"Being born in this world, although my abilities are only limited, it was unsure if I could ever achieve one-in-a-thousand-years contributions like the previous generations, but at least, I must not feel ashamed facing Heaven and Earth, and myself."

......and you.

The last two words were hidden away in Chang Geng's heart and were not spoken aloud.

That year, Xiu Niang dragged him behind the horse but was not able to kill him. The Bone of Impurity clinging onto him, even now, still wasn't able to turn him mad. Chang Geng sometimes felt that only when he faced the winds and waves, kept going against the current, to a place where he could finally be content with himself - only then may he be worthy of longing for yifu, even just for a little while when awoken at midnight.

Gu Yun's anger seemed to have cooled down, yet he appeared to be unhappy still, sullenly asking: "Then what were you doing in the place of monks?"

Chang Geng replied thoughtlessly: "Finding Master Liao Ran to drink tea, sometimes I cannot sleep well when the flame inside is too much - Miss Chen prescribed me with a tranquilizer, did she not? I had put some in my pouch, but for some reason, I wasn't able to find it for the last few days."

Gu Yun went silent.

Chang Geng: "I don't know where I dropped it."

Gu Yun's face was pale blue — some people really do mention things that should not be mentioned.

Marshal Gu went quiet under the torment of his conscience for a while. Then, in the end, he reached for Chang Geng's small scented pouch made from leather that he carried in his clothes, placing it in his hand without a word: "Here."

Chang Geng: "..."

This fear came all too sudden. Chang Geng, who accidentally shackled himself with his own ropes, almost bit his tongue. Just now, the Yan Bei Wang who bore the aura of an adept scholar — 'going through the mountains and rivers', his palms instantly became soaked with sweat, he stuttered: "How, how come it was at yifu's place?"

Marshal Gu, with impenetrable skin that had been through countless amounts of training, casually replied: "I don't know how it fell onto my bed. Perhaps on that day when I'd had too much, I accidentally pulled it off of you."

Chang Geng looked at him with horror.

Gu Yun feigned innocence and said: "What's wrong?"

Chang Geng shook his head, silently heaving a sigh of relief inside. He knew that this matter was now over; he could still be as intimately together with yifu as before. At the same time, however, he inevitably felt some hidden loss.