I, the transmigrated villain, please wait, gentle master.

Chapter 235 The Azure Phoenix's Feather

After leaving Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the two walked on Quechang Street. Li Tingyun gently tugged at Mei Shiyu's sleeve, wanting to take his hand and hold it.

Mei Shiyu paused, as if suddenly remembering something, and reached out from her sleeve, pinching a few green feathers between her fingers.

Li Tingyun's eyes lit up, thinking it was something for him, and he reached out to take it without any hesitation.

Mei Shiyu gave him a strange look, and before he could succeed, she loosened her grip. The feather drifted away as if blown away by the wind, and coincidentally, it blew into the wide-open door of Xiaoxiang Pavilion not far behind the two of them.

Actually, that's not the case. It wasn't the wind blowing, but rather the plum rains that cast a spell on them, causing them to go to Yuan Che.

Li Tingyun watched as Qingyu streaked across the sky, flew into Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and disappeared. He felt inexplicably dissatisfied and somewhat disappointed.

He reached out to Mei Shiyu and said bluntly, "I want it too."

"What do you want?" Mei Shiyu explained to him, "It's just a few feathers that naturally fell from the Azure Phoenix. I stored some spiritual energy in it, leaving it for Yuan Che in case he needs it. Yuan Che hasn't embarked on the path of immortality yet. He can use this kind of 'simple magic artifact,' but do you need it? Why do you want everything?"

He shouldn't have said anything, because once he did, Li Tingyun wanted it even more. She still reached out and said persistently, "I want it."

"What childish behavior are you acting like?" Mei Shiyu said, both amused and exasperated, and slapped his palm hard.

Li Tingyun took his hand and said, "I won't let go until you give it to me. I really want it."

"Well, there's nothing I can do about it now. I don't have any extra feathers. Maybe next time, when the Azure Phoenix molts, I'll save a few for you."

"In that case, just let me lead the way, as compensation."

"Did I owe you a debt? Why should I compensate you? You scoundrel."

"If you know I'm a scoundrel, don't try to settle accounts with me. You can't possibly figure it out."

"..."

Mei Shiyu let him do as he pleased; let him hold her hand if he wants. They've held hands before in their past lives, haven't they?

"Why?" Li Tingyun asked, "Besides the teacher-student relationship, do you have any other special feelings for Yuan Che? Why are you so good to him? Your kindness is a bit unusual."

“You knew he wouldn’t die in Lingxi Village, yet you rushed there to save him the moment you were reborn. He was just a mere Wang Wu, someone he had only recognized as his godfather a few days ago, and you were willing to use your primordial spirit power to heal him.”

"And those few feathers... You're so thoughtful. Are you always thinking about him? If he were to accidentally snap and die one day, wouldn't you be heartbroken and wish you could die for him?!"

He's getting increasingly outrageous.

Mei Shiyu tried to shake off his hand, but it was held tightly. She kicked him in the calf, but it didn't work.

Li Tingyun stopped, turned to the side, looked into Mei Shiyu's eyes, and said with a gloomy expression, "I'm jealous of him, extremely jealous."

What else could Mei Shiyu say about him? "You shouldn't be jealous of him. He's just like you, a child with a tragic fate, deserving of pity and sympathy."

"Although I feel guilty and indebted to him, and feel that I can never do enough... it's still different from how I feel about you."

“What ‘special’ feelings are there between us? How could I possibly ‘die for love’ for him? Watch your words! Don’t talk nonsense.”

Li Tingyun raised an eyebrow. So you have "special" feelings for me? You're willing to "die for love" for me? Aha! He was quite pleased to hear that.

But she still couldn't help arguing with Mei Shiyu: "I told you you can't keep track of things! You can't keep track of anything! What did you owe him in this life or the last? What guilt do you have towards him? Did you kill his whole family, or..."

"You killed them!" Mei Shiyu interrupted him. "Li Tingyun, have you forgotten? You wiped out the entire Lingxi Village!"

"Yes, I killed him," Li Tingyun admitted, "but what does that have to do with you?!"

Mei Shiyu clenched her free hand into a fist.

"What does this have to do with me...what does this have to do with me..."

He kicked Li Tingyun hard in the back of the knee, finally making the heartless bastard stagger slightly.

Mei Shiyu had unconsciously included Li Tingyun's enormous blood debt to Yuan Che in her own account, which is why she felt that she could never repay it.

Just like in his past life, he used his own blood to save Hua Yingyue, not only to repay the debt of life he owed, but also because of the cause and effect that Li Tingyun was entangled in!

In the end, this guy actually retorted with a straight face, "What does this have to do with you?!"

Mei Shiyu sighed bitterly, "You should accumulate more good deeds! Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, aren't you afraid of retribution?"

Retribution.

Li Tingyun fell silent.

If the retribution only fell on him, he would of course be fearless. But he insisted on bringing Mei Shiyu to his side, fearing that when the heavens retaliated, they would strike him with thunder and lightning, and Mei Shiyu would also be implicated.

Even if she hadn't been implicated, someone like Mei Shiyu, who likes to keep track of "muddled accounts," might have risked her life to shield him, simply because of his open and undisguised affection, and because of her own unspoken but not nonexistent "special" feelings...

Li Tingyun thought to herself, "Would my eagerness to confess my feelings to him and chase after him to say 'I like you' be a burden to him in disguise?"

Was it because of this that I never said anything in my past life? Was it because my hands and body were too dirty, and I was afraid of defiling his purity and disturbing his destiny? Was I afraid that he would suffer retribution along with me?

Li Tingyun seemed to understand something and said to Mei Shiyu, "I know what you're angry about. You want to accumulate some good karma for me, but I don't appreciate it. You think I'm heartless, right?"

“But the relationship between me and Yuan Che may not be as simple as you think. I didn’t slaughter Lingxi Village for no reason. You think I’m committing atrocities, but I think I’m just settling the karmic debt.”

"Have you ever considered that they might be the cause, and I might be the effect? ​​I'm not afraid of retribution for killing them, because I am their retribution!"

Mei Shiyu didn't know whether what he said was true or false, nor did he know where his hatred and resentment towards the Yuan family came from. Li Tingyun had kept too many things from him, and he had no way of distinguishing right from wrong.

"Did they... really all deserve to die?"

"I don't know. I can't remember or explain it clearly."

Li Tingyun gently squeezed Mei Shiyu's hand, "But I know that I am indeed quite 'immoral'. I should listen to you and accumulate more good karma to avoid retribution in the future."

"Xia Changfeng said that when he was revising the merit book, he found that no matter whose merits were transferred to me, there was no improvement, except for you. This doesn't make sense, but it's true."

“Is this what they call ‘fate playing tricks on us’? It’s like I was born to collect a debt from you, and you have to pay back the debt I owe… I’m a little scared, so I surrender, I’ll change, I’ll change everything.”

"I'm not going to oppose Yuan Che anymore. Let him do whatever he wants. Even if he provokes me in front of me in the future, or does a belly dance in a grass skirt right under my nose, I'll pretend I'm blind and I promise I won't touch him..."

Actually, he couldn't move even if he wanted to, because the 001 system was maintaining the Chosen One and the main quest.

Only when he thought of the system did Li Tingyun realize that there had been no news from Wang Laoliu for a long time. Was he dead?

But no matter what, he only had one request for Mei Shiyu: "Stop being so hard on yourself! You really don't owe Yuan Che anything. If you're willing to risk everything for him, I'm telling you, I won't acknowledge anyone else. I'll kill him! I definitely will!"

"Okay, I understand what you mean. I will do what I can and won't force myself to do something I'm not capable of." Mei Shiyu suddenly realized that it was still very necessary to communicate with the other party calmly.

Li Tingyun wasn't entirely a barbaric, domineering, and unreasonable person. It was just that he was usually poor at communication and closed-minded. When it came to crucial moments, he would act willfully, like a stubborn donkey determined to smash its head against a wall.

Mei Shiyu softened his tone, becoming very gentle. Li Tingyun was completely captivated and started rubbing against him right there in the street. Mei Shiyu pushed his head away, but he shamelessly moved closer again.

Even though no one was around, Mei Shiyu couldn't resist the intimacy. Her cheeks and the roots of her ears turned slightly red, and her neck, hidden under her collar, was probably also quite red.

"Walk properly! You're going to push me into the ditch!"

Li Tingyun hummed in agreement and let him go. He put his arm around his waist and led him to the other side of his body. He then took his hand with the other hand. No matter what, he had to take his hand. Mei Shiyu was truly helpless against him.

"Hey, put your hands up."

Li Tingyun obediently took his hand, and saw a small phoenix fluttering its wings, hopping around on their hands, it was extremely cute.

Just as Li Tingyun was about to reach out and tease it, Mei Shiyu gently scolded him, "Don't touch it," and sent him away.

After all, it is formed from the primordial spirit, so it is extremely sensitive. Mei Shiyu is currently in the Nascent Soul stage, which means that the Azure Phoenix is ​​newly born and is not only sensitive but also very fragile. It will need to go through many molting processes before its primordial spirit can be stabilized.

The blue-winged phoenix hopped onto Li Tingyun's protruding knuckles, turned its head and used its short beak to preen its feathers, even circling and pecking at its own tail feathers, managing to peck off the longest and most beautiful one and bring it to Li Tingyun.

Li Tingyun held her breath and consciously opened her other palm.

The blue phoenix finally placed a wisp of green feather from its tail into his palm.

It lingered for a moment, its wings drooping as if reluctant to leave, then spread its wings and flew away, disappearing from sight.

Mei Shiyu laughed and said, "Is it okay now? I've made it up to you, I don't owe you anything anymore. My palms are all sweaty, I don't want to hold your hand anymore."

Li Tingyun's eyes were dark and brooding.

Yes, he doesn't want to hold hands anymore either.

I want to kiss you.