Chapter 94: Mummified by a Kiss

Seeing Yu Jinli rush over like a small cannonball, Jiang Mosheng hurriedly reached out to catch him, in fear that he would fall. Beside him, White Tiger and his teammates were jealous to see how careful their chief was with Yu Jinli. They had grown accustomed to the chief’s special treatment of Yu Jinli, but what came with it was the heartache of being single. The chief still made a public display of affection knowing that they were all single. Where did their comradeship go? However, Jiang Mosheng didn’t know what they were thinking. Even if he did, he probably wouldn’t care. “Ah Sheng, Ah Sheng, do you also have an Earth here?” Yu Jinli was a person who couldn’t hide things, especially things that were very important to him, so he had to ask about them right away. Although Jiang Mosheng didn’t know why he suddenly asked about Earth, he still answered honestly and ignored the word "also" in his question. “Yes,” answered Jiang Mosheng with a nod. “Are we far from there? Can we go there?” Happy to get a positive answer, Yu Jinli wished he could go to Earth at once, to see whether his master shifu and sect-brother were still there. “Brother-in-law, Earth was our home planet. But that was a long time ago. Now, it is abandoned. Besides, it isn’t easy to go there without permission.” Hearing Yu Jinli, White Tiger couldn’t help himself and chimed in. Earth was held at an absolute sacred position in the heart of the Federation, for it was the cradle of human beings. Although later, for various reasons, men had to leave their home planet and look for other inhabitable planets in the universe, Earth was still special to them. “Abandoned? Are you sure?” Obviously, Yu Jinli didn’t expect that. When he was on Earth, there were so many humans. He could see many people, many times more than spirit beasts, almost as soon as he went out. How could there be none left now? The thought that all the humans he had known and met before had disappeared filled him with a sudden sadness. His big eyes were soon moistened with tears. Now that Earth was abandoned, did that mean he couldn’t see his master shifu and sect-brother again? In fact, Yu Jinli always had a bit of hope within him. When his cultivation level reached Transcendence and he was able to shatter the void, he might be able to return to his previous world and see his master shifu and sect-brother again. However, what if the world he was in now wasn’t parallel to his previous one, but in fact existed thousands of years later? How would he meet his master shifu and sect-brother again? No matter how high his level of cultivation was, he couldn’t turn back time. Did that mean he would never see his master shifu and sect-brother again? “Little chestnut?” One moment, the little one was cheerfully asking him questions. The next moment, he had tears in his eyes as if he couldn’t help himself with sadness. That stung Jiang Mosheng hard, but it couldn’t compare to the worry he had for the little one. He gave White Tiger a cold glare, then consoled Yu Jinli gently. White Tiger, who got the glare found it hard to defend himself. For the first time, he felt he was wronged, he... he was just telling the truth. He really didn’t understand what made the little one sad. He really was innocent! “It’s okay, little chestnut. If you want to go to Earth, I’ll take you there,” said Jiang Mosheng without principle. White Tiger and his teammates’ eyes widened at that. Their knowledge of where their chief would go in order to dote on his husband went up to a new level. They never knew that their chief was such a person who adhered to no principle when it came to Yu Jinli! “Really? Can I really go to Earth?” With tears in his eyes, Yu Jinli looked up the moment he heard Jiang Mosheng. Even though he heard that no one might exist on Earth anymore, he couldn’t resist the urge to check it out, to see whether it was the same Earth that he had once lived on. “Sure. I’ll take you there after my recovery.” Jiang Mosheng promised seriously. In fact, he could take little chestnut to Earth right now. However, with a lot of people out there who had their eyes on him and the fact that he hadn’t fully recovered, he couldn’t do it now since he wouldn’t allow the slightest harm to come to little chestnut! “Great!” Yu Jinli’s tears finally changed to smiles. Although he couldn’t go to Earth yet, with Ah Sheng’s promise, he knew he would be able to go there later. “Ah Sheng, you are the best.” said Yu Jinli, who couldn’t help grinning. Standing on tiptoes, he left a brief kiss on Jiang Mosheng’s cheek with a faint blush. This was the first time he kissed someone other than his master shifu and sect-brother. It felt a little strange, but not as scary as what his sect-brother had warned him. In the past, in order to prevent the simple Yu Jinli from being lulled away as well as being taken advantage of, his sect-brother had warned him not to get intimate with anyone, especially not kissing anyone. If he did, his cultivation would regress drastically and he would never make any progress. Therefore, if Yu Jinli wanted his cultivation, he must not kiss anyone or let anyone kiss him. Yu Jinli had memorized all that. He kissed Ah Sheng because he was so happy that he couldn’t help himself. When realizing what he had done, he was suddenly alarmed and hurriedly checked his cultivation. However, finding it remained the same, he became a bit confused. But soon, he came up with a reason himself that his cultivation level didn’t drop after he kissed Ah Sheng for it was already at a low level to begin with. Yu Jinli patted his small chest in fear. Fortunately, his cultivation level was not high, otherwise he would have died of grief if it really dropped. Immersed in his own world, Yu Jinli didn’t notice that Jiang Mosheng, who had always been calm and collected was mummified except his heart which was pounding fast. He looked stunned, which was rare. Members of Divine Beast wished they could put this moment down in record. They had never seen such an innocent side of their chief who had such a strong reaction simply because of a small kiss on the cheek. It was so rare! “Wow, the chief blushes!” Scarlet Finch said with a gossipy expression. Although her voice was small, Jiang Mosheng still heard it. Trying to control his heart that was about to jump out of his chest, Jiang Mosheng glanced coldly at Scarlet Finch. “Scarlet Finch, you take care of the afternoon report.” The gloating Scarlet Finch: ... Chief! You’re just abusing power for personal revenge! You are wrong! God, I hate reports. It’ll kill me! Helpless, she regretted for being mouthy. Why did she throw herself on the barrel of a gun, knowing that the chief was now the stingiest person who would hold a grudge? However, her grief was her teammates’ rejoicing. With the least popular job her responsibility, they didn’t have to worry about having to do it themselves. For members of Divine Beast, their hands were to control machine armors as well as energy cards, not to hold a pen and write a report. Not even the only two female members of the team wanted to write reports. Jiang Mosheng didn’t care about Scarlet Finch’s ghostly wailing, and took Yu Jinli back to the dormitory for food. Although Yu Jinli, as a freshman, had to follow the school rules and live in the student dormitory, Jiang Mosheng was still able to take him to his dormitory except for sleeping time. As an instructor, he had his own separate dormitory. The principal knew that he didn’t like strangers near him. Therefore, Jiang Mosheng was the only resident on that entire floor of the dormitory building.