Chapter 322: Another Complicated Night


    Just as Shao Cheng had said, he remained in his room most of the time with the excuse to his parents and siblings that the Sacred Mountain was a great ce to meditate and he wanted to make use of the rare peaceful time after witnessing the drowning incident of a young Chang Pei.


    While Ren Yuan who had been given the freedom to do whatever he wanted, be it causing chaos, had arrived to climb Shao Cheng''s bed deep in the night and appeared busy with some matter outside after seeing the familiar fake male disguise on his face.


    "Ah there is no better ce forfort and ease than at Whitey''s side."


    After changing clothes and removing the fake skin face mask, Ren Yuan calmly stretched out his arms, causing the long sleeves of his crimson silk robe to roll down, showing a pair of beautiful arms.


    And Shao Cheng who was in a meditation posture after the usual bed climbing in the night was urring had quietly watched the charming figure of Ren Yuan casually crawling on the bed andying on his side with an extremely sleepy face.


    In Shao Cheng''s opinion, every move of Ren Yuan seemed to have been magnified after epting his growing feeling towards thetter. And the way in which the man had climbed up andid by his side had be extremely adorable and incredibly sultry actions in his eyes.


    Even he couldn''t deny the fact that the man had be extremely attractive the longer he understood his feelings. Especially the part where the temptation had be stronger too.


    Of course, Shao Cheng already knew that Ren Yuan had been extremely attractive, which waspletely different from his beautiful appearance that would be unparalleled after growing up a few more years.


    But Shao Cheng had never put his attention on the man''s appearance that would bloom like a seductive poppy in the future, attracting both male and female attention.


    Even that annoying personality and bad reputation had never stopped those people from going crazy and scheming to climb the man''s bed in the previous life.


    <em>Can I hold it in the future?</em>


    The attraction was quite a worrying concern, especially when Shao Cheng silently gazed at the brazen arm that casually wrapped around his waist even though he was sitting in a meditated position.


    "... Hm feels nice"


    Especially after hearing the soft mumbling words of the sleepy man who had already closed his charming peach blossom grey eyes.


    "Sleep."


    As the candlelight flickered in the darkroom, the usual cold and indifferent voice resounded in the peaceful atmosphere,pletely hiding the unease and growing emotions it wanted to convey but at the end extremely terrified to reveal even a hint of it.


    "Night, Whitey."


    "... Goodnight."


    Shao Cheng lowered his head, silently gazing with his deep sapphire pupils containing chaotic emotions at the man who had surprisingly be unguarded in a matter of a few seconds.


    And when the steady rhythm of soft breaths resounded, Shao Cheng couldn''t stop the helpless but spoiling smile unconsciously appearing on his face.


    Although their situation was extremely troublesome, annoying, and difficult, he couldn''t deny the fact that the strange and ufortable feeling also contained an unexinable warmth to which he was bing addicted.


    <em> Tsk you are so poisonous</em>


    After making sure that the man was genuinely asleep, Shao Cheng reached out to gently fix the strands of silky ck hair that had slipped on the man''s exquisite face.


    And when the pair of deep sapphire pupils darkened, he finally couldn''t control his slender finger from gently sliding upon the smooth white cheek of the man.


    Before listening to the adorable grumble that was let out from those charming red lips, causing Shao Cheng''s heart beat faster in excitement and nervousness, before finally showing a vulnerable smile after the man continued to sleep instead of waking up.


    <em>Honestly, so poisonous I can''t be saved anymore...</em>


    Shortly, Shao Cheng suppressed all the unusual and troublesome feelings which were about to get out of hand, turning back to the usual cold and indifferent expression on his face.


    <em>What can I do but endure it? In the end, karma had bitten back, and now, I''m the one who fell in this life</em>


    With overwhelming resignation, Shao Cheng could only quietly close his eyes and continued to meditate with a sleeping manying on his side, who was ignorable seducing him with an extremely alluring scent.


    Unconsciously to the two of them, simply acting like it waspletely normal, their disy of actions with each other was a form and proof of their growing trust.


    After all, a person wouldn''t easily meditate if there was a person close by because it was an extremely dangerous move to take.


    While the normally guarded and paranoid person who didn''t trust anyone, or didn''t put someone in their eyes could now easily sleep with an unguarded look.


    Without a doubt, both of their performances already showed their growing trust in each other, which was surprisingpared to their previous life attitude.


    Although the two of them had different personalities and attractive appearances, it didn''t change the fact that both of them had a simr guarded, cold, and extremely hard heart to the point of heartlessness.


    No matter what changes were urring to everyone, be it emotions and the people''s fates, another peaceful and calm night has passed.


    And when Ren Yuan woke up and once more wore a disguise after a healthy breakfast, Shao Cheng just showed his usual attitude,pletely hiding the deep thought in his mind, especially the slip of emotion he had disyed while a certain person was peacefully sleeping.


    "Don''t miss me too much, I''lle back soon."


    "Hm"


    Shao Cheng just nodded his head without changing his expression and watched as the ignorant Ren Yuan left with a yful grin on his face.


    After detecting that the man had really left, Shao Cheng just let out a sigh before closing his eyes and continued to meditate in order to be in a good state during the purification.


    Although, he inwardly spurned himself after finding the clueless Ren Yuan who had just left, simply adorable.


    <em> This is really hopeless </em>


    Soon, it was another peaceful day for Shao Cheng, who was coping up inside his room, while Ren Yuan, who hade back after finishing his business and was once more in the female maid-servant disguise was pulled over by the two serious and solemn twin Madams.


    <em> Damn! Those expressions are extremely familiar!</em>


    Although Ren Yuan wanted to run away, when he thought that they were the twin Mothers of his special friend, he could only helplessly follow along and obediently listen to their lecture on how to take care of their precious third son.


    Then it went from how to act and behave in order to lure a person''s undivided attention.


    How to tempt a person while looking innocent and harmless. Especially how to firmly grasp a person''s heart, which was all based on their experience in hooking up the Great General in his stubborn and oblivious younger years.


    And Ren Yuan was almost brainwashed, fortunately, he had a firm and strong will to resist it. Of course, he would use what he learned today to toss and tease a certain person in the future, which would lead him to be stuck in bed most of the time.


    So, with a troublesome day passing by for Ren Yuan, the day for the purification finally arrived.


    And Shao Cheng just showed a ''see youter again'' to a certain person that is busy with some serious matter outside. And after waiting for a few minutes in the room, he finally left before silently appearing in the courtyard where Lin Renshu had been quietly staying.


    Which was a special ce for people who didn''t want to be disturbed, or hiding their identity and had donated a lot of money to the Sacred Mountain for countless years.


    Shao Cheng wasn''t surprised by the amount of wealth the young man had, after all, the hundred pavilions were obviously not the only ce this person had created to secretly amass wealth, influence, and power.


    While the probability of his assumption that one of the reasons why Shao Cai was able to survive in the chaos in his previous life was because this person had a hand behind it just became higher.


    In modern life, he had always heard that affection and love could make a person do incredible things.


    <em>Ren Yuan and this person and now, aren''t I about to do the same in this life?</em>


    Shao Cheng could inwardly chuckle at the situation he finds himself in.


    He had never considered before that he would be moved by affection called love. He could understand if it was a love based on familial affection, but, to romantic feelings?


    He would never believe it in the past.


    "Come, let''spletely remove your problem."


    "... What do you want in exchange?"


    Although this person was doing all of this for the sake of Shao Cai, however, Lin Renshu would never believe that there was no other reason besides it. He was quite sure that there was also something additional that this person wanted to exchange.


    Especially when the illness has be mysterious and special, needing special care, in which the chances ofpletely curing it were basically none the longer he understood his situation.


    "Of course."


    <em>If you really helped Shao Cai survive in the previous life, then I will make sure to add my family and Ren Yuan to the protection list.</em>


    No matter how confident and experienced Shao Cheng was because of his previous life, he wouldn''t be conceited enough to not leave an escape route for the people he would leave behind if he failed.


    Shao Cheng won''t block any possibility of survival to the people he loved and cared for.


    So, after the discussion, Shao Cheng ignored the strange and contemting gaze of Lin Renshu before personally carrying the young man to the designated ce that the young Jiayi had prepared.


    Even though he didn''t feel well in being intimate with other people, he still preferred that no one else aside from the two of them would know about his association with the next high priestess.


    Although, a certain person had learned about it before he could make his move to let the young Jiayi take an examination in the dark regarding the man''s special split purple aura that had been mentioned in the previous life.


    And then Shao Cheng had once more ignored the extremely impressive expression on Lin Renshu''s face after figuring out the identity of the person who would help deal with his special illness.


    "I really underestimated you"


    <em>Not only do you know the next High Priestess, but you can also make her do some work, huh...</em>


    Lin Renshu didn''t miss the way that the young man naturally ordered the person, who was second only to the Emperor when it came to honorable status, to start working.


    Especially after seeing that the next High Priestess was honestly alert and wary toward the young man despite how hard she tried to act gentle and calm.


    "Does your special friend know it?"


    "Quiet."


    <em>Huh Look at that dark and extremely cold look, so he figured it out in a bad way, huh? </em>