“Umm…boss…”
The silent, tranquil, charming, and gentle ambience was shattered by a voice.
Hei Wuchang popped his head in from the doorway, saying awkwardly, “Boss…you didn’t close the door, so we’ll help you shut it. Th—then…we subordinates will withdraw first. We won’t interrupt the boss’s good time!”
“Wait.”
The fingertips that had brushed against Wen Nuan’s shirt buttons paused. When Baili Wuchang spoke, it was apparent from his voice that he was displeased. “Come in. Stand here. Who let you leave?”
“What?” Hei Wuchang involuntarily raised his voice, quickly shaking his head like a rattle drum.
The boss got this little cutie drunk, and he’s doing such a beastly thing to him, but he won’t let us go? We have to stand in a circle and watch?
This was way overboard wasn’t it?
Hei Wuchang shook his head and shook his hands, his face sincere as he said, “Boss…don’t make things difficult for us. Bai Wuchang and I don’t have this kind of fetish…”
“What fetish. What do you think I’m doing?” Baili Wuchang blankly stared at him like the calm before the storm.
Hei Wuchang swiftly zipped his lips, not daring to utter another word, standing ramrod straight.
Bai Wuchang hadn’t said anything from start to finish, but he smoothly shut the door in order to avoid Hei Wuchang’s voice from getting out and being overheard by others.
With a “ka-chak”, the door closed, and the room resumed a dead silence.
Heibai Wuchang stood in the corner, watching their boss extend his preying claws towards the drunk little cutie…
Baili Wuchang’s large and pale hands once again reached out, his fingertips easily catching onto the first button of Wen Nuan’s shirt, undoing the clasp.
Wen Nuan’s eyes were closed. It seemed that he really was quite drunk. His cheeks were ruddy, and even his ears and neck were dyed a warm shade of red.
He didn’t seem to notice that someone was undoing his buttons. He wasn’t on guard at the slightest.
Hei Wuchang raised his left hand to cover his own eyes and his right hand to cover Bai Wuchang’s eyes next to him. His heart told him that no matter what happened next, it would be too overboard…
After Baili Wuchang successfully undid one button, his fingertips moved down, stopping at the second button.
Because Fan Liangda had gotten in the way last time, he didn’t see if Wen Nuan’s body had a special birthmark on it or not. This time was a surefire opportunity; there was nobody around to hinder him.
As long as he removed Wen Nuan’s clothes and carefully searched him from head to toe, he would be able to confirm if he was the person he had been searching for…
Getting this far, Baili Wuchang’s steady hands shuddered. He didn’t know if he was excited or anxious.
If Wen Nuan wasn’t the one he was looking for…
“How could that be?” Baili Wuchang frowned, muttering quietly to quash his preposterous thoughts. Wen Nuan’s body had a certain scent, one that Baili Wuchang was all too familiar with.
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“It’s Master’s scent…”Baili Wuchang couldn’t help but inhale deeply, talking to himself.
It was impossible for him to not know this scent. It was the scent he had searched too, too, too long for. There was no way he could mistake it.
“Pa…Pa’r rb tba…”
Aera jr Djlil Qemtjcu’r agjlc bo atbeuta tjv oibkc delaf ojg, Qfc Rejc eclcafiilulyis wewyifv.
Qfc Rejc erejiis cfnfg abemtfv jimbtbi. C 3.8% jimbtbi mbmxajli kjr wbgf atjc fcbeut ab aegc tlr ojmf gfv, tlr fjgr rmjgifa, tlr tfjv vlhhs, jcv tlr rluta yieggs. Ktfgf kjr cb cffv ab uefrr ktja yjlple kbeiv vb ab tlw.
Once the alcohol muddled his mind, Wen Nuan felt like he was burning up all over. A thin layer of sweat had started to form on his forehead, droplets beading in rapid succession.
Without needing Baili Wuchang to undo his buttons, Wen Nuan dazedly reached out and grabbed onto his own shirt. He carelessly tugged, and all the buttons came apart in a row.
“Wow—”
On the sidelines, Hei Wuchang had been too curious about the state of things, so he had been peeking through his fingers, unable to let out a breath of exclamation.
Not only did he see Wen Nuan with his clothes disorderly, but he also saw the murderous glint in Baili Wuchang’s gaze.
Baili Wuchang had been in the middle of undoing Wen Nuan’s shirt, but seeing Wen Nuan do it himself, he had to subconsciously suppress his actions, transitioning instead to grab the quilt, wrapping the unclothed man in it completely.
“Get out.”
A vein throbbed in Baili Wuchang’s forehead as he spoke simply.
“Ah? Boss, what…” did you say?
Hei Wuchang’s mind was blank. He couldn’t keep up with Baili Wuchang’s line of thinking.
Bai Wuchang didn’t speak a word as he dragged the foolish-faced Hei Wuchang out of the room. He quickly shut the door behind them with a “thunk”.
Hei Wuchang stood outside the door, turning around to give him a look, bewildered. “What just happened? The boss’s heart sure is fickle. Earlier, he didn’t let us leave, and he wanted us to observe. Now, he told us to get out. That gaze of his almost turned me to dust.”
Bai Wuchang said nothing, his face pensive.
Hei Wuchang stuck out a hand and waved it in front of the other. He said, “Ol’ Bai, what’re you thinking?”
Bai Wuchang then spoke, “Wen Nuan.”
“What?” Hei Wuchang said dramatically. “You can’t possibly want to be the boss’s rival in love, can you? Are you tired of being alive? No, I mean, are you tired of being dead?”
Bai Wuchang’s expression was undisturbed. He inhaled deeply. “My thinking is that…Wen Nuan is rather complicated.”
“Can this even be simple?” Hei Wuchang gestured at the closed room. “He’s stolen the boss’s heart.”
Bai Wuchang shook his head and said, “The boss is the personification of the divine weapon Baili. His original body is not a human nor a ghost, but an ancient sword. Naturally, he is different from us. It is perfectly natural for him to be stiff, ruthless, and emotionless.”
Hei Wuchang stroked his chin and pondered for a moment before saying, “Huh. Although you, Ol’ Bai, are very commendable for saying so many words in one breath, I…still don’t understand.”
Bai Wuchang glanced at him before continuing. “The double-edged sword Baili is heartless. If you want the boss to like and care about someone, it would be difficult.”
“Do you even need to say this?” Hei Wuchang raised his head. “If the boss really did have a heart, he wouldn’t have to reject the tens of thousands of beauties lining up in Hell to confess to the boss every day.”
“Ergo,” said Bai Wuchang, “Wen Nuan is rather complicated.”
After he spoke, he couldn’t help but add, “As far as I understand, these past thousands of years, Lord Baili has only ever given his heart to one person, and to this day, he still hasn’t let it go.”
“Wow—”
Hei Wuchang widened his eyes, dramatically gasping in surprise.
Bai Wuchang said flatly, “I suspect Wen Nuan is connected to that person.”
“You, you, you—you mean, Wen Nuan’s possibly…” Hei Wuchang stuttered. “He’s that…that great devil that must not be named?”
Hell had many legends, as well as several unwritten taboos. For example, there was a name that nobody dared mention, especially not when in the presence of Baili Wuchang.
Humans and ghosts were under Baili Wuchang’s notice, and he only ever spoke to Heibai Wuchang. His true form was the divine double-edged sword Baili. Humans had seven emotions and six desires, and supernatural beings had wills, but the double-edged sword Baili was bone-chillingly cold from head to toe. He had arrogance and bloodthirst, but no sort of emotions.
Ever since the double-edged sword Baili came to be, there were many who lusted for his formidable power. They all wanted to become the master of the Baili sword, but alas, there was none who could handle him.
Until…
He came across one special person.
To the double-edged sword Baili, this was a world-shaking encounter.
From then on, Baili had a master. He stayed by his side everyday, guarding him, protecting him, never leaving his side.
Even if that person had a bad reputation, even if that person wasn’t understood, even if that person was a great devil, Baili still wanted to be with him, never willing to part.
Unfortunately, things didn’t go the way he wanted them to. The great devil vanished like smoke in thin air, leaving only a trace of his soul behind on earth. The double-edged sword Baili was done with being a divine weapon without a master. He started to endlessly scour the three realms in search of his master.
According to Baili’s arrogant, callous, and bloodthirsty nature, it was unlikely for him to devote himself to serving Hell and be tied down as a ghost envoy. However, shuttling between the living world and the Underworld came with its own difficulties.
In order to make things more convenient, in order to quickly look for that person, in the end, Hell promptly gained another ghost envoy, and that was Baili Wuchang.
“It’s hot…I’m dying…of heat…”
After Heibai Wuchang left the room, Wen Nuan had been bundled up like an impenetrable silkworm cocoon. He wriggled a few times on the bed, but it was futile.
Baili Wuchang glanced at the closed door, silently letting out a breath.
He had let Heibai Wuchang inside, but he had also told them to go outside. Actually, Baili Wuchang himself didn’t quite understand what he was thinking.
He removed his hands, and Wen Nuan was liberated, rolling out of the blanket like a wheel, almost rolling onto the floor.
Baili Wuchang was nimble, reaching out a hand. His powerful arms managed to catch Wen Nuan on the edge of the bed, right before he rolled off and possibly smashed his face in.
“Hey—nice waist, I finally got to touch it…”
Wen Nuan started to giggle foolishly. Baili Wuchang looked down, realizing belatedly that when he grabbed onto Wen Nuan, Wen Nuan had latched onto him like an octopus, wrapping himself around his torso.
“Wow—”
Wen Nuan’s grip on Baili Wuchang didn’t loosen. He mumbled, “Nice…nice waist…amazing…I like it…”
It was that familiar scent that made Baili Wuchang hesitate to push Wen Nuan away. He lowered his head a little more, pressing closer to the hollow of Wen Nuan’s neck. He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply.
Aside from the smell of blood, this was the only other rare instance where a scent would both excite him and calm him down.
An inexplicable restlessness began to stir within him, bursting through Baili Wuchang’s blood. It made him want to…
“Smack smack!”
A crystal clear sound rang out, interrupting Baili Wuchang’s XX thoughts. He felt Wen Nuan heavily slap the back of his waist two times.
Wen Nuan’s words slurred together as he said, “Both plump and lean, how much is it…One catty! I—I’ll…buy it!”
Baili Wuchang: “…”
Baili Wuchang had a headache. He decided to get things over with, or else he might change his mind in the next second.
By chance, because of Wen Nuan’s unruly clothing and rolling around, his shirt had loosened significantly. Baili Wuchang reached a hand towards his shoulders, sliding the white shirt off in a second, exposing Wen Nuan’s smooth, clean back.
Like a sloth, Wen Nuan lazily clung to Baili Wuchang’s waist, causing his back to be completely exposed. At this moment, it was clear to see…
In the dusky atmosphere of the room, Baili Wuchang’s customarily straight face, which always lacked emotion, actually had an indescribable disappointment written across it.
His rough, deep voice spoke. “There’s…no birthmark.”
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Tomorrow’s gossip warning: The first kiss between the little front desk worker and the attractiveness-level-through-the-roof Lord Baili~
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NOT THE CATTY 💀 Wen Nuan, did you u just hit where I think you did?
Man, I don’t know what’s gonna happen after, I was so sure that maybe Wen Nuan had the birthmark! 😭
I wonder if it’s in a different spot or was removed?
I also thought Wen Nuan would have the birthmark. So maybe it’s elsewhere or will come out if they kiss????