At this time, Shang Yuan was standing ready waiting before the door; catching sight of the person embracing Mao Zi stepping out, he solely remained silent without speaking anything, after that following the person to depart away.
Inside his ears no longer hearing the sound of scratching, knowing they had departed already, Yan Si only then opened the door to look out; before his eyes it was completely desolate and empty.
Mao Zi went not out to the courtyard turning round and round in playful frolics; Xiao Yi for a long time also no longer ran along to play and frolic along with it; every single thing was solely remaining a film of dull, quiet stillness…
Every single thing had already concluded entirely.
Meanwhile, at the moment Mao Zi was embraced and taken away, it completely dared not struggle to break free. Nevertheless, at the moment of arriving at the destination and being released down by RongCheng, it thereupon ran out scratching and scratching the door wishing to be permitted to return home, after that again simultaneously barking and howling incessantly.
RongCheng looking upon it solely shook his head and then returned to the bed sitting down drooping his head, the silent drops of tears rolling and falling, he knew not by what means to perform…
Truly knowing not by what means to perform, solely sensing the domain of his heart immensely chaotic and entangled…
Catching sight of the person in such a state, Shang Yuan stepped forward gently embracing RongCheng into his bosom, stroking and soothing him…
All the way up to midnight and Yan Si was still awake; he lay sideways turning his body looking toward the sleeping nest of Mao Zi, and all of a sudden felt missing it.
At this hour, knew not whether Mao Zi had slept or not; in an unfamiliar place, he solely feared it refused to sleep and then howled, causing RongCheng to feel irritated. The person was not like himself going to scold and rail a few sentences, and if it listened not, then gritting his teeth to endure…
The more he thought, Yan Si solely all the more let out a sigh, after that again shaking his head wishing not to think further; anyhow, tomorrow morning he would also arrive to have an audience with the Emperor pleading to be permitted to depart, still missing it for what purpose to add to the pain.
In the midst of the serene and quiet night, all of a sudden there was the sound of the door opening, causing Yan Si in flustered alarm to sit up and look out, thinking if Liú Yu dared to arrive here to make trouble, he definitely would not remain silent. Anyhow, at present he had also severed the bond of sworn brotherhood, therefore he feared that fellow no longer.
Even if RongCheng knew the affair of his releasing the soul-clouding incense, then what? At most compensating the person with a single life, or else enduring a beating and then ending it. Whichever way, he would permanently depart away; what the person thought regarding him was no longer important.
Yan Si strained and tensed looking out toward the exterior, the moment of identifying the person arriving, he thereupon turned immensely astonished: "Your Highness?"
Why did the person arrive here at this hour? Or was it that Mao Zi made too much trouble, so the person beat it to death, and therefore only then arrived to report the news? Having thought so, Yan Si all the more in panicked alarm asked: "Midnight you arrive, could it be… Mao… Mao Zi encountered what affair?"
RongCheng shook his head; he walked straight forward to the side of the bed sitting down, saying: "Mao Zi continuously howled throughout the entire night, causing me to be unable to sleep."
Knew it right away that it would be thus; Yan Si's two hands spontaneously scratched against one another, in a lowered voice worriedly asking: "Then… you… you beat it to death, did you?"
"Ah Si…" RongCheng seemingly with a bit of anger asked: "You have loved and cherished it in such a manner, yet would I be heartless to the degree of killing it? Inside your eyes, am I a person so devoid of affection and righteousness like that?"
And was it not so? Yan Si truly could not think of anything else... He had originally thought RongCheng was utterly heartless and devoid of affection when fiercely abandoning him, so toward merely an overly disruptive animal, how could he possess enough patience to tolerate it... Yet thinking back, he suddenly found it difficult to blame him...
Albeit Yan Si replied not, through his gaze RongCheng naturally understood; he shook his head, saying: "I performed nothing toward it, pray be at peace in mind."
Hearing it granted, Yan Si only then temporarily felt at peace in mind, again asking: "Then Your Highness arriving here possesses what affair?"
Normally the person drove him away, not permitting him to meet, for what cause in the middle of the night did he all of a sudden arrive?
RongCheng replied not, solely silently looking upon Yan Si across a very long while; how short a time had it even been that the person had turned so skinny and gaunt like this? He truly could not imagine how the person would still turn out after departing; in the final analysis, how much toil and effort of nourishing the person across all this while would turn into nothingness.
All of a sudden RongCheng shook his head, asking: "How long has it been since you slept? How many days have you not eaten?"
Turned out the person arrived because of this issue, did he? Yan Si sensed the person was not because of worrying over himself that he asked in such a manner, furthermore at this time why did he still care? Thinking toward it, he solely shook his head, replying: "Troubling Your Highness to be concerned; this humble entity every single day still consumes and sleeps normally…"
In the final analysis, Yan Si still completely wished not to truly answer the question; his very self was not because of fearing the person worrying, but solely because of wishing not to trouble himself.
"Or is it that Your Highness thought again, and requires the medicine to erase memories regarding me?" Seeing RongCheng reply not, Yan Si spoke further: "No matter what, I will also leave behind the medicine prescription; Your Highness can send someone to inspect the medicinal properties first… Pray be at peace in mind, I will absolutely never return to this imperial palace further; still solely entreating you to treat Mao Zi well, kill it not, I entreat you!"
One and two wishing to erase the memories of RongCheng, rather stating that Yan Si was striving to erase the segment where someone had once cared for him, had once wished for him to live well so as to feel at peace in mind to turn back to the existence of unknowing grass and trees.
Solely when being capable of erasing the segment where his very self had also once been cherished with affection and cared for, would the pain of being abandoned at the present temporarily subside, and return serenity to RongCheng... After everything, he still begged to retain the entirety of those memories solely for himself, for him alone to remember.
The two people sat close beside one another, yet the distance was conversely distant by ten thousand miles; Yan Si at present was no different from the initial days of first meeting. All the painfulness of his individual self was entirely concealed away, considering RongCheng as an estranged person, no longer wishing to be close or familiar…
Facing the absolute silence of the person, Yan Si solely gently shook his head, speaking further: "Forget it — The night is already deep, or else Your Highness had better return; remaining at this place for so long is inconvenient… this humble entity truly wishes to sleep already!"
RongCheng all of a sudden felt the domain of his heart immensely uncomfortable, still striving to suppress it down, saying: "If truly inconvenient, I know by myself how to return; require you to drive me away or what?"
Yan Si gently grinded his teeth tightly; truly, what did the person wish for here?