Repairing the Past

Chapter 36

"I'm sorry."

Mo Yan's soft voice went hand in hand with the kneeling motion he made.

Chu Yao frowned. Not because of the pain caused by the friction of bandages and wounds on his small back since earlier, but on the response of the bodyguard that he did not expect like that.

"What should I forgive? Weren't you trained by dad from the beginning. It's only natural you feel a dilemma if you have to investigate people who have contributed to your life." Said Chu Yao with a gaze that switched from one place to another.

The handsome man looked up and found that Chu Yao was right in front of him.

"Get it!"

Chu Yao's hand stretched out. Waiting for the young man to grab her and stand back to where he was. But Mo Yan did not budge. He just stared at the look on my girl's face without saying anything.

Chu Yao sighed and suddenly followed Mo Yan's movements. He knelt in the same position. Facing each other without letting go of each other's eyes.

"I feel like you've been kneeling in front of me so this time let me accompany you."

"Miss.. This is inappropriate. " Disput Mo Yan's speech.

"Take this for the first and last time!" Reply Chu Yao with low intonation and fatigue.

"But.. "

"Wake up or continue like this until morning?" Chu Yao said as if giving her personal bodyguards a choice.

"Okay, I'll wake up."

Mo Yan relented while packing Chu Yao's body to sit back on the bed.

The woman did not let go of Mo Yan's hand just like that, she kept her grip and said, "Because you keep so many secrets from me, do I have to return you to father?"

The young man looked shocked. Despite the glance, Chu Yao realized a sense of unwillingness emerged from her jerky gestures for a moment.

"I'm just waiting for the right time to tell Miss everything." Clearly Mo Yan was with guilt.

Chu Yao's gaze became as sharp as a blade, "As my current personal bodyguard, do you have the right to decide on a decision? You made me wait like a fool, Mo Yan!" Read Chu Yao in an arrogant fashion.

"Not... " Mo Yan's voice was suddenly restrained. Although he wanted to give an explanation but anxiety still enveloped his heart.

Chu Yao was undaunted. Without hesitation he added, "The more you buy time the further away I have the chance to know all the truth. The longer it takes for me to avenge my mother.. "

"Your actions won't keep my death away. In the end sooner or later I will also die from that bone-smelting poison!"

Mo Yan grew increasingly silent with his tightly clenched hands. Chu Yao's frustrated face could no longer be hidden. The woman biting her lips held back her emotional turmoil.

"I don't care if I have to die the same way again. Provided all these truths are revealed clearly and my mother's good name can be cleared immediately. The pain of that bastard poison will be worth the satisfaction I brought to death!"

Mo Yan's brows almost fused hearing the barrage of words the girl spoke. His brain seemed to collide with each other rejecting the new information.

Dead the same way again?

Mean what?

Did that bone-melting poison indeed Chu Yao know of before?

Or is it just words of origin due to the outpouring of unstable emotions on him?

Mo Yan bathed. His hands were no longer standing by his body. Now that muscular hand was grasping onto Chu Yao's humerus bone with a slow bang. The look on his face became complex due to the mixture of various emotions.

"You won't die as long as I'm alive! Never say silly things like that again!" Mo Yan said with a strong gnash of teeth.

Chu Yao laughed amusedly yet also sliced, "You're too confident, Mo Yan! Even though you're not saying anything right now but I know that those people were the empress's man. Do you think my consciousness was completely lost when you asked who had sent them?"

"I don't think so." Mo Yan replied with a mind that began to open up. He again realized that Chu Yao was not a foolish woman. She was the smartest girl he had ever met in his life.

"Eunuch Han is the empress' right hand, right? Soon we'll have good news about him." Chu Yao muttered with her sneaky grin. He could not wait to hear the destruction of one of the people who had made him and his loved ones suffer.

"From now on you don't have to investigate anything. Good about dad or whatever! There's gonna be someone who's gonna do it for me." Tukas Chu Yao firmly.

Chu Yao's words had left Mo Yan stunned. He did not expect that Chu Yao would have someone replace the task that had been given to him.

He was quite shocked. During this time he always completed the tasks given to completion.

Not yet dashed by the shock Mo Yan received, Again he had to get a new shock over the decision that Chu Yao took.

"From tomorrow, I'll release you. I'll give you a release letter. You won't be working as my subordinate or anyone else. You'll be free to live your own life without pressure from anyone else."

Chu Yao handed over a piece of slave release paper that was wet-stamped by the official plaque of the Chu residence to Mo Yan.

Instead of accepting, Mo Yan instead asked in a deep voice that sounded bitter in Chu Yao's ears, "Does miss really not need me anymore?"

Chu Yao did not reply. He only turned his back after putting the letter on the table beside Mo Yan.

"Are you really sure?" Asked Mo Yan who had been standing right in front of Chu Yao with a sharp gaze.

"I'm sure! You'll be free forever. I hope you'll live peacefully like an ordinary young man." Chu Yao replied in a calm and stable voice.

Doesn't seem to be sorry or doubtful. It was as if her heart was so hard as a stone. Even though deep down, there was a very painful feeling to see the man who always struggled with him was looking at him with a disappointed look.

"Is this decision you're making because I made a mistake? Miss may give me any punishment, but I've sworn to serve the missus until the end of life."

Precisely it!

Chu Yao was just looking for an excuse to make Mo Yan stay away. He did not want the man to be further involved in the thorny problems he was facing.

The memory of the woman returned a few days ago, when she was in the pavilion of life with her personal servant.

Just then, Yun Yi suddenly came with a letter from the eighth prince.

In the letter, Ye Zuan said that he should prepare himself. There will be a major event in the capital Airland this winter.

As long as that event had yet to happen, Ye Zuan desperately wished that Chu Yao could take care of herself. Do not be caught by the queen's men or the crown prince.

If it happens, then all the plans they have arranged from far away will run instantaneously.

Ye Zuan did not explain 'them' in the letter. However, Chu Yao could confirm that there was a Chu general there.

How not?

The father's unusual behavior had made Chu Yao's suspicions strengthen day by day.

Starting from the return of troops from the border, the peace decree with Alorra, the marriage of Chu Zhan and Chang Le's daughter accelerated to the general's sudden decision on the marriage of his half-brother and young master Zhao.

If it was torn down, Chu Yao could read that it was all a trace of rescue that was indeed initiated by the old man and His Majesty the Emperor.

If not for the desperate situation, it would have been impossible for all of it to be done as fast as lightning.

Chu Yao still did not understand what reason caused the empress to target her.

Although the letter states that Chu Yao is not the biological daughter of Chu's general, what does it have to do with the position of empress and crown prince who feel threatened if the woman is still alive.

Plus, Ye Zuan said that Chu Yao should help him depose the crown prince with the power that Chu Yao possessed.

What kind of power did Ye Zuan mean?

Although Mother Chu Yao was a direct descendant of the Merva kingdom, in fact, the kingdom was not as big and strong as it used to be.

Chu Yao was also a nobody. He was just a child of a prisoner-of-war woman.

And again Ye Zuan added before 'they' actually won in a safe position, Chu Yao was not allowed to roam around without an escort from the Empire's side.

It was the same as making Chu Yao a hostage. Neither the empress nor the eighth prince. It makes no difference.

"The noble one asked me to say that he would explain everything when the lady met him in person."

It was all that Yun Yi said before actually leaving Chu Yao in silence.

Therefore, before it was too late, Chu Yao had to make sure Mo Yan was no longer involved.

If general Chu could save his other family, Chu Yao should also be able to save Mo Yan, Uncle Tong, aunt Hui and Xier from this polemic.

The confusion in Chu Yao's mind seemed to pierce through her beautiful face. It was as if it was describing the discomfort he was feeling.

Mo Yan opened his mouth as if he wanted to ask again but Chu Yao preceded him, "From now on we are not slaves and masters. We are not bound to each other. Go as far as possible. Don't see each other anymore or find out about each other."

The young man's face turned pale. There was no sound from his lips that suddenly fell off. His hands just clenched and kept clenching.

Mo Yan suddenly felt his entrails churn. His chest felt hot as if he was burning violently.

It seems that the effect of the removal of toxins that he used to do has been stimulated and triggered internal upheaval in his body.

Mo Yan chose to remain silent and calm.

Both are long. Without looking at each other's faces. As if trying to strengthen each other.

Suddenly a choking sound was heard accompanied by a crumbling voice behind Chu Yao.

Chu Yao's reflex turned around and found Mo Yan bowed spewing fresh blood.

"MO YAN!" call Chu Yao as she grabbed the gloomy man's body in her arms.

"Mo Yan, what's wrong with you? A, what's wrong with you? Uncle Tong, I'll call uncle Tong! Hang in!" Said Chu Yao frantically with her fingers shaking violently on the bodyguard's cheeks.

Mo Yan clasped Chu Yao's wrist before the girl had time to get up towards the exit of the room. The iris of the young man's eyes caught the face of Chu Yao who was almost like a ghost.

There's fear and worry there.

"I'm fine, ugh!" Mo Yan muttered that he had spewed fresh blood the second time.

"YANG MO!!! Nah! What's wrong with you? Why do you keep spitting blood?" Chu Yao asked increasingly in panic with heightened intonation.

Mo Yan arranged himself. He sat as comfortably as he could with his legs folded. Eyes closed. With a quick movement, he blocked the blood flow in several parts of his body.

Again fresh blood spurted from the man's lips and made Chu Yao shaken.

Time and again Chu Yao called out Mo Yan's name, yet the man remained silent in silence.

Actually at this moment Mo Yan was improving the circulatory circulation with his profound energy. It temporarily hindered his consciousness.

However Chu Yao was unaware of it. The girl was consumed by her sight.

For Chu Yao the current state of Mo Yan was not alright. The man's face was so pale with blue lips. That scene that Chu Yao had not predicted was actually getting sucked in the fear of the past.