General’s Gown

Chapter 18 Thousand mile Jiaolu Part 3 

Yan Changqing opened his eyes and glanced at him faintly: 

“That’s not the case.” 

It was just a glance, but the black and white, obsidian, cold, and beautiful eyes have already captured half a person’s soul away. 

If he was not mistaken, Helian Rongchuan found an imperceptible panic in the depths of his eyes, like a meteor passing by, but he was delighted. 

For some people, the more they care about something in their hearts, the more they have to pretend not to care about it on their face. It was really hateful and cute. 

Helian Rongchuan couldn’t help but lift the corner of his mouth: “Why is Yan Daren blushing?” 

Yan Changqing calmly moved the stove farther away, and said: “The charcoal fire is too hot and it’s smoking.” 

Helian Rongchuan smiled more intensely. While smiling, he shook his head helplessly. He turned around and jumped off the boat he was riding on, and brought a few small jars up.

Yan Changqing raised his eyes and saw that it was wine. But then, his gaze stopped on Helian Rongchuan’s naked upper body. Helian Rongchuan’s body was very strong and beautiful, with flat and broad shoulders, a thick chest, strong and unobtrusive muscles, and sun-tempered, wheat-colored skin. But this kind of body that seemed to have been kissed by a god was covered with hideous, dark red welt marks. The welt marks were deep and seemed to have just been scabbed, but because they had just been soaked in water, many wounds had a faint blood color. 

With his eyes closed just now, he hadn’t noticed it. Helian Rongchuan actually suffered such an injury? 

Looking at this scar, it should be the injury they received after they were separated. In the end, what happened? Helian Rongchuan rushed all this way with such an injury? 

Helian Rongchuan saw Yan Changqing’s eyes on him, and he was taken aback for a moment. He quickly put the clothes that had not been dried on him. An indifferent smile appeared on his face: “It’s really unfortunate. In order to chase General Yan, I ran into a group of small-eyed water bandits on the road. I dealt with them, and they cried and called me grandfather. Look, I ate a few whips from these little b*stards, and then heard them call me grandpa a few times. Is this a loss or not?” 

Yan Changqing lowered his eyes and said calmly: “Nonsense.” 

It seems that tomorrow when they come across a merchant town, they must stop and buy some medicinal supplements. 

Helian Rongchuan raised the small wine jar in his hand: “It’s nonsense. Fortunately, I can predict things without being a clairvoyant. Knowing you who is 80% a monk, I brought some wine of my own.” He lifted the lid, looked up and took a few sips. He laughed and said: “Come on, Lord Yan, quickly accompany this prince to drink a few!” 

“I need to watch the cargo ship at night, it is inconvenient to drink.”

Helian Rongchuan: “At this time, there is still the spring cold and you are all wet. The several small broken stoves don’t do much. If you try to push yourself through the night and fall ill tomorrow, it will only further delay the trip.” He stuffed the wine jar into Yan Changqing palm:

“Drink a little won’t hinder anything and can drive away the cold. The body would be warm, and the vigil will not be stopped.” 

It seems… there was a little reason. 

Yan Changqing’s eyebrows moved slightly. Although his alcohol tolerance was not bad, he was self disciplined and did not like to drink. But today, in order to rush this trip, drinking a little bit to protect himself from the cold should be okay. 

After all, hurrying along this journey is the priority. 

Yan Changqing raised the wine jar without looking at Helian Rongchuan. He took a sip with his head up. 

The wine that entered his mouth was not strong, but like a warm stream. It slowly flowed into his limbs. The chill on his body really dissipated a little. 

Helian Rongchuan smiled, took a sip, and said with a smile: “Refreshing! Tonight I can have a drink with the general under the moon. I can have a memory when we part from each other in the future!” 

Yan Changqing glanced at him silently. He suddenly felt that the feelings in his heart were mixed up, and an inexplicable emotion slammed into his heart. He couldn’t say it and couldn’t swallow it. It seemed that only the wine in front of him could give him temporary peace. 

So he raised the wine jar and poured himself another sip. 

After a while, Yan Changqing only felt that his mind was lost, and the world was revolving. Strange, this wine was obviously not strong, why was he drunk?

Yan Changqing thought this wasn’t good, and shook his head hard, only to see Helian Rongchuan in front of him becoming a hazy overlapping image. 

Why wasn’t this person drunk? 

Helian Rongchuan saw that Yan Changqing’s figure was swaying slightly, and was a bit drunk, so he wrapped his arm over calmly: “If Master Yan is tired, take a good rest. This prince will watch over the ship for you.” 

Yan Changqing frowned and shook his head. He struggled to stand up, but he couldn’t do what he wanted. He just felt that his head was dizzy, then finally he wasn’t able to support himself and he fell into Helian Rongchuan’s arms. He closed his eyes sleepily. 

Helian Rongchuan scanned the surroundings and saw that there was no one. Then he took Yan Changqing by his waist boldly and princess carried him into the cabin. 

Their Dongyun Royal family’s wine was top-notch. Although it tasted not strong, it had a strong comeback. Even if it was not a large amount, the first time people drink it, they will definitely be drunk and don’t know what happened. 

Even though he had entered a dream, Yan Changqing’s long eyebrows were slightly frowned, and he seemed to be unable to let go of his guard. He was also struggling in his dream. 

Even though he was soaked, he still refused to change his clothes. His neckline was tightly covered. Was he really not afraid of catching a cold? 

Helian Rongchuan sighed, rummaged around, and found a set of clean clothes. He wanted to change it for him. He stretched his hand to pull away Yan Changqing’s strict collar, to make him breathe more smoothly. Under the flickering candlelight, only a few inches of naked and warm skin were inadvertently exposed by the sleeping person. The thin clavicle and the deeply sunken neck socket revealed a light honey color, and the smooth and graceful lines of the neck were inside the black collar. 

Helian Rongchuan couldn’t help his eyes darkening. He gently turned away from this sight. Just as he was about to untie Yan Changqing’s robe, Yan Changqing seemed to realize something. He dazedly knocked away Helian Rongchuan’s hand. 

“You…what are you doing?”

Helian Rongchuan gently lifted the strands of Yan Changqing’s forehead that were soaked by the river water. Suddenly an inspiration flashed in his heart. He changed his tone, and said in a low voice: “This little one is changing the clothes for Daren.” 

Yan Changqing heard this, opened his eyes, looked with effort, but only saw a dim shadow. Thinking it was Ah Jing, he said angrily: “You do not have to change me, quickly get out to look after the boat for me…… I….. I will do it myself…” 

But before he finished speaking, the heavy sleepiness came over him again. Before he stood up, Yan Changqing fell softly down like an extra-large puppet again. 

Helian Rongchuan couldn’t help laughing, his eyes filled with tenderness that he hadn’t even realized. It’s just that he had been accustomed to being served by others since he was a child, and he was very frivolous from a young age. He had always been delighted to take off clothes of a drunk person, but never waited upon a drunk person to help change their clothes. After a great deal of effort, Helian Rongchuan couldn’t do anything about it. He couldn’t even put on a sleeve and couldn’t help saying : 

“Yan Changqing, stretch your arms!” 

“Arm?” 

Yan Changqing opened his eyes. His black eyes disappeared from the clear and fierceness of the past, they were now confused and dazed, there was only confusion in his mind. He heard Helian Rongchuan’s sound while half-dreaming and half-awake. He couldn’t figure out why, so he stretched out an arm in a daze. 

Helian Rongchuan was taken aback. He put on the sleeve of that side of his clothes hurriedly, and tentatively said, “What about the other arm?” 

“The other…one?” Yan Changqing was confused and stretched out his other arm. 

Helian Rongchuan couldn’t help but smile. He never expected that this majestic and indifferent general would be so obedient when drunk. 

Maybe even Yan Changqing didn’t know about his drunk state, only he Helian Rongchuan knew. 

Suddenly, bad thoughts came up again. Helian Rongchuan could not help but pick up the Yan Changqing that tried to fall asleep. He gently lifted his chin: “Yan Daren? Yan Changqing?”

Yan Changqing frowning slightly opened his eyes: “En——?”

This sound, soft and ignorant, was like a soft cat tail. It lightly swept into the heart of Helian Rongchuan. He had never seen Yan Changqing’s red cheeks and bewildered look like this. It was not the cold and indifferent look of the past, instead it was soft and well-behaved, especially- 

Helian Rongchuan’s mouth hooked upwards. 

He especially wanted to tease him. 

Forcibly pulling Yan Changqing’s face, Helian Rongchuan said: 

“You know who I am?” 

Yan Changqing closed his eyes and shook his head slowly. 

“Look carefully, who am I?” Helian Rongchuan continued to guide patiently, like coaxing a child. He said softly: “Look again. That’s right, there is a reward.” 

He desperately desired to fall asleep, but was constantly harassed. Yan Changqing couldn’t help being a little irritable. Without raising his head, he struggled to return to the soft bed, and said muffledly: “Helian Rongchuan!” 

It seems that he still recognizes who he was. 

Helian Rongchuan was happy in his heart, and continued to persevere, trying to turn Yan Changqing back up. He hesitated for a moment, then finally asked a question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time: 

“Then you, do you like me?” 

……

It quieted down. 

Helian Rongchuan looked at Yan Changqing, his heart being scratched by a hundred claws. 

Yan Changqing’s chest moved up and down slowly. Without a doubt, he fell asleep again. 

Helian Rongchuan couldn’t help being a little impatient. Regardless of the consequences, he tried to wake Yan Changqing out of his sleep again tirelessly: 

“Do you like me? En? Do you like me?” 

Yan Changqing barely opened his eyes, and said in a very soft voice: “I don’t like.” 

Like a basin of cold water, Helian Rongchuan felt that his whole body was cold for a moment, even more bone-chilling than Jiaolu River. The mood just now disappeared instantly. 

Just now, ignoring the fact that the whip marks on his body were not healed, he jumped into Jiao Lu, wanting to gamble on what Yan Changqing thought of him. The moment Yan Changqing jumped into the river, his heart was exuberant. He had never had that moment of joy in his life before. He thought he had won the bet.

But he was a little unwilling to give up. After a long while, he slowly and with some difficulty said: “Really, or are you faking it?” 

Yan Changqing didn’t know what he was thinking, so he nodded honestly and replied: “Faking it.” 

Helian Rongchuan: …… 

Helian Rongchuan gently grabbed Yan Changqing’s chin, forcing him to look at himself. His words were full of eagerness: “So, do you like or dislike?”

“Like.”

Helian Rongchuan frowned, somewhat suspiciously looking at Yan Changqing. He cleared his throat and continued: “Helian Rongchuan, you dislike?” 

“Dislike.”

Helian Rongchuan: “…” 

It turns out that this person was drunk and only repeated the last word of other people’s words! 

Helian Rongchuan couldn’t help putting his palm on his forehead. He suddenly chuckled softly. He not only laughed at Yan Changqing, but also at himself. 

He stretched out his hand, found a comfortable position, and carefully put down Yan Changqing. He wanted to turn around and leave. He raised his foot, but turned back reluctantly. He stretched his hand over Yan Changqing’s black silk like hair, hesitated for a moment, then finally couldn’t help but lean down. 

A very soft kiss, as if a cautious butterfly finally met the flower that it had long liked. It landed on Yan Changqing’s scarlet-dyed eyes, gently and quite reverently, then his straight and beautiful nose, then a stubborn and soft one on the corners of his lips.

This was a sincere kiss without asking for any response. 

He wish he liked him, but also hoped he didn’t like him. 

Helian Rongchuan sighed softly, then raised his head. The long dark brown eyes no longer had the tenderness from earlier. Walking out of the cabin, he looked up at the sky, and saw that in the dark night like ink, the moon had quietly disappeared for some time. Only the gray-black clouds in the sky were there, faintly revealing the gray-white cold light. 

The reeds on both sides of the river bank fluttered with the night wind, and it was very quiet. 

It was as if there was no one. There seemed to be no danger. 

But he knew that at the end of this long Jiao Lu River, it was no longer quiet. 

There were dozens of thin black wooden fast boats, at this moment like sharp arrows flying close to the surface of the water, rushing down Jiaolu River. They were silent, and didn’t make any waves. The mirror-like surface of the river seemed to be cut alive by these pointed, narrow-tailed black blades. 

And these fast boats were now approaching Yan Changqing.