'Rebirth Of Cannon Fodder' • TK Adaptation •

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Taehyung never saw Fu Junli again.
Fu Junli had begged his aunt, Imperial Concubine Xian, to allow him into the palace to find him, even if he risked great disrespect and danger for running amok in the palace to search for him.

However, he hadn’t seen Fu Junli, and Ji jungkook didn’t let him.
The man was as domineering and stubborn as ever, and he simply itched to hide Taehyung away in a golden room so that no one could look at him. Du Haitang had been summoned by that man into the palace by imperial decree, and then he wouldn’t let him out.

This type of strong tyrant really left people not knowing whether to laugh or cry. It might be unbearable for other people, but for Taehyung, it was as sweet as syrup.

Because he didn’t know when he would see that man next, wouldn’t they have to cross ten million worlds and wait ten million years to meet again?

As for Fu Junli, although they never met again, Taehyung still received news about him.
It was said that after Fu Junli returned from the palace, his whole demeanor had changed and he became even colder and more silent.

He didn’t care about the family business and industry, whether he was shut in his study or standing in the courtyard playing music. He would often spend the day holed up and playing his instrument. The melancholy and madness in his eyes left people full of fear.

But when he saw the youth named Lianzhi, he would become serene and gently, longingly, stroke the other’s eyes.

However, when the other had accidentally broken a jade flute that Fu Junli carried with him, it seemed like he went crazy and ferociously hit the other with a bamboo board. He only stopped when the other was nearly half dead.

From then on, Lianzhi didn’t dare touch any of Fu Junli’s things. Every day, he only dared to wear red clothing and musky perfume and to play a jade flute. He could only listen to Fu Junli calling him by Taehyung's name, as he touched his eyes.

Taehyung secretly went back to the Fu family’s household once without telling Ji jungkook.
He saw that Fu Junli’s study was full of pictures in scrolls. The scrolls were all of a young man with Du Taehyung’s appearance.

The scrolls showed images of him with various expressions, looking panicked, happy, shy, charming, and enchanting. Every image was full of an indescribable emotion and boundless longing.

Finally, in this moment, he felt that the emotions of the original, which had been weighing down on his chest, finally dissipated.

Du Taehyung’s wish was for Fu Junli’s deep love, his poignant, eternal, deep love. He had finally obtained it. From now on, there were only the two characters ‘Tae hyung’ in the other’s heart……
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In this world, like the previous one, Taehyung never left Ji jungkook’s side. Even with the other’s overbearing manner, he was perfectly content to stay by the other’s side.

After Ji jungkook ascended the throne, except for one concubine(Taehyung) whom he spoiled, there was no harem. His court councilors begged him to bring in imperial concubines so that he could leave behind heirs. But from the beginning to the end, he remained extraordinarily stubborn. There was no draft, nor were there imperial concubines.

After being emperor for a few years, he unexpectedly abdicated to become regent so that no one would incessantly ask him about taking imperial concubines to have children. This action soothed the secretly fearful court councilors. The gentleman really wanted the beauty, not the rivers and mountains.

Taehyung couldn’t deny it. Even if this person was reincarnated, his shadow would still be engraved in his soul. It was clear what his position in the other’s heart was.

Before Ji jungkook’s death, Taehyung saw the deep, unwavering love in his eyes. He could only feel a type of bitter pain he had never felt before in the depths of his heart.
In this moment, he no longer felt that he was indifferent. He had a beating heart of flesh and blood.

When Ji jungkook closed his eyes, he almost wanted to go with him. From that kind of difficult-to-forget warming of his heart, he had come to realize that he didn’t know why he had once insisted on living without a heartbeat. What was the point of that?
The mysterious master had said that he would die if he became engrossed in the worlds.

Staring at Ji jungkook, who had already ceased to breathe, Taehyung felt his soul grow lighter, and he had a feeling that it would dissipate at any moment.
In this last moment, the surrounding space twisted, and his soul was pulled out of his body. It was engulfed by a powerful force and pulled back to the starry space……

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