“You thought I was naturally ambitious to seize the world?” he asked softly. It turned out I had only seen a partial view of Ye Suo, only seeing the Ye Suo who existed for ambition. Seeing me silent and just looking at him, he said in a low voice, “Back then, when I was injured and poisoned saving you in the forbidden mountain, that was my most exhausting time. I almost wanted to let go of everything and follow my brother…”
“So why dare to abandon the entire Ye Mountain now?”
“Lang Yue awakened me. I couldn’t let go of you… I knelt before Father King’s tomb seeking his forgiveness and then left decisively before the Hongyi death wa
“Do you truly bear to leave Ye Mountain? It’s all because of me that you’re like this.”
As soon as I finished speaking, he held me tighter: “Silly dragon, if I were still the king of Ye Mountain, we could never cross that barrier. When Chi Yi sent me away, I learned that Father King wanted to execute you because of a sixteen-character prophecy. It was your parents who begged Chi Yi, and the Hongyi death warriors imprisoned you in the dungeon to save your life…”
“So that’s how it was. This prophecy really caused a lot of harm.”
“You know?”
“Lang Yue told me. Who were my parents? What were their names?”
“Chi Yi didn’t say. Don’t you know? Isn’t your surname Lan?”
“That’s a name I gave myself. Grandmother never talked about my background. Okay, let’s not discuss this. It’s all in the past.” I turned sideways, tracing his handsome sword-like eyebrows with my fingers, and asked, “I feel I owe you so much… Do you blame me?”
“Blame!” he said without hesitation.
I immediately stopped my hand on his face and pouted in dissatisfaction: “How unromantic. You should say, no matter how bad or good you are, in my heart you’re the best. No matter how much I owe you, I just love you…”
“Did Master want to see me?” I asked curiously, glancing around the small Chan room, which was permeated with a subtle incense of Zen, incredibly clean and exuding a sense of transcendence from worldly affairs.
“I said coldly, ‘Take me to see the King of Chen.'”
“How do you know?”
