Journey to the Beautiful Ending

C54 - Agony Part 1

The sky was a bit dim even though it was still 12 o'clock at midday. Sizhui raised his head to the heaven, asking the deities to pour the rain to the field and those who needed it more.

"I thought it was going to rain." Jingyi put the umbrella back to his qiankun pouch and turned to Sizhui who was smiling while looking at the heaven. He knew that he had something to do as to why the weather went fine.

It has been five days since Sizhui and Jin Ling decided to stroll in Caiyi and accidentally met Wen Yang who was talking to a young man. Asking for help to exorcise the mansion of his master. Wen Yang was still inexperienced since he just started going on night hunting few months ago as he focused on being a doctor on both ordinary people and of cultivation.

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji left the blood pearl under the care of Lan Xichen and joined them. Jingyi didn't know that Wen Yang was coming too. Obviously, Sizhui and Jin Ling didn't inform him because he'll definitely not coming if he knew.

"Sizhui, coming here won't give you fun at all, right? Your eyes can see everything." Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji knew about the colors that Sizhui can see when they look for him and Jin Ling told them that he went to Heavenly Realm. That's also the time that Jin Ling found out about it when he asked the reason of going up there.

"The sky was a little dark but are you seeing it more dark or bright since we are in the crowd?" Jin Ling asked worriedly.

Sizhui shook his head and smiled faintly. "Master Min Lin taught me how to suppress my ability to see colors so I'm fine. This is to train A-Yang too so I won't dare to interrupt."

"Senior Wei, this place looks a bit disheveled." Wen Yang commented as he roamed his eyes all over the Chunyi state.

A week ago, the owner of the house celebrated his birthday with a grand feast. Its an endless drink, those who got drunk suddenly got irritated on something and challenged a fight. They've been stopping someone from crying but there's no one crying at that time until they heard a loud thud in one of the rooms in the second floor of the house.

"All the lanterns went out of light. We were all scared so we ran outside and never dared to get inside. In the morning, two of my helpers attempted to enter the house to get some of our things. The house already turned out like this when they came." A middle-aged man named Chunyi Xin told them the story as they entered the messy status of the house. He was the owner of the Chunyi state.

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji both looked at Sizhui when his face has gotten serious but somehow calmed Jin Ling caressed his hand. With his Shen Dizi's eyes, Sizhui saw the colors that emitted to Young master Chunyi. The man looks kind and gentle. He didn't called servants as servants which makes the others felt that he was someone who doesn't look down on people. But Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji and most especially Sizhui knew better. There's more to this incident than meets the eye.

"This is the room where the loud banging came from. This is previously my son's room but it turned out to be a storage room of his things and my wife when they left five years ago."

"Left?"

Young master Chunyi looked down and when he raised his head, he smiled sadly. "I have been busy for the past years and I didn't notice that I'm no longer giving them some quality time. When my wife went to her hometown, she met another guy. She divorce me and took our son."

"He is your son. You didn't fight for his custody?"

Young master Chunyi shook his head. "I did but I lost. My son loves her mother and I couldn't do anything but to let him go. Fortunately, my ex-wife allowed me to see him once in a month."

Wei Wuxian nodded his head. "That's good to hear." Then he rubbed his chin. "Do you have the keys for this door?"

"Yes."

Wei Wuxian took the key from him and gave it to Wen Yang. "Open it."

"Okay." Wen Yang bravely nodded. He walked towards the door and inserted the key. As he slowly open the door, a strong unpleasant smell greeted them.

Jin Ling feel like throwing up when Sizhui pulled him, burying his face to his chest. Jin Ling feel a little better when he was able to smell the cinnamon spice of his husband. Wen Yang opened the door widely and went to find the source of the smell.

Dark colors emitted on the room but Sizhui didn't tell any. His face remained calm.

"There's a dead kid here!" Wen Yang shouted as he turned back to the dead body of a kid who got up and strangled his neck.

"A-Yang!" Jingyi immediately unsheathed his sword and slashed the corpse.

Young Master Chunyi entered the room the moment he heard the yell but he staggered when he saw the clothes of the kid they mentioned. Eyes opened wide, "T-Th-That's my son! Zie-er! Zie-er!" He attempted to walked closer to the corpse but Lan Wangji stopped him.

Wei Wuxian wore gloves and carried the corpse to the wooden bed. "Jingyi, bring the Young Master to his room."

"No. He's my son. I need to know what happened to him. He was supposed to be with his mother!"

Jingyi, "Young Master, we need to examined his body to know what happened. You need to go rest first."

But Young Master Chunyi didn't follow and attempted to walked closer to the corpse until Jin Ling hit him at his back which made him faint.

"Let me bring him to his room." Sizhui volunteered and without their response, he disappeared and in a few, he appeared beside Jin Ling.

"Wen Yang, what do you think happened to him?" Wei Wuxian started his usual learning session.

Wen Yang thought for a moment. "The loud banging at the door was coming from this corpse. He have been trying to get out from this room."

"What do you think of Young Master Chunyi?"

Jingyi answered, "He looks kind but kind people are more scary." He threw a glanced at Sizhui while he said those.

Jin Ling knitted his brows. "Why are you looking at my husband? Are you trying to imply something?"

Jingyi muttered, "You should agree with me."

Jin Ling flushed and speechless. Sizhui maybe known for being kind and gentle but for someone who's been spending alone time with him, he wouldn't dare make trouble or he will be dead. Well, not totally dead. He just couldn't feel his legs at all, his back hurts a lot and his bottom was throbbing from soreness while his entrance was still dripping from the fluid Sizhui released inside him for like multiple times until his husband was satiated. He wouldn't blame his husband though, it was also his fault for asking more. What to do, Sizhui was just great in bed and knew how to please him well.

Wen Yang shook his head, smiling. "Young Master Chunyi look quite shock when he saw his dead son. A normal response from a father. However, if there was a fierce corpse here and still trying to get out, why does the house was messy after that night and where's the cry the heard came from?"

Jin Ling and Jingyi got confused too. The Lan Clan could be able to used inquiry to talk to the soul and Sizhui already knew what had happened the moment the colors emitted from the souls he saw but as he said, this is for Wen Yang learning experience. Sizhui had his before when his two fathers brought him on their travel.

"We will only get to know it tonight when that cry started to resurface." Wei Wuxian said as he curled his fingers into a fist. He can't wait to unfold the truth beneath those red lies.