Shocking! The actress was dragged to the regent's bedchamber every night.

Chapter 166 His Friend

Su Wuli had no choice but to withdraw her hand and open her mouth for him to feed her.

He fed her spoonful by spoonful, and the temperature was much warmer than the first bite.

Su Wuli's eyes were still wet as she drank the brown sugar water he fed her, whether from the heat or something else, she didn't know.

The sweetness spread in my mouth, and the warmth spread from my stomach to my whole body.

The pain in my lower abdomen seems to have lessened a bit.

After finishing the last sip of brown sugar water, Su Wuli couldn't help but ask, "How did you come up with this?"

"No," he said. "It was checked."

"I mean..." she paused, "How could someone of your status be doing these things? Shouldn't you be being waited on hand and foot?"

He looked at her for a second, then said, "You have to be able to do everything when you're on a march."

Upon hearing this, Su Wuli couldn't help but ask, "Didn't someone cook when we were on the march? Like a cook or something..."

Yu Chen placed the empty bowl on the coffee table and replied, "Yes, but sometimes I can't keep up."

She didn't quite understand what she was hearing.

Yu Chen slowly explained, "On long-distance raids, when traveling light with supplies at the rear, sometimes you have to find your own way."

She nodded and asked again, "Are you alone or with someone else?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and his eyes seemed to darken slightly.

"Sometimes alone, sometimes with—" he said, then suddenly stopped.

Su Wuli watched him wait for a while, but he didn't say anything more.

Sensing something was amiss, she tentatively asked, "With your friend? Your comrade-in-arms?"

After saying that, the man stared at her for a long while, then nodded.

"Um."

Su Wuli was surprised that she had guessed correctly.

friend?

She recalled that everything about Yu Chen in the novel was vague; the book never mentioned that he had friends.

The bonds forged on the battlefield through countless battles are bonds forged through life and death.

Su Wuli suddenly became curious, "And what about that friend now?"

She seemed to have never seen him in her dreams or at his residence.

Yu Chen did not respond immediately, remaining silent for even longer than before.

Su Wuli felt a tightness in her chest from his gaze, and just as she was about to say something, he spoke.

"Dead." Just two simple words.

Her heart skipped a beat.

On the battlefield, swords and spears have no eyes; countless lives are lost...

She opened her mouth to comfort him, but before she could say anything, he spoke again.

"I killed him with my own hands."

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Wuli froze.

What?

She looked at him, her eyes filled with shock.

The man's face was expressionless.

Su Wuli wanted to say something but her throat tightened, and she hesitated, suddenly unsure of what to say.

After a long silence, she seemed to finally find her voice, "Why...why?"

He glanced at her, then looked away and gazed out the window.

Outside the window is the city's night view, brightly lit.

He did not answer.

However, the silence around them was more powerful than any answer.

Su Wuli looked at the deep wrinkle between his brows, as if it were pressing down on something.

A hint of hostility? But it doesn't seem like anger.

She couldn't help but raise her hand, and he paused when her fingertips touched his brow.

She gently stroked the crease, and his brow slowly relaxed a little under her fingertips.

Yu Chen looked down at her but didn't say anything. He simply reached out and picked her up, sitting her on his lap.

He spoke after a long while.

A deep voice emanated from his chest, "I thought he... was someone I could entrust my back to."

Su Wuli didn't interrupt, but listened silently.

"On the battlefield, you can only turn your back on one person." He paused as if he had remembered something.

He then added, "I gave it to him."

Upon hearing this, Su Wuli's heart tightened.

"Then he stabbed me in the back. I was seventeen years old that year."

She was stunned.

Seventeen years old, in modern times, that's still just a high school student...

To entrust one's back means to put one's life in the other's hands; what kind of trust is that...?

He gave it to that person.

Yu Chen held her wrist and led her hand behind his back.

Her fingertips trembled slightly through the thin fabric.

She had seen this scar before, and she was already used to the fact that Yu Chen had scars on his body.

She never imagined it would happen this way.

My eyes suddenly felt a little hot.

Listening to Yu Chen speak of these things, these betrayals, in an almost nonchalant tone.

It was as if it were a trivial matter, and he had even killed that person with his own hands.

That was his former comrade-in-arms and friend.

Her eyes grew hotter and hotter, and became slightly moist.

Yu Chen seemed to sense her emotions and looked down at her.

His brow furrowed again. "What's wrong? Is your stomach hurting again?"

Upon hearing this, Su Wuli was taken aback.

His large hand landed on her stomach and gently massaged it.

Su Wuli looked at him, and the tears welling up in her eyes became even more intense.

He didn't ask anything else, nor did he continue the previous topic; he simply rubbed her stomach.

Her lips moved, but she couldn't utter a word.

In the end, she didn't say anything, but just buried her face in his chest.

He didn't ask anything else, nor did he continue the previous topic; he simply rubbed her stomach.

My palm, warm, rested on her lower abdomen through her pajamas.

Su Wuli's lips twitched as if she wanted to say something, but she couldn't utter a single word.

It seems like nothing I say will make a difference.

So much time has passed since I was seventeen, and that scar has grown into what it is now.

That person has been dead for so many years, it seems like nothing she says matters.

Her hand gripped the fabric of his shirt, and the warmth that had just risen in her eyes gathered more and more in her eyes.

Finally, one drop couldn't hold back any longer and slid down, followed by a second drop...

Su Wuli buried herself in his arms, not wanting him to see her.

But her body was trembling slightly, and her breathing was becoming erratic.

The large hand that was rubbing his lower abdomen paused for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

Su Wuli shook her head and buried her face even deeper, rubbing it against his clothes.

His palm was still on her stomach and hadn't left.

After crying for a while, the emotions gradually calmed down a bit.

She lifted her head and pulled herself out of his embrace a little, placing her hands on his chest.

Yu Chen looked down at her.

Su Wuli looked at his face, at those brows that were always slightly furrowed.

She unconsciously sat up and leaned closer, her soft lips touching his slightly furrowed brow.

Almost instantly, Su Wuli noticed that the man holding her had frozen.

Su Wuli stepped back a little to look at him, her eyes still red and tears hanging on her eyelashes.

"Don't always frown," she said softly, her voice still a little hoarse. "It looks fierce."

She paused for a moment before continuing, "I'm scared."

Yu Chen reached out and used his thumb to wipe away the tear stains from her cheek.

"Fear?"

Su Wuli nodded, her eyes red.

"Afraid of me?" Yu Chen asked again.

She paused for a moment, then shook her head.

But he tightened his arms around her, saying, "He's a ruthless killer... you should be afraid."

The man pulled her into his arms, resting his chin on the top of her head. "Don't cry."

After a moment, Su Wuli stirred in his arms and raised her head, her voice slightly nasal from crying, "Don't be afraid."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Chen paused for a moment, then asked, "Aren't you afraid of what?"

She looked at him and slowly opened her lips, "I'm not afraid of you."

Then he added, "But don't frown...it's really fierce."

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