"Gu Tang!" Qin Junche suddenly stood up.
He reached out to grasp Gu Tang, but his hand landed on empty air.
"Think about it carefully! When has he ever abandoned you? And what about you?" Qin Junche suddenly gritted his teeth. "You always do what you've decided on your own, never caring about the other person's feelings. Are you going to run away again now?"
Gu Tang gave a wry smile but remained silent.
Qin Junche clenched his fists and looked into Gu Tang's eyes: "Think carefully back to what he told you back then: that he wanted to go see that world with you."
He said, word by word, "He said he wants to go with you!"
Gu Tang suddenly opened his eyes wide.
"What sweet words do you expect a cultivator to utter?!" Qin Junche's voice was cold. "Gu Tang, he has never abandoned you!"
Gu Tang blinked, feeling somewhat dazed.
The Qin Junche before me is the man who collected the scattered souls of Qingcheng and, in the end, defied the heavens to be resurrected.
The other party has no memories of Qingcheng, nor will they be like Qingcheng.
All they have is the same appearance.
At that time, Gu Tang was already a top expert in the cultivation world.
He and Qin Junche became Daoist partners, helping him ascend to the heavens in one step, and then he helped him rebuild all the techniques of Qingcheng.
He knew Qin Junche couldn't become Qingcheng, but...
Gu Tang gave another bitter laugh.
“Gu Tang, I will never forgive you,” Qin Junche said again. “But if you want to keep the promise you made to him, you still have a chance.”
He reached out and pinched Gu Tang's chin, his smile somewhat cold: "You know what to do."
"What should I do?" Gu Tang asked calmly.
"Heh." Qin Junche chuckled.
The sea and sky around them began to dissipate, and the green mountain reappeared before Gu Tang.
"If the Great Dao is flawed, then repair the Great Dao." Qin Junche and Gu Tang stood side by side on the mountainside. "If you can repair the Great Dao, then you can undergo tribulation again and fulfill the promise you made to him to see the world above the peak of the Great Dao."
He turned to look at Gu Tang: "I can also use this face, this body, and this soul to go with you."
“…I’m sorry.” Gu Tang’s voice was somewhat somber.
He took a deep breath and looked up at Qin Junche: "What should I do?"
Qin Junche smiled but didn't say anything more.
The green hills became blurred again, and everything in front of Gu Tang turned into a vast white mist.
When he opened his eyes again, he was sitting on a king-size bed.
The mattress was very soft, and the surrounding area featured distinctly European-style vintage carvings.
A magnificent crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling.
The whole room was somewhat blurry, except for a dim yellow wall lamp shining on the wall above the bed.
"Gu Tang." A few soft knocks came from the bedroom door.
The door was then opened from the outside.
A tall young man walked in.
He looked Gu Tang up and down for a moment, then suddenly winked at him and asked, "Was it that intense last night?"
"Hmm?" Gu Tang responded softly.
The young man raised his chin and smiled at him with a hint of mockery: "President Qin has a particularly good physique. What do you think? Is he as virile as the rumors say? Does he do it seven times a night?"
Gu Tang: "!!!"
A note from the author:
Ugh! I've finally finished writing about this incredibly painful world. Now you all understand, right?
Hmm... Gu Tang isn't a jerk.
Okay, I feel like I can really go all out in this new world!
Mwah! =3=
Chapter 54 Demon King-Level Nanny (1)
Gu Tang glanced at the person who had come.
The system had already told him that the person who came was his agent, and also his close friend Li Ming.
This world is a world where humans, demons, and monsters coexist.
It looks similar to modern society, but in reality, your colleagues might be demons, monsters, or humans.
Here, Gu Tang is a human being.
He was a nobody, a minor celebrity.
Their income is very low, barely enough to make ends meet.
"Do you have children?" Gu Tang wanted to find out the answer to this question.
[Yes, yes.] The system, for some reason, became unusually attentive. [It's for the twins. One lives with the other's father, and the other is currently in an orphanage.]
Gu Tang [...]
He thought for a moment, then asked, "Is the other father Qin Junche?"
The system says: "Yes."
The system runs much faster this time.
He simply gave a brief background explanation, without even mentioning the mission, and then fell silent.
Gu Tang remained silent.
He sat up in bed, the soft down comforter slipping off to reveal his pale, thin chest.
There were many ambiguous traces left on it, which made people's imaginations run wild at first glance.
"Tsk..." Li Ming sighed softly and tossed him a bathrobe.
He opened his mouth, perhaps wanting to say something, but seeing Gu Tang's calm expression, he hesitated.
Li Ming scratched his head, but ultimately said nothing.
"I'm sorry." Gu Tang looked up at Li Ming. "I need to be alone for a while."
Perhaps it was his polite attitude that made Li Ming feel a little uncomfortable.
He was also worried that Gu Tang might have encountered some bad treatment last night.
But that shouldn't be the case. That President Qin is young, handsome, and rich. Even if you don't care about his face, there are plenty of people who would want to pounce on him.
Gu Tang shouldn't be too opposed to it.
Li Ming didn't ask any further questions.
He left the room and even closed the door for Gu Tang.
Gu Tang simply sat cross-legged on the bed.
Qin Junche's words still seemed to echo in my ears.
He said that the person never intended to abandon him.
He also said that he should think carefully about where the great path went wrong.
Gu Tang looked up, his eyes completely blank as he stared at the hotel's pristine white ceiling.
His path is flawed; where exactly is the flaw?
Before being taken in by Qingcheng, he was an orphan with no cultivation resources and was often bullied because of his thin and weak appearance.
For him, Qingcheng was a teacher, a friend, and a lover.
However, to Qingcheng, he was probably just an ordinary person he saved on a whim.
However, Gu Tang's talent was too outstanding. Even if he relied on his own blind cultivation, he had already stood out among the group of rogue cultivators.
That's why it aroused everyone's jealousy, and they attacked it together.
With Qingcheng's guidance, his progress was rapid, and in just a hundred years, he was showing signs of surpassing Qingcheng.
Qingcheng was genuinely happy for him.
It was this happiness that led Gu Tang to misunderstand.
He had secretly loved this man, who was as radiant as the bright moon, for nearly a century, and finally had the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
How could Gu Tang possibly give up!
However, no one could have predicted that this would be the beginning of a tragedy for the two of them.
Gu Tang took a deep breath and banished the past from his mind.
His path to enlightenment may lie precisely in this unfulfilled desire!
No matter how much she clung to him, how passionately she pursued him, Qingcheng simply couldn't reciprocate his love.
Gu Tang was asking a difficult question.
It's better to ask your benefactors, mentors, and close friends for things they find difficult!
Getting struck by lightning is perfectly normal.
However, he had promised Qingcheng that he would go and see the world above the peak of the Great Dao.
Gu Tang closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, they were bright once more.
He slowly changed his clothes and tried to examine his body.