"Oh I forgot to say" he muttered.
"What happened? I can forward it to him if you want" Huajin said eagerly, unable to say no to his gaze. "Could you let him know that I'll continue the conversation tomorrow night?"
"Okay." He couldn't see Jian's eyes sharpen as he lowered his head. Huajin had something else on his mind.
He thought as he looked behind the boy who had left.
In his previous life, his name was not Gui Jian. He didn't have a name since he had just hatched, but he didn't give it a name because he wasn't interested in it. He acted recklessly and just called 'boy'. She remembered her name starting with a false "h", but she wasn't sure.
He was obviously late in finding it in this lifetime and had already had another name. But what about her hair? His hair was not black. It was dark green...
His behavior was also quite cowardly. Sticky but timid.
He has changed.
"You're back." He turned when he heard footsteps. He thought it was Jian, but it was Afeng.
"There's something to discuss," he said, sitting in front of him, pushing his glasses. "People are showing signs of rebellion, the publication of the new law may be a trigger.
"Is that so? We will execute the rebels. We will not allow the order and balance of the kingdom to be disturbed."
"Execution...the last solution if possible. Hunger strikes instead of riots and suicides in response," Afeng nodded.
"Then let them die," he said calmly, resting his head on his arm. "If that's what their lives are worth, there's nothing I can do. A person who persistently tries to jump into the sea is blind, there's nothing you can do. You can't expect a blind person to see, you can just watch them drown in the sea because they don't listen to you."
Afeng had gotten used to his mindset, but he still couldn't accept it. His blood was still freezing as he heard it.
"But this..."
"It's their own choices. Everyone makes a decision for their own life. How long are you going to babysit them? Let the public learn that their choices have consequences. This is the stage everyone who grows up must go through." He was convinced in a few sentences. He was right.
"OK." He lowered his head, still a little uncomfortable inside. He slowly stood up when he saw the boy approaching from afar. "We'll talk later" he said goodnight and left.
Jian frowned, looking behind him. Why does everyone keep quiet, saying 'we'll talk later' when he comes?
They acted as if the enemy were men of the kingdom. However, no one could afford to buy it. Except for Huajin. If it was him, he didn't even have to pay any money.
He came closer and looked at her with bright eyes.
'Praise me,' he was literally shining brightly. Huajin couldn't help but take her in his lap and pat her head. "Well done"
His face was shining with joy. Huajin felt strange and interesting. A child, it was that simple. They just wanted to be praised, and attention was enough to keep them happy.
Huajin softened even more. She stood up and walked forward, hugging the child with a feeling of compassion she had never felt before.
The boy, on the other hand, habitually buried his head in his neck.
Huajin didn't feel a thing, but the same couldn't be said for Jian. Their bodies were so close, burying your head in your neck? It was a luxury. He had never been this close to his master.
But, she remembers, she was just a little bit better with the kids.
He felt that it was for the best to be a child once again. How would he enjoy this pleasure if he was big?
She yawned as she rubbed her head on his shoulder.
"Are you sleepy ?" As a child, he even ignored such actions.
"Yes "
No. He's just acting. Otherwise, how will he know if he'll take it off his lap later?
He was motionless, and Huajin thought he had fallen asleep because of his slow breathing. However, Jian was breathing heavily with his eyes narrowed sharply.
She felt that she was perverted.
Otherwise, how can he feel such thoughts to his master? But oh no...
This was not a wish he had.
Soft and light steps were really making him sleepy. Even his master's stroking his back was comforting. It's a care that he could obviously only get as a child. He wanted to remain a child by his side forever and have his master take care of him.
But at the same time, she really wanted to be able to face him alone, normally. To be with him, to have a real relationship.
He closed his eyes.
Unfortunately, all of them can be nothing more than a dream.
Neither this place was real, nor his master was really alive, nor could he ever be with him, even if these two things happened.
Not to mention the gender issue, his master was exactly the deadpan on these matters.
He was slowly falling asleep. The emperor's body is warm and fragrant. It was such a nice feeling to hug him, he wanted to stay like that forever.
-To be continued-