He is Lovestruck in the Revenge by Gu Nanxi

Chapter 6 - 6 005 Devils Bait

Chapter 6: 005: Devil’s Bait Chapter 6: 005: Devil’s Bait The evening after the heavy rain was very comfortable—moist and cool air, mixed with the smell of fresh grass, gently caressed her face. Wen Changling, after finishing work at the hospital, had dinner at a nearby restaurant and walked along the Yanglong River from a dusky, tangerine twilight into a night aglitter with neon.

The night view of the imperial capital was beautiful, albeit a bit noisy. Upstream of the river bustled with activity, so Wen Changling walked towards the less crowded areas, when the wind swept her fisherman’s hat into the river. Her thoughts drifted along with the wind and the hat, bobbing up and down in the water.

The bright yellow hat, fallen amidst the speckled starlight in the water, looked like a blooming flower.

Wen Changling didn’t think too much and walked towards the deeper water.

“Hey.”

Someone called out from behind her—it must have been directed at her since there was no one else nearby.

She stopped and turned around, seeing Mr. Xie Shang.

True to his nature, he wasn’t the type to follow orders and hadn’t stayed in the hospital for observation. He had changed out of his blood-stained clothes and was now wearing a white long-sleeve shirt with no design, quite thin, seemingly unaffected by the cold.

“How old are you?”

He suddenly asked from a distance.

Caught off guard, Wen Changling honestly replied, “25.”

“Ever been skiing?”

She shook her head.

“What about diving?”

She shook her head again.

Xie Shang took a couple of steps forward. His facial features were unclear from a distance, but his platinum blonde hair was very noticeable and commanded attention.

He seemed to be making idle conversation, “Udarami is rich in a type of agarwood called Chinese honeycomb. It’s shaped like a beehive, and its scent is subtle, somewhat like gardenia, but if you smell it for too long, it can induce hallucinations, making you see everything you wish to see. Hence, it has another name, ‘Daydream Fragrance.’

If his voice could take a physical form, it would be seawater—salty, making one thirstier the more they drank.

He asked Wen Changling, “Fascinating, isn’t it?”

Wen Changling nodded, “Fascinating.”

had never heard of such a mystical fragrance and wanted to light a piece to see for

the Beauty Sunflower, grows right at the intersection of the desert and the snow mountain. The view there is breathtaking, with the yellow sand desert and white snow mountains covered in Beauty Sunflowers. The

Wen Changling had never seen, filled

curious, but Xie Shang’s voice must have been magical—his words drew her along, “Is that where you dyed

He laughed, “No.”

didn’t detract from his nearly divine looks at all but instead added a mysterious, restless rebel vibe, like

go there and dye

Changling was enticed,

see the Beauty Sunflowers too—her eyes

abruptly turned to leave.

“Isn’t the water cold?”

hat had been carried far away by the river’s current—she decided

her shoes and pants’ legs were wet. The breeze made her feel chilly, snapping her somewhat groggy

seemed to think she was trying to commit suicide by

“Xie Shang.”

He turned, “Hmm?”

she choked up. Jiahui had said that Xie Shang had a pair of eyes that could make even a dog feel

Jiahui was right.

for a moment but,

a short while before he also turned his head, with one going left and the other right,

little white flower embroidered on the hat drifted aimlessly over the boundless expanse of the

a song playing inside; the melody was very calming, but he

you supposed to be able to cast spells? Why are you so miserable?” he wondered, thinking perhaps it would be better to

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to bump into him again. A week after the encounter by the riverbank, at the foot of the snow mountains in a foreign country, she couldn’t control her skis, clumsily and foolishly barreling

and they both fell onto the snowy ground

“Xie Shang?”

seemed to find it unbelievable that, in a country full of blond-haired and blue-eyed people, she had just randomly run into a fellow

Shang brushed the snow off

mood appeared to be good, her eyes livelier than usual, “You said the scenery here is

her weariness and numbness were real. She was a tired and world-weary person, not much of a traveler. This was the first time she had decided on a whim to see whether the Beauty Sunflower that grew between the yellow desert and the white

way, I dyed my hair,” she freed her hair which

had dyed it a

looked at her,