Ch. 4 Husband

"Should i call you husband ne?" Cheng Li ask still smiling widely.

Hearing Cheng Li ask that. Ling Xi became speechless. He doesn't know if he should cry or laugh at his luck? Sure he is alive all right but he met as psycho.

Cheng Li puts a mask on his face before changing to another clothes. After checking his new appearance, he looks at him before asking.

"Should we be going now?"

"Ah." Ling Xi looks both up resentful and flustered, just lacking tears streaming to his face.

Cheng Li closes their distance, bowed his head then says "Home, little wife."

"Don't call me wife!"

"What are you going to do about it ne?"

He is smiling sweetly, his handsome face covered in black mask with silver lining making a mysterious aura around him. but to Ling Xi eyes, the one talking to him is the devil himself.

"Nothing." came Cheng Li's answer. He knew he was a coward but he came to a place where there is no pocket Dimension or Spatial ring or Soul force or Cultivator or anything that could kill you anytime without consequences. Here, is a law of the jungle—survival of the fittest.

Ling Xi squats in the corner, his eyes flickering invasively and in a small voice he ask "Great God, can you just change the option, i mean i can be your servant?"

"Your the one who insisted on giving yourself to me." Cheng Li says it casually. His expression seems to show that he is the one to blame on his current predicament.

"En, but as a servant!" He really want to cry. He is the one to blame for having him misunderstood his word? He really wants to strike.

"To bad you did not specify" well it looks like he really is to blame.

"Are we going or not?"

"Going… Going" he really want to slap himself for his cowardness but he really can't do anything about it, he is born this way. He really wanted to start studying alchemy, build his own soul force then he would blast the hell out of this person threatening him. He read it in like one of those online novels.

Going outside, they decided to go walk in different path to avoid suspicion but before doing so Cheng Li set fire to the shed. Fire literally came out in his own hands making Ling Xi almost uttering thank you self for not pissing this man off.

He knew that he was in a Cultivators world but he doesn't meet a cultivator yet so he doesn't know the extent of their own power, so he is in a shock to see that. He really wants to just go home, start cultivating and became an alchemy.

Going up in the mountain take twice as long than going down, he is so nervous that Cheng Li could change his mind and just kill him on the spot so he keeps looking back. He really wants to live, he has a great cheat for becoming alchemist and a poison master. He dreams of becoming a number one in this world, conquering enemies and nation and having a harem. He wants to have as many children as possible, live forever and became a hero but before he even starts it all came tumbling down. He instead have a sword hanging up on his head, one wrong move and he dies.

Cheng Li smiles, this little one is really interesting, he keeps looking at him, keeps talking like he is not afraid yet his face is showing a different expressions. The little one is completely terrified. His face is so easy to read, clearly a naive boy probably sheltered by his family or master. He even has a Heavenly grade high level pill on himself so clearly it's an alchemist master.

"We are here, home sweet home." Ling Xi stated, forcing a smile on his face clearly trying to be hospitable but falling to do so.

The master or the family Cheng Li is expecting to attack or interrogate him never came. The mountain is to silent, clearly they are the only one there.

"Are you living alone?"

"No, i have a master, he is currently meditating. I'm going to tell him and he is going to zap your ass!" Ling Xi declare, even puffing his chest out.

"You are alone." Cheng Li stated. Cheng Li's attitude really reaffirm his suspicion.

"And what is 'Zap your ass' anyway?" he is really curious about this little one keep saying some words he can't really understand.

"Uhm.. Uhm…" Ling Xi stammers again.

"We should go in, I'm hungry." before he quickly get inside the house.

``I'm just going to let it slide for now but that does not mean I'm not keeping note.' Cheng Li thought before briskly following Ling Xi inside.

The outside of the house is full of vegetables ready for harvesting and many fruits, almost all of them are ripe. The little one cannot be the one who planted those trees, they look mature, while the little one is just 2 years older than his current self which is just fourteen years of age.

The inside is simple, only having a minimum furniture. The shelves all line up with different food and drinks.

"What do you want to eat?" Cheng Li questioned, starting a fire.

"You really know how to cook?"

"Yes, I can." he stated, clearly proud of himself, looking at him like asking some praise.

"Cook whatever you want, I'm not a picky eater. I'm just going to cultivate outside, the spiritual qi in here is abundant, it feels like I'm going to breakthrough."

Seeing him go outside, he is really tempted to tamper his food but can't bring himself to do it. 'Forget it, I'm a chef. Food is supposed to bring satisfaction not death or suffering.'

Cooking a braise pork ribs, some stir fry vegetables, a sweet and sour chicken and steamed rice.

While waiting for the boss to come in he decided to disinfect the pickle jars. He put the rice he purchase on one of the clear containers, this time he got a rice is golden yellow and another violet in color. He even bought another sack of flour. A sack full of dried soy beans. transferring all of them on the container.

He is just transferring the last sack of sticky rice when Cheng Li come in, wearing dirty clothes full of black dirt and sweat.

"Great god, Can you change clothes before coming in. You can even take a bath in the hot spring if you want." Ling Xi commented pointing out his garments.

"I apologise my wife." he smirks, finding fun at his expense.

"Stop calling me my wife!"

"I'll stop it if you call me husband!"

"Never."

"Never!"

"Don't imitate me!" Ling Xi shouted, frustration and anger can be heard on his voice.

"Are you angry at me, ne?" Cheng Li ask coming face to face with Ling Xi, their nose less than two centimetres apart.

"Great… great god, i apologies." cowering in fear, he quickly coincide defeat. 'never mind dignity, this guy can roost me alive'.

"I know that you are too cowardly to resist." Before looking at the food on the table still producing a steam.

"I'm really hungry, I'll wash after eating."

"Slob." Ling Xi mutters before pouring a basin of water for washing hands.

After washing their hands, he saw Cheng Li producing a Tea set out of nothing, 'so he is not kidding when he said he had a spatial ring.'

Cheng Li put some tea leaves into the pot, boil it using his arm and serve it to the Ling Xi. He can see how he resisted for a minute clearly trying to ignore him, but when he smells a whiff of the tea he beams, get the cup and start drinking it sip by sip, anger clearly forgotten.

'This one is so easy to please' Cheng Li thought to himself seeing how Ling Xi began to relax and eat, even putting food on his bowl.

"I can see what you did to the pot. You know what, from now on you can be my fire ignitor."

"eh"

"...."

"I'm sorry. I didn't not mean to say that but it would be great to."

"...."