Chapter 104

“Ha-ha!! Ha-ha-ha…”

From under the quilt, which was crumpled up like a big stuffed dumpling, came a burst of laughter. Though the person was trying to suppress it, the laughter of schadenfreude still rang loudly. Meanwhile, one could hear the rhythmic sound of “thumping” of the bed!

Beside him, Luo Huali grabbed a corner of the quilt, looking both helpless and embarrassed. He had never done such a disgraceful in his life! To be honest, he thought it was a lousy idea! How could a gentleman plot against others like this?  If it weren’t for Zixiu, he would not have agreed to this. Er… maybe this was the so-called “even a tough man can’t resist the lure of beauties”!

Yes! It was Zixiu, who was laughing with one hand covering his big belly and slapping the bed with the other hand. Though he tried not to laugh loudly by biting his lip, this was just in vain!

If anyone thought he had been persuading Nangong Du to have dinner and share the same bed with them out of pity or love, he was all wet! If anyone thought he had lost his temper when Nangong Du refused to eat or sleep was an argument between lovers, he must be an idiot! Liu Zixiu was not that stupid. Though he was a handsome, charming and vivacious young man, he was aware that the three gays were even better than he was in these respects. Why had he suddenly said that he did not even know himself and strongly “advised” those gays to think it twice about whether they really liked him or not? It was because he suddenly found himself a petty, vindictive person. Yes, he would make anyone who bullied him pay for it! As the saying goes, ‘it’s now or never’, he had used the most effective tool, the laxative, against his enemy, joined hands with his senior brother and sacrificed Lingxiao’s benefits, successfully took the first step of his revenge, and slipped the laxative in the chicken soup!

With his senior brother’s cooperation, he had finally got Nangong Du on the hook by provoking him and pretending to care about him! It was no wonder that he was so excited. “Ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha…”

“Cough! Cough!” Hearing someone push the door, Huali immediately coughed in a low voice to remind Zixiu to behave himself. After all, he had been laughing for nearly an hour!

A moment later, Lingxiao, the innocent victim of Zixiu’s revenge plan, staggered back from the outhouse. Hearing the laughter, he felt extremely depressed! He had been trying to comfort himself, thinking that his senior brother secretly slipped the laxative into the chicken soup out of jealousy, but when he heard Zixiu’s unscrupulous laughter, he immediately figured out what had happened! If Luo Huali wanted to deal with him, he would never beat around the bush and play tricks! It was Xiuxiu who was behind all this! But why did he treat him like this? Could it be that in Xiuxiu’s eyes, he and that damned pervert, Nangong Du, were the same? How come Xiuxiu hated him so much?

Seeing his junior brother, who had always been in high spirits and full of vigor, so listless now, Huali could not help but feel guilty and ashamed. He stopped coughing and turned to ask Lingxiao, “Are you all right?”

“…” Lingxiao shook his head after a long silence. He paced to the bed, staring at the quilt that shook with laughter. He was really pissed off! Xiuxiu had said that he would not look down on him or hate him, but why did he play such a prank on him?

After a good while, Zixiu finally sensed the tension outside the quilt!

He quickly stopped laughing and stretched out his limbs. As soon as he popped his head out, he saw Lingxiao was looking at him aggrieved with a questioning look in his eyes.

“!!” Zixiu sipped his lips with guilty, unknowing how to explain to him. After quite a while, he apologized, “My apologies, Lingxiao! How are you feeling?”

“…I’m fine. I took the antidote!” Lingxiao paused for a long time before replied grumpily. “I’m sleepy. Let’s rest!”

“Oh!” Zixiu was keenly aware that Lingxiao was still mad at him, so he did not say anything more. Now that it was done, an explanation might just make Lingxiao misunderstand him even more. Besides, he had apologized. Lingxiao did not seem to be a narrow-minded person. To be honest, he had once done something disgraceful as well!

After pondering for a while, Zixiu thought he had done nothing wrong! Feeling much relieved, he closed his eyes. A short while later, he fell a sound sleep with Huali and Lingxiao on either side of him.

Seeing that Zixiu and Lingxiao were both at peace, Huali blew out the oil lamp and fell asleep soon.

The aggressive prince, who became so feeble from diarrhea that he could hardly even stand up, was left alone outside in the cold wind.

The noise died down before dawn. The next afternoon when Liu Wuyi rushed back to the Cirrus Valley in a hurry, he almost blacked out at the sight of the devastated thatched house! Fortunately, “Zixiu” and his senior brother Yan Ke held him up in time.