Xing was in her room in the Scarlet Wolf and was brewing tea for Chenglei. He was still sleeping in her bed. The little window in the side let in some sunlight that fell perfectly on his face brightening up.These days through the travel, they"ve been sleeping together and even though Xing didn"t get the details about the woman he is going to marry, she decided to live cheris.h.i.+ng the present.
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Xing had a slight doubt in her heart that maybe, just maybe she is the bride. Even then or now, he wouldn"t be the kind of man who"d casually sleep around with women, right?
But there was this another voice in her head that said that who in their right mind would marry a woman who cannot contribute in bringing the next generation.
Also if he wanted to marry her, he"d have told her first right?
Xing looked at Chenglei sleeping peacefully and he looked like the little boy who used to stay in her house. He used to get sick a lot in those days and would sleep deeply back then too.
Xing smiled and sat beside him and fixed the stray hairs falling over his nose. A stubble made an appearance in his smooth flawless face and in the sunlight, it looked like dew drops.
Poor guy drank a lot last night since she offered to teach him how to drink and he still couldn"t hold his drink. And after their "overnight activities", he got more tired and still haven"t woken up.
"Here, Drink some tea"
Xing gave a cup to Chenglei who just woke up. He squinted his eyes as the sunlight fell on his eyes and Xing pulled down the curtain in the window.
"You look terrible", she chuckled seeing the man who looked unkempt.
"Uh! Let me sleep a bit more!", he pulled her to his side.
"Tea... Tea...", she cried as the tea almost spilled and she used her powers and the teacup floated to the table while she was pulled to his embrace.
"What are you doing?", she giggled as he tried to undress her. But her struggled were in vain as Chenglei succeeded in the end.
After their tussle in the bed for sometime, Xing was safely cuddled in Chenglei"s arms with her face buried in his chest.
"Chenglei", she said drawing circles in his firm chest.
"Hmm", his hug tightened around her and she could feel him kissing her head.
"I love you", she said looking at him. His chin came to her view and as always, there was no reply.
"Say something if you call me, woman", he kissed her forehead that made Xing come out of the sourness she felt in her heart.
"Can you make a pit stop at the Water Kingdom? I want to see Yukiko if possible", she knew they are pa.s.sing through the Northern Sea and they will be close to the Water Kingdom soon. She wanted to meet her and ask about her. The recent letters she received from her had a sad undertone even though she only wrote happy words.
"Pit stop? You think we are riding a horse? If we change direction now, it would make us a couple days late", Chenglei wasn"t pleased.
"Then I"ll ask Bai Li to..."
"No need", he cut her off.
Yeah! She doesn"t have the need to use human means of transport. He rolled his eyes. And, Who knows what happens once she gets in a kingdom? She might even change the Emperor there to help her friend. She causes enormous changes to every place she visits.
Or... Could Her Prince be there..? What if...
No!
He had no time for distractions. His sole focus now should be getting her to their kingdom as soon as possible and marry her and tie her to him. He cannot leave her alone!
" I"ll tell the captain", he hugged her close. "But you"ll have only one day to spend with your friend", he added.
"Yay! Thank you Chenglei", Xing was ecstatic and she kissed his chest.
But Chenglei wasn"t that pleased as he found something odd. Is it because she thanked me? It is not necessary. And no one would have refused her if she directly went and ordered the captain herself.
This is her s.h.i.+p too!
I"ll have to teach this silly, dumb woman everything.
But... Does she like to ask my permission? That"s fine too. Then I can have an idea about what"s in her mind and her depending on me entirely would be fine too since she won"t be able to leave me then.
Chenglei who is deeply in love with Xing became insecure and became someone Xing never expected him to be.
They reached the port in the Water Kingdom and Xing who already informed Yukiko about her visit was surprised when it was Ying Ryuga who met with her.
He informed her that Yukiko has been relocated to some place only the Emperor knows and no one has seen her for over a month. Apparently she"s been under the direct protection of the Emperor and even the dowager couldn"t find her with all her resources.
"Guess, the Emperor decided to finally stand up for sis Yukiko", Ryuga said.
Xing felt like something was amiss but she couldn"t put a finger on it.
Why now, suddenly? And why did she hide it from me even?
But if Yukiko is safe then it would be fine.
"I"m married now", Ryuga told Xing and Xing congratulated him and even gave a gift bought from the store using Chenglei"s money.
As Xing was busy picking up the wine for her travel, Ryuga glared at Chenglei, "You stole my woman", he snorted.
"Your woman?", Chenglei chuckled, " Did you have a dream? Get this... I"m going to marry her and don"t even dream about her", his face still had a smile but it had a bone-chilling effect.
"You are someone who came late in her life. I"ve known her even when we were children and you can never beat that! ", Ryuga smirked.
Chenglei froze as he said that. She knows him for that long? She also said that he is a Lu descendant. So is Ryuga her Prince?
Seeing Chenglei"s reaction Ryuga tried to stir the pot further. He deserves it for stealing his woman! He rationalised.
" We grew up together", he added, "We played together everyday and I even lived close to her....."
Every word he spoke slammed a nail into Chenglei"s already fragile heart. The words she wrote in the letter came to his memory and he was greatly disturbed.
"What are you talking about?", Xing"s charming voice disturbed the men who were shooting arrows at each other using their eyes.
Ryuga knew she doesn"t even remember him from the past and knew if he continued, he"d get caught and he tried to slip away.
Chenglei who was in the brink of losing his emotional stability, had the sliver of sense left and he could see how Ryuga is trying to sneak out and he called him out.
"Ryuga was mentioning how you two spent time together as children..", Chenglei"s wolf eyes were fixed in Xing and her reaction made him pleased.
"What? As children?", Xing really couldn"t remember.
But then Ryuga asked her, "Táng Xing, do you remember Hana, the girl you used to play with when you were five years old?"
"Yes, I do", Xing smaked her fist into her palm and replied. "She was my first girl friend and my only girl friend for a long time... Now that I look at you.. She and you do look a bit similar. So, is she your sister? "
"No!", Ryuga"s expression darkened seeing her reaction.
" So how come you two look similar?", she sank into deep thoughts.
"I am Hana", he waited for sometime for her to figure it out herself but in the end he had to spell it out for her.
"What...? Really? How did you become a man? Chenglei do you know? Hana and I we used to....."
Xing started reminiscing her last with Ryuga to Chenglei and he held back his laughter seeing the man who proclaimed that she was his woman now sitting with his face blackened.
Dude! She doesn"t even remember you!
Chenglei"s expression said it all and all Ryuga could do was sit with his hands fisted.
In the end Xing left the portal city of the Water Kingdom without meeting Yukiko and in a few days they reached Falin Port.
From there, both took a horse and rode through the mountain and they reached the capital city within a day.
To her surprise, Chenglei had previously arranged for their stay in a luxurious Inn. They stayed the night there and after her bath the next morning , she saw a pretty purple and red dress on the bed for her to wear.
The expensive palace attire seemed excessive to wear for travel and as she was pondering, she saw Chenglie leaning on the wall staring at her with his eyes filled with gentleness .
"Wear it. We are attending court", he said.
"Court?", Xing was surprised.
Women cannot attend court, right?
What is going on? Xing was surprised and she still wore the dress he prepare for her.
And that was not the only surprise!