Ink Blade

CHAPTER 17.2 Responsibility (part 2)

"If the Master is unwilling to see him and let him stain the Master’s eyes, then simply leave it to this subordinate to do it in the future. Ah Ren, Ah Ren begs the Master....." Mo Ren closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, and was about to kneel down.

Chu Yan grabbed his arm, "Enough."

He paused for a moment, and finally said in a deep voice, "Stop talking..."

"Master..." Mo Ren looked up anxiously, but only to see that the anger on Chu Yan's face had disappeared. He was watching him carefully and attentively while lost in thought.

The next moment, Chu Yan bent down and embraced him, then said sullenly, "Stop talking.”

"Back then...you looked like this when you begged this Master to make a thorough investigation of Bai Hua, do you remember, Ah Ren?" The Palace Master of the Jiuzhong Palace's eyes were dark, his thin lips opened and closed, and suddenly he put on a self-deprecating smile, "That time, this Master is so sorry for you, but now there shouldn’t be anything happening to you..."

This time, the change was on Mo Ren as he was left speechless.

He didn't remember clearly, but at least he knew that as the palace master's personal bodyguard, he couldn't be obedient, always contradicted his master, angered him, and was beaten and scolded.

"Ah….that's all, nothing more to say, no more scolding you." Chu Yan murmured while leaning on Mo Ren's neck, "What this Master just said was simply angry words. Ah  Ren, don’t worry about it.....Bai Hua's matters are all up to you, okay?"

Mo Ren was hugged in a daze, thinking to himself: But why? He clearly made a mess this time. The Master was obviously angry, but why did he not beat and scold him?

Chu Yan raised his hand and touched Mo Ren's loose hair, with a sense of comfort and reassurance. He gave another look to Hall Master Yang, who always had his head lowered in shame and said in a deep voice, "Yang Yifang, you have heard everything you should have heard. The time of some matters have not yet arrived, so keep them in your heart."

"Palace Master, rest assured, this subordinate understands." Yang Yifang's back was drenched in cold sweat. The news revealed in this short period of time was not ordinary as usual, and his mind was still buzzing.

Young Master Bai Hua is a spy, but why still keep him?

Something happened in the Shuijing Tower, and the Palace Master will personally take up the matter?

Also, the Palace Master and Guard Mo, why does he feel that something is wrong with the two…

Palace Master Chu didn't say much, he wrapped his cloak tightly around Mo Ren, and carried the person out of the Punishment Hall.

The sunlight outside suddenly fell on the corner of his eyes, Mo Ren immediately became bewildered, and said in a panic, "The Master must not, this subordinate is able to walk!"

"Be good." Chu Yan remained indifferent, and pulled the cloak with one hand, covering the guard's eyes from the sunlight, "No outsider will see, so what are you afraid of?"

Mo Ren was at a loss.

It isn’t a matter of being seen or not…

Why? He made such a serious mistake, he was so disobedient, but instead the Master even coaxed him and held him?

Mo Ren was so stunned, and like this, he was carried back to the palace master's sleeping chamber by Chu Yan. Chu Yan pinned him down on the bed, and gave only one order: Sleep!

Mo Dao knew very well that he had hurt his master's heart by being disobedient this time, and he was already extremely guilty, thus he dared not violate the order again and made trouble with the palace master.

In addition, after the drug punishment, he was already exhausted physically and mentally, and as soon as his head touched the pillow, he quickly fell asleep.

When he woke up, the sun had already fallen on the western hills, and found that Chu Yan was still sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at him blankly.

"Master..." Mo Ren’s heart pounded hard. But before he could finish his sentence, Chu Yan smiled lightly and said, "You're hungry, this Master will send someone to bring in dinner.”

Mo Ren quickly shook his head, got up hastily and wanted to get down to the ground. Chu Yan pressed his shoulder and told him to lie down on the bed and rest for a while longer.

The colorful clouds flowed gently outside the window, it reflected on the handsome appearance of the palace master, intensifying his contours.

At this moment, Mo Ren suddenly had the delusional idea of pushing further and taking advantage of the situation. He raised his eyes to look at Chu Yan, and said softly, "Master, do you still want Ah Ren tomorrow?”

Chu Yan paused abruptly, and complex emotions flashed in his eyes. His breath became unsteady, as if there was some huge pain passing through his whole body.

“Don't talk like that in the future," Chu Yan lowered his face, his voice suppressed, "This Master won’t…” There was an abrupt pause in his voice, "...This Master will never ever not want you."

This Master will really never ever not want you.

The words he shouted in his heart when he stood in front of Mo Ren's corpse in a daze in the previous life could no longer be said now.

Chu Yan pursed his lips, "You and this Master will leave tomorrow. But just as before, this Master wants you to promise that you will never make your own decisions without telling this Master, not even once, you have to promise this Master."

Mo Ren was pleasantly surprised, and quickly responded. Chu Yan nodded. "This Master will let Bai Hua know of the news two days later, to release some information of the departure to the Shuijing Tower, at that time, we’ll keep watch on his actions. You don't have to think too much, this Master will be there as well.”

As he spoke, he stood up, his slender figure casted a long shadow by the bed under the setting sun.

"Ah Ren is this Master’s guard," Chu Yan stretched out his finger, the back of his index finger lightly touching the side of Mo Ren's pale face, as he stared deeply, "You, be good, it is the guard's duty to stay by his Master’s side."

"Those exhausting and painstaking work are not your responsibility, and you are not allowed to do them in the future."