The moment of returning home, Yan Si again arrived to stroke the head of Mao Zi, saying: "Almost possessing rice already; pray you strive a small bit further."
Mao Zi heard it and thereupon flicked its tail lightly in joy and then lay still awaiting; at present it knew its master was also exceedingly hungry, so how could it dare to demand food?
Not long after, as expected there was someone bringing rice over; Yan Si silently looked upon it across a long while, thereupon deciding to pour it into the bronze washbasin, solely reserving a small bit for his very self.
Toward afterward just in such a manner; considered as capable of temporarily resolving a part of the difficulty, master and servant sharing with one another a small bit of meager food, striving to cross through those long dark days.
From then on, every single day two meals both possessed someone bringing rice over for Mao Zi; Yan Si received it, every turn sharing for it more, solely leaving a small bit regarding his own part so as to possess strength to walk back and forth to attend to and care for it.
One continuous month like that, every single thing had also gradually stepped into routine. In the afternoon Yan Si together along with Mao Zi sat before the door looking out toward the main gate.
Not long after, someone brought rice over; Yan Si received it and then awaited for the person to depart away, only then patting the head of Mao Zi, saying: "Hastily go into the interior to bring your basin out here."
Mao Zi heard the words, instantly going into the interior biting the basin to bring out, at the same time wagging its tail…
As was customary, Yan Si ladled rice out to the bronze washbasin, solely leaving a small bit for himself, and then together along with it consumed the meal.
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At the moment of having just eaten a few chopsticks of rice, all of a sudden someone arrived, causing Yan Si to panic in flustered alarm, hastily concealing the rice behind his back.
The person arriving was precisely RongCheng! Who would have expected he would suddenly manifest at this moment? Knew he not whether he had discovered the affair of his competing for food along with the dog or not? Like that would solely all the more cause the person to hate him further.
Yan Si hastily swallowed whole the portion of rice he was consuming midway, and again raised his eyes up looking upon RongCheng, asking: "Your... Your Highness arriving possesses what affair?"
At this time, if the person wished to drive him away, then he would not cling in attachment further.
Across many days past, Yan Si felt excessively tired; Mao Zi, being fed fully, again commenced to turn hyperactive, causing him to truly be unable to retain it further, so he just left it be.
All this while he had striven to maintain remaining at this place, entirely because of it; fittingly encountering the person at this place… Perchance the time had arrived for him to hand it back to the person, and then go search for a quiet place somewhere to live temporarily across the days.
Throughout the past time, he commenced to feel accustomed again along with solitude; it was time to turn back home, turn back along with the status of unknowing grass and trees amidst the deep forest.
Catching sight of the person silent without replying, Yan Si again forced a smile, saying: "Your Highness arrives truly at the right moment; I return Mao Zi back to Your Highness… Toward afterward, hoping Your Highness will treat it well."
Truly, receiving from whom, then returning back to that person was best.
Yan Si again turned over to stroke and pamper Mao Zi for one final turn: "Having eaten your fill, then follow His Highness to depart; toward afterward, remember to be good, otherwise the person will again take you away to slaughter for meat, do you know?"
Toward afterward, meeting no further, most likely he would miss it exceedingly much; and what of it? Knew he whether it would ever miss toward him or not?
Yet most likely no, it solely required possessing food, possessing a place to play disruptive pranks, then that was sufficient already; what did it know of longing and missing? A person who had once been so close and attached like that… still decisively cast him away, then how much the less it?
Whether longing, missing, or suffering pain, all were things he silently carried along…
Yan Si, from currently smiling faintly, then again knew not when he had withered and drooped down; those drops of tear pearls unconsciously rolled long across both his cheeks... At the moment of realizing he possessed improper actions before the face of RongCheng, he instantly utilized his hand hastily wiping them away, still striving to break into a smile stroking and pampering Mao Zi.
RongCheng silently looked upon Yan Si across a long while, asking: "Having loved and cherished it in such a manner, then for what cause do you return it back to me?"
"Loved and cherished it…" Having raised it from small to big, how could one not love and cherish? Yet toward days to come, departing the palace, then his own frame he could not even manage, then what to speak toward the matter of taking care of it? Following him would solely cause it to suffer more bitterness; rather staying remaining at this place, peacefully and leisurely living.
Thinking toward it, Yan Si shook his head, saying: "Tomorrow I shall arrive to meet the Emperor pleading to resign from office and then depart away from this place; therefore I cannot bring Mao Zi along, as for its part, entreating His Highness to take care."
All the way up to this moment, Yan Si completely thought not toward the two words 'eldest brother', because right now he was already no longer a relative of his.
"Let us sever the bond of sworn brotherhood starting from here..." That matter ought to have been spoken a long while ago. Everyone had implicitly understood thus, yet no matter what, there was a requirement to speak truly clearly, so that no one had to be entangled: "Toward afterward, His Highness just decisively forget me away; yet most likely Your Highness has also forgotten a long while ago, has he not? Consider it as though between us there had never existed a period of mutual encounter, never existed any affair occurring."
The matter of forgetting a foul trash entity was excessively easy toward RongCheng, while beside his side he still possessed an exceptionally marvelous wife. Officially cutting off every single relationship, then toward afterward, no matter how he turned out, he would absolutely not involve or interfere anything toward the person further; each person taking their own road.