Chapter 39 Between Us

Mu Dishi walked alongside Cao Wenyan, not far from him, he saw Zhu Mingyang and Gu Yingjie sitting in a carriage.

Mu Dishi looked at Cao Wenyan and said, "Do you still need to keep those two?"

Cao Wenyan, "I don't make the call, it's my father who wants to keep them until you open the treasure cave."

Mu Dishi, "I promised to take you there, and I plan to keep my promise."

Cao Wenyan said, "Mu gongzi, don't be mad. If it were me, I believe you."

Zhu Mingyang and Gu Yingjie were sitting on a carriage filled with rice sacs. Zhu Mingyang took Gu Yingjie's hand. He asked, "Yingjie, how is your back."

Gu Yingjie replied, "My injury is not as serious as yours, so don't worry about me." He leaned on Zhu Mingyang's shoulder. He chuckled. "Mingyang, I'm really happy, it turned out to be like this. I would rather wander in the world with you for a lifetime, than be the chief of the Gu Household with regrets."

Zhu Mingyang said, "What you want to do, I will always support you and stand by your side."

Gu Yingjie asked, "Mingyang, you have done a lot for me. Form now on, I want you to do things for yourself. Do what you want to do. You are not my guard anymore. I hope you stand by my side as an equal. As my partner, not my guard."

Zhu Mingyang said, "Yingjie, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to hold you to sleep and wake up to see your beautiful face every morning."

Gu Yingjie said, "Mingyang, Wang gongzi told me that Zhanjin confessed his love to you."

Zhu Mingyang replied, "He did."

Gu Yingjie, "Mingyang, if you like him and feel for him, he can be with us. As long as your love for me remains the same, I don't mind. After all, he has saved us many times."

Zhu Mingyang, "Yingjie, repaying his kindness this way, is an insult to him and me. When he knows the truth, he will be very hurt. I will never love him like I love you. Do you believe me?"

Gu Yingjie, "I entrust my life to you. There is no sorry or thank you between us, because between us we are beyond that."

Zhu Mingyang, "I know what you are thinking, don't think too much. I won't like him, and I won't try to like him intimately."

Gu Yingjie, "After this, we will hold a big banquet and thank him instead."

Zhu Mingyang, "I like that better."

Wang Biming walked beside the carriage and he heard their conversation. Looking at Zhu Mingyang and Gu Yingjie, he remembered himself and Mu Dishi. Mu Dishi and him used to be as closed as them, but now they are on the opposite side, aiming at each other's lives. Is it all his fault? He doesn't think so.

The young Wang Biming and Mu Dishi walked alongside the rice fields. It was mid-September, and the villagers were harvesting rice. Mu Jiao Long has always asked his students to help nearby villagers harvest rice. Mu Jiao Long would say that this is a way to cultivate personal temperament.

The young villager ladies always treated Wang Biming well, because among Mu Jiao Long's nineteen students, Wang Biming is the most handsome out of everyone. For Wang Biming, Mu Dishi was always handsome and beautiful. He couldn't choose between the two words to described Mu Dishi. Mu Dishi exquisite cheekbones, perfect chin, and high nose make him very handsome. Mu Dishi's eyes, long eyelashes, smooth light skin, long black silky hair make him very beautiful.

When the sun began to rise from the horizon, five students began to help the villagers. After noon, the field owner's wife stood at the side of the rice paddy and called them to lunch.

The five classmates and other villagers stood with their bowls and walked towards the young ladies who were preparing meals. Mu Dishi stood in front of Wang Biming, who had the same share as everyone else. When it was Wang Biming's turn, the ladies pushed the vegetables aside and stuffed more meat into Wang Biming's bowl. Then, she added a second spoonful of vegetables to Wang Biming's bowl.

When the five young classmate sat under the tree and put their bowl of vegetables on the ground, they all noticed Wang Biming's bowl has more food than them.

Mu Fai looked at Wang Biming with a mouthful of rice. He said, "Ah…" He pointed at Wang Biming's bowls rice and dish. "Unfair...you got so much."

Mu Fai's choked voice made Mu Chen and Mu Chung look at Wang Biming's food. The two simultaneously stretched their chopsticks to Wang Biming's plate. Wang Biming quickly took away his two bowls.

Wang Biming smiled and said, "Who told you to be less handsome than me?"

Mu Chen pleased, "Give me some of your food. You can't finish it anyway. When we pass by my Yun da ye's farm, I will pick some pears for you."

Wang Biming smiled and said, "Deal, after I gave some to Dishi."

Mu Chung said, "Dishi is too little, I think he doesn't eat much. Give it to us."

Wang Biming, "It doesn't matter, he picks first."

Mu Fai, "Da Shixiong, you are little bias when it comes to Dishi and us."

Wang Biming, "How is it? I treat all juniors equally."

Mu Chung said indifferently, "Nope. Everyone can see that you are better to Dishi than to us."

Mu Chen mocked, "Apple?"

Mu Chung said, "Let Dishi pick first."

Mu Chen, "Bun?"

Mu Chung, "Let Dishi pick first."

Mu Chen, "Tea?"

Mu Chung, "Let Dishi pick first."

Wang Biming and Mu Fai both laughed, but Mu Dishi blushed.

Mu Chen, "Wash clothes."

Mu Chung, "Dishi, you can sit and watch us."

Mu Chen, "Chopping firewood."

Mu Chung, "Dishi, you can sit and watch us."

Wang Biming pushed a bowl of stir-fried cabbage and pork to Mu Chen and Mu Chung. He took back their bowl. He smiled and said, "Alright…Alright…enough teasing Dishi. His face is already very red."

Mu Chen pointed to Wang Biming and said, "Look...Look...You are defending him."

Wang Biming put more vegetables in to Mu Dishi's bowl and said, "He is very thin, and I am worried that he will not have enough to eat."

Mu Dishi said, "I don't eat much, all four of you can eat." He put down his bowl of rice and Mu Chen quickly grabbed it.

Mu Chen then said, "Then I'm going to eat."

Mu Dishi replied, "Mmm." He stood up and walked towards the old lady who was disturbing tea.

Wang Biming watch Mu Dishi drank two full bowls of tea. He looked at Mu Dishi's bowl of rice and found that he had only eaten a little. Mu Dishi came back with two bowls of tea and put it down. He hurried back and took two more bowls of tea, one to Mu Fai and the other to Wang Biming.

At the end of the day, the paddy field owner offered to send them to the main road before he took twenty rice sacs to Sword Village. The five classmate jumped on the ox carriage. Mu Fai sat in front with the owner. Mu Chen and Mu Chung lay on the rice bag to rest. Wang Biming and Mu Dishi were sitting on the edge.

Wang Biming looked at Mu Dishi's face and he chuckled lightly.

Mu Dishi asked, "Is there something on my face."

Wang Biming said, "Yes." He took out his handkerchief and wiped the dirt off Mu Dishi's smooth face. He put away the handkerchief, took out two pears, and handed them to Mu Dishi.

Mu Dishi said, "I don't want it."

Wang Biming smiled and said, "You don't eat much at noon. I know you are hungry, so just eat this."

Mu Dishi said, "Just give me one. You can eat the other one."

Wang Biming handed Mu Dishi a pear. The two young teen enjoyed their pear riding on the back of the ox carriage travel through the many golden rice paddy on the dirt road.

Those were the days when Wang Biming forgets who he is and what role he should play. They sat under the trees and looked at the golden rice paddies, enjoying the simple villager's meals with his three best friends and the love of his life. Laughing enjoying theirs youth with a smiled and live carefree. There was no diving, no goodbye, and no hatred. By the time he realized it, tears had wet his eyes.

Today, his three best friends have long since passed away, and his beloved hates him. They cannot understand him. He just wants to be a good son in front of his father, but to be a good son means that he must betray his friends. If he chooses his friend, then he is an unfilial son who humiliates the Wang ancestors. If he chooses his family, then he is a bad friend. This is why he decided to pour only half of the poison inside the wine. He hope Mu Jiao Long survive. That night he is already to died and follow his friends to the netherworld, but those that deserve to survive didn't survive. He who doesn't deserve to survive survived and be hated by the person he loves most.

Wang Biming looked at Mu Dishi who was walking side by side Cao Wenyan and he sighed, "What happened between us, can you forgive me?"