Chapter 5 Return (I)

In the blink of an eye, the one-month mourning period passed, and Tingsheng and the other two had lost a lot of weight due to the fatigue of these days.

Since Shu Hong was busy with training, he returned to the camp for recruit training that day, and Tingsheng and Lu Yuan only took a quick rest before rushing to pay their respects to Xiao Jingyan and Concubine Jing.

"Lu Yuan, I can do it by myself. You must be exhausted these days, take a break."

Lu Yuan frowned, "Tingsheng, it's not even dawn yet, I'm worried about you going alone, I'd better accompany you."

Tingsheng looked at this brother who was only a few months older than him, a little helpless, and said with a little mischief, "Lu Yuan, we've been together for a month, aren't you bored? Just let me be alone for a while. I also want to take a walk by myself while the palace is quiet, after all, there haven't been many such times in the past. Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Lu Yuan blushed a little when Tingsheng said that, but when he turned around and thought, Tingsheng was probably sad, but didn't want to show it in front of him, so he took the excuse of going out for a walk to relax.

Both of them were children from Yeyouting, and they both had exquisite hearts, so there was no need to say many things clearly.

"Well, be careful on the road, wear more cloaks, don't catch a cold."

"Okay."

Tingsheng walked out of the room alone, with an indelible sadness in his eyes, not knowing whether it was for Mei Changsu or because of his own life experience. He held his cloak and shrank his hands involuntarily. Sure enough, after late autumn, the weather became colder.

Looking at the bright moon in the sky, even Tingsheng himself didn't know what he was thinking. He turned around and quietly looked at the reflection of the plum tree in the moonlight. He took a breath of cold air, tried to find the fragrance of plum blossoms, counted the fallen leaves on the ground, and continued to walk towards the place where he didn't know whether it was happy or sad.

Entering the Yangxin Palace, Tingsheng paid a visit to Xiao Jingyan, the man who was both a king and a father. In the past month, Xiao Jingyan looked much thinner, and his eyebrows were full of vicissitudes.

To be honest, Tingsheng was a little afraid of Xiao Jingyan in his heart. That fear was without reason. Perhaps it was because Xiao Jingyan's eyes were always melancholy and helpless every time he looked at him, and there was a little sadness in his pity. For a child of Tingsheng's age, no matter how much he experienced, he could not fully understand the taste. After all, in his childhood, apart from being dirty and mean, and being beaten and scolded by others, there were few people who were worthy of reliance and love. That was why he never completely trusted anyone.

"Tingsheng, it must be very hard recently." Xiao Jingyan broke the silence first.

"My son is not hard, this is what I should do." Tingsheng answered without thinking.

Xiao Jingyan seemed to want to say something else, but he didn't know where to start. He waved his hand and asked Eunuch Li to bring a box of snacks and asked Tingsheng to eat it.

Tingsheng thanked him and gently took out a small piece from the box, almost the most inconspicuous one, and put it in his mouth. After eating, he didn't take it anymore.

Xiao Jingyan felt that this child could not relax in front of him after all. He remembered that day when Tingsheng was studying in Su's house, he had eaten several snacks wantonly. Finally, looking at the empty snack box, Chang Su whispered in Tingsheng's ear, "Don't let Brother Feiliu know." At that moment, Tingsheng's smile was shy, but extremely sincere.

But now with the same snacks and the same food box, Tingsheng is no longer the same as that day. This feeling is like being close at hand, but far away.