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Bringing My Rival Back to Life (Accidentally) - Chapter 27

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After Zhu Xiao replied, he waited for a long time but received no message from Wu Jiu. What Zhu Xiao didn’t know was that during the time Wu Jiu hadn’t replied, he had already inspected the underworld three times, asked Meng Po for three bowls of soup, drank them, and then buried his head in the Huangquan River to wash himself three times. Finally, because he almost got recognized by the ghost citizens and made it to the underworld news, he returned to the Yama’s residence.
Feeling that he had calmed down enough, Wu Jiu replied: “So you’re saying that, out of mutual admiration and affection, after careful consideration, you voluntarily entered into an intimate relationship called ‘dating’ with me, which is not easily changed?”
Zhu Xiao: “Yes.”
These two words made Wu Jiu feel like the three bowls of Meng Po’s soup he had just forced himself to drink to calm down had become ineffective again.
He thought for a moment; it seemed like it was ten days ago when he had said he liked Zhu Xiao.
Wu Jiu, who was slow to catch on, finally realized: “So we started dating from that day?”
Zhu Xiao: “Mm-hmm.”
Wu Jiu typed with wide eyes: “So you’re saying that if I had directly asked you to be with me that day, you would have said yes?”
He finally understood, but his reaction time was long enough to circle the Earth seven times.
With a poker face, Zhu Xiao replied: “What else?”
Wu Jiu felt heartbroken after getting the answer—how much had he missed out on?
While feeling heartbroken, he typed, determined to reclaim what he had lost.
Wu Jiu: “Can I tell others that I’m your boyfriend the next time we meet?”
Zhu Xiao: “Yes.”
Wu Jiu: “Can I hold your hand?”
Zhu Xiao: “Yes.”
Wu Jiu: “Can I walk with my arm around your waist?”
Zhu Xiao: “Yes.”
Wu Jiu: “Can I kiss you?”
Zhu Xiao: “Yes.”
“…Can I do anything?”
After several “yes” replies, Wu Jiu already looked like he had struck gold or found a windfall.
Excited and almost disbelief, Wu Jiu said: “Zhu Xiao, why are you so easy to talk to? Did you get a terminal illness, or were you kidnapped? Are you really Zhu Xiao?”
Zhu Xiao was speechless and replied with a period and the word “roll,” letting him figure it out for himself.
Wu Jiu’s cheeky behavior was met with a period and the word “roll,” but his mood actually settled quite a bit: “It seems not; it’s really Zhu Xiao.”
After confirming, Wu Jiu decided to seize the opportunity and began to push his luck: “So can I look at your photos □?”
Zhu Xiao coldly replied: “No.”
Wu Jiu’s attempt to push his luck failed, and he humphed, “…Stingy.”
At three in the morning, Zhu Xiao still hadn’t fallen asleep.
He touched the phone beside his pillow and habitually opened the Yin-Yang communicator to take a look.
As expected, he saw a message from Wu Jiu.
Wu Jiu: “Zhu Xiao Zhu Xiao Zhu Xiao Zhu Xiao Zhu Xiao”
Wu Jiu: “Zhu——Xiao——”
Zhu Xiao glanced at the time; it was so late that Wu Jiu better have a good reason.
He replied: “What’s up?”
Wu Jiu replied instantly: “Why are you still awake so late? Be careful of sudden death.”
He seriously said: “We’re different; I’m already a ghost, but you’re still alive. Staying up late is bad for your liver.”
To ensure Zhu Xiao’s sleep quality, he hadn’t even visited him in dreams every day.
“……”
Zhu Xiao seemed to think he had a point and replied: “Alright, I’ll sleep.”
Wu Jiu stopped him: “Wait!”
Zhu Xiao: “?”
Wu Jiu: “Can you answer one question for me before you sleep?”
Zhu Xiao: “What?”
Wu Jiu: “Are we really together? Is this really not a dream?”
Today was already the umpteenth time he had answered this question, but Zhu Xiao still said: “We really are together.”
At this moment, Wu Jiu seemed calm, but in reality, he had been dizzy all day. He had read this answer many times, but he still felt like he was floating on a cloud.
However, he knew it was very late and Zhu Xiao should sleep.
He replied in a composed manner: “Alright, I got it. You sleep now, and I’m going to sleep too.”
Then he added: “Remember to put your phone on silent!”
He might not be able to resist sending messages to Zhu Xiao later, so it was better to put it on silent to avoid disturbing him.
Zhu Xiao: “Okay.”
Zhu Xiao’s phone had already been on Do Not Disturb mode, and it had been on silent since the beginning.
He saw Wu Jiu’s message not because the notification woke him up, but simply because he happened to open the Yin-Yang communicator and saw it.
Saying he was going to sleep, but Wu Jiu couldn’t fall asleep at all.
He closed his eyes for a short while, then opened them again.
Fortunately, he had reminded Zhu Xiao to set it to silent in advance. Wu Jiu sent a message to Zhu Xiao without any guilt: “Zhu Xiao, why do I see you every time I close my eyes? And my heart is beating so fast, like I’m about to have a sudden death.”
Zhu Xiao was also still awake and replied: “Because you like me.”
Wu Jiu thought that made sense and asked again: “Zhu Xiao, then why haven’t you slept yet?”
Zhu Xiao: “Because we like each other.”
…
The confirmation of their relationship excited Wu Jiu for three days, but also made him feel down for three days—he was trapped in the underworld and couldn’t immediately appear in front of Zhu Xiao.
After enduring three days like being in prison, he immediately set off for the human world.
He left in a hurry, and Butler Bai shouted behind him: “Young master, remember not to stay too long!”
However, Wu Jiu had already spun around and left like the wind.
Arriving in the human world, Wu Jiu knocked on Zhu Xiao’s door with a begonia flower in hand.
“—Zhu Xiao, let’s go on a date now!”
It just happened to be the weekend, and Zhu Xiao had the whole day free for dating.
Zhu Xiao happily agreed, changed his clothes, and asked him: “Where to?”
While still in the underworld, Wu Jiu had already planned it out. There was a new exhibition at the nearby museum, and he could go there with Zhu Xiao. He had Butler Bai buy the tickets in advance, and all Zhu Xiao had to do was follow him.
Before meeting, Wu Jiu had made bold promises to hold hands, hug, kiss… and even do something strange. However, after meeting, he hesitated for a long time just to hold hands.
“…Zhu Xiao.”
When they reached a less crowded place, Wu Jiu suddenly took out a small hand warmer from his pocket and said very awkwardly: “I came prepared, look.”
After persistently absorbing the warmth from the hand warmer, his ghostly cold hands also became a bit warmer.
Zhu Xiao wanted to laugh a little, but he held back and didn’t show it on his face: “So?”
Wu Jiu held Zhu Xiao’s hand and interlocked their fingers, “So this time we can hold hands for more than ten seconds.”
“Okay.”
The principled man had abandoned his principles, which was something to celebrate.
After holding hands and wandering through the exhibition hall for five minutes, Wu Jiu suddenly felt that maybe coming to the museum was a wrong decision—he had never been so inattentive while visiting an exhibition.
He looked at the exhibits, but his gaze always jumped back to Zhu Xiao. Although he was a ghost, he had the illusion of sweating nervously from their clasped hands.
For the umpteenth time, his gaze uncontrollably fell on Zhu Xiao’s lips.
Zhu Xiao’s lips were beautifully shaped, looking very soft and kissable.
In theory, if Zhu Xiao maintained his current posture, he could just move a little closer and lower his head to kiss him.
Unfortunately, when he tried to act on it, Zhu Xiao was no longer in the same spot.
Wu Jiu once again thought, “I should have known better than to come to the museum.”
In fact, Zhu Xiao wasn’t paying much attention to the exhibits either.
Perhaps because he had spent some time in the underworld, Wu Jiu hadn’t smoked much today.
It had been over a week since they last saw each other, and he didn’t know if it was because they hadn’t seen each other for so long, or because Wu Jiu wasn’t smoking today, or for some other reason, but Wu Jiu looked especially pleasing to the eye today.
The only downside was that Wu Jiu kept occasionally getting closer and then quickly retreating as if he had seen a ghost.
Zhu Xiao looked down at their clasped hands—Wu Jiu was probably too anxious and didn’t even realize he was holding his hand so tightly.
They walked through the entire exhibition hall without saying a word, pretending to focus on the exhibits, but in reality, the information just passed through their minds and was forgotten. When they left, they couldn’t even remember the name of the exhibition they had just visited.
After leaving the museum, they went to the café near the school.
This was a trip down memory lane—Wu Jiu couldn’t help but think that not long ago, Zhu Xiao had been on a blind date with an older man right here, but now the tables had turned, and he had firmly pushed the older man out of the picture.
Thinking of this, Wu Jiu straightened his back unconsciously.
He looked around and saw that there were no other customers nearby, and the staff were busy.
On a whim, Wu Jiu said to Zhu Xiao, “Zhu Xiao, guess what I’m thinking right now?”
Zhu Xiao sized him up and seemed to have guessed the answer.
“I guess——”
Zhu Xiao slowly began, “you probably want to kiss me.”
Who just randomly brings up kissing like that?
Wu Jiu was stunned for a moment, and his face turned red instantly: “This game isn’t played like that…!”
“Don’t want to?” Zhu Xiao said, “Then forget I mentioned it.”
Wu Jiu had already forgotten what he originally thought and followed Zhu Xiao’s lead: “Can I?”
Zhu Xiao neither said yes nor no, but just leaned forward a little. He looked straight into Wu Jiu’s eyes, with a faint smile playing on his lips: “If you want to.”
He so easily entrusted himself to the other person, appearing completely unguarded, as if anything could be done to him.
After a few seconds of eye contact, Wu Jiu gave in and couldn’t bear it any longer.
Wu Jiu’s palm cupped the back of Zhu Xiao’s neck as he lowered his head and kissed his lips.
To be honest, Wu Jiu only had experience with CPR, not kissing. His kiss was quite inexperienced and lacked any real technique, just a simple touching of lips and teeth. But he was very assertive, kissing fiercely and urgently, as if marking his territory.
Zhu Xiao was unusually patient and let Wu Jiu kiss him.
Wu Jiu couldn’t help but think that he was kissing too fiercely; it seemed like he wasn’t being restrained at all.
Moreover, the soft touch of their lips made him feel like he shouldn’t be so impatient…
So he pulled back a little.
At that moment, he felt someone gently lick his lips, a little itchy, like a small plea to stay.
Wu Jiu’s breath caught, and he asked, “Zhu Xiao, did you do that on purpose?”
Zhu Xiao neither confirmed nor denied it, not answering him as if he didn’t know what Wu Jiu was talking about.
“……”
Wu Jiu suddenly realized that he had just kissed too simply.
“Zhu Xiao,” Wu Jiu’s voice sounded a bit gritted, as if he was enduring something but couldn’t hold on much longer, “guess what I’m thinking now.”
“Hmm…” Zhu Xiao seemed to really think for a moment, then jokingly answered off-topic, “The ancient Yue bronze vessel we just saw?”
This time he was trying to give a proper answer, but Wu Jiu was not very satisfied.
“It’s not that.”
In the secluded corner, Wu Jiu lowered his head again.
“It’s that I want to kiss you again.”
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