Want to Ascend? Then Fall in Love

Chapter 13 – Shishu, Do You Like Me?

Translated by juurensha

Edited by Noks and moon

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Gu Jianshen was afraid that he had mistaken the meaning behind his words, so he offered, “Do you want me to help you start up the fire again?”

Currently, the fire acted as the dividing line between them. Su Yu was on the left, leaning against the tree, and Shen Qingxian was on the right, lying very close to Gu Jianshen, so they didn’t really have to worry about Su Yu hearing them when they whispered. 

Shen Qingxian stared at him and said directly, “Come here.”

If he didn’t look like a pale and tender young child right now, the deterrence behind these two words would increase tenfold, a hundredfold….

Right now though…..

Gu Jianshen’s lips curved into a smile. He got up and came over. “What orders does the Young Master have?”

His voice was respectful, but his posture was like he was looking down from a height, and his eyes were full of banter.

Shen Qingxian couldn’t be bothered with watching his fake demeanor, so he straightforwardly opened his sleeping bag and ordered, “Sleep with me.”

The jade scroll that was “playing dead” trembled: Dammit….this direct sir!

The smile in Gu Jianshen’s eyes deepened, and he asked, “Young Master is already this old, but is still afraid of sleeping by himself?”

Shen Qingxian stayed silent and just stared at him quietly in that manner.

Gu Jianshen also didn’t continue teasing him, instead going along with him after saying, “This subordinate understands.”

After he said that, he lay down next to Shen Qingxian and took the soft and tender young master into his arms.

Shen Qingxian seemed to have never slept with anyone before this occasion. Prior to starting cultivation, he was an orphan, and he had been picked up by his shifu from a haystack.

After entering the sect, he had been selected to be an inner disciple due to his distinguished innate qualifications. Whether it was clothing, food, housing, or transportation, they were all first-class.

Let alone later, he had good natural talents, a fine physique, and powers of comprehension that were one in a million. The most important factor was his strong mind; although he had also encountered countless setbacks, he had still managed to keep stepping higher and higher, all the way until his position today. 

Now, let alone his bed, no one would even lightly come to disturb him on Wanxiu Mountain.

—So it turned out this was what it felt like to sleep with someone; it was pretty nice, very warm. 

Shen Qingxian closed his eyes.

Gu Jianshen didn’t want this to just end like that; he drew close, and his hot breath brushed the tip of Shen Qingxian’s delicate ear, “Shishu, do you like me?”

Shen Qingxian opened his eyes. His long eyelashes spread out like an open fan, and they were very beautiful.

Gu Jianshen looked at him with a smile.

Shen Qingxian saw his blue eyes and spit out mercilessly, “No.”

Gu Jianshen: “……”

Wearing an expression of disdain on his face, Shen Qingxian then closed his eyes again, though he didn’t loosen his hand’s grip on Gu Jianshen’s clothes.

His mouth said he disliked it, but his body was being honest?

Gu Jianshen chuckled, his heart itchy.

He changed his eye color back and said, “If you don’t like me, then I won’t disturb Shishu’s rest.”

Shen Qingxian ordered with his eyes closed, “Stay here.”

Gu Jianshen said, “But that’s not good ba?”

Shen Qingxian opened his eyes, only to suddenly fall into brilliant and flowing red eyes. 

All the words hovering at the tip of his tongue disappeared, and Shen Qingxian continued to stare at him without blinking. 

Gu Jianshen stared back at him, and his voice was as mesmerizing as if he had cast a spell as he asked, “Do you like it?”

This time, the jade scroll that still had a breath left answered for its owner: You can say that he likes it a lot, he likes them so much that he’s thinking about whether he can dig out these eyes and preserve their beauty!

So scary QAQ!

At this time, Su Yu’s voice drifted over from somewhat far away, “Zhao Yan, are you asleep?”

Shen Qingxian suddenly returned to his senses. He froze, then answered in a loud voice, “I’m not asleep.”

Su Yu hesitated for a moment, but slowly asked in a low voice, “I… exactly what should I do?”

The little peach blossom was confused.

It was no wonder; during growing pains, everyone would go through such times.

Although Shen Qingxian had only taught three disciples in his life, he took good care of the creatures on Wanxiu Mountain.

Su Yu no longer had any memories of when he was a peach blossom, but Shen Qingxian still remembered that this little guy was the reddest and brightest one of the bunch.

Based on this, Shen Qingxian was willing to give him some advice.

He asked him, “What do you think you should do?”

Su Yu whispered, “I don’t understand.”

It was very hard to tell right from wrong with what had happened today.

The cultivators had tortured and killed those cubs, who had no power to fight back, just so that they could take their beast cores. 

The fierce beast had devoured those cultivators in anger to avenge her children.

Su Yu had interfered, and Gu Jianshen had killed the fierce beast in order to save Su Yu.

At that time, Su Yu had thought that he had done something wrong, but then Shen Qingxian told him that the fierce beast had consumed who-knew how many innocent humans.

Having just been enlightened, the most difficult question for this peach blossom involved right and wrong.

Who was right, and who was wrong? Who was good, and who was evil? How was he to distinguish between them? If you couldn’t tell, then how could you pick sides?

Su Yu was at a loss.

Just as Shen Qingxian was about to open his mouth, Gu Jianshen actually spoke up, “If you think it was right, then it was right. If you think it was wrong, then it was wrong.”

Shen Qingxian glared at him.

Gu Jianshen whispered, “Yao are originally suitable to be part of the Heart Domain, why restrain his personality?”

Su Yu still very much admired Gu Jianshen, and on hearing his words, he asked again, “But at first I thought I was right, then I thought I was wrong, and then…”

Gu Jianshen replied to him, “That’s also right, after all, the heart isn’t something that never changes. Right at this moment, if it’s right, then it’s right. In the next moment, if it’s wrong, then it’s wrong. Don’t shackle it, it’s simply you in the end.”

These words actually made a great impact on Su Yu; no sound came from him for a long time.

Shen Qingxian whispered to Gu Jianshen, “That’s why the Heart Domain has so many reckless, rash, dissolute, and indecisive people.”

Gu Jianshen held his waist and asked, “Like this?”

Shen Qingxian narrowed his eyes dangerously.

Gu Jianshen had no fear.

Looking at the overall situation, the jade scroll felt that it might as well just pass out!

Your little peach blossom is worrying about the true meaning of life right now, but you two are snuggled in the same quilt, chatting and hugging each other! Is this okay, is this really okay?!

Su Yu didn’t notice their conversation. After thinking about it for a while, he made up his mind. “Qingshen-dage, can you teach me how to cultivate tomorrow?”

When Gu Jianshen was about to speak, Shen Qingxian raised his voice and said, “My clan’s skills are not suitable for you.”

He couldn’t let Gu Jianshen teach the little peach blossom. How could a spirit from Wanxiu Mountain become a puppet of the Heart Domain?

Gu Jianshen also couldn’t act reluctant at having been given this order; after all, this was the play that he was writing, so he continued to act it out, “Although I can’t teach you the way of the heart, I can still teach you some combat skills.”

Su Yu had already cheered up. “I’ll be troubling you then, Qingshen-dage!”

He wanted to become stronger, he wanted to become stronger. Only when he became stronger could he see more, only then could he look through the fog towards the bright moon!

Only after having unraveled the matters in his heart did Su Yu notice that something was off. He turned his head and looked through the pile of firewood. “Qingshen-dage, where are you sleeping?”

Gu Jianshen & Shen Qingxian: “……”

The little peach blossom tried hard to look at the other side, but he still didn’t spot Gu Jianshen.

After a long time of searching, he grew curious again. “Zhao Yan, your sleeping bag is so big ah…”

In fact, the sleeping bags that Zeng Ziliang had prepared for them were both very big, but they also contained an automatic contraction function. Su Yu was about the same size as Zhao Yan, but at the moment, Zhao Yan’s sleeping bag was more than double his size.

Su Yu worriedly asked, “Is your sleeping bag broken? Will it be cold? Do you want to switch it out?”

This was also a reasonable inquiry. A sleeping bag was warm only when it was tightly wrapped around a person, and if it was so empty, it must be cold inside!

Shen Qingxian didn’t want Su Yu to see the situation on his side, so he raised his voice and said, “It’s alright, I made it big on purpose.”

Su Yu was surprised and asked, “Isn’t it cold?”

Gu Jianshen looked at the person in his arms, his eyes brimming with smiles. Shen Qingxian gritted his teeth and replied, “I’m hot, so I made it bigger to cool off a bit.”

Su Yu was completely shocked. “So it turns out that you green willows run hot…”

He was so cold that he had rolled up the sleeping bag until only his eyes were peeking out, but Zhao Yan actually felt that it was hot!

“Alright ba…” Su Yu said, “You get some rest soon.”

Shen Qingxian let out an “en.”

Before long, Su Yu’s breaths grew long, and he was obviously asleep. 

On the other hand, the two big bosses couldn’t sleep. 

Gu Jianshen whispered to him, “Is Young Master feeling hot?”

Shen Qingxian replied, “Cold.”

Gu Jianshen: “Then I’ll hold you tighter.” After he said this, he stuck himself even closer to him. 

Shen Qingxian: “……”

Gu Jianshen waited for him to surrender, but Lord Lianhua had never even known what surrender was.

Shen Qingxian performed a spell to turn his body into ice.

He was now colder than the sky, and harder than the ground. How ecstatic it must be, holding such a large ice cube in this small place with cold wind gusting around, but that was something you could only ask Gu Jianshen. 

Shen Qingxian smiled. “Can you hug me tighter?”

If he hugged tighter… Gu Jianshen would end up frostbitten.

But if Shen Qingxian could do magic, so could Gu Jianshen… He made himself boiling hot, his temperature now akin to a burning-hot, smoldering piece of iron.

Two people, one icy-cold and one boiling hot, held each other tightly. They both froze and burned each other to death, doing so to their heart’s content. 

How could Shen Qingxian admit defeat? He let his temperature drop again, vowing to freeze Gu Jianshen.

Gu Jianshen increased his temperature, deciding to melt the small block of ice in his arms.

They went back and forth, and ended up sweating profusely.

Were they hot? No, no, no, it was because of fatigue. 

They were really quite tired. After all, hugging each other tightly and fighting a big battle all night, how could they not be tired?

As the day brightened, Su Yu yawned and climbed out of the sleeping bag.

“Eh… Zhao Yan, you didn’t sleep well?”

Shen Qingxian: “…….”

In the twinkling of an eye, Su Yu turned to look at Gu Jianshen. “Ah, Qingshen-dage, you didn’t sleep all night to protect us?”

Gu Jianshen: “…….”

The jade scroll, who knew the truth, shed some tears: The two of them did it all night long right next to you ah!

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The author has something to say:

This chapter’s MVP – Brother Jade Scroll.

No objections ba, hahaha!

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Juurensha: Truly MVP, Jade Scroll! But also hahaha, the two of them are so petty, you freeze me, I burn you. 

Noks: My oh my! What are the two of you doing with a child right next to you?!!! Such scandalous elders!