Xiche came back from Meng Xinghe with a feeling of disappointment. As soon as he returned to the hall, he saw Chu Qi. When he saw him looking at him, he gathered his disappointment and walked up to him pretending to be calm.

Chu Yan raised his hand and touched Xi Che's shoulder, retracted a wisp of his soul, and asked casually: "What did he say to you?"

But he didn't expect Xi Che to react so strongly. He just touched his clothes with his fingers, but he took a big step back in front of him.

To be honest, even if they are just ordinary friends, such a big reaction is very hurtful. Chu Yan was almost stunned. Xi Che seemed to have just reacted at this time. He sighed as if he was not worried, but avoided his gaze.

"Nothing, just some...clichés that companies use to brainwash new employees. They paint big pictures and want me to work for them obediently."

Chu Yan looked at him expressionlessly - he had been listening to the whole thing and knew what he and Meng Xinghe had said. The other party wanted Xi Che to return to Mingzhao Theological Seminary to be an undercover agent. It seemed that they wanted him to investigate Rong Jiudao, but the actual content of the investigation was not stated in detail. This matter sounds weird, and Meng Xinghe is a very strange person. What he asks to do is definitely not simple. Asa should have noticed this. Chu Yan hoped that he could regard him as an ally with whom he could discuss countermeasures, but he did not expect that he would deliberately hide it from him.

His avoidance and alienation towards me was almost clearly written on his face.

Chu Yan originally wanted to use Chu Qi's image to make Asa gradually get used to himself, but he now feels that the relationship between the two of them has not only not become closer, but has gone in the opposite direction.

After Xi Che dodged Chu Yan, he realized that his reaction was a bit too much. If he was not mistaken, Chu Qi's face, which was always expressionless, seemed to show a trace of hurt. But he was feeling depressed right now and was in no mood to coax this guy. His mind was full of Chu Yan - the more he thought about Chu Yan, the more desperate he felt, and the more miserable he felt, the more he couldn't help but miss him... It was a vicious cycle.

Xi Che coughed uncomfortably a few times, his eyes drifting to the side: "Okay, let's go back first, I've been hungry all day."

Chu Yan frowned and looked at Xi Che's back as he turned and left, swallowing all the words he wanted to say. Xi Che now completely refused to communicate. He understood that the more he talked, the more annoyed he would become.

But this idea only kept him rational temporarily. For so many days in a row, he had been treating himself like this. Chu Yan felt more and more anxious. He felt that he had to do something, otherwise, Asa would only become more and more distant from him. Chu Yan did not have such strong self-confidence that Asa's feelings for him were what he hoped. On the contrary, because his attitude had always been ambiguous, he had no confidence. Every time this emotion arises, he has to confirm the other person's feelings again and again.

So Chu Yan thought of the dream-building stone - if Asa could only open his heart to that imaginary self in his dreams, why not use it again.

This thought kept lingering in his mind, and he gradually became excited. However, Xi Che was thinking about Meng Xinghe's words. The slight tingling feeling in his heart could not be eliminated. Instead, it was like a spark burning in his heart, which was spreading more and more, and even showed the tendency to set the whole prairie on fire.

The dinner table was unusually silent, but Xi Che didn't care. He wanted to go out for a walk. But just as he stood up, the originally clear sky was filled with a series of thunderous cries, which rolled in the dark clouds, giving people a feeling of hidden danger. Xi Che walked to the balcony and looked at the sky, feeling a little uncomfortable.

The thunder today is not normal.

He couldn't tell what was wrong, he just felt that the clouds were too dark, the thunder was too muffled, and there were even subtle red lightning in the pitch-black clouds. After all, Xi Che had been a god of war in his lifetime and was familiar with the rules of the Nine Netherworld. He felt that this weather situation seemed like a warning from heaven.

I don’t know what happened in Jiuyou, but I hope nothing happened to Chu Yan.

Xi Che was so worried about himself that he didn't notice that Chu Yan's face was so cold that it was almost freezing. Xi Che completely forgot that the object of Heaven's warning is always the most important god. If the god's mind is shaken, danger will occur. Heaven cannot change it, so it can only warn the three realms with strange signs. It is not known whether this thunder was a warning to Chu Yan or an accountability to him. Mingzhao Tianshen has the most believers in the world and his status is extremely important. He should not have desires or demands. However, his spirit, which should have been pure, became polluted because of desires, which naturally caused the sad thunder.

"Go take a nap after dinner. You look too tired."

Xi Che heard Chu Yan say this behind him. Before he could answer, he felt a wave of fatigue coming over him. He subconsciously hummed and turned around to meet his eyes. Xi Che didn't know what was happening to him. He felt dizzy, or as if he was trapped in his eyes, and his consciousness seemed to be suddenly pulled away.

Chu Yan quickly hugged Xi Che's fallen body. He stared at his face, carried him back to the bedroom, and gently put him on the bed.

The dark clouds in the sky finally dropped rain. Chu Yan walked to the window and closed it, completely blocking out the warnings that seemed to be chasing him and calling him a beast. He held the bright purple-red dream-building stone in his hand, pressed it gently into Xi Che's palm, and interlocked his fingers.

Chu Yan saw Xi Che frowning, so he bent down and kissed him on the forehead. He stared at him for a long time before saying, "Asa, I miss you so much."

At some point, Xi Che found himself dreaming again, but he was dreaming about the past. The people around him were blurry shadows, and he could barely see the clothes they were wearing, which seemed to be the snow-covered green pine robes from his school days. They seemed to pass by him like a revolving lantern. This finally seemed like a normal dream. Real dreams are always like this, blurry and unclear... However, among this crowd of people, Xi Che clearly saw the only human face, which was Chu Yan.

It was as if they had just met. He stood among the crowd, his gaze calm and determined, looking straight at himself across so many classmates.

Xi Che felt as if he had been bewitched, and since it was not just a messy dream, he could relax a little and took the initiative to walk through the crowd and come in front of Chu Yan. Chu Yan still looked at him like that, his eyes became very warm. After a long time, Xi Che heard him say, "Are you very tired?"

This sentence made Xi Che stunned. Chu Yan seemed to have said this to him before. It should be when he completed the homework assigned by the teacher one time and returned home in embarrassment, Chu Yan asked this question. This made him a little upset. No matter how tiring his student days were, they were not as exhausting as their current broken relationship.

Xi Che felt mixed emotions and forced a smile: "What are you talking about..."

Chu Yan didn't let him finish his words. He suddenly reached out and pressed the back of Xi Che's head, pressing him into his arms. Then Xi Che heard a sound of something breaking through the air above his head, and with a "whoosh", something flew past his scalp. Chu Yan whispered: "Be careful."

Xi Che's memory was gently opened. This happened a long time ago. Not long after they "got to know each other through fighting", they went to the dense forest of Chijing to practice hunting together. He and Chu Yan were assigned to the same group. During the process, a stray arrow shot by a classmate almost hit Xi Che, and Chu Yan saved him casually.

That incident left a deep impression on Xi Che. In his opinion, boys generally avoid physical contact with the same sex. No matter how good their relationship is, they will not touch each other. Even if they touch each other accidentally, they will immediately bounce away like a spring. To be frank, it felt very unlucky.

Xi Che himself also had this feeling. It was okay when he met a girl, but when he met a man, he would feel uncomfortable all over and even want to punch him. Precisely because he was like this, Xi Che never doubted his sexual orientation.

But this is not the case with Chu Yan. Chu Yan does not seem to be shy about touching him physically...

This kind of thing may not be strange in the eyes of ordinary people, but Xi Che would wonder in his heart, causing him to feel many times that Chu Yan treats him the same way... I see how charming the green mountains are, and I guess the green mountains should see me the same way.

But because the environment they were in was so special, Xi Che never mentioned this matter, and Chu Yan never mentioned it either. Xi Che just thought it was a tacit understanding between them. It was not until the truth was revealed and the day he left Jiuyou that Xi Che realized that all this "tacit understanding" was just his wishful thinking.

Regardless of whether Chu Yan had any special feelings for him, he ultimately chose responsibility.

Xi Che thought a lot in a flash, but his body fell uncontrollably towards Chu Yan. Both of them couldn't stand firmly and fell heavily into the bushes. The plants in the dense forest of Red Realm are very special. The grass is long and the leaves are thin. The fallen leaves pile up together, like a net woven from fibers. It is dense and soft, and it won’t hurt if you fall on it. But they are in a dream, so it won’t hurt.

Xi Che was stunned and tried to get up anxiously, but was hugged by Chu Yan, who held him tightly and prevented him from getting up. This is of course not what really happened on the day of the hunt. Chu Yan saved him on the day of the hunt, but he did not fall into such an ambiguous position.

Why did he have this kind of dream again? Could it be that this was a direct response to some desire deep in his heart?

Xi Che felt like crying, he felt so ashamed.

Of course, he didn't know that these scenes were actually constructed according to Chu Yan's wishes and were his suppressed desires. Chu Yan felt that he no longer had the chance to tell Asa that he had been attracted to him so many times. Now that he thought about it, he had had such feelings for him long before he entered Fengzao Mansion.

Logically speaking, he should have waited a little longer, but it seemed he couldn't wait any longer. He wanted to use the Dream Stone to fulfill their past dreams.

Xi Che felt his waist belt being untied, and was a little horrified. He looked up and met Chu Yan's eyes, and clearly saw something in his eyes that shouldn't be there.

However, Xi Che only had time to take a look before his head was immediately pushed down. Chu Yan put his lips to his ear and he could clearly hear his breathing becoming heavy. Xi Che realized that things were turning strange again, and immediately tried to push him away: "Chu Yan... Chu Yan! I didn't dream about you for this!"

Chu Yan chuckled: "Then what for?"

But he didn't let him push him away. Xi Che was stunned. In fact, he didn't know why, but he heard Chu Yan continue to whisper in his ear: "I know, but I did it for this."

His voice was very light, like a feather slowly brushing across Xi Che's heart, and Xi Che seemed to be bewitched and lost all reaction. When he finally came to his senses, he realized - what kind of obscene words did Chu Yan say! And the tone of his voice was clearly tempting him.

Naturally, everything in the dream that Chu Yan had created went according to his wishes. Gradually, there were no other people around them, only the two of them. Xi Che felt that it was strange that he slept with him, and he had a vague feeling that it happened more than once. They seemed to be Chu Yan from many different periods, taking him to review all their past experiences, except that in reality they were close friends, while in their dreams they had already broken through that level of close friends.

Dopamine is a wonderful thing. It doesn't even require anything to have happened in reality. It can follow the illusions created by the brain and make its owner fall into the muddy desires. Xi Che bit Chu Yan's shoulder, releasing all his emotions in that instant. His vision became blurred, and he swallowed his tears in pieces, turning them into a tortuous stream of tenderness and grievance. Then he heard Chu Yan say: "What does Asa want to do recently? I know, you want to tell me."

Xi Che thought, maybe he really had a strong desire to talk in his heart, so the Chu Yan in the dream would ask this, but he habitually shook his head to deny it, and Chu Yan sighed: "Then you just want my body."

Chu Yan felt that his bottom line was lowering day by day, and at this time he even thought that this was a good thing for him, and he didn't mind being a bed partner in his dream.

Xi Che was so scared that his pupils trembled: "What nonsense are you talking about."

Chu Yan lowered his eyes and stroked the back of Xi Che's neck. After a long time, he whispered: "I am telling the truth. As long as Asa wants, I will give it. You can treat me as anything you want, even if you just need me during the succubus's estrus period..."

"Stop, stop!"

Xi Che couldn't bear to see his humble appearance and interrupted him hurriedly. He sighed deeply and then told the whole story: "Meng Xinghe asked me to be an undercover agent for Rong Jiudao. From what he said, it seems that he and Rong Jiudao were once allies, but he was not completely sincere. I have to be on guard against him... I'm going back to Mingzhao Seminary."

Chu Yan already knew that the Asa in the dream was the real Asa, and it was the Dream Stone that pulled them together from the soul level, so what Asa said now was what he wanted to say to him.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief. Asa was still willing to tell him the truth. He just didn't like his "substitute" and didn't like Chu Qi.

Chu Yan hugged Xi Che and kissed him lightly on the forehead: "Okay, do whatever you want to do, I will accompany you."

Xi Che did not speak, but hugged Chu Yan's arms tightly. Chu Yan looked at him for a long time, and suddenly new worries arose in his heart.

——But, Asa didn’t seem to be so honest with his real self. He even drove himself away... Could it be that Asa loved the self in his dreams the most?