Chapter 96: Pipi Pipi Shrimp

Senior Brother Jin felt that he never should have come to ask Lin Yuchu this question!

His gaze fixed on the young man before him, who looked calm and composed as he said such devastating things as if nothing had happened. Senior Brother Jin thought that coming to find this person today had probably been the wrong decision!

Lin Yuchu, on the other hand, raised his head. He looked at Senior Brother Jin, who seemed to have been rendered speechless by his honesty. After thinking for a moment, he said, “So I’m afraid I can’t understand how you feel, Senior Brother.”

“…” Senior Brother Jin.

How I feel?

What feelings do I have!

The moment Senior Brother Jin heard Lin Yuchu say that, he was not having it. A bit of embarrassment turned into anger in his heart. The more Lin Yuchu said this, the more he wanted to argue with him.

Originally, Senior Brother Jin had still been somewhat awkward and hesitant, unable to decide whether he ought to ask a junior such a private question. But now he immediately blurted out, “Suppose the person you have been chasing all this time suddenly tells you one day that he has given up. That he has chosen another path more suitable for him, and abandoned his former pursuit.”

“What would you do?” Senior Brother Jin asked.

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu looked thoughtful. He looked at Senior Brother Jin, then asked, “Is this person the one you’ve always wanted to beat, but never managed to beat?”

“…” Senior Brother Jin.

Why are you bringing that up again!

Please spare me from the whole subject of whether I’ve won or not!

He glared at Lin Yuchu before him, pressed his lips together, and finally said, “Yes.”

“Then I think…” Lin Yuchu set down the teacup in his hand, looked at him, and said in a calm tone, “You should wait until you’ve beaten him before talking about these things.”

“…” Senior Brother Jin.

At those words, Senior Brother Jin’s pupils abruptly contracted. He looked at Lin Yuchu as if he had been greatly startled.

“I can roughly tell what you’re hung up on, Senior Brother, but to be honest, I don’t think it matters.” Lin Yuchu’s tone was calm. “This kind of thing doesn’t matter at all. This is his own decision. As an outsider, you have no right to criticize it.”

“Especially when you’re standing in the position of the loser,” Lin Yuchu said. He looked at Senior Brother Jin before him. “If you insist on giving your opinion on it, then at the very least, beat him first.”

“The voice of a loser is nothing more than useless barking.” Lin Yuchu.

Although Lin Yuchu had only arrived at Lonely Sword Peak yesterday, he was naturally much sharper than ordinary people. After listening to what Senior Brother Jin had just said, he more or less knew what had happened between Su Hui and Senior Brother Jin yesterday.

He also knew what Senior Brother Jin was hung up on.

What surprised him was that Senior Brother Jin had actually come to him to pour out his troubles.

But after thinking about it, he could understand the behavior.

After all, this sort of thing was not something Senior Brother Jin could easily tell anyone else. Meanwhile, Lin Yuchu, this newcomer who had just entered Lonely Sword Peak, also happened to be connected to the matter, so he became the safest person to confide in.

After hearing his words, Senior Brother Jin fell silent.

His handsome face was silent and wordless. He sat there alone for a long time without saying a single word.

Lin Yuchu did not speak either. He also sat there quietly, pouring and drinking his own tea.

He held the teacup in his hands and drank his morning tea.

The warm tea even warmed a person’s heart. His whole body felt comfortably warm.

Only after a long time had passed did Senior Brother Jin, sitting across from him, raise his head and look at him.

“You really dare to say anything,” Senior Brother Jin said, his eyes fixed on him. “You really have no scruples at all.”

“Did Senior Brother want to hear polite pleasantries from me?” Lin Yuchu asked in return. With a sincere expression, he continued, “If so, I can say those too.”

Hearing this, the corner of Senior Brother Jin’s mouth twitched at once.

He looked at him speechlessly and said with a twitching mouth, “No need.”

He looked as if he respectfully wanted no part of it.

After this encounter today, he understood. This little junior brother before him looked delicate, beautiful, cold, and harmless, but inside, he was covered in thorns.

Not someone to provoke.

However, after listening to Lin Yuchu’s words, Senior Brother Jin actually felt much better.

Originally, he had been holding in a breath of pent-up frustration. He could neither swallow it nor spit it out, and it had been lodged in his chest, making him feel truly awful. But after being choked by Lin Yuchu’s words several times, his anger actually smoothed out instead.

It was probably that he had originally been brooding over it, but after someone gave him a venomous tongue-lashing, he realized that the things he had cared about before were all nonsense! The person in front of him was the one who truly deserved a beating.

So his anger settled, probably…

“Still, Senior Brother, I’m serious.”

Lin Yuchu, who was holding his teacup, suddenly spoke.

Senior Brother Jin, who had still been somewhat distracted, froze when he heard this. Then he lifted his eyes and looked at him. “Wh-what?”

Lin Yuchu also looked at him. With a sincere expression and an extremely serious tone, he said, “If you want someone to turn back, the fastest and most effective method is to hit him!”

“Hit him hard. Beat him awake,” Lin Yuchu said with great experience.

Although he had never eaten pork, he had seen pigs run!

Did he know why Naruto had not managed to persuade Sasuke to come back?

Because he couldn’t beat him!

Perhaps it was Senior Brother Jin’s first time hearing such astonishing words, so he froze on the spot. He stared blankly at Lin Yuchu before him, and only after a good while did he say, “Th-th-this isn’t good, is it? After all, we’re fellow disciples.”

“Isn’t there any other way?” Senior Brother Jin asked again, unwilling to give up.

“Hmm…”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu pondered for a moment. Then he raised his eyes, looked sincerely at Senior Brother Jin before him, and said, “If you don’t want to use this method, then the only option is…”

“The only option is what?”

Senior Brother Jin humbly asked, not ashamed to seek instruction.

“The only option is to move him with love!”

Lin Yuchu said it with ringing conviction, every word forceful. “Love is the most powerful force!”

“It can change everything.”

“…” Senior Brother Jin.

Hearing this, his entire face instantly flushed bright red.

As if frightened, his whole body toppled backward.

Then—

“Bang!”

“Crash!”

“Smack!”

There came a series of noises.

Senior Brother Jin, chair and all, flipped over onto the ground.

“Wh-wh-wh-what nonsense are you saying!”

Senior Brother Jin, who had been so frightened that he fell, sprang straight up from the ground. His trembling finger pointed at Lin Yuchu, who sat before him with a calm expression, as if nothing had happened, leisurely holding his teacup and drinking tea. Senior Brother Jin’s lips trembled nonstop. “How old are you!”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu raised his head and looked at him strangely, then said, “What does that have to do with age?”

“Of course it does!” Senior Brother Jin snapped irritably. “You’re only so old, and y-y-you’re already talking about love and all that.”

“But my dad tells me every day that he loves me,” Lin Yuchu said, then added, “Of course, I love him too.”

“…” Senior Brother Jin.

He widened his eyes at Lin Yuchu, who had just said those words. A bad premonition immediately arose in his heart.

Then he saw the young man before him continue in an innocent and pure tone, “My dad often says that the father-son bond between us, and his love for me, are the strongest force. They can break through all difficulties, erase certain barriers, and let our hearts lean tightly against each other, intimate without distance.”

No, I didn’t. That wasn’t me. I never said that! by Lin Yunheng, who is not nearly as unrestrained and shameless as you make him sound.

No, you did say it! by Lin Yuchu, who is perfectly confident that you absolutely said something with this meaning. I merely polished your words and expressed them in another way.

—

Hearing this, Senior Brother Jin was shocked by Lin Yuchu’s words, which were so frank they could almost be called revealing.

Martial Uncle-Ancestor Lin was actually this… this… this open-minded a person?

No wonder whenever the Peak Master and the others mentioned Martial Uncle-Ancestor Lin, they all looked as if they wanted to speak but could not, with expressions beyond words.

Lin Yunheng, whose everyday reputation suffered yet again.

However, after Lin Yuchu’s words, Senior Brother Jin finally understood what he meant. He had misunderstood him just now. So the love Lin Yuchu spoke of was not the kind he had imagined, but rather… the pure brotherly love between fellow senior and junior brothers!

Senior Brother Jin felt ashamed of his filthy adult thoughts just now. Then he suddenly understood, and his expression turned thoughtful. “Love, huh…”

Use the love between brothers and fellow disciples, sincere feelings, to persuade Su Hui to turn back?

“Maybe it could work…” Senior Brother Jin murmured to himself.

When Lin Yuchu, sitting across from him, heard this, he lifted his head and glanced at him, but did not say anything more.

He merely thought to himself, no, it won’t work!

Naruto and Sasuke had already taught us that love is not deep enough. Better to beat him up!

Of course, Lin Yuchu did not intend to remind Senior Brother Jin.

After all, some people would not turn back until they hit the southern wall.

After experiencing more, he would naturally understand.

A while later.

Senior Brother Jin’s expression shifted from thoughtful to determined. He raised his eyes, looked at Lin Yuchu before him, and said, “Junior Brother Lin, I understand!”

“Many thanks to you this time. After the appointed time, I will surely reward you handsomely!” Senior Brother Jin said. “I disturbed you today, so I’ll take my leave first.”

With that, he turned and left, full of fighting spirit.

Completely different from the dejected way he had looked when he came.

Lin Yuchu sat in his chair, holding his teacup, and watched his departing figure. He thought, then I’m afraid I won’t be getting that handsome reward.

—

A few days later.

Su Hui came to his door.

“Junior Brother Lin.” Su Hui looked at Lin Yuchu before him with a rather troubled expression. His gaze rested on him for a long while before he said, “Did you say something to Jin Zhi before?”

“He…”

At the mention of Jin Zhi, and at the thought of his recent behavior, Su Hui’s expression became indescribable. He paused for a moment before continuing to look at Lin Yuchu. “His recent words and actions seem as if he has suffered some kind of shock.”

“Does Junior Brother Lin know what’s going on?” Su Hui asked.

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu glanced at him and thought, how could you not know what shock he suffered?

But after thinking it over, he felt that matters had gone far enough.

Lin Yuchu, who was very happy being mischievous under the surface but did not want to get beaten for being too mischievous, decided it would be better to honestly confess. So he thought for a moment, organized his words, looked at Su Hui before him, and said with a sincere expression and an honest tone, “Eldest Senior Brother, Senior Brother Jin is only trying to move you with love.”

“Huh?”

When Su Hui heard this, his face instantly went blank with confusion.

Then Lin Yuchu pressed on, continuing, “His recent behavior toward you is all because he loves you!”

“This is all his deep, deep love!” Lin Yuchu chanted in a tone that moved heaven and earth and brought tears to the heart. “Eldest Senior Brother, you have to understand!”

“…” Su Hui.

His words directly frightened Su Hui so badly his face nearly cracked.

What the hell are you talking about!

—

Su Hui was speechless for a long while, his eyes fixed on Lin Yuchu before him.

Only after quite some time did he come back to himself.

With a stiff expression, he said, “Junior Brother Lin, stop joking.”

He raised his head and looked at Lin Yuchu. On his refined and handsome face, his expression carried a faintly icy temperature, and his tone was eerie as he said, “Do you know why Martial Uncle-Ancestor Lin left Lonely Sword Peak back then?”

“…” Lin Yuchu.

“Because if he hadn’t left, his hand probably would have been broken,” Su Hui continued before Lin Yuchu could answer.

“…” Lin Yuchu.

This is a threat. This is definitely a threat!

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