Chapter 239: CH 121.2

translator – xiao he lian

chapter 121.2

when wen chi saw a’gu was heartbroken, he laughed and rubbed a’gu’s furry head: “a’gu, you’ve lost weight, haven’t you eaten well recently?”

a’gu whimpered and rubbed his head against wen chi’s palm, seeming to be very dependent on wen chi.

wen chi’s heart almost melted when he saw this. so he picked up a’gu and rubbed it violently, he buried his face in a’gu’s fluffy fur and took two breaths.

a’gu has a faint scent on his body. wen chi didn’t know if it is a’gu’s own scent or something else, but it is somewhat similar to shi ye’s scent.

on one side, wen chi was having a great time with the fox, while the little eunuch on the other side was shocked. as if he couldn’t believe his eyes, he raised his hand and rubbed his eyes again and again.

it wasn’t until wen chi hugged a’gu and stood up that the little eunuch followed suit and got up from the ground.

the little eunuch looked at wen chi in disbelief, who looked as usual and then at the white fox who was being held obediently in wen chi’s arms. he was stunned for a moment: “young master wen, you and this white fox….”

wen chi smiled: “we know each other.”

“so that’s how it is.” the little eunuch suddenly realized and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief. he raised his hand and touched his forehead, only to find that his face was covered in cold sweat. he forced a flattering smile towards wen chi, “it seems that a’gu really likes young master wen and now that young master  wen is here, a’gu won’t lose his temper.”

wen chi hugged a’gu in his arms and asked, “does a’gu often come here?”

“replying to young master wen, a’gu lives here.” the little eunuch said, “his royal highness brought a’gu over a long time ago and raised him. it’s just that his royal highness was not in the palace a while ago and now a’gu was clingy. if his highness is not here a’gu seems to be in a bad mood, so he has been hiding in the den and only saw it come out for a walk today.”

after listening to the little eunuch’s words, wen chi finally understood – it turned out that during the days when he was not in the palace, a’gu was taken over by shi ye from bamboo flute residence.

wen chi felt ashamed at first, but when he looked down and saw a’gu rubbing against him, as if he was afraid of being abandoned by him again, his heart suddenly felt as if he was being pulled by something.

wen chi sighed, lowered his head and kissed a’gu on the head: “i’m sorry, a’gu.”

feeling wen chi’s closeness, a’gu raised his head and licked wen chi’s face a few times.

wen chi didn’t refuse either, instead he rubbed his chin against a’gu.

before, the little eunuch planned to stay here and watch wen chi, lest wen chi was doing anything in the study. but now he saw the interaction between wen chi and a’gu with his own eyes, he suddenly understood everything, so he took advantage when wen chi wasn’t paying attention and quietly exited the study.

after the little eunuch left, wen chi carried a’gu to the couch and he put a gu on the couch.

a’gu felt very insecure, just after being put down by wen chi, he whimpered and pulled wen chi’s clothes, wanting wen chi to pick him up again.

wen chi had no choice but to pick up a’gu, walked around the study twice and then put a’gu on the couch again.

but a’gu still didn’t want to be put down and continued to get up and pull wen chi’s clothes.

but wen chi was still thinking about other things and he couldn’t spend all his time with a’gu. he rubbed a gu’s head and coaxed him like a child: “a’gu, good boy, i’ll come back later to play with you, okay? you stay here first.”

wen chi didn’t know if a’gu understood his meaning, but it tilted its head, its two small ears moved back and forth quickly and a pair of dark round eyes stared at wen chi without blinking.

wen chi kissed a’gu on the head again: “good boy.”

a’gu whimpered, although his eyes were still full of sadness when he looked at wen chi, but he didn’t pull wen chi as hard as before.

seeing that a’gu had calmed down, wen chi looked around and after confirming that he, and a’gu were the only ones in the huge study, he walked softly to the desk like a thief.

the desk was full of bamboo slips, memorials and other things, which were not cleared away, and looked quite messy, which shows how much burden has been placed on shi ye’s shoulders since the emperor fell ill.

wen chi didn’t dare to rummage through those things, so he could only sweep his eyes over them. seeing that the picture scroll he was looking for was not on the desk, he turned around and went to the cabinet to continue searching.

it looked as if someone often cleans up here. except for shi ye’s desk, everything in the room was neatly arranged. the books in the cabinet are also arranged according to categories, and there is a sticker on the lower right corner of each shelf.

wen chi swept his eyes over and over again, but he didn’t see what he was looking for – not even anything that looked like a scroll.

in the end, wen chi found nothing. he sat down on shi ye’s usual seat, raised his head and exhaled, feeling a little discouraged.

maybe he should ask shi ye directly, but he was not sure that shi ye would tell him the truth.

even though shi ye kept claiming that that person was his enemy, wen chi could feel that that person’s identity was definitely more than just an enemy…

wen chi closed his eyes, clenched his hands and then let go, again and again.

after sitting like this for a long time, wen chi calmed down his thoughts. he got up from the seat and was about to pick up a’gu and leave but when he came back to his senses, he noticed that a’gu had already jumped from the couch to the desk.

a’gu sat upright on the desk, looking at wen chi curiously.

wen chi wanted to smile at a’gu, but found that he couldn’t, so he reached out and rubbed a’gu’s head: “it seems i can’t find it, let’s go.”

after that, wen chi prepared to pick up a’gu.

unexpectedly, a’gu suddenly jumped to his left, easily avoiding wen chi’s hands that were about to hug him.

wen chi froze for a moment and his outstretched hands froze in mid-air. he turned his head to look at a’gu: “what’s wrong?”

a’gu turned around and pointed his big, fluffy tail at wen chi. wen chi didn’t know what it was going to do, but it hummed and whimpered while using its head to push the bamboo slips stacked on the leftmost side of the table.

wen chi was taken aback by a’gu’s behavior and hurriedly grabbed a’gu’s tail: “a’gu! what are you doing? those are your father’s work materials. if you mess them up, see what your father will do to you when he comes back!”

a’gu ignored wen chi and flicked his tail, but found that he couldn’t get rid of wen chi’s hand holding its tail, so he stopped shaking and continued to use his head to push the bamboo slips.

“a’gu!” seeing that pulling his tail didn’t work, wen chi stepped forward to hug a’gu again and threatened viciously, “if you don’t obey me again, i’ll beat you.”

as soon as his words fell, a’gu suddenly stopped pushing the bamboo slips.

wen chi thought that a’gu had finally calmed down, so he patted a gu on the head lightly and was about to carry a’gu off the desk, but unexpectedly, a’gu turned his head in his arms—with a stick like thing in his mouth, it looked like a picture scroll.

after wen chi saw clearly what a’gu was holding in his mouth, he froze.

a’gu dug in the pile of bamboo slips for sometime and he actually found this.

wen chi’s eyes were full of surprise. after a long pause, he slowly let go of a’gu and then took the thing that looked like a picture scroll from a’gu’s mouth.

it was really a picture scroll.

wen chi seemed to sense something and he put the picture scroll on the desk and slowly pulled it down.

as the picture scroll gradually unfolded, a familiar face appeared in wen chi’s sight.

t/n – hi everyone, i got good new for y’all. i almost finished translating the novel (now translating the extras), so i might be able to mass upload it pretty soon. just letting you all know. have a nice day!