Chapter 26 - Reincarnation

“This… this…” Long Junhao stared at the person in front of him, trembling in anger and began to circle around like a cornered animal.

That person quietly looked at him and asked innocently, “mushroom staff, are you here to investigate again?”

Long Junhao stopped circling to glare at him and roared, “why did you change back?!”

The little shiitake who had been obediently squatting in the corner blankly looked up at him, “change back? I didn’t. Didn’t you say I was growing well last time? How could I have changed back?”

Long Junhao took in a deep breath before he continued circling around the room, restless. The shiitake mushroom looked at him and suddenly felt wronged, “don’t tell me you actually want me to change back? That’s impossible. I always grow upwards, the more I grow the bigger I get, how can I become smaller…”

After a while of circling about, Long Junhao finally stopped and squatted down in front of him. He patted the little shiitake’s head and sighed deeply before speaking in his most sincere tone, “comrade shiitake, our mushroom department has encountered an unprecedented crisis and we urgently need your cooperation…”

The little shiitake bit his fingers and pondered for a moment before nodding his head, “alright, I’m willing to do it if it’s for the development of the mushroom industry in China. Tell me, mushroom staff, what do I have to do?”

Long Junhao slowly smiled, pointing his finger at Gu Chen who was at the side, “it’s simple, you just have to let him hit you. Can you do it?”

“……” The little shiitake glanced at Gu Chen and then looked back towards Long Junhao. He weakly opened his mouth, “mushroom staff, can I ask why?”

“…no, comrade shiitake, “Long Junhao solemnly added, “it’s not that I don’t want to tell you, but it’s because this is a state secret. My superiors do not permit me to speak of it. Do you understand my difficulty?”

The little shiitake once again bit his fingers and pondered before suddenly lowering his voice, “has the matter progressed to such a serious degree that it has become a state secret?”

“……” Long Junhao nodded his head in admiration, “not bad, comrade shiitake, you have good awareness and comprehension of the situation. Our Mushroom Department needs more talent like you. In the next meeting, I will discuss with the leaders to promote you.”

“R…really?” The little shiitake simply could not believe that an ordinary mushroom like him could one day be a part of the department. He felt that his soul could advance into heaven immediately. Excitedly, he reached his hand out to grab Long Junhao’s wrist, his voice shaking. “Alright, mushroom staff. I am willing to make sacrifices. Even if you choose to hit me ten times, I won’t back down, come!”

Long Junhao nodded, “good comrade!” He silently took back his hand and turned to look at Gu Chen, “okay, it’s your turn.”

“…Although you’re a transmigrator,” Gu Chen looked at him with a complicated expression on his face, “your ability to adapt is really not average…”

“Of course,” Long Junhao raised his head proudly, “if your prince wasn’t this smart, he would’ve been driven crazy by those creatures a long time ago. Really, really crazy.”

“Yes, yes, I know.” Gu Chen soothed. He knew that the word ‘crazy’ was something that affected Long Junhao a lot so he quickly cut him off. He slowly walked towards the little shiitake while rubbing his wrists.

The little shiitake subconsciously shrank back a little as he saw him walk over, but still he stood his ground. Gu Chen couldn’t help but ask with interest, “you know that I’m going to hit you but you’re not scared?”

The little shiitake weakly nodded his head, “I’m scared……”

“Then why don’t you run?”

The little shiitake looked at him strangely, “comrade, you’re really funny. How can I move if I’m a mushroom?”

“……”

“Hahaha…” Long Junhao bent over and started laughing. The little shiitake turned to look at him, “mushroom staff, what’s wrong?”

“I-I-I’m fine, you guys can continue, go on…”

Gu Chen slowly took a deep breath and rubbed his wrist again. Calm down, calm down. Why am I even reasoning with a crazy person? I’m going to hit you with all my strength!

As he raised his fist and was just about to strike down, someone opened the door. All three people in the room turned to look, only to see a head slowly poking in —— it was the head of He Tianfan, the beast.

That beast scanned the room for a long time before his eyes fell on the little shiitake. He paused for a moment before asking, “……Xiaolan?”

The little shiitake obediently nodded his head.

He Tianfan breathed out a sigh of relief before shuffling in, his hand still holding on to a bundle of ropes. He looked excited as he headed straight towards the little shiitake but because he was still injured, he had to move slowly.

Long Junhao speechlessly watched him before asking, “Dr. He, are you going to do it now?”

“Obviously,” He Tianfan was unusually excited, “I’ve been waiting for so long for him to change back, of course I’m not going to miss this opportunity!”

Long Junhao pointed at the little shiitake, “he’s like this and you still want to do it?”

He Tianfan looked at where Long Junhao was pointing and saw the little shiitake squatting in the corner and looking up at him. He looked really obedient and that certain beast couldn’t help but to drool, his saliva dripping all over the floor.

Long Junhao stopped pointing, “I knew it.”

He Tianfan abruptly wiped his mouth and said unimposingly, “a-all of you get out, get out, hurry up!”

Long Junhao looked at Gu Chen who nodded his head and pulled him outside. He whispered, “if He Tianfan succeeds in doing it, the one who’ll wake up after will definitely be Yu Ao, if he doesn’t succeed, the person who’ll interrupt him will also be Yu Ao. So let’s just wait.”

Long Junhao turned to look at the beast who was about to start before saying, “I feel that he’ll bring out Yu Ao first before he starts though.”

“That’s even better, let’s wait outside for a while,” Gu Chen said, “unless you actually want to listen to them do it?”

As the both of them left the room and closed the door, Long Junhao replied, “I actually want to.”

Gu Chen glanced at the closed door, “he’ll hate you.”

“It’s fine,” Long Junhao said in an almost graceful manner, “anyways, it’s not like I want that beast to like me.”

“Your…your highness…” As they were talking, a voice called out and both of them looked to the side to see a nurse running down the corridor with tears running down her face, “your highness, please be merciful and forgive my master… he is someone who truly loves you…”

Three black lines immediately dropped down from his head, “what’s the matter with your master again?”

The nurse cried out, “you were going to divorce him so he’s going to hang himself now. Even a group of us couldn’t stop him and even Su Cong keeps on singing ‘Palace of Eternal Life’ 1 an actual song . Ah… all we’re missing now is a sign saying ‘Maweipo’…”

It was only then did Long Junhao recall what happened a while ago when he was in a bad mood and he pursed his lips. Gu Chen hugged him from behind and patted him on the head as he replied, “so what, just tell him that I was joking, go on.”

The nurse who had been waiting for him to say this sentence was immediately grateful, “then your highness, if my master comes to see you later, please don’t say anything that might provoke him again…”

Long Junhao waved her away, “I know.”

With that, the nurse sprinted off and it wasn’t long before someone called from afar. “Husband~”

Long Junhao’s mouth twitched as he looked at the man who had arrived in front of him, he reached out and patted him on his shoulder, “come, my good wife, actually, there’s something your husband hasn’t understood for a long time. What exactly do you like about your husband?”

Comrade Shu Wen shyly looked at him and said delicately, “I like everything… whatever my husband says, I’ll listen, wherever he goes, I’ll go as well…”

“……” Long Junhao silently turned to Gu Chen, “he’s better than you.”

Gu Chen stretched out his hand and was about to touch his forehead when he heard a faint sound. He immediately froze, his expression darkening.

Long Junhao noticed as well and he grew serious, “what is it?”

“Gunshot…” Gu Chen muttered out and immediately after, two more gunshots could be heard. He frowned, “it’s coming from the back of the mountain.”

“The back of the mountain?!” Long Junhao was surprised, “are you for real? Isn’t Taoist Master Chu killing the evil spirits there! My god… I don’t want him to die… no, I need to go and have a look.” He immediately turned and ran without hesitation, showing no signs of fear and looking almost heroic. 2 time to learn new idioms! 大义凛然 – awe inspiring righteousness、义无反顾 – honour permits no turning back、毫无惧色 – show no sign of fear. Gu Chen was momentarily stunned before he hurriedly followed.

The people who had been left behind turned pale and looked towards one person. Comrade Shu Wen pondered for a moment and sure enough, he didn’t disappoint them. He stamped his foot, “who is Taoist Master Chu? Hmph, he dares to see someone else behind my back? I will not allow it!” With that, he also sprinted off.

The crowd chased after him, all their faces pale and resigned, but in their heads they were all thinking the same thing. That gunshot just now was from a real gun right? It’s definitely from a real gun right? They silently wiped away the tears streaming down their faces. We’re really just running straight to our deaths!

Meanwhile, in the room that was just one wall away, a certain beast had tied up the poor little shiitake. The shiitake struggled with all his might, “you…what are you…”

He Tianfan tried to comfort him, “be good, just trust me and know that what I’m doing is absolutely not aimed at you. So quickly go to sleep and let that bastard come out. I will definitely kill him today!”

The little shiitake who had his hands and feet tied up, and also thrown onto the bed… immediately fell into despair and miserably cried out, “ I’m dying… Ahhh… I’m really going to die… It’s a pity that I never managed to make any contributions… Wahhh…”

He Tianfan was frightened by his sudden cry and paused to look. The little shiitake blinked back at him with teary eyes, “I hate you,“ he repeated without stopping, “I hate you…”

Those words immediately pulled at He Tianfan’s heartstrings, how could he do this to his man? He hastily untied the ropes and brought the little shiitake into his embrace, “it’s alright now, I was just joking with you, really…”

The little shiitake ignored him and choked out, “I’m dying…”

“You won’t die, you won’t, I only moved you to a better place,” He Tianfan patted the bed, “come and feel it, isn’t this better than the previous place?

The little shiitake sniffed and slowly reached out his hand to touch the bed. He nodded his head, “it’s nice…”

“Yes, exactly, so don’t hate me. I only did it with the best intentions for you…” He Tianfan did his utmost to comfort him.

The little shiitake threw himself onto the large bed and muttered out, “I’m alive again.” He rubbed his head against the soft pillow and suddenly felt a little sleepy.

He Tianfan noticed the marks on the little shiitake’s wrist and tenderly reached out to rub it. He let out a charming smile as the little shiitake raised his head to look at him, “everything’s alright, I’ll take care of you so that you can grow better.”

“Mhm,” the little shiitake nodded his head. He looked at the hands rubbing his wrist and suddenly smiled, “darling, turns out that you have times where you can be virtuous.”

He Tianfan immediately froze and then flew into a rage. Without caring about his injuries, he raised his foot and kicked, “you bastard!”

That bastard slightly moved to the side and easily caught his ankle. He pushed He Tianfan down and placed his knee in the space between his legs before playfully licking his lips, “so unruly, are you sexually frustrated?”

He Tianfan took a sharp intake of breath as he felt the pressure on his wound and shouted, “get out!”

“Get out?” Yu Ao’s knee dangerously inched upwards and he smiled flirtingly, “that won’t do, you see, it just so happens that I’m frustrated too. Why don’t I satisfy you first?”

He Tianfan yelled out, “don’t even f*cking dream of it! If you want to do it, then I’ll be the one to top you!”

“Oh?” Yu Ao said as he used one hand to grab onto He Tianfan’s wrist, and the other to grab the ropes and tie both his hands onto the bed frame.

He Tianfan was even more furious, “what are you doing?!”

“What, you ask? I’m going to f*ck you.” Yu Ao smirked and ripped off his underclothes. Just as he was about to continue, a beeping noise sounded out from his watch and he raised his hand to look at it. He immediately frowned and put his hand over He Tianfan’s mouth that was still shouting before quietly listening for a while.

“Tsk,” Yu Ao spat out before taking back his hand.

He Tianfan who also heard the sound outside was surprised, “what happened?”

“I’m going to have a look now.”

He Tianfan stared at him, “is it one of Lei Yan’s men?”

“No…” Yu Ao shook his finger at him before quickly tying up both his legs.

“……” He Tianfan was going crazy, “you motherf*cker, aren’t you going out?!”

“Yes, I am,” Yu Ao leaned over and grabbed his chin before placing a kiss on his lips, he smiled, “that’s why I’m making sure that you stay here so when I come back, I can f*ck you immediately.”

“You motherf*cker, you better die outside and never come back!”

“Oh, darling, I know you can’t bear to part with me. Don’t be like this, I will come back soon. I won’t flirt with other people outside so don’t worry.”

“#￥%……”

At the same time, the overworked assistant of the dean was scratching frantically at a door, making a screeching sound and causing sparks to fly, “Boss, people are going to die, did you hear, you must have heard, the office is closest to the back of the mountain ahh! Please say something!”

In the dean’s office and on the large bed, there was a beautiful scene. The beauty’s clothes were absent and he was in a warm and tender embrace. Their gasping breaths and moans were intertwined together with intimacy and ambiguity. There was an endless assault of climaxes, leaving him to indulge in the intoxicating pleasure, slowly making him lose his mind.

“Li… Li Xuan… Enough…” Xiao Yu was being tightly held by his waist and in the most ideal position for him to be pounded. His voice that always sounded cold was now hoarse, carrying an indescribable charm. As soon as he stopped talking, he heard the sound of someone scratching on the door and couldn’t help but to add on, “outside…”

“It’s fine…” Li Xuan breathed out and leaned over to kiss him. He looked at Xiao Yu with his charming eyes before going deep inside him again. The friction brought on a sense of harmony and he couldn’t help but to exhale in satisfaction before once again, breathing heavily.

Outside the room, a voice filled with frustration called out again, “Boss, having sex during the day is not right. You do it once and it will become a habit. 3 苦短日高起，从此君王不早朝 – direct translation is the king rises early on tough days, so from then on the king does not rise early. You can’t be like this, Boss…”

That certain beast obviously did not care about those kinds of things, he only wanted to enjoy eating his wife. He replied tersely in a deep voice, “just go, Gu Chen and Chu Jian will be there, and even if worst comes to worst, there’s still Su Cong. It’ll be fine…”

“Well…okay then…” The assistant was still hesitant, “what if something really happens…”

“If something really happens… unless it’s me going bankrupt, no one is allowed to come in…” As soon as he finished his sentence, the sound of moaning could be heard again.

“……” The assistant silently wiped away his tears and took out a semi-automatic rifle before quietly hoisting it up his shoulders and running out.

When Long Junhao arrived, the mercenaries were fighting an unknown group at the edge of the cliff. Taoist Master Chu wielded his wooden sword and rolled up his sleeves before rushing into the fray but the mercenaries did not have the patience to accommodate him. Two of them grabbed him and threw him to the side.

That taoist master crawled up from the ground and patted his clothes before solemnly saying, “it is indeed a very powerful evil spirit.” Then, he rushed in again.

Luo Yi wanted to stop him but couldn’t, in the end, he could only chase after him, “father, you’re my father! Hurry up and come back! You’re not going to destroy the spirits, you’re going to jump straight into reincarnating 4 what he means is that he’s going to die ahh!”

Long Junhao, “……”

1

an actual song 2

time to learn new idioms! 大义凛然 – awe inspiring righteousness、义无反顾 – honour permits no turning back、毫无惧色 – show no sign of fear. 3

苦短日高起，从此君王不早朝 – direct translation is the king rises early on tough days, so from then on the king does not rise early. 4

what he means is that he’s going to die