Boys' Love (BL) is by origin a genre of Japanese manga produced mainly by women for women that features romantic and sexual relationships between men. Nowadays, all manner of art, comics, anime, novels, games, and dramas from many different countries operate under the BL genre heading. All of the above can be discussed here.
I actually planned to make the ON AIR thread for this drama too, and i even woke up earlier than my usual time to go to work, to do it, but Gianben made the post more faster than me.
I am actually thankful that Gianben will be in charge of it since it seems they really like japanese BLs. They've also made many posts about japanese BLs recently.
I saw other people are interested to do it, so is time to let others do it too. But, i will do the ON AIR threads for japanese BLs that aren't taken care by anyone.
Unfortunately, i not longer engage in ON AIR EPs for japanese BLs, because i not longer have the free time to do it. I am really busy with work for three months now and i only try to respond to the posts of the poeple i am the most close thu or the ones that really need my help. Even making posts about japanese BLs is not that easy to make anymore, i only do it when i have more free time. I barely have a few hours left until i go to sleep after i get off work. As you know, i tend to write long comments, so commenting on an ON AIR ep will end up to be almost a half of a review long. It takes me too long to write them.
I think the last japanese BLs that i commented on the ON AIR THREADS beside Utsukushii Kare ( for which i didn't miss one single ep) were Mr Unlucky and Old Fashion Cupcake.
I do plan to review the majority of japanese BL dramas, so i will do my best to cover in the review all that i wanted to write in the ON AIR THREADS.
THEIR PREVIOUS LIFE
YUN SU
WHILE YUN SU WAS SITTING ON THE WEDDING WAGON BOUND FOR THE CANG EMPIRE IN HIS DELICATE RED WEDDING SUIT, XIAHOU CHUAN WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE BATTLE ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE.
EVERYTHING ON THE WEDDING WAGON WAS OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD IN THE CANG EMPIRE. AND RED WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HOTTEST AND MOST EXCITING COLOR, BUT THE RED GAUZE FLYING WILDLY IN THE AIR LOOKED JUST LIKE WHITE STREAMERS BEING PULLED REPEATEDLY BY THE FIERCE WIND AT A FUNERAL.
THE WAGON ROLLED SLOWLY THROUGH THE CENTRAL STREETS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE, AND THE PEOPLE STOOD IN SILENCE AS THE WAGON, WHICH WAS NOT OF THEIR COUNTRY, CARRIED THEIR REGENT AWAY, THROUGH THE HIGH GATES AND OUT OF THE DEVASTATED COUNTRY FOR THE LAND OF THEIR ENEMY. HE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO COME BACK.
YUN SU LOWERED HIS EYES AND CLUTCHED THE SEAL IN HIS PALM. HE DIDN’T EXPECT THAT WHEN THE CANG EMPIRE’S LETTER OF THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL CAME, XIAHOU CHUAN WOULD BE EVEN ANGRIER THAN ALL THE OTHERS PRESENT.
wecomics HE TORE UP THE LETTER AND THREW IT BACK TO THE FACE OF THE ENVOY OF THE CANG EMPIRE, KICKING HIM DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND TRAMPLING HIM IN HIS FACE. HE SAID, “I WILL NEVER ALLOW YOU TO TAKE AWAY THE CIVIL REGENT OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE UNLESS YOU KILL ME FIRST AND STEP OVER MY DEAD BODY!”
AT THAT TIME HIS VEINS WERE BULGING AND HIS EYES BLOODSHOT. HE DID NOT LOOK LIKE THE POLITICAL ENEMY THAT YUN SU USED TO CONTEND WITH IN COURT, BUT MORE LIKE THE FIERCEST BEAST WHOSE TERRITORY WAS BEING INVADED, OR THE MOST VICIOUS GHOST IN HELL WHO WAS BEING STRANGLED.
YUN SU LOOKED AT XIAHOU CHUAN STANDING IN FRONT OF HIM, AND FOR A SPLIT SECOND, YUN SU THOUGHT XIAHOU CHUAN MIGHT HAVE KNOWN IT WAS YUN SU WHO HAD SLEPT WITH HIM ON THE NIGHT OF XIAHOU CHUAN’S WEDDING. XIAHOU CHUAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN BEWITCHED BY WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT, SO HE DID THIS…
FORTUNATELY, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. YUN SU KNEW VERY WELL THAT NO MATTER WHO THE EMPEROR OF THE CANG EMPIRE WANTED, XIAHOU CHUAN WOULD BE SO ANGRY.
THE OFFICIALS IN COURT ARGUED FOR A LONG TIME, BUT YUN SU SAID NOTHING. XIAHOU CHUAN ARGUED STRONGLY WITH OTHER OFFICIALS IN COURT AGAINST SENDING YUN SU TO MARRY THE EMPEROR OF THE CANG EMPIRE.
SINCE THE EMPEROR OF THE CANG EMPIRE WANTED HIM, HE WOULD MARRY HIM, IF ONLY TO MAKE UP FOR IT A LITTLE. THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE WAS IN RUINS, WHILE THE CANG EMPIRE WAS STRONG AND ARMED. NO MATTER HOW STRONG XIAHOU CHUAN WAS, HE COULD NOT DEFEAT THE ARMY OF THE CANG EMPIRE. SO IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO REFUSE THE OFFER. THE LAST CHANCE FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE HAD NOT YET COME.
SO HE FORGED A REPORT THAT THE WAR ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER WAS IN DIRE STRAITS AND SENT XIAHOU CHUAN OFF TO DEAL WITH IT.
YUN SU DID NOT EXPECT THAT XIAHOU CHUAN WOULD CATCH UP. ON THE NIGHT WHEN THE WEDDING WAGON WAS ABOUT TO CROSS THE BORDER OF THE CANG EMPIRE, XIAHOU CHUAN STOPPED THE WAGON ALONE ON HORSEBACK WITH A LONG HALBERD.
THE SETTING SUN WAS LIKE RED BLOOD THAT DAY AND SOON IT WAS ALL BLACK. XIAHOU CHUAN WAS ALL IN A MESS AND COVERED IN BLOOD, LOOKING AT YUN SU WITH HATRED, RELUCTANCE, AND ANGUISH IN HIS EYES. YUN SU SAT IN THE WEDDING WAGON AND WATCHED XIAHOU CHUAN KILL ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE CONVOY, LEAVING YUN SU AND THE BIG WEDDING WAGON ALONE.
“COME BACK WITH ME.” XIAHOU CHUAN SAID. HE DID NOT ASK WHY YUN SU HAD LIED TO HIM, NOR DID HE GIVE YUN SU A CHOICE. IN THE DARK NIGHT, YUN SU LOOKED AT XIAHOU CHUAN WITHOUT RESPONDING. SO XIAHOU CHUAN LEANED FORWARD, TRYING TO TAKE YUN SU OUT. BUT YUN SU SUDDENLY REACHED OUT HIS HAND AND PULLED XIAHOU CHUAN INTO THE WEDDING WAGON. wecomics
XIAHOU CHUAN FELL ON YUN SU’S BODY, STUNNED FOR ONLY A
MOMENT, THEN SUDDENLY HUGGED YUN SU TIGHTLY. YUN SU
NOTICED THAT XIAHOU CHUAN’S ARMS WERE TREMBLING AS IF
IN FEAR. HOW COULD THIS BE POSSIBLE? AS THE FORMIDABLE
MARTIAL REGENT OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE, XIAHOU CHUAN
NEVER TOOK A STEP BACK IN HIS LIFE FOR ANY REASON, NOR
DID HE TREMBLE WITH FEAR.
BUT AT THE MOMENT, XIAHOU CHUAN’S TIGHTENING ARMS SEEMED TO TELL SOMETHING. AN IDEA SUDDENLY FLASHED THROUGH YUN SU’S MIND… WAS THAT POSSIBLE? YUN SU SLOWLY RAISED HIS HEAD AND TRIED TO GET CLOSE TO THE LIPS OF XIAHOU CHUAN. HE TASTED A MOUTHFUL OF FROSTY SWEETNESS AS HE KISSED XIAHOU CHUAN.
XIAHOU CHUAN CONTINUED THE KISS FORCEFULLY BEFORE YUN SU COULD RETREAT IN REGRET. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME YUN SU KNEW THAT ONE’S BREATH COULD BE SO HOT AND SCALDING. AS THE NIGHT DARKENED, YUN SU COULDN’T SEE XIAHOU CHUAN’S OUTLINE CLEARLY, BUT XIAHOU CHUAN’S MOVEMENTS WERE SO POWERFUL AND DOMINEERING THAT YUN SU SUDDENLY RECALLED THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT XIAHOU CHUAN GOT MARRIED.
HE HAD NEVER REALLY REMEMBERED THAT NIGHT VERY WELL BECAUSE OF THE POISONING. BUT AT THIS MOMENT, THE MEMORY OF THAT NIGHT SUDDENLY BECAME CLEAR IN HIS MIND. IN THE DARK NIGHT, HE SEEMED TO SEE XIAHOU CHUAN’S FACE, EVERY SCAR ON HIS BODY, AND EVEN THE DEEP FEAR IN HIS EYES CLEARLY.
THE RED WEDDING SUIT WAS STRIPPED AND CRUMPLED. YUN SU’S HAND TOUCHED XIAHOU CHUAN’S SHOULDER, WHICH WAS VERY SLIPPERY. HE KNEW IT WAS XIAHOU CHUAN’S BLEEDING WOUND. YUN SU RAISED HIS HEAD SLIGHTLY AND KISSED THE WOUND, ALLOWING HIMSELF TO BE INVOLVED IN MORE VIOLENT SEX ALL NIGHT.
IN THE LAST KISS BEFORE DAWN, YUN SU FED XIAHOU CHUAN A DRUG THAT COULD MAKE PEOPLE COMA IMMEDIATELY. HE DID NOT DARE TO SEE THE EXPRESSION ON XIAHOU CHUAN’S FACE BEFORE HE FELL INTO A COMA.
THEN HE CALLED HIS KYLIN GUARD, WHO HAD BEEN FOLLOWING HIM SECRETLY, AND ASKED THE GUARD TO TAKE XIAHOU CHUAN AWAY. AFTER SU LUAN’S DEATH, SU LUAN’S BROTHER-IN-LAW CEN JIU BECAME YUN SU’S MOST TRUSTED PERSON. BEFORE CEN JIU TURNED AROUND, YUN SU PUT XIAHOU CHUAN’S PRIVATE SEAL AS THE MARTIAL REGENT, WHICH HE HAD HELD TIGHTLY ALL THE WAY, BACK INTO XIAHOU CHUAN’S HANDS.
AFTER THAT, YUN SU SAT IN THE WEDDING WAGON FOR HALF A DAY, WAITING FOR THE EMPEROR OF THE CANG EMPIRE TO PICK HIM UP. LU ZHENG, THE EMPEROR OF THE CANG EMPIRE, WAS STUNNED WHEN HE ARRIVED HERE AND LIFTED THE RED VEIL OF THE WEDDING WAGON.
YUN SU SAT MOTIONLESS IN THE WAGON, HIS CLOTHES HALF UNCOVERED AND DISHEVELLED. HIS HAIR WAS UNKEMPT, AS IF IT HAD BEEN PRESSED AND RUBBED HARD, AND A WISP OF HIS SCATTERED HAIR WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HIS LIPS, MAKING HIS BITE MARKS ON THE RED AND SWOLLEN LIPS EVEN MORE VIVID.
THE WEDDING WAGON WAS IN A MESS. YUN SU’S RAISED NECK AND COLLARBONE WERE COVERED WITH RED MARKS. THE TORN RED GAUZE WAS STAINED WITH DEEP WATERY MARKS, AS IF SILENTLY TELLING WHAT HAPPENED HERE LAST NIGHT.
LU ZHENG CLENCHED THE RED GAUZE IN HIS HAND,
“XIAHOU CHUAN DID IT?” YUN SU LOWERED HIS EYES WITHOUT MOVING. “WHY?” LU ZHENG KNELT IN FRONT OF YUN SU WITH ONE FOOT, CLENCHED HIS FISTS, “I HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR YOU! I RUSHED
TO PICK YOU UP DAY AND NIGHT, HOW COULD YOU TREAT ME THIS
WAY?” YUN SU DIDN’T ANSWER, SILENT AS IF HE WERE A DEAD STATUE.
“YOU’LL NEVER GET AWAY FROM ME!” LU ZHENG SLAMMED THE DOOR AND LEFT. THE RED GAUZE BLOWN BY THE WIND COVERED YUN SU’S FACE, REMINDING HIM OF THE SMELL OF FROSTY SWEETNESS ON XIAHOU CHUAN’S LIPS.
DURING HIS YEARS IN THE CANG EMPIRE, LU ZHENG NEVER TRIED TO RAPE YUN SU. THE ONLY TIME LU ZHENG WENT TOO FAR WAS ONE DAY WHEN HE WAS DRUNK, HE STRIPPED YUN SU AND HELD YUN SU DOWN ON THE BED BY HIS HANDS FORCIBLY. YUN SU DID NOT RESIST OR BEG FOR MERCY. AT LAST LU ZHENG HELPED HIM GET DRESSED PERSONALLY, AND THEN LU ZHENG PUT HIS HEAD ON YUN SU’S SHOULDER AND TOLD YUN SU HE WAS SORRY.
BUT LU ZHENG DIDN’T KEEP HIS PROMISE. INSTEAD OF STOPPING HIS INVASION OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE AFTER HE GOT YUN SU, HE SENT MORE TROOPS TO INVADE THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE. LU ZHENG EVEN RELEASED RUMORS THAT YUN SU HAD BETRAYED THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE BECAUSE YUN SU HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HIM AND SURRENDERED TO HIM. HE TOLD EVERYONE THAT EVERY VICTORY OF THE CANG EMPIRE SHOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO YUN SU. ON THE DAY WHEN THE TROOPS OF THE CANG EMPIRE BROKE INTO THE CAPITAL OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE AND BURNED DOWN THE PALACE THERE, LU ZHENG APPOINTED YUN SU HIS EMPRESS.
THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME YUN SU REBELLED AGAINST HIM. LU ZHENG THREATENED YUN SU WITH THE LIVES OF ALL THE OFFICIALS AND CIVILIANS IN THE CAPITAL OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE. FINALLY YUN SU RELUCTANTLY TOOK HIM BY THE HAND AND FOLLOWED HIM TO THE TOP OF THE CAPITAL OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE. Wecomics
ON THAT DAY, YUN SU’S TEACHER STOOD ON THE HIGH WALL OF THE CITY, POINTING AT LU ZHENG AND SHOUTING CURSES. WHEN YUN SU LOOKED UP, ALL HE COULD SEE WAS HIS TEACHER’S RAPIDLY FALLING BODY. HIS TEACHER JUMPED DOWN FROM THE HIGH CITY WALL AND MOURNED THE FALL OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE WITH HIS OWN DEATH.
HIS TEACHER’S BODY FELL INTO THE LONG HALBERDS OF THE CANG EMPIRE’S SOLDIERS BELOW THE WALL. THE BLOOD RAN DOWN THE PALE BLADE, INTO HIS EYES, AND INTO HIS MIND.
LU ZHENG GENTLY WIPED THE UNCONSCIOUS TEARS FROM YUN SU’S EYES. BUT THE SCENE HAD BURNED INTO YUN SU’S MIND, AND HE NEVER FORGOT IT UNTIL HE DIED.
FORTUNATELY, XIAHOU CHUAN DID NOT LET HIM DOWN. BEFORE THE ARMY OF THE CANG EMPIRE ENTERED THE CAPITAL, XIAHOU CHUAN TOOK AWAY ALL THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES WITH LIMITED FORCES. AFTER LU ZHENG CAPTURED THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE, XIAHOU CHUAN STILL HELD EIGHTEEN CITIES IN THE SOUTH OF THE YANGTZE RIVER AND CONTINUED TO FIGHT AGAINST LU ZHENG, WHICH BOUGHT YUN SU ENOUGH TIME.
AFTER YEARS OF SUFFERING IN THE CANG EMPIRE, YUN SU FINALLY RECOVERED THE SECRET WEAPON LEFT BY THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE IN THE CANG EMPIRE. SINCE THEN HE CAREFULLY PLOTTED, STEP BY STEP, FINALLY BEGAN TO DISINTEGRATE THE POWERFUL COUNTRY FROM THE INSIDE. BUT HE DID NOT EXPECT THAT XIAHOU CHUAN’S FATHER WOULD BE INVOLVED IN HIS MOST CRITICAL PLAN.
wecomics HE TOOK GREAT PAINS TO MAKE SURE THE PLAN WENT SMOOTHLY. AND ONE WRONG MOVE COULD LEAD TO A LOSING GAME. HE WANTED TO USE THIS STEP TO FORCE LU ZHENG TO SUBMIT, BUT WAS FORCED BY THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF XIAHOU CHUAN’S FATHER INTO A DILEMMA.
YUN SU KNEW WHAT LU ZHENG WANTED. LU ZHENG MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ALL OF YUN SU’S PLANS, BUT HE WANTED YUN SU TO SHOW HIS LOYALTY BY KILLING XIAHOU CHUAN’S FATHER.
HE STABBED XIAHOU CHUAN’S FATHER’S CHEST WITH A LONG SWORD IMPASSIVELY. HE KNEW THAT LU ZHENG WAS WATCHING HIS EVERY MOVE. HE COULDN’T EVEN LET LU ZHENG NOTICE HIS TREMBLING HANDS.
WHEN XIAHOU CHUAN’S FATHER FELL, HE LOOKED AT YUN SU AND SAID IN YUN SU’S EAR, “WE ARE ALL COUNTING ON YOU,
YOUR HIGHNESS.”
AT THAT MOMENT, XIAHOU CHUAN’S FACE FLASHED ACROSS HIS MIND. HE KNEW THAT HE HAD SUCCEEDED IN GAINING LU ZHENG’S TRUST, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE HAD LOST SOMETHING FOREVER.
EVERY STEP AFTER THAT WAS HARDER THAN THE ONE BEFORE. YUN SU BECAME MORE AND MORE SILENT. FINALLY, THE DAY CAME.
ON THAT DAY, HE SET FIRE TO THE ARMY PROVISIONS OF THE CANG EMPIRE, DESTROYED THEIR LATEST CHARIOT DRAWINGS, ASSASSINATED THEIR MOST THREATENING GENERAL, DU QIN, AND FREED YUN QI AND ALL THE OFFICIALS OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE WHO HAD BEEN IMPRISONED IN THE CANG EMPIRE.
ON THE DAY WHEN HE EXHAUSTED ALL MEANS AND FINALLY MANAGED TO SEND THEM BACK, SEVERAL GENERALS OF THE CANG EMPIRE WERE ASSASSINATED, AND THE COURT WAS IN CHAOS. BANDITS AND REBELS WERE RAMPANTLY DISRUPTING SOCIAL ORDER, AND LU ZHENG WAS QUESTIONED BY THE OFFICIALS, ANXIOUS AND HELPLESS.
WHEN HE SENT BACK ALL THE RESOURCES AND PEOPLE NEEDED TO RESTORE THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE IN THE NAME OF XIAHOU CHUAN, YUN SU NEVER CAME FORWARD PERSONALLY.
HE NEVER THOUGHT OF GOING BACK TO THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE. HE CAUSED LU ZHENG TO BE BLAMED BY ALL AND CAUSED THE CHAOS OF THE CANG EMPIRE. SURELY THE PEOPLE OF THE CANG EMPIRE WOULD NEVER LET HIM GO. SO HE MUST NOT BRING THE HATRED BACK TO THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE. HE WOULD STAY IN THE CANG EMPIRE, BEAR ALL THE WRATH OF THE PEOPLE HERE, AND GIVE THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE AND XIAHOU CHUAN ENOUGH TIME TO RECUPERATE, NO MATTER WHAT THE COST WOULD BE.
BUT YUN SU DID NOT EXPECT THAT XIAHOU CHUAN WOULD COME TO HIM AGAIN. XIAHOU CHUAN CROSSED THE BORDER BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND RODE TOWARDS HIM ON A HORSE WITH A LONG HALBERD IN HIS HAND.
YUN SU WAS VERY SURPRISED. HE HAD ALWAYS HIDDEN HIS IDENTITY, AND SENT LETTERS TO XIAHOU CHUAN IN THE NAME AND HANDWRITING OF OTHERS. WHY WOULD XIAHOU CHUAN STILL FIND HIM?
BUT THE SOLDIERS OF THE CANG EMPIRE DIDN’T GIVE YUN SU MUCH TIME TO THINK. WHEN HE HEARD THE SOUND OF SHARP ARROWS LEAVING THE STRING, YUN SU RUSHED OUT TO BLOCK XIAHOU CHUAN SUBCONSCIOUSLY.
AS YUN SU GREW FAINTER, HE HEARD SOMEONE SCREAM SOMETHING, AND THEN HE FELT THE PAIN ALL OVER HIS BODY.
WHEN YUN SU FELL TO THE GROUND, HE SEEMED TO HEAR A HUGE ECHO FROM HIS HEART. IN THE BLURRED VISION, YUN SU SAW THAT LU ZHENG THREW THE BLACK LONGBOW IN HIS HAND AND RUSHED TOWARDS HIM CRYING BITTERLY. HIS MOVEMENTS SEEMED TO BE SLOWED TO AN INFINITE SPEED, BUT YUN SU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF HIS OWN HEAVY AND EMPTY BREATHING THROUGH HIS CHEST.
BEFORE LU ZHENG COULD TOUCH HIM, A PAIR OF STRONG ARMS WRAPPED AROUND HIS WAIST AND PULLED HIM STRAIGHT INTO A COLD EMBRACE. HE KNEW WHO IT WAS. THE HAND THAT GRIPPED HIM, THE HOT, QUICK BREATH IN HIS EAR, TOLD HIM WHO WAS BEHIND HIM. THE ARMS THAT WERE CLASPING HIM, AND THE QUICK, HOT BREATHS AT HIS EARS, TOLD HIM CLEARLY WHO WAS BEHIND HIM.
HE CAME LOOKING FOR HIM AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IT WAS TOO LATE.
THE NIGHTMARE ARMY IN BLACK ARMOR PASSED BY YUN SU AND XIAHOU CHUAN ORDERLY, TO CONFRONT THE TROOPS OF THE CANG EMPIRE LYING IN AMBUSH OPPOSITE. XIAHOU CHUAN DID NOT DARE TO HOLD YUN SU TOO TIGHTLY. SEVERAL LONG ARROWS PIERCED YUN SU’S CHEST, WHICH LOOKED HORRIFYING. IN A PANIC, HE TORE OFF YUN SU’S CLOTHES, TRYING TO HELP YUN SU STOP THE BLEEDING, BUT HE DIDN’T KNOW WHERE TO START BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY WOUNDS ON YUN SU’S BODY.
XIAHOU CHUAN SUDDENLY CRIED IN A LOW VOICE, TREMBLING WITHOUT SAYING A WORD. WITH BLOOD DRIPPING FROM THE CORNERS OF HIS LIPS, YUN SU LAUGHED SOFTLY, “I TOLD YOU NOT TO COME TO ME…” XIAHOU CHUAN LOWERED HIS HEAD, GRITTED HIS TEETH AND LEANED ON YUN SU’S SHOULDER, TREMBLING ALL OVER.
YUN SU REACHED OUT WITH DIFFICULTY AND TOUCHED XIAHOU CHUAN’S FACE FULL OF TEARS. HE TOLD XIAHOU CHUAN THAT IN ORDER TO GAIN LU ZHENG’S TRUST, HE HAD ALREADY TAKEN A DEADLY POISON VOLUNTARILY.
WITHOUT LU ZHENG’S ANTIDOTE, HE WOULD HAVE DIED LONG AGO. HE NEVER INTENDED TO LIVE AFTER THAT. TO BE ABLE TO BLOCK AN ARROW FOR XIAHOU CHUAN, HE FELT THAT THIS WAS EVEN A REWARD TO HIM FROM HEAVEN.
“TAKE CARE OF THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE AND YUN QI…” XIAHOU CHUAN SUDDENLY LOOKED UP. NO WAY! HE DIDN’T BELIEVE THAT YUN SU WOULD DIE SOON, NO MATTER WHAT, HE WOULD DEFINITELY FIND A WAY TO SAVE YUN SU.
BUT WHEN HE RAISED HIS HEAD AND SAW ONE OF YUN SU’S WOUNDS, XIAHOU CHUAN WAS SUDDENLY STUNNED AND SPEECHLESS.
ABOVE THE WOUND, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YUN SU’S COLLARBONE, THERE WAS A BLOOD-STAINED CINNABAR MOLE. SEEING THAT, XIAHOU CHUAN FROZE ON THE SPOT.
YUN SU STROKED XIAHOU CHUAN’S FACE WITH HIS COLD FINGERTIPS.
HE SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT HE HAD NEVER BEEN GENTLE IN FACT, HE HAD ALWAYS LIKED THE CLUMSY WAY THAT XIAHOU CHUAN TRIED TO PLEASE HIM AND PESTERED HIM VERY MUCH, AND HE HAD BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO KEEP EVERY GIFT XIAHOU CHUAN GAVE HIM. BUT WHAT HE GAVE XIAHOU CHUAN WAS TOO LITTLE.
WITH XIAHOU CHUAN.
BUT THAT WAS FINE. THE LESS HE LEFT XIAHOU CHUAN, THE FASTER XIAHOU CHUAN WOULD GET OVER IT ALL. YUN SU HOPED THAT XIAHOU CHUAN WOULD FORGET HIM SOON.
SUDDENLY, HE HEARD XIAHOU CHUAN’S TREMBLING VOICE, “FENG… YI?”
YUN SU RAISED HIS EYES, JUST LOOKING INTO
XIAHOU CHUAN’S PAINFUL EYES. YUN SU SMILED, “HUH? SEEING THAT I AM TOO WEAK TO FIGHT BACK NOW… SO YOU’RE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAUGH AT ME… RIGHT?”
YUN SU THOUGHT, XIAHOU CHUAN MUST HAVE KNOWN THAT HE HATED BEING CALLED THIS WAY, BUT XIAHOU CHUAN CALLED HIM SO IN FRONT OF HIM DELIBERATELY. WHAT A LOVELY FOOL! HOW COULD HE BE MOTIVATED BY XIAHOU CHUAN TO LIVE IN SUCH A WAY?
IT WAS TOO LATE. YUN SU WONDERED IF ANYONE WOULD SEE ANY GOOD IN THIS CLUMSY MAN AFTER HIS DEATH.
YUN SU STRUGGLED TO MOVE HIS COLD FINGERTIPS, TRYING TO TOUCH XIAHOU CHUAN’S EYES. FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, CS THEY HAD BEEN ARGUING BITTERLY WITH EACH OTHER OR DELIBERATELY NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER. YUN SU SEEMED TO HAVE NOT SMILED AT XIAHOU CHUAN FOR A LONG TIME.
IN THIS CASE, AT THE LAST MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE, YUN SU WANTED TO LEAVE HIS LAST TENDERNESS TO XIAHOU CHUAN. THEREFORE, YUN SU TRIED HIS BEST TO SHOW XIAHOU CHUAN A GENTLE SMILE, “CHUAN, DON’T CRY…”
YUN SU’S HAND FINALLY FAILED TO TOUCH XIAHOU CHUAN’S EYES AND FELL FEEBLY. XIAHOU CHUAN SUDDENLY FROZE AND STOPPED SOBBING.
AFTER A LONG TIME, A SHRILL CRY SUDDENLY BROKE THROUGH THE FIELD STRAIGHT INTO THE SKY, STARTLED SEVERAL CROWS AND RIPPLED THE LAKE VIOLENTLY. SUDDENLY A COOL BREEZE BLEW UP, DARK CLOUDS COVERED THE SUN, AND THE HEAVY SNOW BEGAN TO FALL, BLURRING THE ENTIRE WORLD.
THAT DAY WAS DECEMBER 3RD AND THE HEAVY SNOW FELL ALL NIGHT. XIAHOU CHUAN KNELT ON THE GROUND WITH YUN SU’S DEAD BODY IN HIS ARMS ALL NIGHT LONG.
BEFORE SUNRISE, XIAHOU CHUAN STAGGERED TO HIS FEET, HOLDING YUN SU’S BODY IN HIS ARMS, AND WALKED ACROSS THE BORDER TOWARD THE GREAT YUAN EMPIRE.
“FENGYI, DON’T BE AFRAID. I’M HERE TO PICK YOU UP… LET’S GO HOME TOGETHER.” LET’S GO HOME TOGETHER.