Silva
naturally walked towards the empty seat and sat down ,then sipped his tea. Feng
looked at Yue with confusion ,receiving the same confused eyes in return. ”I’m
Silva Arthur Ferdinand Aetherystian ,The Ambassador of the West country far
across the sea. I’m here to help your country in terms of trade”.Feng raised
his eyebrows,”How did a foreigner like you make it to our country? And
shouldn’t you be in the palace discussing with His Highness then?”
”Ah but I
have .His Highness told me to stay here for the meantime as your father is a
Minister in charge of inter-country trades,no?And we still have blood relation”
”Blood?”
Minister Yuan
cleared his throat,”Feng , this young man here is actually your far cousin. I
have a cousin that was exiled because he committed some...mistakes ,that cousin
somehow made it to their country and married a foreign woman. Silva here is
their son and he rose to a Ministry position”
”...I
see.Silva,nice to meet you”
”Nice to
meet you too”,Silva chuckled.”This one is...Your wife,I presume? A fine lady
she is”
Yue blushed
and nodded,”I-I’m Yue Ping ,nice to meet you too but...We have met before,have
we not?”
The room
grew silent ,interrupted by Silva’s laughter,”Please do not flirt with me,Young
Mrs Yuan. I believe this is first although maybe you’ve seen me somewhere
because of my unique hair colour”. Feng grumbled then whispered to Yue,”....I
feel like he is dangerous,stay with me”. Yue couldn’t help but smiling because
of her husband’s jealousy. They decided to continue eating and dropped the
issue.
Later that
afternoon , as Feng was writing some letters for the Ministry ,A Zhong entered.
”Young Master , I’ve brought you some sweets”. ”Thank you ,could you please
call Yue here to eat with me?”,Feng smiled . A Zhong laughed,”My my,how mature
you have become in a night” ”Hey ,rascal,don’t make me wrestle you”,Feng
responded. ”Yep.That’s more like Young Master”
Yue was
sitting under a huge tree on Yuan Residence’s backyard. She was reading a
storybook Hui Zhong gave her before her marriage. The wind felt nice ,and
although she knew a lady shouldn’t be sitting on grasses,she couldn’t help it.
”Mrs Yuan”,a voice muttered-it was Silva.
”A-ah , Sir!”,she
hastily tried to stand up .Unfortunately,Yue lost her balance and was about to
fall back. She closed her eyes ,preparing mentally for the impact in a few
seconds.
...
But it felt
levitating.Slowly,Yue opened her eyes and found Silva’s arms around her waist.
With little strength ,the blonde man pulled her back up to her feet. ”My my,You
always fall when I’m around”. ”Y-you do remember then?!”,Yue’s face was getting
more flushed as she asked. ”I do,never thought you’d be his wife though. ”
”Y-you left
even before I could properly thank you”,she timidly protested.
” That...”
There was
an unexplained darkness deep in Silva’s eyes behind the bright silver colour.
He was deep in thought and for a second he looked bitter. Before Yue could ask
what was wrong ,he smiled again and responded,”Sorry, I thought I didn’t want
to attract too much attention because most people here think I’m a demon, I
look real different”.
”I-I see.
S-sir...Could you please release me now...?”. Silva gazed to her waist which
was still in his embrace even though she stood straight. ”Forgive me. ”,he
calmly muttered as he let her go,”Call it a force of habit. Yue,I’d like to
warn you to be more careful these days ,I heard the poison story from a
servant. Perhaps somebody isn’t happy with this household ,better be safe than
sorry”
”Y-yes,sir”.A
smile slowly was drawn on her round pink cheeks face.”You’re such a nice
person,sir”
”Ahh.. I’m
just being a proper gentleman. Worry not ,alright? Now if you’d excuse me...And
please just call me Silva”
”...Shi...Fa?”
”Silva”
”Si....faaa”
”....You
Eastern people are really unreliable when it comes to Western name.
Nevermind, Shi Fa is fine for you,Mrs Yuan. Now if you’d excuse me”
Silva
walked away ,his cheeks a bit flushed. Nice
person,eh? If only you knew... Behind the tree was A Zhong ,observing
quietly. ”......I have to move fast”,A Zhong muttered to himself.He slowly came
out of hiding,”Lady Yue Ping! Young Master asks you to join his tea time”
”Ah,sure! I’m coming!”
A Zhong led
Yue with a grim expression,”Lady,be careful of that foreigner” ”Why?” ”Call it
gut feeling , he is dangerous. Also , I heard foreign men are beasts and
they’re really fond of women. Please beware of it and stay with Young Master”
”.............A-alright”. This is the
first time I see A Zhong so serious...
They walked
together ,and stopped when they heard a whistle from above. A Zhong gazed up
and saw a kind of reflection from the second floor. Then suddenly... ”Watch
out,Lady!!!”. A moderate-sized vase of bonsai fell from the second floor’s
balcony and was falling straight to Yue’s direction. In a brief second ,A Zhong
rushed and pushed her away ,causing Yue to fall behind. She slowly sat
down,feeling pain all over the body. ”A Zhong ,are you al...”.
Drip drip
drip
Fresh blood
was dripping from A Zhong’s head ,his eyes closed. ”N-no... A Zhong!!!”,no
response.She kept shouting his name but there was no response. Yue screamed ,
causing all soldiers and servant to came running out and quickly brought A
Zhong to the medical room. Feng came moments later after hearing the news to
find his bride trembling and crying .
”....He is
okay,nothing life threatening”,a female doctor muttered.”He’ll be "asleep"
for a bit and his memory may be a bit fuzzy later on. He shouldn’t do anything
for a few days and just rest”. Yue sighed in relief ,she wiped her tears. Feng
stood up and walked to A Zhong’s side. What
is the meaning of this? A Hua told me he tried to protect Yue...Does that mean
somebody is targeting her? But who? Shit.Just at that moment ,Xiao Kai
entered crying. His knee was a bit scraped.
”Xiao Kai?”
”Broootheeerr,I-I
felllll”
”Didn’t I
tell you not to run around?”
”S-somebody
pushed meeee”
”!!!”
What is happening here...
”Sir,could
you please leave us here? I want to examine Lady Yue’s backside as she fell
too. Please also leave Xiao Kai here. I shall treat them”
”......Alright,I
leave them to you”. Feng slowly caressed Yue’s teary cheeks,”Don’ cry
anymore,okay? He is alright...A servant probably misplaced the bonsai vase.
Sssh ssh” and he kissed her forhead before Feng left the medical room. As he
slammed the door shut,his eyes filled with anger. ”...Feng”,Silva muttered.”I
heard about your wife ,Is she fine?” ”Just a bit traumatized”.
”You need
to be careful. I can sense this house’s aura ,it is real dark”
”What do
you mean?”
”The place
feels a bit eerie..Maybe you should summon some monks to cleanse the place of
evil”
”Heh.And
here I thought Westerners hate myths and religion stuff”
”I adapt
well”,he smiled and left.Once Feng was out of sight , Silva pulled out a grim
looking small black statue of a smiling child.It was smiling so happily it
looked so...maniacal. A drop of red ink rolling through one of the statue’s
eyes.
A kid’s
strained voice could be heard,
”You......think.....monks....could
seal.....me?”,and it laughed
”...Shut
up. I won’t let you do as you please”
”.......Heheee......you....can’t
even...toss this doll in your hand....let alone seal”
”Doll is
too cute for you,you’re just a statue”
”.... I
will....Never....Stop”
And he doll
disappeared from his grasp. Shit
Two days
later, it was the day for Yue to go home for one last time and see her
family,as usual according to tradition. She rode in a human-carried carriage
together with Feng. Feng’s face was pale and wet with cold sweat. ”....Feng,are
you...alright?” ”No I’m not nervous at all! HAHAHAHA”.... Such blatant lie.
”Well...”,he
shrugged,”I’m meeting your family after all... I’m not sure if the gifts I
picked are suitable”. Yue chuckled,amused by his answer. ”How was A
Zhong,Feng?” ”....Still asleep but the doc said he would wake up soon” ”I
hope he recovers...”.
Suddenly,a
loud scream could be heard from outside. Feng’s servants placed the carriage
back on the ground and opened the fabric acting as door,”Y-young master!”
”What is
it? Report NOW”
”A-an arrow
suddenly pierced through one of the soldiers...”
”What?!
.....Save him first,clot the bleeding and send him back with some soldiers. Be
cautious as we proceed the journey and watch your surroundings”
”Yes,sir!”
What the hell,this has happened again and again,Feng grumbled inwardly. ”Yue,it is alright okay? This happens a lot
with us nobles. Calm down...” .Yue said nothing ,she merely nodded. Her journey
home felt like an eternity... And her mind wouldn’t stop thinking.
Is someone unhappy with my marriage? What a bad omen,so
many problems .... Does someone hate me?What did I do?
They finally arrived,but the townspeople only stared. Usually,townspeople love
watching nobles but that day all they did was whispering...
Thick air
surrounded the whole town.
Feng could
only hear a sentence out of the whispers,
”Isn’t that the one rumored to bring bad
luck?”
A/N : HEYAAA SO I WAS LATE IN UPDATING SOBS SOBS. Have been so busy at work and college plus massive author block. This ch kinda sucks and slow paced but believe me when I say next one will be shoo exciting. So this ends Chapter 2, Thanks for all reads and supports!
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