The two vague syllables caused the smile to freeze on Shen Shui Yan's lips. His good mood of having sealed all the rifts now fell to rock bottom again.

The carriage was large enough to contain about six or seven people.

Shen Shui Yan walked in without saying a single word and when the curtain fell behind him and the light dimmed, he grabbed Chu Mu Yun's chin and forced his head up, kissing him fiercely.

Chu Mu Yun did not resist in the slightest, and in his trance, he even circled his arms around his neck and sent himself to his door, allowing him to kiss him even more deeply and thoroughly.

Shen Shui Yan had been missing him sorely to begin with, so how could his young and vigorous body endure this seduction?

Of course, this could not go without a passionate bout of entanglement.

At the very end, Chu Mu Yun's voice was filled with pleasure and he shouted out with a complete lack of reason, "Qian Lan...Qian Lan...I want...more..."

As if a bucket of iced water had just been poured over his head, Shen Shui Yan felt that he was stupid, simply too stupid for treating him so gently earlier.

He played viciously with Chu Mu Yun's body, and yet he did not resist in the slightest. He even seemed to enjoy it. Only, he had constantly been calling out Xie Qian Lan's name from beginning to end. His eyes were so out of focus that it was likely he couldn't even tell who it was before him.

Shen Shui Yan tossed and turned the person underneath his body until they fell unconscious before he finally stopped.

Due to his cultivation being sealed, Chu Mu Yun's body was now much weaker without any protection. If this was any usual day, this would simply not be enough to cause him to lose himself so badly.

And with the spices in the carriage sending him into a daze, Chu Mu Yun was in a trance, completely mistaking him as Xie Qian Lan from start to end.

Shen Shui Yan hugged him strongly, his eyes completely clouded over.

He caught him, obtained him, monopolized him, and yet...Why does it feel so empty? Why is it so difficult to control him?!

Ah Yun's heart is now beating in the palm of his own hands, so why...Why couldn't he fully belong to him still?!

Because of love?

Shen Shui Yan's face dimmed. As long as Ah Yun sees only him, hears only him, and stays only by his side from now on, he'll definitely be able to love him!

But how could Shen Shui Yan ever know that Chu Mu Yun was not in a trance because of the spices, but rather, was being forced to the point of insanity by the Beast of Charm?

Shen Shui Yan may be able to help him relieve the effects of the ice spirit beast's estrus, but only Xie Qian Lan can subdue the Beast of Charm.

Chu Mu Yun truly did require Xie Qian Lan's help.

But Shen Shui Yan merely thought that Chu Mu Yun loved Xie Qian Lan to the very marrow of his bones.

After their day-long frenzy, Chu Mu Yun was completely exhausted and passed out, but his body's cravings just continued to torment him again after he woke up.

However, last night's indulgence did manage to ease some of the effects. Chu Mu Yun was desperately trying to calm himself down. He needed to talk to Shen Shui Yan.

And, right at this moment.

Zero said, "Um..."

Chu Mu Yun happened to need something to distract himself with. "What is it?"

Zero's voice sounded very unsure. "Lust's portrait lit up..." Baby Zero was truly starting to doubt whether his DOS 3.0 system was actually working or not. Why did Greed's portrait not light up despite his attachment to him? And how is Lust's portrait lighting up despite being worlds apart...What is going on here!

Chu Mu Yun was feeling much better now. "He enjoyed himself and now his toy is gone again. That's why he's shaken."

And it was that piece of news that made it so Chu Mu Yun had lost all notion of getting rid of the Beast of Charm rampaging inside of his body.

Now that the fight was over, they weren't in much of a hurry in getting back.

It took two days to arrive, but more than double the time to get back.

Shen Shui Yan watched over Chu Mu Yun this whole time, and he was much calmer when he woke up the next day.

Chu Mu Yun laid in Shen Shui Yan's arms, his voice deep and hoarse from his overindulgence. "Xiao Yan..."

Shen Shui Yan's voice was gentle. "Yes?"

Chu Mu Yun shut his eyes and said, "You never let go." What's there to not understand when things had already come to this point? This was all set up by Shen Shui Yan to get rid of Xie Qian Lan, and his ultimate goal...was undoubtedly him.

Shen Shui Yan tightened his grip on him and his voice deepened considerably. "That's right."

"Do you like me?"

"Of course."

"But you..."

"What could I have said and done at that time? I watched over your room for seven days and seven nights out there but what did you do with Xie Qian Lan? I love you, I love you so much that I want you to be my one and only. But you pushed me away, you abandoned me."

Chu Mu Yun was in a complicated mood when he heard those words. He felt happy, but also depressed.

He was happy that Shen Shui Yan felt the same as him, but depressed because they would never be.

He needed Xie Qian Lan. He couldn't be away from that demon.

It truly was too horrifying to lose his mind to his lust. He couldn't even offer Shen Shui Yan the most basic loyalty of love, so how could he have any qualifications to be in a relationship with him?

He would be sullying Shen Shui Yan's feelings.

Chu Mu Yun lowered his eyes and spoke stern as he could. "I'm sorry, but I don't like you."

He spoke the words against his own mind, and yet what appeared in his eyes was his heart that seemed to have stopped beating.

And these words were successful in provoking Shen Shui Yan. He rolled over and pushed him down, staring at him with his dark eyes. "I know. You don't have to repeat it. You seduced me and ran me around in circles till I could never be without you, and then you kicked me away. If you liked me even just a little bit, you wouldn't have been this cruel to me."

"But that's fine. It doesn't matter who you love. After all..." Shen Shui Yan laughed like a child, so filled with joy that he looked pure. "You belong to me now. You can look only at me, and soon, you'll only be able to think of me."

In this position, he continued what they were doing last night without the slightest hint of preparation.

Chu Mu Yun endured it passively but was quickly brought to joy. However, he could not be satisfied...

Even though he clearly reached his peak several times, he was missing Xie Qian Lan more and more, so much that he could not hold himself back anymore...

After going through the past eight or nine days in a turbid mess, Shen Shui Yan confined him completely. After returning to Heaven's Rain Palace, he was sent to Shen Shui Yan's bedroom where no one was ever to see him again.

Shen Shui Yan did everything personally. He would not even allow anyone to take a single glance at him.

Of course, there were those who asked about why their Respected Leader never showed himself, but Shen Shui Yan's power increased by leaps and bounds. Having managed the palace for so many years, the entire Heaven's Rain Palace was under the palm of his hand. His word was final.

If he said the Respected Leader was seriously ill in bed, nobody would dare say anything.

If he said the Respected Leader would see no one, nobody would dare to question it.

Chu Mu Yun never beat around the bush during his reign, and now, Shen Shui Yan was the student who surpassed his master. Under his wrathful reign, everyone had long been used to keeping their mouth shut.

After all, the disparity of their strengths was so overwhelming that they didn't even have the thought to oppose him.

What's more, even if Shen Shui Yan actually did imprison the Respected Leader...

Who would dare come between their matters?

Chu Mu Yun had been completely strained to the limits after all these days. His sanity was beginning to collapse. The Beast of Charm made his body thirst and hunger so ravenously that he would go mad soon.

At night, when Shen Shui Yan came to visit, Chu Mu Yun could finally hold it no more. "Xiao Yan, let Xie Qian Lan return. Let me see him...Please, I beg you..." With his final words, he gave up his dignity.