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INSIDE the forest outside the capital of Xing, Argent was standing on a branch of a tall tree, looking up at the big moon . She was waiting for the arrival of her sister . Then they would leave directly from here using her flying shuttle . It was better for long distance travel than the flying car .

The sun had just set and the sky was already dark . Argent was in a very inconspicuous part of the forest where people didn"t usually past through . But even without that, the three dark guards were scattered around the perimeter to make sure that no one would inadvertently walked on here . Lei Feng was also here to prevent any oversight, giving her confidence that nothing would go wrong .

Speaking of the man, since they left Hangzhou, he hadn"t spoken a full sentence to her . Whenever she tried to talk to him, all his reply to her had been one syllable words . Seeing his att.i.tude, she felt a slight irritation in her chest . So she also stopped talking to him altogether . But she knew that couldn"t continue since she would be leaving soon . And she still had a lot of things to say to him .

Argent looked down and saw Lei Feng leaning against the tree she was standing on . His arms were crossed against his chest, the seriousness on his face was even more profound . It"s like he"s contemplating about something . Argent sighed . She took a jade seal from her s.p.a.ce ring, it was the one that the Emperor gave her .

She wasn"t able to use this thing that much . Because she immediately found the information she needed . She even thought that maybe she should have just flown from Albion to here . It might have saved her a lot of time . But then again, if she didn"t go through those formalities, she wouldn"t be able to meet the Emperor . If she didn"t meet him then she wouldn"t have managed to annoy him, then he wouldn"t bait her with information about the masked man who stole a map from him . That particular information was the reason why Argent was able to accomplish the things she needed to accomplish in the fastest way possible .

According to the results, her decision of going here in the guise of a business deal was still the best choice . She looked at the seal she was holding . This might be a good tool to use to start a conversation with this sullen guy .

Argent then jumped from the tree and landed safely in front of Lei Feng . She looked at the guy who looked at her only for a second then moved his gaze away . She felt that irritation inside her chest again . She shook her head and just ignored it . She held the seal towards Lei Feng . "Could you give this back to the Emperor?"

Lei Feng took it . "Hmm . "

"Could you also apologize to him on my account for not saying goodbye personally? And also tell him that he didn"t need to worry because I"m going to send someone from my company to finish our business transaction?"

"Hmm . "

Argent suddenly felt a vein in her forehead popping . Enough of this . She stretched her hand, pa.s.sing his side face, and then making her palm landed loudly on the bark of the tree behind him . "Do you have a problem with me? If you do, then stop acting so s.h.i.+fty and just tell it straight to my face . "
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Lei Feng became speechless . Not because of Argent"s question, but because of her sudden close proximity to him . Her movements made their bodies just a few inches away from each other . Because he was taller than her, she needed to looked up to him . This way he could perfectly see her beautiful face . Her skin was delicate and refined, her eyelashes were long like a fine silver brush, and her pair of purple eyes were like bright amethyst s.h.i.+ning with anger .

He could feel her breathing on his chin . Lei Feng couldn"t help but swallow . His whole face was slowly heating up . He had no doubt that he was as red as a ripe tomato right now . He moved his head away and gently pushed Argent .

"Please, don"t be too close . "

After hearing that, it was only then that Argent realized their current postures . Seeing him blus.h.i.+ng, he was probably embarra.s.sed being this close to another man . It really was kind of awkward . What was she thinking, acting this way? She stepped back as naturally as she could, widening the gap between them . Then she cleared her throat .

"Well, answer my question . Do you have something against me?"

Lei Feng finally managed to breath . If he didn"t tell Argent the reason why he was acting that way, something like what just happened might happen again . He wasn"t sure if his heart could take it . So he decided to just be honest . "No . I just didn"t like the fact that you refused to let me help you . "

Upon hearing that answer, a sudden realization hit Argent . "Are you sulking?" When she saw his ear tips turning red, she knew she got the right answer . She couldn"t help but laugh because of that . Who would have thought that the serious and almighty general of Xing also knew how to sulk . "You can really be cute sometimes, you know?"

Lei Feng didn"t care about the last thing she said . Because Argent"s laughing face just captivated him . How could someone be this beautiful? It"s like there"s a glow coming from within her . He turned his gaze away before he really started having a heart attack .

Argent, on the other hand, thought that he was pouting . "You can"t just come with me and you know that . You have obligations here . Although I appreaciate your offer, it"s weird to be so dedicated about it . You"re not my servant nor are you my guard . It"s not your job to take care of things for me . You"re a friend, receiving your sentiment is enough . "

At first, Lei Feng was getting more depressed after each word that Argent said . But when he heard her last statement, he felt like he was suddenly revived . "You think of me as a friend?"

He knew it was not easy for Argent to let people enter her inner circle . Being considered as a friend was already a big step for him . He couldn"t help but just feel happy .

"Otherwise?"

"Yes, we"re friends," Lei Feng immediately said in case Argent changed her mind . "But I"m just worried that something bad may happen to you during that festival . "

"Something will always happen . The only thing we could do is to be prepared . So it wouldn"t turn into something bad," Argent said . "My mother"s life is at stake her, I wouldn"t act in a way that could jeopardize that . So, just have faith in me . Okay?"

Lei Feng let out a long sigh . "I understand . " But that didn"t mean he wouldn"t do anything to help .

"Good . Oh, before I forgot, Aurum found out that the one behind the fourth prince"s attempted a.s.sa.s.sination in Albion was Concubine Hong . "

Lei Feng was a bit startled by the sudden change of topic . But when he digested what she just said, he couldn"t help but frown . "Concubine Hong? How did your sister . . . ?"

"It"s a long process . But you don"t need to worry because this information is pretty solid . "

"Okay . I"ll pa.s.s it on to Li Jun . "

Just then, An Si suddenly appeared and kneeled in front of them . "Master, the carriage carrying Lady Aurum and Black is on its way . "

Lei Feng nodded . "Continue to guard the perimeter . "

"Yes, Master . " An Si bowed and jumped to one of the trees .

They didn"t wait long . After a few minutes, a simple black carriage rode to where they were . If Argent was not mistaken, the one driving was the dark guard named "An Wu", the one with the barrier Gift . The carriage stopped but before An Wu could open the door of the carriage, it already opened from the inside and Aurum and Black jumped out .

When her sister and Black saw her, the two immediately ran towards her direction . Argent almost lost her balance when both hugged her at the same time .

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"Black missed you, Master! Did you miss Black too?"

The both said almost at the same time .

Argent helplessly gave them a return hug . "Yes, I miss the two of you . "

Lei Feng looked at this scene, especially at Black who"s happily hugging Argent"s waist . His expression almost turned dark . How could this kid hug Argent as if it was the most natural thing in the world while he couldn"t even handle having her face too close to his? He sighed . Well, at least the kid was no longer crossdressing .

After hugging the two, Argent took the flying shuttle capsule and also the remote from her s.p.a.ce ring . She threw it on the empty s.p.a.ce in front and pushed the "on" b.u.t.ton on the remote . Her flying shuttle vehicle immediately appeared .

She looked at Aurum and Black . "Come on, go inside . "

The two didn"t ask much and just walked inside the shuttle .

Argent turned to Lei Feng . "Thank you for everything until now . I hope we could meet again in the future . "

"There"s no need for thanks . I"m just glad that I could be of help to you . And yes, we will definitely meet again," Lei Feng said, determination filling his obsidian black eyes .

"I hope so as well . "

Argent said her goodbye and walked towards the shuttle .

"Argent!" Lei Feng called before she entered the shuttle .

Argent looked back . "Yes?"

"Can I . . . can I call you from time to time?"

Argent smiled . "Yes, just make sure you won"t call me everyday or every other day because I won"t definitely answer . "

The corner of Lei Feng"s lips tilted, showing a very rare smile . "Okay . "

With that, Argent finally walked inside the shuttle . She sat on the driver"s position, turned on the stealth mode, and flew the shuttle up .

"Where will we go next, Brother?" Aurum asked, sitting on the seat beside Argent"s .

"We"re going back to my lab," Argent answered and she drove the shuttle towards the direction of the Western continent .