Ch77 - A Night of Gold

Translator: transcendentwings

Meng Chongguang, who was fiddling with the chopstick holder, suddenly had a dark and gloomy look on his face.

After the young maiden understood his words, she shyly turned around and ran away. After a while, she brought another bowl full of fresh noodles. The noodles were fine and rich in toppings with a small drop of sesame oil on the soup surface blooming like a flower, its fragrance assaulting the nose.

The girl demurely stated: “Sir, this is for you.”

Xu Xingzhi didn’t refuse, smiled and said: “Thanks.”

The young lady bashfully turned her back to them, took a few steps before angling to peek back secretly only to catch Xu Xingzhi in the same position as before, his chin supported with one hand, grinning at her.

When the girl scurried back to the kitchen with a fluttering heart, her head lowered as she stoked the flames, Xu Xingzhi retracted his gaze and pushed the bowl of three delicacies noodles rich in toppings in front of Meng Chongguang: “Chongguang, eat this.”

Meng Chongguang ignored him, his head lowered as he fiddled with something, muttering to himself.

Xu Xingzhi glanced at the empty table, not seeing a shadow of the chopsticks cylinder anywhere: “Pass me a pair of chopsticks.”

Meng Chongguang concentrated on staring down at his legs in a daze, disregarding him completely.

Xu Xingzhi wasn’t angered, besides, the little guy would definitely come running over later to rub against his trousers again after a while, so he reached out to another small table to retrieve a pair of chopsticks. Who would’ve thought that before he could grasp the chopsticks firmly in his hand, one would be snatched from him forcefully.

“Ai!”

After a moment, Meng Chongguang grinned happily, took out the chopstick holder he had been fidgeting with, placing it on the table.

. . . The original twenty or so chopsticks that were sitting in the chopstick cylinder were evenly broken into three pieces.

Xu Xingzhi was so startled that his eyes became crossed.

On the other hand, Meng Chongguang was quite cheerful. Holding the chopstick he had just seized, he snapped a piece off with akachabefore tossing it into the cylinder: “Shixiongdoesn’t like her.”

Xu Xingzhi: “. . .?”

There was another sound of bamboo chopsticks being broken: “. . .Shixionglikes her.”

Finally, Meng Chongguang took the remaining small piece of chopstick and showed it to Xu Xingzhi, so joyous that his metaphorical tail wagged: “Shixiongdoesn’t like her.”

Xu Xingzhi: “. . .”

If it weren’t for the fact that they were in public, Xu Xingzhi really wanted to pick up this childish brat and give him a good beating.

He covered the chopstick holder with one hand, turned his head to glance at the young proprietress who was taking care of new diners and didn’t seem to notice what Meng Chongguang did, breathing a sigh of relief: “ . . . What are you doing?”

Meng Chongguang didn’t feel that he had done anything wrong, his eyes still bright like a small animal fixated on Xu Xingzhi.

Xu Xingzhi lost the bit of temper he had left and could only scold him in a low voice: “You broke something, I’ll have to compensate the other for it, do you even know how to live an everyday lifeah, you little prodigal son.”

Meng Chongguang clamped down on his left hand and innocently drew circles on his palm with fingers that had easily snapped more than a dozen pairs of chopsticks: “Shixiong. . .”

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Picking up on the fact that Xu Xingzhi only scolded him once and then stopped each time, Meng Chongguang’s tail, which had been tucked between his legs, began to wag like a windmill once again: “. . . I knewShixiongcouldn’t bear to be angry with Chongguang.”

Xu Xingzhi yanked his hand out, picked up the messed-up chopstick holder and hid it under the table, chiding: “So what if I’m cross? As if I don’t know you by now, liking to cry the most, stepping up to making trouble second, and thirdly acting like a spoiled child last.”

. . . The most terrible thing was that he didn’t possess any defenses against any of those three things.

Hearing what Xu Xingzhi said, Meng Chongguang sat closer, and when no one was paying attention, he drew close to Xu Xingzhi’s ear and whispered warmly: “Shixiong, you’ve wronged me, I clearly love you the most.”

Xu Xingzhi’s body softened and he pinched Meng Chongguang’s waist: “Only your mouth is sweet.”

Meng Chongguang wasn’t ashamed at all, eyes crinkling like a cat: “Shixiong, my tongue is smeared with honey, do you want to taste it?”

Xu Xingzhi shifted his gaze only to see the sky gradually darken, the number of pedestrians on the street becoming denser, there were even a few more new guests sitting at the next table.

Noticing Xu Xingzhi’s line of sight, Meng Chongguang rubbed Xu Xingzhi’s thigh under the table: “Shixiong, your shy look is really. . .”

Before he could finish, Xu Xingzhi turned his head away, took out a book he had just bought at the book stall from the paper bag beside him, raised it to block their faces, then kissed him on the lips.

Meng Chongguang’s eyes suddenly widened.

Xu Xingzhi’s kiss wasn’t like Meng Chongguang’s siege like version, it was just a pure and innocent meeting of lips, but every kiss was able to produce a subtle and gentle sound, the upper lip, lip bead, corners of the lips, were all touched by his soft and slightly cool lips.

After Meng Chongguang came to his senses, Xu Xingzhi had placed the book back down, sat down properly, then picked up a new pair of chopsticks with his left hand and commented calmly: “It’s okay, quite sweet.”

With this kiss to whet his appetite, Xu Xingzhi ate happily, and felt that the soup was clear and delicious, savory and fragrant.

In contrast, Meng Chongguang had no taste for food, his legs were clamped and rubbed against each other under the table for a full quarter of an hour, his face was pale, and his eyes were full of wildfire, boring into Xu Xingzhi without blinking.

The girl at the noodle stall bustled about for a long time, when she was finally able to take a break and looked back, she noticed that the handsome young man and the one accompanying him had left at some point.

There was no chopstick cylinder on the table, but there was an extrahalf string of money, which was far more than the price of two bowls of noodles.

After returning home, the impact of that kiss was still going strong. Meng Chongguang dragged Xu Xingzhi over acting all lovey-dovey, especially naughty.

How could Xu Xingzhi not see through his little calculations: “Get off.”

Meng Chongguang sat on his legs, cuddling up to him, his eyes glinting with seduction.

Xu Xingzhi chuckled: “Why are you like a puppy.”

Meng Chongguang called out softly: “Wang.”

Xu Xingzhi laughed, brushing the hair on his forehead away, giving his forehead a peck, coaxing him softly: “Don’t make trouble. Get off me, I’m going to take a shower.”

Meng Chongguang eagerly responded: “I’ll helpShixiongscrub his back.”

These days, Xu Xingzhi has gradually gotten used to daily life without his right hand. He can hold chopsticks and wield weapons with his left hand, but the act of taking a bath alone was still very inconvenient. Therefore every time he took a bath, Xu Xingzhi would be attached to a small bath towel named Meng Chongguang.

However, this bath towel was particularly affixed, after scrubbing and scrubbing, wearing only a thin inner garment, he would squeeze into the narrow bathtub with Xu Xingzhi, kissing and rubbing against him with fervor.

Meng Chongguang’s clothes were soaked and stuck closely to his flesh making him appear countless times more attractive than before.

Xu Xingzhi wasn’t a cultivator of theJueqing sect, since he decided to stay with Chongguang and become his cultivation partner, he had already made a promise with him in his heart for a lifetime. At this moment, emotions were running rampant, the atmosphere was romantic, it was difficult for the feelings to fade away.

But after all, it was his first time, Xu Xingzhi was a little nervous as he reached his hand into Meng Chongguang’s completely soaked undergarment, massaging the slightly protruding nubs of his spine from top to bottom: “Chongguang, go slower. . . I’m afraid you can’t bear it.”

Hearing this, Meng Chongguang’s lips, which were nibbling on the tip of his ear, let out a vague and ambiguous chuckle, yet he didn’t comment and just continued to mind his own business in rubbing against Xu Xingzhi.

As the heat rose, there was a light and elegant fragrance of plants and trees, which slowly crawled up the two of them.

Perhaps his body hadn’t fully recovered, or perhaps it was too energy-consuming to do such things in the heat, Xu Xingzhi was tossed about so much that he somehow lost his strength, his legs were so sore that he couldn’t do anything, and in the end, he had to rely on Meng Chongguang to pull him out of the water and carry him back to the room.

The bath towel was washed with water boiled from gardenia branches then dried in the yard for a whole day. After absorbing enough sunlight, it was very soft and warm when applied to the body. Xu Xingzhi’s body felt so soft that it was as if he was boneless, so he simply squinted his eyes and enjoyed the treatment at ease, letting the other fiddle with his arms, legs, and feet.

It wasn’t until his ankles were held by one hand and raised above his head that Xu Xingzhi felt that something was strange: “. . . Chongguang?”

Meng Chongguang didn’t speak, but stroked his waistline with his other hand, looking at him with sultry eyes, beautiful and wet.

Then, Xu Xingzhi felt an awkward touch behind him.

. . . What the?

Xu Xingzhi was shocked and furious, dragging out an “en” sound: “Surnamed Meng! What the hell are you doing?!”

Meng Chongguang slipped his knee between his legs that he had finally pried open, not allowing him to close them, coaxing him softly: “Shixiong,Shixiong, don’t be frightened. . .”

How was Xu Xingzhi afraid, he just could never have thought that this little b*stard was planning such a thing, making his face turn pale for a moment as he lifted his leg to kick him: “Meng Chongguang!! Get the hell off me!”

Meng Chongguang easily grabbed his ankle, gave him a light smooch and with a slightly nasally coquettish tone he called out: “Shixiong. . .”

Although he knew that this was definitely not the time to be soft-hearted, Xu Xingzhi felt as if his heart was numb and tingly, especially soft, but what remained of his rationality still made him struggle against Meng Chongguang.

Meng Chongguang put his ear close to his and blew hot air slowly: “Shixiong, we have long since become a pair sharing the same fate, do we still have to keep ourselves so clearly separate?”

Xu Xingzhi only regretted that he had been bullied by Meng Chongguang that his his waist felt weak as if he were drunk, how could he control his body’s reaction and he was so dizzy that he felt as if Meng Chongguang’s gentle words of persuasion made some sense.

He was also slightly bewildered to find that he couldn’t overpower Meng Chongguang at all.

Fortunately, Meng Chongguang didn’t force it and murmured softly, trying his best to shower him with compliments: “Shixiongis the best. How about letting Chongguang do what he wants for once? Next time, we’ll switch toShixiongon top. . .”

Xu Xingzhi felt that he really was such a pushover. After two or three words from Meng Chongguang, he had already been pretty much convinced, only the last bit of unwillingness in his heart was still playing tricks.

He floundered twice, then heard Meng Chongguang whisper faintly: “Also,Shixiong, I, I’m afraid of pain. . .”

Xu Xingzhi: “. . .”

The moment those three words came out, Xu Xingzhi’s heart softened completely.

They had already reached this point where it would be a real bummer to just stop. Xu Xingzhi simply closed his eyes and with forbearance he bit out in a hard voice: “Don’t let me see your face.”

While he was being kissed and turned over at the same time, Xu Xingzhi comforted himself, it’s okay, just think of it as a father coaxing his son.

Unexpectedly, this bout of wheedling would never end. Xu Xingzhi, who was barely holding back at the beginning, soon couldn’t hold on anymore. He felt so comfortable that he wanted to scream but just couldn’t put down his dignity to do so. He could only look for something out of nothing like looking for bones in eggs, scolding him over and over again for doing it too roughly, and used this opportunity to let out two hums in between his cries of pain.

As a result, the man who had been berated by Xu Xingzhi for his poorswordsmanshiphundreds of times and felt his eyes tear up with anger at these provocative words, yet at the same time, making Xu Xingzhi feel soft-hearted again wanting to comfort him in turn.

In the darkness, Xu Xingzhi felt that he had melted away, blending into the divan, merging with him into one body, drifting about like the clouds and the mist, floating in the water, not knowing where he was. It wasn’t until Meng Chongguang stopped, spooned him gently and softly called him “Shixiong Shixiong” in a sweet voice that Xu Xingzhi regained consciousness and mumbled: “What time is it?”

As soon as his voice fell, the sound of roosters crowing outside rang out.

Xu Xingzhi’s scalp instantly went numb, his eyelids snapping open, only to capture the dawn light streaming through the window.

. . . Daybreak?!

They had been fooling around until sunrise.

Meng Chongguang was proud and satisfied, rubbing him softly from behind, jubilant: “Shixiongonce told me that if Chongguang’s skills improve greatly one day and can beat you, thenShixiongwould concede to my machinations.”

The view before Xu Xingzhi’s eyes went dark and he was about to chastise him and call him a little b*stard.

. . . Before they did it, he kept repeating that “Shixiongwas the best”, now that the deed was done, the mantra became “I can do whatever I want”, truly shameless.

Xu Xingzhi didn’t know how badly he had been deceived by the other’s honeyed words, but he didn’t even have the strength to regret it.

Seeing that Xu Xingzhi was too tired to open his eyes, Meng Chongguang tightened his arms: “Shixiong, go to sleepba. Chongguang won’t leave, I’ll just stay by your side and watch over you.”

After that, he slid his hand slowly down Xu Xingzhi’s arm covered with marks, squeezed his left hand, lightly massaging it.

. . . From today on, Xu Xingzhi was Meng Chongguang’s Xu Xingzhi alone.

He will always be by his side, never leaving for even a mere moment.

Author’s Chapter Summary:

First time, childish, a peaceful world

The translator has something to say: not gonna lie, I didn’t know that this was their “first time”, somehow it seemed like it would’ve happened such a long time ago, like I expected MCG to have jumped him a long time ago, since although XXZ doesn’t really understand these matters, he is such a pushover, a moment of bliss, the calm before the storm

Sorry for the delayed updates, my boss went on vacation and asked if I could pick up more shifts while he was away and then somehow they have become MY shifts now, Imma talk to him, because while I enjoyed the extra money, I don’t appreciate working like that long term and second, the anniversary event in a game I play, took me a lot longer to complete than I expected (mainly because I am a dumb perfectionist who is unsatisfied with my own work no matter what, which, by the way, even after being sooooo careful, I still spotted a glaring mistake that will haunt me forever now), anyways rant over, sorry no extra chapters this week to make up for my delay, I’m still catching up

EDIT: So sorry for misnumbering this chapter!!! I hope I didn’t confuse anyone, and thankfully, I didn’t accidentally just post the same chapter twice. . . that would’ve been really awkward as I do my finally revisions and edit on the website ahahah, thank you Cat for the ping and please, everyone feel free to point any mistakes and stuff out, I promise I don’t bite