"Why is he following us too?", Chenglei asked with a grunt seeing the s.h.i.+p behind them. He never liked the Kei family and this Takanas.h.i.+ is trying to involve in the Wind Kingdom"s politics these days which he felt repulsive and he is looking for a right time to thwart him. Also somehow the investigations about the poisoning of the Prime Minister also almost leads to him and he didn"t want him anywhere near this woman."He is from the Jin family and he thinks he could negotiate with them for some reason. At least from what I could hear from him...", Xing rubbed her temples as she could gather that much information from using her senses to eavesdrop his conversation, "But shouldn"t the Ouyang family hate the Jins? Considering the fact that they stole half of Ouyang family"s s.h.i.+ps in the past?", she looked at Chenglei with his green eyes focused on her and his hands holding the rails really closer to her hands and she could feel the warmth from his hands on her.
" Is that what you heard? ", Chenglei looked surprised and the disdain she had for Takanas.h.i.+ showed in her eyes." From what I"ve heard, the Ouyang family and the Jin family were related by marriage and the s.h.i.+ps were given as a dowry"
"Really?", Xing sighed. Why didn"t Master Yuan tell me that? He didn"t know about it? Or could it be that he found it irrelevant? Either case now it would be highly unlikely that the Ouyang Navy will be willing to serve the wind Kingdom.
"So the Jin family could be the rightful Heir of the Ouyang Navy?", she curved her lips. From what she heard the Ouyang family will choose to serve their heir and no one else and that"s why they were hiding till now for them to determine the rightful heir.
If Takanas.h.i.+ gets hold of the Ouyang Navy, the situation will definitely turn to the detriment of their kingdom and possibly the Lu dynasty even.
"We"ll kill him if it gets out of our hands", he whispered in her ears and Xing looked at him emitting darkness as he used to with his eyes filled with a murderous intent.
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He really means it!
That thought brought a smile to her lips, "Easy there, Lord Li! If he is the heir, we wouldn"t want the Ouyang family against the Lu family in case we kill him... Let"s see what I can do", she punched his arm playfully and he laughed.
"You.. You are...", "amazing", he said rubbing his arms where she hit. He"s talking murder and she is not even fazed a bit and is talking about the possible repercussions. Then again, she hates him too.
"I"m what...? Amazing...? Is that the word you are looking for?", she made waves with her eyebrows with a smirk in her pretty pink lips. "Tell me.. Tell me..."
How adorable is she? Chenglei"s heart skipped a beat. She wants to get ravaged, doesn"t she? Sigh! But I have to get a grip on myself lest she thinks I"m just a l.u.s.tful fool!To have such a bewildering woman beside me, yet not touch her... Is the G.o.d of fate playing games with me...?
Xing saw him looking at her with swirling emotions and she could see the l.u.s.t in his eyes too.
This wolf!
"Agree with me Lord Li... You meant to say I"m amazing!", she pointed her index finger at him with her lips curved to a mocking smile.
" What amazing... You look Cold. That"s what I meant to say", he pushed her finger with his index finger and touched the tip of her nose, "Wear a coat!"
"Liar!", she scrunched her nose and turned to the other side curling her lips with her nose pointed up making Chenglei laugh more.
The maids who were watching from a distance heard him and one of them ran inside to bring her a coat and she brought the brooch Haru gave her to go with the coat.
Xing got down from the s.h.i.+p as they reached and they were brought to the sh.o.r.e in a small boat and only Xing and Chenglei were allowed to step out of the s.h.i.+p and that too without any weapons on them and they had to agree.
Their place, their rules!
And Xing does not need weapons and if needed she can summon one. So they weren"t at any loss but they heard Kei Takanas.h.i.+ making a fuzz from a distance but he had to comply in the end too.
Xing could sense strong spells around that place and that explained how they stayed hidden for all these years. As she got down, Xing could sense Lady Hehua having a deep look at the brooch she was wearing and wondered if she likes this brooch. She"d have given it to Lady Hehua if not for the fact that Haru asked her to return it to him.
Xing saw the entire island surrounded with rocky hill, that was steep enough to be a wall. Lady Hehua was walking with Xing and Chenglei while her second in command Ye Hai was walking with Kei Takanas.h.i.+ from behind.
Seeing Xing not willing to engage with Takanas.h.i.+, Lady Hehua held back the hundred questions she had for Xing for later and they were walking silently towards the hill and while Xing wondered how they are going to pa.s.s the steep hill, Lady Hehua moved a rock at the bottom of the hill that released a mechanism and some rocks started to protrude out making a stairway.
Takanas.h.i.+ was expressing his displeasure on how a Prince from the Water Kingdom is being treated and Chenglei rolled his eyes.
Prince? He is acting more like a spoilt princess!
Chenglei looked at Xing to see if she needed help but his lips bloomed a smile when he saw her who had a blooming smile in her face and she was biting her lips as curious as she is and was waiting to jump over those rocks to reach the top of the hill.
This woman!
He watched her pulling up her skirt a bit and jumping over each rock and she was as sure-footed as a mountain goat and as graceful as a gazelle while she went up each step.
Ah! This woman! How much I want you!
Her teal courted sleeves fluttered along with the thick purple coat she was wearing and Chenglei flowing her closely worried for her since the Wind was strong.
Will this woman fly away like paper? She weighs like a paper and the Wind is strong too. Ah, I shouldn"t have asked her to wear this thick coat. What if she loses her balance? If I could I"d carry her to the top in my arms. But this woman won"t let me, would she?
But nothing happened as Chenglei worried and they reached to the top of the hill in half an hour. As they looked from the high ground, they could see the entire island is like a big basin with the hill surrounding like a Fort around the valley in the middle. There was a river flowing through the valley from one end of the island towards the other with a small pa.s.s where the river joined the sea.
"We could have entered in a boat through the river!", Takanas.h.i.+ who was panting like a dog kept on complaining making Xing roll her eyes.
As they saw there were numerous wooden houses built in an orderly fas.h.i.+on with various streets and the entire place looked like a well thoughout city.
So this is where they live?