Chapter 95: Forced Kiss While Awake

Chapter 95: A Forced Kiss While Wide Awake

Shen Lian had no sooner finished speaking than he noticed Yan Huaixuan's entire demeanor suddenly turn terrifying, and he could even catch a flash of icy coldness that vanished in an instant in Yan Huaixuan's eyes.

He instinctively shut his mouth and took a step back, but Yan Huaixuan seized him by the waist, pinning him in place.

Yan Huaixuan's eyes returned to normal, as if that flash of bone-chilling coldness had been all in Shen Lian's head.

When Shen Lian came to his senses, he suddenly realized how intimate their current position was.

His expression changed, and he immediately pushed Yan Huaixuan away. "Who said you could touch me?"

Shen Lian said coldly, "Didn't I say that whichever hand touches me, I'll chop it off?"

But Yan Huaixuan spoke up, "A Lian, there's no Yan Huaize at all, is there?"

Shen Lian paused.

Yan Huaixuan stared straight at Shen Lian. "Weren't you just trying to force me to show myself?"

Shen Lian sneered, "If I don't force you out, am I supposed to just let you keep creeping on me like some pervert?"

"Yan Huaixuan, are you going to keep clinging to me like this for the rest of your life? I've already moved on, fallen for someone else—why are you still holding on to me?"

Shen Lian laughed coldly. "Don't you see how ridiculous you were back then?"

When he loved Yan Huaixuan, Yan Huaixuan had tossed him aside like a worn-out shoe. Now that he no longer loved Yan Huaixuan, this man came back to pester him.

To his surprise, Yan Huaixuan answered, "Yes."

Shen Lian was stunned.

Yan Huaixuan looked at him. "I do think I was pathetic back then."

"I was already attracted to you from the very beginning, yet I blamed it all on the red thread of fate, lying to myself, telling myself I was just putting on an act with you."

But the more he suppressed it, the wider the cracks in his heart split, until a rotting mire festered inside him.

Yan Huaixuan closed in on Shen Lian, step by step.

He lowered his eyes, looked at Shen Lian, and raised a hand to caress his cheek.

"Back then, I had already cut the red thread of fate, and everything could have faded into nothing."

"But the truth is, I couldn't do it at all."

Yan Huaixuan spoke each word slowly, his voice hoarse. "Every moment after I ascended to the upper realm, I was thinking of you."

Shen Lian was utterly stunned, his pupils dilated as he stared at Yan Huaixuan.

He had never imagined Yan Huaixuan would say such things.

Yan Huaixuan's gaze slowly grew bitter. "Shen Lian, it was my fault. Even when you came to the Primordial Realm, I was still hurting you without a care."

But Shen Lian abruptly cut him off. "Shut up!"

Shen Lian's eyes and brows were sharp with icy disdain. He gave a mocking half-smile, staring at Yan Huaixuan. "Don't think I'll fall for it just because you say a few sappy words."

"Who knows what you're up to now, what you're trying to trick me into this time!"

At Shen Lian's words, Yan Huaixuan's hand clenched slightly beneath his sleeve.

Seeing that he said nothing, Shen Lian let out a cold laugh and turned to leave. But the next moment, his hand was seized, and he was yanked straight into Yan Huaixuan's arms.

Shen Lian's expression changed. "What are you doing? Are you crazy?"

Yan Huaixuan lowered his head, those pale eyes filled entirely with Shen Lian's reflection.

"Didn't you ask me what I did to you last night?"

Shen Lian's hand went stiff, and he immediately said, "I don't want to know now!"

But Yan Huaixuan grabbed his face and leaned in to kiss him.

Shen Lian's eyes flew wide, and his lips parted slightly in shock, which gave Yan Huaixuan the perfect opening.

Yan Huaixuan's tongue plunged straight in.

When Shen Lian snapped back to reality, Yan Huaixuan's scent had already flooded his lungs.

His tongue was forcibly caught and tangled, and the tingling from last night that hadn't fully faded now prickled all over again.

Shen Lian pushed hard against Yan Huaixuan, but couldn't budge him.

Yan Huaixuan held him so tightly, as if he wanted to swallow him whole.

Since he couldn't push him away, Shen Lian could only bite Yan Huaixuan.

Yan Huaixuan let out a muffled grunt, and the taste of blood began to spread where their lips met.

But Yan Huaixuan didn't stop. Instead, he grabbed Shen Lian's chin and kept kissing him.

Shen Lian was stunned. He felt like the Yan Huaixuan in front of him had turned into a completely different person.

Wasn't Yan Huaixuan supposed to be all about self-restraint and abstinence?

Couldn't he meditate even with Shen Lian in bed?

Why was he now kissing him with such force, as if he wanted to crush Shen Lian into his very bones?

Shen Lian suddenly went still. Sensing his stillness, Yan Huaixuan slowly loosened his hold.

He pulled back from Shen Lian, both of their chests heaving.

Yan Huaixuan's eyes shifted. Shen Lian had stopped moving—did that mean...

Did it mean Shen Lian still had some feelings for him?

He couldn't believe that someone who had loved him so deeply could have lost all feelings for him.

During those days he lay beneath the snow, he hadn't been entirely without awareness. He could often sense that familiar, jasmine-scented presence drifting above the ground.

Yan Huaixuan spoke, "Shen Lian, you still have feelings for me, right? If not, why would you come looking for me in the Forgotten Snow Domain?"

The moment he finished, Shen Lian slapped him hard across the face.

Yan Huaixuan froze, staring at Shen Lian.

But Shen Lian's eyes were rimmed red, and a single tear slid down the corner of his eye.

"I'm telling you, there's absolutely no chance for us."

He spoke each word deliberately, "I will never look back, nor will I let the same person fool me twice."

And he'd never give anyone the chance to hurt him again.

"Forget love and romance—all I want now is to cultivate and ascend to the upper realm."

Shen Lian shot Yan Huaixuan a provocative look, "This is something you taught me. So what do you think—should I take up the Heartless Dao now?"

"I'll pull out every single memory I have and turn them all to ashes."

Yan Huaixuan grabbed his hand in a flash.

Shen Lian tilted his head back and stared straight into Yan Huaixuan's eyes.

He caught a dark glint flash through one of Yan Huaixuan's eyes—pure ice inside, like a storm was brewing.

Yan Huaixuan said quietly, "Don't cultivate the Heartless Dao."

He went on, "Shen Lian, didn't you once want to be immortal lovers with me?"

Shen Lian shook his hand off, face blank, "Too late."

Just then, He Ci showed up with his people, spotting Shen Lian and Yan Huaixuan beside him.

He Ci's eyes went wide, his mouth falling open a little.

He Ling was startled too, "Yan Huaixuan?"

Back at the sect assembly, he'd seen this peerless genius before and knew his face well.

But hadn't Yan Huaixuan been gone for ages?

He Ci stammered, "A-Lian?"

Shen Lian shook off Yan Huaixuan and walked toward He Ci, face blank, "Let's go back. That demon's already dead."

He Ci looked back and forth between Shen Lian and Yan Huaixuan.

Then, unexpectedly, Yan Huaixuan fell in step behind Shen Lian.

He Ci's expression immediately turned wary.

Yan Huaixuan said coolly, "Hasn't the Tianheng Sect announced they kicked me out? I'm just a wandering cultivator now."

At that, He Ling narrowed his eyes, "We haven't heard anything about that."

But Yan Huaixuan paid them no mind—their cultivation levels posed no threat to him.

He Ci looked at Shen Lian.