Chapter 1524: Chapter 1525: I Can No Longer Turn Back
Ye Zhi thought that people here wouldn’t swear lightly, because everyone believed there were deities three feet above their heads. Seeing Gong Juechen raise three fingers to swear, she no longer doubted him.
She believed.
Seeing Ye Zhi believe him, Gong Juechen sighed in relief and silently apologized in his heart: Zhizhi, I’m sorry, I didn’t want to deceive you, but I didn’t want you to worry about me more.
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Five days later, everything in Yun City was settled, ensuring that the people could return and live normally. Only then did Xiao Changyi allow the people who left Yun City to return and live there.
As soon as the people entered the city, their first action wasn’t to return home, but to bow and express gratitude to Xiao Changyi and the others.
Xiao Changyi timely mentioned Su Chengyu, the Emperor, who loves the people as his children, and would definitely ensure they live and work in peace.
The people immediately bowed in the direction of the Imperial Capital, exclaiming, "Long live My Emperor, long live, long live."
With everything settled, Xiao Changyi left ten thousand troops to guard Yun City and dispatched twenty thousand troops to guard the borders of various countries, to prevent them from coveting Xiyun’s vast territory and launching an attack.
As for the other soldiers, they packed up and would return to the Capital with Xiao Changyi in two days.
With everything done, only returning to the Capital remained. Xiao Changyi finally had the time to settle accounts with Gong Juechen.
As soon as Xiao Changyi saw Gong Juechen, he punched him. Gong Juechen didn’t dodge and took the punch head-on, his mouth instantly swelling and bleeding.
Since only Xiao Changyi and Gong Juechen were in the room, there was no one to stop them.
After being hit, Gong Juechen didn’t blame Xiao Changyi and still wore a roguish smile, even using the back of his intact hand to wipe the blood from his mouth.
After punching Gong Juechen, Xiao Changyi grabbed his collar, pulling Gong Juechen closer and lifting him slightly.
Only to see Xiao Changyi’s eyes cold as ice, speaking through gritted teeth, "Since you intended to hide it, why not keep it hidden?"
Gong Juechen didn’t answer his question, but instead laughed softly, "What are you afraid of? Afraid I’ll be at odds with Su Chengyu, or afraid Su Chengyu will kill me?"
"He promised the old man, he won’t kill you." He paused, "If it weren’t for me agreeing with the old man, do you think I care to involve myself with you?"
To say such words showed that Xiao Changyi was genuinely angry. Very angry.
Gong Juechen laughed again, then casually said, "You agreed with him, that’s your business. How I act is mine."
Xiao Changyi pushed Gong Juechen away, no longer clutching his collar, "Those men in black were yours, right?"
"No." The lie was immediate.
"Gong Juechen!" He raised his voice.
"They really weren’t." Gong Juechen’s face bore an expression of ’don’t arbitrarily put everything on me.’
"Would it really be so bad for you and him to stay out of each other’s hair?" Rarely did Xiao Changyi’s tone reveal powerlessness and resignation.
Gong Juechen said nothing, only smiled.
Xiao Changyi closed his eyes. After a moment, he opened them. As soon as he did, he turned away and walked out, saying without turning back, "If in the end, I can’t even protect you, you’ll have only yourself to blame."
Watching Xiao Changyi disappear from sight, Gong Juechen’s smile grew more bitter, and he thought: "Brother, I can’t turn back now... From the moment I accepted the position of Building Master, I could no longer turn back..."