Oct. 21st, 2022 at 2:15 PM
Ye Tan suddenly heard the sound of the wind.
The wind came from all directions, some from the window frame, some from the door, some carried the scent of tree leaves, and some the scent of pond water….. The night wind carried different information, drawing an outline of his surroundings.
He suddenly opened his eyes, and in the darkness, the structure at the top of the bed and its criss-crossing roof beams came into clear view one by one.
Ye Tan turned and got up, feeling the internal power in his body flowing freely through his veins, and he let out a breath:
He was finally back in his body.
Next to him, Jun Xuanheng was still sleeping soundly near him. He urgently wanted to know the identity of the person next to him, so he pulled that medallion hanging from his Master’s neck and, as he had hoped, saw that crooked “Jun”.
The guess in his mind had mostly been confirmed, so Ye Tan finally relaxed. But he had no intention of sleeping, so he just stared at the side of Jun Xuanheng’s still face in a daze.
He now had an unprecedented, severe urge to hug his Master.
He always knew his Master was not in good health, so he’d been carefully taking care of him, but it was only yesterday when they switched bodies that he found out just how bad his health was. Jun Xuanheng’s meridians were empty, having suffered serious damage, and had a dull pain that was hard to distinguish, lifting his hands and feet was as strenuous as if he was submerged in a sea of sand, and he felt cold when a warm breeze blew on him. Every waking moment seemed like torment.
But Jun Xuanheng never complained.
Ye Tan felt as though a knife was twisting in his heart.
This was the person he vowed to protect, but it turned out he couldn’t do anything in the end. Jun Xuanheng had used the breath transfer technique to give up his internal power for his sake, and he had also been tortured under the Second Young Master’s watch because of him. He had once naively thought that he alone was strong enough to protect him, he was willing to handle anything for his Master, and it wouldn’t matter if his Master could do marital arts or not.
But this was all useless.
It turned out that he was the only one who was saved, Jun Xuanheng only suffered from beginning to end.
Ye Tan gazed at him in a daze, and saw Jun Xuanheng’s hand move slightly, rolling the quilt in front of him into his arms, mumbling: “A-Tan…..”
He was sleeptalking.
It seemed to be a hugging motion, but there was no one there, so he could only roll the quilt up a little more.
These words spoken in his sleep cut through Ye Tan’s reason like a sharp blade, and before he could come back to his senses, Jun Xuanheng had already been drawn into his arms, and he was squeezing so tightly he almost strangled him.
“Cough, cough cough——I, you——cough cough…..”
Ye Tan loosened his hands in a panic and patted his Master’s back. Jun Xuanheng was coughing so much he couldn’t say anything, so he could only wave his hands to let him know he shouldn’t be so worried.
Ye Tan guiltily said: “I’m sorry.”
Jun Xuanheng got his breath back with much difficulty, looked at him, and touched his own face again: “Hey, we switched back?”
Ye Tan nodded.
Jun Xuanheng happily threw himself into his arms and rubbed against him: “That’s great!!!”
Ye Tan obediently let himself be hugged, motionless and not returning the hug. Jun Xuanheng thought he seemed a little strange, so he asked: “A-Tan? What’s wrong?”
It was a long time before Ye Tan responded: “Master, you’ll use this subordinate’s body in the future, alright?”
Jun Xuanheng was puzzled: “Why?”
Ye Tan didn’t speak.
Jun Xuanheng loosened his hands and looked at his grave expression, he didn’t seem to be joking, but he also wasn’t being clear, it was like he was hiding some worry. Jun Xuanheng propped his chin up and began to guess his thoughts.
Ye Tan saw that he didn’t look like he was going to sleep, so he pulled the blanket up and wrapped it around him, making sure he wouldn’t be cold, and wordlessly knelt by his side to wait quietly.
After a long time, Jun Xuanheng seriously spoke: “A-Tan, have you realised something?”
Ye Tan respectfully said: “Please explain, Master.”
Jun Xuanheng spoke in remorse: “I didn’t bathe yesterday.”
Ye Tan: “……”
Jun Xuanheng spoke even more remorsefully: “To be precise, I didn’t wash my face or brush my teeth at all yesterday. Neither in the morning or at night.”
Ye Tan drily said: “…..yes, right.”
Normally, Jun Xuanheng’s washing up was all taken care of by Ye Tan. Yesterday when they switched bodies, Ye Tan himself didn’t have the strength to draw water, and he couldn’t make his Master draw water to serve him, so he could only pretend he didn’t know about this matter and vaguely cover it up.
Jun Xuanheng mournfully said: “Ah! I’m becoming mouldy!”
Ye Tan stood up with a whoosh: “This subordinate will go heat up water at once, please wait a moment, Master.”
Ye Tan boiled some water and carried a tub back at lightning speed, going into the room and lighting an oil lamp, then thinking about it again and adding several more candles, and finally taking Jun Xuanheng’s clothes off and putting him in the tub. He didn’t need the light, so before he only lighted a candle for his Master’s convenience, thinking that one or two would be bright enough to see. It was only now that he realised it was far from enough.
Jun Xuanheng had just tried out his night vision, and made a rough guess seeing that he had uncharacteristically added a pile of candles.
Jun Xuanheng grit his teeth as he thought: This guy is taking pity on me without permission again.
Ye Tan helped him wipe his back with a comfortable pressure, and Jun Xuanheng leaned back against the edge of the tub, dragging out his words as he spoke: “Fortunately we switched back today, otherwise we both would have grown mould and grass. You want us to completely change bodies in the future, won’t that just cause me trouble?”
Ye Tan straightened out the soft silver strands with his hand, saying: “The Sword Pavilion has servant girls who can serve you.”
“…..I don’t want other people, I just want you, and you know that.” Jun Xuanheng muttered.
Ye Tan gave a low hum of agreement, his face easing up a bit.
“There’s also a very real issue.” Jun Xuanheng spoke again, “A-Tan, tell me, what do I do all day?”
Ye Tan thought about it, not knowing how to answer.
Jun Xuanheng: “I’ll help you answer: eat and sleep, sleep and eat.”
Ye Tan said: “Master’s body is in poor health, you should be recuperating, not working.”
Jun Xuanheng nodded: “Well, I changed bodies with you yesterday, so I was powerful and strong, so I’d like to ask, what did I do yesterday?”
Ye Tan coughed lightly.
Jun Xuanheng repeated: “Ate and slept, slept and ate.”
“You think that if you gave me your body, I would become a valiant warrior? No, I would just turn you into a 280 catty1 fat man.” Jun Xuanheng turned his head back to look at him, then leaned back against the side of the tub and turned his waist, “It’s thanks to this sick body of mine that I’m able to keep my slender, delicate willow waist and be a beautifully fragile young man, you know?”
Ye Tan: “…..”
Jun Xuanheng swayed and twirled his hair flirtatiously for a while, then spoke in exhaustion: “Hey, was my joke so unfunny?!”
Ye Tan wrapped him up in a towel, fishing him out of the tub and into his arms as he said quietly: “No, it was very funny.”
He hadn’t laughed, but it had really cleared things up in his heart. Jun Xuanheng had racked his brains for him to get it today, so it would be too insensitive of him if he still selfishly got upset.
“A-Tan, we don’t need to change. I know you get up at midnight every day to train, then come back and pretend to sleep before I wake up….. No matter how well you’ve looked after you body, I wouldn’t be able to keep it that way, that’s something only you can do.” Jun Xuanheng stretched his hands out from the towel and hugged him, burying his face into his chest, and spoke like he was coaxing a child, “I really enjoy my life now, so be good and stop thinking about it for no reason.”
Ye Tan helped him wipe his head as he agreed: “Okay.”
Jun Xuanheng was quiet as he wiped him dry, then spoke up again after a short while: “I still have a question.”
Ye Tan: “Please ask.”
Jun Xuanheng: “Why aren’t you hard?!”
Ye Tan stiffened.
Jun Xuanheng was being held by him and was sitting on his lap, only separated by a thin layer of cloth, and he was stuck so closely to that region of his body that he was naturally clearly aware of what was going on.
Ye Tan didn’t answer, and Jun Xuanheng continued speaking: “Yesterday when I changed bodies with you, I discovered I was thinking about doing it all the time. Even during the day, as long as you were within sight, I’d be walking with a tent in my pants for half of the time…..”
Jun Xuanheng still hadn’t finished talking when Ye Tan flew up, grabbing Jun Xuanheng and stuffing him inside the quilt and carelessly covering him with the blanket, he then turned around and snuffed out all the candles in the room with a strike, grabbed the tub, and broke out into a run splashing water all along the way.
Although he had escaped fast enough, Jun Xuanheng was still able to see a blush on his face that looked as red as cooked shrimp.
Ye Tan ran out to tidy up the tub and arrange things, and as always he washed in a nearby cold pool. He was worried about Jun Xuanheng being alone, so his actions were always fast, but after he finished bathing today he dwadled at the doorway a long time before going in.
Sure enough, Jun Xuanheng was huddled on the bed, waiting for him. Ye Tan stiffly asked: “Why are you not asleep?”
Jun Xuanheng: “Let’s continue the topic from just now…..”
Ye Tan spoke in a panic: “No, let’s not! Let’s sleep! Goodnight! You should rest!!”
Jun Xuanheng lifted the blanket open and patted the empty space, simply watching him quietly.
Ye Tan had no option but to bite the bullet, taking off his outer clothes and going in to lie down.
“A-Tan.” Jun Xuanheng touched his hand, lightly holding it, and asked seriously, “Have you always been restraining yourself? Tell me the truth.”
Ye Tan pursed his lips: “This subordinate shouldn’t disrespect Master.”
Jun Xuanheng was originally feeling very distressed for him, since he silently suffered so much in order to take care of him, but seeing his reaction, he couldn’t help but want to tease him, so he spoke in astonishment: “I never would have been able to tell, A-Tan, you seem deadpan on the surface but actually you’re always thinking about wanting to fuck me, turns out you’re so naughty huh…..”
Ye Tan leapt up and knelt, drawing his sword and coldly saying: “This subordinate should die!!! I’ll just purify my body2!!!”
“Hey hey hey no no no don’t don’t I was joking it was a joke!!” Jun Xuanheng almost went too far, and quickly blocked the edge of his sword, so scared he broke out into a cold sweat.
He rushed over, and Ye Tan was afraid he would hurt him so he put the sharp blade away. Jun Xuanheng grabbed the sword from him and threw it far away, angrily saying: “What are you doing?!!”
“I’m sorry. I….. I’m trying my best to control myself….. I don’t want to create trouble for Master…..” Ye Tan bowed so that his lower body pressed against his knees, looking like a curled-up mushroom. He looked really sad.
“I don’t blame you!!” Seeing the shadow guard about to pitifully curl into a ball again, Jun Xuanheng quickly rubbed his head, trying to smooth his hair out, “Can’t you be a little honest? You can just tell me, what are you holding back for….. and, and it’s not like I wouldn’t do it for you…..”
Jun Xuanheng unfolded the curled-up Ye Tan and carried him up onto the pillow, then he sat on top of him, straddling him, and hugged him, stroking him incessantly. Jun Xuanheng also didn’t know how to effectively appease him, and his anxiety was intuitively reflected in the speed of his petting as he rubbed Ye Tan’s head so fast he almost started a fire from the friction, and suspecting this wasn’t enough, he poked his head into his arms and rubbed it back and forth.
After being rubbed for a while, Ye Tan finally couldn’t bear it anymore and lifted his hands to stop him: “Don’t, don’t move…..”
Jun Xuanheng spoke messily: “Don’t be sad, I really don’t blame you. I’m actually really glad….. I can earnestly feel how much A-Tan likes me, I’m very happy….. and of course I like it when A-Tan holds me….. it’s not a bad thing…..”
Jun Xuanheng was limited by his body, and his energy had always been poor, so he was much slower in reacting to and less interested in sex than normal people. Since he had no experience, he thought that having sex every two or three months was normal, and it was only today that he understood Ye Tan’s torment.
He straightened up and began undoing Ye Tan’s clothes, and when Ye Tan understood his intentions, he tried to dodge out of the way: “N-no, don’t….. We just, just did it last month…..”
Jun Xuanheng pulled at his clothes as he spoke: “You’re saying last month! From what I felt yesterday, you probably need it about six times a day!”
Ye Tan’s face blushed deep red, and he tried to push Jun Xuanheng aside: “No, not really!! It’s not, not like that——that—— “ He stammered for a while, finding the last few words too embarrassing to say out loud.
Ye Tan became more awkward, and Jun Xuanheng pulled more energetically, he even grabbed Ye Tan’s wrist and held his chin as he went to kiss him.
Ye Tan didn’t dare throw him off, being boxed in by his master as his soft lips and tongue covered his own, and his sweet breath enveloped him, even his breathing became rough after being gently licked a few times.
After the kiss was over, Jun Xuanheng touched his chin and said: “A-Tan, why does it feel like I’m raping you.”
Ye Tan blushed and looked away.
Jun Xuanheng: “You don’t have to say it was cool.”
Ye Tan: “???”
Hopefully Master won’t be corrupted by him???
Jun Xuanheng stayed in the position of grabbing him and reached downwards with his empty hand, the thing between the other’s legs was alredy standing up, but it hadn’t completely stiffened, and Ye Tan trembled as he lightly held it through the fabric.
Jun Xuanheng had a bit of a wicked smirk of success as he blew in his ear: “Are you going to keep enduring it?”
