As the melody ends, TanTan throws her sight on Prince Li as he does the same.
For a moment there"s a silence in the pavilion. But then it is broken by Minister Hua who claps his hand,
"What a beautiful performance...I was captivated with your playing, Your Highness"
Prince Li is surely not pleased with the compliment, rather that he is more focus to look at TanTan intensely.
"So...you remember the song after all...maybe we should play another song?"
There is a disappointing tone in his voice which TanTan catches. It makes TanTan feels awkward, particularly because of the fresh memory she got. She feels that HuaMuTan"s feeling storms in her heart and mind. She does nothing than turning her face from his gaze,
"No...not now, I am tired."
TanTan then looks to Minister Hua,
"Uncle Hua, thanks for your teaching. Maybe we can do it again next time?"
Minister Hua smiles regretfully,
"Yes, Young Lady, maybe after I settle up with the Queen GrandMother"s gift delivery. As Prince Li is here, it might the right time to continue our discussion about the gift delivery?"He asks Prince Li.
Prince Li surely remembers about the request. He answers him coldly,
"Yes, sure. Let"s talk about it! So the gift will be delivered tomorrow, right?"
TanTan becomes interesting with the topic, she sees an opportunity to walk out from the Li Mansion, although for a while.
"Can I join too in this delivery?"
"No...!" The objection directly comes from Prince Li. He stands up, closer to her. He shows his unpleasing respond directly,
"What are you thinking?!"
"I...just want to see the delivery by myself... after all, it"s my gift to Queen GrandMother right? Is it wrong to do?"
Feeling offended, TanTan moves backward from him.
"Just let my man do that...you better stay nicely here, wifey! Out of any troubles" Prince Li keeps moving closer to her, close enough to see his reflection in her eyes. It nerves TanTan, she can feel her heart beats and she tries to calm down while she pushes him away,
"Ok..ok...I won"t make any troubles again." She steps away, "Just let me know what time is the gift delivered?"
Minister Hua answers her politely,
"It will be tomorrow morning, Young Lady..."
"And when will the gift be here?" TanTan is curious.
"If anything smooth, it will be here in the next morning after tomorrow..."
The curiosity of TanTan makes Prince Li put a suspicious to her once again,
"Alright, that"s enough... Now, my wife seems to need to take a rest!" Smoothly Prince Li holds TanTan"s shoulders and gestures her to go, he continues talking to Minister Hua,
"Why don"t we talk about it in another place?"
Without waiting for her reaction, Prince Li gestures Minister Hua to follow him. Minister Hua understands the gesture so he politely excuses himself,
"Don"t worry, Young Lady. I won"t disappoint you with the gift." He and Prince Li then leave TanTan alone in the pavilion.
"What a narrow-minded man!!.. it"s not like I do any evil plan with the gift?!!!" TanTan expresses her unpleased reaction to Prince Li although it couldn"t be seen by him.
Now that she is alone, she takes time to settle her mind from any memories she got just now... Seeing how Prince Li helped HuaMuTan from this man which is called as Prince LongYi, TanTan becomes understand why HuaMuTan finally had a feeling with Prince Li.
*Deg!!*
Suddenly her heart beats again when she is reminiscing the memory and then there are many flashes of short memories came by, the moments when HuaMuTan"s feeling grew stronger and stronger every time she met Prince Li. It never happens before and it scares TanTan, she screams to the air.
"STOP!! STOP IT, HUAMUTAN!!! I AM NOT YOU...THIS IS NOT MY FEELING!!! WHY?? WHY DO YOU LET ME FEEL IT TOO!!!"
"Are you okay?" QingQing"s appear surprises TanTan. She stares oddly to TanTan.
TanTan quickly calms herself,
"I...I am fine...!"
QingQing tilts her head a little bit, smirks to TanTan,
"You seem to have a love problem, girl? Talking about feeling huh?"
TanTan looks to her, observing...she doesn"t have anyone to talk about it,
"If...your heart has a feeling that you don"t want to have, what would you do?"
QingQing squints her eyes, thinking for the answer,
"Hm..its never happen to me, I always follow what my heart feels, its always right!"
"But this is not my body, it"s even might not my heart...I trapped in this body"
TanTan sighs,
"Never mind...are you come here to look for me?"
QingQing sudden remembers,
"Yeah, right! You said you want to know when you can go to the black market? You are so lucky, HuaMuTan coz my sister just sent a message to me, she informed us about the right time and place to go there! The place is surprisedly nearby..."
TanTan widens her eyes,
"That"s great! When will it be?"
"Tonight" QingQing answers calmly.
"What?!" TanTan shocks, "tonight?!!"
QingQing feels a little bit of regret, she smiles, forcefully...
"Well, my sister said she paid her debts to you, she didn"t care either how you will use this information..."
"Great..." TanTan can"t be more complaint.
"So...is this means you won"t go?" QingQing is curious,
"Of course, I"ll go...!!"
"Do you want to go somewhere, YangMu?" FangFang who just come to find TanTan overhears TanTan"s last word, she is accompanied by ShuangAi who also stares strangely to her.
"MuTan Jie, where do you plan to go?
Theirs appears surprised TanTan. She believed that they didn"t hear a whole conversation,
" I mean...I"ll go back to the kitchen, it"s almost lunchtime...I want to find any food to eat..."
"Me too...I am hungry, YangMu!" As before, FangFang becomes more spoiled than usual to TanTan, she hugs TanTan"s hand. QingQing smiles to FangFang, strokes her head,
"You are right, little girl...I am also hungry...why don"t we eat together?"
TanTan looks to QingQing, she is actually want to talk more about tonight plan but then she looks to FangFang and ShuangAi. As she remembered what ShuangAi told her about FangFang, TanTan sighs again,
"Very well, let"s us all eat together for now..."
"Hurray..." FangFang reacts joyfully.
ShuangAi seems surprised about the time as she remembers something.
"Ehm MuTan Jie, I am afraid I must go home now...so I am sorry I won"t join this time..." ShuangAi smiles regretfully.
"Why don"t you come back after lunch?"
TanTan sincerely wants ShuangAi to stay, especially she didn"t get time to talk more with her today. She wants to ask more about the past HuaMuTan.
"I am really sorry...but there is a patient I need to check up...it can"t wait..how if I will come back, eat with you tomorrow, MuTan Jie?" ShuangAi is thinking about the man whom she saved from the river.
She feels worried but also regrets to TanTan.
TanTan gazes to ShuangAi with respect, "ShuangAi is really a good doctor, she so concerns with the patient even forbear her lunchtime...", she nods herself,
"Ok, but you should remember to eat after you treat your patient..."
"Sure...thank you for your concern, MuTan Jie" ShuangAi excuses herself.
Seeing ShuangAi walks out, a flash of memory sudden comes to TanTan"s mind. It is a scene where Prince Li held ShuangAi tightly. An unease feeling bursts in her heart. It startles TanTan.
"Are you okay, YangMu?" FangFang looks worried. TanTan shakes her head to get rid of those memories.
"I"m fine...let"s go..."
TanTan glares to QingQing when QingQing walks close to her, she whispers.."We talk later for tonight!"
"Sure...yeah by the way where is XiaoRue? I don"t see her?" QingQing wonders.
"I think she still preparing medicine in the kitchen, let"s check on her too.."TanTan keeps walking, led by FangFang who so enthusiastic.
"Oh I see..." QingQing then just walk following them both.