BLHO Chapter 55

Chapter 55: Please Don’t Push Me Away Anymore, Okay?

Chapter 55: Please Don’t Push Me Away Anymore, Okay?

Lin Shuangxu didn’t know how long he had slept. He was in a hazy dream, never turning over.

His shoulders were very sore, and he wanted to move, but his body was held down, and he couldn’t move.

When he felt uncomfortable, he moaned and resisted. Someone whispered in his ear, coaxing him to be obedient and not to move around.

He calmed down and fell asleep again.

He began to dream. The same scene appeared in his dream again—

The bottomless abyss, like the bloody mouth of a demon, swallowed the person who lost their footing and fell.

He watched He Yuncheng’s figure fall, shouting anxiously, but he couldn’t make a sound.

Then, in the midst of a violent ringing in his ears, he heard He Yuncheng call him.

“Lin Shuangxu…”

He exhausted all his strength and finally opened his eyes.

His heart was pounding. Before him was He Yuncheng’s delighted face, and around him were familiar furnishings.

Having been unconscious for too long, Lin Shuangxu was a little slow to react. He was stunned for a long time before confirming that he had returned to the General’s Manor.

“Yun…” he opened his mouth, his throat dry and hoarse, making it difficult to speak.

He Yuncheng’s eyes were even more bloodshot. He lowered his head and gently rubbed his forehead against Lin Shuangxu’s.

“You’re finally willing to wake up… Are you thirsty? I’ll get you some water.”

The rough and careless military man, when taking care of his beloved, learned thoughtfulness without a teacher.

He Yuncheng poured half a cup of warm water and returned to the bedside.

Lin Shuangxu propped himself up, trying to sit up, but found that the place where he had been shot was very painful.

He Yuncheng quickly helped him, “Don’t move around. The military doctor said you need to rest for a few more days before you can get out of bed.”

Lin Shuangxu was helpless and could only lie down obediently, asking him, “How long have I been asleep?”

“Three days,” He Yuncheng said.

Lin Shuangxu was silent, thinking.

Too many things could have happened in three days. He didn’t know if Princess Meng Ning had escaped, or how far Li Yuliang’s investigation had gone.

Ignoring the pain in his wound, he wanted to ask He Yuncheng in detail.

Just as he was about to speak, his mouth was blocked without warning.

Unprepared, He Yuncheng leaned in, the tip of his nose pressing against his, even his eyelashes brushed against his cheeks.

Lin Shuangxu was dumbfounded. His body, which was already afraid to move, became even stiffer.

In the next moment, He Yuncheng slightly opened his lips, and the bland, warm water flowed into his mouth through the cracks, drop by drop.

His mind went blank. Lin Shuangxu’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and he subconsciously swallowed the water that was being fed to him.

A few drops flowed down the corner of his lips. After feeding him, He Yuncheng raised his head and wiped them away with his thumb.

“Want more?” he asked considerately.

Lin Shuangxu blinked his eyes in a daze. His originally haggard face visibly flushed red. Shyly, he shifted his gaze, pretending nothing had happened.

He Yuncheng couldn’t help but smile and asked him, “What’s wrong? You Dislikeme?”

“Who told you to feed me water like that…”

“The military doctor told me to,” He Yuncheng said with a face full of frankness. “You couldn’t drink medicine when you were unconscious. The military doctor taught me to feed you like this. It’s been like this for the past few days, once in the morning and once in the evening. I fed you all the medicinal soup like this. It’s too late to Dislikeme now.”

It’s been like this for the past few days…

Lin Shuangxu seriously doubted whether it was really the military doctor who had instructed him to do so.

As he spoke, He Yuncheng leaned down, holding him loosely in his arms, his burning gaze making his heart flutter. “It’s not like it’s the first time. We’ve done more intimate things before. If you blame me for taking advantage of you, hurry up and get better so you can teach me a lesson.”

After this experience, He Yuncheng’s infatuation and obsession with him would probably be even more impossible to give up.

Who was to blame? He himself was an accomplice in this deep entanglement.

“From now on, I won’t leave you for a moment. Please don’t push me away anymore, Lin Shuangxu, look at me…”

His passionate whispers, every word was an irresistible temptation to Lin Shuangxu.

In countless unknown moments, he had fought against his own feelings, but they had given rise to a love even more intense than He Yuncheng saw.

How could he not love him?

But he still avoided his gaze, refusing to look directly into He Yuncheng’s eyes.

The copper walls and iron barriers of many years could not be broken. The He family’s kindness confined him, and his unspeakable past, like a knife hanging over his head, the tip of the blade getting closer and closer, ready to fall at any moment.

He Yuncheng deserved a better future.

“Lin Shuangxu…”

He Yuncheng reached out, gently stroking his hair, taking in all his subtle emotions.

He felt extremely sorry for him.

Lin Shuangxu’s mind was in a mess. When he heard He Yuncheng call his name, reason cried out for the dam to burst.

As the entangled breaths drew closer, his heart screamed no, but his body’s instincts tricked him into closing his eyes.

It wasn’t the first time.

Why was his heart still beating so strongly?

He Yuncheng really didn’t plan to bully him at this time.

Lin Shuangxu was injured and unconscious. At the very least, he had to wait until his body recovered before bringing up those requests that made him uncomfortable and awkward.

But seeing him lying here so pitifully, unwilling but not refusing, made it difficult for He Yuncheng to control himself.

Just one kiss, very light, okay?

He Yuncheng approached cautiously, tenderly and reverently.

But just as their lips were about to touch, a gust of cool wind suddenly blew in.

The door of the bedroom was pushed open, and the reckless voice of that Deputy General Qin came.

“General! Is the young master feeling any better?”

People from the military camp had come to see him.

Lin Shuangxu’s heart tightened. In a panic, he didn’t know what to do. His back was injured, and he didn’t dare to move his arms, so he raised his leg and kicked He Yuncheng away.

Guo Yao led the deputy general and the others in, and as soon as they entered, they saw He Yuncheng staggering and about to fall to the ground.

Not knowing what had happened, Guo Yao thoughtfully asked if he was alright.

He Yuncheng waved his hand, anxiously turning back to look at Lin Shuangxu, afraid that his kick had been too forceful and had pulled on his wound.

Fortunately, he didn’t cry out in pain.

But his face was completely red.

“Cough.” Confirming that he was okay, He Yuncheng stepped aside and said to the people who had come, “He’s awake.”

Lin Shuangxu lay on the bed, his expression serious. “Thank you all for your concern. My wound has not yet healed, and it is inconvenient for me to get up. Forgive my rudeness.”

“Young Master, you don’t need to be so polite.” Guo Yao stepped forward to speak.

Unlike He Yuncheng, who was entangled in love and affection, only caring about tenderness and neglecting important matters, he had his priorities straight.

They had been investigating the carriage in which Lin Shuangxu had fallen for several days without results, and they really couldn’t guess who had kidnapped him.

Guo Yao said, “Young Master, please tell us quickly, what is the truth about the Princess’s case? Was it really a eunuch’s plot, or was someone else stirring up trouble? Who exactly took you away?”

Lin Shuangxu regained his composure, his expression serious.

Everyone stood by the bed, waiting for him to answer. The future of the entire He family army was at stake, and no one dared to take it lightly.

However, Lin Shuangxu was silent for a moment, and then looked at He Yuncheng with a meaningful gaze, saying nothing.

He couldn’t guarantee that what he was doing was right, but for now, the fact that Meng Ning was still alive couldn’t be known by too many people.

–

At night, a seriously injured person staggered and stumbled out of the Imperial Prison, leaving behind a tattered flying fish robe and a chipped Embroidered Spring Blade.

The past glory was dead. From now on, there would no longer be a person named Shen Tan in Bei Sheng, in charge of the Northern Garrison, controlling the life and death of officials and royal relatives.

Her threat had worked. Song Jiting was Li Yuliang’s weakness.

Without her uttering a single confession, she had exchanged just one name and made Li Yuliang let her go.

Riding her horse at full speed, she bumped along the way, supporting her weak breath to rush back to find Gu Meng Ning.

Li Yuliang had given her life-sustaining ointment, but she had lost it on the road.

She would live if she could endure it, and die if she couldn’t. She wouldn’t look back.

Even though she knew better than anyone that to Gu Meng Ning, she was just useful.

Because she was useful, she used both soft and hard tactics on her, entangling her endlessly.

But all of this was unimportant when she was found again.

Gu Meng Ning was still alive, and that was the best thing in the world.

No matter what she wanted to do, she would accompany her to the end, regardless of life or death.

–

At the fifth watch, the snow was as black as ink.

The palace road was empty, and Li Yuliang walked alone, leaving long and lonely footprints.

The answer he had exchanged from Shen Tan was absurd.

However, he believed that what she said was true.

In fact, in the times when Gu Huan seemingly coincidentally stopped him from leaving the palace, when so many people were killed in the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion but no clues could be found, when he dug three feet into the ground but couldn’t find the person alive or dead, he should have known that the most impossible possibility was the truth.

He didn’t return to the Directorate of Ceremonial, but walked towards the brightest light.

The lights of the Hall of Mental Cultivation were on all night.

The Emperor had been timid since childhood, and even with the lights on, he needed someone to be by his side to sleep peacefully.

The night wind was bone-chilling. Gu Huan stood in front of the hall, his delicate body shrouded in thick shadows.

Li Yuliang had always thought that he was still that innocent child.

In fact, he had long grown up.

It was just that Li Yuliang hadn’t noticed.

Or perhaps, Gu Huan had deliberately not let him notice.

The Emperor was never foolish; the Emperor was extremely intelligent.

So intelligent that, just by looking at Li Yuliang’s eyes like this, he knew that he could reveal everything.

His eyes were still clear, and he looked at Li Yuliang with a smile.

Watching him walk up to him and kneel on the snow without expression.

Angry, but also fearful.

“I beg Your Majesty, spare his life.”

Gu Huan’s expression was calm. “Grand Eunuch Li, you violated the palace rules by privately keeping a male concubine. For so many years, I turned a blind eye, but I never thought that the person you kept would be the descendant of a traitorous official.”

As he spoke, he helped Li Yuliang brush the dust off his shoulders.

“I raised you to your current position, was it so that you could repay kindness with hatred and rebel against me?”

“This servant has never had such intentions. Please, Your Majesty, understand.”

Li Yuliang kowtowed heavily on the ground.

Gu Huan watched coldly, displaying the ruthlessness of an emperor.

After a moment, he slowly squatted down, looking Li Yuliang in the eye, just like the obedient child who had relied on him when he was young.

“Grand Eunuch Li, you are the only person I trust in this palace. Everyone in the world says that you are a treacherous official, but I have never listened. Don’t disappoint me.”

Gu Huan’s dark eyes were like an abyss. Falling into them would result in being crushed to pieces.

Li Yuliang begged him desperately, “This servant has no ulterior motives. I beg Your Majesty… to let him go.”

“Sigh.” Gu Huan sighed. “I can let him go, but there must be something in exchange. Otherwise, I won’t be able to sit on this dragon throne in peace.”