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[JunEr] «Candle Snuffed Out, Chess Game About» 10 - Offering money for the 8 million word fanfic in Ye Jun’s mind.


Master Fang Si’s intentions of keeping Yan Xi became more and more obvious. In the past few days, people had been sending gifts one after the other, and the tiny room was stuffed to the brim. As the sky turned dark, Ye Jun sat between unopened boxes of all sizes, engrossed as he watched the Second Young Master clumsily use his left hand to slowly eat his meal.

“Young Master, I’ll feed you.” Ye Jun excitedly bit his chopsticks and looked at him.

Zhongli Zixi didn’t feel like paying attention to him.

“Then you feed me, Young Master.” Ye Jun suggested, unwilling to stay quiet.

Zhongli Zixi felt that Ye Jun got more and more annoying when he was in a good mood.

Ye Jun dragged out a tone as he called him: “Young Master~”

Zhongli Zixi couldn’t stand it any longer, he put down his chopsticks and calmly asked: “Where’s Ze Que?”

Ever since the last time Ye Jun played a trick and made a show of force towards Ze Que, his dazed figure holding a sword had not been seen in the branches of the trees for a few days in a row. Ze Que was a person that reconciled himself to loss, so maybe he took things too hard and had an accident. If that was the case, how would he inform his older brother?

Ye Jun’s smile stiffened, and he dully said: “Why are you asking me? How should I know?”

Zhongli Zixi supported himself on the table and got up: “Oh, then I have to go look for him myself. I need to know where Ze Que is just in case my brother comes and asks for him.”

Ye Jun hurriedly pulled him back and pushed him back into his seat: “Fine fine fine, I was wrong. Ze Que is in the courtyard outside, don’t worry about him for no reason, Young Master.”

Ye Jun was depressed and not in the mood to tease him.

Zhongli Zixi felt the world was really quiet, and his mood got much better, so he cheerfully began drinking soup.


Zhongli Zixi could also roughly guess what state Ze Que was in right now. He followed the Eldest Young Master when he was very young, and the Eldest Young Master was the only person in his eyes. When the Eldest Young Master went inside the tall pavilions looking for flowers, Ze Que would stand downstairs all night, waiting until the Eldest Young Master had fully enjoyed himself and was carried out completely drunk, then carried him back to Zhongli Court without complaint.

The Eldest Young Master had been naturally romantic since the two met, so he never felt that there was anything wrong.

Later, the Eldest Young Master revealed his true feelings for Ye Fang’s guqin player, Yue Changsheng, and discarded all the hopelessly tangled love affairs by his side, single-mindedly dedicating himself to that person.

That was when Ze Que understood, it wasn’t that the Eldest Young Master was naturally heartless, it was just that he simply didn’t like him.

Every time the Eldest Young Master visited Ye Fang, he would be gone for over a month. Even if Ze Que had had steel muscles and iron bones, he wouldn’t have been able to stand for such a long time. Inside Ye Fang there was singing and dancing, celebrating, cheers and laughter, it was the most blissful place on earth. But Ze Que huddled outside of the courtyard wall, hugging his knees, feeling like the night was endlessly long and dark.

It wasn’t that the Eldest Young Master didn’t feel sorry for him, he repeatedly told him that he didn’t need to stand guard, but Ze Que still insisted on doing so.

The Eldest Young Master awkwardly said: “Listen to me and go back to rest, okay? Actually, I don’t really need you either.”

Ze Que shook his head and refused: He was his guard, of course he should stay by his Master’s side and protect him.

The Eldest Young Master rubbed his head, sighing: “You have outstanding skills and great future prospects, why waste it working under a powerless playboy with no authority such as myself? You would have much better prospects following my Second Brother than me, do you want…..”

As Ze Que heard he wanted to expel him, he stood up in a panic: “I was wrong, Young Master, I’ll just go back.”

Ze Que returned to Zhongli Court by himself, and waited all day for a person who hardly ever returned. Afterwards, Yue Changsheng suddenly disappeared without a trace one day, and the Eldest Young Master became depressed, so Ze Que tirelessly searched for him until the ends of the earth.

Zhongli Zixi didn’t understand him, Yue Changsheng was his rival in love, now that he wasn’t there, shouldn’t he celebrate the matter? Why go look to bring him back and make it worse for himself?

He couldn’t bear to see Yue Changsheng’s freehanded doting on the Eldest Young Master, so he had to crush him until there was nothing left. He absolutely would not surrender the things he couldn’t get for himself.

In this life, Zhongli Zixi had never been treated tenderly by others, so naturally he didn’t know that when one sincerely likes a person, one will prioritise them over all things, never once thinking about their own selves. Now that he was different, even though he was still ignorant, he understood somewhat.


As he remembered these old affairs, Zhongli Zixi looked at the still indignant Ye Jun in front of him again and asked: “Ye Jun, if I really fell in love with someone else, what would you do?”

Ye Jun lowered his head and picked out the peppers one by one, replying: “What could I do? At most, I would hide every night and cry bitterly, then during the day I would pretend nothing was wrong and continue to work for you. If your beloved was in danger, I would still have to save them. If something happened, the blame would be put on me. How could nothing ever happen to someone in the Jianghu? There will be one day when your beloved’s skin is cut open, and that will be the day that I die. Whether it’s thunder or raindew¹, it’s all a gift from Master, so I can only thank you for your rewards.”

Zhongli Zixi was dumbfounded, he was only asking casually, but surprisingly his response had been so long, and the most surprising thing was that Ye Jun still wasn’t finished talking, still picking out the peppers and continuing to say: “Perhaps it won’t be that bad, perhaps you will be blessed by heaven and you and that older brother you like will forget your old enmities and grow old together. Then I’ll just watch, watch the loving affection between Young Master and the Eldest Young master, thinking about how you once smiled at me in that gentle way, remembering how you once personally made medicine for me….. And so I would think of the happiest and shortest two days of my life, until finally ending in unwilling melancholy.” Ye Jun paused, and spoke in a low voice, “How happy am I today, and how sad I’ll be when that day comes.”

Zhongli Zixi drily spoke: “Hey, you, aren’t you taking it a little too far?”

“It’s not just this, I’ve thought of other things.” Ye Jun was surprisingly unable to slam the brakes on his car, talking non-stop as he started a new chapter, “I even thought, you went to a lot of trouble to leave Yaksha alive, surely you also have intentions on him. If it weren’t for the incident with Jun Wuwang, you would have undoubtedly seized power. At that time, you would have certainly brought Yaksha back, he’s the honest and blindly loyal type you like most, surely you would be very interested. But Yaksha is also really a dull and tedious person, so the novelty wouldn’t last a few months, and then you would reject him. Yaksha and I are from the same cycle, and would share the same fate, our feelings inevitably hurt.”

Zhongli Zixi coughed, awkwardly saying: “You….. There’s something really wrong with you, why are you imagining so many things every day?”

“Young Master, you’ve really wronged me. I’ve been following you for ten years, hiding in the darkness day and night watching you,” Ye Jun stopped moving his chopsticks, lifting his head to look into his eyes and seriously saying, “Tell me yourself, what else can I do other than think of you?”

Ye Jun’s usual playful smile completely faded away, settling into a night-like coldness.

Zhongli Zixi was stunned, if it weren’t for this conversation he would have never known that Ye Jun, who looked more carefree than anyone else, was actually so insecure².

He couldn’t help but blush, stumbling over his words: “You, can’t you think of something a little better…..”

“I’ve thought about it, the thing I’ve thought most about is a good ending.” Ye Jun spoke carelessly.

At this, Zhongli Zixi became a little curious, but Ye Jun suddenly said: “But I absolutely can’t say it out loud, if you were to find out, I would be stabbed to death tonight.”

Zhongli Zixi’s curiosity immediately vanished like smoke in the air, and he even grew a little fearful.

His usual outrageous teasing was enough to anger him to the point of spiting out blood, so since Ye Jun declared it so fearlessly, he really didn’t dare imagine what Ye Jun was visualising in his mind.


Zhongli Zixi quickly lowered his head and shifted his attention to the dishes, trying to pick up the fish balls in the soup. Unfortunately, they were too slippery and he failed several times. Usually, Ye Jun would have already kindly helped him pick them up, but now he remained motionless.

Zhongli Zixi looked at him doubtfully, and Ye Jun shook his head: “This dish is no good, you should eat something else, Young Master."

“Why?” Zhongli Zixi asked.

Ye Jun lowered his voice and replied: “An extra ingredient was added.”

Zhonlgi Zixi’s eyes trembled. Ever since he lost his inner power, his five senses had declined substantially, so if the poison was a little hidden, it was even harder for him to distinguish it. He immediately recalled Master Fang Si’s recent repeated attempts to win his favour, and his own indifference, and it seemed like he was determined on keeping him, and would not stop at making threats, promises, and openly conspiring to do so.

He pushed down his anger and slammed the table: “Then why are you still eating?!”

Ye Jun whispered: “I can’t make out what kind of poison it is, so I’m just trying a little bit, how else would I know what act to put on? In addition, if we don’t move our chopsticks at all, won’t it be even more suspicious?”

“You’re taking risks without permission again….. Shameful, I’ll settle this with you later.” Zhongli Zixi was so angry he wanted to hit him, but he was barely able to contain his anger and ask, “Have you figured it out? Don’t eat too much, alright?”

“Don’t worry, Young Master, I’ll behave appropriately.” Ye Jun appeased him with a smile, “We’ll know in a moment.”

Zhongli Zixi frowned, lightly knocking against the table with his knuckles, as he quickly went over a few things in his mind: “Master Fang Si’s gu poison has not been completely removed, so I still have value, he shouldn’t go so far as to use any Upas³ poison.”

Ye Jun: “Yes. I also considered this, otherwise I wouldn’t have taken the risk.”

Zhongli Zixi thought about it again: “Sleeping medicine? No, there is no difference between us being awake or asleep….. Slow-acting poison? Does he want to slowly increase the dose so we don’t notice, in order to control us? Or…..”

Ye Jun added in a whisper: “Maybe it’s an aphrodisiac.”

Zhongli Zixi shivered when he heard this, the chopsticks in his hand falling to the ground with a clatter, and he stammered: “Don’t, don’t you, don’t make those kinds of jokes…..”

Ye Jun had only brought this up to tease him, he wasn’t really thinking, but since his Master immediately took it seriously, it really let him start daydreaming.

Ye Jun solemnly said: “Young Master has lost his wuggong, after all, so it wouldn’t be hard for Master Fang Si to control you, but my existence is too much of a hindrance. If I’m forced to do something to Young Master that crosses the line due to the aphrodisiac, Young Master would eliminate me….. it also makes sense.”

Makes total sense! Ye Jun thought to himself, I really am a genius.

“Right….. if that were to happen, I would really kill you.” Zhongli Zixi trembled a little in fear, “It’s actually such a vicious scheme.”

Although he had accepted Ye Jun, in the end it had been a short time since, so if Ye Jun recklessly used force against him, even if he didn’t kill Ye Jun today, a gap would certainly form between the two. If he hadn’t been made aware of this in advance, the consequences would have been too horrible to imagine.

Hearing that the Second Young Master had already taken him seriously, Ye Jun had a feeling that he was going too far, so he knelt down and gave a deep bow, speaking in a low voice: “Please rest assured, Young Master, even if this subordinate has to commit suicide, I will absolutely not do anything discourteous to Young Master.”

He was going to deliberately play it off, saying something like “I hope it’s not an aphrodisiac” and then move on, but Zhongli Zixi immediately held his shoulder: “Don’t say such nonsense, I will certainly think of a way….. I absolutely won’t let anything happen to you.”

Zhongli Zixi hurriedly helped him up: “Are you feeling unwell? Go lie down on the bed first, then you can let me know.”

Ye Jun felt as though he was floating as he sat on the side of the bed, and he felt his blood immediately begin to rush as he thought about what could happen next. Although he had really been looking forward to this for a long time, how did they suddenly get to this step? Even if he hadn’t done any mental preparation, this was still too exciting.

Seeing that even the base of his ears had turned red, Zhongli Zixi regretfully said: “It really was an aphrodisiac.”

Ye Jun looked away with a guilty conscience.

He thought: Young Master, don’t blame me, ah, you were the one who insisted on taking the bait.


There were also huge, continuous waves inside Zhongli Zixi’s heart. He tried to convince himself rationally, but in the end he was still very resistant. He walked to the side of the bed with his thoughts in a whirl, and Ye Jun supported him as usual, wanting to help him get on the bed.

But suddenly there was a blur in front of his eyes, and he felt the sky spinning as he helplessly fell forward. Ye Jun suddenly lost strength and threw himself over Zhongli Zixi, pushing him down onto the bed.

Crap, it was a genuine poison whose effects were flaring up.

Ye Jun felt his mind becoming somewhat fuzzy, and his inner breath was also a little obstructed: it had the effect of a sleeping drug, but it wouldn’t just be a simple sleeping drug either.

Ye Jun was afraid of crushing the Young Master, so he immediately used all of his strength to get up. After this interruption, the flush on his face receded a lot, turning a little pale instead.

Zhongli Zixi misunderstood, hurriedly saying: “Don’t use your inner strength to forcefully suppress it, it will damage your meridians.”

Ye Jun gave a vague answer, fearing he would crush the Young Master again, so he retreated as far back as he could. Zhongli Zixi hurriedly hugged him by the waist and dragged him back: “What are you running for?!”

Ye Jun felt that his consciousness was about to drift away, and he simply wanted to cry with unwillingness: the Young Master is delivering himself to my door, I would hate to faint and pass up such a good opportunity aah.

Ye Jun closed his eyes tightly, using all of his willpower to grab the hidden dagger in his leg, and firmly stabbed himself in the side of the leg.

As the sharp pain came through, his muddled consciousness immediately became clearer. The poison was as he expected, and it wasn’t especially fierce, so he couldn’t help but secretly let out a breath.

Zhongli Zixi saw that his eyes suddenly cleared up and found it a little strange, and immediately felt blood on his hand. He was stunned for a moment, then spoke in exasperation: “What are you doing!!”

Even though his consciousness had cleared up a lot, the obstruction in his inner breath hadn’t changed, so Ye Jun didn’t even have enough air to speak: “I….. can’t….. be rude….. to Young Master…..”

Zhongli Zixi’s heart ached.

Ye Jun had risked danger for him, but he was still clinging on to his own ridiculous ego, holding back and hesitating. In order to show consideration for his extreme selfishness, Ye Jun didn’t hesitate to hurt himself, unwilling to force him in the slightest.

He thought to himself, what did I ever do to deserve such a good person?