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.”

to light a piece to

flower of Lileitu, the Beauty Sunflower, grows right at the intersection of the desert and the snow mountain. The view there is

was describing a world Wen Changling had never seen, filled with

must have been magical—his words drew her along, “Is that

He laughed, “No.”

looks at all but instead added a

there

was

see the Beauty Sunflowers too—her eyes sparkled more brightly than

abruptly turned to leave. After a few steps, he

“Isn’t the water cold?”

away by the river’s current—she decided

were wet. The breeze made

realized—Xie Shang seemed to think she was trying to commit suicide by

“Xie Shang.”

He turned, “Hmm?”

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

Jiahui was right.

waited for a moment but, receiving no follow-up, he

he also turned his head, with one going left and the other right, they each went their own way as if they

hat drifted aimlessly over the boundless

inside; the melody was very calming, but he was lost in thought

to cast spells? Why are you so miserable?” he wondered, thinking perhaps

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the riverbank, at the foot of the snow mountains in

Shang didn’t reach out to catch her, and

“Xie Shang?”

full of blond-haired and blue-eyed people, she had

off his hat,

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

much of a traveler. This was the first time she had decided on a whim to see whether

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

a rather respectable

Shang looked