QWTBWASIFOC Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Green Tea Movie Star x Pride Guilt-Ridden President 21

Inside the joyous wedding chamber.

Having just completed the soul binding ritual with Xie Chi’s soul, Gu Changli leaned wearily against the bedside, a hint of lingering fatigue between his brows.

He touched Xie Chi’s brow, his eyes curving slightly, “May you be free from illness and disaster for the rest of your life, and forever be blessed with good fortune.”

This was the sincere blessing of the auspicious beast, the Phoenix, and also his heartfelt wish as a partner for Xie Chi, hoping the other would have peace and good fortune in the future.

The invisible barrier set up by his power faded away, the surrounding red light slowly dissipated, and the soul-nurturing pendant, radiant with flowing light, entered his sea of consciousness.

The secret technique was complete, but he felt somewhat exhausted.

The Soul-Nurturing Pendant, renowned for nourishing souls, flickered with light in the sea of consciousness filled with flames, silently nourishing its master’s burning sea of consciousness.

Unlike Xie Chi’s shattered and dim sea of consciousness, Changli’s sea of consciousness was filled with two kinds of fire origins: one was the Nirvana Fire unique to the Phoenix clan, and the other was the Red Lotus Karma Fire born in the eighteenth level of hell.

The Nirvana Fire was his innate natal fire, but the Red Lotus Karma Fire was an ancient divine fire he accidentally obtained when he broke into the Netherworld Hell in the past.

The Red Lotus Karma Fire was known as the flame that burns away sins, using sin and karmic obstacles as fuel. Once touched, it would not be extinguished until all karmic power was burned away.

It was also a flame frequently used by Changli in his later years.

At this time, both the Red Lotus Karma Fire and the Nirvana Fire were churning wildly in that sea of consciousness.

‘Master, Master…’

‘I want to come out and play with you…’

Sensing the Fire Spirits’ thoughts, Gu Changli frowned, finding the two little Fire Spirits somewhat noisy, and expressionlessly suppressed the movement in his sea of consciousness.

Play what play? You two stay put!

The two Fire Spirits, each refusing to yield to the other, were caught off guard and knocked down into the fire by their own master.

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Staying in the room, Gu Changli casually took out spiritual pills and miraculous medicines from his mustard seed space and swallowed them, speeding up the process of replenishing the power he had just consumed.

It had to be said, soul binding was a physically demanding task.

As his power gradually recovered and his sea of consciousness calmed down, Gu Changli’s complexion returned to normal, though still somewhat pale, adding a touch of weary beauty to him.

The sky outside turned dark, and the stars twinkled.

Xie Chi, who had been overcome with drunkenness, opened his eyes, turned his head to look at the surrounding environment, and his eyes began to brighten. His scorching gaze slowly fell on Gu Changli, who was sitting by the bed reading a book.

From his perspective, the beautiful and enchanting young man bathed in the light looked composed, his brows and eyes serene, as if he were a aloof god sitting on a lotus platform.

The beauty was clearly close at hand, yet seemed as far away as the horizon.

Xie Chi sat up, uneasily reaching out to hug Gu Changli beside him, the words that came to his lips circled around a few times before he swallowed them back.

“…Why are you reading here by yourself?”

Hearing this, Gu Changli put down the unfinished classic novel, raised his eyes and looked at Xie Chi, who had woken up in the middle of the night and started looking for a sense of presence.

His eyes were peaceful and indifferent, but he did not speak.

Suddenly realizing that it was his own drunkenness that had led Gu Changli to read a book out of boredom, Xie Chi’s expression froze slightly, and he smiled guiltily at his dear wife.

“Honey, I’m sorry~”

“My alcohol tolerance is still too poor.”

Those bastards who crazily poured me wine, just wait, I’ll see how I’ll deal with you when you get married. If I don’t avenge this, I’m not the revengeful Xie Chi!

Gu Changli sighed softly, “It’s not that bad.”

After all, Xie Chi wasn’t like him, who could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. It was normal for the other to get drunk.

Xie Chi carefully sized up his beautiful wife, the more he looked, the more he felt that the other’s complexion was a little off, completely unlike the radiant beauty at the wedding.

“Honey, are you sick?”

“You wait here for me, I’ll call the doctor over. No matter what illness you have, you can’t avoid seeking medical treatment, otherwise a small illness will turn into a big one.”

Gu Changli quickly grabbed Xie Chi’s hand, and said helplessly, “I’m fine, I’m just a little tired from feeding you the sobering soup.”

“You can take the sobering soup out for me.”

Xie Chi squatted by the bed, staring eagerly at the handsome youth sitting by the bed, “Honey, is there something on your mind that you haven’t said?”

Gu Changli lazily glanced at Xie Chi.

He stretched out his fingertip to touch Xie Chi’s earlobe, then pinched the earlobe and threatened with a fierce face.

“What could be on my mind? Hurry up and take the soup out, and then wash yourself clean!”

“You reek of alcohol, it’s suffocating.”

Xie Chi smiled even when scolded by his wife, his long eyelashes fluttering slightly, casting shadows on his eyelids, a trace of worry flowing in the depths of his eyes.

“Okay, okay, I’ll listen to my wife.”

He quickly carried the sobering soup out of the bridal chamber, and then ordered the butler to call for a doctor.

No matter how his wife diverted the topic, her listless complexion was indeed not good, so it was better to have a doctor take a look, even if there was nothing wrong, it would be a peace of mind.

Otherwise, he would definitely be worried and sleepless tonight.

Nothing was more important than his wife, at worst, he would kneel on the washboard to apologize later.

Kneeling to his wife was not shameful at all!

The butler quickly called the family doctor.

The family doctor rushed over and began a routine examination under Gu Changli’s cold gaze, only to find that the other was just normally tired and sleepy.

“…Just get a good rest, no need to take medicine.”

As soon as this diagnosis came out, the atmosphere in the room suddenly quieted down, and the family doctor and the butler left this place of contention as quickly as possible.

Gu Changli sat on the bed with his arms crossed, silent.

He was actually particularly curious about how Xie Chi’s brain circuit had become so erratic.

Xie Chi was scared to death inside, staring at Gu Changli pitifully like a drowning puppy, and knelt down suddenly before the other could speak.

“Honey, I was wrong (ω)”

“I was just afraid that you were sick and still trying to hold on, so I asked Doctor Zhang to come over tonight.”

Wuwuwu, I’m sorry, honey~

He brought a doctor to see his wife on their wedding night, would it make his wife misunderstand him?

Sob sob sob, he was really just overly worried!

Gu Changli couldn’t really say he was angry, just a little helpless, and said quietly, “What gave you the illusion that I would avoid seeking medical treatment?”

Xie Chi suddenly hugged Gu Changli’s leg, tears welling up in his eyes, his fluffy head drooping, giving him the sense of a dispirited puppy.

He hesitated for a long time, and finally told the truth.

“Changli, I don’t know why, but I always feel like you don’t really want to live. Even though you’re by my side, I feel like you’re a spectator detached from the world, ready to leave at any time.”

He frowned, looked up at the pensive Gu Changli, “This feeling is very strange, and it came inexplicably, but it’s real and terrifying, so I keep guarding you every step of the way.”

“Changli, I originally didn’t want to get to the bottom of it, but I’m afraid that one day I’ll wake up and never be able to find you again.” As he spoke, he lowered his head again, his eyes sour as if he was about to cry.

He had had this feeling more than once.

It was just that he didn’t want to think deeply about it before, afraid that the result would turn him into an out-of-control madman, and also afraid that he would scare the sober and intelligent Gu Changli.

Gu Changli raised his hand to help Xie Chi up, stood up straight, looked directly into the other’s sad eyes, and gently stroked the man’s eyes with his fingertips.

The beauty mark was covered by his snow-white fingers.

He did not answer directly, but asked, “What am I like in your eyes?”

Xie Chi replied earnestly, “Calm and collected, with clear likes and dislikes, clear-headed, bold and careful, vivid but ethereal and impossible to grasp.”

His lover was naturally the best in the world, and any compliment could be used on the other, but Gu Changli was as elusive as a floating cloud.

As if a god had stopped in the human world, destined to leave.

Gu Changli was silent for a moment, and said, “Xie Chi, have you ever heard the Buddhist verse, ‘From love comes sorrow, from love comes fear’?”

Xie Chi frowned and pondered, “Are you saying that my sorrow and fear are all caused by my own love?”

His intense love had instead added to his sorrow and fear.

But he could not give up the lover in front of him, that would be more painful than killing him.

Gu Changli gently moved his fingertip, revealing the beauty mark on Xie Chi’s eye that he had been covering, and his soft, thin lips opened and closed as he spoke.

“No, I want to tell you.”

“If the heart holds love, what fear is there of sorrow and fear.”

“Among all living beings in the world, only you make my heart flutter, and only you are worthy of my stopping.”

He grasped Xie Chi’s hand, the slightly cool silver ring on his finger touching the ring on Xie Chi’s finger, “My love is not temporary, it exists as long as you exist.”

Xie Chi’s heart seemed to be hit by a heavy object, making a heavy and violent beat, completely out of control, and jumping wildly against his personal reason.

He suddenly hugged Gu Changli in front of him, and said slowly in a hoarse voice, “I remember, I will keep these words firmly in my mind.”

Maybe he still had sorrow and fear, and still worried about that terrible future, but he would no longer be as uneasy and fearful as he was now.

Time was not the antidote, but the antidote was in time.

He would slowly overcome that fear, leave a difficult to move position in the heart of the person in front of him, and entangle with the person in front of him for lifetimes to come.