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"shen-shixiong !" Shen yuan knocked on the qingjing peak lord's door "Shen-shixiong ?"
Shen yuan let out a confused annoyed groan , Shen qingqiu should be inside ! It makes no sense for him not to be !
Shen qingqiu had just been given a mission he should go to tomorrow afternoon , if anything he should be resting tonight ! But not this early ! It's not dark yet ????
"Shen-shishu..." Shen yuan looked behind him , Ming fan , Shen qingqiu's little head disciple, called for him
His expression looked awkward
No way ....
Shen yuan forced a smile "is your shizun not home ?" Please tell me he is , please tell me he isn't out their fucking some prostitutes !
"This lowly disciple apologies-"
Crack
Ming fan was startled out of his apology, Shen yuan's fan cracked loudly
"You can go head disciple Ming" Shen yuan said , still smiling
Ming fan walked away with hurried steps
Waiting for him to be far enough, Shen yuan turned to the door he had uselessly knocked on
He sighed before entering
The inside was neat and impersonal as ever , with some painting hung , Shen yuan would reluctantly admit it was a nice space
Now to what he wanted...
He can't take it himself unfortunately , so he will just leave a letter ...
Finding paper , he got down to it
Dear material brother Shen qingqiu blah blah our beast peak have had a recent accident blah blah we would greatly appreciate receiving help in a mission to collect plants blah blah and we sincerely hope the strategic peak of cang qiong will help us in finding where their location will be blah blah
Signed , the beast peak lord Shen qingzhi
Shen yuan after finishing, was even angrier , he couldn't help but add a small "kys" at the end of the letter
Not that Shen qingqiu would even understand it right ?
And that was exactly the problem....
Shen jiu walked into Qing Jing peak after a restful night between his jiejie's arms , he was in a particularly good mood .... Before
It was of course ruined the moment he remembered the mission he was going to leave for , uuuhhggggg
Ming fan greeted him and gave his report
It was the usual, not that Shen jiu expected anything else-
"And Shen shishu came yesterday-"
Shen jiu's eyebrows twitched
"Is that so..."
Fuck his life , why does it have to be that man ?
It's not that he hate Shen yuan in any way , it's just that he find him ... Tiring
Tiring and confusing and so far out of reach
Shen yuan is the only one who never did anything directly against Shen jiu , but it was mostly because he never did anything to anyone ! He just stayed put next to shang qinghua of all people and distanced himself from others
It was weird , but apparently he has been like this since he joined
Thought maybe not by choice at first , Shen jiu would muse , after all it is known that Shen yuan was a street urchin...
Maybe they would have gotten along , but when Shen jiu joined, Shen yuan was already head disciple, much older than him and focused on his beasts , uncaring for the petty gossips About Shen jiu
Shen jiu believes, that even if they had reached shen yuan, that man had just not cared enough to go down and see for himself, unlike multiple others
Shen jiu held back a sigh , he exused ming fan away before entering his hut
Finding the letter shen yuan left was easy work
It was right in the middle of his desk , and on it left a another paper with [->] drawn on it , weird ass symbol that shen jiu still understood it meaning as it was obvious , it looked like an arrow after all
He read it slowly, a frown forming on his face the more he read on , he sighed
Of course he will help , how could he not ? He will lose face if he didn't
Just when he was going to put it back , he saw a smudged something on it corner
"Kys"
....
What ....???
The fuck does that mean ??
Shen jiu pursed his lips , it was written clearly out of frustration, to be unseen and not meant to be understood , but shen jiu needed to know what his shidi meant by it !
He needed to- he just did !
Shen jiu sat on his desk , elbow on it , fully concentrating
Kys ... a three letter sentence ?
Shen jiu already knew of his shidi's weird language that he called yinyu , and from reluctantly shared notes , shen jiu knew the sound the letters made , and from some umm copied notes shen jiu might or might have not archived without shen yuan's knowledge and decoded , he knew some words
The first few he stole- ahem copied were the ones shen yuan shared with shang qinghua , since Chinese characters were clearly written there too (although some were weirdly simplified) it became a puzzle fun solving
K , y and s .... k... y and s ......
He opened the little dictionary he made , opened only with his qi
He started looking , trying ...
There is very little words he found for k
There was kidney, he only knew it because shen yuan had drew monster anatomy and wrote it inside a bubble attached to where it kidney was
But shen jiu doubt the k refer to it
There was other beast names that started with k , all were ignored by shen jiu , he stopped at 2 other words
Kind and keep
He noted them down
He did the same with the other two letters and found himself only one possible answer
"Keep yourself safe"
....
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCKITY FUCKS
Shen yuan had received a reply the next day , it was positive ! Great news ! Though there was a weird little thank you at it end ... but eh , it doesn't matter !
Shen qingqiu should have already left for his mission
Hopes he die
He hopes I am safe ...
Was all on shen jiu's mind
See , while shen jiu himself would never admits it , he had looked up to shen yuan
A street rat who fought tooth and nail for his position of head disciple, and kept a perfect poker face when insulted behind his back or infront of himself
The first months shen jiu was a disciple for , he had fought and insulted back everyone that trying talking shit behind him , knowing it as the only way to assert dominance , to show he was weak
It was when he first saw shen yuan , from afar, that his vision opened to something new
****
"What would someone raised in the streeth even know about etiquette huh ?!" A young spoiled master had yelled , attracting attention, shen jiu's too , he had imidiatly glared at that man
Shen yuan had stood there , face blank for a second , before smiling
"Young Master wang , this is my seat , taking the head disciple's seat is a punishable offense" shen yuan had said , calmly
'So nicely too , go on , maybe you guys can even become friends with the power of love' shen jiu though sarcastically
Everyone was on the young master's side , whispering about how shen yuan didn't deserve that position anyway , and that he was a temporary place holder anyway
They all said it with such certainty, shen jiu almost believed them
"How pathetic" his shizun softly mumbled "how do you still believe someone as talented as him is just a place holder ? Jiu'er , watch and learn"
"You think you are the head disciple ? Come on get off your high horse ! You are nothing but a charity case" the young master said , making the crowd giggle
Shen yuan stood straight , unmoving , a kind smile still on his lips
He was looking directly at the surnamed wang when he replied
"Young master wang , please move"
Shen jiu- scratch that , nobody in the crown knew what or how , but the young master imidiatly palled
"That- you-!"
"Young master wang" the same smily nice voice repeated "please , give my seat back"
"Ah- I-" the young master fell out , walking away like an animal on 4 limbs
Shen yuan turned around and sat gracefully before flashing the crown a smile
"I am glad , thank you , young master wang"
For a moment shen jiu thnk , their gaze meet
It was cold
In the next meeting , liu qingge and the monk were absent , the meeting was still held as usual
Shen yuan could not for the life of him understand why he was stared at at such an intensity by the scum villain , but he decided to ignore it
Airplane did not let him
"Umm bro ... why is my son looking at you like he want to eat you ..?"
Shen yuan pulled a face
"The sexual way , not the cannibalistic one ! Don't worry- iiek-!"
Yue qingyuan paused and looked over at shang qinghua
"I-I am sorry zhangmen-shixiong , please continue"
"Alright ...."
Shang qinghua gave a betrayed face to shen yuan
"Brother in transmigration , why did you pinch me"
"Because what you said was ridiculous , and absolutely disgusting , never call me bro ever again"
"But you are my bro....."
"Shang shidi"
Shang qinghua jumped in his seat
"Y-yes shen shixiong-?"
"Zhangmen-shixiong asked you something"
"He did ?"
"I did ?"
Qi qingqi let out a laugh
Shen qingqiu glared at them
"Oh yes ... I did , um , let me remember my question hahaha ...."