Chapter 215 - Some Kind Of Conspiracy (1/2)

”Damn this!” Qiu Ling sat up with a stormy expression. He really wanted to rip the door open, haul that person off and chop him into mincemeat. ”Is this some kind of conspiracy? How am I supposed to get married like this?! First, it's that damned kid who dares to seduce my beloved and interrupts us and now someone gets in between again when we're just getting to the good part!” He clenched his fists and stood up. But after taking a single step, he reconsidered, hurried back and bent down. ”Ah, my love, please be patient. I'll just go and swat that cumbersome fly. After that, I'll hurry right back to your side and we can continue, alright?”

He bent down and gave Jing Yi a lingering kiss. ”Mn! I'll be fast!”

He turned around, prepared to open the door and thrash whoever stood outside without any questions asked. But just when he had taken that first step again Jing Yi grabbed his clothes.

”Qiu Ling, you—”

”Ah, my love!” Qiu Ling turned around and leaped onto the bed again. ”It's alright. I know you can't bear to part with me. You feel sad and lonely just thinking about it, isn't that right?”

”I —”

”I know, I know. You don't have to say it. I feel the same way.” He took Jing Yi's hand and put it onto his chest, directly above his wildly beating heart. Ah, he had just been a step away from his goal. ”You know, actually, why don't we just ignore that person and continue? The mood was just right, wasn't it?” He leaned forward and pursed his lips but was met with the oh so familiar sensation of a hand in his face.

”I wanted to remind you that you should put on your robe first.” Jing Yi obviously wasn't in the mood anymore. The blush on his cheeks had receded and his voice already sounded normal again. Nothing could be gleaned of the breathless whisper from before.

Qiu Ling felt immensely cheated. He had finally gotten this far but now all his effort had been in vain. ”Then … how about I chase him off first and we continue after that?”

His suggestion was met with a no-nonsense expression. Qiu Ling's head drooped. It really was too late. With his lips pursed he stood up and picked up his outer robe. He put it on with a heavy sigh. Naturally, he didn't forget to peek at Jing Yi to see if his beloved had changed his opinion yet. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. Instead, Jing Yi had closed his inner robe. Now, he hurried to pick up his outer robe, too.

Qiu Ling watched with a bleeding heart as Jing Yi got dressed again. Ah, he had just managed to peel him out of these robes and now they were back in place again! Who knew when he would get another chance?

While Qiu Ling lamented over the fact that time and tide waited for no man Jing Yi made the bed. Even though he seemed calm and collected on the outside, he was completely embarrassed on the inside. Who knew what that person had heard from outside while they were preparing to … Ah, and then Qiu Ling had shouted all these things. For that visitor to not know what had happened before he'd need to be deaf, extremely dumb or both. There was no need to talk about how likely that was.

Qiu Ling finally opened the door and leveled the person on the other side with a dark gaze. His expression fell even more when he saw who it was. ”You're the last person I want to see now.” Not only had he been disturbed, now he even had to look at the ugly face of an old man!

Elder Shan coughed. ”You're extremely lucky —”

”I'm what?!” Qiu Ling flared up again. ”Do you have any idea what you've interr—”

A slender hand clasped over his mouth and muffled the final words. ”Elder Shan!”, Jing Yi greeted hurriedly. ”We're honored you've come by. Do you want to come inside and have a seat?”

Elder Shan looked at the youth and took in the red marks on his neck. It seemed he hadn't heard wrong. He couldn't understand that remark about marriage, though. ”No need, no need. I only came by to tell you that the Grandmaster wants to see you.”

”Ah?” Jing Yi looked at Qiu Ling and slowly lowered his hand.