Chapter 93: Taking Beggars In (I)
Translator: Storm in a Teacup
After having had such a dream, Long remained in a bad mood for several days in a row.
Plus, s.h.i.+ wasn’t with him. So, Long felt more depressed.
He counted the days and waited for s.h.i.+ to come back. Finally, that day came.
Before s.h.i.+ went upstairs, he was told by the Shadow Guardians that the emperor was in a bad mood and only ate a little these days.
s.h.i.+ thought Long was angry because he left without saying goodbye earlier.
But when he saw Long later, s.h.i.+ found that things might not be that simple!
“Qingzhou?” Long was stunned when he saw s.h.i.+ in the room.
s.h.i.+ closed the door. “I’m back.”
Long suddenly stood up and then smiled bitterly. “You are back?”
s.h.i.+ went to Long step and step while saying softly, “Yes, I’m back. Are you angry?”
Long shook his head. “No, don’t overthink it.”
s.h.i.+ frowned deeply. When he left, he expected that Long would be angry, but he didn’t expect Long would behave like this!
Long said he wasn’t angry, but s.h.i.+ found that… Long wasn’t in a good state.
“What’s the matter with you?” s.h.i.+ asked.
Long pursed his lips. “Nothing… It’s just that I’m not in a good mood these days.”
s.h.i.+ took a deep breath, “Because I left you?”
“No.” Long shook his head. “It’s just because I had a bad dream.”
s.h.i.+ was stunned, since he didn’t expect to get such an answer. “You had… a bad dream?”
Long smiled bitterly. “Yes.”
“What did you dream of?” s.h.i.+ asked.
Long didn’t know how to tell s.h.i.+ about that dream, which was actually about his previous life. So, he could only shake his head.
Some coldness flashed through s.h.i.+’s eyes. “You can’t even tell me?”
Feeling that s.h.i.+ was a little unhappy, Long opened his mouth and said hesitantly, “No… I can tell you… but I don’t know how to say it… Qingzhou, please don’t be angry.”
Looking at Long, s.h.i.+ softened his expression.
Then, s.h.i.+ approached Long and said softly, “What did you dream of?”
Long said in a low voice, “I dreamed that… all my relatives left me.”
s.h.i.+ was stunned after hearing those words. “You mean… the late emperor?”
Long pressed his lips together and shook his head. “No. I mean my mother and the others.”
“The late empress?” s.h.i.+ pondered for a while. “You still have me.”
Long breathed a long sigh of relief and then held s.h.i.+ into his arms.
“Yes, I still have you. I’m so glad that you’re with me, Qingzhou…”
s.h.i.+’s face completely softened as he looked at Long.
A moment later, Long let go of s.h.i.+.
“Qingzhou, did you keep taking your medicine?”
s.h.i.+ nodded. “I took Zhang Yuan with me and the residual poison in my body has been removed.”
Long looked at s.h.i.+ angrily.
“This isn’t over yet!”
s.h.i.+ blinked. “I came back safe, didn’t I?”
“So that’s it?” Long was dissatisfied and stared at s.h.i.+ in anger.
s.h.i.+ knew that he was wrong, so he said softly, “It was my fault this time.”
Long snorted. “You still know it was your fault?”
s.h.i.+ touched his nose. “Yeah…”
Long thought that s.h.i.+ looked so funny, so he couldn’t help pinching s.h.i.+’s cheek.
s.h.i.+ frowned slightly. He felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn’t dare to stop Long.
Long stopped after a while and then he looked at s.h.i.+. “Humph, I’ll forgive you this time!”
s.h.i.+ touched his nose.
Then, Long took s.h.i.+’s hand and the two of them sat down.
s.h.i.+ told Long the whole story of his journey.
After hearing that, Long said, “So the troops have now been split up and gone to Shuanghua City separately?”
“Yes, they’re experienced and won’t make others get suspicious.”
Long breathed a long sigh of relief. “Qingzhou, you’ve done a good job.”
“You won’t blame me?” s.h.i.+ raised his eyebrows.
Long rolled his eyes. “Who dares to blame you?”
s.h.i.+ stared at Long as if saying that “clearly you were very angry just now!”
Long smiled. “How could you leave even without saying goodbye?”
s.h.i.+ didn’t want to argue with him, so he directly said, “I’m hungry.”
“Well, I’ll have the meal prepared.”
s.h.i.+ nodded and watched Long doing something for himself.
Long acted a little strange earlier. s.h.i.+ didn’t like Long behaving like that by instinct. He was also a little scared. He felt that man was so far away from him that he couldn’t reach, so he was very unhappy.
Now that Long was back to normal, s.h.i.+ felt that was the man he was familiar with.
s.h.i.+ didn’t want to think more about Long’s dream. He always felt that after that special dream several days ago, Long had been hiding something from him.
However, s.h.i.+ also thought that if he really got to know the secrets that Long wasn’t willing to tell him, it might not be good for both of them.
Therefore, s.h.i.+ never forced Long to say anything about that.
At present, s.h.i.+ just wanted to be with Long.
s.h.i.+ instinctively felt that as long as he was with Long, Long would always be his intimate lover!
After dinner, Long had a good mood, so he went to the street with s.h.i.+.
Long still didn’t change his shopping habits. When he saw something interesting or when he thought something was suitable for s.h.i.+, he would buy it without hesitation.
Soon, s.h.i.+ received many gifts.
Looking at those little things, s.h.i.+ wanted to laugh, but he also felt deeply moved.
At least, it meant that Long still cared about him, right?
s.h.i.+ accepted the gift. After strolling around for a while, the two of them planned to go back.
Just then, they heard a commotion ahead.
Long and s.h.i.+ immediately looked over.
They saw that a middle-aged man kicked down a beggar, who was a seven or eight-year-old boy.
Long’s face hardened as he went toward there.
s.h.i.+ followed him.
“How dare you steal my things? You’re courting death!” The middle-aged man kicked the little beggar again.
There were many people around, but none of them stood up to help the beggar.
“Did he really steal your things?” When that man wanted to kick the boy again, Long grasped his wrist and exerted a little force.
Even though Long couldn’t be compared with s.h.i.+ in terms of power, he was still more powerful than the man who couldn’t do any martial arts at all.
Thus, that man felt hurt immediately.
But s.h.i.+ frowned. He didn’t like Long touching others like that. It was dirty!
So, s.h.i.+ went to Long and then pulled his clothes.
Long turned to look at s.h.i.+. “What’s wrong?”
While asking, Long let go of that man.
s.h.i.+ shook his head and turned his eyes to the little beggar.