You've Got Mail: Cautionary Tale (YGMCT)

Chapter 60 - The Will-o-Wisp Turning Into Dust Only Needed The Blink of An Eye

They remained where they were for a while more. It was soon about to be 11pm, and Lu Zezhi finally put on a tired expression. He exchanged vows of love and loyalty with Guan Shanjin, finally feeling at ease, then sent the man out of Wangshu Residence.

Guan Shanjin naturally put on a show, exuding gentleness and consideration, with deep affections. Dragging out their farewell for as long as possible, he was unwilling to part. Only until Lu Zezhi could finally no longer keep a tight hold on his expression, did Guan Shanjin then reluctantly turn to leave.

Once he was out of Lu Zezhi’s sight, Guan Shanjin immediately put away his affectionate expression and snorted coldly. With no regards for whether his action was polite or not, he removed his outer robe.

It was suffused with Mr. Lu’s scent, refreshing and gentle. This was the fragrance of the incense that he had sought specially for Mr. Lu. The clean, cold scent had a gentle yet aloof characteristic to it, just like the silver moon in the sky, poles apart from where he was.

By now, all these matters, these things, were nothing but jokes. The person whom he had cherished for so many years, whom he dared not dally about with, and whom he had loved so deeply, was actually so selfish and unscrupulous.

In the past, Mr. Lu was not this stupid. Was it due to the many years of doting that Guan Shanjin had lavished on him that made him forget himself?

If Lu Zezhi’s methods were a little more skilful, Guan Shanjin could still admire him, and could even consider giving him a helping hand as compensation for having accompanied him for the past eight or nine years. However, he had not expected that the years of ease and comfort had made the current capability of this seemingly bright person lesser than half of his previous abilities, and he had even become somewhat stupid.

As the Great Southern Garrison General, during the years that he lived in the capital, numerous daughters of noble families had sought to gain a marriage with him. Without giving them any modicum of dignity, he had rejected them all. Did Lu Zezhi forget about this? Could it be that he could not see the reason why the emperor on his dragon throne turned a blind eye to Guan Shanjin being a local tyrant out here in South Xinjiang, even indulging him and allowing him to do whatever he wanted, was because the only child of the Protector General was a homosexual? That his position and power were gained with his declaration of never marrying a wife and having any children, and that his family line would end with him?

Guan Shanjin pressed a palm to his forehead, laughing quietly. What a mockery this was.

Look at the sort of idiot that ensued from the result of his doting.

“Burn this.” Guan Shanjin casually tossed the outer robe to the ground. A shadow flashed out from the dark. They acknowledged Guan Shanjin respectfully, and just as they picked up the robe and were about to leave, they were stopped by Guan Shanjin. “Tell Man Yue that there’s no need to respect anyone’s dignity tomorrow. Such a little bit of dignity, I can still afford to have it be stomped upon.”

“Yes.” There was no sign of falter from the dark figure. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared, leaving no trace.

Guan Shanjin stood in the dark for a long while. It was a moonless sky, and the stars were rather dim as well. It was already late into the night, and the spring wind brought with it a chill. His clothes swirled in the wind, yet he stood there motionless like a statue. No one knew what he was looking at, nor what he was thinking about.