[ his grip tightens a little more on her hand, and chang geng - chang geng lowers the one at his throat, after the sensation passes.
you never really, ever, forget the sensation of being choked like that. it was one of gu er's favorite means of trying to kill him - smothering, choking, strangling him with whatever she could get her hands on - before it was almost, almost too late.
that she died of it... that she lost her mother, and that it's her mission to keep it from happening in this lifetime... ]
... an offer, then. If things aren't ideal, when we're finally able to leave this place. Should we be able to travel between Great Liang and Daxing, your mother would find safety in the capital while things are attended to. My yifu has a manor that is largely empty due to him being away with the military, and my own has gone unused ever since it was passed on to me.
[ because he can understand, wanting to keep your most important person safe. he can understand the position of feeling like it's a never-ending quest, as well, and if things possibly became this bad again... he thinks of how he'd want gu yun to be safe, were he ever in a danger that he couldn't face. how he'd want ge chen and cao chunhua to get to safety, wherever they could.
jiuqing's mother deserves safety. she deserves happiness, and jiuqing deserves to know that she'll be safe. ]
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you never really, ever, forget the sensation of being choked like that. it was one of gu er's favorite means of trying to kill him - smothering, choking, strangling him with whatever she could get her hands on - before it was almost, almost too late.
that she died of it... that she lost her mother, and that it's her mission to keep it from happening in this lifetime... ]
... an offer, then. If things aren't ideal, when we're finally able to leave this place. Should we be able to travel between Great Liang and Daxing, your mother would find safety in the capital while things are attended to. My yifu has a manor that is largely empty due to him being away with the military, and my own has gone unused ever since it was passed on to me.
[ because he can understand, wanting to keep your most important person safe. he can understand the position of feeling like it's a never-ending quest, as well, and if things possibly became this bad again... he thinks of how he'd want gu yun to be safe, were he ever in a danger that he couldn't face. how he'd want ge chen and cao chunhua to get to safety, wherever they could.
jiuqing's mother deserves safety. she deserves happiness, and jiuqing deserves to know that she'll be safe. ]