CH 46

Chapter 46: I Always Thought That As Long As I Defeated Him, You Would Come With Me.

Qin Yicang’s jaw dropped with astonishment as he asked: “Y-you, what did you say?”

“I don’t know,” Lin Baihu repeated it again.

After all, Lin Baihu was told that those from the Phoenix Clan only followed one person all their lives.

But they never told Lin Baihu that loyalty and love weren’t the same thing.

Nor did they tell Lin Baihu….

That someone without any complaints, nor any kind of demands, would spend thousands of years by his side, protecting and watching over him. Even though that person was always met with Lin Baihu’s indifference, he was never driven away. Instead, he would always send in return a beautiful smile.

In that case, what should he do?

At that moment, Qin Yicang opened his eyes wide and asked with disbelief: “Little white bird, do you know what you’re talking about?!”

Lin Baihu nodded his head with determination.

Qin Yicang was so overjoyed that he started to talk incoherently: “Holy shit! I can die without regrets now!!! Even If I were to die right now, I would only be celebrating in the Hall of Yama’s Palace!”

Lin Baihu: “….”

‘Was I really too indifferent to him before?’

Lin Baihu said softly: “My ‘I don’t know’ doesn’t mean ‘I’m in love with you’.”

Qin Yicang smiled: “It doesn’t matter, I can wait. I’ve waited a thousand years for an ‘I don’t know’, so I can wait another thousand more for the answer I wish for.”

Lin Baihu sighed: “Why bother?”

Qin Yicang raised his head high and clenched his fist: “I’m happy to do so!”

Lin Baihu lowered his eyes and said: “Your feet hurt, let me take you back to your room.”

After saying that, Lin Baihu took the initiative to help Qin Yicang.

Qin Yicang, who hadn’t recovered from his heartfelt happiness yet, leaned on Lin Baihu as he rambled: “If it weren’t because I was unable to defeat Bian Zhonghua back then, I would have taken you away.”

Lin Baihu: “So you were always looking to fight with Lord Bian, because of me?”

Qin Yicang said: “Yes! What other reason would I have?”

Lin Baihu said with some difficulty: “I always thought you two had a grudge against each other….”

At that time, when Qin Yicang healed from his injuries in Kunlun Mountain, he devoted himself to cultivate. Then, he was enlightened by the Seven Western Constellations1 and finally became the Tiger King at the top of Kunlun Mountain. The first thing Qin Yicang did after gaining his prestige was to go down the mountain to look for Lin Baihu.

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Once Qin Yicang arrived at Pingding Mountain, he heard the tragedy that occurred a while ago, only to feel his chest pounding with regret. When he heard that Lin Baihu had gone to follow Bian Zhonghua, he felt so depressed that he almost coughed up blood.

But this is Qin Yicang we’re talking about, so right the next day, he regained his spirit and went to find Bian Zhonghua with aggressive determination. Once he found him, Qin Yicang attacked Bian Zhonghua without saying a word.

Lin Baihu: “What were you thinking? How could you possibly beat Lord Bian?”

Qin Yicang said indignantly: “I just wasn’t willing to let you go. I always thought that as long as I defeated him, you would come with me!”

Lin Baihu touched his forehead speechless.

At that time, Bian Zhonghua didn’t know why Qin Yicang wanted to compete with him, but every time they fought, Bian Zhonghua felt like it was fun, even though he would always win with two casual strikes. However, as Qin Yicang began to look for Bian Zhonghua to fight more and more, Bian Zhonghua began to feel a little bit bored, so he got serious for the first time.

As a result, Qin Yicang was almost killed.

Bian Zhonghua thought that he had given Qin Yicang a lesson. He thought that the white tiger, who didn’t know better, wouldn’t try to put himself in danger again. Unexpectedly, half a year later, when Qin Yicang recovered from his injuries, he actually went to look for Bian Zhonghua again!

Lin Baihu didn’t know that such a thing had happened in the past, he only knew that, for some reason, the White Tiger King of Kunlun Mountain had been looking for Bian Zhonghua to fight. At this time, when he heard from Qin Yicang himself that he had been seriously injured, he felt as if his heart was being strangled.

Qin Yicang didn’t notice the difference on Lin Baihu’s appearance and continued: “Then, Bian Zhonghua asked me what I really wanted, so I told him that I was in love with you. He understood almost immediately and told me that since I wouldn’t be able to beat him anyways, I may as well follow him so I could be close to you. At that time, I thought ‘Huh, he has a point’, so I followed him.”

Lin Baihu: “….”

Qin Yicang waved his hand and said: “Alright, let’s stop talking about the past. We have a lot of troubles and an urgent situation to take care of right now. Right, little white bird, I know that ever since we came to the Capital you never really got used to it. I’ve also heard that those from the Phoenix clan don’t inhabit a place without parasol trees and don’t eat unless it’s the fruit of a bamboo after flowering, so I planted parasol trees and bamboo in the courtyard. After so many years, the parasol trees finally grew tall, and the bamboo are solid and strong. It was worth it to plant them day and night in the end! Now that you’re free, why don’t we go to the courtyard to look at them?”

“Alright,” Lin Baihu replied. His eyes dropped even lower as his hand holding Qin Yicang tightened.