Chapter 291 Memory Rewind
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According to precise aesthetics, a pair of so-called beautiful legs should be judged by standards like leg length, leg-to-body ratio, thigh circumference, lower leg circumference, thigh length, lower leg length and so on .
Li Tianlan thought that was bullshit .
Good-looking legs should be considered as beautiful legs, without all those fancy statistics .
Li Tianlan had been stealing glances at Dongcheng Rushi’s legs .
Dongcheng Rushi’s legs were slim and long; they looked pale and fit as a whole . Under the sunlight, the shining pair of legs that closed together and leaned on one side made him feel thirsty .
That was a very straight and yet enchanting feeling .
Li Tianlan didn’t want to look .
But he couldn’t help but steal a glance every once in a while .
Her legs below the denim shorts were pale and tender; every inch of skin was screaming her youth and vitality .
Dongcheng Rushi’s hair was tied in a ponytail .
With her long hair tied up, those short sleeves with open shoulders showed her tender and clean shoulders entirely .
Her collarbone was very pretty as well .
Li Tianlan’s eyes wandered .
He felt like a creep .
But he couldn’t fucking control himself .
The cold and bitter journey on the vast glacier in the polar region was quiet .
Quietness also meant loneliness .
Li Tianlan didn’t notice how lonely he was while he was figuring out his Martial Arts . But now that his Martial Arts had almost been completed, he didn’t walk to the end of the path . At the moment he was in the fancy outside world, facing Dongcheng Rushi beside him; he remembered she was his fiancée .
Such a subtle relationship; her delicate fragrance and her skin were all deadly threats to Li Tianlan .
In the past three years, Li Tianlan had never seen a beautiful woman .
But he did have sex with women .
Li Tianlan felt dry in his mouth . He licked his lips and couldn’t help stealing one more glance at her .
She was really white .
And he was such a creep…
Feeling confused, Li Tianlan shook his head; he wanted to grab a bottle of water .
“Stop the car . ”
Dongcheng Rushi suddenly said .
“This is a freeway . ”
Li Tianlan pointed at the front of the road that kept moving backwards . “We can’t stop here . ”
His tumultuous beating heart seemed to calm down a bit as he spoke .
The red sports car drove fast on the freeway .
They were heading from Zhongyuan to Huating .
Tribulation didn’t accompany Li Tianlan to Huating .
After they met each other and Li Tianlan got Falling Stars, Dongcheng Rushi left with him .
Early that morning, the High-level officials of Zhongzhou State finally decided on the date of that year’s graduation manoeuvre of Sky Academy and Deep-sea Academy .
July 31st .
The day before Army Day .
The location was in Huating .
The manoeuvre was about a month away .
At the moment, the order of suspending classes had spread to the two Special Warfare Academies .
The elites of Deep-sea Academy were about to head to Huating in the next few days and adjust their state over there .
Dongcheng Rushi was heading to Huating right then, just a few days ahead of others .
The Permanent Minister of Army Headquarters, Dongcheng Wudi, who hurried to Zhongyuan after the meeting asked Tribulation to stay .
So Li Tianlan headed to Huating with just Dongcheng Rushi .
From morning to afternoon, they had driven more than a thousand kilometers; Huating was getting closer and closer .
Li Tianlan didn’t expect that Dongcheng Rushi would ask him to stop the car when they were about to reach Huating .
But after she spoke, Li Tianlan felt a lot relieved in his heart .
Neither of them was the chatty kind . They stayed silent most of the time during the ride .
The atmosphere was strange and ambiguous .
Li Tianlan’s mind seemed to get restless with the silence .
Talking was good for concentrating .
“We’re about to reach the service area of Huating . ”
Li Tianlan said, “Can you wait?”
“But, can you wait?”
Dongcheng Rushi asked Li Tianlan while staring at him . Her eyes were big and clear .
Eyes were windows for the heart .
Li Tianlan wasn’t sure if that was true, but women with beautiful eyes were all very good-looking .
Qin Weibai’s eyes were cold and dreamy; those eyes would still be bright like the Milky Way, even when they were the softest .
Wang Yuetong’s eyes were dark and pure, with bits of wittiness and craftiness; they had that kind of enchanting charm .
Dongcheng Rushi’s eyes were clear .
Clear like water, pure and flawless, even holy .
Their eyes were beautiful in different ways .
Li Tianlan looked at her with confusion; he didn’t know what she meant .
Dongcheng Rushi looked at Li Tianlan quietly; her stare was strange .
Li Tianlan felt like she was looking at him as an extremely wretched pervert .
He felt awkward and his face seemed stiff and uncomfortable .
It was so shameful being caught as a peeper .
Li Tianlan decided to stop looking at her .
“It’s alright . ”
Dongcheng Rushi said with a stiff tone, “Stop the car, I’ll switch seats with you . ”
Thank God she didn’t throw him off the car .
Li Tianlan thought to himself quietly and parked the car at the emergency lane aside .
Dongcheng Rushi got off the car but stood still .
Li Tianlan bypassed the rear of the car and walked to the passenger’s seat .
Dongcheng Rushi looked at him; her stare was still a bit strange .
Li Tianlan touched his nose . Before he could say anything, Dongcheng Rushi had turned around and walked to the driver’s seat .
The red sports car started again and drove to Huating with the roar of the engine .
Dongcheng Rushi took a pack of cigarettes from the storage box and handed it to Li Tianlan . “I remembered that you’re a smoker . This is for you; I’m not sure if you can get used to it . I asked for the best ones and they gave me these . ”
Li Tianlan took it and had a look .
There was the mark of the Deep-sea Academy printed on the cigarette box, and there were a few ancient writings on it .
Li Tianlan had heard of that kind of cigarettes . They didn’t have in the market, it could only be found in Sky Academy; a pack was worth three credits, which was enough for a student to buy food for more than half a month .
“Thank you . ”
Li Tianlan unpacked a cigarette and lit it up .
He took a drag into his lungs .
His brain felt dizzy because that was the first time he smoked for a very long time .
Li Tianlan fell silent and looked pleased .
“Why are you always peeping at me?”
It seemed that Dongcheng Rushi didn’t have anything else to talk to Li Tianlan anymore, so she threw out a question that made Li Tianlan extremely embarrassed .
Li Tianlan coughed in the smoke .
He was too ashamed to deny it . He already felt embarrassed enough that he had gotten caught, at the moment he felt even more embarrassed when she said it out loud . What a hypocrite he would be if he denied it?
He subconsciously touched the silver bracelet on his wrist and said while pretending to be calm, “Oh, you have beautiful legs, I just want…”
Dongcheng Rushi reached her hand and grabbed Li Tianlan’s hand .
Her hands were very tiny, white, tender and soft, without any calluses .
Li Tianlan could feel her soft skin trembling mildly .
She grabbed Li Tianlan’s hand and placed it on her thigh .
Dongcheng Rushi’s small face turned red .
Maybe he didn’t have time to react, maybe he wanted it .
Li Tianlan didn’t fight it .
He placed his hand on Dongcheng Rushi’s thigh and instantly felt the softness and elasticity of the Second Mistress of the Dongcheng Clan, also known as the genius of Jade Pool .
“Go ahead and touch it . ”
Dongcheng Rushi said directly, “You keep staring at me, as if you want to eat me up . You’re not concentrating while you drive, it is dangerous . ”
So she switched seats with Li Tianlan . Would be it more convenient for Li Tianlan to touch her?
Li Tianlan touched her .
He really touched her!
Dongcheng Rushi’s legs were very slim, but they felt indescribably thick and smooth, like a piece of warm jade .
Dongcheng Rushi’s legs tightened slightly, her face turned redder and redder . “Your hand is cold,”
She said .
“Maybe because I stayed too long in the polar region . ”
Li Tianlan answered, his stare was exceptionally hot .
“The polar region . ”
Dongcheng Rushi hesitated for a second . “When I entered Fire-flaming Realm back then, Master wanted me to go to the polar region . But I thought it was too far away for me to go . A year ago, when I entered Thunder-shocking Realm, I was thinking about going there and look for you, but Master didn’t agree that time . ”
“It was nice there . ”
Li Tianlan said, “But it was a nice place for girls . It was such a big place; I don’t think you would have found me there . ”
He stroked Dongcheng Rushi’s legs gently, like admiring and playing with a precious work of art .
About the fact that Dongcheng Rushi had entered the Thunder-shocking Realm, he didn’t seem to be surprised at all .
Till then, Dongcheng Rushi suddenly realized that, although they didn’t talk much on the way, they had things to talk about if they wanted to .
Especially for Li Tianlan .
He had left for three years . Since he was back, even he was unwilling to talk about the general trend of the Dark World and the horribly chaotic situations .
At least he needed to pay attention to the younger generation .
But Li Tianlan didn’t ask at all; he just simply asked about the few members of East Emperor Palace .
He changed the subject before he got any bad news about them .
Wang Shengxiao?
Gu Hanshan?
Jiang Shangyu?
Or other people…
Li Tianlan didn’t ask about them at all .
He didn’t ask about Tribulation or Dongcheng Rushi .
Dongcheng Rushi didn’t think that he was neglecting them . Was it that he didn’t want to ask? Or that he didn’t care enough to ask?
Dongcheng Rushi turned her head and looked at Li Tianlan; she wanted to ask about his current realm .
He stroked her thigh harder and harder, more and more wildly .
The big hand reached up .
Dongcheng Rushi could feel the hand full of calluses touching her tender skin .
She stepped on the gas a little harder .
That hand finally went into her shorts .
Li Tianlan touched a piece of seemingly thin fabric .
Dongcheng Rushi’s legs closed completely .
She bit her red lips and looked at Li Tianlan .
Her eyes didn’t look happy or angry, they didn’t show rejection or acceptance .
Just ghostly…
Strange stare .
Li Tianlan’s hand reappeared from her shorts; he looked calm .
“Not in the car . ”
Dongcheng Rushi bit her lip and said with a low voice .
That was a rejection with another meaning behind it .
Li Tianlan looked at her, surprised .
Not in the car .
Was the first word in the sentence important? Or the other part?
Li Tianlan got his hand off Dongcheng Rushi’s thigh .
He put his hand in front of his nose and smelled it .
That movement was so natural, as if he had just casually lit up a cigarette .
Dongcheng Rushi’s pretty little face became completely red; she was so shocked that she didn’t know what to say .
“Do you think I’m a pervert? A very dirty pervert?”
Li Tianlan savored the delicate fragrance and asked softly .
Dongcheng Rushi shook her head subconsciously, her face was red and she didn’t dare to look at Li Tianlan . After a while, she stuttered . “We… we’re engaged…”
“You…”
Li Tianlan frowned . “You don’t mind?”
“Do you like that?”
Dongcheng Rushi asked him back .
Li Tianlan fell silent . He had always been a person who could face his desires directly .
He answered, “Yes, I do . ”
He was telling the truth .
Snow Country and the polar region .
It was so cold living there in the past three years that his blood seemed to have frozen .
He wondered if it was the fact that he hadn’t seen a woman for too long, or the fact that Dongcheng Rushi kept changing in the past three years .
Seeing Dongcheng Rushi that time, Li Tianlan felt that she was even prettier than three years ago, and she had a fitter figure .
Li Tianlan couldn’t repress the desire inside of him .
He needed a woman .
He needed the softness and warmth that he desired .
He saw the mirage on the sea .
That scene was beautiful, but it was cold there, even colder than the polar region .
Li Tianlan really liked the feeling of stroking Dongcheng Rushi’s thigh; it felt warm .
Without any reason .
He didn’t know whether he liked Dongcheng Rushi or not, but he liked how that felt .
Nobody would dislike it .
“Then, I don’t mind . ”
Dongcheng Rushi said softly, “As long as it makes you happy . ”
In Zhongyuan .
She asked for a hug from Li Tianlan .
Because that would please her family .
Right then, she was willing to let Li Tianlan touch her .
Because it would please Li Tianlan .
As for herself .
She didn’t really care about being happy . It seemed that she felt happy when he was happy .
Then she wouldn’t mind .
All the things she learned since she was a kid, weren’t all those for his pleasure?
As long as he liked it .
“You want this even when I don’t like you?”
Li Tianlan thought about it, then asked her seriously . That was a shameless question, but his eyes gradually became earnest .
Dongcheng Rushi thought about it .
She wanted to say that they stayed together because of the marriage contract, that she didn’t like Li Tianlan, either .
But was that true?
She didn’t know, she really didn’t know . All her life, she felt like she had lived her whole life for Li Tianlan .
That feeling was like an instinct .
It didn’t matter whether she liked him or not .
“Well, do you like me?”
Dongcheng Rushi took a careful look at Li Tianlan .
Li Tianlan stayed silent for a while .
He thought about his new phone .
The picture on the phone screen wasn’t the same old one .
Qin Weibai’s name was gone in that social network software .
He had been blocked; he couldn’t reach her .
His hands trembled for a second, then he said with his raspy voice, “I like Qin Weibai . ”
Dongcheng Rushi seemed to think about something; she reached her hand toward Li Tianlan .
She wore a woman’s watch on her wrist .
The watch was simple yet exquisite; there were a few color diamonds on it .
Under the light, the watch looked luxurious and precious .
“Big sister gave it to me . It’s one from a pair of watches; our names were carved on the pointer . It’s micro sculpture, you need a magnifier to see it . The letters on the clock dial are ancient Greek . It’s a birthday gift from big sister last year, it’s very pretty, right?”
Li Tianlan laughed and nodded . “From Sister Qiuchi? How generous of her . ”
“Not her . ”
Dongcheng Rushi shook her head . “It was Little Sister Bai . ”
She looked at Li Tianlan and said, “Qin Weibai . ”
Li Tianlan looked at the watch on Dongcheng Rushi’s wrist while feeling dumbfounded; there was a complicated expression in his eyes .
“Sister had four pieces of watches custom made . She gave me one, sent one to the Wang family of Beihai and kept one for herself . I had sent your watch to East Emperor Palace . On her watch, her name and your name were carved on the pointer . But your piece is more complicated, it has the names of all four of us on it . ”
Dongcheng Rushi looked at the watch on her wrist and put on a smile on her pretty face; she looked so pure and happy .
Li Tianlan’s emotions surged inside his heart .
He didn’t know what it could mean .
But looking at Dongcheng Rushi pure smiling face, he suddenly realized something .
Four watches .
Micro sculpture on the pointer .
Dongcheng Rushi, Li Tianlan .
Qin Weibai, Li Tianlan .
The last watch must have Wang Yuetong and Li Tianlan on it .
Dongcheng Rushi looked simple and pure when talking about that .
That was definitely not how a woman should react .
However simple and pure she was .
Li Tianlan finally understood where the problem was .
Behind the pretty and pure appearance, underneath the shackles of the marriage contract, Dongcheng Rushi seemed to have lost her own obsession .
She would be happy as long as he was happy .
That was different from how Li Tianlan remembered Dongcheng Rushi .
His memories about her were mostly from the time when they stayed together in East Island and Heaven Capital .
His memories kept rewinding .
At that moment, Li Tianlan truly understood .
It turned out that the Dongcheng Rushi he saw in Heaven Capital wasn’t herself in most of the time, apart from the beginning .
It was her other personality, Dongcheng Yueshen .
Li Tianlan’s eyes became a bit cold .
He suddenly patted Dongcheng Rushi’s thigh and said softly, “When we get to Huating, I’ll take you to a place . ”