CH 44

Chapter 44: I’ve Made A Blood Contract, And I Vowed To Follow Only One Person For The Rest Of My Life.

When Qin Yicang saw that Bian Zhonghua had woken up, he was quite surprised: “How did you wake up before the incense burned out?!”

Bian Zhonghua simply extinguished the incense and let out a deep breath.

He felt that he had had a painful and sad dream, but he could only remember kissing Qi Ci. He couldn’t remember anything after that.

Qin Yicang eagerly asked: “How was it? Who did you see in the illusion? Or was their face impossible to see clearly?”

Bian Zhonghua told the truth: “I saw Qi Ci.”

At that, Qin Yicang froze for three whole seconds. At first, he stood up in a daze, mumbling and pondering in confusion, but all of a sudden, he started laughing. As he held Bian Zhonghua’s shoulder, he said in an almost breathless voice: “Bian Zhonghua, you’re done! You’ve been poisoned by a Gu worm, one that has no antidote!”

Bian Zhonghua looked calm on the surface, but inside, he couldn’t understand why he couldn’t realize it before.

Yes, he was poisoned indeed. By a love Gu, named Qi Ci.

After realizing his own feelings, Bian Zhonghua no longer felt flustered. As he picked up the porcelain cup on the table, he poured some water for himself and drank it all up in one go. After drinking, he saw that Qin Yicang was still laughing, so he said quietly: “Laugh at me all you want, but you may as well begin to think how to make Lin Baihu fall in love with you.”

Qin Yicang thought about it seriously.

But then he squatted on a corner and choked up.

After choking for a long time, he stood up abruptly, only to walk in front of Bian Zhonghua. Reluctantly, he squeezed the handle of the ink-painted fan tightly and tapped it on the table in front of him: “Wait a damn minute. You’re also suffering an unrequited love! Why are you so calm?”

Bian Zhonghua simply raised the corners of his mouth, tilted his head, and looked straight at Qin Yicang: “What am I supposed to do? Run to Qi Ci’s side to cry and beg him to love me? Tell him that if he doesn’t respond to my feelings, I’ll die? Or should I find the right opportunity to take him away, imprison him, so that he won’t escape from me for the rest of his life?”

‘Love shouldn’t be petty and low. Or oppressive, or condescending, or aggressive.’

‘It should be like reaching out to support your significant other when the boat sways slightly when they reach out to pick lotuses on a Summer day.’

‘I should be wrapping them close to you when the Autumn breeze turns cold all of a sudden.’

Qin Yicang froze, hissed, and recognized: “I understand, I get it! I can never argue with you.”

Bian Zhonghua smiled, thanked Qin Yicang, and left the Secret Servant Residence, heading towards the Prince’s Residence. Halfway through, he remembered something and changed paths, now heading towards the Residence of the King of Bei’an County.

At that moment, Lin Baihu was discussing matters with State Master Li.

“Empress Dowager Xianyi asked Prince Chongfeng to go to the Northern Border to transport the coffin of his mother back to the Capital. A Demon Slayer must follow the Prince to protect him, who do you think is most suitable to go?” State Master Li asked Lin Baihu.

Lin Baihu said indifferently: “Lord Bian’s injuries from his punishment haven’t fully healed yet. It would be better to send either Qin Yicang or me.”

“Then Qin Yicang will go.” State Master Li nodded his head, raised his eyes to look at the expressionless Lin Baihu, and joked: “I know he’s going to complain because he won’t be able to see you for months.”

Lin Baihu didn’t reply, and his expressionless face didn’t change.

State Master Li then spoke again: “Baihu, those from the Phoenix Clan aren’t really emotionless and desireless, they’re just very attached to their emotions for one person, so they don’t have any desire and expectations for others.”

Lin Baihu said indifferently: “In order to repay the kindness of saving my Clan, I am determined to follow Lord Bian for the rest of my life. I want nothing more in this life.”

State Master Li shook his head helplessly: “Loyalty and love aren’t the same thing…. Ah, forget it.”

At that instant, State Master Li thought to himself ‘I’m an old man, acting as a matchmaker for these two will be too laborious and troublesome’, and stopped talking. Right when he was about to continue the topic of who should go with Qi Ci to the Northern Border to transport the coffin back, someone suddenly rushed in.

It was Qin Yicang.

Qin Yicang was in such a hurry that he didn’t pay attention to his surroundings. The moment his toe knocked on the doorframe, he immediately howled out loud as his expression distorted in pain.

Lin Baihu’s eyebrows frowned slightly.

Qin Yicang, who was still in pain, limped over and said: “Bian Zhonghua, he, he, he, for Qi Ci, he, he, he has f-….”

Then, he told State Master Li and Lin Baihu everything that had happened just now.

After hearing everything, Lin Baihu immediately retorted: “Impossible.”

Qin Yicang didn’t try to argue with him, and State Master Li couldn’t say anything either.

Because they also knew it should be impossible.

Out of his three souls1, Bian Zhonghua was missing one.

And that soul was the ‘human soul’. Without this soul, he won’t be able to recognize and understand love, and he definitely won’t be able to fall in love with anyone.

“You have ‘Burning With Love and Passion’ incense?” State Master Li asked Qin Yicang.

Qin Yicang nodded.

State Master Li touched his beard and said: “It’s impossible that incense made a mistake, and since Lord Bian said himself that the one he saw in the illusion was Qi Ci, it shows that he’s aware of his own feelings for him.”

“Could it be that Prince Chongfeng is the reincarnation of ‘that’ person?” Qin Yicang speculated.

Lin Baihu shook his head: “It’s also impossible. If he had reincarnated, he would have had to cross over the Naihe Bridge. Lord Bian didn’t hesitate to torture himself in order to separate one of his three souls just to wait for him by the Naihe Bridge. After 300 years, Lord Bian’s soul is still waiting for him there, so how could he reincarnate? Besides, at that time I–”

Lin Baihu paused and didn’t speak anymore.

‘At that time, I saw with my own eyes how his soul scattered away.’

‘A person cannot reincarnate when their soul is dispersed.’

Qin Yicang helplessly spread his hands: “There must be an explanation for this.”

Lin Baihu was at a loss for words.

State Master Li, with his hands behind his back, was also lost in thought. After a long silence, he suddenly raised his head and said: “Let Lord Bian accompany the Prince to the Northern Border.”

Lin Baihu was still worried about the injuries on Bian Zhonghua’s body, but in the end, he agreed to let him go with Qi Ci. He couldn’t even say anything against it when he opened his mouth.

State Master Li said: “Let me say one more thing to you two. I think Lord Bian’s third soul may have returned to him.”

Qin Yicang and Lin Baihu both showed shocked expressions. Qin Yicang blurted out: “There’s no way! If the three souls have reunited, why are they still as chaotic as they’re now? And why does he not remember anything?”

State Master Li asked rhetorically: “Then how will you explain that he knows he’s in love?”

Qin Yicang scratched his head with his fan with an expression that said ‘You asked me, I don’t know what the hell is going on.’

Lin Baihu, who had always been expressionless, now had an expression filled with worry: “When the three souls reunite, will the evil beings detect it now that Lord Bian’s soul is unstable? There’s no Dan in his body, and he doesn’t have the ability to make them surrender at all.” 

State Master Li sighed: “That’s why I want you two to follow them to the Northern Border. Firstly, to protect Lord Bian; secondly, to investigate; and thirdly, to act according to the circumstances.”

Lin Baihu asked: “But what about the Capital, and the preparation of the Longevity Pill for the Crown Prince?”

State Master Li said: “I’ll take care of it. You don’t need to worry.”

Lin Baihu and Qin Yicang nodded their heads, agreeing with this plan.

After the three of them discussed carefully a bit more, Qin Yicang and Lin Baihu waved goodbye to State Master Li.

When Qin Yicang saw that Lin Baihu was about to leave, he hurried to grab his shoulder. As he hung half of his body on him, he said with a smile: “Wait, wait, little white bird~ I hit my toe not long ago, it still hurts and I can’t walk right. Help me out.”

The corners of State Master Li’s eyes twitched.

‘You can’t walk? Bullshit!’

Lin Baihu also seemed to think that what Qin Yicang had said wasn’t believable at all, but he didn’t refute. After nodding his head, he supported Qin Yicang.

Qin Yicang deliberately dragged the pace, walking extremely slow, but also pulling Lin Baihu tightly.

Lin Baihu looked at him and said indifferently: “Do you want to sleep on this ground? Because I don’t want to.”

Qin Yicang felt guilty but still laughed as he said: “It hurts, it really hurts.”

Then, he walked a little faster, but he still pulled on Lin Baihu.

Lin Baihu suddenly released Qin Yicang, and because Qin Yicang thought he was angry, he hurried to correct his posture: “Alright! I won’t pull you anymore. Don’t be angry, little white bird.”

Lin Baihu said softly: “Qin Yicang, you should know that I’ve made a blood contract, and I vowed to follow only one person for the rest of my life. Even if I only have loyalty for Lord Bian, and not love, I still can’t feel anything for other people.”

At that moment, Qin Yicang restrained his smile.

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BZH finally knows his feelings, but he isn’t supposed to know??? Who’s the person Qin Yicang talked about? Is Qi Ci a reincarnation? Ahhhh so exciting! o(≧∇≦o)

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