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

When Yan Ruchen pushed the door open, Guan Shanyu had just taken off half of his clothes.

But he only took off half of his clothes.

Guan Shanyu had half of his shoulders and chest exposed, his snow-white shoulders dotted with shocking whip marks, like a red plum blossom in the snow. The half-naked Guan Shanyu lowered his head with a sad expression and looked to the side. Behind him, the gentle-looking Song Ziye was doing something on his back. The lights were dim and the atmosphere was weird.

The two men were surrounded by a pile of files, with the door facing them.

Yan Ruchen's hand paused on the door frame, and he was speechless for a moment. The scene was quite awkward.

Guan Shanyu was lowering his head, thinking about how Song Ziye was helping him check if there were any magic marks on his body yesterday, and today he actually took off his clothes in front of him again.

Although we are all men, it is still embarrassing to take off clothes all the time.

But then again, I don’t know if it’s because the scabs on his body have healed or if he’s really professional at applying medicine, but not only did it not hurt at all when Song Ziye applied the medicine to him, it actually felt quite comfortable.

But what he didn't expect was that while he was distracted, the door was pushed open. Guan Shanyu raised his head and took a closer look, and it turned out to be Yan Ruchen.

What is he doing here so late at night?

Guan Shanyu stared at him in confusion. The two of them stared at each other for a while before Guan Shanyu finally broke the strange atmosphere and asked in a low voice, "Ruchen? What's the matter with you coming here?"

Song Ziye looked up at the sound and paused what he was doing. Seeing that it was Yan Ruchen, he politely greeted him, "You're here."

Yan Ruchen responded with a "hmm", but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He really didn't expect to see such a scene when he entered the door.

He turned his head away uncomfortably, wondering what this man was doing here with Song Ziye in the dead of night, his clothes half-undressed. In the candlelight, in the dead of night, could it be that Guan Shanyu had a crush on Song Ziye? Did he want to do something to him?

Yan Ruchen's expression froze a bit, frightened by his own thoughts, but he remained calm on the surface and asked politely, "Is it convenient for me to come in now? Or should I step aside for a while?"

As soon as the words fell, Song Ziye and Guan Shanyu answered in unison, "It's convenient." However, Guan Shanyu was quicker to react. He immediately realized that Yan Ruchen had misunderstood. Perhaps he thought that Yan Ruchen, with his homosexual personality, was seducing Song Ziye. He quickly clarified, "I have too many scars on my body. Senior Brother Song was just applying medicine to me. Don't misunderstand me!"

Song Ziye turned to look at Guan Shanyu suspiciously and asked sincerely, "What's the misunderstanding?"

Now it was Guan Shanyu and Yan Ruchen's turn to answer in unison: "No."

Song Ziye was amused. With his brain, which had been training hard in the mountains for years, he couldn't comprehend what they were talking about. He only saw their eyes flickering. Yan Ruchen glanced at Guan Shanyu's shoulder, then at his neck. Guan Shanyu almost immediately put his clothes on to wrap himself up, thanked him hastily, and then rolled back into the corner to hide. No matter how you looked at him, this evasive look seemed like...

Yan Ruchen had bullied Guan Shanyu in the past, and Guan Shanyu was very afraid of him.

Seeing Guan Shanyu trying hard to shrink himself into the corner, motionless like a quail, as if if he shrank smaller they would not be able to see him, Song Ziye became more certain of his thoughts.

Otherwise, why was Guan Shanyu so anxious to help Yan Ruchen explain during the day? This frightened look was just a subconscious reaction because he had been bullied in the past.

Seeing Guan Shanyu like this, Yan Ruchen thought that he had been beaten badly in the past few days and had a psychological trauma. Maybe Song Ziye insisted on keeping him by his side during the day, and said some threatening words to him at night, so Guan Shanyu was afraid of people.

Yan Ruchen's idea was indeed good, but he was only half right. Song Ziye's threat was fake. The real reason was because Yan Ruchen visited alone at night. Guan Shanyu felt that he must have something important to discuss with Song Ziye. It was probably something big, but Guan Shanyu had no idea what they were discussing specifically.

As the saying goes, the more you know, the faster you die, so you should avoid it as soon as possible.

But he didn't dare to move around to make room for them. If he walked too far, Si Hongyin might catch him and tear him in half with his bare hands. It would be better to stay away and give them space to talk.

After thinking about it, Guan Shanyu covered his ears sensibly again.

Yan Ruchen and the other man saw Guan Shanyu huddled in the corner, shaking and trembling, holding his head and covering his ears. They looked at each other with their own thoughts and left him aside for the time being.

Yan Ruchen asked, "Senior Brother Song, you winked at me during the day and asked me to come to you alone. What do you have to say?"

Before they left during the day, Song Ziye gave Yan Ruchen a look, asking him to come and see him later.

However, Song Ziye understood that it was enough to wait until the people left before coming. Who knew that Yan Ruchen didn't come until dark. Originally, Song Ziye thought that he didn't come because he didn't understand.

Song Ziye didn't care about these little details. He just wanted to get down to business. He raised his head and pointed at the table across from him, motioning for Yan Ruchen to sit down. Once everyone was seated, he started asking about the real business: "Junior Brother Ruchen, it's nothing important, just some small talk. I want to know what your current relationship is with Cousin Hongyin?"

Song Ziye had seen how the sect discussed Yan Ruchen and Si Hongyin during the two days he had been here, and how they were being intimate in front of him.

However, the Tianxuan Taoist Sect has always been strict in its family tradition and rigid in its actions, and the Tianjian Pavilion is particularly serious. When Elder Si was alive, he was dedicated to his duties in terms of interactions between disciples, precautions, gender differences, and other rules. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was strict. And he only had such a precious daughter under his command. If he were to choose a husband for her, he would be even more strict. The conditions were so harsh that Song Ziye felt that there was no good man in the world that Elder Si expected. How could he agree to Yan Ruchen and Si Hongyin getting along?

Although Song Ziye was not in Tianxuan Taoist Sect, he was on good terms with all the elders. He had also heard that a genius had come to Tianxuan, but this genius had a shallow background and was not even an ordinary person. Elder Si had thought twice about even a disciple with Xu Fengyu's background, let alone a newcomer. How could he agree to hand over his daughter?

He also gave him all the tokens.

Song Ziye was actually skeptical about Si Hongyin's explanation during the day, but Si Hongyin had shown her relationship with Yan Ruchen in front of everyone, so even if he asked her, she would probably say something similar. It was basically possible that she was saying something good for Yan Ruchen. It would be better to ask this new rookie disciple to see what his attitude was, and take this opportunity to get to know what kind of person Yan Ruchen was.

Guan Shanyu had covered his ears tightly, but he still managed to hear a little bit. Song Ziye was actually at the gossip banquet with Ruchen?

So his hand unconsciously moved a little away from his ear, and he turned back cautiously to glance at Yan Ruchen's reaction.

Yan Ruchen certainly knew that Song Ziye was testing him, and there was probably a lot of suspicion in this.

But as the saying goes, there's no such thing as too many reasons to explain things when it comes to love. Yan Ruchen knew that the more he explained, the bigger the flaw would be, and it would make Song Ziye more suspicious, so he said, "As you can see."

Guan Shanyu and Song Ziye frowned in unison. This answer was a bit bland. What did "as you can see" mean? Was it a relationship or just a misunderstanding? Seeing Yan Ruchen was a bit confused, Song Ziye changed the question and continued, "So, you and Hongyin have already decided to spend their lives together? Elder Si, did you know about your relationship before?"

Yan Ruchen smiled and said, "Hongyin and I do have a good relationship. She has always taken good care of me. Knowing that I am not firmly established in the sect, she usually takes extra care of me. But as to the true nature of our relationship, it would be better for Senior Brother Song to ask Hongyin. After all, some things affect a woman's reputation, and it would be inappropriate for me to say them."

What the hell?

Guan Shanyu couldn't help but look back at Yan Ruchen. Who taught him this skill of speaking? How could he speak so flawlessly now?

Yan Ruchen is now sixteen years old. In the original novel, he was invincible after he turned eighteen, but now due to system deviation, many plots have not been completed, and the growth and training he should have received has not been completed, so no one knows what Yan Ruchen will be like when he is eighteen years old.

But even so, the sixteen-year-old Yan Ruchen has already learned to speak in a set of ways. His Tai Chi skills in the lines are so good that even the author Guan Shanyu himself has to admit defeat.

Song Ziye naturally didn't want to ask any further. The other party had already said that it concerned the reputation of a woman. If he continued to ask, it would be like talking about a decent woman behind her back, which was unreasonable.

He had thought of many possible outcomes, but he didn't expect to be ridiculed. Looking at Yan Ruchen who still had a polite smile on his face, Song Ziye knew that it would be useless to ask any further, so it would be better to give up. There might be many areas in the future where they would need to cooperate, so they might as well leave a good impression on each other.

Song Ziye then concluded step by step, "Hongyin is a considerate and kind person. Now that she's suddenly changed, she must be in great need of care. If she trusts you so much, I hope you won't let her down and treat her well. I didn't mean to target you when I asked you about that matter in public this afternoon. It's just that this is what's necessary for investigating a case. I'll need your assistance in many other areas later, so please be kind."

Yan Ruchen smiled and replied politely, "If you want to investigate, then you should come to me. The Heavenly Sword Pavilion will definitely help you."

"but…"