Bat

Feng Long was holding a flute and standing just outside the door, just as handsome and elegant as ever. He smiled and said, “Of course it is me.”

Bai Shaoqing looked at him coldly.

Feng Long approached: “You have done a lot of things during the last fifteen days.” 　　

“Yes.”

“Killed a lot of people?”

“Yes.”

“It’s a pity.”

“What a pity?” Bai Shaoqing tilted his head, “The great Sect Leader Feng would actually pity something? That’s truly a rare event in Wulin.”

Feng Long smiled, “Nine out of ten people you killed must have bullied you before. Isn’t it a shame to let them die so easily?”

Bai Shaoqing fell silent.

Feng Long asked again, “You burned down Bai Manor?”

“Yes.”

“So Bai Moran……”

“I burned him and his two sons alive.” Bai Shaoqing said with a harsh tone and sneered: “Your disciple is cruel and shows no mercy to his relatives. Imagine how I will deal with you in the future, I will naturally not go easy on you.”

Feng Long slowly pushed his body upon Bai Shaoqing, pressing Bai Shaoqing against the chair, looking at him from above, staring silently.

The heavy feeling of oppression came from those deep eyes. Bai Shaoqing felt like he had nowhere to hide when Feng Long looked at him like this.

“Isn’t it good that the Bai Manor has been burnt to the ground?” Feng Long smiled and said, “If you wanted to burn it down, there must have been a reason to do it. You must be delighted that you were able to do it. Being that happy, you must really want to share it with others.” His smile made people feel liberated and at ease. 　　

Hearing him repeat the word “must” in a low voice, Bai Shaoqing suddenly burst into tears.

Feng Long said softly: “You can tell me anything.”

Sparkling ripples appeared in his cold eyes, and the sadness on Bai Shaoqing’s face made his beauty even more thrilling. His trembling gaze looked up and stared at Feng Long for a moment.

Feng Long swept him up easily and put him against his chest, as if Bai Shaoqing was a fledgling in need of nurturing. As the wind howled, he leaped onto the roof with Bai Shaoqing, enjoying the fresh breeze on his face under the bright moonlight.

At this moment, Bai Shaoqing seemed to have lowered his guard and pretensions, as he lay on Feng Long’s lap, looking up at the bright moon in the sky.

He stared numbly at the sky, as if he wanted to see through the boundless sky. Feng Long lowered his head and gently began to caress him.

After a long while, Bai Shaoqing let out a long sigh. “I burned down Bai Manor.”

“Yes, you burnt it down.”

“I killed Bai Moran, Bai Shaoxin, Bai Shaoli.”

“Yes, you killed them.”

“I also destroyed Song Xiangli’s ancestral tablet and scattered her ashes on the road, so that a thousand people would step on her, ten thousand people.”

“Not bad.” Feng Long said softly, “You did a great job.”

“I’m afraid that only you would praise me for this. Regarding this matter, even my mother would not tell me that I have done well.” Bai Shaoqing smiled bitterly. But very quickly, he became excited as if the hidden memories from the depths had risen up once more in that instant. He gritted his teeth: “But I don’t regret it, even if it was wrong, I will never regret it. I once made an oath to myself that I would burn down Bai Manor one day.”

Feng Long continued to nod gently, “You don’t have to regret it. Besides, you have done nothing wrong.” Although his tone was light, there was a sort of hegemonic certainty in it, as if as long as he said so, it was correct and there were no doubts about it.

“Song Xiangli was very cruel, she wanted to kill me but never did. Instead since I was a child, she would always used invisible methods to torture me.” Bai Shaoqing said softly, “Bai Moran said that I was a child with poor health, so I could not learn the martial arts of the Bai family. But in fact, I was ordered by Song Xiangli to kneel in the ice and snow, which was the beginning of my poor health.”

Feng Long’s hand has been there for a while, patting Bai Shaoqing’s shoulder from time to time but his gaze never left Bai Shaoqing for a moment.

“They all bullied me and tried all kinds of unimaginable methods. Sometimes my clothes suddenly turned into rags, and sometimes my shoes suddenly had a big hole underneath. When Bai Moran looked at me, it was like looking at venom that he could not tolerate. My existence had ruined their legendary love and ruined his reputation of being the number one loving husband in Wulin . Sometimes, I really doubt whether I am really his son.”

Feng Long sighed, “Even a vicious tiger will not eat its cubs, but some people are worse than a tiger.”

“As for Bai Shaoxin and Bai Shaoli, hmm, they are both sanctimonious and beastly, if I hadn’t endured all that silently, they…they long would have…” Bai Shaoqing suddenly closed his eyes and gritted his teeth.

Feng Long enclosed that clenched fist light with his own hand. There was a smile on Feng Long’s lips.

“Don’t be afraid, Bai Manor no longer exists.” Feng Long said cheerfully, “You are the only descendant of the Bai family. Bai Shaoqing now represents the Bai family in Wulin.”

“I am the Bat, not Bai Shaoqing.”

“You are my bat, and the Bai Shaoqing of Jianghu.”

“Absurd!”

“It’s not absurd.” Facing that fragile and beautiful face, Feng Long lowered his head and kissed him without hesitation. The sweet fragrance was as intoxicating as in a drunken dream.

“I promised that you will never be bullied. You are the son of the Bai family, the Bat of Zhengyi Sect, the sworn brother of the Alliance Leader of Wulin, and the disciple of the Sect Leader of Zhengyi Sect. Everyone in the orthodox sects admires you and everyone in the unorthodox sect fears you. I will make everyone dote on you, respect you, make you live lavishly, and do whatever your heart desires.”

“Live lavishly, do whatever my heart desires?” Bai Shaoqing stared blankly at Feng Long.

Feng Long looked back at him tenderly, “But you are truly, just my Bat.”

Bai Shaoqing looked at him and said foolishly, “Feng Long, why are you like this?”

“Because,” Feng Long sighed, “You have truly suffered too much.”

The ripples in Bai Shaoqing’s eyes suddenly trembled, as if a storm was imminent. His lips pressed lightly together, making Feng Long just want to kiss away the helpless bitterness. His face was lit up by the moonlight, making it even more beautiful.

The sky gradually became grey, and the surrounding scenery began to faintly expose some shadows.

Everything is incredibly quiet.

At this moment, Bai Shaoqing moved. 　　

Just a moment before, he was still looking at him deeply with a gentle fragility, staring at Feng Long absent-mindedly, but then, in the next moment, like a swift eagle swooping down in the air, he moved with fierce accuracy.

His hand that had been hanging loosely and obediently behind Feng Long suddenly jumped dexterously, and in the blink of an eye, he had tapped nine major acupoints on Feng Long’s back.

Those nine movements exhausted all of Bai Shaoqing’s energy that he had saved up for a long time, he chose the most opportune moment, and used the most infallible technique.

Bai Shaoqing looked at the immobile and rigid Feng Long, and slowly laughed, “Are you surprised?”

Feng Long looked at him for a moment and sighed, “Actually, there is nothing surprising.”

“You must think that I had been tamed by you, you must think that hypocrisy can move me beyond words, you must think that you had me in the palm of your hand.” He also repeated the word “must” three times, but one sentence was more furious than the next.　　

Feng Long smiled bitterly, “I just thought that when you have everything, you will be like me and feel empty. And just like me, you will also want to find someone to talk to.”

Bai Shaoqing was taken aback, his pitch-dark eyes stared at Feng Long for a moment, and then he coldly said, “Why should I talk to you? Compared to Song Xiangli, Bai Moran, the person I hate the most is you. You hurt me, lied to me and insulted me. You played me and intimidated me… There is no one I hate more in the world than you.”

He gritted his teeth and drew the Bilu sword from Feng Long’s waist and put it to Feng Long’s neck, “I know that you have a secret method to keep in touch with Shui Yun’er and her sister. Quickly tell that b*tch to deliver my mother to me now otherwise, I will first blind you.”

“Are you threatening me?” Feng Long slowly said, “You are so forgetful that you have already forgotten the lesson I taught you so quickly.” 　　

Bai Shaoqing sneered, “It seems that I shouldn’t blind you, I should cut off your tongue first. Oh, Horizontal Heaven Opposing Sun cannot be removed, but I don’t know whether Horizontal Heaven Opposing Sun can reconnect broken meridians? Let me break all of your tendons, and then slowly slice off your tongue bit by bit.”

“Do you have the heart to do this to me?” Feng Long sighed again.

“Why wouldn’t I be able to bear it?”

Bai Shaoqing swung the sword, but before the Bilu Sword reached Feng Long, his arm suddenly felt numb. It was like it was being gently bitten by ants at the elbow. As soon as his hand loosened its grip, the Bilu sword fell out of it and was caught by a steady hand before it hit the ground.

The numbness of the arm spread to his whole body in an instant. Bai Shaoqing was in a state of shock when his eyes met Feng Long’s playful eyes.

“Little Bat, how could I be subdued twice by the same acupoint technique?” Feng Long whispered into his ear and bit him gently.

The whole body was ice cold like he had fallen into an ice cave.

Bai Shaoqing was carried back to his room.

The next day, when the scorching sun was already in the sky, Feng Long entered the room and unsealed the acupoints on Bai Shaoqing’s body.

“Why didn’t you torture me?” Bai Shaoqing asked seriouly, sitting on the edge of the bed.

“Huh?”

“I attacked you sneakily and was captured by you again. Why didn’t you torture me severely?” Bai Shaoqing said coldly, “An eye for an eye, that’s the Zhengyi Sect’s style.”

“Why should I torture you?” Feng Long smiled, and stretched out his hand to touch Bai Shaoqing’s handsome face, “I found that the better I am to my little bat, the more my little bat can’t stand it! I just want to dote on you, so what can you do about it?”

Another layer of Bai Shaoqing’s cold mask was instantly broken. He stared at Feng Long’s smiling face fiercely, and finally managed to hold back his anger, and said coldly, “Thank you, da-ge.”

“You still know that I am da-ge.” Feng Long smiled very cordially, and suddenly said, “Shaoqing, do you remember those few days when we went out to play?”

Bai Shaoqing was silent.

How can he forget? He pretended not to know any martial arts, and Feng Long held him soaring through the clouds to see the Milky Way under the waterfall.

Feng Long said: “As we make our way back to the main base, we can make stops on the way. This time, it’ll be only you and me.”

“Where is Shui Yun’er?”

“She has something to do, she will not come with us.”

Seeing Feng Long’s slight smile, Bai Shaoqing was suddenly a little frightened. Because in the bottom of his heart, he also secretly looked forward to this trip.

Because of this fear, he was even more angry. He couldn’t put on a smile, his eyes showed undisguised hatred and stubbornness when he looked at Feng Long.

After a long while, he said in a puzzled way: “Great Sect Leader Feng, in this world, are there any hidden treasures that you cannot find, that I can?”

“It’s the same.” Feng Long stared at him and smiled.

In the scorching sun, in Yangzhou right now, the weeping willows would surely be green and verdant.

The two set out from Shanxi and travelled leisurely all the way. Although Feng Long did not bring any subordinates, someone had arranged their lodgings for the itinerary in advance. Needless to say, the food was definitely the best of the local specialties, and they stayed in the most comfortable places of the local area.

Bai Shaoqing was secretly guarding himself not to fall into Feng Long’s trap. He followed Feng Long all the way, bickering with him about local customs, occasionally asking Feng Long to give instruction on martial arts techniques and making rapid progress.　

Gradually, the image of that honest and da-ge from back then seemed to overlap with the Feng Long of today. Bai Shaoqing was shocked a few times, and had to keep reminding herself to be careful, but he couldn’t help but recall all the things that happened back then.

“Standing alone in front of the window, the figure is lonely.” Feng Long’s voice came from behind, “Thinking about your mother again?”

“Why don’t you let me see my mother?”

“Why must you see her?”

Bai Shaoqing turned around, with doubt hidden in his indifferent eyes, “If you want me to obey you, it’s best to use the gentle approach. Let me see my mother, and I will naturally know how to behave.”

“In your heart, there is only your mother in this world.” Feng Long asked, “Shaoqing, if one day your mother is gone, what will you do then?”

“My mother is gone?” Bai Shaoqing’s face was pale, as if finally facing a problem he didn’t want to face, he suddenly grabbed the window ledge. “Why is my mother not here? It’s impossible for my mother to be here.”

“She will get old after all, and old people will always die a little earlier than young people.”

“My mother won’t die. If she dies, I will definitely kill you.” Bai Shaoqing turned around suddenly, staring at Feng Long nervously, “Unless, in order to enact revenge, you would….. would……” He was petrified, and his lips trembled, unable to finish that sentence.

Feng Long shook his head, “How could I do that?”

Bai Shaoqing breathed a sigh of relief, his mood regulating back to normal. “My mother won’t die, don’t talk nonsense.”

“If she dies, can you still live on?”

“Me?” Bai Shaoqing suddenly raised his head.

“Can you continue to live?” Feng Long grabbed his arm and asked softly, “Life is bitter, for whom do you live for?”

Looking at Feng Long with hazy eyes, they gradually regained focus. Bai Shaoqing said, “That has nothing to do with you.”

Feng Long stared at him, suddenly pulled him into his chest and lowered his head to kiss him.

A warm breath rushed towards his face, and then fierce, predatory kisses on the chin, face, lips, ears, and neck, leaving marks here and there.

“Little bat, don’t always keep thinking about your mother. She is not the one who will spend the rest of your life with you, nor should she be your reason for living.”

“She is.” Fragile groans escaped from his lips, Bai Shaoqing gritted his white teeth as he endured Feng Long’s advances.

“She’s not, I am.” Feng Long’s voice was extremely earnest as he kissed the Bat in his arms, “I am the one who will accompany you, only I am.”

He didn’t want the Bat to lose reason to live one day. Shaoqing must learn that his mother was not everything, and sooner or later he had to face this loss. It was much better to learn this earlier than to face it suddenly when the time came.

Moreover, Shaoqing’s mother no longer had much time left. 　　

He forcefully peeled off Bai Shaoqing’s clothes revealing his beautiful body and his member that had been pierced with the small engraved bell. Feng Long smiled menacingly and embraced Bai Shaoqing, making him struggle endlessly, until he finally fell asleep in his arms unwillingly.

This rebellious bat was inexplicably well-behaved when he was asleep. His eyelashes were black and long, occasionally trembling, as if he was about to wake up.

Feng Long lowered his head and showered him with kisses..

“You really truly are just my little bat.”

He said this so gently that Bai Shaoqing was destined to miss it. He had also never seen the touching smile that was upon Feng Long’s lips.

Translator Note:

Woooow, I can’t say that I don’t like this novel but I’m not loving it, lol. Like I fully went into this, thinking it’s a wuxia novel with lots of action and some case-solving and it turns out to be more of just a toxic love story haha.

What I want to know though is what are Feng Long’s motivations, why does he like BSQ so much..… Hmmm, I really hope that’s explained….

Anyway… lots of blah blah – just a heads up, this is the last chapter I’m posting for this novel this year. Sounds weird to say that haha. Time for me to get some real rest and spend time with the family. Happy holidays, my lovelies! ~