Ships and Love

Heart

Wen Zhuliu x Wen Chao

Angst

No Kink

Past

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He had seen it all.

The pressure that his young master must bear.

He had heard it all.

The requests, all of them, directed at his young master.

He had tasted it all.

The taste of misery, and like a dog, reaching out to the broken bone they call hope.

He knew of it all.

Wen Zhuliu knew it all.

He wasn't the most, outstanding, he was sure there were people way more outstanding that he was. Even so, Wen Ruohan saved him, and he felt indebted.

Who knew he planned it all from the beginning. Giving him more resources because of his achievements through hard work? The more he grew stronger, the more indebted he felt? Wen Ruohan knew.

Yet, for some reason, he still accepted it.

Then Wen Ruohan assigned him to protect his son. Born from a good looking father and a beautiful mother, his son was naturally good looking. Wen Zhuliu didn't know why, but he promised that he would protect this young master.

Not because Wen Ruohan told him to, but because he wanted to.

His son's name was Wen Chao. Although both his parents were powerful cultivators, Wen Chao's aptitude was pretty average. Other than their birth right, Wen Zhuliu could see a lot of similarities between himself and Wen Chao.

But it seemed that the other was more pitiful.

He was the pampered son of Wen Ruohan, of course he had the right to be arrogant. However, being the son of Wen Ruohan meant he held the burden of becoming the outstanding one. Among the leaders of the five sects, Wen Ruohan was the most powerful. He could only imagine what others wanted to hear about Wen Chao.

He couldn't be average.

And Wen Zhuliu knew Wen Chao understood that.

When they were young, he tried his best so his young master would shine more. At least, he wouldn't be dubbed the 'average' son of Wen Ruohan. He tried to alleviate his young master's burdens. No matter what they did, he would always try to make Wen Chao seem better.

The other did not notice, he just received the pamperings happily. Wen Zhuliu was satisfied. He knew how it worked, he didn't want his young master to feel the filthiness of the world. At least not yet.

He knew himself, for he was once saved from that filthy side of the world by Wen Ruohan, only to face another filthy side, but by his young master's side.

He didn't know when it happened, but he started to emerge as a talented cultivator. Way more talented than the young master he was protecting. He earned a title, Core Melting Hand. But when he saw the look of devastation in his young master's face. He knew that this was his weak point.