It is said to be a punishment, but who was punished in the end remains to be discussed.
The journey from the villa to Tang Jing's house took more than an hour. The road in the suburbs of Beijing was a little bumpy. When the carriage entered Yujing, the road was flat. Rong Tang was extremely tired, and his and Su Huaijing's clothes were all a mess. Another smell lingered in the carriage, covering the fragrance of sandalwood. The moonlight sprinkled into the carriage, and the stars were all witnesses of indulgence.
I tried to control it, but I couldn't bear to make the person feel sick.
Not long after Su Huaijing kindly untied his belt, Young Master Rong relaxed from his extreme tension, closed his eyes, and fell asleep in the car seat with his feet still on someone's legs, not caring at all about the villain's life or death.
Su Huaijing's eyes changed again and again, and finally turned into helplessness and a sigh. He silently opened the window, letting the early spring night breeze come in, dispersing the smell in the car and calming his mind.
He deliberately ignored his physiological reaction, covered Rong Tang with a blanket, and then leaned on the car board to think.
There are many things to consider, including the court, the harem, and the people...
But when all the things flashed through his mind, the first thing that came to Su Huaijing's mind was Rong Tang's abnormality in the past few days.
Tangtang told him that it was okay, but Tangtang rarely spoke the truth, and it took people much persuasion to coax her into saying a few plausible sentences.
He has his own difficulties and considerations, and Su Huaijing will not really care about him, but when these things affect Rong Tang, he has to think about it.
Su Huaijing had long believed that Rong Tang had an unknown channel that allowed him to communicate with another world - what he understood as heaven.
The occasional stagnation in the air and the momentary disturbance of the airflow seem to confirm this speculation from the side.
But this was different from the case of Sheng Chengli. Sheng Chengli was at least a real person with flesh and blood. Based on Rong Tang's reaction to him and some half-true and half-false words, Su Huaijing was able to infer what kind of past might have happened in a place he didn't know.
But this "communication" was completely his guess from beginning to end. Rong Tang did not reveal any information at all. Even Su Huaijing did not dare to be sure whether this guess was tenable.
But apart from this, there seems to be no other possibility that can be closer.
Su Huaijing wondered, if this was true, what would it mean
One is that the other party may have assigned some tasks, so the frequency of communication is getting higher and higher, and the details need to be confirmed again and again.
But in this case, how do we explain Tangtang’s sense of loss after those so-called “communications”
Is the task unreasonable, or is it against his wishes
If neither is the case, can Su Huaijing have a second guess
Tangtang lost contact with the other party.
Because I couldn't get in touch with him, I tried many times, and felt so confused after all the failures.
Su Huaijing personally thinks that this guess is more likely.
But if this is the case, what does it mean that someone or something that was previously contactable suddenly can’t be contacted anymore
His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked out the window, watching the crowd gradually dispersing on the long street and the occasional Jinwu Guards passing by, and a vague sense of worry arose in his heart.
It seems... not a good thing.
If contact is canceled unilaterally, either one party is abandoned or something happens to the other party.
Judging from the fact that Rongtang has persisted for such a long time without giving up, the existence of the other party must be special enough to him, and he absolutely does not want to see the other party encounter an accident.
Su Huaijing closed his eyes slightly and tapped the air irregularly with his fingers.
His brain had completely calmed down, but he felt a sense of helplessness and frustration for the first time in a long time.
Whether it is Sheng Chengli or Sheng Xuyan, as long as there is a clear target, he can always find the most suitable way to deal with it.
But for something so illusory and intangible that he couldn't even tell if his guess was accurate, what could he do to ease Tangtang's worries
Su Huaijing looked out the window. This year's Waking of Insects happened to be the 15th day of the second month. There was a full moon in the sky, and the moonlight was pouring down. He looked at the moon and asked inexplicably, "Would you like to contact me?"
There was no subject, and he didn't know who he was asking. He just mentioned it casually without expecting any response. He closed his eyes and planned to take a light sleep. He would think of other ways to relieve Rong Tang's sorrow later.
But inexplicably, the wind in my ears seemed to stop for a moment.
Su Huaijing was stunned for a moment, and looked up. A small cloud-like light appeared out of nowhere in the carriage. It was white and a little bigger than a fist. If it stopped between his hands, it would be just the right size to be tossed around for fun.
The edges are very soft, like cat hair, floating in the air, and should feel very good.
Su Huaijing looked at it without saying a word, but his brows furrowed slightly. He moved towards Rong Tang silently and covered him tightly with the blanket again, leaving only half of his face exposed to breathe.
The movement startled the light. Su Huaijing saw that its edge froze for a moment, and it seemed to turn around, but it also seemed to be completely motionless. Clearly, there was a ball of white light everywhere, but it made people feel that it was looking at Rong Tang just now, and now it was looking at Su Huaijing.
If there is a difference, it is probably a change in mood.
The former was inexplicably sad, while the latter was alert and surprised.
After a long silence, the ball of light spoke first, hesitantly asking, "Can you... see me?"
If Rong Tang woke up at this moment, he would probably be extremely surprised.
The system sound can simulate human emotions but not timbre, so what he always hears is a mechanical sound. Contempt, indifference, quarrels, jumping up and down, sarcasm, sulking, no matter how immature the behavior is, will be forced to become much calmer behind those rigid tones.
But now the voice that sounded in the car was that of a child.
Human children are three or four years old, soft and cute, with a dragging tail like a habit after just learning to speak, like a small brush, and even the cautious questions become extremely cute.
The youngest child he came into contact with was Yuanyuan, but Yuanyuan was too naughty to be a child and was particularly hostile to him. The villain felt at ease and acted as a hands-off boss, leaving the child to Ke Hongxue and Mu Jingxu.
But this ball of light, which he originally thought must be guarded against and could take Tangtang away at any time, made such a sticky sound that he suddenly didn't know what to say.
The system was obviously getting impatient - it was not a good-tempered system to begin with, and when it saw that Su Huaijing did not respond for a long time, it turned its bald head back and began to look at its cabbage.
So Su Huaijing confirmed that it did have a front and back distinction. Although he could not see its eyes, its sights were definitely not on him now.
Su Huaijing thought for a moment and said, "I can see you."
"Hmph! I guessed it!" the system said unhappily, and quickly turned its body, seemed to glance at Su Huaijing, and turned back.
Just when Su Huaijing wanted to ask him something, he heard it say angrily: "You are really not a human!"
Su Huaijing: “… ?”
System: "How can you bully Tangtang like this? You have to go to bed when you are happy, you have to go to bed when you are unhappy, you have to sleep when you are jealous, and you have to sleep when you are sad. What's the matter? You haven't been weaned, you can't sleep without sleeping with Tangtang, right?"
Su Huaijing: “… ?”
The big villain had never been scolded like this in his life, and the voice was that of a three-year-old child. He was speechless and choked.
But the system still felt unsatisfied: "Tangtang is so good to you, why do you bully him all the time? You know he is weak, and it took three hours the first time. Even though there was a massage, it can't hide the fact that you are a beast."
Su Huaijing: “…”
Very good, being called a beast by someone other than Tangtang, and this person knows how they did it, and this person even looks like a child.
How outrageous.
System: "Also, forget about eavesdropping, but why are you so confident? You just know that Tangtang is reluctant to scold you, right? He is reluctant to scold you, so you are willing to tie him up? Don't you know why a headband is called a headband? Don't you know where it should be tied? Will you feel comfortable if I tie it up for you?"
Su Huaijing talked like a machine gun, but he couldn't find a way to interrupt.
It seemed like no motive was right. He felt comfortable and shameless in quarreling with Yuanyuan, but he didn't dare to speak out when quarreling with this thing whose face he couldn't see clearly and who kept talking about Tangtang, with a look of his mother's family.
He was silent for a long time, and just as he was about to speak, the other party said, "Be nicer to Tangtang, Tangtang has had a hard life."
His voice suddenly sank, and his mood became very bad.
Su Huaijing watched the ball of light in the sky float down, approaching Tangtang's cheek, and then stopping a finger's distance away. It seemed that it wanted to get closer, but was afraid to do so because of something. It just stood there, looking at Rongtang quietly.
The carriage shook slightly, and the center of gravity of the blanket shifted. Rong Tang didn't know whether it was because he was feeling uncomfortable or because he felt something, so he stretched out his hand from inside.
The ball of light hesitated for two seconds, then floated over without hesitation and stuffed itself into Rong Tang's palm, rubbing it gently, relying on it to the extreme, as if they had done this action thousands of times before and they both knew it by heart.
The sleeping person's fingers moved unconsciously, as if touching the soft edges of it.
Su Huaijing realized that he shouldn't speak at this time, and this unknown creature would not hurt Tangtang, so he simply sat aside and watched them silently.
Until the ball of light had been warm enough, it emerged from Rongtang's palm, floated in the air again, turned to Su Huaijing, and spoke again, but the first few words he spoke were accompanied by a strong nasal tone.
"There are many things Tangtang can't tell you, and you don't have to keep asking. You just have to trust him and do what he says." The system paused, and its emotions recovered a little: "Tangtang likes spicy food and doesn't like sweet food. He eats it because you like him. He should have lived in a super, super good world, with a healthy body, good family and friends, and he could live happily without any effort. He doesn't complain because he knows complaining is useless, and he trusts you because he thinks you are a good person, so you are not allowed to bully him."
"If you dare to think about the issue of offspring that Tangtang's mother mentioned, I will float to your bed in the middle of the night and chop off your penis, so that you don't have to bully Tangtang every day." The system said viciously.
After that, he kept on reminding her, "Don't peek at the book Tangtang is reading. Peeking is not civilized. Tangtang is shy. Don't tease him all the time. Getting bloodshot is not civilized. If Tangtang wants to drink, let him drink. I didn't marry you to be controlled by you. How can you forbid spicy food, alcohol, or opera? Are you a tyrant?"
The clouds drifted under the moon, and the light ball said a lot of things in a disjointed manner, not caring whether Su Huaijing listened or not. He just finished explaining everything in one go, then hesitated for a while, and said with a lack of confidence: "If Tangtang still wants to see me, tell him not to go to bed too early on the 15th of next month and wait for me; if he doesn't want to see me..."
It was silent for a very long time, then spoke in a muffled voice, once again with a secret crying tone, and said awkwardly: "Then I won't come out."
Su Huaijing: “…”
You feel so wronged, kid.
He asked: "Who are you? How should I tell Tangtang about you?"
System: “… all.”
"The ruler?"
"Yes." The system replied.
Su Huaijing nodded. The carriage was about to enter Yong'an Lane when a large cloud floated in the sky, blocking the full moon. The small ball of light in the carriage gradually became blurry and almost invisible.
When it tried to get close to Rong Tang's face again, Su Huaijing couldn't help himself and stretched out his hand: "Excuse me—"
He asked, "Are you Tangtang's son?"
(End of this chapter)