There was a brief silence in the room.

Jian Mei’s hand holding the phone shook slightly. He couldn’t believe that Lu Xingwang said he had a poor IQ. He couldn’t help retorting, “Where am I stupid?!”

His flying into rage appearance looked like a kitten trying to scratch people. It wasn’t lethal at all, but it was super fierce.

Lu Xingwang didn’t mind smoothing the kitten’s hair. [You’re not stupid.]

Just a bit silly.

Fortunately, Jian Mei couldn’t hear the implication, so his hair successfully smoothened. He snorted softly and replied: [It’s good you know.]

Lu Xingwang’s lips curled up slightly without him realizing it, and he was suddenly happier. In a sense, he really looked like he was playing with the little stupid healing cat he was raising at home.

“Ding dong”

Another message was sent over.

Jian Mei sent him a serious message. [Although we haven’t met each other, I’m not a bad person with a mysterious identity and suspicious appearance.]

Lu Xingwang: [ I know. ]

Jian Mei breathed a sigh of relief and proudly said, “That’s good. You can trust me completely.”

However, he still didn’t ask anything about Lu Xingwang himself. Even if he really wanted to know, even if it was just a name, if the other party didn’t say it, he wouldn’t ask. However, he still underestimated Lu Xingwang’s level of sensitiveness. It was impossible for a smart man to not understand the reason for his strange actions during this time.

[Then..] Lu Xingwang replied: [Do you think I’m a bad person?]

Jian Mei was stunned but quickly replied: [ No, I didn’t say that. ]

But Lu Xingwang’s reply to him was unexpected. [ But I’ve been waiting for you to say it. ]

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Jian Mei was confused. [Ah, what?]

Lu Xingwang casted his eyes down and calmly typed. [Obviously, your defense is too low for strangers you haven’t met before. You obviously don’t know enough, and you don’t even have the intention to take the initiative to test and investigate. Regardless of whether I’m a bad person or not, if I have schemes, you’ve been calculated 10,000 times.]

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Jian Mei bowed down and typed obediently: [I’m sorry.]

The season in Stan Star was in the midst of autumn.

The golden-yellow silver leaves outside the window fell gently from time to time. A handsome youth was sitting in front of the table and was half-leaning and half-sitting languidly. When he saw the message sent from the other side of the screen, although it was only three words, it was as if he was able to see his aggrieved expression through the screen which strangely made him feel soft-hearted.

Lu Xingwang: [No need to apologize.]

But he knew that he couldn’t be soft-hearted. He couldn’t stay with Jian Mei for a long time. The road in life was very long. In the future, Jian Mei would meet more people and expose to the big world. He only had a short life span of a few years, he was merely a passerby in Jian Mei’s life.

It sounded a bit funny for him to teach others how to be more defensive when he was a person who would scheme others, but it seemed so normal if this happened to Jian Mei.

Lu Xingwang sighed silently inside but still told him: [Not only do you need to be vigilant with strangers you’ve never met before, but also with people you know. Leave some leeway for everything, do you understand?]

Jian Mei replied cleverly: [I understand.]

Lu Xingwang was slightly satisfied, he wasn’t completely hopeless.

Unexpectedly, in the next second, for someone like Jian Mei, his words went inside his left ear and came out of his right ear. He was slightly scared but sometimes he was inexplicably courageous. He cautiously probed out: [Then, are you going to do something to me?]

Lu Xingwang: [We haven’t met each other. What can I do to you?”

Seeing the message sent on his phone, Jian Mei’s lashes fluttered and smiled softly.

“Then why are you treating me so well?” He typed quickly with his fingers. “You taught me mathematics, showed me the way when I was lost on the mountain, comforted me when I was sad and accompanied me to play games.”

The long words seemed to hit Lu Xingwang’s heart with a hammer. If Jian Mei hadn’t said it, he wouldn’t even notice it. It turned out that he..he was unconsciously treating Jian Mei well?

His always calm and rational mind was as if suddenly stopped working at this moment. Before he could organize his thoughts, his communication terminal received another message from Jian Mei, cautiously asking. “Then we..are we friends?”

Lu Xingwang’s dark and deep eyes shook slightly. Lu Xingwang, a person who always knew everything couldn’t answer at this moment.

The wind was blowing outside the window, with a faint fragrance of sycamore flowers, and some golden leaves were fluttering in the air. The scenery in the palace had remained unchanged for almost a hundred years. In such a moment, he unexpectedly remembered his mother who had recently passed away, Imperial Concubine Cang Ye Jia Lan.

Since he was a child, his mother’s appearance had always been different.

In his ignorant years, during the time he started to form memories, he remembered his mother was still gentle. She always hugged him and said to him, “Our Xingwang is a child blessed by god. Xingwang’s divine power hasn’t been seen in thousands of years. Only the first emperor who founded our country had the five elements of divine power. Xingwang will definitely have great achievements in the future, and will be the pride of mother.”

Later on, when he started studying martial arts, his mother changed.

He also once had friends.

“That person’s family has a strong position in the court, that person approached with a plan.”

“That‘s the son of a civil official. His father belongs to the Empress’ faction. Stay away from him.”

“What friend? Always remember, the people you can use are your friends.”

To meet everyone’s expectations, he must his best. If he got the first place, he could impress his concubine mother. If he failed, Cang Ye Jia Lan would change again.

“Why are your grades not the best? Are you being lazy?”

“You’re the third person. If you can’t be better than others, then how can His Majesty see you!”

“Can’t you do it before?”

“The Empress Mother is counting on you. You can’t let the Empress Mother down, understand?”

“Don’t eat today. Go and reflect on yourself.”

He could be the Third Prince, the owner of the five-element divine power, the child favored by the gods, or the candidate for the future emperor, but he couldn’t be Lu Xingwang.

It was funny to say that after the accident, he learned that his divine power was gone. When he learned that he was going to die, for some strange reason, he breathed a sigh of relief.

When a person was alive, there would always be some hope, but when he grew up, some things no longer seemed so important. He would no longer want to climb over the wall of the school with his friends to catch flying beasts. He would no longer sit by the window holding a test paper that didn’t reach 100, and he would no longer be sad because of some people’s betrayal and some people leaving. He learned not to care, learned how to protect himself strong enough to resist all malicious approaches.

But in the least expected years, they would always be many accidents. In a short time, a somewhat clumsy but unusually innocent boy appeared in his life.

“Ding dong”

There was another message.

“I’m in the elevator, why does the message keep loading? Has it been sent out?”

“Are we friends?” There was still childishness in his words. Like a little snail sticking out its tentacles, he cautiously asked him, “May I know your name?”

Only Jian Mei knew how nervous he was when he sent this message.

The elevator went down floor by floor. The weather wasn’t very hot, but his palms were slowly sweating. Sometimes, unanswered questions were already considered answers. When the elevator was about to reach the first floor, Jian Mei’s eyes drooped, and his lips pursed sadly.

“Ding dong”

The alarm bell for the elevator’s arrival on the first floor rang out. The elevator door opened, and there was a ray of bright sunshine from outside.

At the same time, Jian Mei’s phone vibrated then he clicked on it. There was a message from Lu Xingwang, it was just a few words but only the person involved knew the sincerity: [My surname is Lu.]

The author has something to say:

Lu?

What Lu?

Lu Dazhuang, are you there?

Translator’s Notes:

Hi, guys! This is a gift for New Year! There are still a few days left before the New Year, but I’m giving it in advance! Advanced Happy New Year!

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