LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

My Prince does not have any Fiancé!

That thought made her exhilerated and that day as usual Xing was in her study taking care of the memorials she received from her lands and Baobei was playing with the ink in her table making finger paintings anywhere he wanted and even his clothes.

As if that"s not enough he tried to rub his little hands dirtied with the ink as black as Xing"s hair on her pale blue robes.

"Baobei!", Xing spoke in a rebuking tone, "How can you dirty the embroidery your mother handmade for me? Can"t you appreciate the hard work of your mother? "

Xing really loved Shurei and she always made Baobei remember that he is Shurei"s son even though that boy forgets it often. He never cares about his mother and always stuck to her.

Of course Baobei never gets scared of Xing but he just bowed his head, "I"m sorry, mummy!".

That same time, Chenglei entered her study and he was surprised to see the monkey boy with his head bowed.

"That"s a surprise!", he smirked. For some reason he found this little boy an eyesore and that boy didn"t like him either and both of them forgets their age and b.u.mped their heads often when Xing does not notice.

Baobei knew he was being mocked for being reprimanded by his mother and he put on his cute smile and strutted towards Chenglei, "Uncle!", he hugged him with his hands dirtied with ink and Chenglei"s snow white robes were filled with patches of black in an instant spreading that darkness to his face too.

Chenglie knew this boy did it on purpose and seeing Xing so apologetic felt the need to be the bigger person and begrudgingly tried to forgive him.

"I"m sorry, uncle....", Baobei spoke with his sweet childish voice and his with his chin touching his chest as if he was deeply apologetic trying to pander to Xing.

"He must have been too happy to see you, so he must have done it without realising...", Xing who was ignorant of the clash between her man and her child, tried to speak up for Baobei and the boy blinked his big bright brown eyes innocently but Chenglei noticed the smirk in his lips.

What an insolent brat! He cussed him. How come Ah Xuan and this monkey boy are of the same age. One is an angel and the other is the devil.

"I don"t mind... But...", Chenglei looked at his dirtied clothes rather sadly, controlling his urge to bark at that little monkey and Xing understood what he meant. She knew he was a germaphobe and he won"t like his clothes dirty.

"Lord Li... Let me arrange you a bath and I"ll get you new clothes for the one Baobei damaged", Xing said after thinking for a while. She knew he won"t walk around dirtied.

"Yes, Lord Li... My father makes the best robes...", Baobei added with his big bright eyes smiling.

"Fine, then! I"ll take little Baobei with me. He is dirty and in need of bath too, right? We"ll bath together! ", Chenglei picked the unwilling Baobei up with a smile in his face but his eyes had a dangerous glint that Xing missed.

"I"ll take bath with mummy, uncle", Baobei tried to struggle out of Chenglei"s grip as he got scared.

Getting trapped by an old man! How pitiful am I? Save me, mummy!

Xing noticed Baobei"s pitiful looks at her and felt bad for him. She looked at Chenglei looking affectionately at Baobei and she thought it would be a good idea to let Baobei get acquainted with men as he always stuck to her and won"t even care about his father. She knew all kids love Chenglei and the way he was with Ah Xuan, she knew he"d take good care of Baobei too.

Chenglei held Baobei close to him and left with a fatherly look making Xing wonder for a moment, if she gets him to make him fall in love with her again, would she be plundering his option of becoming a father and if she should be letting him have children with other women.

Well! Let"s see how it goes...

She decided as she still was selfish when it comes to him. I really cannot share him with other women. And the one who fell in love with me and endured all the sufferings with me won"t be appreciating that either.

Xing when decided to make Chenglei fall for her again decided to do that for him too. He"d never want to fall out of love with her. He was with her all the way and never let her go in the last even when the heavens stood against him. This time she decided it is her turn to hold on to him no matter what.

Chenglei on the other hand, who left with Baobei held him by the collar the moment he got away from Xing"s line of sight and threw him into the bathtub and followed him.

Baobei glared at Chenglei, "I"ll grow out bigger than you and protect my mummy!", he declared.

"Haha!", Chenglei sneered, " I have a looooot of time for that then!"

"Get away from me... Dirty uncle!"

"Save me! Mummy.... Mummy.... This dirty uncle is hurting me..."

Baobei screamed loudly with the maids who were waiting outside wondering what they must do. One is their little master and the other one is the one their mistress trusts enough to leave him with. What must we do?

They knew their little master is throwing his usual tantrums.

Haru who heard his son throwing a tantrum... Again...from his room came there for inquiry. Upon hearing he was with his brother Lei, he let his son scream and left.

His son needs to get along with others too! He cannot just stick to that stupid Xing for the rest of his life! He threw a tantrum back in their home and he had to bring him along to the capital city unable to bear his screaming. So much jealousy for a three year old and he needs to learn!

Baobei who struggled for a while, upon realising no one"s going to come for his aide just finished his bath silently and even changed his clothes with Chenglei helping him. Chenglei saw the obedient boy in front of him and dried his hair. He felt like that monkey boy was a bit cute too.

"Why don"t you like me?", Chenglei asked the boy pouting as he was abandoned by her mother .

"Big men are bad! You are bad!", he said as he got down from the stool he was standing with his hair still wet.

"Your father is also a big man... Is he bad too?", Chenglei asked getting him between his knees and dried his hair .

"My father is good! You, dirty uncle is bad!", he shouted and ran away from him and out of the room into the garden.

Chenglei was running behind him closely, "Don"t call me dirty uncle...", he said.

"You are.... You are dirty.... You are dirty uncle", he snorted, " You are bad!"

"Why am I bad? I never hurt your mother did I?", Chenglei tried to grab him. He wanted to know why this boy hated him that much.

"You are a big man! You are bad!", Baobei said and got on a tree to escape Chenglei.

Wow! He is really a monkey! Thought Chenglei who watched him get on the tree with ease.

Baobei got to a branch in the tree and held on to the trunk and only then he noticed the height he is at and got scared.

"Get down, boy!", Chenglei called him and the maids who ran after them saw the little master up on the tree and panicked. One of them ran to get Xing and another ran to get the boy"s father.

Chenglei noticed the little boy who got up there in the tree is scared witless and is unable to even move a muscle.

"Monkey boy! What? Are you scared?", Chenglei spoke in a mocking tone... He could get up the tree to get the boy but he was worried if that boy would get higher up the tree since he wanted to spite him. Also the tree wasn"t that strong to hold him and the branches were weak to hold a big man like him.

"Come on... I thought you are going to protect your mother... Okay... Stay here... I"m going to your mother!", he pretended to turn to leave and he felt the little boy move a little, "But wait... If you jump I"ll catch you... What do you say? Here... Try and jump, I"ll try catch you for sure!", Chenglei stretched out his hands and looked up and seeing him still scared and sticking to the tree. So he decided to use his spite for him as an advantage. Chenglei was scared to see that boy up there. And he knew if anything happens to this boy, that woman would break to pieces.

"Hey, let"s test it out... I"ll catch you, you can trust me..... And guess what.. If I don"t catch you, won"t your mother hate me forever..? See... Now this is a deal where only you win... If I catch you, you"ll be safe and if I don"t, you"ll succeed in keeping me away from your mummy? What do you say? "

Chenglei smirked seeing the boy falling for his bait but his face was filled with tears out of fear.

What a kid! Surely he is the son of that businessman! He has to be given a hundred percentage success rate for him to act!

" That"s right! Close your eyes and jump down thinking you are jumping down from your bed!", Chenglei spoke in a soothing voice and positioned himself right to catch the boy and Baobai bit his lips and jumped closing his eyes without even making a noise and Chenglei caught him perfectly.

Baobei weighed a lot lesser than Ah Xuan and Chenglei hugged him closer and patted his back as he could feel his heartbeat on him.

Poor boy must have been scared a lot!
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"There, there.... You are safe now, aren"t you?", Chenglei spoke in a coaxing tone. Xing and Haru who came running to the garden hearing the news sighed in relief seeing him safe in Chenglei"s arms and Chenglie signalled them to go back as he wanted to have that boy in his arms for a while.

Baobei wrapped his thin short arms tightly around Chenglei"s neck and he was sniffing.

"You caught me.... Dirty uncle...",Baobei said tightening his hug, "Thank you"

Well, who knew! This boy can be cute too!

Chenglei smiled.

"But I won"t let you near my mummy!"

"Why?", Chenglei hugged him closer and asked. "Because I am a big man?"

"Yes! A big man makes mummy cry at nights. I"m not going to let big men near mummy!", Baobei said sniffing his b.u.t.ton nose and Chenglei paused his steps.

So that"s why!

"Shouldn"t she find a big man to make her happy then?", Chenglei asked but he felt the little boy"s long deep breaths.

Did he sleep this soon? Poor little boy! You must have been too scared!

Chenglei patted his back and took Baobei to his bed and covered him with a blanket himself sending off the maids.

I"m sorry, little boy! I am going to marry JiaXing whether you like it or not... She has to forget that man who makes her cry at nights and be happy!

Baobei in his sleep had a smile and Chenglei patted his head and left his room.

Táng JiaXing! Who hurt you that much that a three year old boy decided to protect you?

Chenglei came to meet Xing who was reading a letter and he could see that letter was from the Empress.

"I"m being called for a banquet in the palace by the Empress tomorrow!", Xing told Chenglei who was leaning on her door frame staring at her.

"So are you going?", Chenglei asked. He knew the Empress asked for a permission to have a banquet with the Ladies in the city rather abruptly. And for her to send an invitation to this woman, it seemed fishy in the least.

"Meh!", Xing threw the letter to the trash making Chenglei smile. If it was any other woman she"d be exited to be personally invited by the Empress to the Imperial Palace and here she is, throwing it as trash.

Xing didn"t like to see that woman who is heartless to hurt her son and an innocent animal.

But then again... What is she planning this time...? Let"s go and see!

"Maybe.... I"ll go!", Xing picked back the invitation from the trash. "Let me meet the Ladies of the city!"

Xing smirked looking at the invitation in her hands and Chenglei had a smile bloom in his face.

I do want to watch you!