Blooming Flowers, Silent Sorrow

Translator: Silvery ButterflyjRkAMBnMXMmkXLnJtcfWwLghhqfJXW

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Huai En vented his anger by thrusting into the person beneath him, as if trying to transmit his rage through this violent act. Xiao Bao didn’t last halfway before passing out.RxLuNuQmgCgQwlgsBUcfhywycImvJB

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Such forced intercourse brought little pleasure to Huai En and instead caused pain to both of them.ByCnQYOugnGdbOaCBnWMmTSPUNalTP

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Xiao Bao’s face, wrinkled in pain, was smeared with tears. His lower body was a bloody mess, which made Huai En’s eyes sting and his head throb. He knew Xiao Bao was in pain; he wanted him to be in pain. Pleas, explanations, promises—he didn’t need any of these. Jin Xiao Bao had always been unrestrained, saying whatever came to his mind. Huai En didn’t believe him now. He just wanted to teach him a lesson, a lesson he would never forget, so that whenever he dared to entertain similar thoughts, he would remember today’s pain.VyDKGocxBnsDnnnhPqCnCZTqJcdYqK

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He couldn’t understand how he had become like this. He knew he was acting very abnormally, more so than ever before, but he couldn’t control his violent emotions.pQBATyTBoakrJIqeZFMmsMgzjpOSEg

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He was experiencing emotions he had never felt before: anger, sadness, and even grievance. Promises spoken sweetly one moment were forgotten in an instant for debauchery. Was he the only one who took them seriously? Why was he hesitating and feeling unsettled for such a person?bnlBBfPVSjVvDkDdUIBhTdROVAINkR

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Withdrawing his now-flaccid member, Huai En only felt a wave of fatigue. His body was tired, his heart even more so, but his mind was becoming clearer.upqZWOPIbELfrgWXrIcSPbxNbwhxAL

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He had never known that unreciprocated sex felt like this. His body was satisfied, but his heart felt even emptier. No matter how many times he possessed Xiao Bao, it was never enough. It was utterly insufficient. The person beneath him should be smiling at him, speaking words of love, hugging him, kissing him, making sounds that made his bones tingle—not lying there lifelessly with a face full of pain.nqNvhQUduUCKkKDlWKslvArDNufYaQ

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As his anger gradually cooled, Huai En finally felt a twinge of regret as he looked at the thoroughly tormented Xiao Bao.nsWXXHkrEBqmkkJrXdbPbzuWYeneYS

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He hadn’t intended to hurt him before. He knew Xiao Bao was delicate, unlike him, unable to bear pain or suffering. But he couldn’t control his rampant fury. This was also Xiao Bao’s own doing; he shouldn’t have provoked him. No one could survive angering him. Xiao Bao had ignited an unprecedented rage in him. He couldn’t bear to use a heavy hand, so he punished him in this way.QlwMfiGvoLJpUWgtzPmUXXxmQsqlcK

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But he had forgotten that Xiao Bao was different from him. Even his restrained punishment might be more than Xiao Bao could bear, and so he began to regret.bTGlCLYafjeISQelzSiAcVCdbvKBgz

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There was still warm tea on the table. Huai En grabbed Xiao Bao’s inner garment, which he had torn to pieces, dipped it in the tea, and gently wiped Xiao Bao’s lower body.sVLhBZlzPaKNzGrYzBwvMPMPNOpUYE

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Xiao Bao groaned and frowned. Huai En quickly pressed a sleep acupuncture point. He couldn’t think of how to face him right now.DacfshZdNyBfGTTYeaMPCcRDOuPtkZ

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After cleaning his body and applying the medicine he carried with him, Huai En grabbed a sheet from the inner room, wrapped Xiao Bao from head to toe, and carried him downstairs.ukVCMdobVvChkLoxrJhBJkKWbNDKyM

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The entire Yicui Pavilion was in disarray, with most of it destroyed. The hall was littered with people lying in disarray. In a corner, a group of people squatted on the ground, surrounded by Huai En’s men. Zhao Cai and the newly arrived Jin Bao were curled up on the floor. Zuo Ying stood in the center of the hall, watching as his master descended the stairs with someone in his arms, You Ying standing beside him.PYtXsTHfpFMeiQsvASYTYmizDTlybF

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As soon as You Ying saw Huai En, a look of embarrassment flashed across his face. He cupped his hands and said, “Young Master, I just arrived today.”xhIQZgHVUnHdJcefOLnaEAFIRDmWig

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Huai En nodded, not showing much reaction.AhCyLsxKJSMNeNJTNFtOmgkmjygpvf

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Zhao Cai and Jin Bao opened their eyes at the sound, glaring red-eyed and baring their teeth at Huai En. Both had clearly had their acupoints sealed, rendering them unable to move or speak, but their ferocious expressions showed they wanted to tear Huai En apart.tNMeOxStnnZJJnYpGpGcowiLuLPakr

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Huai En looked at them and said calmly, “He is fine. Instead of thinking about revenge, you should think about how to keep these people’s mouths shut.”TwbxoQndibposxeUeiFQSkJqzcDyNp

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This half-hour of unexpected chaos had not only destroyed most of Yicui Pavilion but also left everyone present dazed. Huai En, in his fury, had forgotten where he was. Even if he remembered, he didn’t care. He had kicked the door open long ago, and although people couldn’t see, the sounds from start to finish were heard clearly by those downstairs. From the timid pleas for mercy to the angry shouts, followed by cries and the sound of flesh hitting flesh, everyone knew what it meant.KnwibEsVEmLBdyWgJARxwYqyOHvQnG

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No one in Yicui Pavilion or the guests present was unaware of the Jin family’s eldest son. In fact, there was no one in Suzhou who didn’t know of the Jin family’s eldest son. His romantic exploits were legendary, enough to be compiled into a book. The events that had just occurred had left everyone stunned, unable to recover.ZFdyYWPzSlbiwsrwklqKSoNMBgVYUx

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Zhao Cai, Jin Bao, and Zuo Ying already knew about the relationship between them, and from their journey back from Feng Chuan, they knew how Jin Xiao Bao and Huai En “divided the labor.”XqThQerOskEqrFFoqPZfHUHjFMyQwC

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But Zhao Cai and Jin Bao couldn’t accept their young master being publicly humiliated and abused like this. Their young master had been pampered since childhood, and no one had ever dared to treat him this way.wsRMQIgGPjQZRsKUrpeyGInOlyYgve

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Zuo Ying, You Ying, and the rest of Huai En’s subordinates couldn’t accept that their usually calm, self-controlled, almost emotionless young master would act like a jealous lover whose partner had cheated, or like a husband who had caught his wife visiting a brothel. His jealousy had driven him to storm a brothel and cause a huge scene, publicly saying those words and doing those things……JVkicTRRsCTMrUKgSFYaZknrlkemtW

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Everyone present was more or less petrified, except for Huai En, who seemed indifferent on the surface. He instructed Zuo Ying to stay and handle the aftermath and told You Ying to prepare a carriage.vxoDPOoMKAPnPuioFGbkBAbkKirjQs

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Huai En looked down at the person curled up in his arms. He could only see the faintly exposed corner of his forehead and hear his heavy breathing. He stood there holding him, waiting for the carriage, his arms beginning to ache, yet he didn’t want to put him down.uCDFVCmjVtYYTUBtjmgCgpYzudxOnI

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The carriage stopped at the door, where a crowd of curious onlookers had already gathered. Zuo Ying and You Ying quickly led their men to disperse the crowd. Huai En carefully placed Xiao Bao in the carriage. Before getting in, he whispered to Zuo Ying and You Ying, “Proceed with the original plan on the third of next month. Make all necessary preparations. No mistakes.”kJuYCRtCliorXZICQHDjnRxSlInnUo

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The two were momentarily stunned but responded in unison, “Yes.”xoJzQDiOtvDpvWqsgTlviWFOAKLtRy

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Huai En boarded the carriage, let down the curtain, and slowly lifted the sheet covering Xiao Bao’s face, watching him the whole way.htGvNvniceXViUoBjWcIXpDqjjTBZF

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The usually carefree and cheerful person now had a pale face and swollen, red eyes. Even in his sleep, his brows were furrowed, and dried tear tracks marked his face.kgpVJNfkJNUUayThiAcAmrjPmMjlBM

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Huai En didn’t care whether someone was attractive or not. He only knew that he liked looking at Xiao Bao’s face and other parts of him. Despite Xiao Bao having many traits that were less than ideal, many things he found intolerable, he still liked him.CYwJxxEAdxCMFiqVeHfcgKeSxMMJsp

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He might have been wrong from the start. He shouldn’t have expected someone as lacking in virtue, talent, and character as Xiao Bao to live up to his expectations and live the life he envisioned. He just needed to keep him firmly in his grasp, make him obedient, make him stay by his side. That was enough.vsknctdDGDMrYlpzlpHNkiLPFNEwmk

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Jin Xiao Bao, you shouldn’t have provoked me. Now that you have, there’s no turning back in this lifetime. This was your choice, and you can’t regret it. If you can’t control yourself, that’s fine. I’ll control you. You can flaunt yourself because of the wealth of the Jin family, but I’ll make sure you have nothing. I’ll make sure you have no means to provoke anyone else. From now on, you’ll only be able to rely on me alone.bGBNcZznaAwJRkMSUOLptpeYYPuaax

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