In private relations, Chu Yao had always been soft-hearted.
As long as it did not affect his lord's grand ambitions, he did his utmost to lend a helping hand to old acquaintances. He waved his hand. "There's no need to say such things between us. So long as it's something I can help with, I'll do my Full Effort. As for your health, why not let a physician take a look?"
Chu Yao was a man who valued his promises.
Because of his own circumstances, the marriage arrangement from back then could not be honored, but he could still make up for it in other ways. How could he refuse when an old friend's descendant came seeking refuge? Chu Yao removed the token he wore close to his person and had a guard take it to invite an Xinglin Physician to his residence. He then had people clean up the guest courtyard.
Faced with such warm hospitality, his old friend was overwhelmed by the favor.
At some point, his pair of tiger eyes, weathered by the vicissitudes of life, had filled with mist.
He turned away and blinked before finally forcing back his tears, lest he lose face before others. "Sigh... I was the one who wronged you back then."
Back then, he had failed to offer help in the snow. Now, he was receiving the other man's goodwill.
Ah, it truly made him ashamed.
"When Heaven is about to entrust a great task to a man, it first makes his heart suffer and his muscles toil... Tsk, if all the tempering ordained by fate is for the instant when the willows grow dark and the flowers shine bright, then it's actually worth it." After so many years, Chu Yao had long since let go of the past. Speaking of