"No." Chang Geng suddenly replied, his tone incredibly calm: "It was actually I who had done disrespectful things to yifu first."

Gu Yun: "..."

"And there is no reason," Chang Geng gently pressed his head, not letting him move, and his tone was unusually ordinary.

"What reason could there be for this kind of thing? If I think about it, perhaps because I have never been loved by neither my father nor mother, except for yifu, no one has ever given me affection. As the years went by, it had given birth to thoughts that I should not be having. You have never noticed it, and I had never intended to mention it to anyone either. On that day, I was too furious and accidentally exposed myself."

Gu Yun could only feel as if a large stone had fallen from the sky, crushing his chest, causing him to be unable to breathe - he soon assumed Chang Geng only momentarily strayed from his path, who would have thought that it was, in truth, a long time illness!

"There is no need for yifu to take this to heart, just pretend this matter had never existed." Chang Geng replied with indifference.

The needles in his hands never faltered. If it was not for him personally admitting to it, Gu Yun would perhaps continue assuming he was old yet improper, overestimated himself, and had such insolent thoughts.

But how would he be able to pretend it never happened?

Gu Yun felt he was about to go crazy, the feeling of premature aging arose; for the first time, he discovered that the 'Northwest Flower' was no longer youthful - he could no longer understand what young people were thinking!

"The Emperor called me into the court to listen in these past two days," Chang Geng abruptly changed the topic, "They are quarreling all day, opening a large case of corruption and fraud, I have also had a general idea of ​​how the Emperor thinks. What does yifu plan to do?"

Gu Yun gave him a blank stare, clearly not in the mood to discuss the political affairs with him.

Chang Geng sighed softly, reached out, took Gu Yun's liuli glass off, and placed it to the side. By this action, he had isolated himself from Gu Yun's line of sight, his expression firmly conveyed: I will not tell you anything.

"I am willing to do anything for you. If you are uncomfortable with me, I can get out of your sight. If you only want a filial and understanding son, I promise I will never cross this line." Chang Geng said, "Yifu, I have been very embarrassed about this matter — please stop asking what is in my heart, alright?"

A large 'no' was written all over Gu Yun.

Chang Geng began to unload the silver needles from his body, and calmly asked: "Then what do you want me to do?"

Not waiting for him to speak up, he had cut in again: "Anything."