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nAfter having had such a dream, Long remained in a bad mood for several days in a row.

nPlus, Shi wasn’t with him. So, Long felt more depressed.

nHe counted the days and waited for Shi to come back. Finally, that day came.

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nBefore Shi went upstairs, he was told by the Shadow Guardians that the emperor was in a bad mood and only ate a little these days.

nShi thought Long was angry because he left without saying goodbye earlier.

nBut when he saw Long later, Shi found that things might not be that simple!

n“Qingzhou?” Long was stunned when he saw Shi in the room.

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nShi closed the door. “I’m back.”

nLong suddenly stood up and then smiled bitterly. “You are back?”

nShi went to Long step and step while saying softly, “Yes, I’m back. Are you angry?”

nLong shook his head. “No, don’t overthink it.”

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nShi frowned deeply. When he left, he expected that Long would be angry, but he didn’t expect Long would behave like this!

nLong said he wasn’t angry, but Shi found that… Long wasn’t in a good state.

n“What’s the matter with you?” Shi asked.

nLong pursed his lips. “Nothing… It’s just that I’m not in a good mood these days.”

nShi took a deep breath, “Because I left you?”

n“No.” Long shook his head. “It’s just because I had a bad dream.”

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nShi was stunned, since he didn’t expect to get such an answer. “You had… a bad dream?”

nLong smiled bitterly. “Yes.”

n“What did you dream of?” Shi asked.

nLong didn’t know how to tell Shi about that dream, which was actually about his previous life. So, he could only shake his head.

nSome coldness flashed through Shi’s eyes. “You can’t even tell me?”

nFeeling that Shi was a little unhappy, Long opened his mouth and said hesitantly, “No… I can tell you… but I don’t know how to say it… Qingzhou, please don’t be angry.”

nLooking at Long, Shi softened his expression.

nThen, Shi approached Long and said softly, “What did you dream of?”

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nLong said in a low voice, “I dreamed that… all my relatives left me.”

nShi was stunned after hearing those words. “You mean… the late emperor?”

nLong pressed his lips together and shook his head. “No. I mean my mother and the others.”

n“The late empress?” Shi pondered for a while. “You still have me.”

nLong breathed a long sigh of relief and then held Shi into his arms.

n“Yes, I still have you. I’m so glad that you’re with me, Qingzhou…”

nShi’s face completely softened as he looked at Long.

nA moment later, Long let go of Shi.

n“Qingzhou, did you keep taking your medicine?”

nShi nodded. “I took Zhang Yuan with me and the residual poison in my body has been removed.”

nLong looked at Shi angrily.

n“This isn’t over yet!”

nShi blinked. “I came back safe, didn’t I?”

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n“So that’s it?” Long was dissatisfied and stared at Shi in anger.

nShi knew that he was wrong, so he said softly, “It was my fault this time.”

nLong snorted. “You still know it was your fault?”

nShi touched his nose. “Yeah…”

nLong thought that Shi looked so funny, so he couldn’t help pinching Shi’s cheek.

nShi frowned slightly. He felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn’t dare to stop Long.

nLong stopped after a while and then he looked at Shi. “Humph, I’ll forgive you this time!”

nShi touched his nose.

nThen, Long took Shi’s hand and the two of them sat down.

nShi told Long the whole story of his journey.

nAfter hearing that, Long said, “So the troops have now been split up and gone to Shuanghua City separately?”

n“Yes, they’re experienced and won’t make others get suspicious.”

nLong breathed a long sigh of relief. “Qingzhou, you’ve done a good job.”

n“You won’t blame me?” Shi raised his eyebrows.

nLong rolled his eyes. “Who dares to blame you?”

nShi stared at Long as if saying that “clearly you were very angry just now!”

nLong smiled. “How could you leave even without saying goodbye?”

nShi didn’t want to argue with him, so he directly said, “I’m hungry.”

n“Well, I’ll have the meal prepared.”

nShi nodded and watched Long doing something for himself.

nLong acted a little strange earlier. Shi didn’t like Long behaving like that by instinct. He was also a little scared. He felt that man was so far away from him that he couldn’t reach, so he was very unhappy.

nNow that Long was back to normal, Shi felt that was the man he was familiar with.

nShi didn’t want to think more about Long’s dream. He always felt that after that special dream several days ago, Long had been hiding something from him.

nHowever, Shi also thought that if he really got to know the secrets that Long wasn’t willing to tell him, it might not be good for both of them.

nTherefore, Shi never forced Long to say anything about that.

nAt present, Shi just wanted to be with Long.

nShi instinctively felt that as long as he was with Long, Long would always be his intimate lover!

nAfter dinner, Long had a good mood, so he went to the street with Shi.

nLong still didn’t change his shopping habits. When he saw something interesting or when he thought something was suitable for Shi, he would buy it without hesitation.

nSoon, Shi received many gifts.

nLooking at those little things, Shi wanted to laugh, but he also felt deeply moved.

nAt least, it meant that Long still cared about him, right?

nShi accepted the gift. After strolling around for a while, the two of them planned to go back.

nJust then, they heard a commotion ahead.

nLong and Shi immediately looked over.

nThey saw that a middle-aged man kicked down a beggar, who was a seven or eight-year-old boy.

nLong’s face hardened as he went toward there.

nShi followed him.

n“How dare you steal my things? You’re courting death!” The middle-aged man kicked the little beggar again.

nThere were many people around, but none of them stood up to help the beggar.

n“Did he really steal your things?” When that man wanted to kick the boy again, Long grasped his wrist and exerted a little force.

nEven though Long couldn’t be compared with Shi in terms of power, he was still more powerful than the man who couldn’t do any martial arts at all.

nThus, that man felt hurt immediately.

nBut Shi frowned. He didn’t like Long touching others like that. It was dirty!

nSo, Shi went to Long and then pulled his clothes.

nLong turned to look at Shi. “What’s wrong?”

nWhile asking, Long let go of that man.

nShi shook his head and turned his eyes to the little beggar.

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