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The mocking expression pierced his heart, and the light inside Jiang Zi Yu’s eyes dimmed down, but immediately lit up a bit, “No problem, perhaps my like, in your eyes, is not worth any money, but I myself am worth money. I am the Young Master- I have many priceless treasures, I can give them to you.”

“Is that so?” Mu Ying Sheng laughed, “But this small citizen does not like those worldly items.”

“Please go back, Young Master.”

“Mu Ying Sheng, I will prove it to you- Jiang Zi Yu is not a person of words alone.”

The door in front was shut tightly, so he did not have a way to take a look at Mu Ying Sheng any more. When he returned to the Jiang home, the entire residence was fully lit. Jiang Zi Yu saw his father with a blackened face standing right at the front gates, and when he saw him, he seized his ears, “You worrisome brat, you went to find that actor again, isn’t that right?”

“Father, that person has a name. He relies on his craftsmanship to earn money. It’s not that shameful.”

“You shut your mouth.” Old man Jiang was so angry the lantern in his hand was almost thrown over, but in consideration of his wife that was by the side, he then slightly eased up his tone, “Even if you don’t want face(reputation), the Jiang family still needs it. Today, I’ve received an imperial decree and heard the Guo Shi felt you are a good successor, and wants to take you in a a disciple. Hurry up and pack your things. Tomorrow, you will go to the Guo Shi Residence, and when you finally succeed in your studies is when you will come back.”

Jiang Zi Yu was forced down by people and locked inside the room, and the people keeping watch were increased even more. Until the next day, when he reached the Guo Shi Residence, he then discovered the people here were even more. Even on the outer walls, there were a large number of troops keeping guard. The only good thing was that there were some he had seen before when he entered the palace.

When he got a clear look of the other person’s face, Jiang Zi Yu then discovered this person was the one who was on the river that kept on looking at him that night.

The other person only quietly looked at him, and did not say anything, and in the end, waved his had to signal those servants to withdraw. This seemingly extremely otherworldly Guo Shi finally opened his mouth, “I am called Shen Qing Yi[1], and hereafter will be your master.”

Jiang Zi Yu did not know what to say either, only that, when he saw this person, he would feel a hopelessness and sense of being at a loss. He did not know where his lodging was, nor did he tell him what he should do next. Just when he wanted to ask, he only heard the other person ask, “I’ve heard rumours you like the hua dan of the Pear Garden Troupe?”

In his eyes carried a vigilance, and even felt this Guo Shi in front of him that had suddenly showed up harboured some evil intent, “So what? If you feel that me liking a hua dan, who is also a man, is a very shameful matter, you can very much tell my father, and even have me sent back and not take in a disciple.”

“I am only asking is all.” Shen Qing Yi went silent for a while, and then guided Jiang Zi Yu to his quarters, “I just live next door. If there is any problem, you can come find me. If there is something you need, all you need to do is instruct the servants within the residence.”

Once the other person left, Jiang Zi Yu then properly took a look over the arrangements inside the room. He discovered that this place’s decorations alarmingly suited his tastes, and could even be said was more pleasing to him compared to the room at the residence he decorated himself.

When he laid down on the bed and looked at the ceiling, and recalled Mu Ying Sheng’s words last night, Jiang Zi Yu would feel a bit unable to sleep. He twisted and turned for half a day, but when he narrowed his eyes in a daze, it was as though he could still see that person’s piercingly cold features.

It truly made one feel terrible.

He had originally thought that Shen Qing Yi had some kind of scheme, or perhaps it should be said he was using him to pass the time when he was bored, but when he saw the other person’s appearance, it did not seem to be the case. Each day, he would teach him some foundations of martial arts, and at the same time, he would not miss any poems or songs. Once in a while, he would also discuss some principles and knowledge with him, making him suspect this person might have, in his boredom, wanted to find a little disciple to relieve his suffocation was all.

When this person had nothing to do, he liked to take some copper coins for divination and ask him whether he believed in another life. He originally did not want to respond to this Master-in-name, but when he thought back to Mu Ying Sheng, he hesitated for a while, “Is there really another life?”

“The principles of Heaven are originally unfathomable, who knows.”

Jiang Zi Yu smiled, “If there really was another life, I feel like Mu Ying Sheng and I should be a match made in heaven, perhaps matched[2] with bad karma; in the last lifetime, we could not be together, so in this lifetime, it is up to me to seek him and go through all sorts of hardships for him.”

Shen Qing Yi turned his head to see this person’s profile, held the copper coins in his hand to the point it began to hurt, and lightly asked, “Then what kind of identity do you think, was our master-disciple relationship in the previous lifetime?”

“Our relationship……” The youth laughed, “I think it should be arch enemies. Otherwise, how is it that when I first saw you in the very beginning, I would feel like you harboured evil intentions, that I would even bear a guard against you?”

“Master, I am not too willing to admit it, but I don’t like other people trying to control me.” The youth very daringly patted the shoulder of the person by his side, “But you, my friend, I feel if we were to make acquaintances, it would not be bad. Don’t tell this to my father. If he were to know I was treating you like this with great disrespect, he would definitely grab my ear and take a drink(?).”

The youth came with fair winds, as though to leave towards the moon.

Shen Qing Yi subconsciously held the other person in place, “Do you feel that you are living this life happily?”

“What is this supposed happiness or unhappiness, do tell.” The moonlight enveloped the youth’s body, and within the hazy moonlight, he looked to be holy, “If my mother feels that being with my father is happy, then that is fine. Those few mistresses left and right would not obstruct her eyes. These kinds of things that cannot be brought in at birth and cannot be brought with at death, to ask about this thing that exists or not, is completely pointless.”

“And so, for the you who had become the Guo Shi, that is inside this courtyard every day, without going anywhere else, living under the surveillance of another person up until the end, how about you? Do you feel happy?”

“I…… I don’t know.” The hand that pulled on the youth’s sleeve loosened up a bit, as Shen Qing Yi replied in slow manner.

Perhaps it was due to drowsiness, but Jiang Zi Yu slightly narrowed his eyes. The area between his forehead carried some weariness, and the corners of his eyes reddened with a hint of water. He drew close to the other person, and finely studied Shen Qing Yi’s perplexed face, carrying a smile of wilfulness and amour unique to the youth, “Look at you- you attempt to pry into Heaven’s will, but live without a reason you understand. What meaning is there asking me these kind of things?”

After speaking, Jiang Zi Yu found himself to be cheerful, but he did not know whether he was laughing at the other person, or if he was laughing at himself.

He finally understood meaning of what Mu Ying Sheng had said.

His like, certainly was not worth any amount of money.

He himself did not know why he was living, and was not clear as to what he liked about Mu Ying Sheng. Only relying on the feelings born from the heart and the yearnings of each day, he then lightly took the words ‘like’ and said it out loud. The Mu Ying Sheng who was accustomed to seeing these feelings of love, naturally, would not spare a glance towards him.

Exactly in the same principle as when Shen Qing Yi asked himself if he was happy or not.

But in the few days that Jiang Zi Yu had been cooped up in the Guo Shi residence, faced with the handsome yet dull and stiff Guo Shi, he finally understood.

He certainly liked Mu Ying Sheng.

Even if the other person were to treat him with a cold face, and not even spare a glance at the pitiable him that depended on his family to live, he would still like him. He only submitted to this kind of liking that came from the heart, and gave up any resistance was all.

The youth that had made the realization cast aside the still-lost Guo Shi all alone inside the courtyard.

A cool breeze then gently came back.

[1] 沈青衣- meaning, blue/green/black (青) clothing(衣), or coating. Covered in (chose your colour).

[2] 鸳鸯- literally, mandarin ducks. Often used to call a couple, things that are to be in pairs.

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