Gu Yingjie rode very fast, but because of the darkness, he didn't realize that he went straight to the tree branch. When he saw the branch, he was already very close, so he jumped off the horse and landed on the tree branch and his horse took off. Then he realized that the full moon tonight is beautiful. Listening to the silence of the night made his heart even more lonely. He climbed higher and higher until he almost reached the top of the tree. He found himself a good tree branch. He sat down and leant his back against the tree. He looked up at the full moon and his head full of memories of the past.
Gu Yingjie knew that Zhu Mingyang was already very angry with him and Gu Tingfuang when he heard the reason why Gu Yingjie is visiting the Yuan. He closed his eyes and lent on the ceramic bathtub.
Lin Ruchao walked in and stood behind the screen. He asked, "Young master, what happen to guard Zhu?"
Gu Yingjie said, "He is angry with me."
Lin Ruchao, "Is this about you meeting lady Yuan?"
Gu Yingjie, "Yes."
Lin Ruchao, "Young master, can I say a few words?"
Gu Yingjie, "Go ahead."
Lin Ruchao said, "I raise you two since you were young. I know that the relationship between young master and guard Zhu is not just master and servant. Young master, as a guard, we don't have many choices in life. We serve our master and silently suffer alone." He knelt down. "Young master, if you consider guard Zhu more than a guard, then please give him his freedom to live freely as a man with dignity."
Gu Yingjie, "What do you mean?"
Lin Ruchao, "I don't want guard Zhu to stay on the sidelines and watch young master live his life with pain like me. The young master should know the temperament of Guard Zhu better than anyone else. Once he loses control, no one can stop it."
Gu Yingjie, "Guard Lin, is there any way to make people blind temporarily."
Lin Ruchao, "Young master, what are you trying to do?"
Gu Yingjie, "If I let him go, he will never go. If I am blind and rely on him, he will go if I am overburdened."
Lin Ruchao, "Young master, you don't have to do that. Young master can let him go without causing physical harm to you and him."
Gu Yingjie opened his eyes. After he went blind. Zhu Mingyang did not leave him, but cared more about Gu Yingjie. Zhu Mingyang ensures that Gu Yingjie's needs and requirements are met. He even agreed to let him marry Yuan Chaomei. He understands that both he and Zhu Mingyang have to pay a price for his decision.
The pain Gu Yingjie is now suffering is nothing compared to when Zhu Mingyang looked at him with disgust for the first time. Yes, that day was the day that Gu Yingjie reminded Zhu Mingyang that Gu Yingjie is the master and Zhu Mingyang is the servant. That day was the first day, he let Zhu Mingyang understand his intention. He questioned what he would get from hurting Zhu Mingyang, and the answer is the same as the day when he decided to walk this route. His reason is selfish to some extent, but it is because he really loves Zhu Mingyang.
When he saw the small house with red lanterns hanging outside. It also brought him back to the day when Zhu Mingyang breaks hell loose.
After talking with Yuan Chaomei, the couple slept in separate beds. Suddenly the bedroom door was opened, and Zhu Mingyang rushed into the bedroom. The loud noise awakened both Gu Yingjie and Yuan Chaomei. Zhu Mingyang walked straight to Gu Yingjie and grabbed his hand.
Gu Yingjie tried to pull his hand away from Zhu Mingyang's grasped, "What are you doing?"
Zhu Mingyang angrily dragged Gu Yingjie from the bedroom to the main entrance of Gu Mansion. Along the way, he injured many guards on patrol.
Gu Yingjie demanded, "Mingyang, what are you doing? Let go of me."
Zhu Mingyang replied angrily, "Go with me, I won't allow you to sleep with her." He proceed to dragged Gu Yingjie to the front entrance.
When Zhu Mingyang and Gu Yingjie reached the top of the stairs, forty guards and Gu Tingfang had already arrived.
Zhu Mingyang said madly, "I will kill those who stop us."
Gu Yingjie smelled a strong smell of wine from Zhu Mingyang. He asked, "Did you drink?"
Zhu Mingyang, "Yes, that's why I have this courage."
Gu Yingjie, "Are you crazy?" He tried to pull his hand away. "Guard are prohibits to drink alcohol. What do you think you will gain by doing this?"
Zhu Mingyang grabbed Gu Yingjie by the back of his head and pulled him closer. He said angrily, "I warned you. Don't push me too far."
Gu Tingfuang shouted, "Zhu Mingyang, what are you doing?"
Zhu Mingyang, "I'm leaving with him."
Gu Yingjie quickly patted Zhu Mingyang on the chest.
Zhu Mingyang looked into Gu Yingjie's eyes and said angrily, "Release me."
Gu Yingjie glared at Zhu Mingyang and said, "Zhu Mingyang, I want you to remember who you are and what role you play. I am the master and you are the servant." He turned his back to Zhu Mingyang. "Guard Zhu, break the rule of consuming alcohol. Men, take him to the pole and give him his punishment."
The men told Gu Yingjie that Zhu Mingyang was punished and dragged back to his room. Gu Yingjie waited until early in the morning before entering Zhu Mingyang's room. He saw Zhu Miyang's bleeding back, and his heart ached terribly. Gu Yingjie closed the door behind him, walked to Zhu Mingyang and knelt down. He took the towel beside Zhu Mingyang's bed and began to wipe the blood on his back.
Zhu Mingyang closed his eyes and said, "Young master, since your intention is to inflict pain, why bother wiping the blood. You can get out now."
Gu Yingjie, "What exactly do you think you gain out of acting this way?"
Zhu Mingyang, "That same question goes to you. Now scram."
Gu Yingjie continued to wipe the blood from Zhu Mingyang's back. Zhu Mingyang pushed him away in a rage, causing him to lose his balance and sit down on the ground.
Zhu Mingyang looked at him with a pair of detested eyes. He sternly said, "Why care when you already burned that bridge? Get the hell out."
Since that incident, Zhu Mingyang has kept a distance from him and no longer gets close to him. After they have completed theirs given tasks. Zhu Mingyang will gave him away to Yuan Chaomei. Zhu Mingyang acted like another guard, he knew that he was a servant and was not qualified to stand equal to his master.
In Gu Yingjie's life, he has been given away many times. His mother gave him to his aunt. After taking care of him for two months, his aunt gave him to his grandfather. But every time they gave him away, his pain is not one third of Zhu Mingyang hatred stared.
He frowned sadly and said, "It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about become a stranger." His tears began to fall. "People who try to keep their loved ones safe often end up feeling the loneliest."
In the bedroom, Yan Zhanjin helped Zhu Mingyang onto his bed and covered Zhu Mingyang with a quilt. When he was about to leave, Zhu Mingyang grabbed his hand.
Zhu Mingyang said, "Don't go, don't leave me. I was very angry just now and told you to scram. I didn't push you on purpose." He got up and hugged Yan Zhanjin tightly. "I miss you so much."
Yan Zhanjin pulled away and lay Zhu Mingyang down. After a while, Zhu Mingyang fell asleep. He looked at Zhu Mingyang and smiled. He sneered and said, "I don't understand why a big man like you; who is not afraid of anything become such baby in time like this. If you going to confess, confess when you are sober."
The white horse ran all night and arrived at Gu Manor early in the morning. The two guards at the door glanced at each other.
Guards, "Xiao Bai…"
The two guards walked to Xiao Bai and saw blood on Xiao Bai's body. A guard rushed in. The guard arrived at the morning meeting in the conference hall. The guard knelt in front of Gu Tingfang.
The guard said, "Leader Gu, we found blood on Xiao Bai outside the front entrance this morning, but the blood stains are not Xiao Bai's blood."
Gu Tingfuang, "Where is Yingjie?"
Guard, "We only found Xiao Bai."
Gu Tingfuang, "Call the young mistress here."
After a while, Yuan Chaomei showed up.
Gu Tingfuang asked, "Where is Yingjie?"
Yuan Chaomei, "He left."
Gu Tingfuang, "Where to?"
Yuan Chaomei, "Father, he is not happy here. Why should we keep him here when his happiness is elsewhere? Should we let him go and pursue his own happiness according to his wishes?"
Gu Tingfuang, "I will ask you again, and this time I better have an answer. If not, I will use house rule."
Yuan Chaomei, "He went to see guard Zhu."