CH 76

Crystal Bone (3)

“Oh, sure enough, you guys have already met.”

Chen Hanke walked in, he looked between Jiang Jianming and Garcia strangely, and said to the former, “His Highness pretended not to know you with me.”

The old man passed straight His Royal Highness, who stood there stiff and unmoving, and patted Jiang Jianming on the shoulder, squinting his eyes, “You child, crafty, you even tricked me. Even that little bastard Xie Yuduo kept it from me. Seems like someone deserves a beating.”

“I’m sorry, Old Marshal.” Jiang Jianming lowered his eyes and smiled, “But you have also tricked me quite a few.”

He didn’t say any more appropriately, and simply thought to himself: Old Fox.

Before the door was pushed open, he did not expect the old marshal to want him to meet Garcia today. But at this moment Jiang Jianming’s mind turned and immediately understood Chen Hanke’s intentions.

He took advantage of the old marshal’s guilt and concern for him and cheated him of the transfer order, and ran to Silver Big Dipper without telling the truth; the Old Marshal knew how obsessed he was with Ryann’s death, but for the past three years, he kept the existence of Prince Garcia under wraps and did not tell him anything.

Today, the old marshal first called him here with a posture of investigating, while pulling Garcia out to show him. This simply means “don’t have to talk about someone anymore”.

Each has their own stand and difficulties, and each is neither naive or a genuine person.

Will simply offset each other, and clean up. (TL: accounts cleared between two parties)

This is no more than……

Jiang Jianming glanced at Garcia. The two of them would clean up, however the blow to His Royal Highness seemed to have been a bit severe.

“Old Marshal, the matter between us should be discussed slowly. Now I want to have a few words with His Highness alone.”

Old Marshal Chen looked at Garcia clearly, and probably guessed 70% to 80% of it.

He seemed to want to say something, but he didn’t say anything in the end. He silently took his cane and turned around, and conveniently closed the door behind him.

As soon as the echo of the door closing dissipated, the room became even quieter, and under the snow light reflected outside the window, there was a sense of inexplicable sacredness.

Jiang Jianming was still standing by the window dressed in black, he looked directly at Garcia, and with a gentle and slow voice, “That day in the starship, I originally wanted to talk about this matter, but you…”

Garcia’s face was pale, he took a deep look at Jiang Jianming, then turned around and walked away.

Jiang Jianming furrowed his eyebrows, “Your Highness!”

He caught up with the first two steps and reached for Garcia’s wrist.

It was this movement that cut the last sane string. Garcia suddenly turned his head and twisted his hands. Jiang Jianming only felt a sharp pain in his wrist, then uncontrollably step backwards——

Thud!

His Royal Highness twisted his wrist and threw him on the window sill, making the cold corners hit his back.

Garcia approached him, and the corners of his eyes and brows were full of anger, “Who are you calling?”

“…..”

Jiang Jianming didn’t say a word, he raised his head and neck, and the small half of his collar bone protruding from the black collar was reflected brightly under the window glass, as pale as the first layer of ice on a river surface.

Garcia sneered and exerted force on his hands until he heard a faint, unbearable sound from the slender wrist bone in his palm. “Speak, the ‘Your Highness’ in your mouth, who are you calling?”

Enduring the pain, Jiang Jianming said in a deep voice, “I’m calling the person standing in front of me now.”

“Who is that person in front of you?” Garcia moved closer, his lips almost touching the side of his face, and said coldly, “Jiang Jianming, who is the person you see in me.”

Those emerald eyes were like deadly bayonets at the moment, emptily casting all the hatreds towards the snowy window. “You—from the very beginning—you were just like them, looking for Ryann’s phantom in me, right?”

“Tell me, do I look like him?”

“No.”

Jiang Jianming adjusted his breathing. When he looked at Garcia, there was compassion in his eyes, but was more tough and ice-cold. This expression vaguely coincided with that of Prince Ryann when he said goodbye three years ago.

He said word by word, “My judgment is…you are him.”

Garcia turned his gaze in astonishment, and this astonishment even made him loosen the shackles on the disabled human.

He only saw a pair of deep black eyes as quiet as an ancient spring.

Under such circumstances, there was no panic or fear on Jiang Jianming’s face, let alone the slightest bit of apology or shame.

But then Garcia realized in his heart: Yes, Jiang Jianming is such a person.

This person has extraordinary solitary courage and rebellion, and will go to the dark path if he sets his mind on it; at the same time is also extremely calm, and is not the kind of person who will act recklessly and go back on his own word.

In other words, no matter how many times it is repeated, it’s still the same.

The current outcome is Jiang Jianming’s choice.

“The Crown Prince treated you very well before he died.”

Garcia gave a deep snort without warning, and grabbed Jiang Jianming’s neck.

He tightened his strength a little bit, “That’s why you love him so much, compromise for him, disregard your own safety for him, and even preferred to be by the side of your so-called amnesiac lover, playing games with me for so long……it’s a pity.”

“It’s a pity that His Royal Highness Ryann died three years ago, otherwise, why won’t he come and save you now?”

Crystal bone slowly stretched behind Garcia’s back, and the light emitted by the crystal particles was like a flame. Cracks began to appear in the walls of the room, and clusters of real crystals emerged.

With just one thought, the life of this remnant crystal human being would be crushed by him. It was no more difficult than crushing a flower.

“Look at me, Jiang.” The crystal bone behind Garcia burned like a crimson corona, akin to an evil god’s outstretched wings, “Can you still say that I am him now?”

“I…cough,” Jiang Jianming was forced to bend his head back, the shackle on his neck made it difficult for him to breathe, “Haven’t seen…..Ryann getting angry and raising his hand to strike.”

He struggled hard and said in a low voice, “But…but…”

The ending sound dissipated like a bubble, and the black-haired youth closed his eyes.

Garcia was stunned for two seconds.

The next moment he trembled all over, a frightened look flashed across his face, and he let go of his hand as quickly as being electrocuted.

——Jiang Jianming’s body immediately slumped to the ground, he clutched his throat and a burst of coughing erupted, and his thin shoulder bones trembled, looking as if they were about to pierce the skin.

“Cough cough cough cough…!!”

“……” Garcia watched from a high position at Jiang Jianming curled up on the ground, and a cold thought flashed through his heart:  He was deceived.

This cunning, evil, disabled human being, he actually dared to pretend to faint and scare him…..

“But…cough cough, I guess, that’s how it is now.”

Jiang Jianming, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his face, his chest was heaving due to gasping, and his eyes sparkled with a clear light amidst his sweaty black hair.

“Making threatening gestures, making an empty show of strength, becoming angry from shame, and daring to raise one’s hand to strike.”

The corners of Garcia’s eyes suddenly twitched, as Jiang Jianming’s flat tone fell into his ears, almost in a taunting manner, “Little Highness, would you really dare to use your crystal bone to touch me?”

Boom!!

A remote corner of the White Jade Palace exploded suddenly, and countless patrolling Golden Sun Wheel soldiers exclaimed at the same time and looked in the same direction——

The small building covered with withered grass and snow that had been neglected for several years could be seen collapsing amidst the flying fire and smoke.