Suddenly, Xie Lian's eyes widened.

He had never been treated like this by anyone in his life. No one dared to do it, and no one could. However, this person was like a ghost, and appeared too quickly. He had no time to prepare, and ended up in such a situation. He was in a panic and tried to push the other person away, but he choked on his saliva. "Gurgle gurgle" a string of bubbles like crystal beads came out of his mouth. This is a taboo underwater. So, the other person hugged his waist tighter, and the two bodies pressed closer. Xie Lian's hand that was pushing around was firmly folded against his chest, unable to move, and his lips were firmly sealed. The kiss was deeper, and a soft and cold air flow slowly came over. Bewildered and submissive, Xie Lian saw the man's eyebrows clearly. It was Huacheng.

The moment he found out it was Hua Cheng, he stopped struggling. Many random thoughts popped up in his mind, such as: It turned out to be Hua Cheng, no wonder he was so cold. Ghosts don't need to breathe, but they could breathe for him. But won't ghosts sink into the water?

At this moment, Huacheng suddenly opened his eyes.

The moment Xie Lian looked into the black eyes that were so close to him, he froze again, and suddenly he started to struggle, thrashing about like a clumsy duck that unfortunately drowned. However, Hua Cheng easily resolved this thrashing, and he hugged Xie Lian's waist and quickly floated upwards. Not long after, the two of them suddenly broke through the water!

The bottom of the water was icy cold, and the air was chilly, but at this moment, Xie Lian's whole body was scorching hot. As soon as he surfaced, he wanted to turn his head away, but the black smoke was still hanging over the water, and when it saw someone coming out, it immediately locked onto him. Xie Lian had just turned his head a little, but Hua Cheng grabbed the back of his head with one hand and pulled him back. Before their lips had even separated for a moment, they were tightly pressed together again. Xie Lian's lips were so painful and numb from the kiss that he almost lost consciousness. If it was someone else, he would have stabbed them with a sword long ago, but this person was Hua Cheng, and he had no idea what to do. He was forced to the point of tears. At this time, looking past Hua Cheng's face, he saw thousands of silver butterflies breaking out of the water around the two of them!

With a sharp whistle, the butterfly rain shot out from under the water like dense steel bullets, and the butterfly wings reflected the cold blade-like light, instantly cutting the child spirit and making it scream continuously. The black smoke dissipated and it fled in all directions. However, the butterfly formation was overwhelming, locking it in the center, and it could not be broken even if it rushed forward. Hua Cheng didn't even raise his eyes, and hugged Xie Lian and dived into the water again. After a while, their lips finally parted.

As soon as they separated, Xie Lian blew out another string of bubbles, while Hua Cheng freed up one hand and threw out a dice. The dice could actually spin very fast in the water, creating a fierce stream of water, which finally stopped. In a moment, the two of them surfaced again.

This time, the shore was not far away, so Hua Cheng swam over with Xie Lian. It was unclear where this shore was, but there were lights and voices, which seemed close and far away. On the water behind them, a butterfly formation took the black smoke and soared into the sky, flying towards the faint lights, leaving only the child spirit screaming all the way: "Mother——!!!..."

The two men got ashore and sat heavily on the ground. Face to face, Xie Lian was able to see Hua Cheng clearly.

In fact, they had only not seen each other for a few days, but Xie Lian felt as if they had not seen each other for a long time. Every time they met, Hua Cheng looked different. This time, he seemed to be one or two years older than last time. His face was originally handsome, and it was even more dazzling when he was out of water. His hair was very black and his skin was very white. A very thin strand of hair on the right side of his cheek was tied into a small braid, and a red line was carefully braided into the braid. This was the first time Xie Lian discovered that he had a small widow's peak above his forehead, which made his face more delicate and beautiful. And the one eye covered by black brought a few traces of murderous aura, diluting this delicacy and making his good looks reach a nearly perfect balance.

Hua Cheng frowned, as if he was holding back. He panted a few times and spoke in a voice that was obviously lower than before. "Your Highness, I..."

From the tips of his hair to his body, Xie Lian was dripping with water. His lips were red and swollen, his eyes were blank, and he was stunned for a long time before he stammered, "I...I...I..."

He said "I" countless times before he suddenly said something inexplicable: "I'm a little hungry."

Hearing this, Hua Cheng was startled.

Xie Lian hadn’t recovered from his shock yet, and said in a daze, “No. I… I… I’m a little sleepy…”

He turned over, with his back to Huacheng, and landed on his hands and knees, groping slowly, as if looking for something. Huacheng said from behind him: "What are you looking for?"

Xie Lian just subconsciously didn’t dare to look at him, and said incoherently: “I’m looking for something. I’m looking for my bamboo hat. Where is my bamboo hat?”

If someone else saw this scene, they would definitely scream: "It's over, stupid!" In fact, it was just that Xie Lian had never experienced such a thing before, and the shock was too great for a moment, and he lost control a little. Xie Lian walked a few steps on the ground with his back to Hua Cheng on his hands and knees, muttering: "... I, I can't find it. I want to leave. I want to go home to eat... I want to collect junk..."

“…”

Hua Cheng said: "I'm sorry."

Feeling his voice coming from behind approaching, Xie Lian jumped up and shouted, “I’m leaving!”

He shouted like he was crying for help. Hua Cheng said, "No!"

Xie Lian hurried to run, but after a few steps, his foot slipped and he fell back to the ground. Looking back, he saw blood all over the ground. The needle that had been inserted into his foot had completely penetrated. Hua Cheng grabbed his ankle and asked in a different tone, "What's wrong with you?"

Xie Lian quickly pulled his foot back and said, “It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay. I don’t feel any pain at all. It’s okay!”

Hua Cheng said angrily, “How can it not hurt?” As he spoke, he began to move his hands, actually trying to remove his boots. Xie Lian was so scared that he crawled forward, shouting as he crawled, “No, no, no, no, no!”

He tried to crawl forward, but Hua Cheng held him back. The chaos here finally alarmed the others on the shore. There was a banging of drums and gongs, ghosts howling, and a large group of weirdos gathered around, shouting, "How dare you! Who are you! Don't you know where this is? Are you tired of living or do you want to die again? Oh my God, isn't this the city lord?!"

The ghosts immediately shouted in unison: "Hello, Lord City Master!"

Xie Lian screamed inwardly, wishing he could cover his face with his hands. This was actually a ghost market!

Many of the ghosts were the ones he had glanced at last time. Xie Lian also saw a familiar pig head. The two of them were soaking wet, surrounded by countless people and ghosts. Hua Cheng was still holding one of his ankles and refused to let go. This extremely shocking scene finally made him sober up a little. Who knew that after the ghosts saw that one of them was Hua Cheng, they became even more excited and shouted, "City Lord! Do you want to rape me? Do you need help? We will help you hold it down!"

Hua Cheng said: "Get lost!"

The ghosts hurriedly rolled away. But even though they were watching from afar and didn't dare to look closely, Xie Lian wanted to faint because Hua Cheng had stood up, bent down and gently picked him up, and walked towards the shore calmly.

Xie Lian was still wearing women's clothes. Fortunately, the pillow was no longer in his stomach, otherwise the scene would have been even more terrifying. However, this horror finally made him completely sober. He struggled a few times in Hua Cheng's arms, but failed to break free. He coughed lightly and said, "... Sanlang, I'm sorry. I lost my composure just now and made you laugh."

What happened just now was a huge blow to him. Let’s call it a “blow”, after all, it was the first time. But it wasn’t just because it was the first time. In the past hundreds of years, there were beautiful female ghosts who tempted him naked, but Xie Lian had never been so embarrassed. Why did it become like this? He could only think that it must be because the national teacher only taught him how to defend against women, but not how to defend against men. He had no experience, so he was caught off guard.

Thinking back to the series of reactions just now, Xie Lian was slightly embarrassed and felt that he had gone too far. He thought that Sanlang had good intentions, but he was so scared that it was really rude to the people who helped him. But Huacheng said, "No, it was me who messed up. I offended my brother, and Sanlang should apologize."

Seeing that he didn’t mind, Xie Lian secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, “The situation was urgent at the time, and you were just helping out. It wasn’t a big deal. By the way.” He still remembered what he was doing originally, and said, “Sanlang, why did you suddenly appear again? Where’s Tong Ling?”

Hua Cheng said in a tone that left no room for doubt: "Heal the wound first."

As they were talking, the two of them had arrived in front of a magnificent building. Xie Lian looked up and saw the words "Ji Le Fang" written on the building.

He was greatly surprised. Could it be that the burned down Paradise House was repaired so quickly? And it was repaired exactly the same as before. But he felt guilty and was too embarrassed to ask. Hua Cheng carried him in and got on the black jade couch. Xie Lian sat on the couch, while he half-knelt under the couch, holding up Xie Lian's injured foot and checking the small hole underneath that was stained with blood.

This posture made Xie Lian very uneasy. He said, “No!” and was about to get off, but Hua Cheng pushed him back and quickly and steadily took off his boots and socks.

This foot happened to be the one where Xie Lian was locked in the curse shackle. The dark black circle locked on the white ankle, the contrast was extremely strong. Hua Cheng's eyes stayed on the softly curved ankle for only a moment, and then he put his palm on the injured part of Xie Lian and said, "It may hurt a little, brother, don't bear it, just scream if it hurts."