The Story Of Dusk

And during those day, he was always found was staring blankly into the distance.

Actually he had given up to find the way to meet his beloved woman and accepted his life in this rural city, faraway from political or any information about the upcoming war between Xiao Jun and the current Emperor, Xiao Zi.

He didn"t want to be part of it, but he still hoped for Xiao Jun to be able to ascend the throne.

"Uncle Ye Xiu." Senja called out from behind him. "You have to go and meet that girl."

Ye Xiu didn"t answer her for that and only lowered his head.

"She must be "Senja" that you have been looking for, for years!" Senja squealed excitedly. "You will be able to meet Riana again…!"

Ye Xiu was still deep in thought, his eyes cast down when Senja patted his back.

"Go and find her…"

That was the last time he talked to Senja, she was a grown up woman now, the scare little girl from eight years ago was no longer there.

Gong Xu and she had their own plan and now Ye Xiu had his own mission.

***   

It wasn"t difficult to find Senja with purple hair, even though Ye Xiu had pulled himself away from the outside world, but he was still could find someone to ask for the information.

The war had begun and from the information that he got, Senja was with Qianru in certain fortress and there Ye Xiu went.

However before he could reach the fortress, he got a news, the fortress was being attacked, but fortunately Senja and Qianru managed to escape and now both of them were staying in the lodgment.

Ye Xiu went there, but seemingly Senja felt someone was following her and moved again.

It was getting hard to get hold of her.

Until he found her, trying to escaped in carriage with Qianru.

"Who are you!?" The coachman shouted at Ye Xiu, who was standing in front of him, his expression was on alert.

From there Ye Xiu could see the girl with the exact face like Senja that he knew, was staring back at him.

"Senja." Ye Xiu called her out.

And the girl questioned him with her eyes; How he knew her name?

"What happened?" Another woman opened the curtain and popped her head. "Who is him…?" She asked with fear was laced in her soft voice.

"Go inside." The coachman said sternly while reaching his sword next to him. Senja did the same, apparently she knew how to protect herself, Ye Xiu could see, she reached out a dagger beside her.

But then, Ye Xiu heard Qianru screeched and rushed out from the carriage.

"Qianru, no! Come back here!" Senja directly jumped from the coachmen seat and ran after Qianru with the coachman right behind her.

With dread in her eyes, Senja watched Qianru stopped right in front of Ye Xiu. But, Qianru next words caught her out off guard.

"It"s fine Senja, he is Jun"s master." She said, turning around and giving a bright smile at Senja"s direction.

Shock was written all over her face, Ye Xiu could see that clearly as understanding down on him.

She was the right Senja that he had been looking for many years.

Senja came to halt and approached them cautiously when she felt there was no malicious intention from Ye Xiu. "Xiao Jun"s master?" She muttered in confusion.

"Master Ye Xiu, it had been a long time." Qianru greeted him with respect.

"Ye Xiu?" Senja mumbled in disbelief.

Ye Xiu felt nostalgic when he heard Senja called out for him with that name, he didn"t know how he missed that name so much until he heard that again.

Riana would always call her with that name.

"Do you know him?" The coachman stopped right beside Senja when he saw Qianru was having conversation with Ye Xiu.

In his eyes, Ye Xiu looked like an expert pract.i.tioner of martial arts with his st.u.r.dy figure and sword that hung on his waist.

Senja nodded, but then shrugged absentmindedly. This gesture made the man confused. "So? You know him or not? Is he dangerous?"

"I don"t think so…" She replied still in perplex expression.

Senja looked over at Qianru and Ye Xiu, but she could figure out nothing about their conversation. Their voices were like buzzing bees in her ear.

"Are you Senja?" Ye Xiu"s rough voice traveled into Senja"s ears.

For some reason, Senja started to back off from Ye Xiu, turned around and ran to the opposite direction.

"Senja where are you going?" Qianru was ready to run after her, Ye Xiu grabbed her shoulder.

"Let me talk to her. Stay here." Ye Xiu ordered her.

"But, Master Ye Xiu, you don"t even know her." Qianru insisted to look after Senja by herself.

"I know her in the way that you don"t understand." Ye Xiu said with deep voice and deeper meaning behind his words.

After saying that, Ye Xiu took his leave as he strolled into the dense trees, toward the direction where Senja had left.

***  

Senja made sure she had put far distant away from the place she had met with Ye Xiu before she stopped running.

She slowed her pace before she staggered in her feet.

The purple girl yanked her turban from her hair and tossed it on the ground as greedily she took in all the air she needed to replenish her strength.

"Senja."

The voice who called her name made Senja whipped her head toward his direction as the dizziness told her that she spun her head too fast.

"Why did you run from me?"

Senja didn"t know since when he was there, because she could swear that a second ago it was only her. She wouldn"t have stopped running if she knew Ye Xiu was nearby.

Now, with her almost lost all her breath and weak legs, she couldn"t possibly to outrun him, so she stay her ground and steadied her breath.