely injured, yet he relentlessly questioned:

“What is your relationship with him? What did you call him just now? You called him Xiang Gong (husband). Did you say the same things to him that you told me? Why else would he be so devoted to you?”

He stared at him gloomily: “Ruan Mingyu, you cause untold harm.”

Ruan Mingyu was silent for a while. These matters couldn’t be explained in a few words, so he chose to keep quiet. After a moment, he asked him: “Does it hurt?” Although the question was slightly idiotic, anyone could see that Song Chenxi was in great discomfort.

Song Chenxi started to shake his head, then nodded instead.

Ruan Mingyu rummaged through his sleeve for the small snacks he had hidden. He took out a piece of candy and held it to Song Chenxi’s lips.

“It won’t hurt after you eat this.”

This trick was one Song Chenxi himself had used before.

“I don’t want to eat candy.”

“Then what do you want to do?” Ruan Mingyu asked. Right now, if he asked for the stars in the sky, Ruan Mingyu would try to fish them out for him.

Song Chenxi stared at Ruan Mingyu’s lips.

“I want to kiss you.”

“…”

He’s beyond saving. Incurably crazy.

Ruan Mingyu immediately refused: “That’s not happening.”

Song Chenxi closed his eyes. It was clear he had very little strength left. His sarcastic aggression was significantly diminished: “Then why did you ask me what I wanted?”

Ruan Mingyu hesitated.

Seeing Song Chenxi look like he was about to draw his last breath at any moment, he finally took the plunge.

Ruan Mingyu lowered his head and gently kissed his lips. His movement was very subtle.

Feeling the touch on his lips, Song Chenxi couldn’t help but smile—a wide, open smile. Ruan Mingyu stared at this smile, somewhat dazed. It was hard to imagine such an expression appearing on his face.

Ruan Mingyu felt that the brief kiss was enough. But Song Chenxi wouldn’t let up. He cupped Ruan Mingyu’s face and continued kissing him. His hand slowly moved down to embrace Ruan Mingyu’s waist.

Unlike Ruan Mingyu’s gentleness, his actions were somewhat rough, wild and insistent. Ruan Mingyu could barely breathe.

Ruan Mingyu was almost driven to tears. He couldn’t help but gently nip Song Chenxi’s lip.

“Be gentle…”

Song Chenxi’s hand gripped the back of Ruan Mingyu’s neck. His movements gradually softened. He pecked him lightly, as if eating cotton candy, afraid that too much force would melt the candy in his mouth.

Ruan Mingyu felt his mind go completely blank. He couldn’t think of anything else except kissing him.

He could only deeply feel everything: the soft touch, the heavy breathing, and the wildly beating heart, all confirming what they were doing.

Only after a long time did Song Chenxi release him.

Song Chenxi’s lips curved into a smile. He gently smoothed the stray hair near Ruan Mingyu’s ear.

Ruan Mingyu’s face was deeply flushed, his eyes unfocused, and his lips were slightly parted, looking extremely rosy.

Song Chenxi’s smile deepened as he looked at him like this. He used his thumb to wipe his lips, then softly called out: “Mingyu—”

He drew out the final syllable, sounding no different from any young person deeply in love.

Ruan Mingyu snapped back to reality at his call. In that instant, he had only one thought: he was doomed.