Zhuang Guyin, or Lee Hyo-joon, sat beside the comatose body, holding her cold hand blankly looked at her face which was covered with a machine that assists breathing. After looking at the sleeping face sadly, he glared at the man who was standing beside him. It was apparent that the man had just cried. Never had the two imagined the girl they had protected for so long, suddenly landing into a comatose state.
"Why do you let this happen, Zhang Guo?" Lee Hyo-joon said, earning a glare from the other man.
"Zhuang Guyin, you are no better," Zhang Guo spat out venomously, "you are too selfish, not noticing how those fangirls of yours pestered her for days until she couldn't handle it anymore. Don't you know that your fangirls are dangerous existences, especially towards her?"
Lee Hyo-joon became silent. It was indeed somewhat his fault that he didn't pay attention that day. He, Zhang Guo and Buonto visited Liang Heyun in the dojo, earning a lot of female's ire. They also started paying attention to Liang Heyun's wellbeing at school, making Bai Yunchai and the other fangirls angry. Liang Heyun was, after all, an average girl in the terms of appearance. Lee Hyo-joon started doubting his own eligibility in joining the fight for Liang Heyun's affections.
Were they only looking for Liang Heyun's immense power?
Lee Hyo-joon remembered that one time, when he was dazzled by Liang Heyun. In his eyes, the little Liang Heyun was very beautiful, like an ethereal goddess. At that time, he was merely Lee Hyo-joon, the new teacher from A country. However, suddenly Zhang Zhaozhao walked up to him and smiled, "you seem like you want to take my granddaughter's hand."
He immediately got flustered.
"Pity that she's currently nine," Zhang Zhaozhao sent a mocking smile at him. At that time, he was an early graduate at the age of 21. Even so, having feelings for a young girl almost three times younger was...a bit inappropriate. However, he did anyways. Lee Hyo-joon didn't know what got into him at that time.
Lee Hyo-joon was not always this handsome. His face used to be full of pimples and his skin burnt from excessive activity. He used to be plumper, perhaps why Zhang Zhaozhao held a look of contempt when he was dazed by his granddaughter. Giving him the name Zhuang Guyin, Zhang Zhaozhao threw him to the dojo. At first he was ridiculed, then everyone found him quite easy to get along with, and so he became quite popular.
As time went by, his appearance also improved. He was no longer the normal looking him from before. His stature became more manly and his face turned handsome - it was actually his face without the impurities or the so called pimples. His skin turned white as jade and he looked like an idol. Many people started asking him to be their model but he declined. He somehow even thought of getting revenge.
He was previously an honest and modest young man, when did he change to be so?
"She is in a comatose state because she's merging with Liang Yan," Zhang Zhaozhao came and said, startling the two, "that is my goal, so you guys shouldn't have...shouldn't have held feelings for her."
"For you guys to actually held feelings for her, that means my plan has failed," Zhang Zhaozhao sighed, "to think that you guys didn't recognize that it was a he and not a she."
Lee Hyo-joon looked at Zhang Zhaozhao, "So you knew all this time she is the one with Liang Yan, she is the one who you are targetting all this time? But she is your granddaughter!" He couldn't believe that there was someone like Zhang Zhaozhao. The older man just stood grimly as he looked at the body who slowly turned pale.
"They should've met already...," Zhang Zhaozhao muttered, "all that's left is them merging...then the most powerful soul can be created."
"So THAT is your plan?" Zhang Guo held a fistful of Zhang Zhaozhao's shirt, "you are using your own granddaughter for such a thing? I have never known that you're such a hypocrite." Zhang Guo, or previously Yu Guo, angrily clenched the front of Zhang Zhaozhao's shirt. He had been adopted by this man, for the reason of being someone stronger, yet this man...was also using him!
"Who cares if she is my granddaughter? I only agreed for my daughter to marry her poor father because of his bloodline!" Zhang Zhaozhao chuckled, "if she obediently became a part of Liang Yan, she wouldn't need to suffer!"
The two men gritted their teeth at the revelation. It was painful to hear as it was painful to see Liang Heyun' sleeping body.