Little Pink Starfish

Ziche Shubai’s words completely entered Kongshan Dawang’s ears. His mind was instantly filled with the two words “switching people,” and the sudden surge of violence swept through his entire body in an instant. His eyes immediately turned blood red, and his expression became incomparably twisted.

Switch… people?
Gege is mine! Mine, mine, mine!
No one can take him away—

Almost instinctively, Kongshan Dawang abruptly stood up, about to rush out the door immediately, to take that person who had spoken such cold words—Ziche Shubai—into his embrace, press him into his flesh, knead him into his bones and blood.
He had to seal his mouth, imprison his body, bind his hands and feet, so that he could never say such things again!

However, just as Kongshan Dawang was about to leave, another male voice rang out.
“If you come out, I will immediately switch people.”

Kongshan Dawang froze, unwilling to accept this.
As long as— as long as he could catch him—

The cold voice continued, “I will immediately trigger a lightning tribulation and ascend to the Immortal Realm.” The following words made one feel as if they’d fallen into an icy abyss: “You won’t be able to catch me.”
Kongshan Dawang held his breath, his hand that was about to slam the door open slowly, little by little, filled with strong reluctance, withdrew.

He could hear it—gege was serious.
Serious about… threatening him.
Every thought he had, gege seemed to know. Every word he spoke became a rein around his neck, making him unable to resist, unable to take another step forward.

Before…
What was before?

Kongshan Dawang’s eyes were bloodshot, as if they were about to drip blood.
He couldn’t remember, he couldn’t remember, he couldn’t remember!
Why couldn’t he remember?!

He began to force himself not to think about that person outside, who was gradually walking away, not to think about wanting to cling to him every moment, wanting to pull him into his embrace.
He simply started from the beginning, from when he descended upon that planet full of demons, carefully recalling everything.

Of course, what he repeatedly pondered over and reviewed was the long yet seemingly fleeting time he spent after meeting that person he could not let go of at first sight.
Every inch of memory, he carefully rubbed over countless times. Every little thing he had never given much thought to before, he scrutinized thoroughly, not missing a single detail.

He loved his beloved gege… but it wasn’t just for his appearance…
No, back when they first met, was it perhaps a different face?
They should have been in love before… Was gege angry because he forgot? Because he forgot their memories, forgot his former face?
Their past interactions should have been similar to now…
He doted on his beloved gege, and it all felt so natural—this should also be something his body had not forgotten… Moreover, gege used to dote on him as well…

But why?! Why couldn’t he still remember?
Gege wasn’t called Shangguan Yu. What was his name?
What was his name?
He called him “gege,” but was he really his gege?
No, no, no, something was still wrong…

Kongshan Dawang couldn’t remember. Even after connecting all the suspicious points and familiar fragments, he still couldn’t remember.
Suddenly, his body arched up violently, instantly transforming into an incomparably massive black python.
The python head, marked with golden patterns, aimed at the wall of the room and crashed into it with full force!

“Boom!”
“Boom, boom, boom!”

The entire room trembled, and cracks appeared on the walls.
But he felt no pain, nor dizziness. His python scales were too tough…

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Outside the room.
Ziche Shubai’s brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.
Gege just told him to close the door and properly reflect on life—yet this guy actually started ramming the walls?
Damn it, does he think walls are free to rebuild?!
Gege’s money doesn’t just blow in with the wind, you know!
Even if gege is rich, noise pollution is still a thing, okay?!
Don’t forget, today is cheap dumb little brother and big nephew’s wedding night, okay?!
Even if you’re a pervert! You can’t just randomly disturb the peace, okay?!

After pondering with a blank expression for two seconds, Ziche Shubai decided that this couldn’t go on.
With a wave of his hand, he cast a restriction, enveloping the entire room.
Go ahead and crash now—no matter how hard you ram it, you won’t be able to break through.
Gege will just keep reinforcing it.

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And so, Kongshan Dawang crashed into the walls for three days inside the room, while Ziche Shubai kept reinforcing the restriction outside for three days.
As for the newlyweds in their bridal chamber—come on, they’re cultivators! How could their wedding night last only one mere mortal night? Obviously, it had to be three days and three nights!
Well, they really didn’t come out.

Qingtong and all the subordinates kept pacing around Ziche Shubai at half-hour intervals, circling and circling:
Star Lord, please pay attention to us, wuwuwu… Someone is demolishing your house, and you’re just letting it slide, wuwuwu… Star Lord is really so gentle, wuwuwu…

Inside the room.
The black python crashed and crashed:
I can’t remember… I can’t remember… Who is gege? Who am I? What is gege’s name… What… is my name?

Outside the room.
Ziche Shubai’s deadpan face.
Should he… use the ultimate move?

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Time ticked by.
As the sun set and the sky turned golden… finally, the moment arrived.

Ziche Shubai deliberated, waving his hand to instruct Qingtong and all his subordinates not to approach tonight, sealing off this courtyard as well.
Hmm, should he write a will first?
Just in case that lunatic went berserk, he might really have to summon lightning and ascend.

Ziche Shubai pinched a jade slip, quickly recorded his last words,
then stuffed it into his sleeve.
After that, he cleared his throat.

“If you still can’t remember, then I’ll switch—”

“Bang!”
A thick, long python tail suddenly shot up, piercing through the entire house. In the next moment, the originally sealed courtyard saw almost all its buildings reduced to rubble!

At the same time, the terrifyingly massive black python lifted its head high, overlooking the noble young man in luxurious silver robes below with blood-red snake eyes.
Its python tail swept over, completely binding the beautiful young man.

Visibly, the black python’s upper body rapidly transformed—pale skin contrasting against the yet-untransformed jet-black python tail, creating a strangely beautiful sight.
His long hair cascaded, bare arms tightly embracing the handsome young man, his mouth opening—revealing a scarlet forked tongue that lightly licked the side of the young man’s face.

“Gege… what did you just say?”

Ziche Shubai turned his head slightly, as if about to speak.
But the next moment, the half-human, half-python youth swiftly closed in, sealing his lips with his own.

Four lips pressed together, breaths intermingling.

The half-human, half-python youth complained softly, “Gege, how can you casually say you’ll switch people…” He chuckled lightly, eyes brimming with tenderness. “Even if Xiaoshan forgot, can’t gege coax me gently? So cruel… Xiaoshan is very angry. Gege, what should you do about that?”

Ziche Shubai’s eyes widened by one millimeter, then returned to normal:
“You finally remembered.”

Has gege not been gentle?!
Has gege not been patiently guiding you?!
But gege finally realized—this crazy pervert really won’t remember unless he’s forced!
—See? A little provocation, and the masochist recalled everything.
Gege is still as wise and brilliant as ever!

Kongshan Dawang—no, now he should be called Qiguan Rui—wrapped his python tail around his beloved, the scales slowly rubbing against him. His face also turned slightly flushed.
His voice grew thick with longing, sweet and sticky:
“Gege, gege… It’s been so long. Did you miss me?”

Ziche Shubai dead-fish-eyed:
“This body can’t do it.”

Qiguan Rui froze, then quickly showed an aggrieved expression:
“Why not? Gege doesn’t miss me? We haven’t seen each other for so many years, I missed gege so much… Now that I remember everything, does gege still want to punish me?”

As he spoke, his expression suddenly turned eerily gloomy, and deep in his eyes, a hint of suppressed madness flickered.
“Or… does gege really want to… switch to someone else?”

“Smack!”

Qiguan Rui clutched his head:
“Gege hit me again… does gege not love me anymore?”

Ziche Shubai: “…”
Gege really wants to say he doesn’t love you, what now!

Qiguan Rui’s eyes welled up with tears.

Ziche Shubai took a deep breath:
“Switch bodies.”

As soon as the words fell, a dimension opened behind him. With a whoosh, a flawlessly beautiful naked corpse appeared on the ground.

The real Ziche Shubai’s body was online.

Qiguan Rui instantly understood.
He smiled gently, reached out to softly touch Ziche Shubai’s forehead, and murmured:
“I understand, gege… I also… love the real gege the most.”

Ziche Shubai felt his vision darken, then brighten again.
At that moment, he felt the cold floor beneath him—and… the utterly naked sorrow.

Damn it! Gege forgot to put clothes on the body!

And in the very next instant, Ziche Shubai was pulled into a tight embrace.
His eyes flickered to the side—his former borrowed body, the shell of Shangguan Yu, was now discarded like an old garment, carelessly swept by a python tail to the entrance of the last standing building… right outside the door.

The next moment, Qiguan Rui, like a storm, wrapped Ziche Shubai’s completely bare form up and swept into the room.

Qiguan Rui nuzzled against Ziche Shubai’s smooth skin, even his tongue carrying an intimate, affectionate warmth:
“Good thing… good thing there’s still a bed left…”

“My… gege…”

Ziche Shubai remained expressionless.
But his skin had already turned faintly red.

Gege! Just! Knew! It!