After meeting the Emperor, Huang Shu and Huang Qingsheng headed to the district bustling with many people. Everyone who saw Huang Shu bowed their heads immediately, which confused Huang Qingsheng.

"Dad, so you're really a war hero?"

Huang Shu chuckled, "All I do is just defending our home in the garrison, no more, no less. It's up to them to perceive me as a hero or not."

Their carriage stopped in front of a shrine with many pearls, gemstones, and jade stones dangling around. It was more like a jewelry store rather than a shrine from the front.

"We're here," Huang Shu said to his son. They got out of the carriage and saw few people, mostly in clean robes coming in and out of the shrine. "Most of them were scholars, as I expected," Huang Shu mumbled.

Meanwhile, Qingsheng continued staring until he couldn't hide his wonder, "Papa, this shrine looks more like a jewelry store…."

"Well, that's because your Grandpa from Mama was a jeweler before," Huang Shu answered with a smile. He held his son's hand, and they entered the shrine.

Everyone immediately noticed the Seventh Prince and the little prince holding his hand. Thus, they made way for the Seventh Prince to enter.

The shrine was built on the land where Yunyu's old house was burned before.

Yunyu wasn't enshrined as a god but as a guide or representative to heaven. Because Yunyu stayed loyal to the Empire even after getting slandered, he continued giving contributions, and it helped to strengthen the Empire.

He was also the smartest champion ever alive, even though he was a Ger.

Huang Shu stared at the human-sized bronze statue of Bai Yunyu, which was actually similar looking to the real late Bai Yunyu.

"Qingsheng, the statue looks similar to your Mama when he was alive," Huang Shu said.

Huang Qingsheng stared at the statue, and the flashback of his mother when he was younger finally coming back at him. The smile, the frown, and the smirk Mama Yunyu gave when Qingsheng plotted something mischievous to his Papa.

Huang Qingsheng subconsciously walked towards the statue and hugged its leg, "Mama…."

[Ah, my son… don't miss me too much, I don't know how to embrace you right now…]

Yunyu tried to hug Qingsheng from behind, so at least, Qingsheng could feel his cold embrace.

"I miss you, Mama…."

[I'm always here, son. I'm sorry that I can't take care of you when you're just a baby, but I truly love you.]

Huang Qingsheng took his time while Huang Shu stared at the statue inside the small but luxurious shrine.

Until a loud and angry voice suddenly interrupted them, "You! How dare you to come in here!"

Huang Shu and Huang Qingsheng darted their eyes at someone who rushed in. He wore a black robe, with his handsome face glaring at Huang Shu. He clenched his fist as if he was ready to punch Huang Shu.

"You fucking bastard still has the guts to come here!? After all, you did to my Yunyu Gege, and you still dare to come here!?"

"Y—Young Master Xu, please control yourself," a young woman followed her Young Master hurriedly.

Huang Shu ignored the man, but she smiled at the young woman, "Meilan, long time no see."

Meilan looked at the man who called her, and her jaw dropped, "S—Seventh Prince!?"

"Yes, I've returned," Huang Shu replied. He shifted his gaze at the angry young man and said, "This is my wife's shrine. Please keep your voice down, Xu Jiansheng."

"You—!"

Xu Jiansheng was furious at this man in front of him. He thought his man could take care of his beloved Yunyu Gege. But when Jiansheng heard about the wedding, he was so heartbroken. He stayed in his room for weeks, refusing to go out because he cried that he couldn't be with Yunyu Gege.

Until he realized that he could've just snatch Yunyu Gege someday… but that day never came because his Gege died after childbirth.

Ten years had passed since Yunyu Gege's death, and Xu Jiansheng, now twenty one years old, still hadn't moved on.

Xu Jiansheng bit his lips, "I am the one who enshrined Yunyu Gege, and I'm the one who takes care of this shrine. What are you doing here? You have no right!"

Huang Shu took a deep breath. Xu Jiansheng was right. He had no right to stay here because this place was the silent witness of his failure to protect Yunyu from those slanders.

But he wanted Huang Qingsheng to visit the shrine because this was the only place for him to pray for his Mother in the Capital City.

"If you want to punch me, then do it, but let my son visit this shrine often."

"Son!?" Xu Jiansheng's eyes widened when he heard that. He thought Yunyu Gege died alongside the baby when he had childbirth.

Huang Qingsheng looked up to the handsome man in front of him, "Who are you trying to hurt my Papa? You should fight me first before hurting him!"

Xu Jiansheng's jaw dropped when he saw the little guy in front of him. He was probably around ten years old, a handsome Ger man with bright cinnabar mole between his brows, similar to Yunyu Gege.

But what shocked Xu Jiansheng the most was his eyes. It was eyes full of beauty and sincerity, very similar to his Yunyu Gege. When you were gazing into that eyes, Xu Jiansheng felt that he wanted to give everything he got for this boy.

Xu Jiansheng's body trembled when he saw Huang Qingsheng. He dropped to his knees and hugged Qingsheng tightly, "Yunyu Gege, I missed you so much..."

"I missed you so much that I could be crazy because of this pain in my heart. When you died, I feel like my heart had been crushed, and my connection with you has been severed."

"Yunyu Gege…" Xu Jiansheng clenched Huang Qingsheng's shoulder, and he cried in Huang Qingsheng's small shoulder.

"Why… why do you have to leave so quickly?" Xu Jiansheng poured all his emotion into this boy who was still stupefied.

Meanwhile, Ghost Yunyu kneeled beside Xu Jiansheng and hugged him from behind.

[Xu Jiansheng, why do you need to wait for me? You know it will be painful.]

"I keep thinking about you every day…." Xu Jiansheng said.

[Please don't think of me… Xu Jiansheng, you deserve happiness with someone else. Not me…]

Yunyu couldn't help but feel heartbroken for Xu Jiansheng because he always loved Yunyu throughout the world, but there was no way for Yunyu to repay his love.

"Yunyu Gege, our connection, can you still feel it? I can still feel mine, but I don't know where you are right now…."

[Pupa, about the red chain… will it stay even to the next world?]

[Pupa: No idea, because Xu Jiansheng himself is an anomaly.]

[…]

[Xu Jiansheng, I will keep my promise. If you can, follow me through the next worlds. I will sacrifice one world for you, at least one timeline for you, so you can be happy…]

After Xu Jiansheng let out all his emotion, he stared at the boy and asked, "What is your name?"

"Uh… Huang Qingsheng…"

"Alright, then, Qingsheng. You can call me Sheng-Ge," Xu Jiansheng smiled sincerely for the first time in ten years.

"Qingsheng, twelve years ago, Sheng-Ge promised to wait for your Mother and give him everything I have. But now your Mother has left us, so I will fulfill this promise to you instead. I will give you everything that you want, and I will support you in this life. This is my silent promise for your Mother, my beloved Bai Yunyu."