Tomb raiding: Today is another day I don't want to go home.

Chapter 189 Cheating Openly and Honestly

"So, there's no need to block my way."

Yan Huai lowered his head slightly while in close proximity to Zhang Qiling, and while Zhang Qiling was still somewhat stunned, he lightly touched his lips to Zhang Qiling's.

This was the first time Yan Huai had exchanged breaths with Zhang Qiling while Zhang was conscious.

He's been waiting too long...

The long-awaited rain seemed to spread from the depths of his heart to every part of his body. At this moment, Yan Huai truly felt the reality of obtaining a treasure, but what followed was a desire for more.

Their heartbeats were erratic and chaotic, transmitting through their skin to each other. The warmth gradually transitioned into scalding heat, and they both held their breath for a moment, then restrainedly relaxed.

Zhang Qiling lowered her eyelashes slightly, raised her hand and placed it on Yan Huai's back, offering silent comfort and reassurance, even though his mind was completely blank...

After a long while, Yan Huai's trembling fingertips stiffly landed on Zhang Qiling's lower back, half wanting to create distance and half wanting to press closer.

He closed his eyes tightly.

This can't go on...

Yan Huai lingered on Zhang Qiling's lips for a moment, reluctant to part, before separating from the soft skin. Then, he breathed all his pent-up breath onto Zhang Qiling's reddened ear.

“Stand next to me, stand where I can reach you and see you, stop thinking about rushing in alone…” The hoarse voice fell into his ear, and the place where Yan Huai was holding Zhang Qiling’s lower back felt hot and numb.

"Give me an answer?"

Is there even a need to answer this...?

Zhang Qiling, who had originally intended to remain silent, turned her head and met Yan Huai's pitiful yet expectant gaze.

Okay... yes, there is.

"promise--"

Mua~

Before Zhang Qiling could finish speaking, Yan Huai's eyes lit up and he gave him a big kiss on the cheek, and a red mark faded away quietly where they touched.

Zhang Qiling couldn't help but cough lightly, then lowered his raised right hand and nudged Yan Huai's waist. Only after the guy reluctantly let go was Zhang Qiling able to emerge from that cramped and stuffy corner.

A fishy smell then appeared...

Zhang Qiling, half-distracted, followed the scent to its source—the taimen that had been brought into the Buddhist bead space and stabbed with a dagger; it was no longer...fresh. Moreover, the blood gushing from the dagger wound had stained the few pieces of clothing Yan Huai had haphazardly piled on the ground a dark red.

Yes, he now truly understands the original intention behind Qi Yu's earlier reminder to Yan Huai to complete that task.

Yan Huai needs an unlimited wardrobe.

Yan Huai, noticing the increasingly complicated look in Zhang Qiling's eyes, belatedly realized: It seems a bit distasteful...

"Well, I'll probably be wearing this a lot in the tomb anyway, so there's not much to it. I can just wash it and wear it again." Yan Huai himself was a little disgusted with this guilty attempt to make amends.

Zhang Qiling shook her head slightly, her gaze seeming to say: If you want to wear it, do you think I'd force you to take it off and throw it away?

He subtly shifted his stance, skirting around several piles of precariously damaged clothing, and crouched down beside the taimen. His finger traced the salmon's surface, stopping just above where the dagger had been.

It was quite deep; it almost pierced the salmon all the way through...

Yan Huai's expression when he threw the dagger was not strained, proving that he still had strength left, and indeed, as he himself said, he was not as weak as he thought.

Zhang Qiling felt slightly relieved, drew the black gold ancient sword that was slung diagonally on his back, and slashed horizontally across the belly of the taimen, splitting the corpse in two.

The black gold dagger was embedded in the tail of the taimen's spine, and when it was pulled out, it brought with it some fragments of internal organs and bones.

Zhang Qiling pursed her lips.

"Hehe... Wipe it off."

In the short time it took Zhang Qiling to get the dagger, Yan Huai walked over to him and took the dagger to wipe it, then put a towel in Zhang Qiling's blood-stained hands.

Yan Huai's personality is really unpredictable... Zhang Qiling silently twirled the towel, which was damp and cool, and was now warming up with his body temperature.

As Yan Huai wiped, the person beside him remained quiet, yet their gaze was focused, carrying the gentle tenderness that belonged to their master. Yan Huai wiped even more diligently, his heart sweetened by a sweet feeling from Zhang Qiling.

"What are your plans regarding the salmon pods outside?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Huai continued wiping, but a slight smile appeared on his lips. He tilted his head to look at Zhang Qiling, pointing with his chin at the taimen that had been split in two: "The same old trick."

So, for the next half hour, Yan Huai used the excuse of training Zhang Qiling's fluency in entering and exiting the copy space to give him a small test—to bring the salmon that had just attacked them into the copy space of the Black Gold Ancient Sword, one by one.

At first, to prevent any accidents from happening, Yan Huai followed Zhang Qiling in and out a few times.

The first time, because the prayer beads were the carrier of the space, they couldn't enter the space and were swallowed by a taimen. When the two of them came out, they were squeezed together.

The second time, Zhang Qiling carried his black gold ancient sword and entered the Buddhist bead space, while Yan Huai entered the copy space. Neither of them saw the other and their faces turned pale with fright.

The third time... the fourth time... the fifth time...

After more than ten times, Zhang Qiling had become completely proficient, so Yan Huai stopped following along.

But when Zhang Qiling threw the taimen into the replication space again, all he saw was the terrified Yan Huai... and behind Yan Huai, those taimen struggling and jumping around wildly.

The scene is both humorous and full of love.