A Seductive Gentleman Chapter 53

Chapter 53: From the Flower Reflects a Picture – Part 10

Later in the middle of the night, Ming ChangYan didn't know when he fell asleep.

When he woke up, Huai Yu had already finished reading the book.

Just as expected, he stayed beside his bed all night.

The moment Ming ChangYan opened his eyes, the first thing he said was, "I want to take a trip to Huating."

And the first thing that Huai Yu replied to him was, "No."

Just like last night.

Seeing that he wouldn't listen to him, Ming ChangYan got out of bed and prepared to get dressed. In the end, it was already morning yet rain still hadn't stopped, the pitter-patter of raindrops never coming to an end. The clothes that were hanging on the rack still hadn't dried even after leaving them out for the entire night. Leaning for a sniff, there was even a moldy, scent of rain, extremely smelly.

In short, Ming ChangYan wouldn't wear those clothes no matter what.

But it's not like he could just wear a set of inner robes and wander around everywhere, so when breakfast was brought into the room, Ming shaoxia stated his demand, "I want a set of clothes, but I don't have the money."

Huai Yu said, "You're not going out anyway, what's the point of wearing clothes."

Ming ChangYan smiled, "What do you mean I'm not going out? I already told you, I need to take a trip to the old site of the Huating villa."

Huai Yu set down his chopsticks and said without a doubt, "And I've also told you, I forbid it."

It was only at this point that Ming ChangYan finally realized why Huai Yu's "forbid it" was "forbidden."

He was startled, "Did you not sleep last night, because you were afraid I would run away in the middle of the night?"

Huai Yu couldn't deny it.

Ming ChangYan's eyes slightly widened, "Young Prime Minister, this is called imprisonment! House arrest! This is breaking the laws of the Central Plains!"

Huai Yu directly ignored him. Sitting on the bed, he picked up a new book and began reading.

Ming ChangYan pulled the book away, "Stop looking at the book, look at me! Look at this shaoxia!"

Huai Yu said, "What's so good about looking at you."

Ming ChangYan expressed, "Aren't I prettier than this book?"

He then said, "I don't have the time to talk about this, give me the clothes, I'm going out."

Huai Yu humphed, "No. If you have the skill then you can run out naked."

Ming ChangYan said, "Stop, let me emphasize that I'm not completely naked, I still have my inner robes."

He suddenly halted before turning around and making a mad dash towards the clothes rack. Huai Yu reacted a step before him; extending his leg, he kicked the chair and hindered Ming ChangYan's steps. Immediately after, he condensed a stream of spiritual energy in his palm and destroyed the clothes hanging on the rack.

Ming ChangYan exclaimed, "You!"

Huai Yu calmly raised his teacup, blew into it, and slowly took a sip.

After he finished drinking, he said, "Then you can go out in your inner robes."

Ming ChangYan was angered to the point of laughter by his arrogant and overbearing actions. He walked a few circles around the room before ultimately sitting on the bed and thinking: I don't believe that he has the ability to keep an eye on me for that long!

Sure enough, after not sleeping for an entire night, Huai Yu wasn't a god, of course it'd be difficult to endure. After reading for a while, he began to feel very sleepy.

Ming ChangYan was waiting for him to go to sleep, seeing that his plan was close to success, he didn't try to hide his victory, beaming as he looked at Huai Yu.

"Young Prime Minister, if you're tired, you should have nice rest."

With that, he immediately stood up and set aside a space in bed for Huai Yu.

Huai Yu snorted before abruptly hitting two of his acupuncture points. Ming ChangYan instantly stopped moving.

He shouted, "Huai Yu!"

Huai Yu acted like he couldn't hear and put him in front of a mirror, to have him face himself who was stuck in this odd position. He himself walked towards the bed as if planning to take a rest. Ming ChangYan truly couldn't understand what kind of wicked taste Huai Yu had, only thinking that he felt stupid and embarrassed. He quickly yelled, "Hey! You little brat, you're just going to leave me here?"

Huai Yu ignored him, Ming ChangYan swiftly added, "This won't do, this position's too uncomfortable, ouch, I can't take it anymore, the poison in my body is going to flare up in advance." Hearing this, Huai Yu changed his mind and went back to feel his pulse before picking him up and placing him on the inner section of the bed, himself laying on the outer section. When Ming ChangYan laid down, he thought: What's going on, I was just saying it was uncomfortable, don't tell me there's actually a problem?

"Huai Yu-gege, could you undo my acupoint? If not then I'd have the impulse to talk to you and wouldn't that be too noisy for you to fall asleep?"

Huai Yu said, "Shut up, I'm tired."

Ming ChangYan, "You're tired, yet you stayed up all night?!"

Huai Yu stopped talking.

Even though Ming ChangYan said that if the other fell asleep, he would be so noisy that he couldn't have a proper sleep. But in reality, the moment Huai Yu closed his eyes, Ming ChangYan stopped talking.

He didn't say it, but he was thinking about how to get out of this room.

It was impossible to use force. His cultivation compared to Huai Yu could be compared to an arm trying to wring a thigh.

What's more, he was currently suspecting whether this little brat has some sort of secret technique to be able to accurately locate him every time, there must be a cheat code! Even if he was to slip away, he has to have enough time to slip away.

But it's not impossible to not go, he could hide behind Huai Yu for a while, it's possible he could stay in the Ninety-Ninth Temple for a lifetime and never face reality again, right?

Of course not.

He thought to himself: First, it was a dead body in an alley, then it was another dead body in another alley. XiaoHan Temple made countless enemies in these past few years, if there really is someone who wants to kill them, then there's no ground for blame. But there are thousands of ways to kill someone, why are they using the Thousand Needles Through the Throat?

Ming ChangYan sighed.

Although he was hit in the acupuncture point, he didn't feel sore as he laid in bed.

Ming shaoxia didn't just stay lying down, he moved around his spiritual energy, preparing to break through the acupuncture point and then seize the opportunity to secretly slip away.

He laid down for a while when at this moment, the door bolt moved.

A waiter poked their head inside.

His eyes scanned the room before he finally noticed the two people lying on the bed.

Presumably, the waiter came up to ask if the two wanted lunch served, but seeing that the two were both asleep, he threw the cleaning rag over his shoulder and raised his foot preparing to leave.

Ming ChangYan's eyes were blazing, how could he allow him to just leave! He coughed softly, trying not to make too much of a commotion, his heart fearful as he simultaneously glanced at Huai Yu.

Still asleep.

Ming shaoxia let out a breath of relief. He was fortunate that the waiter was quick-witted, his footsteps light as he walked towards the bed and caught sight of Ming ChangYan lying on the inner part of the bed.

The waiter's expression suddenly turned indescribable.

After all, anyone who sees two men lying on the same bed like this is unlikely to show a normal expression.

Ming ChangYan was aware of this fact but he didn't have enough time to explain. He mouthed: Help me with something.

The waiter swallowed his saliva and took a glance at Huai Yu.

He also mouthed something, but unfortunately, the waiter's common dialect wasn't very precise and his accent was quite heavy. Even if Ming shaoxia tried his best to identify it, he still couldn't understand what he said.

The waiter tried mouthing something then using gestures, after a long time of struggling, he turned around and found a set of pen and paper. He wrote a few lopsided characters before spreading out the paper and showing it to Ming shaoxia.

Ming shaoxia looked at it, it wrote: Young Master, even if you two like playing like this, don't forget to pay attention to your body!

Ming ChangYan thought: What 'playing like this'? Why can't this waiter get the point?

He quickly expressed: Help me! There'll be a great reward!

The waiter's eyes brightened, writing: Young Master, if you have any commands, don't hesitate to say!

Ming ChangYan replied: Help me buy some sedatives.

The waiter was both frightened and alarmed, his eyes widened into circles. He advised: Young Master, you're already like this, why are you trying to do this kind of high-level play?

Ming ChangYan felt like they weren't understanding each other at all. Not to mention the words written by the waiter, although they were a bit on the ugly side, he was still able to recognize every character. But when they were put together, Ming shaoxia couldn't fathom the mystery behind it. He was both anxious and worried, his spiritual energy was in such disarray that it went as far as to undo the acupuncture point.

Ming shaoxia's right hand twitched and he slightly lifted it.

He was overjoyed and promptly mouthed: I'll give you gold, just help me buy the medicine. If anyone tries to investigate the matter, I'll take full responsibility!

The waiter was in a dilemma. Without waiting for his reply, Ming ChangYan moved his right arm and reached out to grope around Huai Yu's chest.

Whenever he saw him take out those tiny golden beads, it was always from here. Ming ChangYan didn't see Huai Yu change clothes last night, so it could be assumed that the money pouch must be here.

Ming shaoxia didn't dare to move too much. He was afraid that he would disturb Huai Yu and wake him up, then catch him red-handed stealing from him.

As a result, the hand that was quietly reaching into his chest acted like a boneless wisp of smoke, which gently stirred and groped around. Ming shaoxia held his breath and concentrated on trying to find the pouch.

The waiter was trembling in fear as he watched him grope around for a long time, his palms starting to become sweaty for him.

Good things come to those who wait, Ming ChangYan moved his hand like he was touching a fine piece of porcelain until he made contact with a coarse object. It was different from the soft fabric of the clothes, precisely that of a small pouch.

The bag was tightly fastened on, no matter how hard he tried he could untie it with just one hand.

After plan A failed to work, he moved onto plan B. Ming ChangYan grabbed the string attached to the pouch and gradually dragged it out.

He fixed his gaze on Huai Yu's face in fear that this expression might change or he might wake up.

Till the money pouch was pulled out, Huai Yu still hadn't woken up. It seemed like not sleeping for a night really took a toll on him. Even with Ming shaoxia making such large movements he still failed to wake the other up.

Ming ChangYan secretly rejoiced, untying the pouch, he took out two small gold beads.

These gold beads were priceless, the waiter stared blankly at the beads.

Ming ChangYan was extremely reluctant, thinking that using a gold bead in exchange for a bag of sedatives really wasn't worth it. But at this moment he was seeking help from others, so he could only tearfully hand the gold beads over to the waiter.

When the waiter recieved the beads, he was smiling so happily that his eyes disappeared. Patting his chest, he released one hundred twenty hearts towards Ming ChangYan's way, affirming that he'll get the task done. Immediately after, he quietly left through the door.

In the passing, he also pulled the door closed.

Seeing the waiter walk off with the gold beads, Ming ChangYan's heart dropped and felt as though it was letting out blood.

He silently sobbed, his body aching over the squandering of those gold beads. Not daring to delay any longer, he quickly stuffed the money pouch back into Huai Yu's bosom.

But it's a pity that inviting the devil is always easier than sending him away, and thus just as Ming shaoxia was stuffing the pouch back in, the Huai Yu that had been sleeping for a long time finally woke up.

At this time, Ming shaoxia's hand was still inside the other's bosom, making him look like a lecher trying to do something unorthodox.

Huai Yu was silent for a few seconds before asking, "What are you doing?"

Ming shaoxia turned into a motionless stab of stone.

"I…."

Admit to taking Huai Yu's money pouch? What was the point of getting the money pouch? To buy sedatives. And what's the point of buying sedatives? So that he could use this sort of insidious method to render Huai Yu unconscious and go to Huating.

However, once admitted, then this whole plan would fail.

After weighing the pros and cons, Ming ChangYan closed his eyes and clenched his teeth, replying, "Don't you see? I'm helping you straighten your clothes!"

Huai Yu raised his eyebrow, "Straighten my clothes?"

Ming ChangYan promptly took his hand back, "Yup, your clothes were wrinkled, I couldn't stand it any longer so I did you a favor and lent a helping hand. If you want to thank me, there's no need, they're just petty favors, the people of Jianghu don't say such things as thank you."

Huai Yu said, "I didn't know that you had to reach inside to straighten up clothing."

Ming ChangYan's ears flushed red, "Speak clearly! What do you mean reach inside! Little Huai Yu, speak with consciousness, I only touched one layer!"

Huai Yu commented, "To raise and lower one's hand.*"

(TN: In a traditional sense it means to be cheating in secret [not like cheating in a relationship], but it's also slang to have improper physical contact with someone)

The moment he uttered those words, Ming ChangYan's ears turned even redder than before, stuttering over his words he said, "D, don't you always have to move you hand around when straightening clothes, if not then how are you supposed to level it out!"

Huai Yu glanced at him like he didn't want to deal with him.

After he got enough sleep, he decided to go downstairs to buy some food.

"I'll be back soon, if I don't see you when I come back, it'll be at your own risk."

Ming ChangYan gave him a clever smile, "How's that possible, you've already gotten my acupuncture point, how could I possibly move!"

He said, "Look, I could only break one point, but I probably can't break the other one!"

Huai Yu hummed then went downstairs.

Ming ChangYan waited for him to finish going downstairs, only when no more noise could be heard did he suddenly jump up from bed.

"Humph, to think that such a trifling method could trap this shaoxia."

He sat in front of the table and poured himself a cup of tea.

"It's just that if I left now and he can't find me when he gets back, he'll definitely come out and catch me. Since my cultivation is inferior between the two of us, I'll be caught by him in the time it takes for half an incense to burn. It's lucky that I'm so smart, since I can't beat you, this method is more than enough for you little brat."

Shortly after Huai Yu left, the highly efficient waiter came back with the drug.

Getting hold of what he needed, Ming ChangYan was extremely happy, with his plan already halfway complete, he didn't even care about the gold beads he'd given to the waiter earlier.

He placed the sedative in his palm to examine it for a bit before lifting the cover of the teapot and spilling all the contents inside. After he finished, he was still afraid that Huai Yu's cultivation would be too high and the quantity of the sedatives wouldn't be enough. Finally, due to this psychological effect, he used his finger to flick at the yellow paper to let the last bits of white powder fall into the water.

After he finished doing all this, the large boulder in Ming ChangYan's heart fell down.

He destroyed the yellow paper and quietly waited for Huai Yu to return.

With nothing to do, Ming shaoxia noticed that there were two books on the table. The first being《Canon of Supreme Mystery》, and the second being《Discourses on Salt and Iron》, both being two famous documents. Ming ChangYan lost interest the moment he read those dull and tedious titles, knowing that inside would be nothing but a lengthy doctrine filled with literary jargon and chewed up characters. As a result, he only intended to flip through a few of the pages. But just as he rummaged through the pages, the contents within startled him.

The pages within the book were filled with comics. Ming shaoxia widened his eyes, upon further inspection he discovered that this was a wuxia comic. The characters were drawn true to life and the storyline was vulgar and humorous, causing one to cannot help but laugh. Ming ChangYan swiftly reached out for the second book and just as expected, it was still a comic book!

So the books that Huai Yu had been reading for the past two days, turned out to be fake coverings of《Canon of Supreme Mystery》and《Discourses on Salt and Iron》!

Ming shaoxia turned around and began laughing. In his heart, he felt very joyful. He only thought that Huai Yu this person was really cute. A cute appearance, a cute person, a cute temper, everything about him was cute. He had never met a single person that made him feel such tenderness towards.

Even after setting down the book, the smile never left Ming ChangYan's lips.

When Huai Yu came back, the sky had already turned dark.

Ming ChangYan only just finished dinner when he saw the other come in through the door.

Ming shaoxia was very dissatisfied, asking, "Why did you come back so late?"

Huai Yu replied, "Something happened in the palace."

Ming ChangYan was very suspicious, "Something happened? What happened? How many hours has it been, are you lying to me?"

Huai Yu said, "Why would I lie to you."

When Ming ChangYan heard this, Huai Yu's reply was the same words said in a novel after someone went out and found themselves a mistress.

He nearly blurted out: Have you found someone else!

Fortunately, although Ming shaoxia enjoyed reading novels, he didn't want to dive too deep into this performance. After asking a few questions, he lost interest.

Huai Yu placed the osmanthus cake on the table before taking off the cotton thread and taking out a piece to snack on.

Ming ChangYan politely poured him a cup of tea and smiled, "Don't just eat the cake like that, it's easy to choke. Drink some tea to wash it down."

Huai Yu didn't suspect him, merely bringing the teacup over but didn't intend to drink it, it seemed that he wasn't very thirsty.

He ate a second piece, noticing Ming ChangYan's steady gaze on him, he asked, "What are you staring at me for?"

Ming ChangYan smiled, "Because you look nice."

Huai Yu swallowed the osmanthus cake, picking up the teacup he brought it to his lips.

Ming ChangYan's heart was at its highest peak when he saw him bring the cup up to his mouth. It was only a hair's breadth away when Huai Yu paused and set down his cup.

"Do you still plan on going to Huating?"

Ming ChangYan was burning with anxiety. He was afraid that no matter what the other party asked, he would have to reply with what they wanted to hear.

"Nope, nope! I promise I won't go! I'll listen to everything you say!"

Huai Yu began, "It's best not to go. However, don't play any petty tricks."

Ming ChangYan said, "I wouldn't dare, what kind of tricks would I be able to play. I already said I won't go, rest assured."

Huai Yu shot him another glance, not convinced that he would give up so easily, "Really?"

Ming ChangYan was worried to death, "Really, really! I promise! If it's fake then you can do whatever you want!"

It was only then that Huai Yu let it go and drained the cup in one gulp.

Ming ChangYan's eyes brightened, he narrowly jumped up to clap his hands and say: Little Huai Yu! How does it feel! You walked right into my trap!

But at this moment he could only celebrate in his mind and didn't dare to show even the littlest bit of it on his face. When it's all said and done, he still drugged Huai Yu, in the future when he encounters him again he'll have to kiss up to him and apologize.

While in his elated state, Ming shaoxia celebrated too soon.

A cold light suddenly flashed through Huai Yu's eyes. He stood up, directly lifted up the lapels of Ming ChangYan's robes, and firmly dragged him forward.

Crackling, the teacup on the table shattered.

Ming ChangYan was caught off guard, causing him to fall onto the table with both his hands and feet. Before he could even cry out, the very next second, he felt two cold lips against his own.

Ming ChangYan blinked as if still unable to fully comprehend the situation. Huai Yu extended his right arm and pinched his chin to force open his lips. Suddenly, the sweet trace of osmanthus cake from the tip of Huai Yu's tongue made its way into Ming ChangYan's mouth along with the drugged cup of tea from just now.

He was stupefied for less than half a pillar of incense until all the tea from Huai Yu was in his mouth and he dazedly swallowed it. When they separated, it left behind a trail of tea along his mouth from the overflow. For a moment, shock, shame, multiple emotions violently rushed to his brain, making him dizzy and his brain feeling congested. It was as if all the strength had been drained from his body.

Ming ChangYan was stunned while his face flushed a deep red. After a long time of repeating "you, you, I, I", his body began to sway as he was unable to continue standing like he was about to faint at any moment.

"…You kissed me!!"

Huai Yu's face remained the same even after kissing him, apart from the hand behind his back that was softly trembling.

He calmly said, "What's wrong with kissing you?"

After thinking about it, he added, "I gave you a chance."

Ming shaoxia's breath couldn't reach him, his body turned soft as he achieved his wish and lost consciousness.

This was translated by , any repost of this is stolen and if you steal my work you'll find yourself missing two gold beads from your wallet.

So sorry this took so long, online classes honestly suck.

But hey we finally did it my boys (ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง after 53 long ass chapters we got here.

Also, I saw this the other day but no, Huai Yu isn't really black-bellied. He's a good boy at heart with bad communication skills.

If you guys want, you can take a guess on what chapter confession is, cause if you thought a kiss is what it takes then hahaha we can cry together.

If you see any grammatical/translation errors please tell me! I got 5 hours of sleep last night.

Love, person-who-will-try-to-get-chapter-out-this-weekend-but-can't-promise-cause-she's-unreliable ˙ ͜ʟ˙

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