Fu Zhiyu slowly swallowed the peach in his mouth and turned to look at him. He couldn't understand the depth in Xie Ke's eyes, he just felt tired.
"If I agree to talk to you, can you let me go?" Fu Zhiyu sighed, "Xie Ke, since you know what happened to me, you should know very well that I really don't owe you anything. If you really still have feelings for me, the farther away from me the better, I will be grateful to you from the bottom of my heart."
Xie Ke was silent for a while, then replied: "Everything else is fine, but this one is not."
"… Then we have nothing to talk about." Fu Zhiyu didn't look back, "Go away. I can only tell you that it's best not to waste your time on me. It won't lead to any results."
Xie Ke did not leave. Fu Zhiyu could feel him reaching out to touch her hand, but he reacted quickly and put his hand on the table, leaving Xie Ke empty-handed.
"We really had a misunderstanding in our previous life, a big misunderstanding," Xie Ke said, "... I'm sorry, Zhiyu, I want to make up for all the things I did to you, and I just want to tell you that this matter is really not as you see it."
"I've exchanged my whole life for this. I don't need this compensation anymore. It's too late for you to say it," Fu Zhiyu said. "I'm fine now. I don't need you to do anything."
He thought, although Xie Ke knew that he was reborn, there must be things he didn't know, such as the time he spent in the system, and he actually knew that this was just a book. Xie Ke was different from everyone else, he was an actor.
Apart from myself, the Lord God should be the only one who knows about this. Even though the systems in the Lord God's space have communicated with me, they don't know which world I come from.
As for Xie Ke, he probably thought that he was just a piece of data that was kept in the dark and that a little deception would be enough.
Fu Zhiyu was too lazy to explain so much to him, he didn't even want to talk to Xie Ke anymore.
Oh, there was no misunderstanding in the previous life. It was just that an actor had to complete his task.
Xie Ke heard Fu Zhiyu's words and knew that he would not listen to them. After thinking about it, he changed his words: "Zhiyu, you are living well now because the emperor favors you, but you and I both know that he can't hold on for a few more years.
What will you do after he dies?"
"It's none of your business." Fu Zhiyu ignored it.
Xie Ke was unyielding and continued, "I believe you are smart enough and have time to prepare, so you can escape unscathed. After all, you still have Yuan Ming Dao, and maybe you can take Imperial Concubine Yun with you. But there is also the Yuan family. Can you leave them alone?"
Xie Ke had not previously connected Fu Zhiyu to the idea of rebirth, because he felt that if he still had memories, it would be impossible for him to drink that bowl of medicine.
Some time ago, he really thought that Zhiyu was losing his mind, and he wanted to protect and cherish him. But now he feels that he really thought things were too simple.
Zhiyu was obviously too disappointed with everything and didn't want to argue about anything anymore, so she chose to do this.
Fu Zhiyu finally turned around and looked at him without blinking, with a slightly angry tone: "Are you threatening me with the Yuan family?"
"I won't, Zhiyu, you have to believe me. I know you care about the Yuan family, so I will protect them as my closest relatives. I promise that no matter what this dynasty becomes, I will always protect you and the people you care about, no matter what the cost." Xie Ke looked straight into his eyes, with extreme tenderness in his eyes, "I just want to talk to you, there is really a misunderstanding between the two of us, a big misunderstanding, but now is not the place to talk."
Fu Zhiyu was not moved by his momentary tenderness, he just felt uneasy in his heart.
He could not understand any good intentions that Xie Ke wanted to convey in these words, and only felt complicated.
"… When would you like to meet?"
"The night after tomorrow," Xie Ke's expression relaxed when he heard him say so, and he became happier. "It's in the small courtyard in the west of the city. You know the way there."
Fu Zhiyu calculated and found that it was exactly the day before his birthday.
"I see," Fu Zhiyu nodded, just wanting to end this conversation quickly, "I'll find time to go, can you go now?"
Xie Ke was not unhappy even though he was urged to leave immediately. After all, it was a surprise for him that Fu Zhiyu agreed.
"I'll be waiting there for you."
Although the banquet was crowded and noisy, he couldn't stay here for too long. After saying this, he left quickly.
Fu Zhiyu had no intention of telling his mother and Ming Dao about this. The matter between him and Xie Ke was very complicated and only he could solve it. The proprietress was a lesson for him, and he didn't want to implicate anyone else, let alone the Yuan family.
On the appointed day, he left the palace in the evening without any guards and walked towards the west of the city alone.
After a while, the small courtyard came into view.
Fu Zhiyu came to see Xie Ke. On the one hand, he was really afraid that this person would bear a grudge if he didn't do what he wanted, and if he really ran into the Yuan Mansion or something, he would regret it.
On the other hand, he actually really wanted to find an opportunity to make things clear with Xie Ke, saying that he was now in a very calm mood. When he just died, he still had some hatred and resentment towards him, but now there was really nothing left. He even understood his sense of responsibility as an actor, and extremely hoped that he would let it go as soon as possible, without spending so much time and energy on emotions like guilt, and not to have any inappropriate imaginations about the relationship between the two of them.
The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water. If two people understand each other, the whole world will be much more peaceful. Fu Zhiyu sincerely hopes that Xie Ke will understand this truth, learn to let go, and quickly return to the life that he should have as an actor, so that he can truly be happy in life.
When he reached the gate of the courtyard, a servant was already there to greet him.
"Please come this way, King Zhao," the servant bowed his head and led him inside, "My master has been waiting for a long time."
Fu Zhiyu also knew this man, an old acquaintance, named Nong Yu. Although he looked like a servant, he was very skilled in martial arts and had the same master as Xie Ke. He only left the mountain with Xie Ke because Xie Ke saved him and pretended to be a servant here.
Fu Zhiyu actually likes Nong Yu's personality, he is very principled. In his previous life, he was crazy about Xie Ke and insisted on getting close to him, and Nong Yu was polite to him and never felt that he was despised. Sometimes he would help him when he couldn't bear it. Now the situation is reversed, Nong Yu is not more enthusiastic about him, still polite and indifferent, and will not change for anything.
Xie Ke is really lucky to have someone like this who remains loyal to him throughout his life.
"We're here," Nong Yu stopped in front of the door, stretched out his hand towards the door, and guided Fu Zhiyu in. "Prince Zhao, just go in. If you have any requests, you can call me at any time."
Fu Zhiyu nodded to him, thanked him, then opened the door and walked in. Nong Yu reached out and closed the door from outside.
It was evening now, and it was already very dark outside. Fu Zhiyu squinted his eyes somewhat uncomfortably after entering. The room was unexpectedly darker than outside. He could not see anything clearly after entering, and thought that the rain had been brought to the wrong place.