Zhen Xiu and the duo Lu Jian and Shen Ya remained in the ancestral hall for the following three days. It was a game of cat mouse between the beautiful couple and Shen Ya was the golden lightbulb in between them. Shen Ya tried several times to make her friend appreciate Lu Jian"s gesture of coming here and she even gave her the idea to have a good heart to heart talk with him but her stubborn friend would not understand any of it.
Zhen Xiu remained by her side during these four days and completely ignored her husband who was trying hard to get her attention.
It was funny and at the same time sad.
"Why are you doing this?"
Shen Ya pulled Zhen Xiu aside as they were packing their belongings for their return. Zhen Xiu was bewildered by the sudden pull but didn"t mind in the least as it was just a pinch on her skin and nothing else.
"We have to go back today, remember!" Zhen Xiu replied innocently. The naive cover and pitiful eyes garnered softness and sympathy but Shen Ya was now accustomed to her new ideas.
Four days were enough for her to completely know her personality. There was a big change in her best friend not much noticeable if you are not close to her.
Zhen Xiu was now even more daring and flirtatious. She liked living life in her own way and has a gentle sweet soft for girls while handsome and good looking males were her weaknesses.
She was playing a game of fire with her own husband, teasing him and still not giving in his redemption.
It was all hot and cold war between them.
"I am not talking about this, I was asking about Lu Jian and you." Shen Ya directly picked the topic that Zhen Xiu was trying to avoid these past days.
She knew her behavior towards her husband was worse. She was playing with his feelings but she really didn"t care about him. He was a good looking male that was tempting her and she was in return just flirting with him.
What was wrong in that? Either way, he was hers and she as the princess has the right to do this. It was all good.
Evil princess Zhen Xiu didn"t like when the healthy relations.h.i.+p of flirting s.h.i.+fted towards love and responsibilities. She was scared.
It was all new to her. She needed time to consider him. After all, before it was different, she has to just finish her task for a proper solid human body but now that she is the source of Lu Jian"s true affection she could not handle it.
She was good at seduction but when it comes to the matter of taking responsibilities she was scared and doubted herself.
Lu Jian was good to her, no doubt, he was a good choice as a husband but the fact was that she didn"t love him. For a relations.h.i.+p, trust and love are most important. She has learned this from her mother.
Her clone or the original Zhen Xiu had given her a glimpse of everything.
She now knew the meaning of love and no longer felt insulted doing that for her task. She was shallow and an idiot that thought that love was a burden and a mistake of life that weakens you.
After all, the clone Zhen Xiu was also the victim of her love. She might be a product, a clone made for her return but her feelings, emotions, and thoughts were real.
The evil princess realized this fact and that"s why she was so conscious about Lu Jian"s approach. She didn"t want to mislead him in the first place if she decided to leave him.
"What about him?" Zhen Xiu asked her friend.
Shen Ya wanted to reprimand her friend about her careless att.i.tude but then it was not something that can be changed just by reprimanding her. She used the gentle way and softly advised her friend, " I know you feel independent and are confused now but it doesn"t mean that you have to play a game with your husband."
Zhen Xiu wanted to refute this, Shen Ya was slandering her as she was not playing around with anybody. It was her way of not committing to his relations.h.i.+p and nothing else.
Shen Ya saw her frown and immediately placed her fingers on Zhen Xiu"s mouth. "It"s best if you hear me out."
Zhen Xiu was a good friend and the fact that Shen Ya was the first one to show her warmth in her life, she respected her as an old sister so she naturally was quiet and allowed her to speak.
"I know your intentions are pure but your method is wrong. In fact, you are even way crueler than Lu Jian. He didn"t like you so he avoided you to the point of giving you no impression but you are giving him a new hope every day when you flirt with him."
Shen Ya has observed her friend in the past four days and she was sure by now that Zhen Xiu was attracted to her husband but had no feelings. It was like a female Jiang Wui in front of her that played with every beautiful woman out there, it was in their nature to do something like this and not even bothering about the consequences.
"How am I cruel? Besides, I am not igniting his hopes; it"s just that he is so pretty that I don"t want to leave him. That"s why I was behaving like this but in the long run, I guess you are right. I will make things clear with him."
Zhen Xiu realized that Shen Ya was right. It was better to make things clear from the start and she has also seen his efforts to please her in the past few days. Although she didn"t have bad feelings for him now after watching him trying so hard and taking her every wish seriously it didn"t mean that he has successfully captured her heart.
He was a good man but he did wrong the clone in the past and until she feels completely secure in his presence she didn"t have the heart to think about anything else rather than her revenge.
Love will have to wait!