Chen Jun opened his eyes. He is up on someone's back. Carried by someone. So, comforting and a faint smell.
As Chen Jun moved, to up his head, the person spoked,
You awake, My Lord?
Chen Jun flinched. He is used to hear "You're Highness". Only one close person call's him, "My Lord"
Chen Jun's eyes widened as he realized it. It's little Xiao Lin. He climbed down and barely came front to take a look.
He seen a gorgeous, handsome and pretty much young man looking at him with a heartwarming smile.
Chen Jun was still weak to move. He tremblingly reached his hand to touch Xiao Lin. He is no more that little Xiao Lin. Now he is a handsome, good-looking grown-up man. Chen Jun muttered with surprised,
A-Chang?
Xiao Lin bowed to him formally,
Yes, My Lord.
Chen Jun don't know what emotion is going through to him. How should he react. He couldn't show up anything nor a word and passed out. The men who never passed out in his life anytime now after getting the strike nails in his body, it's giving up every time. Though his spirit power still helping him to gain consciousness.
Xiao Lin shook his head and caught him before Chen Jun touch the ground. He started to head to Chen Jun's pavilion holding him tight, flying up with a beautiful creature.
AS they reached at Xian cam, after seeing Chen Jun collapsed up on a young man's shoulder with pale breathless face, the whole tired shoulders and Wang Duoling broke into tears. They know what happened. And knows he took it willingly.
Xiao Lin ignored everyone and gone through his room, putted Chen Jun on his bed. Then came out, closed the door behind him. And with a tense serious, coated face he started asking the whole situation.
Though at first Wang Duoling insisted not to say a word about Chen Jun and his past to some unknown person. But seeing him that close to Chen Jun and his tall firm gentle appearance made them understood he is not some stranger for their general. The way he caressed him and took him here when he is that weak and injured.
Wang Duoling started to tell him the whole thing. Even how Chen Jun always with a burden of carrying his clan responsibility all alone. Like he is bound here and that's why how he kept slow poisoning himself to get rid of his life. And the punishment, the insulant. As she kept saying those things, everything was just raging Xiao Lin's inner beast more fired to jump up instant for him. Now his that warm, soft, sweet smile faded. As he kept hearing everything from them.
Xiao Lin left with furious. The thought of him taking any step for Chen Jun to make him live longer, planted a little hope to the shoulders and Wang Duoling.
But days passed he doesn't come.
Here Chen Jun were preparing for his next battle with Western Han. He was more focused then. But his health sometime gave up after trying too hard.
Chen Jun still getting wondered about the encounter of Xiao Lin. He kept thinking about it. It was so real to be dream. But it's good to be a dream. because now he has no hope to live. And he has to surrender anytime to death. He kept confirming him by saying,
It must be the near-death wish. To meet A-Chang once again. He must be now passed his teenager's. He is an adult now. Also, good looking and handsome much more than cute before. That dream or illusion must be to comfort him, to let his wish full before death to meet him. And pay back to him by riding his back.
Chen Jun drinking near the bridge and thinking those with heavy heart. But he can't let his emotion control him. Though for an emotionless person like him it's easy to deal with that eternal strike heart nail. But whenever it's come for Xiao Lin, he can't control that pang of piercing's kept digging his heart.
Chen Jun stood there, clenching his heart point, enduring the pain. The night passed by standing there all alone while from afar up on a shed Xiao Lin looking at him, can't put him to show up and confront. Just staring at him with an impatient and holding eyes.