The next night after the sudden as well as strange withdrawal of the attack, a tall and thin shadow fluttered and left the sternly guarded campsite of Datong. Straight towards the depths of Mount Panlong as swift as a light --- that shadow was Yan Xi Cheng.

Hurriedly to the pond’s side, the place where the two of them met for the very first time, just as expected, Yan Xi Cheng sure enough found Duan Shun Jie whose back was facing him sitting by the pond’s side. Obviously he hadn’t realized the approaching Yan Xi Cheng, he was staring blankly at the dark loaming water of the pond’s surface.

“Shun Jie.” He strode a step ahead, gently calling out to him.

Duan Shun Jie with his unable to believe expression turned his head to face him, at the moment he saw Yan Xi Cheng, he couldn’t restrain himself from crying out in shock.

“Xi Cheng!! It’s you!”

He had never met anyone who treated him with such warmth and genuine feeling --- Yan Xi Cheng helplessly embraced Duan Shun Jie who rushed and threw himself at him without warning. Didn’t know why, he felt extremely amused.

With much difficulty he calmed down, Duan Shun Jie of course would be embarra.s.sed by his previous went out of control manner. Pulling Xuan Yuan Xi Cheng to walk and sit at the pond’s side, with a slight feeling of uneasiness he asked: “Xi Cheng… Where did you go that day? When I woke up and I couldn’t find you, I was worried to death!”

His calm and steady expression didn’t match with his warm feeling, causing Yan Xi Cheng to nearly burst out in laughter. Firmly controlling his true feelings, he feigned his remorseful and uneasy voice when he said: “I am really sorry! That day, in the middle of night, my father sent a letter. He wanted me at top speed following him to hide at the relative’s place… I had no choice but to abandon you… Forgive me!”

Remorseful expression, remorseful voice… Even in the moonless night, Duan Shun Jie still couldn’t resist that pair of unimaginably beautiful eyes.

“It’s alright, your family even got into trouble and had to flee in all directions… This war truly has brought trouble to you!” He comforted Yan Xi Cheng, making the Seventh Prince who knew about his status to secretly coldly laugh in his heart.

“No, it didn’t! If only this was not wartime, I really want to be on good terms with you Shun Jie. But it is too bad… Tonight I secretly came here to bid you farewell. My father said that recently Jiangnan has been continuously in war. He decided that the whole family will move to the mainland.”

“Ah?” Duan Shun Jie revealed a shocked face, “How could it come to this! Could it be tonight… tonight is actually the last time we could see each other?” Unable to pretend, his anxiousness leaked out and shown in his eyes. Even an idiot could see that he was unwilling to part with Yan Xi Cheng.

“Mm.” Nodding his head, Yan Xi Cheng pretended to be in the same bitterness. He shifted his body to get closer to Duan Shun Jie. The both of them as if securely snuggled up together, “Shun Jie and I to meet like old friends, then helplessly played by fate, our time together were actually only for such a short duration.”

He himself was a little bit can’t stand the sappiness in his words. Looking at Duan Shun Jie who was imitating him in showing his immeasurable regrets and moved expression, Yan Xi Cheng almost wanted to clap his hands applauding his excellent performance.

However… this play hadn’t reached the climax part yet. For the time being, he still needed to exercise restraint in order to take this act to the next part.

“Shun Jie, our separation is near at hand. Tonight you must properly send me off.”

The touching language was completely unlike a conversation between two friends of the same gender. However, Duan Shun Jie who was secretly in love with Yan Xi Cheng couldn’t feel the strange things. He was drowning in the midst of separation’s angst.

“Brother Cheng, what are you talking about… Even if you didn’t say, I will still send you off.” Duan Shun Jie’s tone was miserable and sad. Obviously he didn’t want to be separated with Xuan Yuan Xi Cheng.

Helping Yan Xi Cheng to stand up, Duan Shun Jie followed him to enter the thick forest by the pond’s side together.

“My relative’s place is right after we pa.s.s through this forest.”

In the pitch dark forest, the only light source was the torch which was carried by Duan Shun Jie, to illuminate the mountain path which was rarely walked by anyone in normal times.

The two people silently walked together. Duan Shun Jie frequently showed his consideration by holding Xuan Yuan Xi Cheng, Yan Xi Cheng also took advantage of the situation by a.s.suming his weak and delicate appearance when he leaned on his body.

In the stuffy and hot night of summer, Duan Shun Jie’s nose unceasingly smelled the refined fragrance from Yan Xi Cheng’s body, making him unable to refrain his heart from slowly became restless. 

Even though they were only illuminated by a torch, Yan Xi Cheng still could clearly see the flushed red of Duan Shun Jie’s face.

The corner of his mouth floated up a threadlike flirtatious and sweet smile. Pointing at the distant place hidden in the pitch black of late night, he said: “Just walk for less than an hour, we can already get out of the forest. Shun Jie, you can just send me until that part.”

A thread of melancholy immediately emerged on Duan Shun Jie’s face. He wordlessly nodded his head not wanting to talk.

There was a chaotic situation, the predestined relationship between two people also became short. The first love in his life, didn’t even had the time to say the affection that stored in the deepest part of his heart, he had to be faced with separation… Melancholy and lingering feeling filled all of his heart. Duan Shun Jie could only use the silence to suppress his anguishing pain.

Walking in this high as the mountain and long as the river1 world, he was afraid that in this lifetime he wasn’t fated to meet again…

The rim of his eyes couldn’t help but become warm, Duan Shun Jie gritted his teeth to hold back his love that almost bubbled out from the bottom of his heart.

In the end, he decided to take this feeling and bury it in the bottom of his heart. After all, sometimes, some matters would be better if we choose not to say it out loud.

He couldn’t be certain that Yan Xi Cheng would accept his feelings, after all is said and done, they were of the same s.e.x…

Without any hopes to confess his feelings, he would bid farewell while maintaining their status as friends. If in the future they could have the chance to see each other, he would still be able to show his concern by saying ‘Have you been well since we last met?’

Walking in silence for a while, the thinly spa.r.s.e light from the outer side of the forest almost could be seen. The bitterness in Duan Shun Jie’s heart slowly rose up --- he really hated to part, yet he didn’t have any position or any reason that could make him urge this not too intimate friend to stay by his side.

The conflicted heart caused him to drag his steps, falling back behind Yan Xi Cheng by several steps.

“Shun Jie, Look. We’re almost there…” Yan Xi Cheng suddenly stopped his step, he was pointing at the place in front with a slightly smiling face.

The next second his expression suddenly changed, crying out an “AH”, soon after that his body fell to the ground in a rigid motion.

Duan Shun Jie not even had the time to be shocked had already came up with a reaction --- he rushed to him, powerfully pulled Yan Xi Cheng to his bosom.

“Xi Cheng, you…” By the corner of his eyes, a flamed colored little red snake was slithering on the thick gra.s.s and in a very quick speed had entered the crevice of the stone --- and on Yan Xi Cheng’s outer ankle, there was a terrible deep wound. The fresh blood was gushing through white shock.  

“Is that snake poisonous? Xi Cheng, how is your condition?” Duan Shun Jie was completely helpless to conceal the anxiety from his voice, he busily took off Yan Xi Cheng’s socks, leaned over to that white as snow ankle, wanted to suck out the blood from the wound.

“Don’t suck it! That snake doesn’t have any poison in it.” Xuan Yuan Xi Cheng immediately stopped Duan Shun Jie’s movement, “Don’t touch the wound.”

Duan Shun Jie quickly bent over his waist to take Xuan Yuan Xi Cheng into his embrace: “Then I will take you to see the doctor.”     

“No need! This wound doesn’t need to be treated! Besides, doctor also couldn’t treat the wound caused by ‘Qi Qing Luan2’.” Yan Xi Cheng struggled, signaling Duan Shun Jie to put him down.

“Qi Qing Luan?” The never heard before name of the snake made Duan Shun Jie slightly dizzy. But he still obediently put Yan Xi Cheng down, let him rest his head on his knee.

“Qi Qing Luan is a snake that could only be found in this Mount Panlong. Although not a poisonous kind of snake, but the person who got bitten will… Will be in a great s.e.xual desire. If one couldn’t find a girl to let off the s.e.xual urge within a quarter of an hour, it will be a permanent lifelong disability… that’s why it is also called as ‘Qi Bu Luan Qing3’.”

“What lifelong disability?” Duan Shun Jie asked spontaneously, however, before his eyes, Yan Xi Cheng both cheeks suddenly became bright red, making him understood at once.

“Oh… I understand, you don’t have to say it. But in the middle of the night, also this place is a wild mountainous country, where do we find a girl to console?” After he was clear of the matter, he also understood that this matter couldn’t be delayed. The snake name was “Seven Step”, meant that the time for showing the effects was definitely of the briefest…

Duan Shun Jie since earlier was already greatly agitated with his mind in a turmoil, and Yan Xi Cheng’s condition caused him to appear even more anxious --- before his eyes, the originally white as suet jade face and neck had caught a layer of abnormal redness, his ears also could hear the faint rapid pants coming from Yan Xi Cheng.

“I will take you to go and find together, sooner or later we will be able to find!”

He was about to support Yan Xi Cheng to get up, but forcefully shoved by him.

“Don’t… You don’t lean close to me! I wouldn’t be able to control myself once it shows its effect! I am afraid that I would bring harm to you… You just don’t come closer!” Both of Yan Xi Cheng’s hands were holding on to a big tree by his side, his panting had become even more rapid.

“What do you mean?” Duan Shun Jie became confused --- bring harm to him? He was not a girl, how could Yan Xi Cheng possibly bring harm to him?

Yan Xi Cheng could see his confusion, with a great effort he explained: “When the l.u.s.t comes to effect, I won’t debate over a man or a woman, as long as I could have the s.e.xual intercourse… If I happened to do something that was against my morality towards you… Shun Jie, you… it’s better if you just strike me to death in one hit.” He deliberately spoke with a slow and arousing sympathetic voice, although the meaning of his words were to resist, but his manner of speaking was purely to seduce.

Of course, from the beginning he already knew that the Duan Shun Jie whose heart was in turmoil definitely would take the bait.

“Could it be that… A man also was able to help you dissolve the poison?”

His back was facing Duan Shun Jie, Yan Xi Cheng almost burst out in laughter for Duan Shun Jie became this weak-minded because of this matter --- but he was about to succeed soon, he couldn’t possibly ruin his own good news.

After applying such a conflicted and struggling expression to lightly nod his head, without a doubt, the next moment Duan Shun Jie had embraced him firmly from behind.

“Then… just…just let me…” His voice was very soft, even if Yan Xi Cheng didn’t turn his head, he also could tell that at this very moment Duan Shun Jie was definitely being shy, ashamed and unable to show his face.

He was set on putting on an act by struggling for a little while more: “No way! Shun Jie, I absolutely cannot do this! I could hurt you!”

Along with his clear stream of dripping tears, Duan Shun Jie was alarmed and confused: “You will not! I absolutely wouldn’t blame you! To be able to do something for you is all I could wish for! No matter what, it’s all because I am most willing to do it, I definitely wouldn’t blame you! “It was as if he had to exhaust all of his courage so that he could say out loud his feelings. Duan Shun Jie could only think that the Heaven had a pity on him, giving him a chance to accomplish his aim in telling the feelings from the bottom of his heart.

Yan Xi Cheng was suppressing his laughter to the point of hurting his stomach. He resisted with great difficulty to stop his laughter from bursting out. His face twisted to become a taken by surprise delight but also mixed with various innumerable complicated feelings.

“Shun Jie…” It was like he had summed up an infinite tender affection in his calling voice, in the end, it was a mere script of a false display of affection.

All you could wish for? Most willing to do?

Duan Shun Jie, just you wait for a little longer, you will find out what kind of thing that all you wish for and you’re most willing to do really is!

Finalizing the determination to resolve something in the shortest time possible, Yan Xi Cheng slanted pointing at the direction from where they were coming from: “Just now, when I was coming here, I saw a cave there, let’s go there…”

Nodding his head, Duan Shun Jie supported Yan Xi Cheng to walk to that place --- Yan Xi Cheng could feel that his body was slightly trembling unceasingly. Obviously he was nervous as well as confused deep in his heart.

Feigning an appearance of can’t bear the strain, he threw himself at Duan Shun Jie and firmly clung on his front garment. Yan Xi Cheng’s heart was filled with the proud for his successful plan.

What truly spoiled the fun was, the opponent’s position was too low, making him couldn’t enjoy the game to the fullest.

Shortly after tens of steps on the road, Duan Shun Jie had this immeasurable feeling of bitterness. Finally, the two people stepped in the cave together.

The formerly pitch-dark s.p.a.ce because being illuminated by the torch light slowly showed its original appearance: The cave wasn’t big, but apparently it was considerably dry. The only way to connect to the outside world was the cave’s entrance where the both of them came from. Near to the base of the cave was a piece of flat stone. More or less it seemingly was a bed of stone created by nature --- in other words, it was a rather suitable place to commit that kind of affair.

Under the fire light, Duan Shun Jie’s face became even redder. His hand which was supporting Yan Xi Cheng on his underarm was tightened up unwittingly. Yet, he continued with his steady steps towards that flat stone.

“… Just do it here.” Helping Yan Xi Cheng to sit on that flat stone, Duan Sun Jie spoke with his quivering voice.

Yan Xi Cheng made a cold snort inwardly.

Nonsense! This place could be found after I a.s.signed my men to search for half of the day! You must know, this place is not just a random whatever mountain cave to be suitable to do that thing --- Yan Xi Cheng was laughing secretly, on the other hand he had to maintain his false delicate appearance due to his unable to bear the effects of the poison by gasping and panting heavily.

“Shun Jie, then, should I spread the clothes on the stone?” He leaned close to Duan Shun Jie, asking him with his lowered voice. Without waiting for his answer, he had untied his clothes piece by piece, layer upon layer he spread them on the surface of the flat stone.

Illuminated by the light of fire, the little by little uncovered fair and clear as if jade body of Yan Xi Cheng was exquisite and translucent. Extremely beautiful to the point of making Duan Shun Jie not dare to watch intensely. He could only feel that even his heart had started to tremble…

“Put out the light of the torch…” Duan Shun Jie indistinctly mumbled in hesitation. There was a trace of confusion and an uncovered fear for this never felt before dread in his voice.

Yan Xi Cheng couldn’t help but want to laugh, with much difficulty he held it back. Pulling out his utmost guilty conscience and his utmost agony of expression, he worked hard to let the sparkling water filled his whole eyes.

“Shun Jie, let’s not do it! My life is fated to end this way. You just leave me alone here and quickly go! Just let me die here! Take advantage that now I am still fully conscious, you just quickly run away!” Using his anguish voice to cry out, Yan Xi Cheng gave all his might in playing the role of a refined n.o.ble who would never harm Duan Shun Jie even if he had to die.

“It is alright! I am a man, this kind of thing is nothing to me!” Duan Shun Jie without a doubt was moved by him. Not mentioning the torch anymore, he vehemently reclined on the flat stone with a ready to sacrifice himself posture. Tightly closed both of his eyes, he stretched out his arms to Yan Xi Cheng.

“Come! It is alright!”

If letting Duan Shun Jie to carry on with his performance of an ignorant and uneducated virgin boy, Xuan Yuan Xi Cheng really was afraid that he would expose the secret right then and there due to the reason of not being able to hold back his laughter. Because he had to conduct this meticulous scheme all the way until the end, he applied a manner of a wanton man under influence of lewd poison to throw himself at Duan Shun Jie…

Pretending to l.u.s.tfully gasp and pant, his hand randomly groped and fumbled about the closed eyes and trembling body. Swiftly undid the complicated sash and b.u.t.tons, bringing his bare naked body to squeeze in the s.p.a.ce among Duan Shun Jie’s pair of thighs whose body was already in the similar circ.u.mstances with him, absolutely naked without a stich of clothing.

At the moment when the two young and warm bodies came into contact for the very first time, Yan Xi Cheng could clearly feel that Duan Shun Jie instinctively trembled. Afraid that he would revolt, Yan Xi Cheng immediately used his body to press him down. On one side, posing by means of to get something done quickly, he began to gently caress and fondle the body underneath him.

Because pretending that he had lost his rationality due to the poison effect, Yan Xi Cheng’s stroke was rough and filled with cruel implication. Being rubbed and kneaded like that repeatedly on his chest and the inner side of his thigh, Duan Shun Jie couldn’t help but begin to softly sob. The hands which placed on Yan Xi Cheng’s back also started to clench with force.

Although at the beginning Yan Xi Cheng only took this as a false lovemaking play, but the l.u.s.t of a man very soon got him drunk and became intoxicated with the solid and st.u.r.dy body of Duan Shun Jie which seeped out sweat --- forcefully lifted up Duan Shun Jie’s left thigh, when that slightly red small opening was revealed under the feeble light of the torch, at that very moment even Yan Xi Cheng could feel that he really wanted to enter that warm and honest body directly.

Still, very quickly he gained control over his impulse. Because this s.e.xual intercourse strategy was nothing more than a beginning of his plan, if by chance because of his excessively rough action he made Duan Shun Jie generated a kind of hatred and disgust, then all of his plan would become an utter failure.

Not looking at his own already high-spirited desire under his hip, Yan Xi Cheng spat a mouthful of saliva on his right hand, slowly brought his moistened forefinger to thrust in the red-hot and very narrow back entrance…

“Eh!!... Ahh… What are you doing!” As expected, Duan Shun Jie gave a horrible shriek, desperately shaking his body to squeeze out the intruding finger. The violent shrank of delicate skin around his a.n.u.s was sucking in the finger even deeper.

The pain in Duan Shun Jie’s voice made Yan Xi Cheng became even more excited. He began to jerk his finger in a thrusting motion, in the process, he added another finger and now the intruding fingers had become two.

Duan Shun Jie was twisting and twirling his body unceasingly out of pain. Unconsciously, the pair of hands that already lost its power was firmly grasping the clothes under his body. Yan Xi Cheng expressionlessly whipped his fingers in a quick pace. Until he could feel that the originally tight creases had completely loosen and opened up, he inserted the third fingers inside…

If Duan Shun Jie had whatever kind of s.e.x experience, he should have known that someone who was being dominated by his l.u.s.t wouldn’t be able to calmly tantalize his partner. However, the Duan Shun Jie right now had been completely controlled by the upsurge storm from inside of his body. The tightly closed eyes made him even more incapable from seeing Yan Xi Cheng’s mocking face while teasing him. He could only be able to sway and writhe out of pain in accordance to the thrust and stab movement, and also moaning…

Relying on his plentiful knowledge which he gained from living in the palace, Yan Xi Cheng very fast had figured out the place to allow Duan Shun Jie to be unable to maintain his self-control and let out his moaning cry. His fingers continuously stimulated that very place that could make Duan Shun Jie no longer hold his erection. The tip of his erection had begun dripping the transparent x.x.x. Finally, when Yan Xi Cheng made another press to that very point, he burst out all of his desire…

The moment when he was climaxing, Duan Shun Jie opened both of his eyes widely, he met the scene of Yan Xi Cheng taking his swelling and standing upright desire and thrusting it in the already relaxed and widely opened body of his.

“So hurts!!”

To face the x.x.x to the point of a cruel scene, Duan Shun Jie let out a miserable scream. His voice was as if he was helpless and terrified.

Duan Shun Jie once had imagined the sweet scene when he took Yan Xi Cheng to his embrace, however at this moment, even if both of them had the same intimacy, but the one who was being pushed down turned into him. The vigorous a.s.sault and the pain of his body made him nearly lose his mind just like this.

The pain as if being ripped apart continuously coming from the place that was being firmly pressed. Yan Xi Cheng almost had to extort all of his strength to restrain the fiercely struggling Duan Shun Jie.

“Forgive me! Shun Jie, I truly couldn’t control myself!” After the words escaped his mouth, even Yan Xi Cheng began to doubt himself, actually he was putting on an act or speaking the truth. He only knew that being wrapped up by the completely warm and tight inexperience delicate muscle, his heart was genuinely filled with the thought to drain off the desire within his body.

Stretching out his hands to wrap Duan Shun Jie in his bosom, Yan Xi Cheng unceasingly kissed his covered by sweat cheeks. After he could feel that Duan Shun Jie had softened himself, only then did he start his moving back and fro motion…

“It is really painful...” Duan Shun Jie on the crook of Yan Xi Cheng’s arm clenched his teeth while complaining.

From Yan Xi Cheng’s heart once again bubbled up a kind of hard to explain difficult to describe feeling. It was like a regiment of flame was colliding inside… He tried to tighten up his hold on both of Duan Shun Jie’s hand. Once again he quickened the speed of his stabbing and pulling inside Duan Shun Jie’s body. In pa.s.sing, on his lips, neck, one by one he left his love bites traces.

Inside of Duan Shun Jie was very hot, the muscle was very tight, firmly wrapped up his desire. Causing Yan Xi Cheng to deeply feel the never experience before intense pleasure…

“Xi Cheng…”

In the hot to the point of feeling like burning atmosphere, Duan Shun Jie cried out the name --- the pain to the point of numbing lower part of his body from unceasingly being intensely jerked, he was practically losing his ability to think deeply. Only these two characters that had deeply engrossed in his heart could give the him who had fallen into this hopeless situation a little bit of comfort.

For a split moment, a hard to explain numbness could be felt from the deepest part of his spread open body, went straight to his heart. Duan Shun Jie eventually forfeited his awareness, he began to move his waist in accordance to Yan Xi Cheng’s swing and thrust movement, welcoming him to the deepest part of his body.

Going even deeper, deeper. Moving even harder, harder…

All the way until the moment Yan Xi Cheng unloaded all of his bursting hot body fluid inside his body.

“Shun Jie, are you alright?”

“Shun Jie!!”

Duan Shun Jie slowly opened his eyes. The reflection that pleased his eyes was the anxious face of Yan Xi Cheng --- his eyes had already regained the clear and calm soberness. Looks like the poison in his body had faded away.

“Shun Jie, forgive me, forgive me! I am to be blamed! Although if you made me into mincemeat I also wouldn’t blame you! Shun Jie!!” Yan Xi Cheng was good at putting on an act, even though at this moment he was still bare naked, even if inside the body of the target of his deception still remained with his bodily fluid, he actually was able to fake out the act of because he had wronged his friend he was deeply hurt and blamed himself appearance.

Looking at Duan Shun Jie’s blank expression, he grabbed the dagger by his side.

“Shun Jie, I… I don’t have the face to see you again! Let’s meet again in the next life!” He used the dagger and directed it at his chest, a.s.sumed a posture that he was about to stab himself.

“Xi Cheng, you absolutely may not commit this foolish thing! This is what I am most willing to do, I definitely won’t blame you! The truth is I... I actually…” Duan Shun Jie busily seized his hand, desperately s.n.a.t.c.hed away the dagger.

“Actually I...” Duan Shun Jie hugged Yan Xi Cheng tightly. The complicated feelings caused him to firmly close his eyes, “Actually since long I have… I have been in love with you! I love you! I don’t care what you have done to me…”

Saying out loud his hearty feelings, Duan Shun Jie suddenly felt relaxed at once. He tightly held Yan Xi Cheng, feeling a sort of hadn’t experienced before happiness.

Already embraced by a man…

It is alright, because he is the one I love.

Even though never crossed his mind that he would be pushed and pressed under another man’s body, to occupy this kind of humiliating posture, but because there was an existence of love, he could endure whatever.

The sweet and miserable confession as if reciprocated, Yan Xi Cheng also stretched out his hands to firmly embrace Duan Shun Jie, deeply he kissed him --- they looked like a genuine harmonious couple.

However, except for Yan Xi Cheng himself, n.o.body knew the actual meaning behind his contained smile that revealed on the corner of his mouth at that moment…


End of The Fallen Hero Chapter 4