"Qian Shan?"
What was he talking about?
Ti Le's first reaction was to look around.
Fortunately, there weren't too many people around, and everyone was busy with their own tasks.
Ti Le held his hand and softly called his name, "Brother Chang Wang, what are you saying?"
"I'm not..."
His voice grew fainter, "I'm not... telling my family that I've failed them. It's me who's failed them, I'm not..."
However, before he could finish, his head gently tilted to the side.
Ti Le stepped forward and gently felt his breath.
Fortunately, he wasn't dead, likely just fainted.
But what did his words just now mean?
Ti Le committed the name to memory but did not question him directly.
During the days he lay on the sickbed, Ti Le had people investigate the name.
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Three months later.
Fortunately, he had survived.
Although the King of the Southern Kingdom personally wrote a letter of apology to the Emperor of the Great Yue Dynasty because of this incident.
But the matter had finally passed. As long as Prince Chang remained alive, the friendship between the two countries would endure.
Ti Le stayed by his bedside almost day and night, ensuring that the first person he saw upon waking was Ti Le.
"Ti Le?"
Ti Le would never forget it. It was in the early morning.
The person she had guarded for so long opened his eyes, looked at her, and the first thing he did upon regaining consciousness was to call her name, "Ti Le, is that you?"
"It's me, it's me, Brother Chang Wang!"
Ti Le grasped his hand and softly called his name, "Brother Chang Wang, you're finally awake, it's truly wonderful!"
"I... am still alive?"
This was the first question he asked Ti Le. His eyes gently scanned the familiar surroundings.
"Yes, you are still alive."
Ti Le nodded, almost moved to tears of joy.
"My legs..."
However, he soon noticed something different about himself. "Why can't I move my legs? What's wrong with my legs? What happened?"
He seemed to know what had happened to his legs, and his entire demeanor became agitated.
"Brother Chang Wang, please don't be like this!"
Ti Le tightly gripped his hand, trying to comfort him in every way possible. "Please don't be like this, alright? I will be with you, I will always be by your side, and everything will get better!"
Later, Ti Le did as she promised, staying by his side.
During that time, even many years later, when Ti Le recalled it, her heart would always feel warm.
It was as if in this world, only she and he remained.
No one disturbed them, and she could always be by his side.
Having lost his legs, he suffered more than anyone.
But with Ti Le's support, he quickly regained his spirit.
He slowly began to accept the pain of spending his future in a wooden wheelchair.
He also gradually adapted to the wooden wheelchair.
Ti Le sometimes even thought, how wonderful it would be if time could always remain like this?
How wonderful it would be if they could always be like this?
Seeing him gradually recover, Ti Le also felt happy.
But she had not forgotten that there was still an important matter to attend to. wap.kanshu伍.net
That year, his birthday was a rainy day.
Although he was Prince Chang of the Great Yue Dynasty, in the Southern Kingdom, no one paid attention to his birthday.
So, on that day, only Ti Le remembered.
Ti Le stayed by his side, pushing him throughout the day.
Until nightfall—
Ti Le looked into his eyes and suddenly asked him, "Who is Qian Shan?"
She saw his pupils constrict sharply.
Even though he quickly regained his composure, Ti Le knew that this matter was unusual.
He lowered his head and softly said, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"You don't know?"
Ti Le chuckled softly. "Actually, I already know who Qian Shan is. So, you don't need to hide it from me. No matter who you are, no matter what your name is, and no matter why you are standing before me, I will not tell anyone about this."
"I truly don't know what you are talking about."
But his brow held only his usual calm. "Qian Shan? I have never heard this name before. Ti Le, I don't know why you are bringing up this name to me."
"It's alright, Brother Chang Wang!"
Although she did not get the answer she wanted, Ti Le felt a sense of loss.
But facing this "Qian Shan," she still shook her head.
She cared about nothing else in her heart. "It's alright, Brother Chang Wang. You are my Brother Chang Wang, and you will always be my Brother Chang Wang." kanshu伍.ξà
Thus, all her probing came to an abrupt end.
Ti Le was willing to believe that he was indeed Prince Chang.
Even if she didn't need to know anything, it didn't matter, did it?
Life could continue like this, until the day Prince Chang was to return to the Great Yue Dynasty—
When she first heard the news of his departure, Ti Le's heart felt as if a heavy stone had been placed upon it, sinking deeply!
They had all grown up over the years. Although their relationship seemed less intimate than before, Ti Le knew in her heart that neither of them had changed.
Therefore, the news of Prince Chang's departure this time was truly too sudden and too abrupt for Ti Le.
For the first time, she impulsively ran to Prince Chang's place and indeed saw him packing his belongings, preparing to leave.
"Brother Chang Wang!"
Ti Le stepped forward, her eyes filled with reluctance. "Brother Chang Wang, are you leaving?"
"Yes, Ti Le."
He smiled and nodded at Ti Le, his eyes holding the usual gentleness. "I must leave. I always have to leave. Thank you for taking care of me in the Southern Kingdom all these years."
"Brother Chang Wang!"
Ti Le slowly walked forward and gently crouched beside Qian Shan, who was sitting in the wooden wheelchair. "Can you not go? Please stay, alright? I promise, I will still be by your side from now on, always by your side!"
Qian Shan reached out and gently stroked Ti Le's hair.
However, his eyes seemed to be covered by a layer of haze. "Ti Le, we both know clearly in our hearts that I cannot *not* leave. And, you cannot always stay by my side. I have always treated you as a sister, Ti Le. I hope you will live well in the future."
"Sister?"
Ti Le paused, softly murmuring Qian Shan's words. "You said... you have always treated me as a sister? Brother Chang Wang, I thought we—"
"Ti Le!"
At this moment, Qian Shan interrupted Ti Le. "Thank you for your feelings for me. However, in my heart, I have indeed always treated you as a sister. After I leave, you must also be well, understand? We are both born for our country and family; there is no need to think of anything more."