With his fingers pressed against her lips, Chu Jiangli couldn't help but let his mind wander.
How did he kiss this person?
Why did he lose those memories?
If only... if he could remember what happened that night...
If only he had been conscious then...
Suddenly realizing what absurd things he was thinking, Chu Jiangli quickly snapped back to reality and withdrew his hand.
He could still feel the burning heat on his fingertips, and he was so embarrassed that he wished he could chop off that finger!
The other person said that they already had someone they liked and no one else would like them back, so how could he think about or do such a thing?
Chu Jiangli quickly got up, took several large steps back, and finally retreated into the house, slamming the door shut.
At that moment, the person and the cat who were pretending to be asleep on the recliner opened their eyes in perfect unison.
Yu Tang propped his head up with his hand, looking towards the door, and lazily asked, "Xiao Jin, how high is his favorability rating?"
"It jumped to twenty in a flash!" The system cat stomped on Yu Tang's clothes with its soft paws and chuckled: [Hmph, as expected, all these fragments of the main god's soul are the same; not one of them can hold out for long without increasing favorability!]
Yu Tang smiled: "It seems that my kindness to him all this time has not been in vain."
The system couldn't help but say, "[But host, if he knew you transferred the Gu poison to yourself for his sake, his favorability towards you would probably increase even faster, right? Why don't you just tell him?]"
Yu Tang paused for a moment, then shook his head: "Forget it, it's better to keep this a secret."
Chapter 10
Died for the villain for the sixth time (10)
Chu Jiangli didn't come out until dinner time.
During the meal, Yu Tang, as usual, used chopsticks to put food into his bowl and instructed, "Ali, don't just eat meat, eat some vegetables too. That way, you'll recover faster."
Upon hearing the name "A-Li," Chu Jiangli's body stiffened abruptly, and the things he had done during the day instantly flashed through his mind.
Steam rose from his mouth as he hurriedly finished his meal, then stood up and left the table, saying, "I'm full, I'm going back to my room now, you can continue your meal."
Watching him walk away, Xiao Han asked in confusion, "What's wrong with Brother Chu? He usually eats so slowly and deliberately, but today he's acting like someone's whipping him, all in such a hurry?"
Yu Qi didn't care. Instead, he immediately turned his gaze to the rice bucket next to him. Seeing that there was still more than half a bucket of white rice left, he laughed happily: "It's good that he left. Now I can finish this bucket of rice by myself."
Yu Tang was also amused by Yu Qi.
He shook his head, looked in the direction where Chu Jiangli had disappeared, and said meaningfully, "I think he's just feeling guilty."
Xiao Han's eyes widened in surprise. "Huh? What?! Brother Chu stole something?"
Yu Tang tapped Xiao Han on the head: "Silly girl, you wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you."
That evening, when Yu Tang returned to his room, he saw Chu Jiangli sitting at the table wiping a long sword.
Half a month has passed since Chu Jiangli arrived here.
When he fell off the cliff, the sword was scattered along with him, and it was Yu Qi who retrieved it.
Therefore, Chu Jiangli changed his opinion of Yu Qi after that.
He even promised that once he returned to the Moon Palace, he would have someone forge a suitable weapon for him to express his apology for breaking the heavy sword.
Yu Tang thought to himself, at least from the time they've spent together, Chu Jiangli's character really isn't bad.
Chu Jiangli had excellent hearing; upon hearing the door open, he stopped wiping.
The man sheathed his sword, tightened his grip on the handkerchief, and said to Yu Tang, "Divine Doctor, you said yesterday that my Gu poison has been almost cured, and I just need to take the medicine on time."
"Therefore, I, Chu, would like to take my leave." Chu Jiangli felt his head spinning and his heart turning cold when he thought about his strange behavior today.
He was unsure of his feelings for Yu Tang.
However, he could sense that the other party's words and actions had had a certain impact on him over the past two weeks.
Apart from his mother, no one had ever called him Ali.
His painful childhood experience of being tormented by the former master of the Moon Palace has affected his current high position.
Yet, he couldn't fall asleep every day, and getting a good night's sleep seemed impossible.
But ever since he started sleeping in the same bed with Yu Tang, listening to the man's weak breathing and occasional coughs, he felt incredibly relaxed. Before he knew it, he had fallen into a deep sleep.
He attributed this to his belief that Yu Tang posed no threat to him.
Because he knew that this person was a sickly man whom he could kill with a single finger, and was not worth fearing at all.
But he himself didn't dare to think too deeply about how much of this idea was self-deception.
But one thing is certain.
He could no longer allow himself to continue living like this with this man.
He must leave as soon as possible.
"And I'm sorry to take back what I said about taking you back to Liyue Palace," Chu Jiangli said. "However, you can tell me the name of the person who wiped out your family, and I will help you take revenge."
Then, as for those three wishes, you can tell me now, and I will help you fulfill them.
After he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room became quiet.
After a while, Chu Jiangli heard the sound of fabric rubbing together and slightly heavy footsteps stopping beside him.
“Ah Li…” the man leaned down.
I was very close to him.
Chu Jiangli could almost feel Yu Tang's warm breath brushing against his cheek.
The next moment, this usually gentle and kind doctor leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Are you planning to take advantage of me and then abandon me?"
Chapter 11
Died for the villain for the sixth time (11)
"Hahaha, host, you've learned to turn the tables on the Supreme God too!" System Cat laughed dumbly; [You were the one who said he wasn't worthy of marrying you, but now you're using that to your advantage!]
Yu Tang thought to himself: Isn't it just green tea? I can use all the tea-related slang I learned from the previous villains.
"Miracle doctor... what are you saying?"
Chu Jiang tensed up even more, because they were so close that the unique medicinal fragrance emanating from Yu Tang could be faintly smelled into his nostrils.
In the darkness, fragmented images in my mind gradually began to form.
The man suppressed his voice, his thin fingers gripping his back tightly. He bit down on his neck in pain, cursing, "You brat..."
And what did he do?
He kissed the other person's lips, lingering on them, even biting them until they bled.
Even if the other party refuses, they won't listen.
That night, he too became one of those despicable people he despised.
Even if it can be attributed to the effects of the drug, he was still truly plundering and indulging.
Chu Jiangli tried to restrain himself, but his face revealed embarrassment and guilt because of the memories he recalled.
Without prior memory, one could understand "the other party used their own body to detoxify" literally, without being able to grasp the deeper meaning.
But now... all his atrocities are on full display in his mind.
Combined with Yu Tang's phrase "started with infatuation, ended with abandonment."
After a moment's thought, Chu Jiangli felt like he was about to burst into flames.
Clenching his fingers and piercing his palm to calm himself with pain, Chu Jiangli said to Yu Tang, "Divine Doctor, you also said that you have someone you love. Although I have done something to wrong you..."
But I don't want to be the third person between you and your sweetheart, I think we should still...
"Oh..." Yu Tang leaned back, his hands on the table, one foot next to Chu Jiangli's foot, wedged between his feet, and continued to tease him: "So you mean you're just going to take advantage of me and then try to get rid of me with a few wishes?"
Chu Jiangli was immediately in an even more predicament.
He asked, "What does the miracle doctor want me to do?"
"Take me with you." Seeing that the time was right, Yu Tang stopped teasing him and started to get down to business.
“I want to see you avenge me with my own eyes,” he said. “After all, nothing is more satisfying than watching those bastards who wiped out my entire Yu family being tortured to death.”
"As for the three wishes you granted me," Yu Tang smiled after thinking about it and said, "Let me stay by your side, and I'll tell you when I've thought it through."
Compared to his previous flirtatious remarks, Yu Tang's words seemed much more reasonable.
Chu Jiangli was not an unreasonable person.
His consistent style of doing things is to avenge wrongs and repay kindness.
Moreover, putting himself in her shoes, he now dreams of finding out who forced his mother to her death, and even more so, he wants to personally kill that villain.
Given the deep-seated hatred between the Yu family and Yu Tang, how could he not want to watch his enemy die a painful death?
His only fear now is losing control of his heart.
"So the divine doctor was just joking with me earlier, right?" Chu Jiangli said, "You used the 'starting a relationship and then abandoning me' tactic to pressure me, hoping that I would take you out and watch you take revenge for you."
“That makes sense.” The heat on his face finally faded after rational thought. He composed himself, stood up, pulled his foot away from Yu Tang, took a few steps back, and said, “I can agree to the divine doctor’s request and take you out.”
"But I will not do anything to offend the divine doctor again, and I hope the divine doctor will stop holding this matter against me. After all..."
Chu Jiangli paused for a moment before saying, "I cannot make any promises to you in matters of the heart."
"Besides, you have someone you love."
"I think he is the best place for you to settle down in the future."
No sooner had he finished speaking than the system cat exclaimed in surprise: 【Holy crap! Meow! His favorability rating has been reset to zero! Is this even possible?】
Yu Tang was also stunned for a moment, looking at Chu Jiangli in astonishment.
Because the man planned to leave that night, he had already changed into his old red clothes, with a layer of red silk covering his eyes, and his sheathed longsword was slung over his back.
Standing upright with such a distance between them, their bodies and faces were bathed in the warm yellow light of the flickering candlelight.