“I’ll be fine,” Yankui said as he looked between the two men. “Besides, A-Qi-jie and Su-ge are both here. Even if you’re afraid I can’t adjust, they’re around to take care of me, right?”
“You really don’t want to come back to Shuangye Peak?” Gui Yin asked.
It was clear what Gui Yin was trying to do. Yankui shifted from one foot to the other. “I…I like it here more. I like…it here at Huigu Palace.”
Gui Yin slowly smiled. He rubbed Yankui’s head. “Good. Then, you stay. But you’re always welcome at Yunjing Pavilion too.”
Yankui smiled to himself and nodded.
“Then, we’re leaving,” Gui Yin said.
Langxia turned to A-Qi and Su Wen. “Watch the sect.”
“Yes, Master.”
The flight from Kunlun to Yunjing Pavilion was no more than a few days.
When they landed, Gui Yin happily skipped through the gates and headed straight for his Shuangye Peak.
“It’s good to be home!” Gui Yin exclaimed as he stretched out.
A pair of arms snaked around his waist before he could put his arms back down. He looked back at Langxia and raised a brow.
“What’s with you?” Gui Yin asked. He kissed Langxia’s forehead. “Clingy.”
Langxia hummed and rested his chin on Gui Yin’s shoulder. “I wanted to hug you.”
Gui Yin pursed his lips. “Well, I want to roll around in my bed.”
“Do you want to roll together?”
Gui Yin tapped Langxia’s head with his fan. “No. Let go.”
Langxia reluctantly let go. His hands hadn’t fallen back to his side when they were immediately gripped by Gui Yin. He smiled and allowed the other man to drag him along.
“You’re not going to see your martial siblings first?” Langxia asked.
“I’ll see them later. Besides, they should have noticed that I passed through the barrier anyway,” Gui Yin said. He sat down at the edge of his bed and tugged Langxia down. “Besides, I’m a bit sleepy. I’ll take a nap before I greet them.”
“They won’t be upset?”
Gui Yin raised a brow as he laid down. “When have you ever cared about what other people thought or felt?”
Langxia settled down beside Gui Yin. “I was just thinking that you might be annoyed when they nag you later.”
“They can nag all they want. But right now, I want to sleep,” Gui Yin said. He shifted inwards so that Langxia could get more of the bed. Once Langxia was in place, Gui Yin wormed his way into his arms and rested his head against his chest. “Goodnight.”
Langxia chuckled. “Goodnight.”
He watched as Gui Yin fell asleep right away. He lifted a hand from Gui Yin’s back and lightly tapped his fingertips. He glanced at the door and began to count the minutes.
One…
Two…
Three…
Nine…
Ten…
A loud knock jolted Gui Yin awake. He sat up abruptly and glared at the door. He was about to answer, his body full of rage from being awoken, but he was tugged back briefly for Langxia to wrap his hair into a bun.
Gui Yin mumbled his thanks and marched over to the door. He threw it open and started to scold. “What do you want? I was taking a nap!”
“Shixiong—”
“I just returned from Kunlun. I’m tired to death. Can’t you wait a little bit before you come knocking? Or else, couldn’t you have sent me a letter before if there was something urgent.”
Ye Liuxing’s face shifted between green and white. He glanced behind him. “It wasn’t me who wanted to wake you…”
“Then, who?”
“Who else would there be?”
Gui Yin stilled. Ye Liuxinng shifted to the side and revealed Lin Cangyuan, who was watching him with a raised brow. Gui Yin’s eyes widened. He quickly rushed out and crouched down beside Lin Cangyuan.
“You’re awake!” Gui Yin exclaimed.
Lin Cangyuan scoffed and rubbed at Gui Yin’s messy hair. “It seems like you still have me in your heart?”
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“Of course!” Gui Yin said. He leaned back and looked at the wheelchair. “Liuxing, look! I told you the design I made would suit Lin-shixiong.”
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“Lord Caowen, Lord He Ying, we meet again.”
“Palace Lord Sun,” Ye Liuxing and Jiu Jingyi hastily greeted.
Langxia turned to Lin Cangyuan. “Lord Liaosu.”
“Mn…you’re…Palace Lord Sun?” Lin Cangyuan said.
“That is correct.”
“I heard you helped save me. Thank you,” Lin Cangyuan said.
“It’s nothing. Lord Liaosu’s lifeline is long; you would have lived whether I had stepped in or not. I simply helped you wake faster,” Langxia said.
“Still, you did us all a huge favor,” Lin Cangyuan said. He glanced at Gui Yin, then at Langxia. “But what were you doing in my shidi’s room while he was taking a nap?”
Gui Yin slowly lowered his gaze. He felt that the situation was getting a bit dangerous.
“The guest room has yet to be cleaned, so he—”
“Was I asking you?” Lin Cangyuan said with a slight frown.
Gui Yin slowly closed his mouth. He glanced at Langxia and made a few subtle movements with his eyes. Langxia raised a brow. It was unclear if he had understood or not, but before anything could be confirmed, Lin Cangyuan spoke again.
“Palace Lord Sun?”
“The guest room has yet to be cleaned, so I figured I could sit in Qinle’s room until it has been tidied.”
Lin Cangyuan looked at him steadily. “Is that the real answer?”
Langxia smiled. “No.”
Gui Yin shot up. Langxia met his gaze and pouted slightly. He drew his gaze away like a petulant child and remained silent.
“Why are you threatening him?”
“I’m not,” Gui Yin said. He quickly stepped over to Langxia’s side. “Aren’t you tired? Go sleep. I’m going to have a few words with my martial siblings.”
Langxia moved his lips, his voice flying straight to Gui Yin’s ears. “Clearly you were the one who was tired? Why am I the one who’s tired now? I was just your body pillow.”
“Hm?” Gui Yin’s eyes widened threateningly.
Langxia shifted towards Gui Yin’s room but his lips moved again, “Why don’t you just tell them? It’s not like we can’t be seen by the light of day.”
Gui Yin glared at him.
Langxia smiled and took a step into Gui Yin’s room. “I will see everyone later then.”
The doors closed and Gui Yin quickly spun around. He could feel the three pairs of eyes on him. Gui Yin looked at Lin Cangyuan and smiled.
“Shixiong—”
“Protecting him?” Lin Cangyuan asked with a raised brow. “Is he made of porcelain?”
“No. But he’s straightforward, I don’t want him to offend Sect Master-shixiong. You’re still ill,” Gui Yin said. He quickly reached for the wheelchair and looked at his shidi and shimei.
The question “why didn’t you tell me?” was clearly written all over his face.
“I told them not to say anything to give you a scare,” Lin Cangyuan said. He leaned back and let Gui Yin wheel him over to the gazebo. “Also if I told you, would I have been able to see that man coming out of your room today?”
“Shixiong, I’m not a child. Even if there were multiple men coming and going from my room, it wouldn’t…Are you feeling okay?” Gui Yin asked.
Ye Liuxing and Jiu Jingyi stiffly sat down.
“I heard you’ve recovered most of your memories.”
“A lot of them,” Gui Yin said. “Just…the person you all seem so worried about is not something I remember.”
And since Lin Cangyuan had told Ye Liuxing and Jiu Jingyi to remain silent on this matter, neither of them dared to say anything to Gui Yin.
Seeing Gui Yin’s questioning look, Lin Cangyuan sighed. He pressed a hand to his forehead and remained silent for a moment.
“It’s better if you’ve forgotten all about him. He wasn’t anything good,” Lin Cangyuan said.
“Did…he have something to do with Qiao Ceng?” Gui Yin softly asked.
Lin Cangyuan met his gaze. “Why do you ask?”
“Because I…I had something to do with Shizun’s death,” Gui Yin said. His heart pounded against his chest as he found it more and more difficult to look his martial siblings in the face. “I was thinking that, maybe, I leaked something to Qiao Ceng’s people…”
“Qinle.”
Gui Yin looked up.
“You had nothing to do with your Shizun’s death,” Lin Cangyuan said. He reached over the table and held Gui Yin’s hand. He gave it a squeeze. “You shouldn’t blame yourself. Besides you…haven’t you punished yourself enough? Just forget about it. And don’t think about that bastard anymore. Since you…hm, well, I won’t accept it until you properly explain how it happened, but since you look like you’ve found someone else, the past can be shelved away.”
Gui Yin remained a bit unsettled. “But I still feel like it would be better if I knew something about it. I can handle it. I promise I won’t do anything rash again.”
The three martial siblings glanced at each other.
Jiu Jingyi clicked her tongue. “Since Gui-shixiong is asking, we should tell him!”
“That…yeah,” Ye Liuxing hesitantly agreed. “Gui-shixiong, actually—”
“Fine,” Lin Cangyuan sighed. “It did have something to do with Qiao Ceng. He had a grudge against your Shizun and Shuangye Peak, so he was out to eliminate them. He sent someone to get close to you…”
“And I fell for it?” Gui Yin asked, disgust rolling in his stomach.
“Well, you were quite young. You hadn’t even turned twenty yet, so it’s understandable. And you two were together for a long time before he tried anything,” Lin Cangyuan said. “You were manipulated. So, you don’t have to feel responsible.”
Gui Yin pursed his lips. Even if that were true, he felt a bit irritable in his heart. How could he have…just what was that person like to have made him let up his guard completely?
Ye Liuxing and Jiu Jingyi glanced at each other, then to Lin Cangyuan. Lin Cangyuan softly shook his head.
“I…I understand,” Gui Yin muttered.
He understood why he had sent himself through a reincarnation, filled with love trials. He wanted himself to get jaded and to stay away from romance forever. If he was hurt over and over again, then he wouldn’t so easily trust others again. It was probably the easiest way to numb himself. His other option would have been to pull out his emotional root, but without his Seven Emotions and Six Desires, it was very possible that he could fall into a villain’s trap as well.
Gui Yin could vaguely remember some of his thought process now. He frowned and shook his head.
“Are you okay?” Lin Cangyuan asked.
“I’m fine,” Gui Yin muttered. “I—”
“I made tea.”
The four people looked up as Langxia set the tea set down. Because they had been so concentrated on Gui Yin, none of them noticed when he had left the room and none of them noticed when he had brewed this tea. Beside the tea were small pastries as well, each delicately crafted. It wasn’t something Gui Yin ever remembered storing in his kitchen. He looked back at Langxia questioningly.
Langxia smiled and lightly touched the top of Gui Yin’s head. “You like them, right? I bought extras earlier. I was going to give them to you after dinner but…it’s nicer to enjoy them with people.”
Gui Yin’s lips slowly curved into an embarrassed smile. Langxia must have felt his emotions and had come out to make sure he was okay.
“…Thanks.”
“What are you thanking me for?” Langxia chuckled. He glanced at the three others and bowed slightly. “Then, I’ll leave you three to catch up.”
Jiu Jingyi watched Langxia leave. She leaned in closer to the others and whispered. “Did you see? The way his eyes changed?”
Ye Liuxing nodded. “Towards Gui-shixiong he was all warmth and smiles, but when he looked at us he looked colder.”
“He’s just like that,” Gui Yin said. “He’s very awkward around strangers.”
“I don’t know if I could call that awkward, Qinle,” Lin Cangyuan said. He leaned back with a small smirk. “From where I sat, it looked like he was half a master of Shuangye Peak and we were all his guests.”
Ye Liuxing and Jiu Jingyi nodded.
Gui Yin’s face warmed. “That’s not…no. That’s not how he acted at all. Really, he’s just a bit awkward around strangers.”
“So, how did you two start?” Jiu Jingyi asked.
“Don’t ask that!” Ye Liuxing exclaimed. He excitedly turned to Gui Yin. “How did you two meet?”
“We…” Gui Yin’s denial got stuck in his throat. The spot Langxia had touched him felt a little itchy. He lifted his hand and awkwardly brushed his head. “Ahem. Yes, we’re together. It’s only been a few weeks. Don’t make it weird.”
Ye Liuxing and Jiu Jingyi looked at him expectantly. Lin Cangyuan was also no help—he was clearly also waiting for the explanation.
Gui Yin sighed. He poured the four of them tea, drank two cups himself, and finally told them everything. He mentioned briefly that they knew each other when they were younger and continued from there until a few weeks ago, when they got together. Of course, Gui Yin hid a lot of Langxia’s more personal details and only vaguely hinted that he was a little emotionally detached. He didn’t shy away from what happened in the other dimension, since it added a bit more realism without having to reveal Langxia’s lineage and his abilities.
Jiu Jingyi’s eyes shined. “So, when did you start liking him?”
“Start—I don’t know,” Gui Yin quickly said. He looked at the three of them. “Satisfied now? Can you stop questioning me like I’m some criminal?”
Lin Cangyuan hummed. He lightly tapped the side of his cup. “He must have liked you since you two were younger.”
“That’s right!” Ye Liuxing said. “It’s a miracle you two bumped into each other again as adults. It’s probably some kind of fate.”
Gui Yin smiled hollowly and just quietly drank his tea.
Sure, it was fate. Probably manmade fate.
“Well, hm,” Lin Cangyuan nodded. “He sees to care about you.”
“So…”
“I’ll talk to him personally later,” Lin Cangyuan.
“Per—personally?” Gui Yin echoed. He laughed awkwardly. “There’s no need, right? I mean, I’m an adult now, you know? Besides, like I said, he’s a little shy around strangers. I don’t think it would be good if—”
“We’ll also be there,” Jiu Jingyi said. “So, you don’t have to worry about him being grilled too hard by Sect Master-shixiong.”
With Lin Cangyuan back, the two little ones had sprouted their wings again. Gui Yin was not usually in such a disadvantaged position, so they were happy watching him squirm about. If Gui Yin normally didn’t want something, he would fiercely disagree, but this was a bit different.
If he wanted Lin Cangyuan and the other two to trust Langxia and trust that he wouldn’t up and betray Gui Yin, then he would have to let them talk. Otherwise, wouldn’t it seem like he was hiding something? Langxia didn’t seem keen to hide their relationship either, so this would be the best for both sides. It would be best, but for some reason Gui Yin felt a bit sick in the stomach.
In his many reincarnations and in this world, he had never had such an official “partner meets guardians” type of situation. It would be fine, since both sides were civil and accepting of many things, but at the end of the day…
“Even if you don’t like him, we’re still going to be together until one of us breaks it off,” Gui Yin warned.
“I know,” Lin Cangyuan said. He scoffed and looked at Gui Yin judgmentally, “You don’t think I know your temper?”
Gui Yin smiled sweetly. “Of course not. Lin-shixiong knows Qinle the best.”
“Hm. I’m not so sure about that now,” Lin Cangyuan said. He sighed and shook his head. “Forget it. We’re eating dinner tonight as a sect. Drag him along.”
“Yes, sir,” Gui Yin grinned.
Gui Yin headed back to his room after seeing Lin Cangyuan and the others off. As soon as he closed the door, he found a set of arms wrapped around his waist again. He looked back and frowned at Langxia.
“Are you still upset?” Langxia asked.
“No…I’m fine now,” Gui Yin muttered. He turned around and hugged Langxia back. “Geez, I didn’t think they would catch on so easily.”
Langxia glanced away. In fact, it probably wasn’t that they caught on—it was probably just that they had suspected before, but it had actually become real now.
“It’s okay. It’s just a relationship, right? I have nothing to hide.”
“Don’t say that,” Gui Yin said. “I trust them because they’re my family, but you should be careful with your little secrets.”
“What are my secrets?”
Gui Yin raised a brow. “Your powers? Your lineage? Isn’t that something you should hide? You always parade like a regular cultivator, don’t you?”
“I do,” Langxia said. “But it’s because I am a regular cultivator. If my lineage comes up, I don’t mind sharing details on it if it’s people you trust.”
“You…” Gui Yin sighed. He leaned back and squished Langxia’s cheeks. “How could you be so silly?”
“They’re not your friends, they’re your family,” Langxia said. “If you trust them, then I trust them. Besides, even if they did want to do ill upon me, it can’t be done so easily. So, I’m not scared. You shouldn’t be scared on my behalf either.”
Gui Yin looked at him steadily and finally nodded. “By the way, we have a sect dinner. Sect Master said you should come with me.”
“Of course,” Langxia smiled. “Do we still have time for your nap?”
Gui Yin sighed. “What nap? I’m running on adrenaline now after that. Look at this—my hands are shaking!”
Langxia took Gui Yin’s hand and pressed a soft kiss against his knuckles. “Poor thing. Were you so scared?”
Gui Yin averted his gaze. He softly coughed. “Well, I mean…a little.”
“I’m actually glad.”
Gui Yin glanced at him. “What are you glad about?”
“They care so much about you,” Langxia said. He grinned. “I’m glad that you’re so loved.”
Langxia’s words struck a spot in Gui Yin that he hadn’t even realized had been there. His hands slid down Langxia’s chest and he awkwardly tugged his clothes closer together. The sore spot that had not been touched in many years was suddenly slathered with soothing ointment—it was an odd and electrifying feeling.
“Recently, I’ve been remembering my ex more and more.”
Langxia’s expression dimmed slightly. “And?”
“And I realized that you’re far better than him,” Gui Yin sighed. “Really, what was I thinking?”
Langxia’s expression lightened again. He kissed Gui Yin. “He can’t even be considered human.”
“You know him?”
“Of course,” Langxia said, “Not. But if he’s hurt you like this, he can’t be anything good.”
Gui Yin laughed. He looped his arms around Langxia’s neck again. “Mn. He’s nothing good. You’re the best.”
Langxia shrugged. “Well, if you want to say that.”
Gui Yin laughed again. He pressed his forehead to Langxia’s shoulder and breathed out a soft sigh.
It would be best if he could never remember. But once the lock had been jostled, it would not be locked again. While these unpleasant memories flowed out one by one, he was at least glad that there was someone at his side who could replace them with better ones.
😭😭😭😭 im also glad Gui Yin is so loved!!!!!!!!!! 😭🥰😭🥰😭🥰 and im love him and im love Langxia and Gui Yin’s family here!!!!!!!!
also damn history repeating itself with sending someone to get close to the Gui boys for nefarious intent….
hehe i’m glad you noticed LOL thanks for reading!!!!!!!!!!
Bro for all the novels I have read in this site so far, for some reason I like Gui Yin the most! I feel like he’s really tridimensional I like him a lot 😭😭
🥺 aaaaa thank you so much