CH 90

Chapter 90 – Without a Key 2

There was a wooden shelf in the corner with a wooden basin on it and a mirror which seemed to be used for grooming. As soon as Xu RenDong picked up the wooden basin, the girl knocked on the door and asked if they needed her to help them fetch water.

Xu RenDong’s heart tensed and he looked at Lian Qiao, understanding the worry from the other person’s eyes.

This girl really watched their every move. It was unknown what the purpose of their monitoring was because even if the death condition was triggered without anyone seeing it, the damned person would still die.

Not long after, the girl brought two wooden barrels. One bucket of hot water, one bucket of cold water. As soon as the bucket was brought into the room, the two of them smelled a fishy smell. Xu RenDong frowned and said, “Where did you get the water?” 

The girl said, “It’s the water pool in the lower hall.”

Xu RenDong: “This water is so fishy, ​​how can I use it?” 

The girl bowed: “Please forgive me. When we eat, drink and wash in the tulou, all we use is the water from the pool. If the guests dislike it, we can only wait for it to rain and send a little servant to collect the rain.

“…”

The two had no choice but to wash their faces with water full of fishy smell. As for gargling… although the water looks clear, who knows if there is anything dirty in it.

After washing, the girl was kicked out again. When Xu RenDong closed the door, he looked around and found that most of the people in other rooms drove the girl out. Although these girls are young and beautiful, they are strange after all and no one who was even a little sensible would approach them.

So there was a beautiful girl standing outside each bedroom. As soon as Xu RenDong came out, more than a dozen girls turned their heads in unison, their movements neatly like robots. They stared straight at Xu RenDong, smiled and asked in unison: “Guest, do you have any orders?”

This scene was too strange, Xu RenDong was apprehensive and quickly returned to the room.

He lay down on the outside of Lian Qiao, thinking about the scene just now in his mind. Suddenly he heard Lian Qiao whisper: “Brother RenDong, that pool is freshwater.”

Xu RenDong immediately understood. That’s right, the water in the pool is fishy because there are fish in it. In this case, it must be freshwater, otherwise the fish cannot survive in it.

Xu RenDong said: “Let’s go out and have a look when it’s late at night.”

Lian Qiao: “Okay.”

Even so, Xu RenDong was very uneasy. There were more than a dozen young girls standing in the corridor, all of whom were the eyes of the old lady. How do they avoid these people and explore the tulou? He can only hope that these NPCs will also sleep at night.

Xu RenDong set an alarm clock for three in the morning and wanted to rest as much as possible. But he was uneasy in his heart and he couldn’t sleep no matter what. After tossing and turning for some time, he noticed that the person beside him was a little bit unusual.

Lian Qiao kept turning over, seemingly irritable. Xu RenDong was just about to ask him what was wrong, when he suddenly heard some strange sounds coming from the outside.

“Uh… uh… guest, guest be lighter… ah…” It was the girls’ voice.

“Guest, guest… woo…”

Xu RenDong was shocked. It was unknown when it started but suddenly the outside was filled with indescribable voices. Xu RenDong blushed instantly and scolded in a low voice: “These people are just crazy! Can’t they just endure it for a bit?!”

“…” Lian Qiao didn’t speak, just turned around and turned his back to him.

Xu RenDong felt the heat beside him and, when he reached out and touched it, Lian Qiao’s back was terribly hot. He suddenly became nervous: “Lian Qiao? Are you uncomfortable?”

“Don’t touch me.” Lian Qiao avoided his hand and shrank back into the bed, almost sticking to the wall.

Xu RenDong: “What’s wrong?”

“…” Lian Qiao didn’t speak but his breathing became heavier.

Xu RenDong listened to his panting and suddenly understood. His face suddenly became hot. He got up and said, “I’ll go give them a talking to.” {XRD thinks LQ is reacting to the sounds outside.}

“Don’t!” Lian Qiao grabbed him and panted, “Something’s wrong…”

Lian Qiao’s palm was terribly hot, as if he had a high fever. Xu RenDong frowned and reached out to touch Lian Qiao’s forehead but Lian Qiao grabbed his wrist tightly and dragged him back into the bed.

Xu RenDong was caught off guard and fell into his arms, only to feel the hot breath blowing towards him. It was deliberately suppressed breathing, full of meaning.

“Lian Qiao, you…” Xu RenDong was stunned for a while and was a little overwhelmed.

However, in the next second, Lian Qiao pushed him away again, sat up with his knees in his arms and tried his best to shrink his entire body into the corner of the wall.

“I’m sorry…” He said in a hoarse voice, “I can’t control it…”

Xu RenDong suddenly realized: “Have you been tricked?!” {Uh, I can’t find the right word for this right now, basically fallen prey to a scam/trick/plot.}

“En…” Lian Qiao’s voice was inaudible. He seemed extremely restrained but still couldn’t control his breathing.

Just by hearing the sound, he knew he was in a bad state right now. Xu RenDong tried hard to recall everything that happened after he came here but he really couldn’t think of what caused him to be affected. If it is the water in that pool, then Xu RenDong has also used it himself, why doesn’t he feel anything?

In this way, the people in the other rooms are probably not weak-willed but just caught by the same trick as Lian Qiao. Everyone seems to have taken spring medicine {aphrodisiac} collectively and they all began to ‘X’ at the same time. If it wasn’t for Lian Qiao’s strong self-control, he probably would also attack the girl outside the door.

Xu RenDong was puzzled. But what’s important now is not to find out the reason but… to help Lian Qiao solve the problem.

Thinking of this, Xu RenDong’s face became terribly hot. The opening words also became stumbling: “Then, now… what should I do?”

“You stay away from me… I’m afraid I can’t help it…” Lian Qiao was hot all over, her brows were wrinkled and his expression was extremely tormented.

Xu RenDong’s light flashed: “Take a cold shower?”

He just got up when he suddenly realized that there was no place to take a bath here. This tulou is a traditional building without any modern equipment, not even a flushable  toilet. There is only an old wooden toilet in the bedroom.

There wasn’t much time to think. He picked up the pool of water he just used to wash his face, and poured a bucket of cold water directly on Lian Qiao’s head. Lian Qiao was soaked all of a sudden and the white T-shirt was wetly attached to his body, outlining his strong and beautiful chest muscles.

Xu RenDong’s throat tightened and he quickly turned his face away.

However, when the bucket of water went down, Lian Qiao was still very uncomfortable. He huddled against the wall, fingers tugging at the corners of his shirt, trying to pull his T-shirt down. But he couldn’t help but want to stretch his hand there.

Xu RenDong listened to his suppressed breathing and struggled in his heart.

After a while, he walked to the bed and hugged Lian Qiao.

Lian Qiao immediately hugged him tightly, greedily inhaling the smell on his body. Xu RenDong kissed his forehead, reached out to take off his clothes but Lian Qiao held down his hand.

“Don’t…” Lian Qiao was forced to redden his eyes but he still tried to maintain his last sense of reason: “If something goes wrong, there must be some trick within it… Maybe this is the condition of death…”

Xu RenDong: “Then what should I do?” 

Lian Qiao desperately resisted the urge to press him under him, took a few deep breaths and said in a hoarse voice, “You blow out the candle.”

Xu RenDong did as instructed. In the darkness, he asked, “And then?”

Lian Qiao said, “Don’t look at me. Don’t come here.”

Xu RenDong stood still. He heard a rustling sound.

He roughly guessed what Lian Qiao was going to do and his face became hot. Sure enough, Lian Qiao was breathing intermittently from the darkness. The breathing was extremely low, accompanied by a faint sound of liquid.

A picture immediately appeared in Xu RenDong’s mind.

The next room was still chaotic and Lian Qiao, who was close at hand, was hiding in the dark and doing this kind of thing. Under this double stimulus, Xu RenDong was also tormented. He tried to keep his composure and warned himself not to think wildly.

If you mess around here, you will die!

In order to keep calm, Xu RenDong recited the Buddhist scriptures reverently.

After an unknown amount of time, the sounds on the bed finally stopped. Xu RenDong was relieved but heard Lian Qiao cry with a voice: “Brother RenDong, what should I do, it won’t come out…”

Xu RenDong lost his sense of normality in an instant and his whole person was full of primitive impulses.

He bit his lip hard, and said calmly with the smell of blood in his mouth: “Is your method maybe incorrect?”

“…” Lian Qiao was angered by him into laughter.

Listening to his laugh, Xu RenDong suddenly felt that what he said was inappropriate, so he coughed awkwardly: “Then why don’t you continue?”

Lian Qiao sighed in pain: “I’m afraid this poison can only be solved by papapapa… I’m really wrong. When I used to read that protagonists in martial arts novels were caught with the spring medicine, I also complained why they couldn’t solve it by themselves. Can this medicine really recognize whether you are with the heroine or with your hand…  Now I know, it turns out that it can really recognize it…”

Xu RenDong listened to him complaining for a while then suddenly said: “Are you not as uncomfortable as before?”

Lian Qiao was stunned: “It seems so. I was so uncomfortable just now, I can’t wait to f*** you until your four limbs face the sky. But now it’s better, now I just want to…”

Xu RenDong: “…stop, no need to describe.”

Lian Qiao shut up.

The candles had already been blown out and there was only a little moonlight in the room at this time. Both sat in the dark, listening to each other’s subtle breathing. The hot and sweet feeling that filled the air before has gradually faded away.

Lian Qiao said: “Brother RenDong, you should tie me up, I’m afraid I won’t be able to control it again.”

Xu RenDong found the climbing rope from the backpack. This time Lian Qiao’s movement was restricted, so he was fully prepared and stuffed everything he might use into his backpack. He tied Lian Qiao tightly. Although Lian Qiao was suffering, it was better to suffer than to die.

Lian Qiao’s clothes were still wet against his body and now that he was tied tightly by the climbing rope, his chest and abdominal muscles were beautifully highlighted. After Xu RenDong was tied, he turned his head away, not daring to look at it.

Lian Qiao has a temperament between a youth and an adult male. Like a green and plump fruit, his body has already fully developed but his mood remained in the youthful stage: pure and enthusiastic. It makes people both want to engage in a pure romance with him but also at the same time go crazy with him, indulging both the happiness of youth and the joys of the flesh at the same time.

At this moment, the green fruit was covered with icing sugar. The intermittent gasps were sweet cream and the moist eyes were intoxicating rum. There’s a sweet invitation all over him and although you know it was fake—

You know he’s actually clean and clear, and that his cloying sweetness was just heavy icing that’s been forced upon him.

But how can you resist and not bite?

Xu RenDong sat and drank tea for a while but he couldn’t hold back after all. He coughed, got up and said, “I’ll go outside and take in some fresh air.”

Lian Qiao twisted on the bed like a snake, burying his head in the quilt: “… Un…”

It was unknown if that was a response or just a moan. Xu RenDong’s face turned red again, he pushed open the door and went out.

The corridor was empty, and the girls who had been kicked out of the room were gone. All the rooms were lit and there were terrible noises. Xu RenDong looked at the red lanterns hanging on the tulou and suddenly felt it was very fitting.

Wasn’t this like the red light district?

However, taking this opportunity, he can explore the tulou.

The tulou is round and the sky seen from here is also round. Coupled with the water pool in the middle, there are circles everywhere, making people dizzy.

Xu RenDong planned to go upstairs to have a look. When he looked up, he suddenly noticed that there was a figure on the opposite roof.

It was a young man in a black Tang suit. His short hair iwas neat and tidy.

He stood up straight with his hands on his back. The wild wind blew his clothes but he remained motionless just like the sculptures on the roof of the Forbidden City. It seemed as though he had experienced hundreds of years of wind and frost, vicissitudes and perseverance.

Xu RenDong had an impression of this person. He was also one of the players this time. He was quiet and inconspicuous in the crowd. He just didn’t know why he was standing on the roof?

Go and ask him.

Xu RenDong looked around and was walking towards the stairs. With a glance out of the corner of his eyes, he suddenly noticed that the man had turned around and was looking towards him.

Xu RenDong met his eyes from afar and was shocked.

He was laughing.

The night wind was blowing and the moon was dark. The man stood alone on the roof, his clothes fluttered and the corner of his mouth twitched as he gazed at Xu RenDong. His long and narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly and a touch of gold flashed within his eyes.

The demonic aura surrounding him soared to the sky.

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