Chapter 430 He’s Afraid He Might Kill Me_1
"Being able to make a person who doesn’t like to talk do so, I felt a great sense of accomplishment, and then, I said that as long as he occasionally spoke, I would not bother him,"
An Jing: ...You’re really something.
"He reluctantly agreed," the Emperor of Xiyun continued. "Later on, I slowly discovered that he had a natural gift for deploying troops, and he could learn anything at once, truly a once-in-a-lifetime genius."
"I had him learn martial arts with the generals, and he learned better than any of them; there was not a single person in the military who could defeat him."
"I tasked him with leading troops in battle, and he never failed his mission, returning victorious each time."
"But after every triumphant return, while the whole army celebrated, he would never join the celebration; he remained expressionless, as if it had nothing to do with him. He would just take the horse I had given him and leave for a ride."
"Once, when I went out of the camp to find him, he and that horse were standing by the riverbank, one person, one horse, nothing else. The setting sun’s afterglow scattered over them, and seeing that, how lonely he must have felt."
"The child was truly alone. Everyone in the military respected him, but he shared his heart with no one. It was as if he had nothing but that horse. It seemed only that horse could accompany him."
Listening, An Jing’s heart ached unbearably. Then she felt grateful. She was there; she accompanied him, and would always be there for him, in life and death, never leaving his side.
"With him commanding the three armies, I was at ease, and I no longer needed to lead the troops directly. I entrusted everything in the military to him and returned to the Capital. Before I left, I told him that I wanted to recognize him as my adopted son. But he disagreed."