Zhan smiled, "you are wrong if you think that I am here for you." he said and pushed the sword further, against Yibo's sword, the two swords were very close to Yibo's face as Zhan leaned in.

"Then why are you here commander?" Yibo asked, and Zhan's eyes twitched when Yibo called him that.

"I am on a vacation...I can go anywhere I want," he said.

Yibo sighed and rolled his eyes, "Alright then move." he wanted to move but Zhan took the advantage of Yibo's guard down and grabbed his hand and twisted it, making him let go of his sword and putting his sword against Yibo's throat.

Yibo could feel the coldness of the sword, against his skin as Zhan looked at him with a smirk, "You shouldn't let your guard down duke, the enemies are everywhere no one can be trusted."

Yibo glared at him, and Zhan smirked, "If I kill you right here, then I wonder how will the dukedom go down, sure your sick son will become the duke and it will be very easy to control him."

Yibo spoke, "Commander, I hope you know very well that this" he looked down at Zhan's sword against his neck, and then back at Zhan, "This will have consequences, I can give you death for this."

Zhan laughed, "Yeah right, sure, go ahead give me a death sentence...but then duke I hope you know that I know secrets about you and if I leaked them then the temple and royals will have you executed.

After all, they won't really like the fact that you want to...overthrow both of them."

Yibo smirked, "I wonder, why would they trust a low-ranking official over a duke?"

"Well because this low ranking official is more trusted than this arrogant duke who everyone wants to get rid of."

"What the hell do you want?" Yibo said with gritted teeth, "If you want to talk nonsense then go away, I have more important business to attend."

 Zhan's eyes became cold and he spoke with a cold voice,"Is this business about your sick son? do you really care about him? if you do then why don't you take him to a place where he came be treated?"

Yibo glared at him and suddenly moved forward getting slightly injured in the process from Zhan's sword, Zhan quickly removed his sword and looked at the blood on his neck.

"He is my son and I will do whatever I want, he will get treated wherever I want, and whenever I want you to get that?"

Zhan clenched his sword tighter and was about to say something but before that, he heard a voice, "Father?"

Both Zhan and Yibo looked in the other direction and saw Simon in Haoxuan's arms.

Hoaxuan slowly put him down when Simon asked him to but didn't let him run, Simon went to his father and hugged his thighs, "Father where were you and why did you leave me alone?"

Yibo sighed and picked up his son, "Why are you not sleeping?"

"I had a bad dream." Yibo then looked at Haoxuan but before he could say anything Simon said, "I asked him to bring me here. Father, I couldn't sleep."

He then hugged his father, "Father please don't leave like this."

Yibo broke the hug and saw his son was crying so he gently wiped his tears, "I am sorry, I will not leave like that again okay? now don't cry, was the dream so bad?"

Simon nodded and then he looked at Zhan who was looking at him, Simon suddenly smiled, "Mister you came...are you coming to the temple of nirvana with us?"

Zhan clenched his fist when he saw Simon's smile and his hopeful eyes, he gulped and looked away, he wanted to say no so badly, Yibo also said this time, "My son is really requesting you genuinely, don't say no to him."

Zhan sighed and looked at Simon, "Fine." and as soon as he had said that Simon smiled brightly, Zhan sighed, in the end, he had to give in.

"Hurray!...ow." Simon suddenly held his head and rested it against Yibo's shoulder.

"Simon?" Yibo asked, "Are you okay?" Zhan and Hoaxuan also looked at him worriedly.

"My head hurts," he said and Yibo quickly took him to the room and gently laid him down this time Zhan was there as well.

He saw how Simon was writhing in pain and trying to suppress his cries, and even smiling to reassure his father.

When Zhan saw this he was quite shocked, he had always thought that this child was a spoiled brat...with no regard to others but guessed he judged him wrong.

While Yibo just didn't know why Simon changed so suddenly? when did he grow up so much? is it because of this illness is it because Simon thinks that he will die?

When Yibo thought like that his heart clenched and he wanted to reach the temple as fast as he can.

Zhan slowly sat down on the other side of the bed and took out a medicine, "I had received this medicine from the temple...it is quite effective for pain..."

Zhan gave the medicine to Yibo to check and Yibo checked it, before giving it back to Zhan who slowly made Simon drink it.

After that Simon slowly closed his eyes but he wasn't asleep, while Yibo was watching him, Simon had a death grip on his hand.

"How long has he been like this?" Zhan asked slowly

Yibo who didn't take his eyes off his son spoke, "It has been four days, he was perfectly fine in the morning but then he vomited blood and fainted and since then he has been like this."

"What did the doctors say?"

"He has no disease, no injury, he is not poisoned either."

Zhan clenched his fists, "Then why..."

"I am not taking him to the temple, you really think those people who want me dead wouldn't use him as a means to control me? even if he has no disease they might made up something just to keep me in check.

And then the royals will also bother me, once my son is trapped between the temple and Royalty there is no exit...his life would be worse than death."

Zhan sighed, whatever Yibo said was true he rubbed his forehead, "I thought you knew how dangerous it was to have a child....when...you are stuck in a situation like this."

Yibo said nothing, "Simon might be a mistake...but he is the most beautiful mistake of my life...and even if I have to go through hell, I will make the same mistake again."

Zhan smiled slightly.

Meanwhile Simon who heard all this, Yibo's words stabbed his heart a millions times, he couldn't  help but feel his eyes sting with warm tears although his eyes were closed his tears still slipped.

Yibo slowly wiped the lone tear,"Looks like he is having a nightmare."

Zhan leaned forwards and gently whispered, "It's okay Simon you are safe."

 He whispered some words in Simon's ears before sitting back down, "My sister used to do this when I had bad dreams."

"You just came back after war." Yibo said, "Are you injured anywhere?"

"Why? are you going to tend to my wounds?"

"If you let me."