Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 147: Gift

"Open it." He said instead.

Seeing the serious look on the person’s face, Shen Xu didn’t hesitate and immediately opened the small box.

Inside was a line chain earring.

The earring was made of pale gold and had a red teardrop crystal at the end of the outer chain.

"This is..." Shen Xu picked the earring, laid it on his left, and began examining it.

"It’s beautiful." He said, looking at Zhen Yuan with an amazed expression.

"Why did you think of giving me an earring?" He asked.

However, Zhen Yuan didn’t answer and instead questioned the double.

"Do you like it? Will you wear it?" He asked.

"I like it." Shen Xu immediately nodded.

Although he didn’t understand why Zhen Yuan gave him an earring, he liked it.

No matter what, he liked everything given by his brother Yuan.

"Help me put it on." The double said, handing over the earring.

"Okay." Zhen Yuan smiled.

After the earring was firmly on his ear, Shen Xu removed a mirror from his storage ring and admired his appearance.

"It looks so good." He said and Zhen Yuan chuckled while rubbing his wife’s hair.

"It’s because you are beautiful."

"Brother Yuan, what materials and method did you use to refine the earring?" Shen Xu asked in a serious voice.

Hearing the question, Zhen Yuan sighed and unconsciously evaded the double’s eyes.

However, Shen Xu held his arm and forced him to maintain eye contact.

"Xiaoxu..."

"Tell me." Shen Xu insisted.

At first, the double didn’t realise something was wrong.

However, he couldn’t help but be suspicious when he noticed Zhen Yuan’s shifty behaviour.

"The gold chain is a strand of my hair and the red crystal is a drop of my blood." Zhen Yuan revealed and the tent fell silent.

This silence lasted for ten breaths.

Ten breaths later, Shen Xu tightened his hand around Zhen Yuan’s arm and looked at the person with a desperate expression.

"Why?" He asked in a choked voice.

Ordinary mortals lost fifty to one hundred strands of hair each day. Similarly, cultivators lost one to fifty strands each day.

However, Zhen Yuan was different.

His hair could not be cut and he never lost strands like other people.

Most importantly, he rarely lost blood but when he did, his body was weakened for a long time.

Thinking that Zhen Yuan intentionally plucked his hair and forced himself to bleed, Shen Xu was simultaneously angry and worried.

"Why? How did you pluck you hair?" The double questioned.

However, Zhen Yuan didn’t answer right away.

Instead, he pulled the person into his arms and hugged him.

After a moment, Zhen Yuan sighed but didn’t release the double.

"Xiaoxu, I want you to be safe." He said.

"What do you mean?"

"Higher realm coercion won’t affect you as long as you have that earring." Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

"You are right. Drawing my blood and plucking my hair will likely weaken my body for more than a decade. However, it’s worth it. I am willing to do anything to keep you safe."

When he heard this, Shen Xu didn’t know what to say.

In Zhen Yuan’s position, he would also do the same.

However, knowing was different from accepting. He couldn’t help but feel guilty towards Zhen Yuan.

"Xiaoxu, the weakness will only cause some lethargy but won’t affect my cultivation or strength. Don’t worry, everything will be fine as long as I take care of myself for the next decade."

"Brother Yuan..."

"Mmh?"

"Thank you." Shen Xu said, tightening his arms around his husband.

Since the deed was already done, there was no use in dwelling on it.

The only thing Shen Xu could do was take care of Zhen Yuan and protect him as much as he could.

"I am always willing." Zhen Yuan said.

"I will always the earring."

"I would like that."

The two hugged for a time before Shen Xu withdrew from the person’s arms.

"You still haven’t told me how you plucked hair?" The double asked but Zhen Yuan shook his head.

"I honestly don’t know."

"What do you mean?"

"I wanted to pluck one strand, so I tried and unexpectedly succeeded. However, I didn’t succeed when I tried to pluck a second."

"You tried to pluck a second?" Shen Xu angrily pinched the person and Zhen Yuan smiled with a doting look.

"I was just a little curious. Also..."

"Also?"

"I wanted to use essence blood for the crystal but I couldn’t take it out. I only managed to draw a drop of ordinary blood." Zhen Yuan couldn’t help but frown.

"Fortunately." Shen Xu sighed in relief but soon frowned.

"Brother Yuan, your body is too strange. You are fundamentally powerful but your body is too vulnerable. We can’t let a third person discover this matter."

"I know but you don’t have to worry." Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

"I have encountered danger many times and been injured several times. However, I have never lost hair, skin, or blood. My injuries are usually internal. Excluding this time, the only other time I lost blood was when I contracted the brush in Two Reeds Town."

"We still have to be careful." Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan nodded in agreement.

"Xiaoxu, let’s wear the special robes you refined before we leave the secret realm." Zhen Yuan suggested and Shen Xu didn’t argue.

After all, they both had an idea of what they would encounter when they left the secret realm.

Knowing that, they had to prepare as much as possible.

"We also need to talk to Lin Xiang." Shen Xu said.

After that, the two left their cave and went to find Lin Xiang.

At this time, Lin Xiang was soaking in the hot spring and she looked up when she saw the two.

"Shen Xu, Zhen Yuan." She greeted.

"When did you return to the spring?" Shen Xu asked and entered the spring.

"Just now."

Following that, the three soaked while discussing what would happen when they went out.

Two days later, the secret realm closed as expected.