Chapter 629 - He Brought You Back (1/2)

”Master …” Xin Lan interrupted himself when he noticed that this was exactly how he had greeted him in his dream. His gaze flickered and he purposefully stayed down. If he really tried to get up, his Master wouldn't let him anyway.

Jinde nodded and came over, sitting down on the edge of the bed. ”How are you?”

Xin Lan nodded with a bad feeling. ”Better …”

Jinde couldn't help but smile. Xin Lan was probably worrying whether he had been here before and seen his arousal. Most likely, it would be even more embarrassing for Xin Lan to be seen that way than it had been for him to see it. If he wasn't afraid what it might entail, he would have made fun of him. Now, he could only pretend not to know what this was about and direct the attention elsewhere. ”Don't worry. You only slept for a while. Should I take a look at your injury to see if it's safe to go?”

Xin Lan sighed. ”No need. I can already feel that I'm better. After being in your care, there wouldn't be any problems.”

”Alright. But don't force yourself, yes?”

”I wouldn't.” Xin Lan finally sat up and turned to the side. He stared off into space for a moment. Fate truly was a strange thing. Meeting his Master back then when he had been on the verge of dying, following him all those years and even considering to take his own life after his Master had supposedly died … And now they had reunited. Things were almost like in the past. His Master waited for his lover to return while he hurried around to do whatever for him.

”Xin Lan?” Jinde reached out and gently tapped his arm. ”Are you really alright?”

”Mn. I … couldn't help but think of the past.”

”Ah.” Jinde nodded. So it was that. He had just … dreamed of the past. It had to be that. ”That's also good, isn't it? Without that past, we wouldn't be where we are today. It made us into the people we are.”

”Don't you wish sometimes that things could have been different? Maybe things could have worked out between you and that man. Maybe … Maybe I didn't do enough for you back then. Had I taken care of Jian Heng …”

Jinde shook his head. ”I didn't know his plan. You didn't know either. Nobody but Jian Heng knew. That was why … there was no way to stop him. The only thing you might have been able to stop was that … bargain we made. But then again, you did advise me not to believe in him.”

”You weren't in your right mind at that time. It hadn't been that long since that man left you and … that child …”

”Still. A demon child isn't anything to take lightly. I should have known. But I … I'd rather believe in the beautiful lies he told me than in the truth the person I trusted most told me. That truly was the gravest mistake I ever committed.”