#cnovel

This “long admired” were honest words. On the day that Xie Lian was comparing scrolls and scattering about a few famous heavenly official’s legends, amongst them were many wild and famed anecdotes about this Mingguang General Pei Ming. Although this martial god of the North was valiant, brave, and good at battle when he was mortal, the thing people most enthusiastically discussed was still those beautiful, or not-so beautiful, red light district[21] legends of his. The beautiful legends were about staking a thousand gold pieces to rescue a downtrodden famed courtesan who would go on to guard her body like jade[22] in wait to marry him, and so on; the not-so beautiful legends were him as an adulterer, the couple caught by the rightful husband in bed, and so on. To reach such a degree, one could say it was quite impressive, too. After he had finished reading, Xie Lian had felt that this man actually provoking only one Xuan Ji in so many years was honestly against logic.

Cui Buqu: "I was just passing by."

Feng Xiao: "I saw you said I was worth it."

Cui Buqu: "Then you are blind."

Feng Xiao squinted his eyes: "You said you could entrust your back to me."

Cui Buqu said expressionlessly: "I say I would assume the Jiejian Bureau after you are dead. There is no need to thank me, to help another is my honour. After all, both of us have come a long way.'"

He denied everything in an instant! Feng Xiao laughed furiously. Refusing to say any more nonsense, he immediately grabbed the other's jaw roughly, lowering his head to swallow all those words that were never spoken.

As much as I love that I’m getting a third kiss scene, I’m also saying at my screen “omg this is neither the place nor the time for this!” but it wouldn’t be them if they weren’t dramatic and random. They’ve just gotten out of a violent fight with the villain. CB’s shoulder is fractured so he’s lying on the ground, FX has been stabbed and is losing a lot of blood, another one of Jiejian Bureau’s commander is lying down totally beaten up as well, and one of their subordinates is scared as hell sitting very close to them.

And these people’s reaction to watching the two kiss is:

"This won't do. I'm so tired, I should take a nap." Ming Yue mumbled, closed his eyes and lied down on the mud, refusing to move.

Qin Miaoyu: "....”

Qin Miaoyu looked left and right, and found a dry spot under a roof to lie down as well, closing her eyes as she felt at ease.

She had also 'passed out' from her wounds.

Lol not him casually threatening to burn down one of Lang Qianqiu's temples (and doing it like an hour after too)

Nan Yi was taken aback. “Why?”

“Because you want to live, and you make things simple,” he sighed deeply. “I don’t understand why so many people in this world seem to want to die.”

Nan Yi fell silent. She knew his thoughts were still heavy with the matter of Song Mu Chuan.

She vaguely sensed that he wanted to save some people, even though he was on the side of the Qi soldiers. He didn’t want his loved ones to die.

But that was a secret. On this small boat, they shared a secret that would forever remain buried in their hearts.

Once they reached the shore, the lines between friend and foe would be clearly drawn.

Xie Que Shan’s mind rang, and he could no longer hear what Nan Yi was saying. Song Yushu, Song Yushu… These two names had countless possible pronunciations, but he immediately realized that it was “Yushu,” meaning “give me forgiveness.” This was the name he had given himself.

The last string in his heart was still struck by him.

It was like a wound, deep and raw.

If there was still one person left in this world who wanted to save him, it must be Song Mu Chuan.

But he had already made his heart as hard as rock.

Suddenly, a cold touch brushed against his cheek. He lowered his eyes to see Nan Yi’s fingers.

Nan Yi seemed to have noticed that Xie Que Shan was crying. She couldn’t believe it and cautiously reached out to touch him. Just as she tried to pull her hand back, he grabbed it firmly.

He tightly held her hand, his palm gently brushing over her knuckles, silently wiping away the tear stains.

But Nan Yi clearly felt the wetness on her hand.

She didn’t dare move or speak, feeling as though she had glimpsed Xie Que Shan’s hidden vulnerability.

…

After a long silence, he seemed to be lost in thought, still not letting go of her hand.

This evidence of tears, as long as it was held tightly in his hand, would not be opened, would not be discovered. It was as if, by doing so, he would never be weak again.

Strangely, Nan Yi felt a pang of heartache for Xie Que Shan.

Here's the weibo post by Yiren Kui Kui:

Translation: (cont.) It has almost nothing to do with the original novel's background. In the dream, our Yao Yao became autistic, never speaking, doing nothing but spacing out. The Emperor, the Empress, and her brother were not dead and all of them doted on her. Then, when Yan Shang took the imperial examination, Yao Yao's brother took Yao Yao there to watch. Yao Yao just glanced at Yan Shang once, her brother immediately became excited! Because his younger sister has autism! She never looks at anyone outside her family; that extra glance might be the key to her treatment! Then the Emperor and his whole family became very excited, it was almost a forced arrangement to place Yan Er in the position of Tan Hua Lang (third rank in the imperial examinations), making him serve the Crown Prince in the palace. Yan Er thought he was really there to serve the Crown Prince, but he discovered his daily task was to play with Yao Yao. The Emperor's family treated him like a nanny. Anyone else would have broken down, perhaps even resigning. But who is Yan Er? He already found it strange that he passed the imperial examination with his talent, and now everything makes sense. Besides, our Yao Yao is so well-behaved and adorable, how cold-blooded would he have to be to abandon her and leave? That wouldn't be like him. He focused on caring for Yao Yao, being like a nanny, spending his free time reading to accumulate knowledge for future opportunities. After all, being by the princess's side, the Emperor's family of three would come visit whenever they had the chance, and they were extremely pleased with him. Then one day, while Yao Yao was eating, he unintentionally, accidentally kissed her. Yao Yao not only looked at him but also started talking to him. The Emperor and his family were overjoyed and kept asking him how he had done it. He, of course, would never tell. But from then on, if he wanted Yao Yao to acknowledge him, he had to kiss her, haha. As they spent every day together, Yao Yao's condition gradually improved and she was even willing to help Yan Er by offering him a position in the court. But one time, the Crown Prince accidentally saw Yan Er and Yao Yao kissing, and his world crumbled. He thought this person had questionable character, capable of harming an autistic child (in her brother's eyes, Yao Yao's intelligence was forever stuck in infancy), he separated them and sent Yan Er away. Then, our brave Yao Yao, who didn't quite understand what happened, wanted to see Yan Er, but given her autism, she found it difficult to express her thoughts. So she silently gathered her strength and worked diligently to cure her illness, all so she could leave the palace to find Yan Er. Once, when Yan Er returned to the capital to report on his duties, Yao Yao overheard that news from her brother. Her brother thought she couldn't understand, but she actually did; she just didn't want to communicate with people. Yao Yao then left the palace on her own. Her family became frantic (when they found out). Yao Yao got lost and all sorts of things happened, but she did find Yan Er. At this point in the dream, I felt sorry for the star-crossed lovers, then suddenly realized it was a dream, a really ooc dream, and woke up. Even though I laughed for a long time after waking up because of the ooc dream, I still think it's cute, so I'm posting it here for everyone to laugh at. Please don't scold me; I already said it was ooc it's just that dreams are beyond my control. #KuiKui'sDreamSeries #KuiKui'sBrainstorming

Putting this drawing here as well by 目标是朝九晚五_ that is connected to the author's YaoShang dream :) It's so cute!

The WHAT-IF scenario with Yao Yao and Yan Shang (drew the part where Yan Shang accidentally kissed Yao Yao while she was eating, and then Yao Yao was willing to talk).