My crotch is sweating

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

“I’m back!”

“Jingbai, are you home?!”

“Junior brother?!”

“Open the door!”

Lin Tian was annoyed.

This was his own cave dwelling, but the formation had been changed.

Now he couldn’t even open the door!

The sudden voice startled the two people inside, especially Lu Chen, who instantly thought up his last words.

Zhuang Jingbai wasn’t as pathetic.

Instead, she angrily cursed Lin Tian.

“You dog, dog man!”

“You actually remember to come back!”

Hearing Zhuang Jingbai’s angry voice, Lin Tian instantly cowered.

“Wife, why did you change the formation?”

“Let me in first, and I’ll explain slowly!”

“Who’s your wife?”

“You… mmph, didn’t you abandon me to go find Mei Ji?”

“What?”

“Junior brother told you everything?”

Lin Tian didn’t notice Zhuang Jingbai’s clipped sentences; instead, he was filled with panic.

“Hmph!”

“Now you apologize to me.”

“When I’m satisfied, you can come in!”

Zhuang Jingbai left it at that and fell silent, but the sounds of things smashing came from inside the cave.

Clearly, she was throwing things.

After Lin Tian apologized for half a day, Zhuang Jingbai finally relented and opened the door.

The moment the door opened, Lin Tian darted in.

Actually, what Lu Chen said was pretty reasonable.

He’d thought about it these past few days.

He had indeed let his emotions get the better of him and come up with such a lousy idea.

No matter what, she was still his wife.

What kind of nonsense was it to let his junior brother enter the bridal chamber?

He was starting to regret it now.

But as soon as he stepped inside, he almost thought he’d come to the wrong place.

The cave was a complete mess.

The table was tilted, chairs were overturned, the bedding was bundled up and thrown on the floor, kitchen dishes were shattered all over, the balcony…

It looked like a battlefield.

“This…”

Lin Tian swallowed.

Zhuang Jingbai stood in the middle of the chaos, her phoenix coronet and red robes long changed for a plain white dress.

Her hair was disheveled, her eyes red-rimmed, as if she’d been crying for a long time.

But what kind of suffering had she endured?

Where had the tears come from?

“Wife…”

Lin Tian crept forward like a guilty dog.

“Why did you have to…?”

“Why?”

“You abandoned me to go coax a demon woman, and I can’t even break a few things?”

“No, no, of course you can!”

“You should!”

Lin Tian quickly waved his hands.

“Smash whatever you want!”

“I’ll buy new ones!”

Zhuang Jingbai snorted coldly and turned her head away.

Lin Tian gave a sheepish laugh, his gaze casually sweeping the room.

Wait.

On that balcony… how were there two robes hanging on the drying rack?

One was his wife’s, the other looked like his but not quite?

He looked at the kitchen.

Why were there two sets of bowls and chopsticks on the stove?

And leftover spirit vegetables?

“Uh…”

Lin Tian scratched his head.

“Wife, you’ve had… a good appetite these past two days?”

Zhuang Jingbai stiffened.

“I-I was in a bad mood, so I ate a lot!”

“Is that not allowed?!”

Zhuang Jingbai raised her voice.

“What business is it of yours how much I eat!”

“Fine, fine, eat as much as you want!”

Lin Tian quickly surrendered, then changed the subject.

“Wife, I didn’t see junior brother outside.”

“Did you see him?”

“Hmph, you two really are dear friends and blood brothers!”

Zhuang Jingbai sneered.

“What did you do to him?”

Seeing her expression, Lin Tian immediately grew anxious.

But Zhuang Jingbai didn’t say more; instead, she led him to the storage room.

The door to the storage room was pushed open, and a musty smell hit them.

Frowning, Lin Tian walked in.

By the light from the doorway, he spotted the ragged figure in the corner.

Lu Chen was tied firmly to a pillar.

A ball of clean white fairy socks, sourced from who knows where, was stuffed in his mouth.

His hair was disheveled, and he was down to his underclothes.

He looked utterly pathetic.

“Junior brother?!”

Lin Tian exclaimed, rushing forward.

Lu Chen looked up, saw Lin Tian’s face, and his eyes instantly reddened.

That look was filled with grievance, anger, accusation, despair.

Lin Tian fumbled to untie the ropes, glancing back at Zhuang Jingbai.

“Wife, this… what happened?”

“Why did you tie up junior brother?”

“And make him eat your socks?”

Zhuang Jingbai leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed, watching coldly.

“What happened?”

“Ask him.”

Lin Tian looked at Lu Chen, pulled the socks from his mouth, and then undid Zhuang Jingbai’s seal.

“Cough, cough, cough!”

Lu Chen coughed violently.

“Senior brother, two days!”

“Two whole days!”

“Do you know what I went through?!”

Faced with Lu Chen’s accusation, Lin Tian felt a bit guilty.

And seeing him in such a state, his earlier regret turned into full-blown guilt.

“Did your sister-in-law find out you weren’t me and get angry enough to tie you up?”

Lu Chen opened his mouth but didn’t know where to begin.

Yeah, in a sense, that was exactly what happened.

But the process was completely different from what Lin Tian imagined.

“Hmph.”

Zhuang Jingbai snorted.

“You had him take your place in the bridal chamber.”

“I found out, so of course I got angry.”

“Should I be thanking you instead?”

Lin Tian guiltily lowered his head.

“Wife, it’s my fault.”

“I shouldn’t have…”

“There’s plenty you shouldn’t have done!”

“Do you know how I felt that night when I lifted the veil and saw your junior brother?”

“I wished I could have killed you both with one sword!”

Lin Tian was scolded so badly he couldn’t lift his head, only nodding repeatedly.

“Yes, yes, it’s my fault.”

“I’m a bastard.”

“I…”

“A bastard?”

Zhuang Jingbai sneered.

“You really are a bastard.”

“But your junior brother is a gentleman.”

Lin Tian was stunned.

He looked up at Zhuang Jingbai.

“You told him to take your place in the bridal chamber, and he actually dared to come.”

“After I exposed him, he just sat there like a wooden block.”

“When I questioned him, he wouldn’t say a word, covering for you with all his heart.”

Lin Tian was rendered speechless by his own guilt.

At first, he’d been worried about how awkward things would be with Lu Chen from now on.

But now?

With a brother like this, he could die without regret!

Lin Tian looked at Lu Chen, his eyes full of gratitude.

Lu Chen silently lowered his head.

That night… he really hadn’t spoken.

But later?

Later…

“Um, sister-in-law, I really didn’t dare to come.”

“I never wanted to come in the first place.”

“I was forced…”

Before Lu Chen could finish, Lin Tian covered his mouth and communicated with his eyes:

[Kid, the blame is already on you. What are you explaining now?]

Lu Chen remained silent.

Zhuang Jingbai leaned on the doorframe, arms crossed, watching coldly.

Seeing this, Lu Chen pushed Lin Tian away.

“If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave you two alone.”

“You lovebirds quarrel, and I suffer along with you!”

With that, he walked out of the storage room and headed for the balcony.

“Let me see junior brother off!”

Lin Tian didn’t dare provoke Zhuang Jingbai at this moment, so he closely followed Lu Chen.

But when he saw Lu Chen walk to the balcony and put on his robe, a flicker of suspicion crossed his face.

“Junior brother, why is your robe hanging on my balcony?”

As soon as he said this, both Zhuang Jingbai and Lu Chen trembled.

Fortunately, Lu Chen reacted quickly and immediately spoke:

“Senior brother, you have the nerve to ask?”

“It’s not that I’m cowardly, it’s that sister-in-law’s pressure is too strong!”

Lin Tian stared blankly.

Zhuang Jingbai stood frozen.

Could it be that Lu Chen couldn’t withstand the pressure and was about to confess?

Then she…

“What exactly happened?”

“You know, when sister-in-law sealed my cultivation, I had no sense of security at all.”

“So my pants were soaked with sweat.”

“That’s why… they’re still there now.”

“Senior brother, if you don’t believe me, feel them!”

Lin Tian was completely speechless.

He never expected his junior brother to be such a coward!

If he wet himself, just say so.

Who says sweat from the crotch?

In such a small situation, there’s no way he’d sweat.

It was definitely urine.

This kid was trying to fool him!

Seeing Lu Chen’s invitation, Lin Tian backed far away and only saw him to the door.

He was afraid Lu Chen would insist on making him touch it!

But what he didn’t know was that the liquid on that robe really wasn’t Lu Chen’s sweat!