The Unkind Human Chapter 8

Samuel Eunuch Muhan smiled and said, "Your Highness... Your Highness's lunch will be ready soon. I will go check it out first."

Charles Chu nodded, Samuel Eunuch Muhan bowed and retreated, closing the door and staying outside.

Liam Wei's face turned pale. He never thought that Charles Chu would be in his room, and he never expected that the painting he had hidden so well would be discovered by Charles Chu. Liam Wei didn't know what to do for a moment and stood at the door in a daze.

Originally, Charles Chu came to Liam Wei's room to rummage around, but now that he was caught, it was Liam Wei who was embarrassed. Charles Chu sat down and unfolded the drawing paper in his hand, chuckling: "Is this yours?"

Liam Wei bit his lip, knelt down and said, "Your Highness... It's my subordinate."

Charles Chu laughed: "This is clearly my painting, how come it's yours?"

Liam Wei was a little anxious. It was a serious crime to secretly keep the prince's handwriting. Liam Wei was only fourteen years old and was still afraid in his heart, but he still insisted: "Your Highness... This is mine, please... give it back to me."

Liam Wei's face turned pale, and his hands holding the small cloth bag were shaking. Charles Chu regretted it secretly, but he was still a child, why did he always tease him? Charles Chu softened his voice: "Do you like ink painting? Can I draw another one for you? What do you like?"

Upon hearing this, Liam Wei could not help but look up at Charles Chu. He was stunned for a moment and said, "My subordinate... My subordinate dares not trouble Your Highness. I hope Your Highness can return this painting... to my subordinate." Although he said so, Charles Chu could see that Liam Wei's face was a little red. Was he embarrassed?

Charles Chu chuckled, walked over and helped him up. He just blamed himself for teasing him, but now he couldn't help looking at Liam Wei so closely. He pulled Liam Wei closer with his hand. Liam Wei subconsciously wanted to hide, but looking at the drawing paper in Charles Chu's other hand, he managed to hold back. Charles Chu held Liam Wei's wrist and whispered teasingly: "You really value this thing. You were so unromantic that day, but now you are willing to obey for this piece of torn paper."

Liam Wei pursed his lips and said nothing. The happier Charles Chu was, the more he gave him the painting. Liam Wei got the painting paper and broke away from Charles Chu's hand. He stepped back a few steps, carefully folded the painting paper and put it in his arms. He looked at Charles Chu vigilantly, as if he was facing a great enemy, and muttered: "Your subordinate... dare not offend Your Highness."

"Why are you hiding? Can I take it back?" Charles Chu laughed, walked to the desk and looked through it, raised his head and glanced at Liam Wei, and said: "What are you standing there for? Come and grind the ink."

Liam Wei really didn't know what Charles Chu wanted to do, and didn't dare to ask, so he could only walk over and stand aside to help grind the ink. Charles Chu rummaged for a long time and only found a piece of raw silk, which was usable. He then picked a suitable brush, dipped it in ink and started painting.

Charles Chu thought for a moment, then picked up his brush and drew a cliff. The cliff was steep, with a bright moon and a few thin clouds hanging on it. Charles Chu changed his brush and started drawing figures. This time, the figures were no longer Charles Chu and Victor Chu. Charles Chu's painting skills were outstanding, and he outlined the outline of Liam Wei with a few strokes...

Liam Wei was sitting on the ground on the cliff, looking up at the moon in the sky. Charles Chu was sitting lazily beside him, turning his head to look at Liam Wei with a smile on his lips, as if he was saying something. There was a jar of wine beside them. The scene was peaceful and warm.

Charles Chu changed the brush and continued. It took him almost an hour to finish the painting, which took even longer than the one he gave to Victor Chu. Charles Chu changed the brush, dipped it in burnt ink, and wrote the inscription: Presented to Liam Wei, winter of the thirteenth year of Tianqi.

Charles Chu took out his own private seal and stamped it on the lower right corner to sign his name. Charles Chu put away the seal and chuckled softly: "Isn't this one for you much better than yours?"

Charles Chu turned to look at Liam Wei. Liam Wei's eyes had turned red without him noticing. Charles Chu laughed: "What's wrong? Don't you like this painting? Why are you unhappy when I paint a picture for you?"

He held his halberd low and said in a hoarse voice, "I am not worthy of your kindness."

Charles Chu sighed inwardly. He probably understood Liam Wei's character. He was a kind-hearted and honest man, but too pedantic. He would just stand there and watch stupidly. Otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed by his side for ten years in his previous life without him knowing about this person. Charles Chu always wanted to fight for what he wanted. This was the first time he met someone with Liam Wei's character. He was puzzled and distressed.

Charles Chu put the painting on the desk and pulled Liam Wei to sit down. Liam Wei wiped his eyes awkwardly. Charles Chu chuckled: "I know how you feel about me. You are not stupid. I have treated you like this these days. You should understand my feelings."

Liam Wei naturally understood that Charles Chu would tease him from time to time these days and say things that made him blush and feel embarrassed. Samuel Eunuch would look after him, which must have been Charles Chu's instruction.

Liam Wei pursed his lips slightly, his eyes were still wet, Charles Chu really didn't understand, and whispered: "The Japanese wanted to get close to you, but you ran away, making me think you didn't have such intentions. Today I saw that you actually hid my painting, so it seems that you have feelings for me. If you are not satisfied, just say it directly."

Liam Wei lowered his head, stood up after a while, knelt down and said in a hoarse voice: "I deserve to die for having thoughts about Your Highness that I shouldn't have... I dare not ask for anything else, I only hope to stay by Your Highness' side and be loyal to him until my death."

The words "until death" wiped out Charles Chu's original teasing thoughts. The cliff in the painting he had just made was the Cliff of Broken Hearts, thirty miles west of the imperial city. Charles Chu thought of Liam Wei, who was covered with wounds on the Cliff of Broken Hearts in his previous life, and felt more and more uncomfortable when he looked at the half-grown child in front of him.

Charles Chu asked in a deep voice: "Are you so content to just be a guard? What if one day I get married and have children?"

Liam Weichui: "I will be loyal to your Highness's princess and prince just as I am loyal to your Highness... As a man, I don't have a prominent family background to assist your Highness, so I can only..."

"Stop talking..." This child is here to afflict him. Charles Chu felt pain in his heart when he heard Liam Wei's words. He pulled Liam Wei up and whispered, "I will not marry a princess."

If I can have this person to spend my life with, what does it matter if I don’t have a wife or children?

Liam Wei stared at Charles Chu blankly and muttered: "Your Highness..."

Charles Chu closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "I know you can't recover from doing this to you suddenly. You just need to know that I am not treating you as a joke for the sake of novelty. Don't worry, I don't treat you as a pedophile. I was rude that day. Don't think too much. Just stay with me from now on."

Charles Chu chuckled: "Today I will promote you to be the first-class guard of Bi Tao Garden. Do you like it if you stay by my side every day?"

Charles Chu never knew that he would care so much about someone. After his rebirth, he originally wanted to treat him well, fulfill his wishes, and then promote his family background, which could be regarded as a reward for Liam Wei's loyalty in his previous life. But after getting along with him for these days, Charles Chu found that he really liked this person.

She would worry whether he was cold during his shift, and whether he had enough to eat... Charles Chu was cold-hearted by nature, and he had never been like this except towards Queen Ling and the previous Victor Chu.

Even after promoting him to his side, Charles Chu was still not at ease, so he promoted him to the third-class guard as an exception. He was worried that other guards would bully him. His guard spear was still so small and his personality was too kind, so how could people feel at ease?

No matter how you think about it, it’s more reassuring to have people in front of you.

Liam Wei was still a little slow to react, and whispered: "Your Highness... I am not old enough, and I have no achievements. If I skip the level and become a first-class guard, people will say that Your Highness..."

"Your Highness has never been afraid of what others say." Charles Chu interrupted him and chuckled, "I really want to treat you well for the rest of my life... I'm afraid you won't believe me now, Liam Wei, just wait and see."

Liam Wei's eyes suddenly turned red. It was originally a hopeless admiration. He never thought that there would be such a day. It would be a lie to say that he was not moved. However, Liam Wei was already used to standing in the dark. He was a little slow to react and asked in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness... why are you so good to me?"

In the years that followed, many people asked Charles Chu this question: why was he so good to Liam Wei? The emperor asked, the empress dowager asked, Victor Chu asked, and Liam Wei's brother Wei Zhan also asked... Charles Chu's answers were different depending on the person who asked.

No one understood. Liam Wei was of average appearance, with a calm and dull personality, and he couldn't do anything to please his superiors. But Charles Chu was good to this man, to a degree that no one could understand.

Charles Chu looked at Liam Wei and said softly: "Let me ask you, if one day I lose my status as a noble and become worse than a commoner, and the people closest to me want me to die, what will you do?"

Liam Wei was stunned for a moment, and said without thinking: "I will stay with Your Highness and protect your life at all costs."

What a good answer! Now Charles Chu is the legitimate son of the Empress. If he asked this question to anyone around him at this time, they would probably give a similar answer. But in his previous life, when he was in the most difficult time and even he had given up, it was Liam Wei, and only Liam Wei, who was determined to die and risked his life to bring him out of the Qin Palace with a body full of knife wounds. It was also only Liam Wei who was fearless when facing the 3,000 imperial guards with him, and fought with them for him alone with a single knife, and finally died heroically with not a single part of his body intact.

In this vast world, there is only this one person.

It was this person who, at the very end, when he was in despair and hopeless, still insisted on protecting him and keeping him alive.

Charles Chu's previous life was short, and apart from Queen Ling, he had only experienced this kind of friendship with Liam Wei. But that one time, he could never forget it. Charles Chu has always been a selfish and greedy person. He wanted to tie someone to his side forever and absorb the warmth that only Liam Wei could give him at any time.

Charles Chu looked at Liam Wei's still somewhat immature and somewhat bewildered face and chuckled: "You would still stay with me under such circumstances, and that's why I like you."