On a snowy night, on a cliff, I had a strange poison called "Lovesickness" that had no antidote, and I was held up in front of the cliff by the cold-faced killer who was chasing me - he was the powerful "Night Owl", the first secret guard of the regent, and he was also the "cold night" I thought I could trust with my life.
"Killing me will help you get promoted step by step?" I asked with a bloody smile.
His silver blade was stained with blood, but there was pain in his eyes that I couldn't understand: "Yes."
But when I turned around, he slaughtered all the pursuers, tremblingly fed me the antidote when I was poisoned, and kissed away my tears when no one was around.
On top of the city tower, I asked three questions: "Is it your mission to save me? Is your temptation to act? Are you going to kill me now?"
He nodded coldly in front of an army of 100,000 people. I jumped down, but was caught desperately by the silent guard Shi Meng.
Shi Meng said: "Miss, he is the son of an enemy. I am willing to subvert the world for you."
But in the dungeon, Gu Yehan used his severed finger to wipe away my tears across the iron bars: "Trust me, wait for me."
I am an orphan from the previous dynasty, the only key to unlocking the treasure of national destiny, and a pawn in their chess game.
When the truth was revealed, the regent's butcher knife fell, and Shi Meng was stained with blood on the battlefield to protect me. Gu Yehan cut off a finger to apologize, and bore the world's infamy just to protect me.
"Zhiyao," he knelt in front of me. The once cold-faced killer only had humility in his eyes, "I take the country as my job and my life as my promise. I beg you to forgive me."
But I am holding Shi Meng's relics and looking at the devastated world, and I just want to ask:
Is your belated affection worth the protection he gave his life for?
