Chapter 70: The Great FengShan Feast – Part 4

After delivering the autograph, feeling relieved, Ming ChangYan walked to the foot of Egret Academy.

It was already the season of autumn. Flower petals we scattered around in a mess, stepping on them immediately embedded them into the soil.

After walking for a while, because of the rain from yesterday, Ming ChangYan’s shoes were soaked wet and muddy. Stuck on it along with the mud, were fragments of flower petals as well as some maple leaves.

Reaching the foot of the mountain, he passed by a maple forest. There he stopped at the edge of the river, looking for a stone, intending to wash his shoes. Ming ChangYan sat on top of a rock and began roughly scrubbing his shoes with a slab of stone. He dipped his feet into the water and swirled it around a few times, finding it a bit fun and awakening a playfulness inside of him, surveying that there was no one around the area, he took off his socks and stepped into the water.

His feet were well-shaped and smaller than the average man’s, in the early years in Tokhara, he was raised in precious fashion. The instep of his foot was as pale as jade and the heel rounded like the moon, the layer of water covering the arch of his foot gave it a subtle aura of softness. When he dipped into the water, because the spring water from the mountain was cold, his round, pink toes faintly curled up, causing Ming ChangYan to shrink back and grumble, “It’s not even winter yet, why is it so cold.”

He tested it out a few more times until he got accustomed to the water temperature before sitting back on the rock and began dazing off.

Ming ChangYan had numerous thoughts in his head. From just then to now, after finally entrusting Zhao XiaoLan to his signature, with his newfound leisure he had time to reflect on his new profound knowledge on novels–cut-sleeves. Thinking it over, his mind inevitably thought of Huai Yu, he covered his face and sighed, feeling indignant.

He wasn’t a cut-sleeve right?

He shouldn’t be.

Ming ChangYan then thought: This shaoxia has lived for so many years, and I have never once been interested in any man. So to speak, it should be blamed on Huai Yu for being so beautiful like a lady!

Thinking of this, Ming shaoxia suddenly felt enlightened by his own psychology that Huai Yu must also have been eyed by many men because he was too beautiful. After pushing all the responsibility onto Huai Yu, Ming shaoxia simply laid back onto the rock and folded his hands behind his head as a pillow.

“This matter is very important. This shaoxia needs to discuss it with Yunluo to avoid misjudgment.”

He thought seriously for a while before he suddenly felt that picture book he had left in his bosom.

The album was given to him by the bookseller when he bought that cut-sleeve novel by mistake. Ming ChangYan sneered and thought: Since this was a freebie given as a bonus to that book, it’s probably no better than that one! 

He opened the picture book to determine what this book was all about.

But as soon as he opened it, he was shocked by the bold and explicit positions depicted within the album; it turned out to be erotica!

Ming ChangYan let out a dry laugh, slightly embarrassed, and promptly closed the album.

After closing it, something flashed in his mind: Something’s wrong!

He quickly opened it again and finally became aware of what felt wrong about it. Normal erotica depicted the passions between men and women, this picture book was full of the acts of adultery between two men, the images peerless and of great detail!

The more Ming ChangYan read the more his hand trembled, so scared that he nearly suffocated!

But misfortune loves company. While he was engrossed in horror, he was caught by Huai Yu, who had come to Egret Academy to look for him.

“What are you doing here?”

Ming ChangYan’s brain was still vigorously in thought, so when he heard that voice behind him his face was completely blank and for a moment even thought it was all a hallucination.

The picture book in his hands suddenly slipped out from his hands and into the water.

Huai Yu raised an eyebrow and said, “You had already set off when I left, I’ve finally come back from the palace and you’re playing by the roadside?”

Ming ChangYan suddenly came back to his senses and nearly screamed. Fortunately, taking his reputation into consideration, the scream didn’t come out, instead, he pursed his lips and crawled back in a fluster.

Halfway through his crawl, he realized the picture book was still in the water, his heart leaped.

It’s already in the water, why isn’t it sinking! Just what kind of godly material are these papers made of??

This thing clearly wasn’t something he took the initiative to buy, but if he were caught by Huai Yu at this moment there was no way he would be getting off clean even if he plunged into the river.

At that moment he was enraged at that peddling bookseller who pushed the book at him! It was baseless damage to his innocence!

And thus, regardless of everything else, he jumped into the river to fish up that picture book.

Huai Yu saw clearly what he was about to do, promptly rushing over to catch him.

But his action seemingly elicited something within Ming ChangYan.

Ming shaoxia finally couldn’t bear it anymore and shouted out, “DON’T COME OVER!!!”

Huai Yu slightly paused.

Ming ChangYan’s ears were red to the point of dripping blood. Reaching out, he fished out the picture book from the river water and clenched it tightly in his hands. Regardless of what the other party thought of him, he frantically began running to the other side.

As a result, his exposed calf was accidentally cut open by a sharp stone, forming a nasty wound that began gushing with blood.

Huai Yu’s complexion changed.

Because Ming ChangYan was still trying to save face, he didn’t feel it when he got hurt and wasn’t even aware he was losing blood. In a panic, he went to pick up his shoes and socks by the shore; not caring which shoe was left or right, he stuffed them on and ran.

Huai Yu clicked his tongue and in a quick motion, grasped Ming ChangYan’s calf.

Ming shaoxia’s complexion was a mixture between red and white, his expression could be regarded as one of real terror.

Huai Yu, “Why are you acting crazy again?”

Ming ChangYan made an effort to shrink back but didn’t have the strength to struggle against Huai Yu, and thus he was carried by Huai Yu and placed back on the rock.

It was while sitting on the rock that he returned to his senses, awakening the little rationality he had left as he nervously hid the soaking picture book in his arms.

Huai Yu took the right leg into his hand and asked, “Why did you run?”

Ming ChangYan’s entire body was stiff, “What? Running? Me? I didn’t run!”

Huai Yu took off his mess of socks and shoes and proceeded to roll up his trousers.

This action inevitably reminded Ming ChangYan of that piece of longyan fiction a shaoxia took off the pants of another shaoxia.

He suddenly cried out.

Huai Yu was startled by his sudden cry, inexplicably questioning, “Why are you shouting?”

Ming ChangYan folded his arms around his chest, tightly guarding the picture book as he left out a stiff laugh, “Did I shout? I’m–training my vocal cords, ah! Hahaha, how about it, did I scare you!”

Each one of Huai Yu’s movements was very nimble.

Ming shaoxia’s voice shifted several keys in fear. 

Huai Yu finally couldn’t bear to listen any longer, propping his hand on the stone wall behind them, he suddenly leaned closer to Ming ChangYan. 

Ming ChangYan was completely motionless and forgot to even escape. In a daze, the only thing on his mind was the contents of that longyang novel.

The scenery before him: The maple forest, the brook….

They were all paralleling! 

Ming shaoxia’s mind was scared to jumbles and for the first time in his life, he wanted to escape and flee as fast as he could. It was like if he ran too slow, then he’d end up with the same fate as that shaoxia in the book. 

Inappropriate, inappropriate!

Extremely inappropriate!

Huai Yu’s face was very close to him, staring at him. His gaze then slowly lowered, his dense eyelashes dipping as his breath brushed against Ming ChangYan’s neck, arousing a shiver from him.

“Your body….”

Ming ChangYan immediately came back to his senses and began struggling with both his limbs. But as a result of his struggle, his clothes loosened and the water-soaked erotica in his arms finally lived up to expectations and fell between the two. The picture book was now wide open; Huai Yu lowered his head and was stunned.

Ming shaoxia’s face darkened and nearly went into a coma right then and there.

Huai Yu’s expression was indescribable as he picked up the picture book, then glanced at Ming ChangYan.

Ming shaoxia finally couldn’t withstand the shame burning inside him, the jar’s already been broken why break it again*, and thus he acted as if nothing had happened, feigning stupidity.

(TN: 破罐子破摔; Since the jar has been broken, it will still be broken when it’s dropped again, so there’s no need to take care of it.)

“I…..” Huai Yu opened his mouth only to say one word.

Ming ChangYan suddenly stood up, “Oh right, do you remember that longan lotus seed soup you ate this morning?”

Huai Yu, “………”

Ming ChangYan forcefully changed the topic, his expression a pretense of calm, yet the hands on his sides were faintly trembling, “I went to see XiaoLan just now, I’ve already instructed him to not run about.”

Huai Yu sighed, putting the album aside, he semi-knelt on the ground and had Ming ChangYan step on his leg with his injured foot.

After the commotion just now, the blood has now completely soaked through the trousers, Huai Yu could only do a simple dressing of the wound. Sliding his hand down, he discovered that Ming ChangYan’s ankle was also pretty bruised and swollen.

It was clear that this area wasn’t cut by that stone, but later sprained while the other was hurrying to avoid in him.

It was merely inflamed, the injury hadn’t reached his bones. Huai Yu grabbed his ankle and used a bit of force to massage it.

Ming ChangYan sucked in a breath of cold air.

Huai Yu stopped his hand, “Hurts?”

Ming ChangYan, “A little bit.”

Huai Yu’s touch softened as he pressed on a few acupuncture points, skillfully kneading them for a short while before asking, “Does it still hurt?”

This time, it didn’t hurt.

Ming ChangYan’s injury wasn’t serious, plus Huai Yu’s medical skill was outstanding, it felt significantly better after a few massages.

When he stepped on the palm of Huai Yu’s hand, he felt that Huai Yu’s constitution was somewhat cold. Ming ChangYan was the one who took a dip in the water, in a sense, his body temperature was supposed to be lower than that of Huai Yu’s, and yet Huai Yu’s hands were colder than his.

Ming ChangYan gazed at him then unexpectedly said, “Still hurts.”

Huai Yu looked up, Ming ChangYan, having a guilty conscience, moved his gaze to the side.

“Still hurts?”

Ming ChangYan faltered before summoning up the courage and nodding his head.

Only until the bruises on his ankle all but dissipated could Ming ChangYan no longer keep up the lie, promptly standing up, “Alright, alright, it doesn’t hurt anymore!”

He was just about to put on his shoes and socks when Huai Yu stopped him, “Your left leg is injured, it’s not suitable to be wearing shoes.”

With his shoes in his hands, Ming ChangYan thought about it before resigning to his fate, “Ok then, I’ll just hop on one foot!”

Huai Yu said, “I’ll carry you.”

Ming ChangYan rubbed his nose, “There’s no need, it’d be too much trouble for you.”

Huai Yu straightened up and went, “Oh.”

Ming ChangYan was taken back, “Ey! Little Huai Yu! Why don’t you have any determination to persevere!”

Huai Yu retorted, “You’re the one who didn’t want to be carried.”

Though Ming ChangYan was physically disabled he was firm in spirit, suddenly jumping up and hanging onto Huai Yu’s back. Huai Yu’s center core was very strong, even after getting knocked up by the other, his body didn’t wobble the slightest. 

Ming shaoxia had one foot hooked around his waist while the other dangled below, with both his hands hugging Huai Yu’s neck he urged, “The most important thing in life is determination! What, just cause I refused once, you can just not carry me? No way, I’m the injured one, I am the priority!”

Huai Yu had no choice but to bring his hands behind the other’s ankles and nudge him up a little. 

Attaining his goal, Ming ChangYan was thoroughly satisfied.

Huai Yu finally continued the unfinished words that had been cut off previously by Ming ChangYan, “I smelled a scent on you earlier, but it was very faint, and now it’s all but completely disappeared.”

Ming ChangYan was very confused and stated, “Isn’t the fragrance on my body the same as yours? Master said nobody else but you could smell it.”

Huai Yu corrected, “Not that scent. It’s the scent of the fake Immortal Grass that I made.”

Ming ChangYan tilted his head, alarmed, “What?”

This action had him nearly kiss Huai Yu. The two’s current position was inseparably close, no matter how Ming ChangYan moved, his every word was like a whisper into the other’s ear. He lifted his head a little and moved a bit away from Huai Yu.

Ming ChangYan said, “I remember you saying that as long as the person who stole the Immortal Grass shows up, you’ll immediately know who it was. Was it because of this?”

Huai Yu questioned, “Who did you meet just now?”

Ming ChangYan muttered to himself for a short while before listing off all the people he had run into. 

“XiaoLan, A-Jun Liu Kuang, as well as Duan Min.” He continued, “It’s definitely not A-Jun and Duan Min, Liu Kuang is someone I trust, as for XiaoLan.”

Ming ChangYan paused, “He’s definitely fine. The problem is whether or not he went behind our backs and met with someone. For example, Zhuang Xiao. It seems like we can’t leave yet, we have to go back to Egret Academy.”

Huai Yu continued to carry him, “Liu SanQing has emergency medicine, your foot injury is more important.”

Ming ChangYan glanced at the injury on his foot, it wasn’t very deep, but the blow pouring out made it look a bit frightening.

In that moment of silence from Ming shaoxia, Huai Yu had already arrived at the main gate amidst their conversation.

The hand A-Jun was using to braid Duan Min’s hand paused, and exclaimed in surprise, “Huai Yu-gege!”

Zhao XiaoLan quivered, quickly straightening his posture and with speeds ten times what it was before, he earnestly copied down his notes with utmost dedication.

Liu Kuang said, “What’s wrong with him? Broken leg?”

Huai Yu set Ming ChangYan on to a stool and asked, “Medicine box.”

Liu Kuang, “Injured? Where, let me take a look.”

Huai Yu, “Enough nonsense.”

Liu Kuang chuckled and grudgingly opened the door, bringing out the medicine box.

Huai Yu unwrapped the bandage, Liu Kuang was speechless upon seeing the injury.

While he was only speechless, A-Jun decided to join in on the fun and took a look at it as well, unable to stop herself crying out in surprise, “Does such a small wound really need to be bandaged! It would’ve probably already closed itself if you came just a little bit later!”

This was translated by https://poppyscanlations.video.blog/, any repost of this is stolen and if you steal my translations I’m dipping you into a frozen lake.

Hello after like two months hdghdhghd yes I’m still alive and yes I posted a chapter I know shocker.

There’s a Thai physical version of this novel out in case people didn’t know (it’s been out a while and I just haven’t got the chance to say anything about it lol) It’s called “สัตบุรุษผู้แช่มช้อย” and in total it consists of 3 physical volumes! You guys can search it up if you want, here’s the cover for volume one!

Why am I showing you this? I don’t know maybe you guys were interesting in it?? I just thought the covers were pretty cute (⊙_⊙;)

My wifi is currently terrible so I’m just going to publish this and if it looks weird sorry I couldn’t preview the post, I’ll come back when I get better wifi to edit it!! `(*>﹏<*)′

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