Chapter 19 How I Met Him

When Guozhao Zhiqiang passed by his room, he found that the light in the room was still on. He knew that Lim Junjie was waiting for him. He walked to the room opposite his room, and it was already dark. He slowly opened the door and saw that Deming was already asleep on the bed. He walked to the bathtub, took off his clothes, put his clothes on the wooden board, and soaked in the bathtub. It took about fifteen minutes before he stood up, putting only his pants on. He walked to the bed and lay down beside Deming. He saw Deming's body move closer and closer to the wall.

Guozhao Zhiqiang sighed and asked, "How is your wound?"

Deming refused to answer.

Guozhao Zhiqiang said, "Good night."

After a moment of silence, Deming said, "You should be in your room, not here."

Guozhao Zhiqiang sighed deeply, "You don't want me here?"

Deming didn't know why, but he knew that Guozhao Zhiqiang should not be in the same room with him, and suddenly felt a surge of anger from his body. He said, "You should be in the same room with Hu Dingxiang."

Guozhao Zhiqiang turned to the left and approached Deming. He leaned close to Deming's face, "Why?"

Deming hesitated and said, "I…I don't want you here with me. Every time when I saw you with Hu Dingxiang, the feeling of the two of you working together becomes clearer."

Guozhao Zhiqiang asked, "Are you sleepy?"

Deming said, "I can't sleep knowing you are here."

Guozhao Zhiqiang asked, "Well, do you want to hear a story?"

Deming, "What kind of story?"

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "The story how I met Hu Dingxiang."

Deming suddenly said, "I don't want to know. You don't need to tell me. You can leave the story of Hu Dingxiang and you to yourself, or you can share it with him. He is not far from this room."

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "I want to tell you. I hope to clear up some misunderstandings between us."

Deming said firmly, "I believe I did not misunderstand anything. The picture is very clear."

Guozhao Zhiqiang said, "When I was seventeen, I helped my masters save Ocean City. At that time, Uncle Lim entrusted a newborn and the ashes of the infant mother to me to take to Waterfall City while monitoring his four generals. He believed that his four generals would commit treason. We sailed at sea for nearly a month before reaching Waterfall City. After three weeks in Waterfall City, Uncle Lim and Aunt Huang came back, so I decided to leave a note and left. After two days of walking, I met a group of people, Hu Dingxiang was one of them. He was seriously injured at the time and his classmates treated him very badly, so I decided to send him back to Mountain Village."

Deming was not impressed with Guozhao Zhiqiang's story. He said indifferently, "So... what does that have to do with me?"

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "Once we were in Mountain Village, I found out that every ten years there would be a fighting competition between the brothers and sisters of Snow Sectors. If they were in the competition, a distinguished disciple could choose any hunter as their partner. If they win, the hunter will be accepted as a disciple, and the noble disciple can ask for one wish."

Deming said, "He chose you as his hunter?"

Guozhao Zhiqiang chuckled and said, "I voluntarily to be his hunter."

Deming gnashed his teeth and said, "I guess you volunteered to be his hunter because you fell in love with him. Love at first sight."

Guozhao Zhiqiang said, "I have feelings for him, so I volunteered to help him. I want to take him back to Cloud City. I don't want anyone to treat him badly. Then his eyes were injured because of failed assassination attempt. He came to visit me. When I held him, I realized I wanted to be with him."

Deming angrily said, "You kissed him and promised to take him away. Living in a faraway city above the clouds, where there is a goddess who will always welcomes him with open arms. Everything is a lie." He felt his chest was full of anger. "No matter how much a bad man twisted his words, at the end of the day, he is still a bad man."

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "My intention was to take him away from Snow Sector, but after we won the competition, he asked leader Hu to help him propose to lady Zhou instead of leaving Snow Sector as we promised. I want to know why he lied. If he has no feeling for me, why does he allow me to sleep with him. I was angry with myself and angry with him, so I left Mountain Village with a broken heart and went home. I decided to never leave Cloud City. In those years, I stayed in Cloud City to teach the new disciples."

Deming still remembered what Yang Bao told him that after Guozhao Zhiqiang returned home, his heart was broken, and it took several months for Guozhao Zhiqiang to heal.

Guozhao Zhiqiang continued, "Then I met him in Tam Village again, and I asked him to leave with me, but he had no idea what I was talking about. He broke my heart again. During the sectors meeting, I did not participate because I knew that Hu Dingxiang would be there. I asked shimu to bring him a silver bell for protection, because at that time we were heading to Immortal Valley and death was inevitable. To be honest, I planned to die there. Being named as a fallen hunters was better than dying of a broken heart, but my shimu sacrificed herself and we won the war. Later, I decided not to look for Hu Dingxiang anymore, concentrate on teaching new juniors, and to stop doing any work in that area, so that Hu Dingxiang and I would not be on each other's path." He took a deep breath, then exhaled. "You know the rest of the story." He turned his head slowly and saw Deming looking at him. He reached out and put his left arm under Deming's head, pulling him into his arms. "I'm glad you are not him." He kissed Deming on the forehead.

Deming asked, "Since you are happy, I am not him, why did you kiss him in front of everyone?"

Guozhao Zhiqiang said with a clear conscience, "Kiss him or let him die. I choose to kiss him." Deming was mad and his breathing accelerate. Deming quickly turned to face the wall. Guozhao Zhiqiang held Deming tightly with his arms. He kissed the back of Deming's head. "Angry or jealous?"

Deming gritted his teeth, "Angry…I would rather you let him die to mend for all these years he locked me up."

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "He said it wasn't him."

Deming, "Do you believe him?"

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "He must have his reason."

Deming pulled himself away from Guozhao Zhiqiang arms and said angrily, "Then we have nothing to talk about."

Guozhao Zhiqiang held Deming tightly again and said, "Have you ever heard of catching a thief, first you must deliberately let him go?"

Deming, "No, I was locked inside a cave my entire life. By the way, how do you use the teleport talisman? Brother Yang said, since I'm not a Guozhao Hunter, he can't teach me."

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "You promise me that if there is a conflict between us, you will not leave without saying a word, and I will teach you."

Deming said, "Fine. I will not leave quietly without saying goodbye."

Guozhao Zhiqiang smiled and said, "It's useless for you. Good night." He kissed the back of Deming's head, deliberately holding him tighter.

Deming struggled to free himself, "Let go of me. I don't like sleeping too close to anyone."

Guozhao Zhiqiang scoffed softly, "One day when I am not sleeping beside you, you will miss me."

Deming struggled, "It will never happen."

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "If you struggle again, I will kiss you again, but this time it will be on your lips."

Deming stopped struggling, "Don't touch my lips with the dirty lips you just kissed Hu Dingxiang."

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "Okay, then you should go to sleep."