1 Waking up!

A tall long-haired youth stood beside an old woman lying in a luxurious hospital bed.

staring at her closely he sits down and locks his hands with hers

slightly opening her eyes, she can barely whisper

"an angel?"

With a gentle smile, the youth said "neither an angel nor a demon. I saw your life from beginning to end and I wanted to say. You lived one of the best lives I had the pleasure to see, I don't know where you are going. But I hope you have the same luck again, goodbye."

By the time he finished, he could feel her heart stop.

'Maybe she didn't hear until the end?'

But seeing the hint of a smile on her, he felt comforted. With a lonely smile of his own, the youth closed his eyes.

'When will I come back? This is the hundredth time already.' 'Oh?'

Opening his eyes again, a familiar ceiling is there. not convinced, Zhang Li looks beside him and a nostalgic, beautiful face is sleeping in his sofa.

'she still this beautiful. Seems not much time passed here.

Ughk, the pain! Discomfort! The time lying down was not few either. I have to move'

slowly getting up, Li looks straight ahead, at the girl he didn't see for at least a few Millenniums of time. White and blue servant dress, a water bucked beside her and some fruit trays

'So she took care of me.' smiling Zhang Li slowly stood up to not make any noise.

He opens the window, just wide enough for him to see the dark outside

'five in the morning, this scent of morning dew, this old view, feels good to be back. '

Inhaling Deeply Zhang Li swears to himself.

"I will embrace, enjoy and protect, everything good to me. Be it something mine or something I should not ever touch, regardless. I'll have no morals or scruples to protecting What is mine, and what belongs to those who are mine.

I'll do as much good as my circumstance allows me to..

I won't shackle myself with no other rules, codes or moral conduct, other than my own. It does not matter if it's religious or royal, care and looks after the interest of myself and those who stand with me!"

*clank* "ahh!"

looking behind him, the maid stands stares with disbelief all over her face. Zhang Li ignoring the broken plate broke into a gentle smile.

"Sister Xu, It has been a while."

Staring at this shaking twenty years old beauty, memories start to float. Even though she is one of my sister's maid, she always took care for me whenever the chance arrived, to think I always took it as nothing. but now remembering the admiring look she gave me.

It's it was so obvious.

"Y-Young-young master Zhang Li!" walking straight to him, in an obvious attempt to hug. she stops right in front of Zhang Li, she asks something instead

"young master does it hurt anywhere? are you ok? no, wait! I'will call miss-"

Suddenly taking hold of her shoulders Zhang Li speaks

"It's alright, I am ok, don't need to call anyone right now. Instead, why don't we talk a little?"

"o-ok"

'she has always been collected. to be showing this much excitement because I woke...cute.'

"How long have I been bedridden for?"

"a month. y-young master is really well right?"

'Only a month, huh.'

"I'm just feeling a little discomfort for lying down for so long. Also, I practice inner Qi so my body is tough don't worry about it. Rather, tell me about this last month."

Seeing her young master was really well.

Mei Xu started to speak.

" nothing of importance happened Young master. If there's anything, only the family gathering today."

She said with an awkward expression.

'Young master closed himself and never participated in the family discussions anymore.'

reading her so obvious expressions Zhang Li retort

"Sister Xu after this misfortune, I decided It's time for a change, please, If you could announce my recovery and also arrange a personal maid for me. I trust you will choose well. Also, accompany Ruo'er to the gathering I'will have a surprise for everyone."

With the most confident smile and the smoothest voice he finishes "Can you do this for me?"

dazzled by his smile, Mei Xu fluster.

"Y-Y-young master you shouldn't talk like this. I'm just a maid 0-0f course I'll accomplish any task-"

"That's where you are wrong. I have yet to thank you."

Smiling faintly Zhang Li suddenly hugs her strongly and speak lightly

"For taking care of me for so long, naturally, I naturally have to bear the responsibility and make sure you live a good life."

Zhang Li give a soft kiss on her lips and release her.

Dumbfounded by what just happened, Mei Xu rapidly runs through the door hiding her red face

Zhang LI smiles.

'A month ago I wouldn't dare such things much less with an engaged woman.'

"I will change everything. let's start with the clan, Afterward, the country, then the whole continent. No, wait, bath first. a month being washed with only tissue is horrible.

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"What!? second elder brother woke up!? And he said to wait and meet him in the gathering? Haha I have to tell mother and eldest brother!"

Seeing the too tall for her 17 years of age red-haired beauty running and screaming away, Mei Xu sighs

'What was young master thinking?'

looking at the nearby mirror, her nice body and face but disheveled hair. Mei Xu fluster again

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In the main courtyard, a handsome man with slightly gray hair sits cross-legged drinking tea, across from him, an elegant woman in white dress with a grim expression spoke.

"It's been a whole month with your son in a coma and you are so carefree as to drink tea basking in sunlight?"

sighing Zhang Xie said, "Am I supposed to be in constant worry?"

"Yes! You are! your eldest fainted in a training session for lacking rest and you couldn't sleep that night in fear, now your second son enters in a coma and your reaction is just to put him under a maid's care. And you didn't go to visit him even once!"

"Because it's useless to go now and see him lying there with nothing to say! I have a whole clan to manage I can't worry all day woman. What do you understand!"

"Even before the coma your care for him was so little, that child studied various strategies to improve the family as a whole, and you accept everything for granted rewarding him as if he was a maid who did a good a difficult task. and and that child accepted with glee!. even though those strategies improved the economic and military of the clan, in this very month by an enormous amount. ugh I only wish that child would grow up and understand his value.then he wouldn't sell himself for so little "

Zhang Xie didn't have time to answer

"Old Xin is mother here with dad? let me in! "

"y-young lady w-wait"

"Xin let her come"

Zhang Xie's hoarse voice saves Old butler Xin.

Running inside Zhang Ru stared at her parents and announced with delight

"Second elder brother woke up!"