After the Stand-in Hugged the White Moonlight's Thigh Tightly - Chapter 43

Chapter 43: A Token of Love

Ruan Mingyu initially thought Song Chenxi would take him back to their home in the distant border town, but instead, he flew in the completely opposite direction.

“Wait, this doesn’t look like the way back!” Ruan Mingyu tugged at his shoulder, motioning for him to stop.

However, Song Chenxi acted deaf, continuing forward as if he couldn’t hear anything. He controlled the sword beneath his feet extremely fast, and Ruan Mingyu couldn’t even clearly see the scenery below. The speed made him feel dizzy. When he became a little clearer, he realized he had arrived at a place he had never been before.

The scenery here was excellent, with mountains and water stretching out in a majestic sweep, and the clear green ripples were intoxicating.

Ruan Mingyu, however, had no leisure to enjoy the view. He cautiously asked Song Chenxi: “What did you bring me here for?”

Song Chenxi held his hand and said solemnly: “I wish to become Dao Companions with you. Together in life and death, never to be separated for eternity.”

Ruan Mingyu pulled his hand away: “I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

“You agreed to him quite readily, didn’t you? Why is it difficult with me?” Song Chenxi’s smile was a little sinister. He stared intently at Ruan Mingyu, his eyes covered with deep desire. “I give you two choices: one, voluntarily marry me; two, be forced to marry me.”

Ruan Mingyu retreated a few steps, his footing unsteady: “Isn’t there any other choice?”

“No.”

Ruan Mingyu instinctively wanted to run: “Let me think about it properly.”

Song Chenxi grabbed him.

“Or are you more willing to marry Shen Yanyuan? Should I send you back now so you can continue your marriage with him?” Song Chenxi mocked.

Ruan Mingyu hadn’t expected him to still be angry, and said: “Have mercy on me!”

Song Chenxi pinched his chin: “Stop avoiding it. Answer this question.”

Song Chenxi looked like he could go crazy at any moment. If Ruan Mingyu refused, he might be torn to shreds.

He bravely said: “I agree, just don’t be so angry.”

“Mere agreement isn’t enough, you know. I know exactly what kind of person you are.” With his answer, Song Chenxi was slightly more normal. He said: “Repeat after me in a moment.”

“This… what are we doing?” Ruan Mingyu saw how serious he was, as if it were a very important matter.

Song Chenxi: “Forming the contract.”

“…” Ruan Mingyu felt like crying without tears. Now he had truly gone too far.

Ruan Mingyu was forced by his intimidation to recite the Dao Companion contract with him, but he was a half-hearted, unserious student when it came to cultivation.

So when they finished reciting the contract, Song Chenxi sensed something was not quite right.

“Did you misrecite a few incantations just now?”

Ruan Mingyu chuckled twice: “Did I? I don’t remember.”

Song Chenxi pinched his face: “You never give me peace of mind in anything you do.”

This gesture seemed innocent to Song Chenxi, but a moment later, a faint flicker of lightning appeared in the sky.

His expression changed. Suddenly realizing something, he lowered his head and kissed Ruan Mingyu. Just a light touch of the lips, and suddenly a flash of lightning appeared, and a bolt of heavenly thunder struck directly towards Song Chenxi.

Logically, after a Master-Disciple contract is established, if the disciple is not filial to the Master, the Master is subject to heavenly punishment.

“Very well…” Song Chenxi ground his teeth and said, “I wanted you to become my Dao Companion, and instead you formed a Master-Disciple contract with me. Ruan Mingyu, you are really something.”

Ruan Mingyu: “Is there a possibility that this is the will of heaven…” He weakly asked: “Who is the Master and who is the Disciple?”

Song Chenxi didn’t answer.

Since the contract clearly designated him as the Master, Ruan Mingyu thought, The heavens are with me! Song Chenxi can’t do anything to me now, right?

Unexpectedly, there was nothing in this world Song Chenxi couldn’t do. He pinned Ruan Mingyu against a tree. He didn’t care how intense the heavenly thunder was, and he passionately kissed him.

Ruan Mingyu used his hand to shield the space between them: “Senior Brother, although I want to become Dao Companions with you, look at how fierce this thunder is. If we continue, you might get hurt. Let’s stop for a while.”

Moreover, a disciple kissing his Master—wasn’t this against all moral order? No wonder the heavenly thunder was cracking like dumplings being dropped into a pot. Ruan Mingyu couldn’t help but be startled.

Song Chenxi curved his lips into a smile: “I’m not afraid, what are you afraid of? Isn’t that right, my dear Master?”

Ruan Mingyu: “…”

“That was purely an accident,” he was the Master, and Song Chenxi was the Disciple. Therefore, the Disciple should obey the Master, right?

Ruan Mingyu took advantage of his situation: “Now, as your Master, I command you to let go of me.”

Song Chenxi: “No more pretense? Getting a little too big for your boots, aren’t you? Ruan Mingyu, you have great authority.”

Ruan Mingyu: “I have no choice.”

However, Song Chenxi was naturally rebellious. He pressed Ruan Mingyu against the tree even harder, kissing him intensely. The lightning in the sky grew thicker, covering the sky and the sun. It had been clear just moments ago, and now it instantly became covered with dark clouds.

Looking at the lightning bolts so close, Ruan Mingyu’s eyes widened, filled with terror. He tried to push Song Chenxi away, but Song Chenxi didn’t budge.

He muffled two sounds and patted Song Chenxi’s shoulder, saying: “Senior Brother, let go of me quickly! That thunder is going to strike! Thunder this big can kill people!”

“With me here, what are you afraid of?”

Song Chenxi’s voice was slightly husky from the exertion. His breath fanned Ruan Mingyu’s face, making his ears feel inexplicably hot. Song Chenxi’s finger rested on the back of his neck, looking down at him and smiling. The smile was extremely suggestive, hinting at their ambiguous relationship.

Ruan Mingyu pointed behind him, stuttering: “The thunder… is striking…”

Song Chenxi seemed completely unafraid of the heavenly thunder. He lowered his head and sucked on Ruan Mingyu’s lips.

Just as the lightning was about to hit, he freed one hand and formed a barrier around them, blocking all the lightning bolts outside.

Although the thunder didn’t strike their bodies, the sound still reached their ears. Ruan Mingyu’s scalp tingled from the massive noise, and he was half-hearted even when kissing. Song Chenxi was displeased. He lowered his voice and said: “Focus.”

Ruan Mingyu: “Brother, with thunder this loud, you want me to focus? I’m lucky I haven’t been scared to death!”

Song Chenxi: “Coward.” Although he said that, he let him go the next moment.

Ruan Mingyu’s legs felt weak. Song Chenxi looped his arm around him and helped him into a bamboo hut.

Song Chenxi said: “I found this place when I was cultivating down the mountain. I thought I would come here to live in seclusion one day.”

Ruan Mingyu cleverly picked up the conversation: “What do you think now?”

Song Chenxi said very seriously: “I want to live in seclusion with you.”

Ruan Mingyu paused: “What’s so great about seclusion? I like excitement and crowds.”

“That’s true. Your mouth is always busy. You’d be so bored if no one talked to you,” Song Chenxi said.

Ruan Mingyu: “Actually, being alone is fine too. Having someone with me is even better.”

Song Chenxi leaned against the door, looking at the sky outside and said: “Seven Stars Sect is looking for us everywhere now. It’s better not to risk going out. It’s not too late to go back after staying here and hiding for a while.”

Ruan Mingyu thought, Has Song Chenxi changed his ways? Wasn’t he fearless before?

He shook his head: “No, you have to listen to me now. I finally got the Ice-Frost Flower. We are going back to the border town now.”

Song Chenxi smiled knowingly, nodding. He actually activated the teleportation array and took him back to their home in the border town.

Why was he so easily persuaded? Could it be that the Master-Disciple contract between them was starting to take effect?

Once home, Ruan Mingyu sat on a chair, crossing his legs, and said: “Don’t just sit there. Go and cook me two dishes. And bring a plate of peanuts.”

Song Chenxi didn’t argue with him and actually went into the kitchen to start cooking. Ruan Mingyu watched him bustling about in the kitchen, resting his chin on his hand: “Song Chenxi, I never thought I’d see the day.”

Song Chenxi brought the dishes to him. Ruan Mingyu ate heartily without ceremony. The taste was surprisingly good.

Song Chenxi picked up his chopsticks to feed him, but Ruan Mingyu waved his hand: “I’ll do it myself, as your Master.”

Song Chenxi chuckled: “Do you really take yourself as the Master?”

Ruan Mingyu started playing coy: “Is this how you treat your Master? Call me ‘Master’ so I can hear it.”

Song Chenxi pinched his chin: “I forgot to tell you, the difference in our cultivation levels is too great. You can’t command me.”

Ruan Mingyu: “Then what about just now?”

Song Chenxi: “You are my Dao Companion, so naturally, I will listen to you.”

Ruan Mingyu: “…”

Ruan Mingyu didn’t want to talk to him anymore and went back to refining the pill.

When he started refining pills, he became fierce, completely lost in his work, and tireless.

Song Chenxi was displeased. After Ruan Mingyu continuously locked himself in the room for three months to refine the pill, Song Chenxi finally kicked down the door and carried him out.

Ruan Mingyu: “Hey, why are you interrupting me? This will slow down the refining process. Give me three more months at this pace, and this batch of pills will be ready.”

Song Chenxi: “Three more months? Do you want me to be a lonely widower?”

Wait, did he know what he just said? Is that how you use ‘lonely widower’?

His startling words made Ruan Mingyu suddenly less keen on refining the pill.

“Walk with me,” Song Chenxi said.

As they walked, Song Chenxi held his hand. They leisurely strolled in the courtyard. In fact, Song Chenxi didn’t need him to do anything; he felt very happy and content just having him by his side.

Ayihan from next door learned they were back and brought a large bag of things to see them. Seeing them holding hands, she smiled and said: “You two brothers have such a good relationship.”

Ruan Mingyu quickly pulled his hand back.

Song Chenxi smiled: “We have a very good relationship.”

Ayihan didn’t want to disturb them, put the things down, and left.

Song Chenxi suddenly thought of something and asked: “Didn’t I give you a jade pendant?”

Ruan Mingyu didn’t dare to take that jade pendant out and wear it, afraid of chipping it. Plus, the thing had already broken once before. If it chipped again, it would probably be gone for good.

Ruan Mingyu: “No way. If you want it back, there’s no chance.”

Song Chenxi said: “That was given to me by my mother, who told me to give it to my future wife.”

“You, from that time…”

Song Chenxi looked at him smilingly: “Didn’t my letter make it very clear? Didn’t you read it?”

What the letter said, Ruan Mingyu genuinely didn’t know. He had blown up the house while refining pills. It was a miracle that a jade pendant even survived.

Ruan Mingyu said guiltily: “It’s been so long. It’s normal not to remember.”

Song Chenxi: “You definitely didn’t read it. I can tell what you’re thinking just by looking at you.”

Ruan Mingyu stubbornly argued: “It was just too long ago. I forgot.”

Song Chenxi chuckled coldly: “Ruan Mingyu, have you ever taken me seriously?”

Ruan Mingyu immediately explained clearly that he had indeed received the letter back then, but it was blown up by the pill-refining furnace before he even had a chance to open it. Only then did Song Chenxi’s expression improve a little, but he was still passive-aggressive.

“Never mind if you didn’t see it. It didn’t catch your eye anyway.”

Ruan Mingyu couldn’t resist asking: “What did it say? Senior Brother, will you tell me now?”

Song Chenxi beckoned to him, signaling him to lean closer. Ruan Mingyu obediently leaned his head over.

Song Chenxi curled his lips, and whispered in his ear: “I won’t tell you.”

Ruan Mingyu: “……”

He’s sick. Truly sick!

Speaking of which, Ruan Mingyu remembered the item he found in the room. He handed the jade seal to Song Chenxi: “Here you go. You lied to me just now, but I’m the bigger person. As your Master, I won’t fuss over this with you, the Disciple. See? This is called repaying evil with kindness.”

Song Chenxi took it, looked at the words carved on the bottom, and couldn’t help but smile: “Is this… a token of love between us?”