There is no Redemption for A Scum Villain

Chapter 9

On the way back to Qiong Ding peak a smile was still plastered on Yue Qingyuan's face like a mask. His face was so stiff, it began to hurt quickly. He was walking very fast. He had no intention of running into someone and talking to them. Whenever he was greeted he just gave that person a polite nod, not even bothering who it was. Yue Qingyuan would have preferred to run back, but that would have been unsightly.

He chest hurt immensely and he hated himself for that. He had known before, hadn't he? But he still... Not only had he dared overstep a line, he had even  dared to hope it would stay this way. How could he deserve something this beautiful. Of course it didn't. Of course he... Yue Qingyuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. In se way he was glad Shen Qingqiu didn't remember a thing. Otherwise the thing that he threw his way would not be annoyed glances, but rather spiritual blasts and sword glares.

Shen Qingqiu was unaware of Yue Qingyuan's internal struggle and instead went to teach his desciples. He didn't bother to know what had happened this past month. That was until he overheard some of his desciples having a conversation about that exact thing. As soon as he heard that he had been absent from Qing Jing peak for the whole time and had seemingly been on Qiong Ding peak instead, he ignored his aversion against visiting the man and immediately went to Yue Qingyuan. 

Yue Qingyuan had just descided to bury himself in work yet again, when someone burst into his study, causing his papers to set off from his desk. He had only just caught all of them when the person that had barged in started yelling.

"What did you think bringing me here?!" Shen Qingqiu asked outraged "Just because I had lost my memory you thought you could bring me here and play happy little family?! And then you dare not even tell me, leaving me to find it out by listening in to my desciples speaking about it! You really are a despicable man!"

"I," Yue Qingyuan stammered and looked at the outraged Shen Qingqiu. His face was red from anger and he didn't even bother hiding it with his fan, using it instead to point at Yue Qingyuan. "I didn't mean to keep it from you! You were a child and you could stay alone. What was I supposed to do?"

"Not take me with YOU!" Shen Qingqiu replied and stabbed Yue Qingyuan in the chest with his fan "You are the last person I would have wanted to stay with! Even Liu Qingge would have been a better option!"

"You... you didn't want to go with anyone else!" Yue Qingyuan blurted out.

"Nonsense! You mean to tell me I'd rather go with you than anyone else?! Do you take me as an idiot?" Shen Qingqiu was thoroughly angry. It wasn't that he truly didn't believe Yue Qingyuan. He believed very much that a naive him of six or seven years would willingly go with that man without asking a question. But this was exactly what upset him. He wanted nothing to do with this man. Not after what he had done. And he wanted him to know that.

"I'm not lying!" Yue Qingyuan said and got up. He was starting to get agitated as well. His heart was still in a conflict and this only worsened the tumult within him. He had just wanted to spend some time alone. He wasn't ready to face this man now. He couldn't even look at him for more than two seconds without a stabbing pain tearing at his heart, let alone yell at him and be yelled at by him.

"Suppose I believe you, which would be an idiotic thing to do in the first place, then what was you intention?" Shen Qingqiu angrily wanted to know. Without waiting for an anwer more questions followed. "You told no one that I was unwell and brought me here for, how long? One month! Did you want to ruin my reputation entirely?! Or did you hope I would do it myself by embarrassing myself?!"

At that Yue Qingyuan grew oddly calm.
"Shidi needn't worry worry. He did nothing embarrassing. The one who made a fool of himself was I," he said and turned to his desk.