The Demon King is an Idiot [BL]-Chapter 99: We were alike

"Bai YiJun, I have always hated you."

"Hua Tianshu, I was born to hate you."

"Bai YiJun, do you act like a cripple on purpose to gain attention from Jie Fu Lian?"

"Hua Tianshu, do you act like a pathetic fool on purpose to make him pity you?"

"Bai YiJun, why do you even bother showing a face like that in public?"

"Hua Tianshu, why don’t you just go back to secluded cultivation? You look best when you are not in sight."

"Bai YiJun, why the hell do you even exist?"

"Hua Tianshu, I can ask you the same question. Life without you would have been so much more peaceful."

"Bai YiJun, I hope you choke on the next cup of wine you drink."

"Hua Tianshu, I hope you choke on your own vomit."

Hua Tianshu gagged as he heard this and Bai YiJun immediately leaned back, trying to avoid the man.

"You bastard, don’t you dare puke on me!" Bai YiJun warned, his words barely comprehensible.

Hua Tianshu patted his chest and gulped it all back down.

"Disgusting!" Bai YiJun spat out.

Hua Tianshu picked up another cup of wine but he was so drunk that the cup slipped out of his fingers and fell back down on the table, spilling some of the wine.

He frowned as he reached out for the cup again but this time, his aim was so off that he only grabbed empty air instead of the wine cup.

With a deep frown, he looked at the cup and tears once again started rolling out of his eyes.

"You pathetic fool, why the hell are you crying again?" Bai YiJun cursed out, and this time, even he was crying together with Hua Tianshu.

"Bai YiJun, why are you crying?"

"I’m crying because you’re crying, you stupid bastard!" Bai YiJun cried out louder.

Hua Tianshu immediately felt a little touched as he heard this and grabbed Bai YiJun’s hand as he started crying more and blurted out, "Bai YiJun, actually, I don’t hate you."

Bai YiJun sniffled, "Hua Tianshu, I also don’t hate you that much!"

"I’m just really annoyed at you."

"Same~" Bai YiJun frantically bobbed his head up and down as he replied, "I’m also annoyed at you."

"So can’t you just disappear from my sight?"

"Hua Tianshu, I could ask you the same."

The two continued to have the same ridiculous conversation for the next half an hour.

In the end, when they no longer had any energy left to continue drinking, they slumped down with their heads resting on the table and acted as if they were dead.

"Hua Tianshu..." After a long pause, Bai YiJun muttered out with a sigh, "I’m sorry for making fun of your feelings."

Hua Tianshu could clearly hear the man’s words but he still lay there on the table, acting as if he was already asleep.

"Honestly, I was a little mad at you," Bai YiJun sighed as he revealed, "I never thought you’d be able to move on from brother Ming."

As soon as ’brother Ming’ was mentioned, Hua Tianshu opened his eyes and blankly stared at Bai YiJun.

"I thought we were alike," Bai YiJun softly spoke as he looked at the man, "I thought we both lost someone who could never be replaced."

Hua Tianshu still decided to pretend as if he were mute and stared at the man with a stupid expression.

"So when I saw you look at that Fu Ming the same way you looked at Jie Fu Lian, I felt a little betrayed and angry."

Bai YiJun sighed as he closed his eyes and continued, "I wondered how you were able to move on after just eight years when I’m still here trying to bring him back... For the first time, I felt as if my love for Brother Ming was greater than yours but... I felt no sense of achievement."

"Hua Tianshu," Bai YiJun poked the man’s forehead as he rudely questioned, "What’s so special about that Fu? Are you really letting Brother Ming go because of him...?"

Hua Tianshu gulped as he heard this question and let out a long sigh as he closed his eyes and shook his head, "I’ll never let him go."

Bai YiJun softly smiled as he heard this response, "Hua Tianshu, I already have two parts of his soul. Let’s bring him back, okay?"

Hua Tianshu chuckled as he heard this but didn’t say anything.

Bai YiJun was yet to know the true identity of Fu Ming and Hua Tianshu had no intention of revealing it. Even alcohol was not enough to make Hua Tianshu’s tongue slip up.

"And forget about that Fu Ming," Bai YiJun clicked his tongue unhappily as he added, "If he rejected you then it is his loss. Do not waste your time on people like him."

Hua Tianshu mockingly smiled as he heard this and Bai YiJun soon passed out.

"Bai YiJun... You aren’t such a bad guy," Hua Tianshu softly muttered, knowing that Bai YiJun would not be hearing.

The next morning, the three woke up in the city head’s manor. It could be presumed that after passing out, they had been carried back by Bai YiJun’s men.

As soon as Hua Tianshu woke up, he wished he could have the same drinking habits as Jie Fu Lian. How nice would it have been to just forget all the embarrassing things that he did under the influence of alcohol?

However, sadly enough, Hua Tianshu remembered everything with perfect clarity.

"Shizun, drink this if you are awake." Duan Luoyang was already waiting with a bowl of hangover soup kept at the side table.

Hua Tianshu gulped as he glanced at Duan Luoyang and asked, "Did I really try to steal Bai YiJun’s face?"

"It’s good that you remember, " Duan Luoyang replied with a sigh and Hua Tianshu immediately felt the urge to drown himself.

"Shizun, Young Master Bai YiJun already woke up and is waiting for you. We are here to talk about Bai Guanyu, not about your personal affairs so let’s not disappoint each other anymore, okay? No more crying and no more drinking." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Hua Tianshu nodded his head as he heard this. He obediently ate the warm bowl of hangover soup and followed after Duan Luoyang who took him to meet Bai YiJun.

"Brother Hua, you’re no longer crying," Bai YiJun immediately commented teasingly as he saw Hua Tianshu.

Hua Tianshu glared back at the man but refused to say anything in response to that.

"Don’t worry, my lips are sealed," Bai YiJun chuckled as he added, "I won’t say anything about what happened last night."

Hua Tianshu still looked to be displeased as he heard this.

"Your disciple told me what you actually came here for," Bai YiJun sighed as he spoke, "You wanted to meet my father."

Hua Tianshu nodded his head as he confirmed it.

"My father has been very sick for the last eight years. He doesn’t even talk to me so what makes you think he would talk to you?"

"We do not need him to talk," Hua Tianshu firmly responded, "We are here to check something."

"And what is that?"

"I’m afraid we can’t tell you."

Bai YiJun clicked his tongue as he heard this and sighed, "Well, I guess I can’t do anything to help you then."

Hua Tianshu immediately frowned as he spoke up, "Bai YiJun, we are trying to find your brother’s real murderer. Are you sure you don’t want to know the truth?"

Bai YiJun gritted his teeth as he heard this and took a minute to respond, "I want the truth but..."

"But?"

"My father’s very sick," Bai YiJun gulped as he continued, "I can’t let you meet him."

Hua Tianshu’s eyebrows creased together in suspicion and he immediately asked, "Is there something you are trying to hide from us?"

Bai YiJun flinched but refrained from giving a response.

"Bai YiJun," Hua Tianshu called out to the man as he repeated his question, "What are you trying to hide?"

Bai YiJun bit his lip but once again remained silent, not daring to reveal anything.

"Bai YiJun, do not give me a reason to suspect you." Hua Tianshu’s voice was firm and strict.

"Hua Tianshu..." Bai YiJun let out a short sigh as he spoke, "You’re right. I am hiding something but it is not what you think."

"Prove it."

"I’ll let you see him but... You must keep it a secret."

"Keep what a secret?"

"His current condition," Bai YiJun gulped as he spoke, "You must not let anyone else know of his current condition."

Hua Tianshu frowned as he heard this but slowly nodded his head as he agreed.

Bai YiJun took the two to see his father who was said to have collapsed right after Bai BaoShi left.

Like a lifeless corpse, Bai Guanyu was lying on the bed with his eyes closed and his whole body stiff.

"He won’t wake up," Bai YiJun spoke up with a sigh as he closed the door behind them.

"Why were you trying to hide this?" Hua Tianshu glanced at Bai YiJun as he asked.

"Because he’s dead."

Hua Tianshu’s eyes slightly widened in shock and he immediately placed his two fingers next to Bai Guanyu’s neck and gently pushed to find a pulse.