SQLJBFDTW Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Lantern Festival (2) He Looks Cute

Another Yu Wei fanboy.

Seeing his fervent expression, Chao Jianxue immediately diagnosed him.

He said, annoyed, “You know Yu Wei?”

Xie Bingyuan gesticulated wildly, “Yu Wei! Who doesn’t know Yu Wei? A genius unlike any other, reaching the Nascent Soul stage in fifty years, incredibly handsome, and a purely kind and good person. A prominent figure!”

Chao Jianxue scoffed, “A good person? How do you know he’s such a good person?”

Xie Bingyuan ticked off Yu Wei’s past accomplishments, rattling off a long list: “Anyway, if you go explore secret realms with Yu Wei, you’re guaranteed not to come back empty-handed!”

Chao Jianxue said, “He takes the best stuff, naturally he wouldn’t care about the scraps.”

Xie Bingyuan said, “Since he contributes the most, naturally he should take the best. It’s already commendable that he’s willing to share anything at all!”

“Alright.” That made sense. The Wuwu Sect disciples were quite polite.

“Since you’re a disciple of Fuxian Mountain, are you Outer Sect…” He leaned closer, a mix of hope and trepidation in his voice, “Have you ever spoken to Yu Wei? Is he really as perfect as everyone says?”

Chao Jianxue twitched his lips. He couldn’t help but recall the image of Yu Wei walking towards him, saying, “Indeed, otherworldly.”

Xie Bingyuan wore an inexplicably proud expression, trying to promote him: “Did you know, Yu Wei has been the number one ‘most desirable Dao companion in the Immortal Sect’ for two years running? He’ll probably win again next year.”

Chao Jianxue: “…”

Seeing his expression, Xie Bingyuan laughed and said, “Don’t misunderstand, I’m not gay, but I do admire Senior Brother Yu Wei! So I voted for him too.”

He grabbed Chao Jianxue’s sleeve, motioning him closer, mysteriously saying, “The Lord Mu Yuan came to my master to perform divination once, and said Yu Wei is a Child of Destiny. I just happened to overhear. No matter what, we can’t compare.”

There was such a thing?

Chao Jianxue’s first reaction was disbelief, but then he thought about how Yu Wei really did get all the good things. In everyone’s eyes, Yu Wei was good in every way, and he, Chao Jianxue, was the only clear-eyed person who was sober when everyone else was drunk.

Yu Wei wasn’t as pure and noble as he appeared on the surface. The more someone seemed perfect, the more unknown dark sides they had.

So what if he’s a Child of Destiny? Luck always runs out.

He raised an eyebrow at Xie Bingyuan, smiling as he asked, “Can luck be stolen, do you think?”

Xie Bingyuan was stunned, “Why do you talk like a demon cultivator?”

Only demons would naturally place internal strife on the surface.

Among fellow disciples, they should at least value friendship and order.

Chao Jianxue said, “Don’t you want luck?”

Xie Bingyuan hesitated, finally admitting, “I do.”

“Then why not honestly face your desires? Clearly wanting it, but keeping silent because of so-called rules, wouldn’t that be hypocritical?”

Xie Bingyuan vaguely felt it made sense, but also vaguely felt it was a fallacy. The alcohol fumes in the evening breeze gradually dissipated, and he couldn’t help but seriously look at this handsome new acquaintance again.

Admittedly, the reason he proactively said so much to him was because this face was exceptionally good-looking, making him feel an instant connection.

Are handsome people’s words so convincing?

He blankly said, “It seems that way.”

Chao Jianxue thought he was “not beyond help,” prepared himself mentally, and smiling, asked, “Do you know Chao Jianxue, the senior disciple of Fuxian Mountain?”

Xie Bingyuan rubbed his face, flushed from the alcohol, “Of course I know. It’s a pity I was in seclusion during the Immortal Sect Competition and only came out a few days ago, so I didn’t see that spectacle.”

“What kind of person do you think Chao Jianxue is?”

Xie Bingyuan recalled, “Senior brothers and sisters say he’s not a good person, keeps to himself in Fuxian Mountain, and is a bit foolish. It seems he also doesn’t get along with Yu Wei… but I’ve never met him, so it’s hard to say specifically what kind of person he is. You can’t speak recklessly without seeing it for yourself.”

Finally, someone who understood reason. That’s what true purity and kindness were! Chao Jianxue was touched, “You’re so right, you can’t speak recklessly without seeing it for yourself! Good brother, let’s have a drink!”

They avoided the crowds, climbing the steps into a pavilion with upturned eaves. The pavilion had several cups of fine wine, available to everyone, with the names of the wines written in neat handwriting on wooden signs.

Chao Jianxue picked up a cup of Wind Flower Dew, which tasted like a drink, only sweet and with no trace of alcohol.

At this moment, he heard a couple talking below the pavilion, discussing the day’s spectacle, “I wonder what kind of exotic flower they’re planting in the pond at the foot of Fuxian Mountain. I saw many people digging mud there.”

Hearing this, Xie Bingyuan asked Chao Jianxue, “What kind of flower are they planting? Wasn’t it originally a field of summer lotuses?”

Chao Jianxue pursed his lips and chuckled. He didn’t expect so many people to actually go dig.

Each one secretly despising him, yet going into the water to dig mud because of his teasing lie, it was truly ridiculous.

Imagining that scene, he couldn’t stop laughing, finally choking on the wine, coughing until his eyes were red and he couldn’t speak.

Xie Bingyuan came to support him, “What are you laughing at all of a sudden…”

“The person who laughs at others is laughed at by others.”

Xie Bingyuan didn’t understand this tongue-twister.

A hand reached over from behind, over Xie Bingyuan’s hand, and supported Chao Jianxue’s shoulder.

That hand held a sword year-round, the back of the hand had beautiful tendons, the fingers were slender with distinct joints, delicate but not weak, instead having a kind of strength that couldn’t be ignored.

Xie Bingyuan turned his head woodenly, first seeing the person’s face, then seeing his accompanying spirit sword, the pure white jade lotus flower on the sword tassel, and gasped, “Lord Yu Wei.”

Yu Wei greeted the dazed him, his gaze calmly sweeping over the shallow wine glass in Chao Jianxue’s hand, and the rosy flush on his face, “Senior brother, alcohol is detrimental to cultivation.”

Chao Jianxue didn’t expect him to come, couldn’t save face, and pouted after stabilizing his breathing, “It’s none of your business, this wine isn’t intoxicating.”

He didn’t know that Wind Flower Dew tasted like it had no alcohol, but in reality, it was a spirit wine with a long aftertaste, one cup could make you muddled for a long time.

Yu Wei didn’t want to argue about whether the wine was intoxicating, he only said, “Lord Mu Yuan is back. So I came to find you.”

He had to emphasize the cause and effect, implying there would be no other reason. Chao Jianxue nodded, “Then I’ll go with you.”

Xie Bingyuan was still dazed, “Brother…”

Chao Jianxue hooked his arm around his neck, smiling as he introduced, “This is Yu Wei, my little junior brother.”

He then said to Yu Wei, “This is the seventeenth junior brother from Miao Xuan Mountain under Lord Shen Du, my new friend.”

He was intimately close to Xie Bingyuan, his face almost touching his, looking like they regretted not meeting sooner.

The latter’s face was flushed red, clearly still recovering from the shock of seeing Yu Wei.

Yu Wei’s gaze shifted from their close proximity, looking at Xie Bingyuan, slightly nodding, “Senior brother, I’ve troubled you.”

Xie Bingyuan quickly stood up straight and shook his head, unable to be moved by Chao Jianxue’s hook, “No trouble, no trouble! Just met!”

Yu Wei smiled faintly, then looked at Chao Jianxue, “Senior Disciple.”

His tone was still gentle, but Chao Jianxue heard a faint urging in it.

Chao Jianxue could only let him go, “I’ll come find you later.”

Watching the two figures leave, Xie Bingyuan slapped his forehead: Fortunately, he didn’t say anything bad about Chao Jianxue.

Chao Jianxue usually didn’t appear, and the usual rumors didn’t match this face at all. Coupled with being drunk, the night was dark and the lamplight was hazy, making his head even more dizzy.

But from the two’s behavior just now, it seemed that their relationship wasn’t as bad as the rumors.

Chao Jianxue wasn’t a fool at all!

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Chao Jianxue bought another string of candied hawthorns, glancing at Yu Wei, “Now that we’re here, won’t you look around?”

Yu Wei shook his head, “It’s important to go back and see Lord Mu Yuan.”

“Ah, so rigid. Lord Mu Yuan is back, would he grow wings and fly away? This place is a rare opportunity, mmm!”

Biting a hawthorn, he suddenly felt a pain in his back tooth, Chao Jianxue frowned and stopped talking, also stopping his footsteps.

Yu Wei subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch him, then his fingers clenched into a fist, restrainedly sticking tightly to his side.

He said seriously, “Senior brother, one can never be too careful. Don’t be so intimate with strangers in the future.”

Chao Jianxue covered half of his face, “That’s Lord Shen Du’s disciple, so wouldn’t he be my junior brother? He’s cute and we get along well, what’s wrong with being a little intimate?”

Yu Wei couldn’t say anything, only lightly “Heh”ed.

“I misspoke.”

He lowered his eyes to adjust his cuffs, wrapping the tightened cuffs even tighter, the corners of his lips slightly downturned.

Chao Jianxue peeked at him, feeling magnanimous, and handed the candied hawthorns over, “Here. I haven’t touched these ones.”

Yu Wei quietly looked up at him, “I don’t eat them.”

Oh, he wouldn’t even say a polite word?

Chao Jianxue shoved it into his hand without explanation, “My tooth hurts, so I’m not eating it. If you don’t eat it, then throw it away for me!”

He consciously strode forward, but in reality, he was staggering slightly due to being drunk.

Yu Wei stared at the candied hawthorns in his hand. The bamboo stick turned, the topmost one had already been eaten, the sugar color was crystal clear, reflecting the bright lights, revealing the crimson shell and tiny specks of the hawthorn.

He slowly brought it closer, looking at the back of the person in front of him, and silently stuck out his tongue to lick the sugar.

It was fleeting, and no one saw it.