Alvin's hand froze a few centimeters to Shi Wei’s face and he turned around, punching the nearby wall instead, which sent fissures appearing on the wall, cracking the reinforced steel-concrete mix. He took heavy breaths to steady himself, resting his forehead against the wall, fighting internal battles that only he understood. He turned to Shi Wei after a minute, his eyes deadly calm. “I'm not the reason she doesn't return your feelings, instead of being bitter, be a man and take the risk of going after what you desire, instead of hiding your jealousy behind the cloak of a supportive big brother. Take responsibility? Did she tell you she wants me to? What exactly did I do that I needed to show her special treatment and take shit from her?” “You…” Shi Wei was literally boiling up, his fists were clenched so tightly and his body was shaking from the effort it was taking him to show restraint. Shi Qian Ling had equally gotten angry at this point, his once calm expression turni

Murong Wuque looked away from him and fixed his eyes on Shi Meng Ying. “I already said it, none of you are leaving.” Shi Wei scoffed and nodded. “Are you trying to show off your superior cultivation by detaining us here?” “Can you please stop treating me like the enemy and assuming the worst for once? Just listen!” Murong Wuque lowered his pitch as he continued, the difficulty of the words he was about to say obvious in his expression. “I will leave instead, that would be the best for everyone. I'm the bone of contention here, the one causing all the problems. It's only reasonable for me to be the one to leave.” Alvin grabbed Murong Wuque’s sleeves with a scowl on his face. “What's gotten into you? What's wrong with all of you? I'm still trying to dissuade them and stop them from leaving, and now, you want to leave too? Why the hell are you doing this to me?” Murong Wuque gently pushed his hands away. “You don't have to feel responsible or guilty because I was poisoned.

Murong Wuque scoffed, almost imperceptibly, as he gave Alvin a condescending once over with his eyes, scanning him from head to toe, and back again. “You know this is useless before me. I can just teleport.” “This is exactly the reason I can't let you leave, you will keep using magic as you please, and cause problems, and then, there's that face and hair of yours. Your aura is too oppressive. If you leave this house, the moment you come in contact with people, they will get sick and collapse because of your overwhelming energy.” “Don't worry, I won't endanger earthlings. I will make sure not to go out in public, unless I make the appropriate arrangements.” “Then what are you going to do about your face? Are you going to disfigure your face too?” Alvin snapped, making everyone stunned, then Qin Li chuckled. “With a face like that, do you think you can be inconspicuous without a powerful person beside you? You're a walking disaster, you're too beautiful, you will cause accidents w

Murong Wuque walked out of the bathroom in Alvin’s room after thirty minutes of scrubbing his skin raw with scalding water. Luckily, he was not human, otherwise, he would have burnt himself to ashes with the steam from the water which he had set to boiling point. No matter how much he scrubbed with the sponge, or how red his skin turned, he still didn't feel satisfied, bathing over and over again—more than ten times. The soap and cleansers in Alvin's bathroom nearly finished in the process. Not just that, he had used herbal cleanser from his own collection, oil based purifiers, and even a skin detoxifying herbal solution, all in his bid to make himself feel clean. But no matter how much he scrubbed, the memory of the vomit wouldn't leave his mind's eye. After a while, he convinced himself he was now okay and rubbed aromatic oil all over his skin. After giving himself multiple pep talks and reaffirmations, he sighed and dried his hair using a gust of warm wind. Murong Wuque carefu

Alvin gave her a pointed glare, and scoffed. “You have caused quite a bit of trouble for me today, you will be placed under house arrest, never to leave the detention room, till I decide what to do with you. Because of you, I lost lots of time and money which cannot be easily recovered. I'm very pissed off with you, I don't want to do anything till my anger cools off. Otherwise, I might overdo it. Be grateful that I'm looking at the face of your companions who have done me no wrong.”Qin Li sighed heavily. “Alvin, she's in pain. That's why she acted like that.”“I'm in pain too. My cheeks still sting, my head is still pounding from stress, and Murong Wuque might kill me at any moment because of…” He trailed off at that point but everyone around began to snicker, trying not to laugh. Shi Qian Ling touched his nose, biting down on his tongue, while Shi Yue suddenly found the ceiling very interesting, pinching herself in hopes that the pain would keep her emotion in check. Even the an