Chapter 189.1 (1/2)

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189.1 – Gone Missing

“Oh… then I'll be called a poor host.”

“It's okay, I happen to be thirsty.”

“Huh, is that so? Then what else can I get you, Commander Luo?”

With that, Gong Tianqing intends to get out of bed once more. When he heard that, Luo Hong almost spit out the water in his mouth.

“I'm fine, I'm fine!”

“Oh…” Unease emerged in Gong Tianqing eyes, and she stared at Luo Hong, “Are you really fine?”

“Yes, yes, I'm fine.”

“Then okay.”

Gong Tianqing breathed a sigh of relief, and then suddenly a.s.sumed an expression of remembering something.

“Commander Luo, do you want–”

“No need!”

Luo Hong flatly rejected Gong Tianqing's kindness. Gong Tianqing's eyes dimmed.

“If you make a commotion because of me and startle Xue Qilin, I will have to bear the consequences… If she learns that I sneaked into the Merak Temple, she will definitely be mad…”

“That's… true. Sorry for, for causing you trouble…”

Gong Tianqing lowered her head. Luo Hong sighed helplessly.

“If someone is to blame then that would be me, since I am not able to see you during daytime.”

Upon hearing this, Gong Tianqing suddenly raised her head, and then said anxiously as if to defend something, “How, how could that be! According to Aunt Teacher Luo [1], you are a law-abiding and dutiful person who punished many wicked people, you are a good person, Commander Luo!”

“It's not like that… Qing [1] was a kind person. She was white [2], and so everything in her eyes was to some extent stained with white. I'm just a dog, that's all. I may be considered as a good dog if the owner is upstanding. But if the owner is crooked, then I am a bad dog.”

“Is, is that so…”

Gong Tianqing doesn't quite understand.

Luo Hong nodded, and then uttered in a heavy and stiff tone.

“And my current owner can't be regarded as–”

When he reached this point, Luo Hong, who appears to have suddenly noticed something, shook his head bitterly.

“I seem to have spoken too much. Young Lady Gong, pretend you didn't hear that…”

Gong Tianqing opened her mouth to speak. But before she could say anything, she was blocked by Luo Hong's words — “let's get back to the main point”.

Luo Hong restrained the feelings that finally emerged in his eyes and gazed at Gong Tianqing with an expressionless look on his face once more. His eyes are deep and profound, as if they can draw people into them.

“Young Lady Gong, I was entrusted by Officer Gong to send you a message.”

“Grand–” Gong Tianqing was greatly shocked, “Grandfather?”

“Yes, it was Officer Gong Jing.”

Gong Tianqing didn't know how to react for a long time.

She showed a rather complicated look on he face, and her lips quivered, not saying anything for a while Indescribable emotions broke out inside her and gripped her heart tightly, making her feel breathless.

As things stand, why would grandfather… Gong Tianqing lowered her head and quietly gazed at the quilt half-submerged in the dark.

“Don't you want to know what the message is?”

Luo Hong's voice seems to come from under a tombstone.

Gong Tianqing trembled and finally raised her head. She asked stammeringly, “Wh, what is it…”

Luo Hong didn't answer immediately. Instead, he poured himself another cup of water.

As he slowly brought the tea cup to his lips, he finally said in a quiet, virtually emotionless voice, “Your brother is sick in bed.”