TBOUMTBDK Chapter 96

Su Rou watched their backs disappear into the crowd, her whole body trembling.

The woman in white beside her took a worried step back.

“He actually ignored me like that, how dare he!”

“Won’t agree, huh? Think I’ll give up that easily? No, there’s nothing Su Rou wants that I can’t get my hands on, I absolutely have to have you! Once we get to the Immortal Realm, let’s see who can protect you, relying on that good-for-nothing Yun Xia?”

……

Yun Xia held his tea, glancing at Mo Jun Zhou beside him.

“Hurry and try it, I bought it specifically for you. You saved it yourself, see if it suits your taste.”

“This is for me?”

“Yeah.”

“Then why does your mouth taste like my tea?”

Yun Xia was stunned, and immediately covered his mouth: “Damn, what kind of dog nose do you have, you can even smell that?”

Mo Jun Zhou snorted softly.

Yun Xia hesitated: “Well, I did steal a sip, oh no, two sips. I just wanted to taste it. If you mind, I’ll buy you another one just like it.”

Mo Jun Zhou paused: “Forget it, I saved this one myself. There won’t be another one exactly like it.”

Yun Xia raised his eyes: “You’re getting the hang of it.”

It was Mo Jun Zhou’s first time drinking while walking, especially with Yun Xia. The feeling was quite novel. As they walked, he suddenly asked, “What were you just…”

Yun Xia bit the rim of the bottle: “Huh?”

Mo Jun Zhou turned his face away: “What were you thinking about just now?”

Yun Xia’s steps paused for a moment, then he suddenly smiled and put his arm around Mo Jun Zhou’s shoulder, almost knocking him off balance.

Yun Xia used this position of holding him to turn Mo Jun Zhou’s face: “What was I thinking? You want to know what I was thinking when someone confessed their love to you, asked you for love? Want to know what I would do if you agreed to her, if I would be jealous? No, not at all.”

Before Mo Jun Zhou could overthink his words, Yun Xia continued: “Because I know you could never like her, completely, no possibility at all. So what I wanted to see was how you would reject her.”

The floral fragrance of his breath wafted towards Mo Jun Zhou’s face, so sweet that it made one want to taste it personally.

Mo Jun Zhou’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly, and he avoided his breath: “I see. You guessed wrong. I wasn’t thinking that.”

“Really? Seriously?”

“…Take your hand off.”

“No!”

When they playfully returned to the previously agreed-upon restaurant and entered the private room, they found everyone had returned, including Su Rou.

Su Rou was still full of resentment, and several other disciples were comforting her. Huai Ying and the other two were sitting on the other side, looking like they weren’t very familiar with them, which was true.

Xiao Nan Li was sitting in the main seat, slowly pouring tea. Su Rou would occasionally cast a glance at him, and he would smile at her, leaving Su Rou no choice but to look away.

When Yun Xia and Mo Jun Zhou entered, Xiao Nan Li was the first to notice and said, “Yun Xia, Junior Brother, did you have a good time shopping?”

Yun Xia tossed the storage bag: “Of course, I made a lot of gains. It’s just that there’s not much money left from what you gave me, Senior Brother. You don’t mind, do you?”

Xiao Nan Li smiled: “Of course not. Just consider the rest your reward for your hard work.”

Yun Xia was stunned, and immediately turned to whisper in Mo Jun Zhou’s ear: “I knew I should have bought less! There’s really not much money left!”

Mo Jun Zhou said helplessly: “Are you that short on money?”

At this moment, Su Rou couldn’t bear it any longer and shouted, “Senior Brother! Why are you talking to him? Why are you smiling at him!”

Yun Xia looked puzzled: “Otherwise, you want Senior Brother to cry at me? That would be even worse, wouldn’t it?”

Many people in the room turned their faces away. It seemed that after Yun Xia and the Junior Sister clashed, Yun Xia’s mouth was sharper.

“What did you say! I’m going to kill you!”

She said as she was about to step forward.

Xiao Nan Li placed the teacup on the table, neither lightly nor heavily. The sound wasn’t loud, but it carried a lot of weight. At the same time, his cultivation base, the highest among everyone present, pressed down, causing everyone’s heart to clench.

Mo Jun Zhou frowned and stared at him sharply.

Xiao Nan Li only looked at Su Rou: “Su Rou, don’t be rude. Who taught you to speak like that? Disobeying the rules outside, using spells, not loving fellow disciples within the sect, speaking ill of others, the Great Elder and I have always pitied and cherished you, yet you’ve grown into such a person. It’s truly…”

He rarely spoke so seriously. Such a person was terrifying when they were angry. It wasn’t just his expression, but also the heavy pressure that the disciples present could feel.

It made them clearly aware that although Xiao Nan Li wasn’t much older than them, his cultivation base had reached a height in the Immortal Sect that couldn’t be ignored.

Even his status as the Senior Brother made him more important than some of the elders, which was one of the reasons why many people still called him Senior Brother.

It was rare for Su Rou to be reprimanded in public like this. Everyone was afraid to speak. She stood there, her face red and white.

But under Xiao Nan Li’s gaze, she didn’t dare to say anything else, just stubbornly looked at him, unwilling to submit.

Xiao Nan Li shook his head in disappointment: “It seems that I’m not worthy of being your Senior Brother. From now on, you can call me Tenth Elder. I’m ashamed of the Great Elder, ashamed of the Immortal Sect. I won’t be in charge of you anymore.”

Hearing this, Su Rou couldn’t help but cry out: “No! No, Senior Brother, I’m sorry, it’s my fault, I’ll change, I’ll definitely change! You believe me, you’ll always be my Senior Brother.”

Yun Xia watched from the side, wisely not saying a word, but communicating with Mo Jun Zhou through sound transmission.

“She’s really crying, oh, pear blossoms in the rain. Do you think she really knows she’s wrong? I don’t think so. She’s just admitting her mistake under pressure.”

Mo Jun Zhou glanced at him.

“I bet you, she definitely won’t change much.”

“She’s already said that. Xiao Senior Brother will definitely forgive her. After all, it’s a habit formed over so many years. How can it be changed just by saying so?”

Su Rou was confidently promising Xiao Nan Li, and Yun Xia was also constantly complaining.

“She hasn’t even apologized to me after saying so much. From this point of view, she hasn’t opened her mind.”

She hadn’t opened her mind, but someone reminded her.

After listening for a long time, Xiao Nan Li said to her: “Besides being sorry to me, think about it yourself, who else are you sorry to?”

Yun Xia shut his mouth.

Everyone present knew what had happened before. Even if Su Rou herself certainly wouldn’t completely restore the events and might even greatly change them, everyone knew her nature and knew Yun Xia, and could probably guess some things.

Su Rou had been crying and sniveling before, but now she suddenly fell silent after hearing this. She bit her lip hard and panted through her nose, looking incredibly wronged, unable to force herself to turn around and face Yun Xia.

As this entanglement dragged on, Xiao Nan Li’s face darkened again.

Yun Xia felt it was meaningless, so he opened his mouth: “Forget it, forget it, I didn’t take it too seriously. Let bygones be bygones. I only hope that we can coexist peacefully in the future. If we can’t coexist peacefully, then we won’t coexist. Let’s just leave it at that.”

Yun Xia was standing behind Su Rou and very clearly saw her roll her eyes.

Xiao Nan Li probably knew her nature as well, so he didn’t say anything more, called the waiter to serve the dishes, and everyone sat down to eat.

Some people enjoyed the meal, while others found it tasteless.

After the meal, Xiao Nan Li, also to ease the atmosphere, took everyone to participate in the activities in the city. There were various performances to watch in the city center, and many couples were getting married on the spot. There were also a few small farces, the kind of “Don’t you have me? Why are you still here?” and “You already have two sons, what are you doing watching the excitement here? Go back to me!”

Under the influence of this atmosphere, Su Rou frequently looked at Mo Jun Zhou, and because Mo Jun Zhou was always with Yun Xia, she would always see him, and her mood would immediately become unpleasant again.

But because she had just made a promise, she didn’t dare to act out.

Yun Xia was too lazy to pay attention to her and watched happily.

Because there were many people, and Yun Xia’s attention was entirely on the excitement, Mo Jun Zhou grabbed his hand to help him avoid people bumping into him. When Yun Xia looked over, he deliberately frowned and said, “Don’t run around.”

Yun Xia then tightened his grip on his hand and turned his head to continue watching.

They watched until night fell.

The temperature in the air dropped slightly, and the night breeze was cool and refreshing.

Yun Xia looked up at the bright moon in the sky and asked Mo Jun Zhou with a smile, “Is it beautiful? Do you like the moon here?”

Mo Jun Zhou hummed vaguely, but didn’t say something he was thinking.

With you here, the moonlight is indeed quite beautiful.

“Yun Xia!”

Yun Xia heard someone calling him. Outside the crowd not far away, Gong Qiu waved at him forcefully.

“Let’s go, it’s time to go back. We’ll have a chance to come out and see the human world again in the future. This kind of worldly atmosphere doesn’t exist in the Immortal Realm.”

He ran towards that side, and because he was still holding hands, he dragged Mo Jun Zhou along with him.

As soon as Su Rou turned her head, she saw their clasped hands, and a bad feeling suddenly rose in her heart.

But after Yun Xia walked closer, he quickly let go of Mo Jun Zhou’s hand and ran to Gong Qiu to eat the snacks in his hand.

Su Rou then temporarily extinguished the terrifying thought that had just arisen and walked in front of Mo Jun Zhou to show him the ornaments she had just bought.

“Mo Jun Zhou, do you think this looks good?”

Mo Jun Zhou paused. If it were the past, facing someone he was annoyed with…

But now, he glanced at Yun Xia, who was hanging onto Gong Qiu’s shoulder, practically clinging to him.

“I don’t know,” he said coldly.

But Su Rou was already very satisfied, thinking that this man would completely ignore her because Yun Xia was ignoring her!

Looking at his face, which was attractive to her even though his expression was cold, Su Rou smiled and said, “What, you’ve definitely never chased a girl before. At this time, you should say, ‘Of course, it looks good!’ That way, the other person won’t seriously think about whether you really know or not, and will just be happy.”

Mo Jun Zhou paused, and withdrew the foot he was about to lift: “Really?”

Su Rou was surprised to see him like this: “Of course! But don’t use the techniques you learned from me on other girls, or I’ll be unhappy.”

Mo Jun Zhou twitched the corner of his mouth meaningfully, and this time he didn’t stop, and walked straight past.

Su Rou “Eh”d and followed.

Yun Xia didn’t see the small Su Rou. Seeing Mo Jun Zhou coming over, he pinched a piece of candy with two fingers and handed it to Mo Jun Zhou: “Do you want to eat it? It’s just a bit sweet, so it might not suit your taste, but it’s really delicious.”

Mo Jun Zhou was about to say no, but swallowed the words back, and opened his mouth slightly.

Yun Xia originally thought he wouldn’t want it, just instinctively sharing something he liked. Seeing that he wanted to try it, he happily brought it to his lips: “Don’t bite me this time.”

Mo Jun Zhou held the candy in his mouth. It was indeed too sweet. He didn’t really like it.

Yun Xia looked at him expectantly: “How is it? Is it good?”

Thinking of the “knowledge” he had just learned, Mo Jun Zhou hesitated and said, “Delicious.”