Chapter 156 Black Spirit
Han Zhong regretted asking that question.
After knowing that Yan Zhong might also like Jiang Wu, he did feel sympathy for Yan Zhong, but he was more jealous of him. He was jealous that Yan Zhong met Jiang Wu before him, jealous that he and Jiang Wu had been together for more than eighty years, and jealous that after his death, he was able to use a secret of ascension to make Jiang Wu willingly trapped in the Great Zhou Dynasty and even nearly lose his soul.
Whether he was a friend, a confidant, or someone he was using, he truly left a mark in Jiang Wu's heart, which was the most significant mark in Jiang Wu's life over the past two hundred years.
How could he not be jealous?
He was so jealous that for the first time in his nearly thirty years of life he slandered in his mind a person he had never met before. The other person might even be an ancient person from his previous life, an emperor who was famous in history and was called a wise ruler by later generations.
He thought that the other party was insidious and cunning, full of tricks, and would do anything to ascend to the throne. He even used a secret of ascension to lure the sixteen-year-old Jiang Wuqi down the mountain, to share life and death with him, to accompany him to the throne, and to have the power of life and death.
But what he envied even more was that Yan Zhong's love for Jiang Wu was so pure. He did not scheme to take advantage of him, did not overshadow his master, did not seize him by trickery, and did not even take advantage of his ignorance in love to satisfy his own selfish desires. In that era, he was willing to risk the world's disapproval, left his harem empty, never married, and even renamed the palace that belonged to the empress after Jiang Wu.
He moved his numb knees, reached out and lifted up the short hair behind Jiang Wuzuo's ear, and calmly changed the subject, "Did he teach you how to tie your hair?"
Jiang Wu was stunned for a moment and shook his head subconsciously. Yan Zhong had used a hairpin to tie his hair for him before, but he himself had never used this kind of modern loose hair tie, let alone Yan Zhong who knew how to do it. How could he possibly teach him?
Han Zhong didn't say anything. He reached out and picked up the hair tie that fell at his feet. Then he crossed one leg and sat on the ground. He held the hair tie on his bent knee with one hand and waved at Jiang Wu with the other hand.
"Come here."
"What?" Jiang Wu crawled forward two steps puzzledly and knelt in front of Han Zhong.
"Let me tie your hair." Han Zhong raised his index finger, motioning him to turn around.
Jiang Wu turned around doubtfully, and sat cross-legged on the ground like him, and asked hesitantly, "Can you do it?"
Han Zhong turned a deaf ear to him. Instead, he felt that he was too far away. He stretched out his long arms, grabbed the man from behind and held him in his arms.
Jiang Wu was stunned, his back pressed against the broad and warm chest. He could vaguely feel his heart beating through his chest. He subconsciously wanted to turn his head to look at the person behind him, but the person behind him forced his head to turn away.
"Don't move."
“…”
Jiang Wu frowned, said nothing, and did not move, allowing Han Zhong to play with his hair. His slender and powerful fingers gently stroked his scalp with just the right amount of force, passing through his hair and combing it back a little bit, which was very comfortable. At first he questioned whether Han Zhong knew how to tie his hair, but later he leaned in Han Zhong's arms with peace of mind and fell asleep comfortably.
About half an hour later, Han Zhong stared at the crooked ponytail on the back of Jiang Wu's head and the messy hair around it and fell silent.
"It's okay." He said calmly.
The person in his arms didn't reply. He tilted his head to take a look and saw that, sure enough, he had fallen asleep again.
Those eyes that were clear enough to infuriate people were quietly closed, the fair and pretty face was slightly tilted in his arms, revealing the graceful lines of the jaw, a strand of scattered long hair hung down from the forehead, covering the flying tail of his eye, making him less cold and more peaceful than usual.
Han Zhong tucked the long hair behind his ear, then stood up and carried him to the opposite room. However, when he stood up, he caught a glimpse of two identical black jade rings on the coffee table.
In fact, before Jiang Wu told him that the two jade rings were different, he had already discovered that Qin Jiawang's black jade ring was not the one he had picked up in the Qingmingshan Cemetery before. He didn't know the reason, but it seemed that a voice in his subconscious was telling him that the two were different and he was more familiar with the one on the left.
This strange feeling of familiarity reminded him of the scene when he picked up the black jade ring. The two poachers had been trapped in the cemetery for so long, and Jiang Wu had also checked the cemetery before being trapped in the formation, but he did not find the black jade ring. Yet he found it. Or just like what the tall poacher said, it was the jade itself that made a sound that attracted him over.
He believed that there were no real coincidences in the world, and all coincidences were just the sum of inevitability, so this black jade ring must be related to him.
Jiang Wu did not sleep for long this time and woke up in the afternoon. When he opened his eyes, he found himself back in his previous room. The black jade ring was back on his neck, and Qin Jiawang's was placed on the cabinet beside his bed.
He put the black jade ring into his pocket and went downstairs to the living room, only to see Aunt Bai watching TV alone. When she saw him coming down, she hurriedly said she would heat up some food for him.
"No, where's Han Zhong?"
"He said he was out for something. If you have anything, call him. I'll tell you."
Jiang Wu frowned. He had been planning to ask Han Zhong if he could add him back as a WeChat friend, but he didn't expect that Han Zhong was so tired that he actually fell asleep.
He was about to call Rong Anzhou when Zhang Xiaoyu suddenly called and asked him if he was still in Linhai and if he was free.
Jiang Wu thought for a moment and realized that Han Zhong's health problem had been solved and there was no rush for other things, so he asked him what was the matter.
Zhang Xiaoyu said that LIMU had already started to contact him about matters related to the spokesperson, and asked him to take time to meet, have a meal, and discuss the details.
Jiang Wu was stunned. Isn’t LIMU the brand of Han Zhong’s mother?
"Li Mu wants to see me?"
"How is that possible? She is the founder of the brand, how could she meet you in person? It is her employee, the person in charge of the Four Seasons men's jewelry series, who wants to meet you. I have sent you the time and place. If you have any questions, I will talk to them."
"Um."
Jiang Wu stood there for a long time after hanging up the phone. It was not until Aunt Bai came over to say that the food was ready that he remembered and looked up and asked, "Have you met Han Zhong's mother?"
Aunt Bai was stunned. "I was the one who took care of Mrs. Han before."
"What's she like?"
"fine."
After Aunt Bai finished speaking, she suddenly thought of something and widened her eyes slightly. Is she going to meet the parents?
She thought Jiang Wu was nervous, so she smiled and comforted him, "Don't worry, Mrs. Han is a very nice person, very kind, not at all like a rich lady, and quite humorous. She looks very young, but she's not in good health, otherwise she would have come to see you a long time ago."
"Look at me?" Jiang Wu was puzzled. "What are you looking at me for?"
Aunt Bai smiled and said, "Oh, you are my future daughter-in-law, no, son-in-law. Oh, I don't know how you young people call each other, but that's it. We will be a family in the future, so of course she will come to see you!"
“…”
Jiang Wu looked at her smiling face, and in an instant, all the meaningful smiles and strange words that Aunt Bai had said before came to his mind.
He looked at Aunt Bai in front of him speechlessly, "... Han Zhong and I are not in that relationship."
Aunt Bai immediately looked worried, "You two haven't reconciled yet?"
Jiang Wu opened his mouth, not knowing whether to answer that they had reconciled or not. He felt that neither answer was right.