QWTBWASIFOC Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Upright Military General x Eccentric Prince 04

Chapter 33: Upright Military General x Eccentric Prince 04

As the Ninth Prince was demoted to a commoner and left the palace, the atmosphere in Jinghuai City became even more oppressive.

However, this was temporarily irrelevant to Gu Changli outside.

Having recovered some of his strength, Gu Changli was about to sit up when he saw a man standing before him, blocking most of his view with his height.

Gu Changli’s expression was cold as he lay straight on the ground.

Lu Yunqi, a heroic and martial man, had noticed the strange behavior of the young man and was staring at Gu Changli with suspicion, his gaze shifting between the youth and the large rectangular pit beside him.

“What are you doing on this desolate mountain?”

It was already late, so why wasn’t this person going home? Why was he alone on this mountain? Moreover, the more he looked at the pit, the more it resembled a long coffin.

Could this thin young man be trying to commit suicide?

The more he thought about it, the more Lu Yunqi felt he was right. He looked at the handsome young man with incomprehension, a faint ache churning in his heart.

“Where is your home? I’ll take you home.”

Gu Changli glanced at him indifferently, his bright peach blossom eyes flashing with a clear cold light. “I don’t have a home. I don’t need you to take me home.”

Lu Yunqi squatted beside Gu Changli, carefully examining the thin and beautiful youth, his gaze lingering like the stare of some crawling creature.

“Since you don’t have a home, then come home with me.”

He reached out to the youth on the grass, extending the warmest invitation to come home.

“Little Young Master, I’ll be your family from now on.”

Gu Changli stared intently at Lu Yunqi for a long while, his calm gaze falling on the red beauty mark at the corner of the other man’s left eye, a dark light flowing in his indifferent eyes.

A familiar stirring resurfaced in his heart.

He remained silent for a long time, and finally slowly offered his slender, fair left hand.

Lu Yunqi grasped the youth’s hand tightly, a nameless joy overflowing from his heart, the corners of his eyes slightly upturned with delight.

“My name is Lu Yunqi. What’s your name?”

Gu Changli repeated the other man’s name in his heart before speaking his own.

“…Changli.”

“Following the edge, weary with short wings, where to find a pair, Changli.” The heroic man holding Gu Changli’s left hand murmured the poem that suddenly surfaced in his mind.

“Although the name Changli seems somewhat lonely and desolate, it can also be understood as escaping the sea of suffering and embracing a bright future.”

“Changli, you can take my surname from now on!”

He helped the frail Gu Changli up, looking unblinkingly at the jade-like youth. “From now on, you’ll be called Lu Changli.”

Gu Changli did not refuse, allowing the other man to help him up.

Lu Yunqi put his arm around the feather-light youth, a hint of worry appearing between his brows. “How are you so light? It seems I need to buy more meat to nourish you.”

He looked at the youth’s tender face and couldn’t help but speculate about his age.

Fifteen or sixteen? Or seventeen?

Gu Changli leaned on Lu Yunqi, his face pale.

Lu Yunqi asked curiously, “How old are you?”

“…” Gu Changli did not answer Lu Yunqi, pressing against his aching stomach, his face turning frighteningly white, the color gradually fading from his lips.

Seeing this, Lu Yunqi was so frightened that he picked up Gu Changli and ran quickly down the mountain toward the nearest town.

“Changli, I’ll take you down the mountain to see a doctor right away.”

Gu Changli quietly lay on Lu Yunqi’s shoulder, the increasingly severe stomach pain tormenting him, giving him a new understanding of the frailty of this body.

Being thin was one thing, but he even had a stomach ailment.

Unfortunately, the Body Strengthening Pill was still being digested, unable to suppress the sudden stomach pain.

Lu Yunqi was so scared by Gu Changli’s complexion that he ran as fast as he could using his Qinggong, reaching the town closest to the desolate mountain in less than half an hour to see a doctor.

“Doctor, please take a look at his illness.”

The old doctor, who was just about to stop seeing patients, looked at the young man who had rushed into his clinic in a flurry and reached out to the youth in his arms.

He took the youth’s wrist and began to take his pulse, but the more he diagnosed, the angrier he became.

“How exactly are you taking care of people? This kid not only suffers from stomach problems but is also physically weak, and even has prolonged malnutrition.”

Such a weak pulse should not appear in such a young man. He was clearly already nineteen, almost of age, yet he was more frail than those elderly people.

Lu Yunqi frowned. “Please prescribe medicine and quickly save him.”

As for Gu Changli’s condition, he would ask about it later.

The old doctor quickly prescribed and prepared the medicine, and also asked his young grandson to quickly boil and bring the potion.

Before long, Gu Changli drank the bowl of medicinal soup.

Seeing that they were travel-worn and looked like outsiders, the kind-hearted old doctor gave up the empty bed in the back, temporarily letting the youth lie down and rest for a moment.

Lu Yunqi sat by the bed, staring at Gu Changli, sweat breaking out on his forehead in his anxiety, making the old doctor understand that the youth’s illness was not caused by him.

The old doctor asked his young grandson to stay with Gu Changli and called Lu Yunqi outside, handing him the prescription for recuperation. “Young Master Lu, the young Young Master’s illness is caused by years of suffering and hardship. He will need to take good care of himself in the future.”

Lu Yunqi gripped the prescription. “I understand.”

The old doctor sighed and said with emotion, “I’m afraid he hasn’t had a few good days. If Young Master Lu is kind-hearted, then take good care of the child.”

He had been seeing patients in the town for decades. A normally raised child would never be so weak, let alone have such a difficult-to-treat chronic illness.

The young Young Master’s physical foundation was too damaged, probably caused by being tortured since childhood. He didn’t know which parents were so cruel.

This was simply not treating the other party as human!

Even the beggars on the roadside were probably stronger and more energetic than this young Young Master.

“!!!” Lu Yunqi felt a pain in his heart.

Besides heartache, he also felt anger and hatred towards those who had caused the youth to be so weak, wishing he could take a knife and kill them all.

Bastards, did they think he couldn’t wield a knife anymore!

He cupped his fist in his other hand and said, “Thank you for the reminder, old sir. I will take good care of Changli.”

The old doctor waved his hand. “It’s no problem.”

Gu Changli, who was so bitter from the ancient Chinese medicine that he didn’t want to speak, held the osmanthus candy given to him by the old doctor’s young grandson and didn’t want to recount the original owner’s terrible experiences.

The impact of suffering would only leave a bitter taste in one’s mouth.

Lu Yunqi returned to Gu Changli’s side, quietly looking at the beautiful youth with a troubled fate.

“Changli, do you want to seek justice for yourself?”

Hearing this, Gu Changli lifted his eyelids and glanced at the man who was clenching his fists in anger, ready to punch someone.

“You want to seek justice for me? Why?”

Lu Yunqi said through gritted teeth, “The villains who treated you so harshly should pay the price. We can’t just let it go because you’re young.”

“Changli, even if those villains are your close relatives, they can’t hurt you so maliciously.”

“You are you first, and then their family.”

Regardless of whether the people who hurt Changli were his biological parents or some blood-related relatives, they were not worthy of being Changli’s blood relatives.

Gu Changli was silent for a moment before saying, “My affairs will naturally be handled by me.”

“Lu Yunqi, thank you for thinking of me.”

He would naturally not forget who the real culprits were who had caused the original owner’s miserable life.

— The current Emperor Liang, Liang Ye!

If it weren’t for Emperor Liang’s forcible seizure of Jiang Zhuyan and his cruel attack on Prince Rui, then the original owner, who should have grown up peacefully, would not have died so miserably, so bitterly that he even gave up the opportunity to live again.

Emperor Liang was the true leader of all sins.

Gu Changli would naturally trace the source and make this arrogant and powerful emperor taste the pain of living, allowing Emperor Liang to slowly experience the various sufferings, tortures, and realistic destructions that the original owner had suffered.

From body to mind, he would completely crush Emperor Liang!