What he did and what path he took for Gu Yun, these were his own decisions.

He had a lot of motives, but he did not want to use this against Gu Yun - for it was too cheap.

The two of them would treat this feeling as a kind of an embarrassing secret, continuing for a long time, waiting for Chang Geng to hone himself little by little, until he could joke about this matter, or after a long time, that heartless Gu Yun would forget the matter on his own.

Chang Geng had been used to restraint since childhood. As long as he had not turned completely mad, he would restrain himself until he died.

Desire, especially unrealistic desire, was a very painful thing. Whether it was desire for money, power, or anything else, it was shackles on the body. The deeper one was trapped, the tighter one would be bound. This truth was too clear in Chang Geng's mind, thus he dared not indulge for even a moment.

Unfortunately, even if he understood it any clearer, it was useless - it was too late to say anything now.

One wrong thought under the city wall had let him take this step forward, coupled with an absence of response from Gu Yun...

Not mentioning whether Chang Geng could still let go as happily as before when he never had any hope, could Gu Yun's heart continue on as if nothing had happened?

As for General Gu, who was both injured and sick, his head was being stretched twice as much.

He believed that in this matter, his responsibility was greater. He truly felt guilty, because under normal circumstances, Chang Geng would never touch him unless he acquiesced to it.

And even if he had not yet managed to steady himself in the midst of chaos, even if it was an 'accident', his reaction afterwards shouldn't have been to simply let it slide.

In fact, Gu Yun himself could not tell what he had thought at that time. Perhaps there was no time to think about anything. When he closed his eyes, it was as if he could still see Chang Geng's deep gaze on him in the midst of the sound of artillery fire coming down the city, as if in this heaven and earth, those eyes could only contain him.

Nobody, especially men, could be indifferent towards that kind of look.

Gu Yun had one nose and two eyes, he was no more special than the others. He also had passions and desires.

He couldn't simply regard Chang Geng as a close descendant as he had before, but raising him like a son for so many years, he momentarily could not become accustomed to it.

At this time, Chang Geng slowly bent down, reaching out to cover Gu Yun's ineffective eyes, not letting him see his current appearance.