Long Aotian’s Beautiful Butler Has Run Away chapter 70

Chapter 70: Marks on the Shoulder

Shen Bingsi’s smile froze on his face.

He thought his strategy of being “gentler” was working. He didn’t expect that in Rong Xie’s eyes, it appeared as if he had cultivated too hastily and damaged his brain.

Just a moment ago, he was admiring himself for being so thorough, thinking all those times eavesdropping at the Red Fragrance Pavilion weren’t in vain.

Unexpectedly, Rong Xie actually said his brain was broken?

“…”

Shen Bingsi seemed to understand why Long Shaoye fiercely criticized him for treating others’ confessions coldly.

He had never taken the initiative, nor did he know what it felt like to offer up a heart and seek a response.

He always stood as the one receiving affection, only needing to choose to accept or reject. Even so, he still found it annoying, thinking everyone who offered their sincere heart was somewhat sick.

So, being considered sick after taking the initiative felt like this?

This bitter, crushing feeling…

With a thought, Shen Bingsi suddenly felt a violent tremor in his Sea of Consciousness, and double images appeared in his vision.

Damn, here it comes again!

Shen Bingsi endured the dizziness caused by his shaken Dao Heart, and his complexion changed.

In Rong Xie’s eyes, Shen Bingsi’s appearance undoubtedly confirmed the guess of “damaging the Sea of Consciousness.” He held Shen Bingsi’s hand and guided him to sit on the bench nearby.

“Bingsi, how do you feel?” Rong Xie looked at Shen Bingsi with worry, his grip on Shen Bingsi’s hand unconsciously tightening.

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“It’s fine,” Shen Bingsi said, enduring the dizziness.

Shen Bingsi didn’t use the Blade of Severing Heavens this time. He didn’t want to forget the feelings he had experienced and the things he had realized so quickly. Besides, he didn’t understand—knowing someone wasn’t actually sick, how could that shake his Dao Heart? Wasn’t the law of the Heartless Path too strange?

Thinking this, waves rose again in his Sea of Consciousness, and Shen Bingsi felt nausea.

“You don’t look ‘fine’.” Rong Xie frowned. He pried open Shen Bingsi’s hand and placed his fingers on his pulse point. Although he didn’t have the skills of a medical cultivator, he knew some basic pulse reading. Upon checking, Shen Bingsi’s pulse was indeed faster and heavier than usual. “Is it… because of me?”

Shen Bingsi’s eyelid twitched as he looked at Rong Xie.

Rong Xie was looking at him with worry, his body pressed tightly against the outside of his arm. His delicate, fair skin still carried a healthy flush from the bath. Shen Bingsi could feel the cool body temperature surrounding him through the bath robe.

It was strange. Although Shen Bingsi felt dizzy and nauseous, he was very happy inside, without a hint of anxiety. This state of a shaken Dao Heart but refreshed mood was really too weird.

However, Rong Xie’s next words shattered his fantasy:

“…Because you were worried about me, you came out halfway through seclusion, interrupting your cultivation and destabilizing your divine consciousness, so… you damaged your brain?”

“…”

Shen Bingsi fell silent. So, he still thought he tried to become gentle because his brain was broken?

“No, I came out midway to execute a Sky Mirror mission,” Shen Bingsi explained.

“Oh… is that so.” Rong Xie breathed a slight sigh of relief. True, how could Shen Bingsi suddenly come out of seclusion for him? He was overthinking it. “Interrupting seclusion is bad for cultivation. I heard from Elder Yun Feng that you planned to charge for the Distraction Stage and wouldn’t come out for three to five years…”

“Don’t listen to his nonsense!” Shen Bingsi managed to suppress the nausea, but hearing Rong Xie mention this, he hurriedly protested, “How could I stay in seclusion for three to five years! By then you’d have run far away!”

Rong Xie was stunned, silently released Shen Bingsi’s wrist, straightened up, and created some distance.

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“Sorry, I didn’t want to disturb your seclusion plan either…” Rong Xie said. “You can go into seclusion with peace of mind. Anyway, I… will always leave.”

Shen Bingsi felt his Sea of Consciousness churn. This time, the shaken Dao Heart and anxious emotions erupted together: “Why? Why do you always say you want to leave? Don’t you like me?”

Rong Xie looked at Shen Bingsi in astonishment. He never expected to hear “Don’t you like me” from Shen Bingsi’s mouth. His heart beat violently. Seeing Shen Bingsi’s pale face and scattered gaze, he couldn’t help worrying again.

“Don’t you like me?” Shen Bingsi didn’t wait for Rong Xie’s answer. The double images before his eyes wouldn’t go away for a moment, and he didn’t know what expression Rong Xie had, so he could only continue speaking on his own. “Liking someone, isn’t it wanting to stay by their side? Why do you like me but want to run elsewhere? Was I too fierce to you, making you sad, so you want to leave?”

Shen Bingsi originally wanted to say it gently. He originally wanted to do more things for Rong Xie and wait until the atmosphere was better to say it. He didn’t expect he couldn’t hold back and blurted it out directly.

Shen Bingsi was regretting it when he heard Rong Xie say, “No, I was too greedy.”

Rong Xie’s hand returned, gently holding Shen Bingsi’s hand back, kneading it lightly as if comforting him.

Shen Bingsi’s anxiety was easily soothed. He sat quietly, waiting for Rong Xie to continue.

“I wanted too much, knowing it was impossible… I’m sorry, Bingsi.”

Rong Xie’s voice was like a murmuring stream, flowing comfortably past Shen Bingsi’s ear.

“What do you mean?” Shen Bingsi asked. “Are you not leaving?”

Rong Xie didn’t answer him. This time, Rong Xie stood up.

Shen Bingsi looked up. Through the double images, he seemed to see Rong Xie smiling helplessly, or maybe shaking his head. Rong Xie turned around and walked outside.

Shen Bingsi stood up in panic. In his chaotic consciousness, he only knew he couldn’t let Rong Xie leave like this. He reached out, the sound of tearing fabric rang out, and Rong Xie exclaimed.

Shen Bingsi woke up with a start. The thought of fearing to hurt Rong Xie occupied an overwhelming position in his Sea of Consciousness, allowing him to briefly escape the state of a shaken Dao Heart. Everything before his eyes became clear.

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Something brilliantly white was exposed to the daylight, dazzling Shen Bingsi’s eyes so much he couldn’t focus for a moment. When he realized what it was, Rong Xie had already pulled the sleeve he had torn in half back onto his body, awkwardly covering the suddenly exposed body.

Although it wasn’t the first time the two had seen each other naked, having half his clothes suddenly torn off by Shen Bingsi still made Rong Xie somewhat flustered.

“What is… that?” Shen Bingsi’s voice became somewhat sluggish.

Rong Xie’s cheeks were slightly hot, and he was a bit angry. What could it be? Wasn’t it just his arm? It wasn’t like he hadn’t seen it before.

Shen Bingsi, however, walked up relentlessly, reaching out to lift Rong Xie’s bath robe collar.

“Shen Bingsi!” Rong Xie flew into a rage out of humiliation. This was outside! Just moments ago, he was moved by Shen Bingsi’s pitiful attitude and planned to forget his previous bastard behavior.

Shen Bingsi’s palm pinched the bath robe collar, and the pure white skin was revealed again. Only, on the shoulder as fine as fresh snow, several bruises were faintly visible.

Shen Bingsi took one look and felt the irritable emotion in his heart erupt. Rong Xie was actually injured! Just in this month, outside, in a place he didn’t know, he was injured like this!

“Which son of a bitch did this?” Shen Bingsi pulled the bath robe collar completely open and saw clear finger marks left on Rong Xie’s shoulder. These were marks left by fingers with spiritual power. Rong Xie also had cultivation; an ordinary person couldn’t hurt him like this at all!

Rong Xie finally realized what Shen Bingsi was talking about. He looked down at the finger marks on his shoulder and couldn’t help finding it a bit funny. They hadn’t faded after so many days; worthy of someone’s handiwork.

“Want to see? Not just here, there are marks elsewhere too.” Rong Xie sighed.

Shen Bingsi stared at him in astonishment. Several intense and complex emotions flashed through his eyes instantly. He looked like he wanted to swallow the culprit who wasn’t present alive, and also like a cultivator whose Dao Heart was shattered and was about to go mad.

Taking advantage of him being dumbfounded, Rong Xie snatched the collar from his hand, rearranged the bath robe, and tightened the belt.

“It was you,” Rong Xie sighed. “It was you, this son of a bitch.”

“Good, wait, I’ll go cripple him right now—” Shen Bingsi lunged outward a step, then suddenly stopped. “Who? Me?”

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With Rong Xie’s reminder, Shen Bingsi finally remembered.

His flame of anger instantly deflated.

“I… didn’t know… sorry…” Shen Bingsi was somewhat at a loss, leaning close to Rong Xie. “Let me look again…”

“No need. It’s been so many days. The bruises just haven’t scattered, leaving marks. It actually doesn’t hurt anymore.”

As Rong Xie spoke, Shen Bingsi’s palm already covered his shoulder, gently kneading while asking, “Is it here?”

“Really no need…”

A stream of warm water spirit energy penetrated the skin, comfortable just like the bath just now, and the positioning was more accurate, repeatedly ironing just that shoulder area. Even without injury, being kneaded like this was very comfortable and relieving.

Rong Xie didn’t refuse Shen Bingsi again, just turned his gaze to the side, not looking at him pressed close in front.

On an autumn afternoon, the sunlight wasn’t intense. Rays of golden light were still bright but had lost the summer heat, falling comfortably on the body.

A breeze rose, blowing a slight chill past the hair tips, but disappeared without a trace the next moment.

Shen Bingsi seriously rubbed Rong Xie’s shoulder, then held up his hair, drying it strand by strand until Rong Xie was warm all over, his jet-black long hair loosely draped behind him. He looked full of vitality like when he just came out of the bath, the skin of his cheeks and neck glowing with a light peach color.

“Rong Er.” Shen Bingsi called in a low voice.

Rong Xie raised his eyebrows, a look of confusion in his eyes: “Mn?”

“If I…”

“What?”

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Shen Bingsi really wanted to ask, what if he was willing to accept Rong Xie’s feelings? Even if he cultivated the Heartless Path and couldn’t truly understand the emotion of “like,” he could learn, he could imitate. Mushy words other Dao companions could say, he could say too. Gentle and considerate things other Dao companions could do, he could do too. As long as Rong Xie didn’t leave, he could satisfy his expectations.

But, that would count as lying, right?

He didn’t want to lie to Rong Xie. For some reason, he felt doing so would be worse than rejecting him directly.

“Nothing. It’s windy outside. Go back to the room and rest.” Shen Bingsi put his arm around Rong Xie’s shoulders and walked toward the bedroom courtyard.

…

Rong Xie didn’t know what was wrong with Shen Bingsi recently either.

Since he returned from the Shen Family Manor, Shen Bingsi’s attitude had undergone a earth-shattering change. Not only did he fight to do chores like organizing and cleaning, but he also spoke with an extremely awkward suppressed voice. As for him leaving and selling the Lightning White Orchid, he never mentioned it, so much so that Rong Xie didn’t know how to bring up bidding farewell to Shen Bingsi.

Yes, he was going to leave. He had pretty much looked at houses in Lanyuan, and his assets were tallied. The Villa’s affairs that could be handed over were handed over. There were still many details Rong Xie planned to send back to the Villa item by item in the form of letters after moving to Lanyuan. This way, with written records, Shen Yan and the others could check anytime. Even if there were personnel changes in the Villa in the future, they could hand over to each other.

The only regret was that he couldn’t finish organizing the catalog of heavenly treasures in the Villa during his term as butler. Actually, he was quite interested in this matter, but thinking of his limited spiritual power, he had to live on this bit of spiritual power in the future. Also, he had to avoid suspicion; the things in the treasure vault had nothing to do with him, and it wasn’t convenient for him to touch them again before leaving. Thinking this way, Rong Xie decided to move out before winter arrived, even faster than expected.

However, how to mention it to Shen Bingsi?

Rong Xie was worried. Thinking about it, he decided to ask Lu Yinglin, who had rich experience in this area.

“Um… I’m going to town today.” Rong Xie stopped and said to Shen Bingsi, who had been following him within three feet on either side. “I’ll be back late. No need to wait for me for dinner.”

“I’ll take you.” Shen Bingsi said immediately.

Shen Bingsi had been clingy to an excessive degree recently. Rong Xie couldn’t help getting a headache. Following him everywhere, one could imagine he would join the lunch too after taking him to town.

“No need. Just returning a favor. We agreed to meet alone.” Rong Xie thought for a moment and couldn’t come up with a good excuse, so he could only tell the truth.

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“Oh… call me if you need anything.” Shen Bingsi said, stuffing a piece of warm jade into Rong Xie’s hand.

Rong Xie looked; it was a new Sound Transmission Jade Pendant with the character “Rong” carved on it.

Shen Bingsi turned slightly, showing Rong Xie the other one at his waist, carved with the character “Bing.” Shen Bingsi raised his eyebrows at Rong Xie.

Rong Xie sighed lightly and put the jade pendant into his sleeve. “Then I’m going.”

“I’ll walk you to the gate.” Shen Bingsi followed, his brows and eyes full of a smile of successful scheming.

The two walked out of the Villa. Meeting Shen Yan and Long Shaoye on the way, Shen Bingsi even patted Long Shaoye’s arm, startling him.