Chapter 219 (2/2)

Shen Rubing folded up the umbrella and stood beside Lin Xuanzhi with a pair of ice-cold eyes. “Gentleman Duan, you should be careful when you talk. Who do you think you are facing?”

Yuan Tianwen looked at Shen Rubing coldly. “Why does my person have to choose his words carefully based on other people’s moods? Young Sect Master Shen, please choose your words carefully as well. My temper has never been very good.”

He spoke in an imperious manner, as though it was only right. If someone dared to make Duan Yuyang lose face right in front of him, then he absolutely wouldn’t leave even the slightest bit of leeway for the other party.

Even Duan Yuyang didn’t expect that Yuan Tianwen would stand up for him so directly.

Shen Rubing’s expression twisted for a moment. She glared at Yuan Tianwen for a moment. It was obvious that she held some disgust toward two men getting together.

Lin Xuanzhi, however, didn’t speak up at all. He was too lazy to pay attention to these verbal jabs. He went straight to Yan Tianhen’s side and kneeled down beside him without any explanation, reaching a hand to feel the pulse in his neck.

Yan Tianhen seemed to feel the familiar aura. He opened his mouth and shouted “Dage” once, then uttered a grieved “” as he reached out to scratch at the back of his hand.

Lin Xuanzhi felt as though a hard hit had landed on his heart when he saw Yan Tianhen’s miserable appearance, his heart suddenly collapsing into a muddled, soft mess.

Seeing the cool ointment on Yan Tianhen’s face, Lin Xuanzhi understood and said, “Thank you” to Wan Linghua.

Wan Linghua lightly responded, “Don’t mention it, it’s just a slight effort.”

Lin Xuanzhi held Yan Tianhen in his arms horizontally and stood up as he addressed Yuan Tianwen, “This place is too close to the cave entrance and the Yang Qi here is strong as well. I will take him inside to heal his injuries. You should all rest here first. No one is to come in before I come out.”

Duan Yuyang was immediately annoyed. He was about to s.n.a.t.c.h the person away in a fit of anger and pointed to the tip of Lin Xuanzhi’s nose as he cursed, “What kind of a good person are you pretending to be at this f.u.c.king time? Henhen doesn’t need your concern!”

Yuan Tianwen grabbed Duan Yuyang’s arm. “He has other ways to make Ah Hen feel better. You can trust him this once.”

Duan Yuyang cursed “Your mother!” once and kicked a stone by his feet with much force.

Shen Rubing saw Lin Xuanzhi walk towards the inner cave with Yan Tianhen in his arms, not bothering to hide his actions at all. She couldn’t help but have a strange twisted idea — if she had been caught in the rain before and didn’t use this umbrella, would she be able to take this opportunity now to have Lin Xuanzhi take care of her?

But when Shen Rubing saw that the faces of all the other disciples around her had ugly red welts on them, with some who had broken skin, and all of them looking like they were paralyzed by exhaustion, then when she looked at herself again — she still possessed a refreshed aura, was dressed neatly, and had perfect makeup, she once again felt lucky.

Jin Fangfei looked at Shen Rubing, who didn’t seem to have been hit by a single drop of rain, and curled her lips upwards, her expression as if rejoicing in another’s misfortune.

Very obviously, Shen Rubing didn’t know when she offended Lin Xuanzhi. This umbrella, which blocked out all benefits, must have been given to her intentionally by Lin Xuanzhi. Unfortunately, even now, Shen Rubing was still unaware of how many benefits she had missed out on. Most likely, she was still unable to contain her joy, thinking that she had obtained Lin Xuanzhi’s favor.

One really couldn’t afford to provoke Lin Xuanzhi this person.

The cave was very deep. Lin Xuanzhi navigated it with ease as he held Yan Tianhen in his arms and turned a corner, coming to a dry and quiet place.

The side of Yan Tianhen’s face rested on Lin Xuanzhi’s chest and his hands subconsciously embraced Lin Xuanzhi’s neck, like a clingy small animal.

Lin Xuanzhi didn’t set him down either; he directly let Yan Tianhen sit on his lap.

He took out a medicinal pill from his storage bag with one hand and tried to stuff it into Yan Tianhen’s mouth, but Yan Tianhen gritted his teeth hard as he s.h.i.+vered. Evidently, Lin Xuanzhi couldn’t feed it to him.

“Open your mouth, Ah Hen.” Lin Xuanzhi said softly.

Yan Tianhen seemed as though he was having a nightmare, sometimes frowning and sometimes crying. He even faintly yelled “Daddy” a few times.

Lin Xuanzhi sighed in his heart. He gazed at Yan Tianhen’s pale face that was mixed with festering red. He couldn’t bear for Yan Tianhen to suffer anymore, so he put the medicinal pill between his teeth and lowered his head, touching Yan Tianhen’s lips with his own.

Using softness to conquer steel. Yan Tianhen’s clamsh.e.l.l-like teeth were quickly pried open by a soft object. The familiar cold fragrance made the thought of “reject this” disappear from his subconsciousness and Lin Xuanzhi easily pushed the medicinal pill between Yan Tianhen’s lips.

However, after Yan Tianhen had swallowed the medicinal pill, Lin Xuanzhi was still reluctant to pull away his lips.

It wasn’t as though he and Yan Tianhen had never kissed in their past life.

But except for that final kiss, all the others were from Yan Tianhen coming up to him and kissing him of his own accord.

At that time, he felt that he didn’t like Yan Tianhen and even hated him. Naturally, he was extremely repelled and disgusted by Yan Tianhen’s kisses, so much so that he even spoke some cold words, intending to hurt Yan Tianhen.

As for that last kiss.

Lin Xuanzhi’s heart ached.

Yan Tianhen died in his arms, gradually closing that pair of eyes that couldn’t see anything. His breathing weakened, his face as pale as snow.

With both his hands trembling, he gently kissed Yan Tianhen’s lips. He remembered that Yan Tianhen once said, “If Dage kisses me, Ah Hen won’t hurt anymore.”

And yet, those lips were so cold that even now, Lin Xuanzhi still felt lingering fear when thinking about it, unable to forget.

Lin Xuanzhi closed his eyes and felt the soft sensation between his lips.

Ah Hen, warm and lively.

What was there to argue about?

Wasn’t it merely saying a few wrong words and throwing a childish temper tantrum?

In the end, Lin Xuanzhi couldn’t bear to abandon him.

This was the person he loved the most; how could he bear to hurt him even a tiny bit?

Yan Tianhen felt as if he was being fried in a fire in one moment, then as if he’d fallen into an ice cave the next. Sometimes he felt as if ants were crawling all over his body, and other times as if he’d been p.r.i.c.ked at by densely-packed needles. In any case, he was miserable to the extreme.

As soon as he felt the pain, he would think of Daddy and Dage. In his dream, Daddy smiled at him and waved goodbye to him. At first, Dage was very kind to him, but later, he pointed the tip of a sword at his neck, his complexion seemed carved out of ice. He slowly p.r.o.nounced every word, “Yan Tianhen, the enmity from killing my father; we can no longer live under the same sky. In this lifetime, there is no possibility of reconciliation between us, and you are even less worthy of being my Lin Xuanzhi’s Didi.”

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