[ life has never been simple for chang geng, but that's not hard when you've had the upbringing that he has. surviving to adulthood was something of a miracle, for him, and largely due to the woman that had raised him. and, in the end, making it was thanks to the man who had major influence on his life.
funny, how having your so-called mother planning against a country with an insurgent nation (that half your blood comes from) seems like it'd be the only major plot twist. turns out that the other half of your blood is that of the country's royalty, and finding out the people that gave you sanctuary from rampant physical and psychological abuse were sent to find you and ruin all of those plans, sort of was the cherry on top to that.
medical school was the perfect jumping point for things to kick off, apparently. and yet, he hasn't been able to tell anyone. neither of his close friends, not even his school knows why he was suddenly unenrolled - just that, one day, he was there, and then he wasn't.
ge chen and cao chunhua don't even know. he couldn't tell them, before he was whisked away, staring at gu yun's back and ignoring shen yi's furtive glances between the two of them. he won't think about how betrayed he feels, though he supposes it explains a few things - about gu yun himself, about how the years have been, about their behavior towards his mother and their press to get him away from her as much as possible.
god, whatever plans he had of medicine for the sake of others - for the sake of gu yun - are out the door as he walks through palace halls, is told everything about his personal manor's construction. their plans for his lessons, to be done with another royal brought back home to an allied country. the fact that chang geng isn't even the next in line for succession doesn't mean anything to them. li feng is set for coronation once their father finally dies, having held on long enough to see his lost fourth son, but apparently said son still has to be educated, even with his impeccable manners.
mood sour for a while now, he's running through his last med school studies in his head while waiting for the lessons to start. but being joined by someone else, he glances their way with polite interest, moving to rise when the steps come to a stop, and - ]
... Su Jiuqing? [ he's just as surprised to see her as she is to see him, and it's obvious on a face that's usually passively pleasant. ] Are you the..?
[ the other lost royal, he doesn't say, although there's something under the surprise that's a little wry. ]
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funny, how having your so-called mother planning against a country with an insurgent nation (that half your blood comes from) seems like it'd be the only major plot twist. turns out that the other half of your blood is that of the country's royalty, and finding out the people that gave you sanctuary from rampant physical and psychological abuse were sent to find you and ruin all of those plans, sort of was the cherry on top to that.
medical school was the perfect jumping point for things to kick off, apparently. and yet, he hasn't been able to tell anyone. neither of his close friends, not even his school knows why he was suddenly unenrolled - just that, one day, he was there, and then he wasn't.
ge chen and cao chunhua don't even know. he couldn't tell them, before he was whisked away, staring at gu yun's back and ignoring shen yi's furtive glances between the two of them. he won't think about how betrayed he feels, though he supposes it explains a few things - about gu yun himself, about how the years have been, about their behavior towards his mother and their press to get him away from her as much as possible.
god, whatever plans he had of medicine for the sake of others - for the sake of gu yun - are out the door as he walks through palace halls, is told everything about his personal manor's construction. their plans for his lessons, to be done with another royal brought back home to an allied country. the fact that chang geng isn't even the next in line for succession doesn't mean anything to them. li feng is set for coronation once their father finally dies, having held on long enough to see his lost fourth son, but apparently said son still has to be educated, even with his impeccable manners.
mood sour for a while now, he's running through his last med school studies in his head while waiting for the lessons to start. but being joined by someone else, he glances their way with polite interest, moving to rise when the steps come to a stop, and - ]
... Su Jiuqing? [ he's just as surprised to see her as she is to see him, and it's obvious on a face that's usually passively pleasant. ] Are you the..?
[ the other lost royal, he doesn't say, although there's something under the surprise that's a little wry. ]