Journey to the End of the Night-Chapter 1264 - 824: Muddy Wine (Part 2)

Tie Yun also took a gulp of cheap wine, his eyes full of gloom, but he said nothing.

Only their pig demon teammate, Li Fuyuan, failed to notice the oddity of his two senior brothers and took the opportunity to unwittingly jab at them again.

He chuckled: "Who knows if the two of them might actually end up doing it for real? That lad’s quite handsome, and the young lady is quite fond of him and even mentioned needing to absorb his essence.

Maybe later, with some half-hearted rejection, they might actually end up making a good thing out of this.

We three brothers have been running around tirelessly, setting everything up for them. Haha, what do you two think, senior brothers?"

With these words, Li Fuyuan successfully angered his two senior brothers once again.

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Baili An’s guest room was no longer plain and simple, the whole room had been covered in shades of red.

At a glance, Baili An saw that the bright red quilt was actually covered with countless red dates, peanuts, longans, lotus seeds, and such.

The meaning behind them, Baili An had read about in books and was perfectly clear in understanding.

His gaze shifted, looking at the edge of the bed where the red-dressed bridal girl sat silently among the red dates and other items.

Although she didn’t move or speak, Baili An always had a faint feeling of an unsettling aura emanating from her.

It was already dark, and the red candles on the candlesticks burned brightly, wax tears continuously trailing down, and in the quiet room, the crackling of the candle wicks burning could occasionally be heard.

Though the red candles were ample, the night was deep, and the room’s light was still not very bright. Baili An took a long silver needle and pricked each candle to brighten the room a bit.

When he turned around, he heard a slight rustling sound, and the quilt on the bed was already pulled aside by the young girl herself.

At the moment her face was revealed, it was unclear whether it was due to the candlelight or the flames of her wedding dress outlining her peach-blossom like beauty, but the small room was suddenly filled with a dazzling brilliance.

She looked just like a naturally formed gemstone, bright and translucent, with her eyes seemingly harboring colorful brilliance beneath the red dress, her appearance stunning.

Even Baili An, with his calm demeanor, found himself momentarily dazed when she lifted her veil.

Soon after he saw the displeased expression on her face and laughed: "Are you hungry?"

The young girl rolled her eyes indignantly: "What do you think? I’ve been sat here being played around by that old woman all day, and this headdress is so heavy it’s making my neck ache.

This getting married is even more exhausting than fighting with the pig demon a hundred times."

While complaining, the young girl peeled two dried longans to eat and fill her stomach a bit.

"It’s not as bad as you say." Baili An laughed helplessly. Hearing her complain about the headdress being too heavy, he went over to help her remove it.

Carefully placing the headdress at the foot of the bed, Baili An then took out several large chicken legs from his storage bag, offering them to her with a smile:

"I anticipated this, so I sneaked a few chicken legs from the kitchen. They should taste okay, give them a try."

The young girl snorted, grabbed a chicken leg, and brought it to her mouth to bite.

Though the chicken legs were completely cold, they were marinated with sauce before being stir-fried so the taste wasn’t too bad even when cold.

Watching her eat with satisfaction, Baili An chuckled, sitting up on the bed beside her and brushing the lotus seeds and longans off the bed.

Then he took out a few plates of pastries from his storage bag, placing them on the small bed.

The young girl impudently tossed the chicken leg bones to the ground.

Her hands were greasy, and as she reached for the pastries, a handkerchief was extended before her, gently placed in her palm.

The young girl paused, instinctively gripping the handkerchief, she raised her hand and met those calm, serene eyes.

She slightly turned her face awkwardly, avoiding those eyes.

Baili An thought she was angry again and said, "Alright, don’t be angry anymore. We’re doing this wedding to eradicate the pig demon, so it doesn’t count."

The young girl snorted: "That’s good to know, and don’t get any ideas, even if you try to curry favor with me, I won’t appreciate it."

Baili An smiled without saying anything, lowering his head to pick up an osmanthus cake and offering it to her.

The young girl didn’t take it, perhaps due to the awkward emotions in her heart she refused, but she wiped the grease from her hands with the handkerchief and picked a red bean cake instead.

Baili An showed no signs of embarrassment, naturally retracting his hand and eating the osmanthus cake himself.

The two of them sat on the bed without taking off their shoes, eating pastries and chicken legs.

After finishing, they didn’t see the pig demon anywhere.

Feeling quite bored, Baili An sat on the bed in a daze, since she was there by his side, he couldn’t meditate fully in his cultivation.

And the young girl remained silent as well, peeling peanuts and longans on the bed.

After a while, she patted Baili An’s arm and said: "Finished eating, do we have any water?"

Baili An looked over at the table and saw only two cups of Wedding Wine tied with a red string, turning to ask her: "Only wine, would you like some?"

She nodded: "Yes."

Baili An frowned: "But we’ll need to deal with the pig demon later, if you’re drunk..."

The young girl patted her somewhat inexperienced chest: "Don’t worry, I’ve been building up my tolerance since I was little."

Hearing her say this, Baili An got up to fetch the two cups of wine and the wine pot.

She asked: "Do you want some?"

Baili An shook his head: "Not for me, I’ve never had alcohol, I’m afraid it might mess things up later."