Translated and edited by pucari and elliot!

[Chapter 30 - Truly in love!] Someone escaped!

Although the gu chong were already eradicated, they were hibernating in his body for quite some time after all. On the morning of the second day, Shen Qian Ling still ended up having a headache and a fever, and was listlessly ill. 

"It can"t be a cold again, right?" Remembering the flare up of the cold poison from before, Shen Qian Ling shivered involuntarily. 

That kind of bone piercing pain, he doesn’t want to experience it a second time in his life. 

"It won"t." Qin Shao Yu wringed a handkerchief dry and placed it on his forehead, "Hua Tang has said before, it"s just a hangover this time, you will be alright after sleeping for one or two days." 

"Then that"s good." Shen Qian Ling relaxed upon hearing it, and yawned lazily. 

In order to let him recover faster, in the afternoon, Qin Shao Yu simply brought him to a hot spring near the borders of the city, and ostentatiously threw out banknotes and booked the whole place. And everyone showed an understanding, it’s a man"s possessiveness after all….not wanting to let other people see his own beloved, it was not strange at all. 

It was quiet and secluded deep within the mountains. Shen Qian Ling sighed comfortably in the water, the feeling of following a rich person was really great.

“So thin.” Qin Shao Yu kneaded his shoulder, “No wonder you couldn’t practice martial arts.”

Shen Qian Ling silently thought, we civilized people have always relied on our brains only.

“Close your eyes.” Qin Shao Yu said suddenly.

Shen Qian Ling was alarmed, “Closing my eyes for what?” Could it be that a fiery kiss was coming in the next second? This scenario is too vulgar, how about we don’t do it.

“I’ll help you clear your meridians.” Qin Shao Yu placed his palm on his forehead, “Try to relax a little, don’t be scared.”

Shen Qian Ling: “.........”

He was clearly still so crude before, why did he suddenly turn so gentle and virtuous. 

He really couldn’t get used to it. 

Warmth pa.s.sed through his entire body through the top of his head. Shen Qian Ling was so comfortable that he groaned out loud, this warrior you really are a new generation of ma.s.seuse, if this was modern society you would have been in great demand, that kind with very expensive fees and appointments to be made a month in advance, you’re practically a treasure of the ill.

“What kind of pig squealing is this.” Qin Shao Yu withdrew his hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. 

“Quickly, press a little longer!” Shen Qian Ling raised his head and demanded.

Qin Shao Yu: “.........”

How did he get addicted.

“Don’t be so stingy.” Shen Qian Ling was very insistent because he was loosened up just now.

“No, any more and you’ll be dizzy.” Qin Shao Yu rejected.

Young Master Shen was very disappointed. After thinking for some time, he turned his back towards him, “Then help me knead my shoulders.” 

It"s a waste to not use him.

Qin Shao Yu felt annoyed yet also ridiculous, and reached out to pinch his waist.

“Ah!” Unprepared, Shen Qian Ling’s knees weakened, and fell forward into the water. His posture was extremely indecent.

Qin Shao Yu said calmly, “Your b.u.t.t has two mosquito bites.” 

Aaahhh! Shen Qian Ling, ears red, fished up his towel from the water, clumsily and hurriedly wrapping it around his waist.

“What are you blushing for?” Qin Xiao Gong was very cra.s.s, “It’s not like I have never seen it before.”

Just because you’ve it doesn’t mean you have to speak about it! Shen Qian Ling pounced over fiercely, “Quickly shut up, aaahhhh let go, hahahaha it’s so itchy…...great warrior please spare my life!”

Cries sounded among the splashes of water, startling countless birds in the mountain.

The subordinates of the Dominion of Shadow Chasers: “.........”

The guards of Sun-Moon Hamlet: “...........”

“It’s already like this, and he says there are no feelings?” Zhao Wu crushed a wild walnut forcefully.

Hua Tang picked up the walnut pieces from his hand, eating them. 

This time Yao Qian didn’t snort instead. Because he was unwell, he didn’t accompany them over.

Fan Yan, bent at the waist, held onto a tree for support. He has already laughed for almost half an hour -- in truth he has been laughing ever since he saw Zhao Wu’s new hairstyle.

“Is it really this funny?” Zhao Wu glared at him. 

Fan Yan shook his head, “Hahahahaha how can this be, you think too much, it’s not funny at all.”

Zhao Wu drew out his sword in anger, “Fight me if you dare!”

Fan Yan waved his hand weakly, “Let me finish laughing first.”

Zhao Wu sent a fist flying over; the small braids on his head fluttering in the wind, and his dark eye circles gave off the vibe of a panda. 

It was soul-crushingly funny.

Thus Hua Tang also crouched down onto the ground and started laughing. 

Zhao Wu: “............”

“Sect leader and young master Shen has come out.” A subordinate spoke up from the side.

“So fast?” Fan Yan was puzzled. 

Hua Tang smiled saccharinely, “You dare to say that sect leader is fast?”

Fan Yan: “.........”

You’re a lady who has yet to marry, don’t talk about such topics so frankly, even the vixens from the demonic sects are not as wild as you. 

Because he just finished bathing in the hot springs, Shen Qian Ling’s cheeks were pink, his eyes moist, thus the subordinates who he pa.s.sed by couldn’t help but sigh, it truly is a good moisturizer, they were very affectionate as expected!

“Sect leader.” Hua Tang welcomed them.

“It’s still early, everyone go to the nearby farmhouse to eat some wild--”

“Pfft.” Before Qin Shao Yu could finish his sentence, Shen Qian Ling couldn’t hold it in anymore and laughed, this brother isn’t your outfit a little too modern.

Zhao Wu: “..........”

Fan Yan immediately looked at Zhao Wu with a “you see it’s really not me who wanted to laugh but it’s because you’re really too funny even fu-ren laughed” look. 

“What are you laughing about?” Qin Shao Yu asked him, holding back a smile.

“Nothing.” Shen Qian Ling felt that he was being a little impolite, and thus said sincerely, “Thought of a funny joke.” 

“Tell us about it.” Qin Shao Yu said. 

Shen qian Ling’s chest tightened, under such urgent circ.u.mstances he could only bring up “eating, sleeping, hitting beans”(1), but telling it made him seem somewhat like an idiot. 

“Young master Shen does not have to mind.” Zhao Wu waved his hand weakly, “I have already been laughed at by them previously.” 

“Xiao Wu is a descendant of a tribe on the frontiers of Miao, every year, the entire village comes together to pray for blessings today.” Qin Shao Yu explained, “Unfortunately he has very few chances to return, so he could only wear the clothes to show his regards.” 

So it was like this. Regarding the matter of not being able to return home, Shen Qian Ling felt that he could empathize with him, and thus immediately said firmly, “You look quite good like this, like a hero.”

“Many thanks to young master Shen.” Zhao Wu did not want to continue this topic at all.

“Like which hero?” Qin Shao Yu asked while walking. 

Shen Qian Ling: “..........”

You definitely have never seen Pirates of the Carribean before, you won’t know if I bring up Captain Jack anyway. 

“Say it.” Qin Shao Yu poked his cheek. 

Shen Qian Ling could only start thinking creatively and said: “Jack Sparrow.” 

Qin Shao Yu shook his head expectedly, “Never heard of him.” 

“He was originally a fisherman, but his fishing boat was stolen by bad guys.” Shen Qian Ling thought as creatively as he could, “Not only did that, the bad guys also took his fiancee, thus the fisherman Jack Sparrow counterattacked fiercely, bringing the similarly oppressed villagers along and chasing away the bandits, and lived a peaceful and happy life afterwards.” 

Qin Shao Yu said instead, “What is there worth writing about this into a book for, and to let you be unable to forget it.” 

“You don’t think this story is very good?” Shen Qian Ling asked sternly. 

“It’s just a normal folktale.” Qin Shao Yu was unconcerned, “After chasing away the bandits? His life returned to fishing day after day?”

“Actually he could do something else too.” Shen Qian Ling whispered, it would certainly be more awesome than you in Jiang Hu.

“What did you say?” Qin Shao Yu didn’t hear him clearly. 

“Nothing much.” Shen Qian Ling shook his head with a chuckle. 

“You sure look like you’re in a good mood today.” Qin Shao Yu smiled at his look. 

“Of course, happiness leads to a longer life.” Shen Qian Ling plucked down a wild fruit by the roadside, used his sleeve to wipe it and bit into it.

“Do you even know what it is, to just eat it like that.” Qin Shao Yu s.n.a.t.c.hed it away, irritated. 

“Of course I knew, it grew by the road everywhere when I was young.” Shen Qian Ling accidentally let slip.

“Near Tang Men?” Qin Shao Yu tried probing.

Er...Shen Qian Ling felt guilty, “Should be, maybe I remembered it wrongly.” 

“Next time, don’t just stuff anything you see into your mouth, what if you are poisoned?” Qin Shao Yu threw the remaining half of the fruit into the bushes, took out a handkerchief and help him to wipe his mouth. 

Can you don’t talk as if I’m dumb, Shen Qian Ling grumbled vaguely, it sounds as if I’m really idiotic.  

“So loving.” Hua Tang, following behind, clicked her tongue. Zhao Wu, with his dark eye circles, kept silent, obviously not able to completely accept Shen Qian Ling. Fan Yan instead plucked berries the entire way, getting a whole bag full of them, intending to bring them back to Yao Qian.

The rest of the subordinates also laughed and joked, all feeling that sect leader recently was truly amicable and approachable, previously he had never been like this...it must have all been the work of young master Shen. 

“Achoo!” Shen Qian Ling sneezed. 

“There are insects, be careful.” Qin Shao Yu walking in front of him, used his feet to stamp away the dried leaves and thorns, but even so, Shen Xiao Shou’s face still crumpled a little. 

Thus, Qin Shao Yu simply just carried him on his back and walked; he could practically be said to be a model of a fine man.

“It’s lucky that right chief didn’t come.” Hua Tang sighed regretfully, “Or else he would have been angered to death.” 

“Say, why is he so irritating?” Fan Yan couldn’t understand it either, “They’re not his teacher or his parents, why is he so concerned about the sect leader marrying someone.” 

“Because he probably has nothing else to do.” Hua Tang has never been interested in Yao Qian’s strange ongoings, “It’s just that young master Shen has a good temper, or to deal with this kind of person who likes to talk nonsense, they just have to beaten up twice to become proper.” 

Fan Yan: “.......”

Don’t blame this big brother for not reminding you, if you were to continue like this you won’t be able to marry.

“After eating the wild game, why don’t we just stay a night at the farm.” Qin Shao Yu said while walking, “Frogs croaking and insects chirping can be heard at night, it was a different scenery from the city.”

“Isn’t our journey too slow?” Shen Qian Ling, lying on his back, asked, “Walking and stopping, just when can we reach the southern seas.”

Qin Shao Yu’s expression froze. 

But Shen Qian Ling didn’t notice, and didn’t even continue about the matter, and instead plucked a wild, luscious Chinese Rose in pa.s.sing and put it on Qin Shao Yu’s head.

Sect leader Qin: “......” 　　

“The red color is not bad, it fits your clothes very well.” Shen Qian Ling praised, “The person is prettier than the flower.”

Qin Shao Yu gritted his teeth, “Take it down!”

Shen Qian Ling pouted.

He really didn’t have one bit of humor. 

The nearby villagers had heard that the two of them were coming, and had already begun to prepare. Not only were there cured wild game, there was even an entire steamed pig.

Once Shen Qian Ling entered the farmhouse, his eyeb.a.l.l.s were instantly attracted by the giant stone pestle in the yard, and even pulled his sleeves up to try hitting some glutinous rice himself. Qin Shao Yu sat to one side, drinking tea, his eyes not leaving him even for a second. 

“Sect leader.” A subordinate rushed forward, and said quietly by his ear, “Bai Lian Hua escaped.”

“Escaped?” Qin Shao Yu frowned, “How did he escape?”

“Our brothers guarding the prison were knocked out with a drug.” The subordinate said, “When we found out, Bai Lian Hua had already disappeared without a trace.” 

“Send people after him.” Qin Shao Yu’s voice was stern, “Remember to inform everyone, not to attract attention to this.”

(1): Eating, sleeping, hitting beanie: 吃饭睡觉打豆豆 - A ‘cold’ joke from a children’s dong hua that goes like this: 

A reporter went to the south pole to interview penguins.

He asked the first penguin: “What do you do every day?”

The penguin said: “Eating, sleeping, hitting bean!”

He asked a second penguin, who also said, “Eating, sleeping, hitting bean!”

Bewildered, the reporter asked the other penguins the same question, and the answer was also the same, and ended up asking 99 penguins this.

When he reached the 100th penguin, he went to ask it: “What do you do everyday?”

That penguin repiled: “Eating, sleeping.”

The reporter asked in surprise: “Why don’t you hit bean?”

The penguin pouted, glared at the reporter and said: “Precisely because I’m Bean!” 

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