Published: March 8, 2025
“Y-you... how can you do this without my consent?” Tan Tan jumped around, visibly flustered. His oddly shaped eyebrows seemed like they might leap off his face: “You’re too much! Too much! Just with a little conversation, you’ve promised the lifelong happiness of your only junior disciple away! I... I want to duel with you!”
Chu Yang rolled his eyes and said nothing, pretending he didn’t hear.
Ever since he returned and learned that a marriage had been arranged for him, Tan Tan had been jumping up and down, chattering away. From morning until now, it was already afternoon.
Chu Yang acted like there was no one in front of him and focused on sorting through his gains with the Sword Spirit in his consciousness. All the gold and silver went to the Xie Clan, while the few experts who had come to assist him could casually share the spoils; however, all the rare and precious treasures belonged to Chu Yang.
The Sword Spirit in the nine calamity space was excited.
Tan Tan was truly panicking!
He paced back and forth in the room, suddenly turning this way and that, pulling at his hair in anxiety, his face wrinkled like an eggplant. He looked extremely troubled.
Gu Duxing, Dong Wushang, Ji Mo, Rocky Luo, Rui Butong, and Ao Xieyun stared blankly at Tan Tan as he walked back and forth, unable to suppress their smiles.
Could this guy really be unwilling?
“Why?” Tan Tan sighed dramatically: “Senior Brother, Chu Yang, ah! This is a matter of my entire life. You... you didn’t even discuss it and just took matters into your own hands? I... I’m going to go crazy…”
Chu Yang rolled his eyes again and changed his sitting position.
“Senior Brother, you must make a decision for me.” Tan Tan swayed back and forth in front of Chu Yang.
“Are you done yet?!” Chu Yang glared at him, shouting: “Sit down!”
Tan Tan was taken aback, staring at him in shock, and plopped down on the ground.
Chu Yang had finally finished sorting through his gains and stood up abruptly, a fierce expression on his face: “Who was it that talked in their sleep the night before last, saying ‘Xie Danfeng, little girl, this young master wants to share a bridal chamber with you!’? Hmm?”
Tan Tan’s face turned dark, panic-stricken: “I talked in my sleep? I talked in my sleep? You... you heard it?!”
“Hmph!” Chu Yang snorted, then continued: “The night before that, someone talked in their sleep, saying: ‘Little girl, fortunately, I'm not feverish now, otherwise, if you marry over, you’ll turn into roasted meat right away...’”
Tan Tan was at a loss for words, blinking innocently: “Did I really say that?”
Ignoring him, Chu Yang went on: “That day on the road, passing by someone’s tent, I heard someone talking in their sleep saying: ‘Xie Danfeng, I miss you so much~~~’”
Tan Tan froze, pointing at his own nose: “Was it really me?”
Chu Yang nodded seriously.
“I... how can I face others…” Tan Tan covered his face with his hands.
Suddenly, the room erupted in laughter.
“But it still won’t do!” Tan Tan removed his hands, becoming serious: “Senior Brother, I can’t marry her.”
“Why not?”
A hint of sadness appeared on Tan Tan’s face: “You know my situation... right now... I’m just a monster; I might harm her…”
“Shut up!” Chu Yang shouted, his eyes dangerously closing in on him: “Say one more word, and I’ll kill you!”
“But I...” Tan Tan said pitifully: “I really have some feelings…”
“Shut up! Since Master isn’t here, your matters are decided by me!” Chu Yang snorted, poking his finger on Tan Tan’s forehead, causing him to stagger: “What I say goes! Got it?!”
Tan Tan sighed heavily.
“As for your... strange behavior, of course she has to know about it!” Chu Yang snorted again, saying: “I believe Xie Danfeng, since she can look at your ugly face, definitely won't mind that.”
As soon as those words were said, the entire room burst into laughter.
Even the serious Ao Xieyun couldn’t help but chuckle.