Dao Of The Salted Fish

After Wen Zhihao idly told Sun Fuyu about the tradition of 鈥榟oneymoons鈥?back in his old world, Sun Fuyu immediately wanted to go on one.

Mama Liu Jing generously offered to take care of her grandchildren. With that, Sun Fuyu hugged his husband and whisked him out of the sect.

They strolled down memory lane. They toured old spots in the forest and walked down familiar town streets. The air was cold, and at night the dew would frost over. But the atmosphere between them was warm and filled with love.

On the last afternoon of their planned honeymoon, the two of them came to a cliff top overlooking the forest. Snow had fallen, blanketing the tree-tops in white.

A fire crackled merrily鈥攎ostly decoration as it was the heating talismans that actually kept them warm.

Wen Zhihao was resting his head on Sun Fuyu鈥檚 lap, his eyes closed as he slept.

Sun Fuyu stroked his husband鈥檚 hair, his gaze wandering between him and the surrounding scenery.

For a long, long time, he had been alone in all the ways that mattered. His parents and siblings shunned him on the unreliable words of a fortune-teller. The junior cultivators shunned him for coming from outside the sect. But as he was bullied by Wu Qingqing and her group, Wen Zhihao swept in and pulled him out of that cold pit.

Sun Fuyu neatened up some of Wen-ge鈥檚 hair on his lap. He still remembered the meat bun Wen-ge had given him, over a year ago鈥?His heart swelled, so full of gratitude and love for the man who trusted him so much, to peacefully sleep like this.

Sun Fuyu himself was sleepy in the embrace of Wen Zhihao鈥檚 aura, but he meant his promise at the wedding. He stubbornly stayed awake and kept watch.

It was a good thing he did, because two certain cultivators suddenly appeared, flying up the cliff-face.

Sun Fuyu鈥檚 face immediately darkened. He鈥檇 like to kick them down the cliff. Maybe then they could encounter enlightenment at the bottom.

鈥淪un Fuyu, fancy seeing you here!鈥?Zhou Sheng greeted.

Lin Yijun grabbed Zhou Sheng鈥檚 arm. 鈥淒on鈥檛 you see that Disciple Wen is sleeping?鈥?he hissed.

鈥淚鈥檓 awake now,鈥?Wen Zhihao yawned, cracking his eyes open slightly. He pushed himself to a sitting position, leaning against Sun Fuyu for support. 鈥淪enior Lin, Senior Zhou, are you cold?鈥?br>
鈥淣o, we are Nascent Soul cultivators鈥斺€?Lin Yijun started.

鈥淐an we sit?鈥?Zhou Sheng interrupted.

Sun Fuyu took a breath, and then released it. He smiled sweetly at Zhou Sheng. 鈥淪enior Zhou, you miss my family鈥檚 Wen Zhihao so much ah? Sit down, let鈥檚 share a meal.鈥?br>
Zhou Sheng鈥檚 gaze snapped to Sun Fuyu. This little junior! he grumbled inwardly.

Wen Zhihao chuckled. 鈥淎 little snack and some warm sweet tea?鈥?It was true that as a Nascent Soul (!!) cultivator, Wen Zhihao wasn鈥檛 cold. But he felt cold looking at the cold scenery, and any excuse for something sweet and warm was a good excuse.

Zhou Sheng looked away from Sun Fuyu鈥檚 sweet and slightly pitying smile. He laid out a blanket next to them by the fire and sat down. Lin Yijun sat down next to him.

And so, the date turned into a double date.

Wen Zhihao brewed some tea while Sun Fuyu shared some small cakes they had bought at a mortal town. After they nibbled at their cakes, Wen Zhihao showed them the device that Li Fanghua had made for him.

Lin Yijun studied it. 鈥淚nteresting.鈥?br>
鈥淚f you want one, I鈥檒l ask Li Fanghua,鈥?Zhou Sheng said, a little smugly. After all, he was the one who knew her first. 鈥溾€擮h, by the way, I don鈥檛 need the calming stone any more,鈥?he remembered.

After Lin Yijun admitted everything, Zhou Sheng鈥檚 鈥榙reams鈥?consolidated as memories and his headaches disappeared.

Wen Zhihao shrugged. 鈥淜eep it anyway, you鈥檝e already paid.鈥?br>
Zhou Sheng鈥檚 eyes narrowed. Now that he was thinking about it, Wen Zhihao was a very suspicious person. Certainly, there hadn鈥檛 been a tournament in his past life鈥?br>
鈥?..Wen Zhihao, who are you?鈥?br>
Wen Zhihao gave a perfectly innocent look. 鈥淚鈥檓 Wen Zhihao.鈥?br>
Lin Yijun snorted.

Zhou Sheng narrowed his eyes at Lin Yijun. 鈥淣o, don鈥檛 act like that, Lin-shixiong.鈥?br>
Lin Yijun smiled wryly. 鈥淒isciple Wen, it looks like I need to offer you an apology. I had once questioned you, thinking that you and Zhou Sheng had been conspiring together.鈥?br>
鈥淥h.鈥?Wen Zhihao smiled sheepishly when he remembered. 鈥淚n fact, back then I hadn鈥檛 known that Zhou Sheng was a demonic cultivator, so I wasn鈥檛 lying on purpose鈥︹€?br>
Lin Yijun: 鈥溾€︹€?br>
鈥淏ut Wen-ge wasn鈥檛 conspiring,鈥?Sun Fuyu said pointedly.

鈥淗e wasn鈥檛,鈥?Zhou Sheng agreed.

Lin Yijun exhaled slightly. 鈥淚ndeed. Please accept these in compensation.鈥?He held out two clear blue tokens. 鈥淭hese will give you admission to the Clear Heart Hot Springs. Disciple Wen, I assume you know where they are.鈥?br>
鈥淭hen I鈥檒l accept and not waste time on rejecting,鈥?Wen Zhihao cleared his throat. 鈥淎nd no, I don鈥檛 know where they are. I had always stumbled across them accidentally. I didn鈥檛 even know that it existed the first time鈥︹€?br>
Lin Yijun: 鈥?........................鈥?br>
鈥淣evermind, the tokens themselves will lead you to your destination,鈥?Lin Yijun forced himself to say.

鈥淪peaking of gifts, come on, Sun Fuyu, take this!鈥?Zhou Sheng pulled out a yellow book.

Lin Yijun glared at him.

鈥淒on鈥檛 give me that look,鈥?Zhou Sheng protested. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e Dao Companions and married, very appropriate!鈥?br>
鈥淚f Senior Zhou is being nice, then let me accept,鈥?Sun Fuyu said sweetly. 鈥淚f anything goes wrong, I know the perpetrator.鈥?br>
Sun Fuyu didn鈥檛 look at it, instead immediately putting the yellow book into his spatial ring. 鈥淣ow it鈥檚 getting dark, so let me and Wen-ge leave now,鈥?he said promptly.

For Wen Zhihao and Sun Fuyu, it was time to return home and sleep in their bed.

Zhou Sheng pasted on a smile to counter Sun Fuyu鈥檚 sweet smile. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 right, Sun-shidi still needs to sleep well and grow up big, okay?鈥?br>
鈥淒on鈥檛 worry, Zhou-shixiong, one day I will reach your cultivation level. It is the greatest honour for the student to surpass the teacher.鈥?br>
Wen Zhihao鈥檚 eyes curved in amusement. 鈥淒on鈥檛 tease Senior Zhou like that,鈥?he admonished warmly. He helped Sun Fuyu clear up the fire and pack up their blankets.

Zhou Sheng鈥檚 brows twitched at the big words from little Sun Fuyu. 鈥淭hen I will surpass Lin Yijun, who is my shixiong.鈥?br>
Lin Yijun, who was packing away the things on their side: 鈥?......................................鈥?He had come with Zhou Sheng to have a nice time, yet why did he keep getting attacked like this?

Lighting a candle for Lin Yijun, who now has to deal with Zhou Sheng鈥檚 antics u__u

[at least now he has an R18 way to deal with Zhou Sheng (锟ｂ垏锟? ]

Also, yellow book feature in the next chapter by very popular demand haha