Chapter 49

My Heart's Broken [心都碎了 Xīn Dōu Suì Le] is the forty-ninth chapter of Tong Yao's Guardians of Night.

Summary
Che Yongtai slams his fist on a table as he waits to meet the principal of Xiahou High School. He expresses his irritation after having to had waited the entire afternoon despite stooping himself to become a guardian. Li Lingbiao informs Che that the principal apparently went on a business trip and will not return until two days later. Che Yongtai scoffs, then bashfully asks him for the identity of the girl who wears a gourd on her head. Li Lingbiao informs him that her name is Huang Xiaoyan, with his three lackeys chiming in their admiration for her, calling her their "goddess". Che Yongtai acknowledges that she is a special girl.

Meanwhile, on his way home, Ye Yan is accompanied by Xi Sha. When asked why she is following him after school despite leaving earlier, Xi Sha replies that she only left Ye Yan's side because she had business with the principal, leading him to remark her as a passionate fan. Ye Yan then tries to tell her to not follow him home, but Xi Sha's stomach growling interrupts him. Realizing that it is getting late and that they arrived at his house, Ye Yan allows her to stay for dinner but requests that she leaves afterwards. Despite secretly wishing to live with him, Xi Sha was content with eating with him in his home. However, she then notices Huang Xiaoyan standing in front of the door to Ye Yan's house. Seeing that he has returned home, the Untitled Sage informs Ye Yan that as agreed upon, it is her turn to cook dinner for the day, which is rice and pork belly. A shocked Xi Sha remembers her from earlier and implores her about her relationship with Ye Yan. Huang Xiaoyan responds that they are simply living together, which deeply upsets the girl who runs away while crying profusely. A puzzled Huang Xiaoyan asks Ye Yan about the identity of the girl, who is equally confused. The two then eat dinner.

Some time later, Che Yongtai asks Li Lingbiao to tell him more about Huang Xiaoyan. Deducing that Che is infatuated with Huang, Li informs him that Huang Xiaoyan seems to have a peculiar relationship with Ye Yan, as the two were seemingly involved before she enrolled at the school to find him. He then tells him of the rumor about the two cohabiting. This outrages Che Yongtai, who flips the table and exclaims the only way to quell the anguish in his heart is for him to kill people.

Chapter Notes

 * Che Yongtai and Xi Sha both learn that Huang Xiaoyan and Ye Yan are living together, causing them to mistaken them for cohabiting and upsetting them.

Trivia

 * Following censorship that prohibits the depiction of minors smoking, Chapter 49 was redrawn. The cigarettes shown in the chapter were changed into potato fries.