Chapter 71 Kissing Cures All Diseases

Chapter 71 Kissing Cures All Ills

The pain was gone.

After swallowing it, the throbbing in his throat miraculously vanished!

“...Holy hell,” Lin Jianyuan clicked his tongue in disbelief, swallowing a few more times. He exclaimed, astonished, “Kissing you is a panacea, isn’t it?”

His roommate chuckled.

Lin Jianyuan pulled his roommate closer. “Again.”

Roommate: “Still hurting?”

Lin Jianyuan: “No, it’s gone. I just want to kiss you.”

His roommate’s lips curved into a smile. Warm lips met his.

Lin Jianyuan embraced his roommate, as they lay entangled, kissing on the soft, expansive bed.

Once more, they lost themselves in the kiss, oblivious to the world around them.

After a good while, they finally had their fill.

Lin Jianyuan licked his lips; they felt a little swollen.

That certainly wasn’t from kissing.

It had to be the cold!

Kissing: good. Cold: bad!

While kissing his roommate could alleviate his sore throat, it couldn’t cure his headache.

According to his roommate, he merely possessed the ability to accelerate healing.

Case closed.

What Lin Jianyuan had just swallowed several mouthfuls of was Healing X.

“What’s Healing X?” his roommate asked, puzzled.

Lin Jianyuan stifled a laugh. “Nothing, nothing... Well, I really do feel much better. Babe, you’re so good to me. So what exactly did you feed me?”

He was genuinely curious.

His roommate leaned in and kissed him, then whispered softly:

“It’s my Mark.”

...

Once his throat stopped hurting, Lin Jianyuan’s overall state improved significantly.

He held his roommate, rubbing his bare legs together under the covers.

“This bed is so comfortable.”

Lin Jianyuan hugged his large, warm, soft roommate, as if clutching a personal comfort pillow. “No wonder it’s a luxury hotel. The bed, the blanket, the pillow are all so comfortable, especially these sheets...”

He didn’t know what material the sheets were made of, but they were silky, soft, and slightly cool to the touch.

Lin Jianyuan couldn’t resist rubbing his bare legs against them repeatedly, squirming back and forth under the covers.

The sheets glided over his naked skin, creating a strangely pleasant sensation.

Lin Jianyuan let out a long sigh, closed his eyes, and said while holding his roommate, “I’ll ask the hotel later if I can buy a set to take home... Ah, it’s really so comfortable...”

Xie Yu had only healed his inflamed, swollen throat.

He couldn’t cure the cold itself.

Because he didn’t know where to suck.

So Lin Jianyuan soon fell asleep again.

This time, he slept peacefully. His breathing was deep and steady.

When he turned over, his thighs unconsciously brushed against the sheets.

The sensation seemed to please him so much that even in his sleep, Lin Jianyuan’s lips curled slightly upward.

He let out a soft, contented sigh.

Xie Yu: “...”

He wanted to tear the sheets off.

He didn’t know why.

He just wanted to tear the sheets off!

Speaking of which, what was a cold?

Why did Lin Jianyuan turn into a flat lemon?

Xie Yu wrapped one intestine around Lin Jianyuan while another slipped out from under the covers to grab his phone.

He opened the all-knowing Xiaohongshu.

A few minutes later.

Xie Yu was furious and almost threw his phone.

What! A cold was actually bacteria and viruses invading his human!!!

How audacious!!!

The world turned upside down!!!

Xie Yu flew into a rage and immediately got up, but half of his offal was held back—

His human was still clinging tightly to his small duodenum.

Xie Yu: “~”

His heart softened for a second.

He bent down, leaned over, and tucked his human in snugly.

About to leave...

But came back again.

Bent down, leaned over, and kissed his human’s forehead.

Just about to leave again.

But came back once more.

Bent down, leaned over.

He left Marks on his human’s forehead, throat, collarbone, chest…

On so, so many places.

He left his mark.

…Enough.

If he kept kissing like this, when would it ever end!

Xie Yu used his intestines to tug at his esophagus, angrily pulling his mouth away from the human’s abs.

Finally, he steeled himself and left.

The next second—at the Management Bureau.

The deepest part of the inverted spire, an S-Class cell.

The entire space was dark and bottomless. In a place darker than darkness itself, metallic murmurs whispered incessantly.

"I knew I shouldn't have… I shouldn’t have been so foolish not to run, but it was the Evil Domain, it was the Evil Domain, how could I possibly hide… No no no, if I had moved faster, if I had acted sooner, I wouldn’t have been caught—it’s all my fault, I’m too incompetent, it’s all my fault for wasting all my time on regret… I shouldn’t be like this, I really shouldn’t…"

BANG!—a heavy impact!

The entire cell shook, and an immense pressure radiated from the crimson shadows!

"...!!!" Regret shuddered all over, then immediately broke down again, covering his face. "Oh god, I shouldn’t have mentioned its name just now—now it’s here, what do I do? I need to reset. Maybe if I hadn’t mentioned it, it wouldn’t have come… No, I must…"

"Regret. Hand over the Mark."

A cold voice, gloomy and laced with undisguised threat.

"Or I’ll end you."

The next day.

Lin Jianyuan woke to the sound of a raging thunderstorm.

Rumble—thunder roared.

The sky was dark. Still drowsy from sleep, Lin Jianyuan couldn’t tell for a moment whether it was daytime or evening.

Wait, what time is it?!

Lin Jianyuan instinctively reached for his phone. His eyes widened in shock.

It was already 1 p.m.!

Damn, today’s plans—

Just as Lin Jianyuan was about to get up, he suddenly noticed his roommate curled up in his arms.

A warm, soft bundle—though by size, it wasn’t exactly "small" anymore.

But he still thought his roommate was small and delicate. So cute.

It made him feel instantly protective~

Lin Jianyuan’s nose twitched, catching a scent of toilet water.

At the same time, boom—

Thunder and rain roared outside the window.

Holding his roommate, Lin Jianyuan turned to look outside.

Mountain rain poured relentlessly. Pellet-sized raindrops pelted noisily against the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

The wind was strong. Tree branches swayed wildly, but the trunks stood firmly rooted to the ground.

Just like the two of them, nestled together in this storm-battered room. Outside, wind and rain raged, but inside, their hearts were at peace.

…Ah, forget it.

With such strong wind and heavy rain, might as well cancel today’s plans~

It’s nice just to cuddle like this and sleep all day on a comfortable bed.

Lin Jianyuan lowered his head and kissed his roommate’s throat.

The scent of toilet water drifted into his nostrils again, like that carefree summer after the college entrance exams many years ago, full of hope for the future…

—Wait?!

Carefree, my ass!

Toilet water, my ass!

This isn’t toilet water—it’s Sobering Potion!!

Lin Jianyuan’s heart tightened, and he quickly shook his roommate awake. "Babe? Babe? Why did someone douse you with Sobering Potion again? Did someone come to mess with you?!"

"...Mmm..." His roommate was sleepy, nuzzling into his chest and refusing to move.

His roommate lay limp in sleep, like a snake that should have been hibernating but was instead warmed by a fireplace.

Lin Jianyuan finally managed to wake him, and his roommate let out a yawn: "Haaah—".

Then he pointed to the bedside table.

"No one came," his roommate said. "I went to the Containment Department to get a Mark for you."

Lin Jianyuan gasped in shock, "A Mark?!"

Lin Jianyuan picked up the bronze pendant on the nightstand.

It was, obviously, a bronze-colored pendant.

He instantly understood what it was.

Lin Jianyuan’s heart swelled with warmth, and he couldn’t help but say emotionally, "Babe..."

His roommate leaned in, clasping it around his neck while snuggling against him, and said gently, "This is the Mark of Regret. With this, a cold can never bug you again... Mmph!"

Clang!

The moment the bronze pendant was fastened, a metallic clash erupted before Lin Jianyuan!

His roommate was flung backward with a thud!

*Roommate: ?*

*Lin Jianyuan: ???*

"Babe!" Lin Jianyuan cried out in alarm, scrambling toward him on all fours. "Babe, how did you—"

His roommate got up, trying to return to the bed.

The moment his right side touched the edge of the bed—

Clang!

It was like two giant bronze bells colliding!

Followed by a thud!

A large pile of guts was sent flying again!!!

"Babe!" Lin Jianyuan cried out, then roared in anger, "Damn it, it must be this stupid..."

He yanked off the bronze pendant, about to say "this stupid thing," but suddenly remembered it was a gift from his roommate.

It definitely couldn’t be a "stupid thing"!

Lin Jianyuan quickly corrected himself: "It must be that bastard Regret playing tricks!!!"

His roommate slowly got up from the floor.

"Wait a moment," his roommate said, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly, his voice dripping with murderous intent.

"Just give me a second. I’m going back... I’m going back right now to mess him up."

It’s said that for the entire day after that,

the deepest part of the Inverted Spire rang with the sound of metal being pounded repeatedly.

Along with Regret’s utterly frantic muttering:

"I didn’t, it wasn’t me, this really wasn’t my doing, my Mark is just like this, can’t you be reasonable—no, no, no, I can’t say that, if I say that, that unreasonable bastard Evil Domain will definitely get even angrier... Ah! Ah! I was wrong! I’m sorry! I shouldn’t have said that! Sorry, it really wasn’t me... Ah! Ah! Ah!!!"

...

Lin Jianyuan spent the entire afternoon figuring it out.

He discovered the principle of this pendant:

The bronze plate at the bottom was the Mark, and the cord attached to it was also part of the Mark.

It was like a wire.

Or rather, a circuit.

If you just kept it nearby, it was nothing more than a decorative trinket, totally useless.

But when hung around the neck and fastened with a click, the circuit connected.

Then it could use Regret’s ability to repel anything.

Lin Jianyuan tested it a few times and found that this skill only repelled things trying to get close, but items already carried on the body were unaffected.

Lin Jianyuan drifted into thought.

Lin Jianyuan had a burst of inspiration.

Lin Jianyuan slapped his thigh!

No wonder I make my living off creativity!

The rain had stopped, and the sky cleared, the sun shone brightly.

Lin Jianyuan went to the rooftop, stood at the edge, and took a deep breath.

Jump!

The feeling of weightlessness grew from light to intense. Just in case, Lin Jianyuan activated the bronze circuit the moment he jumped.

Whoosh!

Lin Jianyuan was instantly bounced off the ground!

Yes!

Lin Jianyuan was overjoyed. Exactly! He’d been right!

Even the "ground coming up" was considered "approaching"!

So it was repelled too!

In that case...

Wait!

Before he could finish the thought, Lin Jianyuan realized something!

After being repelled, he lost his balance and was now hurtling toward a large tree at high speed!

"Aaaaah, babe! Babe, help me!!! Babe!!!"

Lin Jianyuan flailed wildly in the air, screaming.

"Mmph!"

Innumerable intestinal tubes coiled gently, forming a tight, intricate net that enveloped him.

Lin Jianyuan, dizzy and wobbly, struggled to his feet, only to have his wrist suddenly entangled.

With a gentle tug from the Pink Offal, Lin Jianyuan tumbled into a warm, soft mass.

Xie Yu’s slender intestinal tubes slipped between his fingers, playfully toying with the Bronze Circuit.

"You reacted so quickly," Xie Yu said. "Luckily you undid the clasp, or I wouldn't have been able to catch you."

Lin Jianyuan’s quick thinking was indeed incredibly fast.

The moment he lost control and hurtled toward the tree, his first instinct was to call out to Xie Yu for help, and his second was to sever the Bronze Circuit, nullifying the Mark of "Regret."

If he hadn’t done this, Xie Yu wouldn’t have been able to get near him at all.

And he would have been bounced off by the tree again, possibly knocked unconscious or even broken bones under the massive rebound force.

"This thing is amazing!" Lin Jianyuan exclaimed excitedly, dragging him over. "Babe, I have a great idea!"

Xie Yu paused for a moment, then immediately understood.

Ten minutes later.

A secluded mountain lake.

"Woohoo!"

Lin Jianyuan dropped straight down from over ten meters high, triggered the circuit just before hitting the water!

Click!

The counterforce from the water’s surface sent him soaring back into the air!

Lin Jianyuan flew straight up into the sky again!

This human catapult stunt was a blast!

Xie Yu: "..."

Xie Yu was torn between laughter and annoyance: "So this is the 'great idea' you were talking about?"

"Yeah! Babe, don’t you want to try it? It’s so much fun!! Woohoo!!" Lin Jianyuan, soaked from the lake, was as excited as a child, his eyes gleaming like the sun-dappled lake.

Xie Yu: "I thought you were going to use it for combat."

After all, Lin Jianyuan was human.

No matter how strong his mental fortitude, he was still human. A fragile human.

After Xie Yu left yesterday, Lin Jianyuan encountered "Regret" alone. Fortunately, "Regret" wasn’t hostile, or the consequences could have been dire.

Xie Yu still felt uneasy about it.

That was also why he rushed back to the management bureau and spent the afternoon pummeling "Regret."

On one hand, it was to wrest the Mark away.

On the other hand... it was also a way to let off some steam.

It was weird.

He was clearly a heretic.

Those unpleasant, sticky, suffocatingly intense negative emotions used to be his nourishment.

But now, he was affected by what once fed him instead.

He, too, had begun to be controlled by negative emotions, just like humans, doing things he would never have done before.

It was weird.

Lin Jianyuan was dripping wet, his hair plastered down.

He affectionately leaned in, wrapped his arms around Xie Yu, and laced their fingers together.

In their palms lay the Bronze Circuit.

"Babe! Join me! It’s super fun!"

Lin Jianyuan laughed heartily, then added,

"When gunpowder was invented, not everyone used it for war! Some people made fireworks with it!"

Xie Yu: "...?"

Gunpowder? Fireworks?

It made no sense to him.

But.

"Alright." Xie Yu turned around, coiling around his human.

Their hands clasped tightly together.

Time to play!

Together!

We’re on vacation to have fun!

As for everything else—Xie Yu had learned a phrase from Lin Jianyuan that he felt was perfect for this moment.

Everything else—can just screw it all!!!

Let’s play together!