Chapter 73 So that's how it is...
Chapter Seventy-Three: So That's How It Is
The moment Ling Hao and Gongzi Yu's eyes met, she saw terror in his eyes. Confused, she saw him turn to leave, and instinctively grabbed his arm. "What's wrong?"
That's strange. He's Gongzi Yu, so why is he so frightened? Could it be that he's encountered some problem? Although Linghao has many suspicions about him now, and is still angry because she can't find Mingyue, she won't stand idly by if Gongzi Yu really encounters something.
“I…” Gongzi Yu felt as if something had landed on his face. “It’s raining.”
"Yes, it's raining." Raindrops fell on Ling Hao's face. She wiped them with her hand, and then she saw that Gongzi Yu had changed.
He had shrunk in height, and his eyes had changed. It was clearly the same person, clearly the same face, but Linghao sensed he was different. "Mingyue?"
"Ah Hao!" Young Master Mingyue rushed over and hugged Ling Hao with joy. "Ah Hao, I'm finally back to see you. My wretched older brother, he actually sent me away, that's really too much."
Ling Hao's mind was in complete turmoil, but it also proved that her previous idea was correct. Gongzi Yu and Gongzi Mingyue were actually the same person; they weren't brothers, but two personalities within the same body.
But... Linghao patted Gongzi Mingyue's back, signaling him to let go of her.
"Ah Hao?" Young Master Mingyue released Ling Hao and stood still, looking at her with an obedient expression. He was already exceptionally handsome, and looking at people like that, it was easy to soften one's heart.
Ling asked with a smile, "How did you get back?" She then pulled him to stand under the eaves. The rain intensified, and they no longer needed to stand in the rain.
Gongzi Mingyue said, "I sneaked back when they weren't looking." He looked around. "Where's my brother? If he were here, I would give him a good beating." He made a gesture as if he were about to hit someone.
The longer Gongzi Mingyue stayed with Ling Hao, the more he found her whipping people incredibly powerful. He decided to carry a wooden stick with him so that the next time he saw Gongzi Yu, he could whip him into a spinning top!
“He ran away,” Ling Hao replied. It seems Mingyue doesn’t know that he and Gongzi Yu are the same person, but Gongzi Yu should know.
Thinking of Gongzi Yu's behavior just now, his strange actions along the way, the emperor's somewhat surprised expression last night, and the cryptic words in the poems, everything connected in Ling Hao's mind. So that's how it is, so that's how it is.
No wonder Gongzi Yu and Mingyue, despite not being twins, have the same face; no wonder she felt they were alike in subtle ways; no wonder… Linghao's previous strange observations were now explained, and she finally understood why she had those odd feelings. It was because of the difference in height between their two identities, and because the difference in their gazes was so stark, that Linghao perceived them as two different people.
Now that the truth has come out, she finally understands what happened.
"Ah Hao, aren't you happy to see me? We went through so much trouble to be able to reunite in Kyoto." Gongzi Mingyue muttered a lot of excited words, but when she looked up and saw Ling Hao's absent-minded look, she felt a little sad. He had gone through so much trouble to escape from Gongzi Yu's "clutches," and they hadn't seen each other for so long. Wasn't she happy?
"No." Ling Hao took a step back, then stood on tiptoe and patted Gongzi Mingyue's shoulder. "How could I not be happy to see you? I came all the way to Kyoto just to find you."
She thought to herself that Mingyue automatically found reasons for all his irrationalities, as if his thoughts and ideas were the only correct ones. For example, they hadn't seen each other for so long because he had been taken away and imprisoned by Gongzi Yu; or that they were able to meet again because he had escaped; or that he had no memory of the journey to Kyoto, yet he still knew that this was Kyoto.
"To find me?" Young Master Mingyue immediately perked up again. "It must be that scoundrel of a brother who didn't tell you where I was, right? He's just so annoying. Luckily, we hardly ever see each other, so I'm used to it. We shouldn't see him anymore; that person is too irritating."
Ling Hao gave a vague reply, then asked, "You didn't mention before why you've hardly ever met Gongzi Yu?"
"I don't know." Gongzi Mingyue thought for a moment, shook her head, and then said in a wronged tone, "I guess it's because I'm not likable. He doesn't like me, so he doesn't want to see me."
In the past, seeing him like this would have made Linghao feel sorry for him and comfort him. How could she not feel sorry for a poor little guy who had been neglected since childhood? But now, when she thought that Gongzi Mingyue was Gongzi Yu and Gongzi Yu was Gongzi Mingyue, she felt that something was not quite right.
"So how do you usually meet?" Ling Hao probed cautiously. She didn't dare to reveal to Mingyue that he and Gongzi Yu were the same person, because she was worried it would upset him. If Mingyue's personality disappeared, she would lose this friend.
What's the difference between the disappearance of a personality and a person dying? Even if he wasn't the dominant personality, in her eyes, he was still her friend.
“Well…” Gongzi Yu thought about it seriously for a moment, “It seems like we only see each other once in a long while, but then we have to part again.” As he spoke, he became aggrieved again, “He never talks to me, he just glares at me and leaves.”
Because you're the same person, you can't meet. No, you did meet once, but how did you meet? Linghao turned to look at Gongzi Yu's room and saw the large bronze mirror. She remembered that both Mingyue and Gongzi Yu had a large mirror in their rooms.
At that time, Linghao thought it was because they loved beauty, but now it seems that perhaps at the moment they exchanged, they saw each other through the bronze mirror, which is why Mingyue thought they only met once before Gongzi Yu left.
Once one thing is understood, everything becomes clear. After realizing that Gongzi Yu was Gongzi Mingyue, and Gongzi Mingyue was Gongzi Yu, Linghao connected many things and finally understood what was wrong.
But what about the trigger? There must be a trigger for a personality shift, right? What was the trigger for the shift between Gongzi Yu and Gongzi Mingyue? Ling Hao looked up at the rainy sky and recalled the different look in Gongzi Yu's eyes when he was being touched by raindrops. She realized that the rain must be the trigger.
But that doesn't make sense either. They encountered rain along the way, but Gongzi Yu remained Gongzi Yu, and Mingyue never appeared. Ling Hao was completely baffled.
"Ah Hao?" Gongzi Mingyue looked at Ling Hao cautiously. "Are you unhappy?" Why did she look so troubled? Could it be that that scoundrel Gongzi Yu spoke ill of her in front of her?
Nowadays, everything that Linghao's clever son Mingyue can think of is related to Linghao.
A note from the author:
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Even in this critical moment, someone didn't forget to maintain his "height." And Mingyue knew nothing; the chaotic scene was actually unfolding on Gongzi Yu's side. [winking emoji]
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