Chapter 152: Shizun, Look! Mei Hanxue!

The Boss lady just released the door latch, yawned as she stretched languidly, ready to start with her business. Her eyes were half-shut. With sleepy eyes, her gaze fell on a tall and handsome man standing at the door of her shop under the brilliant morning light. He clearly had an air of grandeur and a posture that was as upright as a pine tree. Someone of such noble bearing should be carrying a sword or blade while walking coolly and calmly through the city streets, heedless of one and all around him.

However, this handsome man had a wide-faced smile, light dimples on his cheeks, and thick curled eyelashes.

In his arms, he was still holding a bamboo basket. Inside it, there were neither spiritual stone materials nor cultivation scrolls, but a basket of fresh and tender vegetables and fruits. The apples were red and plump, the radishes were white and fat, and the verdant green celtuce¹ leaves dew-laden where they peeked out from the basket.

[TL/N: (1) Celtuce, also called stem lettuce, celery lettuce, asparagus lettuce, or Chinese lettuce, is a cultivar of lettuce grown primarily for its thick stem or its leaves. It is used as a vegetable and is especially popular in both mainland China and Taiwan, where the stem is interchangeably called wosun or qingsun.]

Light dancing off the droplets reflected against his handsome face.

The Boss lady’s yawning froze mid-way. She stared blankly at the sight of Mo Ran in front of her, blinking her eyes, and couldn’t recover for a long time.

“Boss lady?”

“Ah hey, what does this Xianjun want?”

[TL/N: Xianjun is a polite way to address someone. It’s like the address “Master”.]

“This.” Mo Ran picked up a pair of light red pendants, “How much?”

“Xianjun has good taste. This pair of crystal pendants are made of excellent dragon blood crystals, carved by the craftsmen of Kunlun Palace. Although the material is not expensive, the pendant itself is extraordinary. These dragon blood crystals, Xianjun must be knowing about them. The body temperature of the wearer increases…”

When the boss lady said that, she smiled; “Since Xianjun is picking up a pair, he probably wants to take the other one for his dual cultivation partner, right? Oh, I don’t know which lady is so blessed to be able to gain your affections. Better to buy it so you won’t have any regrets. When you go back, you both can wear one each. It’ll be tantalizing when you both wear it during dual cultivation.”

[TL/N: Dual cultivation is the cultivation by doing s*x and it makes the spiritual core better.]

Mo Ran originally bought the pendant thinking that the dragon blood crystal was the best product for driving away the cold and keeping the body warm. Chu Wanning was afraid of the cold in winter, and it would be better if he’d wear it.

But listening to the boss lady saying this, his heart couldn’t help but thump against his chest, thinking of Chu Wanning’s pendant hanging around his neck, looking confused and infatuated. The pendant would be bright red due to the owner’s excessive body temperature, standing out like a bead of blood on the tip of a knife.

He coughed lightly, “Wrap this up for me.”

In order not to make Chu Wanning feel strange, Mo Ran also bought a gift for Xue Meng, Xue Zhengyong, and Mrs. Wang. After returning to the inn, he put down all the miscellaneous things and took out the dragon blood crystal wrapped in a little paper bag from under his shirt. The drop-shaped pendant lying there had already turned red because of his body temperature. He picked one to give it to Chu Wanning, and the other hung on his own neck…

After doing this, he trimmed the tunic to make sure that the pendant would not be exposed, then re-wrapped the other one.

He touched his chest and felt that his heart was beating a bit fast. He had experienced all kinds of absurd things in his previous life, but now, he was panicking because of this little secret hidden under his clothes. He couldn’t help but feel surprised.

“Giving it to me?”

While eating, Xue Meng held onto the tasseled dagger spike that was gifted to him by Mo Ran, showing a questioning look.

“Why did you give this to me? Do you want to apologize to me because of what happened yesterday?”

Speaking of what happened last night, Mo Ran didn’t know that Chu Wanning was awake at that time. He thought he had been asleep and didn’t move at all.

Chu Wanning was a bit irritated. He clutched the tea cup in front of him, throat feeling dry and gulped down herbal tea under the guise of being tranquil. Only then could he maintain the calm look on his face.

Mo Ran smiled at Xue Meng and said: “What do you think? You obviously provoked me first. This is what I thought would look good on you so I bought it for you to wear and play with it.”

He paused before continuing, “It’s rare to be able to come out together with you. At least I have to buy some things. I bought some for Shizun and Aunt too. They’re all small things and aren’t worth much. “

“There’s something for us too?” Madam Wang looked surprised.

“Auntie’s is a saffron powder box, and uncle’s is a folding fan pendant.” Mo Ran handed over the gifts, and finally gave the dragon blood pendant to Chu Wanning, “And this is for Shizun.”

“……What?”

“A pendant.” The palm of Mo Ran’s hand was a little sweaty. “Dragon blood pendant. It can help dispose of the cold. They had a lot of this kind of stone. I bought it for Shizun to warm up his body.”

Chu Wanning took it. These types of stones were not expensive, but worked well. He replied, “Thank you.”

“Don’t thank me, Shizun, put it on and see?”

Chu Wanning glanced at Mo Ran, but did not see the intimate and selfish look in Mo Ran’s eyes, so he naturally clasped it around his neck. The light red pendant was shining brightly. Xue Meng’s gaze was fixated on it, and he couldn’t help but say, “It looks good. This one is not bad, better than my sword pendant. Where did you buy it? I want to get one too.”

Mo Ran retorted, “No, there was only one in the whole stall. I wanted it for myself too, but I couldn’t buy any.”

Xue Meng was disappointed. He picked up his gift and looked at it, then turned to look at the dragon blood pendant around Chu Wanning’s neck, muttering, “…I don’t believe it. Well, there are a lot of peculiar items in Linyi. When we reach the Rufeng Sect, I will ask Nangong Si, he must have a lot more piled up as high as a mountain…”

Mo Ran ignored Xue Meng and his eyes darted towards Chu Wanning. After seeing that Chu Wanning had not hidden the pendant but let it rest on top of his clothes, he couldn’t help but feel a little anxious and hastily said, “Shizun, this pendant is not for hanging outside.”

“Hm?”

“It should be inside.” He leaned over to help Chu Wanning put the pendant inside. He got so close that his breath burned Chu Wanning’s ears while talking, and Chu Wanning caught his hand and pushed him away.

Chu Wanning lowered his eyes, seeming very solemn, but Mo Ran noticed this time. He noticed that Chu Wanning’s ears were coloured a crimson begonia shade, which was both pitiful and lovely. He couldn’t help wanting to kiss him, sucking and licking those red petals in his mouth.

Mo Ran was a little speechless. He wondered, why would Chu Wanning blush?

He didn’t seem to be doing anything excessive. If it was helping him with the pendant, then it was nothing…

He thought about it carefully and recalled what he had just said.

“It should be inside.”

Mo Ran was stunned for a moment and his face turned red. If it wasn’t for the fact that his skin was darker than Chu Wanning’s, it would have looked even redder.

He swore that when he said those words just now, he really didn’t want a double entendre…

He felt stunned again and didn’t even want to think about it. Why would a righteous person like Chu Wanning think about that?

The more Mo Ran pondered, the more he grew puzzled. Even when Chu Wanning stuffed the pendant into his clothes without saying a word, his face expressionless and ears back to normal colour, he could not figure out what was going on.

Last night, there was a three-finger-wide wooden board wall, causing him to miss out on too many wonderful scenes. He missed out on his fantasy, youthfulness, and missed out on Chu Wanning’s lust, who had fallen into a quagmire of love and desire. He did not know anything about what had happened on the bed, so of course, he did not understand. At this moment, Chu Wanning was still immersed in yesterday’s quagmire, throbbing with love, ashamed because of love, and sensitive for love.

Because of that dream, because of the hot and humid bedclothes in his dream, because he didn’t want anyone to know about his dream, he was unintentionally carving a lewd meaning out of this simple sentence.

Chu Wanning raised his head and glanced at him, feeling his heart stir. The evil fire yesterday had not completely subsided, and he stretched out his hand——

Mo Ran caught the handle of the teapot.

“Drink less. This tea is too cold, it’ll hurt your stomach.”

“…” Chu Wanning was silent. He looked at him, his hand still outstretched, indicating that he just wanted some cold tea.

“I’ll pour you a warm cup.”

“No need to……”

However, Mo Ran had already gone to find the shopkeeper. After a while, he brought out a pot of boiling hot tea and poured a cup for Chu Wanning, “Shizun, please drink this.”

“That’s right, Yuheng, you should drink hot tea. It’s not good to have cold tea at all, it really hurts.”

Chu Wanning had no choice but to take the cup of hot tea, blew on it, but didn’t drink it, and placed it by his side.

His heart was already boiling.

If the heat continued, he was afraid that the last layer of ice in his eyes would melt as well. When the endless spring water overflowed and he raised his eyes to look, he would no longer be able to hide his shameful thoughts.

Then, where else could he put the face of the Immortal Elder Yuheng?

When they were about to leave the store, a group of people came in.

The leader was wearing a light blue straw cloak that covered his face, making him look very low-key, so he was not noticed by the crowd. However, when he entered the inn and saw Xue Zhengyong, he took the initiative to walk over and bowed to him.

“Hello, Uncle Xue.”

“You are…”

That person took off his hood and hat. Xue Meng saw him and let out an “Ah.” He took a big step back. Xue Zhengyong laughed. “Aiya, isn’t that Hanxue?”

Mei Hanxue raised his head. He was born with fair skin and a high nose, distinct eyebrows, and profound eyes. He was quite handsome, clearly different from the rest. This person’s skin was extremely good. Even though the room was dim, he still emitted a faint glow. Perhaps because he had grown up in the ice-cold snow of Mount Kunlun since childhood, his face was drenched in a frosty aura that was both clear and transparent, expressing his loneliness.

All in all, based on his temperament, no one would believe that he was that renowned seed of romance, Mei Hanxue.

“There’s something going on at the palace. This humble one only came to Linyi today. I didn’t expect to meet Uncle Xue here.” Mei Hanxue was too cold. Although he politely smiled, his eyes were clear and cold. “This nephew will pay his respects to aunt and uncle.”

“Very good, very good! Ah! If only Meng’er had been so polite like you.”

Unexpectedly, when Xue Meng heard this, he was not happy. He kept shooting small poisonous glances at Mei Hanxue with his eyes behind him, each one more vicious than the last.

He thought to himself, this monster, Mei Hanxue! One set in front of the other! He was clearly a cold rogue that didn’t care about eating both men and women. Back then, at Peach Blossom Origin, he had reached out to touch his waist, but now, standing in front of his elders, he acted like a desperate and prideful monk. This guy was really good at acting!

[TL/N: Eating here means having s*x.]

However, Mei Hanxue didn’t even look at his childhood playmate. He only lowered his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes, even his lips didn’t move. He said in an extremely disciplined manner, “Uncle must be joking. Young Master Xue is the pride of the heavens.”

“That’s right, father. This fellow is the man who was defeated by me …”

“Meng’er….” Madam Wang was rather embarrassed as she reached out her hand to pull Xue Meng. Only then did he finally stop groaning, but his nostrils still flared.

Mei Hanxue asked, “Uncle, are you leaving for the Rufeng Sect?”

“It’s about time. It doesn’t matter if we go earlier or later. Nangong Liu doesn’t lack a room. Didn’t he say that every month before and after the wedding, a whole city was vacated for the guests to settle in?” Xue Zhengyong laughed and said, “Let’s go over and take a look first, so that the young generations can interact more with each other.”

As he spoke, he glanced at Xue Meng, implying that he wanted to find a wife for Xue Meng.

Xue Meng, “…”

“Won’t Hanxue directly go to the Rufeng Sect?”

“Shizun has asked me to buy a lot of Spirit Stones so I will stay in Dai City for a few more days. I will go the day before the wedding

It’s also too late.”

Xue Meng muttered in a low voice, “You are obviously afraid of going there early. The girls from the sect who were let down by you will chase you and beat you up like a dog.”

Mo Ran’s ears pricked up as he laughed, “Mengmeng, what did you say? What dog?”

“…”

Xue Meng harrumphed and crossed his arms. “It’s nothing. I’m just thinking about something.”

“Pfft, I’m afraid you’re reciting the plum blossom cultivation method.”

“Keep talking nonsense!”

When Mei Hanxue heard his words, he finally glanced at them. Xue Meng’s eyes met his, and he froze——

He felt that something was wrong. This Mei Hanxue was very strange. The last time he saw him at the Peach Blossom Origin, the monster’s eyes were full of peach blossoms. Those eyes seemed to be smiling even when he was angry.

However, in the eyes of the person in front of him, let alone peach blossoms, there were no ripples at all. His entire being was cool, neat, abstinent, and even when he was smiling, his eyes didn’t seem to be filled with anger.

Xue Meng blinked and paused for a moment. He thought of the battle in the Sky Ripples. Mei Hanxue rated the Snow Palace disciples to help during the battle of Sky Ripples. In front of the crowd of everyone, he was acting all serious. He couldn’t help but be furious. How could this guy act so well? Why was he acting like this? This was truly the heart of a beast with a human’s face! A scoundrel with a gentle face! Scum!

“Hey, Meng’er, where are you going?”

“The room is too stuffy! I’ll wait outside for you guys. Come out after you’re done talking!” As Xue Meng said this, he strode to the door, lifted up the curtain, and angrily walked out. The Son of the Heavens really felt that he was wronged.

The room was filled with dirt from this scumbag. How could no one else see it except for him?

How infuriating!