This was outrageous—utterly outrageous!
How could there be such a shameless pair of lovers in this world?! Heavens above, could you hurry up and send down a bolt of lightning to strike these two wretched lovers dead?!
The Charming Gentleman cursed Wu Guanyue and Wenren Ying furiously in his heart.
He was so angry that his nose had gone crooked… well, his nose had already been slapped crooked by Wenren Ying.
And then, at a time like this, the Blood Demon Ancestor suddenly popped up and mocked him in the most sarcastic tone imaginable.
“What did I tell you? What did I tell you? I told you not to delude yourself into thinking you could separate them, but you just wouldn’t listen. You didn’t even take a good look at yourself in the mirror…”
The Charming Gentleman suddenly let out a loud “bleh” and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The Blood Demon Ancestor’s voice abruptly cut off. He asked suspiciously, “That one slap from Wenren Ying actually doubled your internal injuries? Has that boy gotten even stronger after only a few days?”
The Charming Gentleman said expressionlessly, “I spat blood because you made me so angry.”
The Blood Demon Ancestor: “…………”
The Blood Demon Ancestor gave an awkward little laugh and said, pretending nothing had happened, “This won’t be easy. You’ll have to think of a proper plan.”
No kidding! You old bachelor who’s been single for three hundred years!
The Charming Gentleman switched to cursing the Blood Demon Ancestor in his heart.
Meanwhile, Wu Guanyue and Wenren Ying were still gazing into each other’s eyes. Their looks were practically tangible enough to stretch between them. The Charming Gentleman only had to glance at them once to know that if he went over there again, he would simply be humiliating himself.
His plan to seduce Wu Guanyue into eloping with him was now absolutely impossible.
Killing Wenren Ying and taking Wu Guanyue for himself… was clearly impossible as well.
But he couldn’t just slink away like this. If he were after money, he could give up on one target and move on to the next. But he was after soul fire!
Other than Wu Guanyue, where else in this world could he find someone who could give him soul fire?!
Damn it… These two were as devoted as gold and stone. What could he do to separate them and find an opening?
The Charming Gentleman climbed to his feet with a dark expression, glanced darkly at the pair of lovers, and left darkly…
Meanwhile, with no outsiders left to get in the way, Wu Guanyue and Wenren Ying could finally discuss something serious.
Wenren Ying’s expression turned solemn. “Little Yue, that Charming Gentleman is clearly after something… Did he say anything to you?”
“Mm-hmm. Exactly! Why would someone be so attentive for no reason? He obviously isn’t a good person… He said he was an old acquaintance of my grandfather’s, and that my grandfather had once done him a favor. He said he came this time to repay that favor.”
Wenren Ying frowned. “Your grandfather?”
Wenren Ying was not Bai Yunsheng. He had never deliberately investigated Wu Guanyue’s grandfather. All he knew was that Old Shopkeeper Wu had run an inn on Qihua Road for over a decade and had passed away just this summer. After his death, Little Yue had come to Meishan and inherited the inn.
As for anything else, he knew nothing.
Of course, Wu Guanyue didn’t know much more than Wenren Ying did…
Wu Guanyue narrowed her eyes and sighed. “Grandfather… He really was mysterious…”
Wenren Ying: “…………”
Unable to resist, Wenren Ying asked, “Little Yue, where did you live before coming to Meishan?”
It was nothing more than an ordinary question, but who could have guessed that Wu Guanyue’s expression would immediately become complicated, as though she wanted to speak but couldn’t.
Ah… Where had she lived…?
That was a difficult question to answer.
Although Wu Guanyue had realized that she was hiding certain secrets—secrets connected to the game system—when Brother Ying suddenly asked her about them, she didn’t know how to respond.
Besides… in the real world, she was someone whose legs had atrophied.
She rarely showed it, but who could say she had no inferiority complex? When she saw healthy people… when she saw round, powerful legs, who could say she didn’t feel envious?
She… didn’t really want Brother Ying to know what she was like in the real world.
Wu Guanyue’s expression drooped.
Wenren Ying froze for a moment, then gently changed the subject. “All right, Little Yue. We need to come up with a way to uncover that Charming Gentleman’s true intentions.”
—With an expression like that, her past was clearly a secret she couldn’t speak of.
Wenren Ying himself had a tragic past. If he had a choice, he would never want to talk about it either.
So naturally, he wouldn’t force Wu Guanyue to say anything. He wasn’t that inconsiderate.
Sure enough, Wu Guanyue didn’t press the matter. She nodded earnestly and said, “Mm-hmm! I still want to find out about my grandfather!”
The inn had been left to her by her grandfather, and her current main quest was to upgrade the inn to its highest level. This quest was directly connected to [Reuniting the Three Souls and Seven Spirits]. Could her mysterious grandfather have played some role in all of this?
Wu Guanyue felt that she ought to investigate.
And the Charming Gentleman was a very good breakthrough point.
He claimed to be her grandfather’s old acquaintance, yet he clearly had ulterior motives toward her. As long as she could figure out what he wanted, perhaps many of the mysteries could be unraveled.
But… how should they go about it?
Wu Guanyue and Wuyun fell into thought at the same time.
Wu Guanyue said, “The Charming Gentleman seems determined to drive a wedge between us… Otherwise, why would he act like such a fake innocent?”
Wuyun agreed. “Meow!”
Wu Guanyue continued, “Is he trying to get Brother Ying away from me so he can do something to me?”
Wuyun approved. “Woof!”
Wu Guanyue went on, “But he came here from somewhere else, so how does he know about Brother Ying and me? Could it be that our beautiful love story is already famous far and wide?”
Wenren Ying: “…Cough, cough, cough!”
Wenren Ying suddenly began coughing violently.
Wu Guanyue hurried over with a worried look and patted his back. “What’s wrong, Brother Ying? Are your injuries acting up again? Why are you coughing so badly?”
Wenren Ying: “…………”
Wenren Ying: “………………”
…Why was she suddenly acting as though she knew nothing at all? Had she really forgotten what had just come out of her own mouth?
Wenren Ying hesitated, unable to speak, and couldn’t help staring at Wu Guanyue. The girl’s expression was so innocent, so pure—but he had clearly caught a flash of mischief in her eyes.
…What a wicked girl.
Wenren Ying abruptly reached out and grasped her wrist.
The fidgety Wu Guanyue fell silent at once.
She tilted her head back and looked at Wenren Ying.
The swordsman stood quietly before her, his eyes lowered as he gazed at her. She could see her own reflection in his eyes. And, perhaps it was only her imagination, but she seemed able to hear the strong, powerful beat of his heart.
They were so close…
When had they unknowingly come this close?
Standing within Wenren Ying’s tender yet helpless gaze, Wu Guanyue’s face slowly turned red.
Suddenly, she let out a soft “mmph” and threw herself into Wenren Ying’s arms.
Wenren Ying immediately tightened both arms around her, holding her firmly against his chest.
It was strange… Before coming to Suwen Pool, he had lain in bed, tormented by indecision. He had always believed that he shouldn’t be with Little Yue—that doing so would only hold her back, that it would be irresponsible…
And yet, at this very moment, as he held Wu Guanyue in his arms, there wasn’t the slightest hesitation in his movements.
Little Yue’s breath brushed lightly against his chest. It was a little hurried, a little moist, and Wenren Ying felt a strange itch rapidly spreading across the surface of his skin, leaving him tingling all over. It felt wonderful.
Little Yue… Little Yue was in his arms…
That realization made his whole heart swell to the brim.
Suddenly, Wu Guanyue lifted her head from his embrace and gave him a quick glance. Her eyes were bright and glistening with moisture, making Wenren Ying want to look at her a little longer, to take in more of her.
But before he could get a second look, his Little Yue quickly buried her head back against his chest and then… like a chick pecking at rice, gave him a quick little kiss.
Wenren Ying: “!!”
Wenren Ying’s head shot up almost instantly. His posture somehow had the air of someone stretching out his neck to be executed, and every muscle in his body seemed to tense under the stimulation, hard as stone.
Meanwhile, Wu Guanyue was still immersed in the wonderful feeling of being together with Brother Ying…
She had really managed to win Brother Ying over before winter!
She had boldly proclaimed that she would, of course, but with Brother Ying acting so hot and cold lately, she had actually been a little sad…
But now, Brother Ying was hers!
Because she was much shorter than Brother Ying, when they hugged like this, her head rested against his chest.
Ahhh~ What a broad and generous chest~
Wu Guanyue: o(*////▽////*)q
Wu Guanyue wore a happy, dreamy expression, her face flushed crimson, as though she had been drinking. Even her head felt dizzy, as if it had been steamed by Wenren Ying’s body heat.
In a sense, she was a little… lost in her own world at the moment.
Wenren Ying suddenly bent down. One of his hands immediately… pushed aside Wuyun’s tail, cupped the back of Wu Guanyue’s head, and kissed her without the slightest hesitation!
Wu Guanyue: OoO!
Wuyun: OωO!
Wuyun had originally been crouching on top of Wu Guanyue’s head, but now Wu Guanyue’s head was tilted high, and Wenren Ying had suddenly thrust himself forward. Wuyun couldn’t keep his balance and let out a startled yowl before scrambling down from Little Shopkeeper Wu in a dark, rustling blur. It coiled up beside the two of them, watching with intense curiosity.
“Mmm…”
Meow, Little Shopkeeper Wu’s mouth was making a strange sound.
“Mm…”
Meow, the tips of Little Shopkeeper Wu’s toes rose off the ground…
Meow, Little Shopkeeper Wu’s calves began to tremble and shake… Her entire body began to tremble and shake… She had grown soft as a cat!
Wuyun’s eyes were wide and round as it seriously observed this human interaction it had never seen before…
But why were they staying like that without moving?
Wuyun began to get bored. It started circling the two of them, then chased its own tail in utter boredom.
Here it comes. I’d originally planned to wait a little longer before getting together with her, but the mood had already reached this point!
