Chapter 79

Chapter 79

But just as he reached the foot of the stairs, he stopped, turned around, and went back up.

Forget it. Forget it.

If he went over there now and ruined Uncle Nine’s mood, who knew whether he’d live to see tomorrow’s sunrise?

When he was little, the police officers had taught him that if you wanted to be a brave Samaritan, you had to weigh your own abilities first. Otherwise, not only would you fail to save anyone, you might even throw your own life away.

He was only protecting himself. The Little Celestial Master probably wouldn’t blame him.

With that thought, Shen Ze immediately felt much more justified. He even had the leisure to secretly use his 7x zoom to snap a blurry nighttime photo of the two of them and send it to the group chat.

There were only three people in the group.

Himself, Lu Ren, and Shen Yanchen’s friend, Jiang Shaobai.

The moment he sent the photo, Lu Ren replied with a question mark.

Jiang Shaobai teased, “Not bad, Shen Ze. Since when did you pick up the hobby of peeping on people getting intimate?”

Shen Ze: “Take another good look. See who the people in the photo are.”

Jiang Shaobai: “?”

A few seconds passed.

Jiang Shaobai: “Holy shit?”

“Holy shit!”

“Holy shit shit shit!!!”

“Don’t tell me the man in this photo is your Uncle Nine!”

Shen Ze: “That’s him.”

Jiang Shaobai suspected he was dreaming.

Otherwise, how had that ten-thousand-year-old iron tree suddenly blossomed?

And he was holding some young girl and kissing her like he couldn’t bear to part from her!

Was this still the legendary cold, abstinent Shen Ninth Master?

Unlike Jiang Shaobai’s shock, Lu Ren had long expected Shen Yanchen to make a move on Xia Sheng. He just hadn’t expected things to develop this quickly. “Is the girl in the photo the Little Celestial Master?”

“Yes.”

Looking at Shen Ze’s confirmation in the group chat, Lu Ren couldn’t help cursing his boss as a beast in his heart.

The Little Celestial Master was only eighteen. Eighteen!

How could that old man bring himself to make a move?

Shameless. Absolutely shameless!

Seeing that Lu Ren also knew who Xia Sheng was, Jiang Shaobai asked who the girl was.

After hearing that Xia Sheng was only eighteen, Jiang Shaobai couldn’t help calling Shen Yanchen a beast too. “So that bastard likes little girls like this. He hasn’t dated anyone all these years, and I thought he had a crush on me.”

Lu Ren: “…”

Shen Ze: “…”

“Don’t tell me you’re the one who’s bent?”

Jiang Shaobai: “Get lost. I’m a man with a family. Don’t go spreading rumors about me.

“No, I have to go knock some sense into him, in case he really loses his head and lays a hand on that girl!”

With that, Jiang Shaobai rushed to get dressed and headed out in a flurry.

Seeing that someone else was going to stand up in his place, Shen Ze’s anxious heart finally settled. He turned around and went off to play games.

Meanwhile…

It was Xia Sheng’s first proper kiss, and after Shen Yanchen kissed her for a while, her mind went completely hazy.

In the past, when Xia Sheng had gone on jobs with the Old Charlatan, she had once encountered a gu sorcerer who used poison powder.

Back then, even after being poisoned by the powder, she had still been able to stand straight. Yet now, for some reason, her whole body felt weak, and she hung against Shen Yanchen as if she had no bones.

If Shen Yanchen hadn’t still been holding her, she probably would have fallen by now.

Seeing the mist gathering in the girl’s eyes, her gaze slightly unfocused and dazed, Shen Yanchen found it a little amusing.

He remembered the last time the girl had gotten drunk and forced a kiss on him. She had been fierce, aggressive, and domineering.

Today, she was exceptionally obedient.

He slowly released her lips, lifted his hand, and lightly rubbed his thumb over them, wiping away the glistening moisture at the corner of her mouth. “I thought you would push me away.”

His voice was much hoarser than before, as though roughened by sand, low and deep as it came from his chest.
At the sound of his voice, Xia Sheng snapped back to herself.

She lifted her eyes and met the man’s smiling black gaze, then said unhappily, “I did push you just now. You were the one who wouldn’t let go.”

The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became. “You said earlier that if I didn’t want to, I could refuse. But with the way you were acting, did it look like you were giving me any chance to refuse?”

Shen Yanchen looked at the little girl fuming in his arms, and the smile in his eyes deepened. “You are of the Mystic Sect. Whether in physical skill or mystical arts, you’re far above ordinary people.

“If you truly wanted to refuse me, how could I possibly force you?”

At that, Xia Sheng’s cheeks grew a little hot.

Her attitude just now really had been half-resisting, half-going along with it. She hadn’t been firm enough.

Seeing that Xia Sheng had gone quiet, Shen Yanchen kissed her lightly on the lips again and asked, “So, Sheng’er, have you agreed to date me?”

Xia Sheng hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she nodded.

In truth, she couldn’t quite say what kind of feelings she had for Shen Yanchen, but at the very least, she didn’t dislike him.

And when she was close to him, she did feel a little happy.

She simply couldn’t tell whether that bit of happiness she felt toward Shen Yanchen was because of him as a person, or because the abundant Baleful Qi around him made her feel comfortable.

But no matter which reason it was, she had to admit that when she was with Shen Yanchen, she was happy.

Since that was the case, there was no harm in trying.

They were both single anyway. Even if they really got together, it wouldn’t affect anyone else.

Shen Yanchen had not expected Xia Sheng to agree so easily. A flash of joy crossed his eyes, and even someone as steady as him couldn’t help but cup Xia Sheng’s face again and kiss her once more.

His lips pressed heavily against hers, his scorching breath making Xia Sheng’s head spin.

She went limp in his arms. At some point, the man’s broad hand had slipped under the hem of her shirt, gently kneading her waist.

Xia Sheng couldn’t help trembling, and she tried to pull his hand out.

Shen Yanchen murmured by her ear, “I’ll only touch. Nothing else.”

Xia Sheng was still hesitating over whether to let him, when the villa’s doorbell rang.

Shen Yanchen couldn’t help frowning.

Taking the opportunity, Xia Sheng pushed him away and said with a flushed little face, “Go get the door.”

Shen Yanchen’s expression was somewhat cold. He kissed Xia Sheng on the forehead and said, “Wait here for me.”

With that, he turned and went downstairs.

After Shen Yanchen left, Xia Sheng patted her burning cheeks, feeling that her heart was still beating a little fast.

Although she knew Shen Yanchen was a man who knew his limits and would not go all the way, the instant he had gripped her waist just now, she had still felt a little nervous.

Xia Sheng stood where she was for quite a while before the heat in her cheeks finally faded a little.

When she looked up, she saw Shen Shen staring in her direction with a sleazy grin.

At that, Xia Sheng’s gaze sharpened. She remembered that she still hadn’t settled the score with Shen Shen.

Shen Shen belatedly sensed the danger and turned to run.

But before he could get more than a few steps away, Xia Sheng grabbed one of his short little legs and lifted him up.

Shen Shen kicked his stubby legs in Xia Sheng’s hand. Seeing that he had no way to escape, he put on a pitiful expression and looked at Xia Sheng with pleading eyes. “Little Celestial Master, I know I was wrong.”

Xia Sheng was expressionless. “That’s what you said last time too.”

Shen Shen: “…”

Xia Sheng said, “I’m planning to mass-produce weight-loss pills.”

Shen Shen’s tiny body gave a mighty shudder. “Little Celestial Master, kajima, yamete…”

He really was going to get plucked bald! Aaaaaah!!!