Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

"The main reason is that I can't tell you now," Shen Ye said helplessly, then added, "And you'll know the reason later."

"I don't want to wait until later, I want to know now!" A woman's curiosity is stronger than a cat's, and even a woman like the Empress is no exception. In order to know the reason, she even added a touch of coquettishness to her tone.

But Shen Ye's next sentence made her afraid to ask any more questions.

"Do you think we have no future?" Shen Ye snorted.

"No, no... ah, no, yes, yes." The Empress squeezed his palm and said in a flattering tone, "I won't ask anymore."

"Good boy!" Shen Ye nodded in satisfaction, thinking to himself that he was getting better and better at... no, at dealing with women...

Then he thought sadly, "Sure enough, people change. I used to be such an honest person, but now..."

Just as he was thinking this, a sudden commotion interrupted his train of thought.

Somewhat annoyed, he looked in the direction from which the noise came, and was immediately stunned, because the noise was actually coming from Li Xingyun's table.

Upon closer inspection, he was stunned again, then his lips twitched, and he muttered, "When did this guy appear out of nowhere?"

In his line of sight, besides Lu Linxuan, Ji Ruxue, and Zhang Zifan, there was another alluringly dressed "man" at Li Xingyun's table. At this moment, this "man" was pestering Li Xingyun, constantly pressing himself against him.

This person was none other than Shangguan Yunque, one of the Thirty-Six Captains of the Bad Guys, known as the Star of Skill.

The Empress naturally noticed the commotion and looked over curiously, then narrowed her eyes: "What...what are they doing?"

In this era, there are no yaoi fans who ship male-male couples. When she sees a flamboyantly dressed man clinging to another man, she just finds it an eyesore.

"So, Li Xingyun is a pitiful person, otherwise he wouldn't have encountered such a thing." Shen Ye sighed, but he had no intention of going over to help Old Li out of the predicament. After all, this was a peculiar experience in Old Li's life.

"Let him suffer his own headache," he said, a wicked smile playing on his lips.

……

After having breakfast with the Empress, Shen Ye got up and returned to Li Xingyun's table. As soon as he left, the Empress ordered her subordinates to pack their things and prepare for their journey.

Although Shen Ye repeatedly told her that she didn't need to go with him, she insisted on following him, so in the end Shen Ye had no choice but to go along with her.

The inn used long benches as seats. Perhaps because Ji Ruxue and Lu Linxuan didn't get along, or perhaps it was a seat reserved for him, the middle was empty. As soon as he returned to Li Xingyun's table, Shen Ye sat directly between the two women, not caring about the stares of others. He put his arm around one of them, then looked at the helpless-looking Li Xingyun and asked with a smile, "Brother Li, is this... uh, is this brother your friend? Won't you introduce him?"

Shangguan Yunque is a man in body but a woman in heart, so it's really hard to address him.

Seeing Ji Ruxue and Lu Linxuan leaning against Shen Ye's chest as he embraced them, Li Xingyun was filled with envy. He then pushed away Shangguan Yunque, who was trying to cling to him, and said with a mournful face, "Brother Shen, he is not my friend. I don't know him."

Unexpectedly, Shangguan Yunque said with dissatisfaction, "I told you my name as soon as I arrived, how can you say you don't know me?"

Hello, my name is Shangguan Yunque. Also, we are not friends, but lovers. I fell in love with him at first sight.

The following words were spoken by Shangguan Yunque to Shen Ye in a sweet and coquettish tone.

Although he was mentally prepared, Shen Ye still couldn't help but shiver when he heard these words and saw Shangguan Yunque's shy expression. He quickly looked to both sides, using Ji Ruxue and Lu Linxuan's stunningly beautiful faces to drive away his discomfort.

After glancing at the two of them a few times, Shen Ye felt much better. Then he teased Li Xingyun, "Lover? Brother Li is so lucky. You even have someone throwing themselves at you while you're having breakfast."

"This kind of blessing is for you, do you want it?" Li Xingyun glanced at him irritably. Seeing Ji Ruxue and his junior sister nestled in his arms, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Heaven is really unfair, different people have different fates!"

Just as he was sighing, Shangguan Yunque pressed herself against him again, grabbed his hand, and placed it on her waist, seemingly trying to imitate the posture of Shen Ye with Ji Ruxue and Lu Linxuan.

"Damn it, you freak, I've put up with you for too long." Li Xingyun's scalp tingled from his action, so he got up and punched him to the ground, then proceeded to punch and kick him repeatedly.

To everyone's surprise, Shangguan Yunque, who had been brutally beaten, was not angry at all. Instead, he lay on the ground and said to Li Xingyun with a happy expression, "You are so violent, I like it so much."

So Li Xingyun couldn't help but kick him a few more times. Seemingly still not satisfied, he shouted to Lu Linxuan, "Junior sister, where's your sword? Give me the sword. I really can't stand it if I don't stab him a few times."

"Wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

Despite saying that, as the junior sister, she still sided with her senior brother. Lu Linxuan picked up the sword beside her and was about to hand it to Li Xingyun.

However, just as Li Xingyun received the sword and hesitated whether to actually strike Shangguan Yunque a few times, Miao Chengtian walked over. She first glanced curiously at Shangguan Yunque lying on the ground, a strange light flashing in her eyes, and then said to everyone, "The Empress sent me to inform you that the carriage is ready. Shall we set off?"

Actually, she was saying this to Shen Ye, but since she couldn't call him "son-in-law" in front of everyone, she simply told everyone.

"You mean... the Empress wants to travel with us?" Zhang Zifan was the first to react upon hearing Miao Chengtian's words.

Miao Chengtian ignored him and just looked at Shen Ye, waiting for him to speak.

"Tell her to wait a moment, we're leaving right away." Shen Ye waved his hand casually.

At this moment, Shangguan Yunque, who was lying on the ground, suddenly jumped up and shouted at Miao Chengtian in surprise, "Empress? You are from the Illusionary Sound Pavilion?"

When he entered the inn, he had already noticed that there were an unusually large number of women in the courtyard, but at the time he only had Li Xingyun in his eyes and did not think much of it. Now that he heard that even the Empress had come, one can imagine how shocked he was.

Immediately, a possibility occurred to him, and he called out again, "Did you come here because you have designs on my Nebula?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, a cold female voice rang out from behind him: "I'm sorry, I'm not interested in him."

Shangguan Yunque immediately turned around and saw a beautiful woman in palace attire appear behind him at some point. It was the Empress who had taken the time to change back into women's clothing.

However, perhaps due to time constraints, the Empress did not wear any headdress. Her long black hair was simply tied up with a hairpin, which, though simple, made her appear more aloof and less noble.

Even though he had the heart of a woman and didn't like women, Shangguan Yunque was still momentarily stunned when he saw the Empress dressed like this. But he quickly came back to his senses and said to the Empress with a disdainful look, "If you say you're not interested, then why are you making such a fuss by my Xingyun's side? Humph, you hypocritical, stinking woman."

However, just as he uttered the words "stinky woman," his vision suddenly blurred, and Shen Ye appeared in front of him.

Upon seeing Shen Ye appear before him, Shangguan Yunque was startled and exclaimed, "You..."

But before he could finish speaking, Shen Ye slapped him across the face.

Although Shangguan Yunque was a master of the Middle Heaven Rank and one of the best among them, he was like a child in front of Shen Ye and couldn't react at all.

Then, with a snap.

Shangguan Yunque spun out like a top, smashing a table and unable to get up for a long time.

"You foul mouth!" Shen Ye shook his arm. Although he knew that Shangguan Yunque was not a bad person and was an important supporting character with a lot of screen time later on, he couldn't stand hearing him call the Empress a stinky woman.

Seeing this, the Empress felt a surge of warmth in her heart. Of course, she knew why he had made the move. If there weren't too many outsiders around, she probably would have already rushed into his arms.

However, after Shen Ye made his move, Li Xingyun and the others seemed to realize something, especially Lu Linxuan. She glanced at the Empress intentionally or unintentionally and saw that her gaze toward Shen Ye had a strange light in it, so she immediately became alert.

"Could it be that she also..."

She couldn't help but bite her lip hard, and then she thought that the entire Huan Yin Fang seemed to be full of women, and suddenly, a sense of crisis arose in her heart.

Chapter 418! A marriage proposal?

(The part I missed yesterday has been added in the previous chapter.)

……

Although he was slapped by Shen Ye, Shen Ye did not kill him. In addition, Shangguan Yunque was a master of the middle heaven level. Before long, he got up from the ground. However, he looked very disheveled. His face, which was covered in makeup, was swollen up, as if a steamed bun had grown out of nowhere on his face.

After being slapped, Shangguan Yunque became obedient. He dared not get close to Li Xingyun anymore, dared not say anything out of line, and dared not look directly at Shen Ye. After all, the person who could slap him without him having any reaction must be far stronger than the Great Heavenly Realm. He was not stupid and would not continue to provoke others after being taught a lesson.

But he didn't leave. He just stood there quietly to the side, his gaze shifting back and forth between Li Xingyun and the others, his eyes flickering, as if he were thinking about something.

After hitting him, Shen Ye didn't look at him again. Instead, he turned to look at the Empress in her palace attire. A hint of amazement and admiration flashed in his eyes. After all, the Empress, dressed in simple clothes, had a cool and aloof temperament, like a celestial maiden who was untouched by worldly affairs. Her beauty was so captivating that he couldn't look away.

However, the current situation did not allow him to stare at the Empress indefinitely. After struggling to avert his gaze, he called out loudly, "Shopkeeper, the bill..."

Without waiting for the innkeeper, who was hiding behind the counter and had to peek out because of his sudden fight with Shangguan Yunque, he took out a silver ingot and threw it over. Then he said to everyone, "Let's go."

……

With the addition of the members of the Illusionary Sound Pavilion, the original four-person team grew into a large group and left the town in a grand procession.

Of course, Shangguan Yunque was also traveling with them. After all, he was ordered by the Bad Commander to meet and protect Li Xingyun. Although he was slapped by Shen Ye, he still shamelessly joined the team in order to complete the mission. At this moment, he was riding his horse alongside Li Xingyun and talking to him in a low voice.

Shen Ye wasn't interested in what he was saying, which he figured was just revealing his identity and purpose, at least judging from the increasingly puzzled expression on Li Xingyun's face.

"Brother Shen."

At this moment, Lu Linxuan, who had been silent since leaving the inn, called out to him.

"Xuan'er, what's wrong?"

Shen Ye turned to look at the girl beside him and noticed that her face was flushed, which puzzled him.

Lu Linxuan glanced back at the carriage the Empress was riding in, then at Ji Ruxue riding beside it on horseback, before turning his gaze away and saying something he had been thinking about ever since leaving the inn.

"Brother Shen, after we return from Hidden Weapon Valley, could you come with me to the Sword Lodge to see my master?"

"What? You want me to propose marriage?" Shen Ye joked.

To everyone's surprise, Lu Linxuan nodded vigorously: "Yes, that's exactly what I think."

"Really?" Shen Ye exclaimed in surprise when he saw Lu Linxuan nod.

"But this is too fast! We've only known each other for a short time!" he added.

"Soon? And we already know each other..."

As Lu Linxuan spoke, he counted on his fingers, but then realized that it really hadn't been many days, so he simply stopped counting and said directly, "Well, we've known each other for many days now. Besides, many people don't even meet before they get married. We see each other every day now, so we can definitely get married."

"What you said makes some sense, but it still feels a bit too hasty. Let's wait a while longer."

Although Shen Ye felt that Lu Linxuan's words made some sense, he still shook his head and refused.

The reason for refusing, besides feeling that it was indeed a bit too hasty, was that he was worried about how to tell his wife back home after returning to reality. After all, his wife was eagerly waiting for him, and if he brought back a woman who had already gone through the wedding ceremony without telling her, it would probably cause a huge uproar.

"But after a while, I'm afraid I'll only be able to be a concubine," Lu Linxuan said, expressing his grievances.

Upon hearing that this was the reason, Shen Ye found it amusing and quickly reassured him, "Don't worry about that, I don't distinguish between big and small here."

“Brother Shen, you won’t share, but we will.” Lu Linxuan emphasized the word “we,” implying something.