ARLQLCC chapter 55

The sarcastic Chu Zhaoye was sent by Su Ji to weed the fields, leaving only Tu Yan, who was holding back laughter, and Hu Sansan, who looked at Su Ji with eyes full of admiration, in the kitchen.

With Chu Zhaoye not around, Hu Sansan cautiously moved closer to Su Ji. His eyes were round and sparkling. “Su… Su Ji, you’re so amazing, even the boss is afraid of you!”

Su Ji thought there must be something that made him admire him so much, but didn’t expect it to be just this. He coughed once and prepared to help Chu Zhaoye save some face in front of his subordinate.

“Ma Tuan is very well-behaved. Other than being a bit jealous, there’s nothing wrong with him. His original form is also very cute.”

As soon as he said this, Hu Sansan showed a terrified expression.

The boss’s… original form… is cute?

He was still young and hadn’t experienced the chaos from a thousand years ago. The only time he had seen Chu Zhaoye’s original form was when the other party suddenly wanted to go bathe in a hot spring, and he accidentally ran into it.

Actually, Hu Sansan didn’t originally know that place was a hot spring, because it was too large. It was located beneath a cliff, like a mountain lake. The only difference from other lakes was that it would emit steam.

That day, Hu Sansan was as usual checking the damage of the formation in the back mountain of the demon palace, and by chance, when passing the hot spring, he saw a shadow like a small mountain rising from the surface of the lake.

That fierce beast had bristle-like fur and a pair of dark red eyes gleaming with a dangerous light, like a spring of blood. When it noticed the movement and turned toward Hu Sansan, it frightened him so much that he immediately turned and ran.

He had never run that fast in his life. His survival instinct made him overcome his shaking legs, and he rolled and crawled all the way down the mountain.

Until he bumped into Tu Yan on the road. When Tu Yan asked why he was so panicked, Hu Sansan stammered and told him what he had seen, only to receive Tu Yan’s extremely arrogant laughter.

It was from that time that Chu Zhaoye’s original form was deeply engraved in Hu Sansan’s mind. Sometimes, if he was unlucky enough to dream about it at night, he would even wake up in fear.

But now Su Ji was actually saying that the boss’s original form was cute???

Hu Sansan looked full of question marks and turned to look at Tu Yan. Tu Yan curled his lips and said softly: “Because what the boss showed Su Ji was his cub form.”

Hu Sansan: “!!”

So scheming, boss!

Su Ji was still confused, his delicate brows furrowed. “What’s wrong? It really is very cute, round like a little dumpling. It also feels very nice to touch, warm and soft. It even feels like it can be used to warm your hands in winter.”

Hu Sansan couldn’t help but open his mouth. “Wow, I also want to see it.”

Su Ji eagerly wanted to share Ma Tuan’s cuteness with him, so he left a sentence “Follow me,” and walked out of the kitchen first.

Tu Yan and Hu Sansan looked at each other in confusion as they stood there.

Hu Sansan asked: “What… what does that mean?”

Tu Yan said expressionlessly: “Probably means he’s going to let the boss transform in front of you.”

Hu Sansan: “……”

Hu Sansan: “……Will I be assassinated by the boss?”

Tu Yan: “Think positively—at least that won’t happen with Su Ji.”

Hu Sansan: “Waaahhhhh…”

……

After half a month away, many weeds had grown in the spiritual fields in the backyard. Quite a few spiritual plants had already matured, and Chu Zhaoye planned to harvest them after finishing weeding.

He was tall, and at this moment was holding a hoe standing in the narrow field. In order not to step on the spiritual plants, he had shrunk himself into a ball, looking very wronged even while weeding.

When Su Ji came out, he was still raking out the pile of weeds he had just pulled. Su Ji found it funny and thought he was cute, so he didn’t call him, just stood behind and watched without speaking.

A cultivator at the Tribulation Transcendence realm has extremely sharp perception, not to mention how familiar Chu Zhaoye was with Su Ji. Almost the moment he arrived, he had already noticed him.

But he didn’t turn around, sulking on his own.

This heartless guy didn’t say anything and just sent him here to weed. Seeing Hu Sansan’s cute appearance and getting distracted, now he even came to find him—what for!

Even though he thought this in his heart, he still somewhat looked forward to Su Ji coming to coax him, so he stayed still and listened to the movement behind him.

Time passed little by little, until the backyard had the footsteps of two other people, and Su Ji still hadn’t come to coax him. Seeing that the grass was almost finished, Chu Zhaoye angrily put down the hoe and wanted to walk around Su Ji back to the kitchen.

Hu Sansan had originally been standing next to Tu Yan, but when he looked up he saw Chu Zhaoye walking over aggressively with a full face of anger. Thinking he was about to hit him, he quickly hid behind Tu Yan.

Tu Yan was helpless. For the first time, he felt that his back was so reassuring.

Chu Zhaoye walked past Su Ji without even looking at him, very stubbornly not giving him a glance.

He had just taken one step out when his hand by his side was grabbed by something. The touch was soft and familiar.

While Chu Zhaoye was thinking: now you know to coax me? Too late. I’m not that easy to coax. At the same time, he unconsciously stopped and even instinctively pinched that soft little hand.

Seeing his angry side profile and his involuntarily stopping steps, Su Ji chuckled softly. The sound reached Chu Zhaoye’s ears and made his heart soften.

The laugh sounds kind of nice. Let’s take a look at what he’s laughing about.

The man full of displeasure turned his head. He was very close to Su Ji. Those pair of watery peach blossom eyes were filled with smiling intent, and his slightly pink lips curled upward, lightly pressed together, as if waiting for someone to knead them into a more vivid red.

His throat moved unconsciously. Chu Zhaoye stared a little entranced at those smiling lips, even forgetting to be angry for a moment.

His expression shifted, and Su Ji, seeing him waver between anger and daze, thought he had gone a little silly from anger. He raised his free hand and pinched Chu Zaoye’s cheek.

Chu Zhaoye was jolted back to his senses by the pinch. Only then did he realize he had been staring at Su Ji’s lips for a long time, and even got caught.

A little guilty, but unwilling to show it, so he forced himself to say: “What are you doing!”

He was still being pinched on the face, so his words came out slightly muffled. Tu Yan turned away, almost biting his lip to stop laughing.

Hu Sansan was blocked by him, a bit wanting to look but also afraid of being remembered by the boss. He didn’t have Tu Yan’s strong ability to hold back laughter, and almost laughed out loud while quickly thinking of sad things.

Chu Zhaoye didn’t care about their reactions. He looked a bit nervous at Su Ji, afraid he would ask what he had just been looking at.

Su Ji lifted the hand that was holding his, teasingly saying: “You’re still holding my hand even while angry?”

Chu Zhaoye continued muffled: “You were the one who held mine.”

“Is that so?”

His gaze drifted downward, then saw that his own uncooperative hand had already taken the initiative and was holding that small hand tightly in his palm in the way he liked most.

Chu Zhaoye’s gaze drifted away again guiltily.

Su Ji was already used to coaxing him. Seeing his familiar awkward behavior, he let go of his face pinching hand and lightly brushed under his jaw, “You’re already holding my hand, you’re not allowed to be angry anymore.”

That light touch was like a falling leaf brushing across water. Chu Zhaoye suddenly felt his lower body tighten, his blood boiling, his whole body burning.

He didn’t know why he was like this today, losing control over his thoughts after just a little touch.

His spiritual energy surged out from his dantian, circulating several times before suppressing the heat.

When he looked at Su Ji again, his guilt was completely obvious, and his anger had instantly vanished.

Su Ji, already used to his changing moods, scratched his palm, making the fire he had just suppressed rise again. Chu Zhaoye grabbed his wandering hand and said fiercely: “Don’t move.”

Su Ji hissed in pain. Just as he made a sound, that hand was lifted by Chu Zhaoye in distress, and a warm sensation touched the place that had been pinched red.

Tu Yan cursed inwardly, then covered Hu Sansan’s eyes, and dragged him toward the front hall of the cafeteria, “Hahaha… Su Ji, you guys talk first, we’re going to set up formations for you, slowly talk, slowly talk, hahaha.”

From the backyard to the front hall, the awkward laughter grew smaller and smaller, mixed with Hu Sansan struggling, until it disappeared completely.

Chu Zhaoye’s lips were still on the back of Su Ji’s hand. When he looked over, his overheated mind was like it had been doused with cold water and instantly cleared up.

The cold lips seemed burned, immediately leaving Su Ji’s hand.

Seeing Su Ji’s slightly shocked eyes, a drop of cold sweat ran down Chu Zhaoye’s temple. His brain had never worked so fast before. Almost before Su Ji could ask, he quickly answered:

“Why did you kiss me?”

“Tu Yan said saliva can disinfect!”

Su Ji: “……”

Chu Zhaoye forced himself: “See, it shouldn’t hurt anymore.”

Su Ji: ……

It didn’t even hurt that much in the first place.

Author’s note:

Su Ji: Why did you kiss me?

Author: It should be because the heat cycle is coming, wuhu

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