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After a few hours passed , after the very awkward conversation, they were finally walking around the field in silence. Xie lian and San Lang walking next to each other, San lang wanted to say something to break the silence but he didn't find any good words or any sentence to start a good conversation with a moody xie lian next to him.
"Gege.."
He started, calling his name while pouting. Xie lian turned around and looked at him calmly.
"Yes San lang? What's wrong?"
"Are you mad at me?"
Xie lian froze , seeing the pouting face that San lang was doing , he giggled and took a few steps closer to him , "ah..I'm quite mad San lang.." xie lian said fidgeting with his fingers trying to hold in his laugh. The other man's eyes widened before stepping closer and hugging him , pulling him a bit closer and closing the gap between them.
The leaves flying about, and a butterfly landing on xie lians head .
He gasped lightly when getting dragged into a gap less hug , then bursting into laughter while still in the hug. San lang's worries went away when hearing the laugh and looked at him from his level of view,"San lang--did you really think I'm mad at you?" Xie lian said , still laughing uncontrollably.
While talking , xie lian laughing , though San lang hearing a sound behind him. The sound got closer and as soon as it got much more closer , San lang gently unwrapped his hands from xie lian and aggressively swang his arm behind him , hitting a figure in the face real hard.
"Ah!-fuck!" The figure cursed before crouching and covering their nose as it was the part that got hit. He groaned in pain while the other figure stood there , holding in his laugh. Xie lian who was completely confused, realised who these men were.
Nan feng and fu yao.
He sighed before turning around and face palming disappointingly. Then turning to San lang and placing his hand on his shoulder ,"San lang. Its fu yao and nan feng.. you..uh..don't have to hit them.."
"Whatever you say , gege."
The shorter man smiled before walking to fu yao and kneeling down , "fu yao..are you okay?"
"My nose is broken!"
"HAHA!-"
Nan feng falling on the ground too with a thud from fu yao's kick on the lower part. Giving him a slight side eye and then looking back to his Highness and putting his hands together ,"Your Highness..ling wen, wants to see you."
He said , then giving San lang a glare , then also receiving one back.
Xie lian thought about it for a second before helping him stand up , and nodding , looking back at San lang and asking if the three can stay together at the puqi shrine without fighting like cats and dogs . The three looked at eachother and shaked their heads , fu yao still rubbing his nose from the hit.
He sighed , and tried to think of an idea of how the three can stay together without any fights , then an interesting question came in his mind.
"Nan feng - fu yao. Why did you come here to inform me that ling wen needs me? You could've just spoke to me from the communication array , am I right?"
Nan feng rubbed his neck , while fu yao was still in pain..xie lian looked at the two in suspicion, then San lang spoke : "something happened to .. ling wen? Is that right Nan dog?"
"..." xie lain and fu yao stayed quiet.
"Who are you calling dog you dead ghost?!"
"Well , I am infact a ghost and dead , though the dog that I was calling was you."
"You stupid bastard!"
San lang laughed , "is that your only cuss you can say?"
"I'LL SHOW YOU WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO-"
"you two! Don't fight and definitely don't cuss! Why does it feel like I'm a mother of three.."
"Why mother??"
Fu yao asked , still rubbing his nose . Xie lian looked at him then got into a deep thought about it .
'Why mother..'
'Why mother?'
'Why mother..?!'
He thought deeply. Fu yao stared at him confusingly, 'is he actually thinking about it.."
"Your Highness.. I'm joking."
Xie lian then snapped out and laughed nervously , he nodded before faking a few coughs and walking in between the two that ate fighting. As soon as he stepped in between them , they both got silent real quick, then rolling his eyes after hearing nan feng complain from behind him as well as San lang .
"Ahem. The only person here that can complain is fu yao. And there's a good reason why. Now you two , stop fighting for once."
The two stayed quiet.
"Did the Holy spirit walk past you to make you a ghost or are you just this dumb naturally?"
"Did the nice attitude slap you across the face and then locked you into the 'what is my personality?' Room by any chance?"
San lang replied nicely back to nan feng , making him gasp. Xie lian giggled nervously before turning his head quickly at nan feng ,"nan feng..don't mO-"
He gets cut off from nan feng jumping on San lang and hitting him. San lang dodging the hits easily and smoothly while fu yao stood there , cringing as well as xie lian. He sighed before turning his head to fu yao and spoke .
"Fu yao , does ling wen need me right now?"
"Yes your highness. She needs you right now."
"Ah. Okay thank you , please..don't fight when I leave.." He smiled nervously before teleporting to the heaven realm from fu yao's teleportation really quick. As soon as he stepped on the rock hard floor , everyone who was speaking suddenly went quiet and walked as fast as they could away from him, " go GO! it's the unlucky scrap collector! Go move move!" Some random yelled across , xie lian having to hear that let out a small laugh with a smile before the smile disappeared .
He then ignored them and started stepping on the stair , walking up the stairs to ling wen.
When he was walking up the long stairs he looked around , realising he was the only one and the only thing that you could hear while walking up the stairs was the wind and the ring necklace hitting his bare chest gently . He finally arrived at the last step and quickly walked to ling wen's temple , quietly and respectfully opening the doors and walking in. He looked around seeing everyone working as always but this time a bit calmer , he looked toward him thinking he'll see his overworked friend but .. he didn't.
He froze before going up to the people hat were working , respectfully stopping them .. " excuse me.. where's ling wen?"
"Ah..Your highness..ling wen is currently in her room getting checked around the body because her body has been weak for a few weeks and she suddenly fainted which happens for us to be in a slight trouble with work if she's away..if you want your highness, you can go and check on her. Hopefully she feels better.."
The worried lady said while holding files and files of papers , bending her back toward a little with a nod and going back to working again, xie lian froze once again in horror before thanking her and quickly leaving to go to ling wen.
He hurriedly opened the door and walked in . A bed next to the window , a desk , a whole 5'10 tall book shelf , a tiny plant on the desk , clean and quiet .
Just how he imagined her room to be , when walking in , he closed the door behind him and walked to ling wen who was laying in bed under the covers ,closed eyes and slow breathing was all you could hear. He sat on a chair next to the bed and slightly whispered, "Hello Ling Wen --"
He whispered. While staring at her weak body, then suddenly a few flash backs appeared in his mind.
Standing next to young general tai hua 's bed , while the general himself is under the covers with a cold-wet napkin on his forehead . The face red as a red spider lily, coughing and complaining.
"Ahh..I hate being sick!!.."
"I understand but you have to stay under the co-"
"I hate being in one position!.."
"I- yes I understand bu-"
"I wanna practice my sword techniques!"
"..."
"Fang xin?"
Ah. General Tai Hua , Lang Qianqiu .He used to be a carefree child who prefer to run laps rather than study. He didn't uphold the common sense and the societal expectations of the masses and strongly upheld his personal sense of justice . Always complaining over the smallest things . Even when sick or severely injured , he'll continue to complain, even infront of his teacher - Fang xin.
Although he's quite a fighting type, always trying his hardest to win an argument or fight. Though the truth is , he is terrible at debating.
"General Tai Hua , please rest well and stop speaking so much. It's giving me a more severe headache to me than your fever.."
"But it's true! Cough cough .. being sick is a nightmare .."
"I understand, though as your mother said , you have to stay in bed until your fever disappears."
"Even If it takes years?!"
"Even If it takes years."
He groaned in annoyance before pouting and looking at Fang xin with droopy eyes.
"Can you stay with me ?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean.. can you keep me company? I don't wanna be alone in my room .. I hate being lonely."
Fang xin thought for a second , before answering with a small though not visible smile ," of course. I'll stay and keep you company."
"You're the best ! Thank you- cough cough--"
"Be carefull..."
Xie lian snapped back to reality, his eyes wide from shock. His face dropped from shock to sadness. The sweet memories he remembered though comparing that to his relationship with lang Qianqiu right now , is a massive difference.
He shaked his head and looked back at ling wen , trying to get lang Qianqiu out of his head .
Before hearing a raspy-feminine weak voice from below.
"Ah..who's..here.."
"Ling wen!"
Xie lain eyes shot up and his body trempled in suprise as he straightened his posture .
"Your Highness - you actually came.."
"Of course i would , fu yao -- well , mu qing informed me that you had to talk to me for something really important. "
"Yes , that's right."
"Are you sure you will be able to speak or anything..? I don't wanna make your .. fever worse?"
Ling wen and xie laing stayed quiet , before ling wen chuckling ," no no... I don't have a fever.. did you forget God's can't have fevers? This is called an immortal sickness, when you overwork yourself too much and end up fainting at certain time which is always at midnight.."
"Always at a certain time?"
"Yes. It's always at midnight."
"Why though?"
"Its just how the sickness works."
"Okay okay.. ahem. Back to the topic. What is it that you wanted to tell me?"
"Right." , she sat up and straighted her posture ,looking straight at xie lian."the thing is , Jun wu has informed me to find out the truth of lang Qianqius accuse of murder. Everyone has said that he had killed someone , but not sure if it was a mortal or an immortal. If it is an immortal he would be in jail. But if its a murder of a mortal , then he would be punished. "
Xie lian gasped , hearing about the murder , who .. is accused of doing it and what would happen to him if it IS actually him , suprised him .
"Lang Qianqiu..accused..of murder?"
"Yes. Though now that my body became really weak and severely injured the side of my waist which means I won't be able to twist my body so much or move.. I called you. I need you to find out if it is actually him."
"...I understand, I'll help you ling wen don't worry. I'll also ask shi qingxuan for help!"
"Ah..you two became close.."
"Yeah - so close he even visits me at puqi shrine."
"Okay then , thank you.. I'll pay you back as soon as you find out the truth.."
"You don't have to!-"
"I will. Thank you now , you're free."
Xie lians mouth was stopped , he gulped nervously before nodding. He stood up and placed his hands together, bowing to her and then leaving her room. He walked through the hall , stepping on the stair before starting to walk down the stairs until he heard someone call him from behind .
A low - deep voice , a mature one.
"Xianle, we need to have a talk."
Jun wu announced calmly.
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This chapter is 2k+ words because I left you all for a week straight without any update and I felt bad so..
I hope you enjoyed, next chapter will be published as quick as possible!
Mini theatre
"Ling wen.. babe.. you look dead as fuck."
"Wind master, I know."
"I can do your make up?"
"I feel sick , no thank you."
"Awh. Sad."
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"Is it true that pei ming is a whore?"
"I'm sorry- what?"
"Is. It. True. That.pei. mi-"
"I heard that right . Okay um. Probably. He looks like one."
"HA! Finally i have got your opinion!"
"Can I have peace for once.."
"Not with me!"
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