Chapter 35.1 - Domestic Violence

The General & Prince’s residence was full of turbulent waves again. While General Gu was brutally subjected to domestic violence, a certain prince looked at the world with disillusioned eyes. Both husband and husband were in a miserable situation.

According to a reliable source, it was evening at that time and when the last red light in the sky was about to fade, a loud sound came from the prince’s bedroom, signalling for the last small piece of sunset glow to lose its colour and night to fall.

Everyone immediately poured in, only to see General Gu being beaten with a board by an angry prince and having all his luggage thrown out. The prince yelled, “peasant, you destroyed my materials!! From now on, I will cut off all ties with you and our friendship is no more! And what else… we’ll be irreconcilable no matter what!”

Gu Chen dodged the invincible board cleanly and looked at him helplessly, “Hao Hao, I’m doing this for you. Explosives are too dangerous.”

“Hah! Peasant, words of flattery will get you nowhere!” Behind the prince, there was a raging fire as he waved the board angrily. It was only until he actually hit Gu Chen did he stop and angrily say, “peasant, from now on, you’re not allowed to step into this prince’s bedroom!”

“Hey… Hao Hao…”

The prince ignored him, turned back into the room and slammed the door. The crowd looked at each other and one of them asked weakly, “has the prince seen a martial arts action blockbuster recently? His acting is quite accurate…”

The rest shook their heads, “we don’t know…”

The closed door opened again. A certain prince poked his head out and said softly, “the four famous works.”

“……”

At this moment, a nurse came over with a meal and saluted respectfully before saying in a sweet voice, “your highness, it’s time for dinner.”

Long Junhao looked at the food as he bit his finger, and then looked at Gu Chen who kept hesitating to speak. He grunted once and slammed the door decisively. “Your prince is in a bad mood today. He won’t eat.”

The little nurse was startled and hurried to knock on the door. She gently advised, “your highness, please cease your anger. You mustn’t neglect your health. So please…”

“I already said I won’t eat!” He interrupted her and roared from behind the door, making the group of people who were ready to come forward shrink away immediately.

Gu Chen sighed.

One of them said weakly, “your highness, if you don’t eat…”

The others added on, “we will die very, very miserably…”

All of them slowly looked at Gu Chen one after another with immeasurable grievances in their eyes. Gu Chen sighed again, “no, I can’t let him do such a dangerous thing.”

They cried bitterly, “then what should we do?”

Gu Chen looked at the sky, “do your best to persuade.”

“……”

“Don’t look at me like that. I’m also suffering. You know I can’t sleep with him at night from now on…”

“…” The crowd was silent for a moment before rushing to the door and beginning their persuasion.

As a result, when Comrade Luo Yi came back happily after receiving the criticism and education of his superiors in the police station, he was attracted by the sound of crying. He strode over and saw the corridor full of people who were crying on the floor. Some of them had fainted and were carried away while Gu Chen stood behind these people and looked at them with a helpless face.

He walked over, “what’s the matter with the prince?”

Gu Chen looked at Luo Yi and noticed that he was holding a bag. He could vaguely see a rolled up silk banner and couldn’t help but to raise his eyebrow, “what are those?”

“The awards I won and silk banners sent by residents.”

Three black lines hung down on Gu Chen’s face and he asked, “…to show Chu Jian?”

“Yes,” Luo Yi said with a smile, “just in case he wakes up in the middle of the night as Yi. So, if I don’t want to die, I’ll use this to prove that I really serve the people.”

“…you’re really clever.”

“Ah, you overpraise,” Luo Yi continued to laugh, “speaking of which, what’s the matter with his highness?”

Gu Chen once again sighed helplessly and motioned to the people who were still advising, “your highness, your health is of utmost importance. You can’t fight against Gu Chen, that evil foe, if you don’t take care of your body!”

“Yes, your highness, if you want to defeat Gu Chen, you must maintain good and abundant physical strength.”

“Yes, let’s take action to defeat Gu Chen, your highness!”

Gu Chen, “…”

“All of you, get lost!” Long Junhao sat on the carpet and shouted at the door, “I already said I won’t eat. Your prince’s resources are all gone, you think he’ll want to eat?! Let me tell you guys, your prince has already seen the emptiness of this world…” After speaking, he picked up a bag of potato chips, took out one chip and ate it before adding angrily, “get out of here and don’t disturb my rest.” He ate another one.

Naturally, the people outside the door didn’t know what was going on inside and continued to painstakingly persuade him. After listening quietly for a while, Luo Yi finally understood the current situation and went to the door, “your highness, it’s wrong to go on hunger strike.”

A certain prince’s voice was heard, “people laugh at me when I fast today but who will become fat in the future? Alas, I wonder who…”

“…” Luo Yi silently looked back at Gu Chen, “what exactly did you do to him?”

Gu Chen stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, “I poured away his things.”

“What things?”

“Raw materials for making explosives.”

Luo Yi nodded aggressively, “that’s right! If it was me, I’ll do that too. What would I do if my wife hurts herself? There isn’t a place for me to buy regret medicine.”

Gu Chen suddenly looked up at Luo Yi. He felt that he had finally found a bosom friend and for a moment, got a little excited.

Luo Yi said again, “but fortunately, my wife won’t do this. Hehe, I’m really glad,” he smiled and patted Gu Chen on the shoulder, “I wish you good luck. Take care, I’ll be going now.” He immediately left without even looking back.

“……”

Luo Yi quickly returned to Chu Jian’s place. He took a look at the bedroom and decided to ask the situation before going in. He casually grabbed someone, “he hasn’t woken up yet?”

“No,” the man replied, “but the dean came to see him. He said that because of extreme fluctuation in emotions and a nervous breakdown on top of that, Chu Jian probably won’t wake up until midnight. He didn’t even let us prepare dinner.”

“…” Luo Yi said, “I think that last sentence was his actual purpose for coming.” He then asked with uncertainty, “will he really sleep until midnight?”

The man nodded.

“Alright then,” Luo Yi glanced at the kitchen in a corner of the courtyard, “give me the key to the kitchen. I’ll make some food in case he wants to eat when he wakes up.”

“Okay, I’ll go ask them for it. You should go in first.”

Luo Yi let him leave and entered the room. It was dark and he went to the bed and sat down. Chu Jian was in a very deep sleep. His long eyelashes brushed obediently on his eyelids and covered the sharpness of his eyes, making him look rather innocent and feeble.

He looked at his vague outline quietly in the dim light and couldn’t help but to reach out and touch his face. After gently caressing for a while, he slowly lowered his head and kissed his lips.