Chapter 49

Chapter 49: Anyway, My Friend and I Won’t Kiss

Finally, after finishing the meal, Sang Nian was about to leave immediately.

As she was getting up, she noticed something lying at Wen Buyu’s feet and casually reminded him:

“Senior Brother, your pouch fell again.”

Wen Buyu looked down and picked it up with a little annoyance:

“Thanks for reminding me.”

Sang Nian was helpless:

“Didn’t I tell you to tie a more secure knot? You keep dropping it as you walk, what if you can’t find it one day?”

Wen Buyu touched his nose:

“I did tie it, but it’s still like this.”

This guy was not only directionally challenged, but also a life idiot.

Sang Nian sighed and took his pouch:

“Watch carefully, see how I tie the knot.”

She tied it around her waist, using the most common bow knot.

“Do you understand?”

Wen Buyu: “Hmm…”

Chu Yao pouted:

“Senior Brother is clumsy at everything except sword practice.”

Su Xueyin said:

“Little Senior Sister, don’t say that about Senior Brother, he’ll be sad.”

Wen Buyu smiled: “It’s okay, she’s not wrong.”

Su Xueyin explained to Sang Nian:

“Senior Brother was sent to Xiaoyao sect at the age of five, no one taught him anything besides cultivation, so he’s like this.”

Sang Nian: “Okay.”

She thought for a moment and took out a slender vine from her storage pouch.

“This is called a Silk-Pulling Vine, its ends will automatically close into a loop, it’s usually used to bind people… but it can also be used to tie pouches.”

As she spoke, she used the Silk-Pulling Vine to tie the pouch’s strap to his belt:

“It’s easy to open, you just need to recite the incantation.”

She recited the incantation once, and the vine that formed a circle indeed slowly opened, revealing a gap.

Wen Buyu was full of curiosity:

“Why haven’t I seen this kind of spirit plant before?”

Seeing his interest, Sang Nian said:

“My brother found it for me to play with, I’ll write a letter to ask him where he bought it, and then tell you.”

Wen Buyu said: “Wouldn’t that be too much trouble for Junior Sister?”

Sang Nian grinned:

“It’s a piece of cake, no need to be so polite.”

Xie Chenzhou stared at the two who were chatting happily, his eyes dimmed slightly.

He got up and walked into the room with a sign that read “Snacks”.

Crow One and Crow Two, who were diligently working, didn’t notice him for a while.

Today’s snack was yam custard.

Crow One put the peeled yam into a container and activated the spell.

With a “whoosh”, the yam was mashed into a paste.

Crow Two, who had been waiting, immediately scooped it out and brought it to the pot to simmer.

The two worked in perfect harmony, with a hint of… enjoyment.

“This is much more comfortable than our previous life in the palace.”

Crow One sighed:

“We don’t have to kill endlessly, and we don’t have to worry about being beheaded.”

Crow Two said:

“Who says it isn’t, if only we could stay here forever.”

Crow One said:

“Do you think maybe it’s not just us who think this way, maybe the Young Master has thought about this too?”

At the door, Xie Chenzhou slowly clasped his hands, his fingertips touching his palm.

The look in his eyes darkened further.

Over there, Crow One and Crow Two inadvertently looked up and saw Xie Chenzhou at the door, they instantly turned pale.

They trembled and knelt down, their faces full of despair:

“Young Master, we were just talking nonsense…”

Xie Chenzhou closed the door behind him and said calmly:

“Get up.”

“Young Master…”

“Get up.” Xie Chenzhou said, “Don’t make me say it a third time.”

Crow One and Crow Two exchanged glances, supporting each other to stand up, holding their breath, waiting for the final judgment.

Xie Chenzhou waved his hand to set up a soundproof barrier, and when he spoke again, he asked:

“Does the Lord have any message for me?”

This meant he wasn’t going to pursue it further.

Ya Yi, as if he had escaped a disaster, breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said:

“Yes, yes, yes.”

He took out a piece of paper and presented it with both hands.

Xie Chenzhou took it.

There were only six words on the paper.

Grand Gathering

Dangerous Moon Swallow

Xie Chenzhou’s eyes narrowed.

The paper silently burned and disappeared.

Ya Yi whispered:

“The Lord said that the prize of the Grand Gathering, the Dangerous Moon Swallow, can extract the Kunshan Jade fragment from Sang Yun’s spirit body.”

After a while, Xie Chenzhou said:

“I understand.”

“Once we get the Kunshan Jade, we’ll go back,” Ya Er said, “Young Master should start making plans.”

Xie Chenzhou was inexplicably irritable:

“When did my affairs become your concern?”

Ya Er knelt down with a “thump”: “Young Master, please forgive me!”

Xie Chenzhou pinched his brow, after a while, he said:

“Get up, there’s something I want to ask you.”

The two were invigorated: “Please speak, Young Master!”

Xie Chenzhou hesitated:

“I have a friend, just a friend, he’s been having heart palpitations lately…”

Ya Yi said confidently: “He has heart disease.”

Ya Er had a different opinion:

“He must have been poisoned with a Heart-Eating Gu.”

Xie Chenzhou shook his head:

“I… my friend hasn’t been poisoned or has heart disease.”

Ya Yi: “That’s strange, are there any other symptoms?”

Xie Chenzhou thought for a moment:

“He can’t control his temper, sometimes he’ll be inexplicably happy, sometimes he’ll be inexplicably… wanting to kill.”

Especially those with the surname Shen.

Ya Yi gasped:

“He has a brain disease!”

Ya Er disagreed:

“No, in my opinion, he’s been cursed, we need to break it as soon as possible.”

Xie Chenzhou: “Really?”

Ya Er: “You can trust me.”

Xie Chenzhou: “Then how do I break it?”

Ya Er: “Of course…”

He had only said three words when he suddenly realized, his eyes widened, and his words stopped abruptly.

The air was silent.

Ya Yi and Ya Er lowered their heads, their eyes meeting frantically.

Xie Chenzhou took a deep breath and simply said it:

“Recently, whenever I’m with Sang Nian, I can’t help but want to look at her, why is this?”

Ya Yi said cautiously:

“Because she has spinach in her teeth?”

Xie Chenzhou: “…”

Ya Er thought for a few moments, realizing something, his heart skipped a beat:

“Young Master, with all due respect, I think you’ve been… getting a little too close to Miss Sang.”

Xie Chenzhou remained expressionless:

“We’re just friends, don’t use your dirty thoughts to misinterpret us.”

“Friends?” Ya Yi said, “Ya Er and I are friends too, but we won’t hold hands.”

Ya Er: “We won’t kiss either.”

Xie Chenzhou, like a cat whose tail was stepped on, raised his voice slightly:

“We don’t!”

Ya Er: “Based on the current trend, it will happen sooner or later.”

Xie Chenzhou’s chest heaved rapidly, his face turning green.

Ya Yi advised earnestly:

“Young Master, wake up! She’s been abusing you all this time!”

Xie Chenzhou clenched his fist, turned his head away, and after a long silence, he said:

“That’s because she loves me too much, she just used the wrong method.”

Ya Yi: “…”

Ya Er: “…”