Long Aotian’s Beautiful Butler Has Run Away chapter 110

Chapter 110: Full of Them

A foreboding feeling rose in Rong Xie’s heart.

He stopped Lu Yingqi. “I’ll go look.”

Rong Xie walked out the door and saw Shen Bingsi standing under the window. The two attendant boys who had blocked him earlier were lying on the ground, their legs twitching; clearly, they had just been knocked out by Shen Bingsi.

Rong Xie felt his vision go dark. What was Shen Bingsi doing here?

In the next moment, Shen Bingsi appeared before his eyes, grabbed his arm without explanation, face full of joy: “Rong’er!”

Feeling his wrist fall into a pair of hot palms, Rong Xie couldn’t break free, so he lowered his voice and asked, “What are you doing here?”

“I came to find you.” Shen Bingsi was as frank as ever, his gaze looking Rong Xie up and down.

“Didn’t I say don’t come? Don’t come?” Rong Xie glared at him in annoyance. “My business here is very important. If something goes wrong—”

“Nothing will go wrong; no one noticed me coming in.” Shen Bingsi immediately explained. He followed Rong Xie’s gaze to the attendant boys lying on the ground. “Oh, these two didn’t see me either. They were just really annoying, so I let them sleep for a while.”

Rong Xie wrinkled his nose, clearly not agreeing with Shen Bingsi.

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“Shen Bingsi?”

Just then, Lu Yingqi’s voice came from behind Rong Xie.

Rong Xie wanted to advise Shen Bingsi to leave quickly, but it was too late.

The smile on Shen Bingsi’s face vanished. Holding Rong Xie’s arm with both hands, he swapped positions, inserting himself between Rong Xie and Lu Yingqi.

As the two Heartless Path sword cultivators stood together, their similar auras instantly became adversarial. Unfortunately, Shen Bingsi discovered he was actually a fraction shorter than Lu Yingqi. How could he accept such humiliation? He deliberately channeled his qi to float upward, making himself two inches taller. With eyes slightly lowered, he looked provocatively at Lu Yingqi.

Rong Xie stood behind Shen Bingsi. He couldn’t see the hostile staring contest, but he could feel the spiritual pressure washing over him.

His heart tightened. If these two started a fight at this critical juncture, the plan to investigate the well would be completely ruined.

Rong Xie hurriedly tried to pull Shen Bingsi away, but Shen Bingsi was like he was welded to the floor—immovable.

“Shen Bingsi, what are you doing at my house?” Lu Yingqi narrowed his eyes slightly, his face seemingly covered in a layer of frost.

“What, I can’t come? Does your house have some shameful things I can’t see?” Shen Bingsi started with an infuriating tone. “Oh right, I just heard those two attendant boys under the corridor say Madam Mei sent them to serve you well. Pity you already have a guest in your room. Tsk tsk, I didn’t expect the dignified Heartless Path grand cultivator to be doing such dirty deeds behind the scenes. Does it feel good to visit home?”

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“…” Lu Yingqi’s face grew even uglier, and the fingers hanging at his side twitched uncontrollably.

Shen Bingsi remained oblivious, imitating the attendant boy’s voice even more triumphantly: “Young Master Lu, what are you waiting for? Stop pretending, open the door, and let’s go inside and have some fun~”

Rong Xie covered his forehead. He really couldn’t handle this terrible scene.

Lu Yingqi was clearly stunned by Shen Bingsi too. He looked at Shen Bingsi skeptically, as if trying to see through this face to the monster inside.

Shen Bingsi had no patience to wait for Lu Yingqi’s reply. He slammed past Lu Yingqi’s shoulder with large strides, dragging Rong Xie into the room.

As Rong Xie passed Lu Yingqi, he couldn’t help casting an apologetic glance at him.

However, Shen Bingsi rushed too fast, and Rong Xie was quickly pulled inside.

“What are you making a scene for?” Shen Bingsi dragged Rong Xie into the study, and Rong Xie shook off his hand.

The phrase “making a scene” touched a nerve in Shen Bingsi. He felt a pang in his heart and felt uncomfortable all over. What did he mean by “making a scene”? He was clearly warning Rong Xie that the guy sharing the room with him wasn’t a good person.

“Rong’er, you are too naive. Don’t think all Heartless Path cultivators are good people. Their Xuantian Sect Heartless Path used to have a branch dedicated to seeking pleasure, talking about ‘passing through a myriad of flowers, not a leaf sticks to the body.’ Later, that entire branch fell into demonic deviation. The leader, Elder Hong, was expelled from the sect. This is a scandal of their sect; they try their best to cover it up.”

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Rong Xie really hadn’t heard of this before. Although his hands were still pushing away, he secretly pricked up his ears.

“Shen Bingsi, do not slander my Heartless Path Palace. Elder Hong was expelled long ago, and the relevant people were purged. The one presiding over the Dao Palace now is my master. My master has always advocated pure heart and few desires; he is the orthodox of the orthodox.” Lu Yingqi also walked into the study, flicking his long sleeves behind his back, looking displeased.

“Hah, then tell me, what was with those two attendant boys outside your room? I heard with my own ears that they said Madam Mei sent them—” Halfway through, Shen Bingsi suddenly raised his hands and covered Rong Xie’s ears. Rong Xie felt his whole head being wrapped up; his brain buzzed, and he couldn’t hear what Shen Bingsi said at all.

However, Rong Xie did see Lu Yingqi’s reaction. On that face usually cold as frost, a rare look of embarrassment appeared. He moved his lips, wanting to explain something, but turned his face away instead.

Rong Xie pulled Shen Bingsi’s hands down. “What are you doing? Why cover my ears?”

“Just some uninteresting words,” Shen Bingsi said triumphantly. “Don’t dirty your ears. You just need to know that not all Heartless Path cultivators are as pure as monks.”

Rong Xie thought to himself, I really never thought that. The only two Heartless Path cultivators I’ve met manage to cultivate the Heartless Path without delaying anything else.

“…” Lu Yingqi was silent for a moment before finally squeezing out a sentence, “This matter… was Madam Mei’s lack of consideration. I will tell them to go back and not come again.”

Saying this, Lu Yingqi walked out of the room. A moment later, the sound of the two attendant boys waking up and talking with Lu Yingqi came from outside.

Inside the study, Shen Bingsi and Rong Xie stood facing each other. Shen Bingsi still couldn’t bear to take his hands off Rong Xie’s shoulders, looking almost like he was hugging his neck.

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Rong Xie’s cheeks heated up. Thinking of Shen Bingsi’s words just now, and how he had covered his ears right in front of Lu Yingqi… he wondered what Lu Yingqi thought. The more he thought, the more awkward he felt. He hurriedly ducked, slipped out from between Shen Bingsi’s arms, turned on his heel, and stood to the side.

“Rong’er, I—” Shen Bingsi wanted to stick to him again, but Rong Xie held out a palm, signaling him to stay put and not come closer.

“Why did you suddenly chase after me?” Rong Xie asked. “How did you hook up with Captain Zhao? They—”

Rong Xie suddenly realized he hadn’t told Lu Yingqi about Captain Zhao. He hooked his finger, signaling Shen Bingsi to lean in.

Shen Bingsi was delighted and immediately leaned forward.

“Soundproofing spell.” Rong Xie lifted his chin.

Shen Bingsi cast a soundproofing spell. Now, only the two of them could hear their conversation.

“Did they tell you what I came here to do?” Rong Xie continued asking.

Shen Bingsi looked at Rong Xie. The light in the study was warm and soft, illuminating Rong Xie’s flawless face clearly. He could even see the fine fuzz on his temples and the slight tremor of his long eyelashes when he spoke.

Shen Bingsi felt a little dizzy. Rong Xie hadn’t spoken to him nicely at such close range for a long time. The last time seemed as far away as a hundred years ago; he couldn’t remember when.

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“Shen Bingsi—” Rong Xie waited for a long time without an answer. Instead, his own face felt as if it had been scrubbed by Shen Bingsi’s gaze, the skin heating up slightly. “Did you hear me?”

“Ah…” Shen Bingsi came back to his senses, trying hard to recall. “Oh… Captain Zhao only said you came here for an exploration mission, something especially major, valuable, and unpaid.”

“…” Rong Xie was slightly embarrassed. What kind of description was that? “So they didn’t say?”

“He told me to ask you, so here I am.” Shen Bingsi casually threw someone under the bus.

“He didn’t tell you to charge straight into the Lu family to ask me right now, did he?” As they spoke, the communication jade token at Rong Xie’s waist vibrated again, waves of green light spreading out. Rong Xie looked down and saw it was Captain Zhao’s token vibrating. Guessing what Captain Zhao wanted to say, he directly sent a signal indicating he had received it.

After finishing this operation, Rong Xie looked up and instructed Shen Bingsi: “Don’t mention Captain Zhao or the Treasure Hunting Team here. Just say you came on your own, to find me. Understand?”

After speaking, he didn’t hear Shen Bingsi agree and found Shen Bingsi zoning out again, staring deathly at his waist.

“What’s wrong? Is my belt not tied properly?” Rong Xie followed Shen Bingsi’s gaze. The belt was tied perfectly well, not flipped at all. Below it hung three Sound Transmission Jade Tokens side by side, harmonious in spacing and size, pleasing to the eye.

Crunch, crunch.

Strange sounds came from Shen Bingsi’s face.

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His jaw was clenched tight; it was the sound of teeth grinding.

“These—are all Sound Transmission Jade Tokens??” Shen Bingsi asked through gritted teeth.

“…Mn.” Rong Xie responded lightly.

“You’ve only been out for three months, and you’re hung full of so many Sound Transmission Jade Tokens??” Shen Bingsi looked like he was about to faint from anger. “Yet not a single one is mine??”

Rong Xie gave a light cough. “Didn’t we… write letters?”

“Damn writing letters! Not a single word about me was mentioned in those letters! Does that count as writing to me?” Shen Bingsi became irritable, pacing in circles in the study like a trapped beast burning with rage but unable to vent.

For some reason, even though Rong Xie could have avoided mentioning the letters, he mentioned them on a whim. And he was actually in a good mood, enjoying Shen Bingsi’s indignant reaction—turns out making someone furious could be so interesting.

If Lu Yingqi weren’t about to come in from the door soon, Rong Xie would have wanted to enjoy Shen Bingsi’s irritable state a little longer.

“Alright, stop making a fuss. Let’s talk business.” Rong Xie grabbed Shen Bingsi’s arm. Shen Bingsi stopped. Although still angry, he was easily pulled in front of Rong Xie. “Don’t forget, don’t mention Captain Zhao or the Treasure Hunting Team. Later, I will discuss the investigation with Lu Yingqi. Just listen from the side, and you’ll know what’s going on.”

“Oh… um…” Shen Bingsi was still angry, unwilling to be appeased so easily. But the opportunity Rong Xie allowed him to participate in his affairs was one in a million, so Shen Bingsi could only awkwardly accept the way out.

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Rong Xie had thought it through. Since Shen Bingsi had already stuck a foot in, he might as well let him stay. With such a capable fighter by his side, the hope of rescuing the attendant boys would be greater.

With important matters at hand, he couldn’t afford to be petty about details.

Lu Yingqi sent away the two attendant boys and ordered the servants to guard outside, forbidding anyone from entering. After doing this, he returned to the room.

Pushing open the door, he saw Rong Xie and Shen Bingsi standing together. Shen Bingsi looked full of anger, face turned away, but his elbow was obediently pressed against Rong Xie, allowing Rong Xie to hold onto him.