Chapter 342: Unexpected Kiss

Only after Nangong Tian finally gave up resisting did Bai He stop his attacks.

His brows relaxed and he looked quite pleased.

However, Nangong Tian suddenly revealed a sinister smile.

He spat a silver needle from his mouth, sending it flying straight toward Bai He’s lower abdomen.

Bai He froze for a moment.

The silver needle not only failed to injure him, but instead fell harmlessly onto the ground.

The smile on Bai He’s face vanished instantly.

Fortunately, Nangong Tian had already admitted defeat.

Bai He therefore said nothing and quietly returned.

"Fourth Senior Brother."

Gu He gestured for Bai He to sit down.

Bai He glanced at him with a somewhat aggrieved expression before obediently taking his seat.

"Not every cultivator is an honorable person. Junior Brother, you must remember this in the future. You must never let your guard down against others. Were you injured?"

Bai He shook his head.

"I’m fine. I had already prepared my own protection."

"That’s good."

Bai He silently cursed Nangong Tian in his heart.

His mood had become terrible and he no longer had any interest in watching the remaining matches.

"Fourth Senior Brother, I want to go back and rest."

"Go ahead, but don’t wander around."

"I know."

Bai He quietly left.

This place kept making him angry over and over again, and it was truly irritating.

Bai He did not actually return to rest.

At this time, almost everyone was watching the competition, so the other areas were practically deserted.

He found a quiet place to sit beneath the warm sunlight.

Basking in the sunlight felt rather comfortable.

He closed his eyes and dozed lightly for a while.

Suddenly, he felt the warmth of the sun disappear.

At the same time, there was a warm sensation upon his lips.

Startled, he immediately opened his eyes.

Without even thinking, he shoved Ye Shiyuan away.

"Y... You... What are you doing?"

Ye Shiyuan stood directly in front of him.

The only person who could have blocked the sunlight was him.

"What do you think?"

"You... Who told you to block my sunlight? And you even..."

And he had actually kissed him.

Was he not afraid someone might see them?

If someone witnessed it and word spread, it would not be only Bai He who would lose face.

By then, Yaohis Senior Brother would certainly demand an explanation from Tianshan Palace.

Did Ye Shiyuan really never think about the consequences before acting?

Was he truly not worried that something might happen?

In the original story, he had never seemed like someone this careless.

"You didn’t like it?"

Faced with Ye Shiyuan’s direct question, Bai He could still feel the lingering warmth upon his lips.

"Whether I liked it or not isn’t the point. Who behaves like this? Doing something like this to me without my knowledge or consent. Do you even realize how disrespectful that is?"

Did Ye Shiyuan really think that just because he was handsome, he could do whatever he wanted?

"I used to respect you very much."

Ye Shiyuan looked straight at him as he spoke.

"But how did you treat me?"

Ye Shiyuan’s question left no room for escape.

"How did I treat you? I never wronged you."

Ye Shiyuan let out a cold laugh.

"Master, do you know how miserable I was back then? I wished so desperately that you would come to see me, even just once. Even if you had not pleaded for me, I would not have hated you so much."

"I..."

Bai He did not know how to defend himself.

Perhaps he could have told a few lies, but he simply could not bring himself to say them.

"Don’t tell me you couldn’t leave Baize Peak. I know that as long as you wanted to come see me, you would have had a thousand different ways to do it. Unless... you simply didn’t want to."

Bai He had never seen Ye Shiyuan like this before.

He instinctively shrank his neck and felt a little flustered.

The Ye Shiyuan from the original story had never been someone to be trifled with.

Whenever someone hurt him, he never showed the slightest mercy in return.

There was no one else around.

Bai He could not help feeling afraid that Ye Shiyuan might do something to him now.

"You’re afraid of me?"

Ye Shiyuan immediately saw through Bai He’s panic.

"You’re actually afraid of me? Master, what do you have to be afraid of? If anyone should be afraid, it should be me."

What was there for him to fear?

"Shiyuan, regarding what happened back then... it’s true that I never came to see you."

"You admit it? Then why didn’t you come? Master, if only you had come to see me, perhaps I..."

Bai He pressed his lips together as he saw the sadness in Ye Shiyuan’s eyes.

"I’m sorry, Shiyuan. Back then... I truly didn’t want to come. I’m not going to lie to you."

Ye Shiyuan slowly closed his eyes.

What hardship could Bai He possibly have had?

"I could leave Lingguang Sect. I could do anything you asked me to do. But Master, there are some things you should have lied to me about. You clearly didn’t love me, so why did you agree to be with me?"

At the very beginning, Ye Shiyuan had never dared to hope for anything.

It was Bai He who gave him hope again and again.

That was why he came to believe he had finally gained so much.

"Of course it’s because... because I like you."

"Stop lying to me. I can’t feel it."

Ye Shiyuan closed his eyes once more.

Bai He wanted nothing more than to run away.

He really did like Ye Shiyuan.

If Ye Shiyuan could not feel it, there was nothing Bai He could do about it.

Besides, Ye Shiyuan looked so frightening right now.

All Bai He wanted was to get away for the time being.

Perhaps after Ye Shiyuan calmed down a little, they could have a proper conversation.