In all these years, Xu Baihu was the first kind person he had ever met. Although he was not an exceptionally gifted man, he was generous and gentle. His stepfather had used himself to set an example; for the first time, he had made Chang Geng understand that one could go through life with such peacefulness.

It was just that Xu Baihu always had his hands full with military affairs and almost never came home, which created an opportunity for Gu Yun to come and fill this empty gap in Chang Geng's heart.

Seeing the boy had silently confirmed this, Gu Yun tilted his head and hazily stared at the bed curtain at the top, suddenly unable to stop an unpleasant sensation inside of him. He unconsciously asked: "Brother Xu treated you better than I did?"

Chang Geng gave him a surprised look, not understanding why Gu Yun would ask such a question with an already obvious answer.

This time, Gu Yun had miraculously understood his eyes, suddenly feeling as if an ice-cold wind had swept through his heart. He said dryly: "Well there is no other choice, the Emperor's order is hard to violate, you can only make do."

Chang Geng: "..."

Gu Yun burst out laughing, Chang Geng could feel the slight vibration of his chest as he did so and suddenly was struck with a foreign sensation. The left half of his heart felt that the distance between them right now was somewhat unnatural, and he wanted to move slightly further away from him.

But the right half was wishing that he could be turned into a thin piece of paper and be glued close to Gu Yun without even the slightest gap.

These two ideas battling indefinitely inside of him seemed to tear him in half.

And just when this decisive battle was ongoing, Gu Yun's bad habit started to kick in again.

Chang Geng's hair was scattered behind him and unfortunately fell into Gu Yun's hand. He began to unconsciously play with it, tugging it back and forth. He did not use strength but gently pulled on his scalp.

Chang Geng was immediately startled, and goosebumps spread all over his skin. The blood in his entire body shifted from flowing naturally to rushing like mad, as if he could hear the rustling as it ran through his blood vessels. An unknown source of heat broke through all of his limbs and almost burned him from inside out.

Chang Geng quickly got up and took back his hair. He instinctively said with embarrassment: "Don't mess around!"

Gu Yun was often sick when he was younger and was also late in hitting his growth spurt, even at twelve or thirteen years old, he still bore the appearance of a child, hence why he also did not regard Chang Geng as an adult and was the least bit aware of the inappropriate nature of this situation.