Do you really think you can get me with just a banana?

Yan Ruchen was amused and looked at him and said, "If anyone wants to sleep on the floor, I should do it. You can sleep peacefully. I just want to think about something tonight."

Guan Shanyu nodded and led him to his room. As he turned the key in the door, he reminded him with a little concern: "I don't sleep well, so don't mind if I disturb you."

Particularly uneasy? Yan Ruchen tilted his head to look at him. Based on his previous experiences of spending the night with Guan Shanyu, he was quite aware of this problem. However, no matter how uneasy he was, it was only limited to moving around in his sleep, which was not a big problem.

So Yan Ruchen replied: "As long as the roof is not blown off, it's a small problem."

Guan Shanyu smiled when he heard this: "That's definitely not the case."

As soon as the door opened, a faint floral fragrance filled the air. After Guan Shanyu told Yan Ruchen to feel free, he walked straight to the windowsill. Yan Ruchen looked over and saw honeysuckle in full bloom. After Guan Shanyu checked on the flower, he picked up a small kettle by the windowsill and carefully watered it.

Yan Ruchen looked at Guan Shanyu's focused back, retracted his gaze, closed and locked the door, and then looked around the room.

Although he had been here before, that time was to visit a patient and he left after a quick conversation, not paying attention to the layout of the room. But this time, Yan Ruchen took a closer look.

The interior space is compact, and the furniture is simple and practical, with only a few pieces - two stools, a small bed, a cabinet, a table, and a bookshelf. The clever layout saves space and is fully functional.

The files on the table and the books on the shelves were neatly arranged, and the light bamboo printed bedding was stacked at the foot of the bed. Everything was in order and spotless.

Even though he hadn't been home for several days, the room was still fresh and odorless. You could smell the fragrance of flowers as soon as you entered, which shows how carefully the owner took care of the house.

Guan Shanyu quickly finished watering the flowers and immediately turned to settle Yan Ruchen. He quickly wiped the stool and placed it in front of Yan Ruchen, inviting him to sit down. He then turned around and took out new bedding from the cabinet and was about to spread out on the floor. Seeing this, Yan Ruchen quickly stopped him, saying that he only wanted to take a nap tonight and didn't need to sleep.

Guan Shanyu disagreed even more when he heard this. Considering that Yan Ruchen had been busy recently, after several refusals, Yan Ruchen had to use the nonsense that "I feel more energetic when I sleep sitting down" to finally convince Guan Shanyu.

Because Guan Shanyu felt that Yan Ruchen had been wandering around since he was a child, sleeping in the open air and had no good bed to sleep on, so maybe sleeping while sitting was really his personal habit.

So, after confirming that Yan Ruchen did not need to stay in bed, Guan Shanyu took a thin blanket to cover Yan Ruchen, took off his shoes and climbed onto the bed to prepare for sleep.

Yan Ruchen, however, was not sleepy at all. He looked at the lush honeysuckle on the windowsill and asked, "Are these the flowers that Elder Qing asked you to grow?"

Guan Shanyu closed his eyes and shook his head gently, answering briefly, "No. A few of us disciples saw that flower by the roadside when we were going down the mountain, so we transplanted it back home. When we got back, we found we didn't have any flowerpots, so we made some homemade ones out of bamboo."

Yan Ruchen looked at him with some confusion and asked, "Lingcaoxuan has so many flower pots, why do you make them yourself?"

However, after waiting for a long time, there was no response. Yan Ruchen stared at Guan Shanyu in the darkness for a long time, finally slowly stood up, walked towards him, and leaned down. He only saw Guan Shanyu's peaceful face and the sound of his even breathing coming from his ears.

Falling asleep so quickly?

Yan Ruchen stood up with amusement, looking at the man in front of him who fell asleep at an astonishing speed. He remembered that he had just planned to give up his bed, but he was probably already extremely tired, otherwise how could he fall asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.

Yan Ruchen smiled and shook his head, turned around and was about to go out. Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved, Guan Shanyu kicked the quilt. Yan Ruchen caught a glimpse of him and saw that he seemed to be holding something in his arms.

Yan Ruchen leaned over to look. Guan Shanyu was curled up in the quilt, curled up into a ball. He gently lifted his quilt and found that he was holding something in his arms.

Yan Ruchen narrowed his eyes slightly, lifted the quilt further, and found a bundle in his arms.

One corner of the bundle was unwrapped, and the contents were faintly visible in the moonlight. Yan Ruchen took a quick glance and recognized what it was.

Fragrant sesame cake.

A filling of fragrant sesame cakes.

This was the kind that Guan Shanyu had been holding and chewing on at Wangshuiling before.

Yan Ruchen frowned, wondering why this guy was sleeping with a cake in his arms. But after staring at Guan Shanyu's curled-up sleeping position for a long time, he suddenly smiled and understood.

After staring at Guan Shanyu's sleeping face for a long time, Yan Ruchen finally covered him with the quilt again. After confirming that the four corners of Guan Shanyu's quilt were tucked in tightly, Yan Ruchen stared at Guan Shanyu's face and whispered, "This thing is hard, eat less in the future."

After saying that, he smiled faintly at Guan Shanyu again, then turned around, quietly closed the door, and left in the moonlight.

Moonlight filtered through the trees, dappling the stone steps like dots of silver light, casting a mysterious and gentle veil over the quiet mountain path. Yan Ruchen had just left Lingcaoxuan and was walking along the steps when, not long after, several dark figures quietly appeared behind a few trees.

"Ruchen, you asked us to wait for you here at 5:00 PM, but why are you still accompanying that boy to visit the garden and his room? It's almost 11:00 PM now."

The person who spoke was Hu Qi, followed by several disciples of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion. They all looked puzzled and asked, "Yes, you played in the vegetable garden for a long time, and we were watching you the whole time. This is the first time you are not punctual. Or is there something strange in the garden?"

Yan Ruchen frowned and said, "Don't call me that kid all the time. I have a name. Don't call me that next time."

Hu Qi and the others smiled at each other and jokingly said, "Didn't you call it first before? Why don't you allow us to call it now? Next time we call out our names, will you ask us to change them again? You are too overbearing."

Yan Ruchen smiled without saying anything, and said jokingly: "Who knows, maybe I'll let you call him Big Brother in the future."

"Big brother." Hu Qi laughed out loud, and his friends around him also laughed. He then said seriously, "You are in a good mood today, and you still have time to joke. This fire is burning my eyebrows, let's talk about business, it's driving me crazy."

Yan Ruchen glanced back at the bamboo house, made a "please" gesture, and said, "Let's talk while we walk."

On the mountain path, several young men in white and a leader in black walked slowly forward. They entered the dense shade of the trees, the moonlight fading, and they disappeared from sight. Deep in the woods, Yan Ruchen paused and turned to the crowd, saying, "This is what happened. In two days, in Yunze Territory, Palace Master Li will lead the charge and expose their crimes."

Upon hearing this, one disciple stamped his feet in anger, gritting his teeth and saying, "I've worked so hard to get in, only to become an accomplice to a tiger. Shame on you! We should get rid of him as soon as possible."

Hu Qi looked puzzled and asked Yan Ruchen, "Palace Master Li, are you referring to Li Xiuqi? He was in charge, so shouldn't all the credit go to him? What about you? If you hadn't quietly intercepted us on that mountain road in Zixiao, we would have foolishly gone north to die. You went through so much trouble to find out all this. You're not really going to stay hidden, are you?"

Yan Ruchen glanced sideways and asked, "Has the matter in the north been leaked?"

Hu Qi waved his hand: "Of course not. Only Jin Yunche followed, but he didn't recognize everyone. He had no idea if there were more or fewer people. He just cared that there were no fewer disciples wearing the white crane pattern. No, that's not the point! Let me ask you, do you really want to give up all this and hand over the credit to others?"

Yan Ruchen shook his head slightly and asked with a smile: "Let others? Why should I let others?"

The night was as dark as ink, and the mountain path was winding. The bright moonlight penetrated the treetops and gently fell on the shoulders of several young people.

Hu Qi looked at Yan Ruchen's half-smile and nonchalant expression, and asked in a mixture of surprise and joy, "What exactly are you planning? In the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, we've basically all been in touch. If you have any plans, you can act at any time."

Yan Ruchen tilted his head slightly: "Only the Heavenly Sword Pavilion?"

The white-robed disciple beside him added, "Not only that, we also privately informed the respective patriarchs."

"How did they react?" Yan Ruchen asked.

Hu Qi replied, "It's just as you thought. They were both angry and terrified, but they were still more afraid than anything else. They didn't dare to do anything except sulk. My father, on the other hand, immediately went to the ancestral temple to ask the ancestors to protect the immortal sect from harming us. It really pissed me off."

Yan Ruchen chuckled and patted Hu Qi on the shoulder. "That's why we need a strong person to take the lead. That way, everyone will see capable and ambitious people fighting side by side, and they will have the courage to pool their wisdom and strength to denounce us. Otherwise, if we disciples rely solely on our strength, we might be criticized for betraying our teachers and ancestors, and for our treasonous behavior. Besides..." Yan Ruchen looked at Hu Qi cunningly and said, "If we fail, we won't be the first to be attacked."

Hu Qi frowned, and seeing Yan Ruchen's composure, he retorted, "You collected the evidence, and we contacted the people. If we fail, we'll all be doomed. But if we succeed, wouldn't all the credit go to Palace Master Li? What business will that have on you then?"

Yan Ruchen laughed when he heard this, looked at Hu Qi's worried face, and slowly thanked him, "Hu Qi, thank you."

"Thank you for nothing! You've saved my life so many times, what else is there to say?" Hu Qi took a deep breath and frowned. "You're smarter than me, I'll just follow you. But I really don't understand your deployment this time!"

Yan Ruchen glanced at the disciples around him and saw that they had suddenly realized the truth, except for Hu Qi who still looked bewildered. He then withdrew his hand from his shoulder and said seriously, "It's alright. Just understand, I want the credit, not the responsibility. When you go contact the smaller sects to build momentum, remember to emphasize which disciple went through so much hardship to find the evidence and present it?"

Hu Qi curled his lips and responded: "I did everything you said."

Yan Ruchen said no more, and only added: "In Tianxuan Dao Sect, besides Tianjian Pavilion, Qionghua Peak, Lingcaoxuan, Xuanshuangju, etc. also need to be contacted."

Hu Qi frowned: "Them? They don't even have the ability to fight, why would we talk to them?"

Yan Ruchen smiled and said, "Of course it will be useful. We need to invite not only Tianxuan, Zixiao, but also Yunjichan. Although Palace Master Li said that he would take the lead, he will probably just find a larger venue and invite a few well-known sect leaders to have fun behind closed doors. We should do the opposite and let all the disciples of each sect know about this. But we must be careful and ignore those who can't keep their mouths shut."

After listening to Yan Ruchen's arrangements, Hu Qi still didn't tell him clearly what his plan was. Although he wanted to continue asking, he also knew Yan Ruchen's temper. He was too lazy to explain and would not tell him no matter how much he asked.

So Hu Qi just nodded, not quite understanding. Suddenly, he remembered something and said to Yan Ruchen, "Oh, Xu Fengyu's return. Will it have any impact on you?"

Yan Ruchen laughed and said nonchalantly, "This loser has been enjoying himself in Yuchen Palace for so long, and now he comes back. Don't worry about him. Let him stay wherever he wants, and let him go wherever he wants."