Sunset Clouds

23.

Sunlight streamed in through the window, casting light on the mess of tangled limbs on the bed.

Despite that, there was peace, which was quickly broken due to a sharp yelp coming from someone underneathe the covers.

"Your toes!"

That jolted FengYin out of his sleep.

With a deeply sleep-clouded mind, he spoke slowly. "That, is how I show my love for you."

It seems that he had accidentally moved his leg back, and accidentally touched LongYue's legs with his cold and frigid toes. LongYue rose from the bed, glaring balefully at him as she inched away slowly. Beside FengYin, ZhongYi had also woken up and was looking at them with annoyance.

At looking at his annoyed expression, both the twins simultaneously apologized.

ZhongYi only grumbled, and rose from the bed, looking blankly at the wall, shielding his mind from the rest of the world.

LogYue and FengYin continued to bicker, more quietly this time.

In truth, it wasn't actually the first time they had slept with each other. Since the time FengYin was inflicted by the poison, both LongYue and ZhongYi went over to WanYuan peak all the time, helping him with his warmth issues.

From then on, it gradually escalated...

Right now, they were staying over at the main peak, in order to make things easier for them.

FengYin stretched, twisting his body until he can hear a soft "crack" from his back. LongYue had already gotten up and left the room in order to take her bath, so it was only ZhongYi and FengYin remaining in the room.

ZhongYi frowned, finally fully awake. He lightly tapped his youger brother's body. "Get up."

"I'm up~" Still laying down.

ZhongYi's lips twitched. "Get up." He repeated once more, but FengYin only wiggled his body slightly, making no effort to get up.

With a small smirk on his face, his hands went down, and pinched FengYin's side, eliciting a short shriek from the younger.

"Hii-!"

"Get up," ZhongYi repeated for the third time, his hand still on FengYin's waist. With a short huff, FengYin shrugged off the hand, and sat up.

Since when did his little brother grow into a little devil, ZhongYi sighed in his heart.

Feeling still a bit drowsy, FengYin yawned, stumbling his way towards the door, and out he went.

After a while, the eldest of the siblings followed as well.

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"Hey, Wei Ling, do you think this is a good idea?" Kun LuoMu hissed, as he jabbed at his friend roughly. Wei Ling shook his head.

"...Nope." Wei Ling stuck his tongue out. "But we'll know for sure if what that guy said was true."

"...You actually believe that guy?" Kun LuoMu asked incredulously, eyebrows rising.

Wei Ling was about to answer, when they heard some voices. Hurriedly, they hid behind a flowering bush, wary of people coming across them tresspassing the main peak.

For the most advanced sect, the clan's personal protection was really....

But to be fair, it was still in the mornings. They were probably still sleeping.

The voices grew closer and closer. Wei Ling couldn't help but peek through the leaves, and be thankful that they were far away from them. He had also masked his spiritual presence quite early on.

"-stop hogging the blankets then, you-"

"-it's not my fault that I regularly get cold-"

"-maybe you should face me instead of brother, that would make you less likely to-"

"-and get choked up on your hair? No thanks."

A frustrated sigh. Somehow, Wei Ling felt as if he had heard one of their voices...

It was the veiled person!

From his position in the bushes, he could only see their feet. Seems like one of them was walking barefoot...

Kun LuoMu nudged him, whispering harshly to him that they should quickly go from here. Wei Ling waved him away.

"Shhhh," Wei Ling hushed his friend. "I wanna hear what they're talking about."

"Definitely not about killing women," Kun LuoMu rolled his eyes. "Maybe you just felt wrong."

"I didn't!" Wei Ling whispered back, turning to his friend. "I definitely felt a lot of Yin energy from that guy, and it's not normal!"

Kun LuoMu merely rolled his eyes up to the heavens,praying to a deity that will never answer.

Wei Ling went back to watching the two, but he saw no one.

He reached back, trying to pat his friend. "Hey, Kun LuoMu-"

"Well, well." A cold voice spoke, and Wei Ling gulped, turning back.

He then saw the sight of his friend tied up in ropes and gagged, with two mirror images standing next to each other. They were both wearing similarly-styled white and red robes, and they both had a similar expression on their faces.

Despite that, Wei Ling could see some differences. For example the one on the right had a more prideful expression, whereas the one on the left was far more gentle. His gaze focused on the sword that was by the right one's waist.

"It seems that we have a rat," The very, very, very hostile twin sneered, unsheathing his? her? their sword. Immediately, Wei Ling jumped back, unwilling to get nearer to that sword.

Behind the twins, Kun LuoMu shot him a betrayed glance.

"Waitwaitwaitwait," Wei Ling hastily spoke, raising both of his hands up in a placating gesture. "I'm sure we can discuss this-"

Furrowing their eyebrows, the one holding a sword rushed out. Wei Ling felt his heart drop, and he hurriedly unsheathed his sword as well, and both of their swords met with a sharp clang.

The hostile person clicked their tongue, and nimbly side-stepped, delivering another blow which Wei Ling intercepted. Belatedly, he wondered why the other twin wasn't fighting as well, but his attention was soon returned, when he felt a sweltering heat came by.

That was too close! Wei Ling jumped back a few metres.

Just as LongYue was about to approach him, a cold voice echoed throughout the place.

"LongYue, stand down. FengYin, stop it."

FengYin stopped at his attempts to feed the struggling Kun LuoMu one of his experimental pills, and sighed. They definitely should have reported to their brother, instead of rashly deciding to confront the intruders...

He smoothly got up from his position nearby Kun LuoMu, and turned to face his eldest brother, LongYue sheathing her sword and doing the same.

Wei Ling stopped as well, pressured by the cold aura.

"Brother." Both of the twins spoke in unison. ZhongYi said nothing, only looking at them with an undiscernible expression.

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ngantuk bangeud astagah
kok waktu nulis chapter ini gw jadi mau ngerasa gigit paha fengyin y
:""""" mungkin ini saatnya bertobat
我要写一本叫"笑.jpg"，是一个快穿的，很sad很angst，呵呵。