Are you really trying to cultivate immortality? Something feels off.

The two lay on the bed, very close together, and Tan Suiting even generously shared half of the blanket with him.

They stared quietly at the ceiling, their postures serene.

"Do you think that if Master and the others found out what I did to you," Xie Weixing said, "they would immediately expel you from the sect?"

"Huh?" Tan Suiting didn't react. "What do you mean?"

"It means you want to beat me to death," Xie Weixing said in plain language.

Tan Suiting thought about it seriously for a while, and then slowly said, "Junior Martial Aunt probably wouldn't. She herself hasn't done many good deeds, so she should be able to understand us."

Xie Weixing: ......

You know it's not a good thing.

They've gotten involved with the youngest junior brother in their sect; if Feng Jilan gets angry, he'll kill them both.

"Uncle-Master," Tan Suiting frowned slightly, as if anticipating the future, and after a long while said, "Uncle-Master loves me, so he shouldn't hit me."

At worst, one could slam their hand on the table in the Sun and Moon Palace in utter despair, take a few deep breaths of frustration, and then turn to sort through the medicinal herbs to calm down.

Xie Weixing's lips twitched slightly: "And me?"

When Feng Yu saw him, he wanted to kick him once and then twice more. After all, it wasn't Tan Suiting who was sleeping and dozing off in medical class and handing over prescriptions randomly back then.

"I'll just hold you then," Tan Suiting said calmly. "If I hold you, my master won't have the heart to hit me, and he won't be able to hit you."

Xie Weixing paused for a moment, then couldn't help but say, "It's quite cute, Little Dragon Prince, saying such silly things with such a serious expression."

Tan Suiting looked at the wisps of smoke from the incense sticks floating in mid-air and blinked gently: "I'm telling the truth."

"Where's Feng Jilan?" Xie Weixing asked. "That grumpy old man, if he finds out, no matter how old you are, he'll throw a sword at you and kill you first. He'll beat one if one comes, and two if two come. He won't let me off the hook, and he won't let you off the hook either."

Upon hearing Feng Jilan's name, Tan Suiting instinctively lowered his eyes, feeling guilty.

"Oh," he said, "so you're afraid of getting beaten up, so you won't stay with me?"

Xie Weixing raised an eyebrow, teasing him deliberately, "Let me think about it."

He thought that, given the little dragon's temperament, it would definitely cling to him and yell, and then shed two little pearls.

He's a jerk; he likes to make people angry and then try to appease them.

But Tan Suiting merely glanced at him sideways, letting out a soft snort: "You wouldn't even consider it, Xie Kunkun, you can't live without me."

Even if he were to be beaten to death by his master, Xie Weixing would still stay with him.

"You're saying this to make me feel wronged," Tan Suiting gently pinched the soft flesh on his wrist, her tone revealing a hint of pride. "You want me to cry, and I know all about it."

"Oh?" Xie Weixing winced in pain, turning to the side in surprise. "Twenty-four years old is different, isn't it? You've grown dragon brains?"

He really opened his eyes wide.

"Twenty-four and a half years old," Tan Suiting reminded her earnestly.

"Oh," Xie Weixing readily agreed, "Then tell us, Your Highness, who is twenty-four and a half years old, why did I want to make you cry?"

"Because you think I look beautiful when I cry," Tan Suiting said earnestly, clearly having thought it through long ago. "When we argue, sometimes I'm being unreasonable, and I'll cry too, so you won't scold me."

Xie Weixing: ?

Oh, so that's what you were planning. Well, you've got it all figured out.

"Occasionally unreasonable? When have you ever been reasonable when arguing with me?" Xie Weixing sneered. "You argue over the smallest things."

What did she do when she got up in the morning and went to the back mountain with her senior sister without waiting for him? What did she do when she gave the first piece of osmanthus cake she stole from the small kitchen to the little snake instead of him? What did she do when she researched a new talisman array and went to share it with Yu Xintang instead of him?

The first two were still somewhat justifiable, but Xie Weixing couldn't take it anymore. Being young and impetuous, he got carried away by a few words he said that day and had a huge argument with Tan Suiting.

Tan Suiting explained, "I'm clearly the one who's with you. Why do you insist on going to the Sun and Moon Palace to find Yu Xintang when you're drawing talismans?"

Xie Weixing said, "You almost went into a qi deviation when you were drawing a basic talisman. What are you doing here, getting involved in the talisman cultivation frenzy? If I talk to you for half an hour, can you understand three words?"

Tan Suiting got even angrier, and the two of them argued for most of the day, almost blowing up the entire disciples' courtyard.

Xie Weixing, enraged by the argument, started packing his things, intending to move to the back mountain to cultivate in seclusion with Cang Shi. He also declared that if he interfered with Tan Suiting again, he would no longer be a lion and would immediately go down the mountain to live in a pigsty.

His Highness the Crown Prince immediately turned red with anger and said, "Move out! Move out right now! I'll blow up wherever you go! You won't find anywhere to live except with me!"

Even Feng Yu, who was enjoying a leisurely afternoon without classes at the Sun and Moon Palace, was disturbed by the noise and came over to take a look, thinking that one of his disciples had unfortunately gone astray during cultivation.

When Feng Yu saw Xie Weixing smashing things in anger, and Tan Suiting crying and saying that he would die if she dared to leave, Feng Yu's anxious expression instantly went blank.

It would be better to go mad with evil spirits.

If it were the former, all that would be needed is to figure out how to treat it, but in the current situation, it seems that there is a problem with the old tomb of the Feng Hua Sect.

Finally, under the combined influence of kindness and severity from the head of the Medicine Sect, the two children were forced to quickly shake hands and make peace.

Enzai: It seems you two are truly angry today. Why don't you go to the killing platform and fight to the death? That would be cleaner. Whoever wins in the end will get to decide. Stop arguing; arguing like this won't lead to a fight.

Wei Zai: If you two don't understand what I'm saying, or can't accept it, I can take you to the Hall of Longevity after your master returns to the sect and we can discuss things properly. But as for your life and death, I can't guarantee anything. What do you say?

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Extra chapters added out of love