Since it was just the two of them in the room, Yi Lei Fang called out his real name, "Ah! Ju-Long, put me down!" She pushed his toned chest, irritating the small cuts on her palms and causing more blood to ooze out again. With no other choice, he threw her over his shoulder then smacks her bare butt.
"You-you dare slap me!"
"Stay still."
"Put me down first!" Yi Lei Fang slammed his steel back with her fists. "Ju-Long I am still naked, at least let me wear something to cover myself up!"
Yi Lei Fang squirm and fist his back as much as she can, but it was effortless. "Do you not hear me!?"
Soon enough, Yi Lei Fang felt her body lift up and abruptly dropped down. She let out a yelp, "Ah!" Next thing she knew, she was sitting on the bed. She glared at Ju-Long. "Ju-Long, you bastard at least warn me first!"
She went to snatched the blankets to cover her naked body. But before her hands were about to reach the blankets, Ju-Long immediately grabbed her hands.
"Don't touch them. You are still bleeding."
He pulled a towel out from thin air which then was followed by some ointment and a first aid kit. He sat down beside her and wrapped the towel around under her armpit, only exposing her head and shoulders.
He carefully wiped the blood away with a wet towel and then applied the ointment onto her wounds. He made sure every scar and every inch was coated with the medicine.
Yi Lei Fang's mind blanked out. was he sick? Why would he being nice to me all of a sudden? What happened to the shameless perverted bastard? She ultimately was brought back to reality when she felt slight stinging from her palm. She let out a small hiss.
"Tss...be more...more gentle." Yi Lei Fang nervously said as she bit her bottom lip and her eyes turned watery.
After a couple sessions, he leaned close to Yi Lei Fang's palm and cautiously blew on it.
Ju-Long stopped and looked tenderly at Yi Lei Fang asking, "Better now?"
For some reason, this side of Ju-Long is the Long gege she knew when she was little. Remembering how the little Ju-Long asked her to be his girlfriend, Yi Lei Fang blushed. Ah, she was so innocent and naive back then.
Trying to hide her conflicted feelings, Yi Lei Fang avoided his eyes and turned to the side.
"Are you done?"
"En, almost" Thankfully, Ju-Long's attention was back to the palms that he was still holding. And he was unable to notice Yi Lei Fang's complicated feelings.
Finishing wrapping up her palms, he got up and gently patted her head.
"Since the ointment has been applied, your hands should be good tomorrow morning. Just don't get it wet. Better yet, just don't do anything. I will come back tomorrow to check on it."
Yi Lei Fang wasn't used to seeing Ju-Long being nice. Well, it wasn't technically her fault thinking like that when she met him in the mortal plane. He was the one that raped her, kidnapped her, and sexually harassed her! Of course she was going to have a bad impression of him!
Yi Lei Fang sighed as she stares at her wrapped up palms. "No need, I will have a servant to do it."
"I will do it."
"You are probably busy tomorrow. I-"
"I will have An Zing have them handle it. What's the use of having them if they are useless to me. I will come back tomorrow."
Without waiting for Yi Lei Fang to replied, he vanished from the room.
A few blocks away from the Yifu, in a less crowded street, Ju-Long walked down at a leisurely pace. Sensing Anubis's presence, Ju-Long monotonously ask,"Is everything done?"
Anubis, in an ordinary looking human form appeared next to Ju-Long. "Responding to My Lord, everything has been set up as you instructed."
"En. Make sure An Zing watched over that guardian well."
"My Lord, Sir Zing wants to know how long does he need to babysit the guardian?"
Ju-Long stopped his track and raised his eyebrows at Anubis. He then moved his sight away from him and continued his walking.
"If he has enough time to even ask, he can stay in this plane and babysit the guardian for the rest of his life."
Anubis lowered his head and kept quiet.
Back at the Yifu in Yi Lei Fang's courtyard, Xi Ting already helped dress Yi Lei Fang in a pretty hanfu. The bottom piece of the hanfu has a shade of pale peach mixed with a lighter similar color. The top is sky blue color, embroidered with blue lilies which spreads throughout towards the long sleeves.
While Xi Ting fixed Yi Lei Fang's hair, she darted her eyes at Yi Lei Fang's two bandaged palms. With a worried voice, she said, "Young Miss, are you sure nothing happened when this nubi was gone?"
Yi Lei Fang internally shakes her head helplessly. Thinking back when Xi Ting arrived five minutes after Ju-Long left, gave her a headache.
It is just a small cut yet, this Xi Ting made it seems like she was cut into a thousand pieces.
"Ting'er I already told you I am fine. Stop acting like the world is going to end."
"Okay Young Miss."
Mentioning the world, Yi Lei Fang kept wondering why Li Wei had not yet come back. No longer thinking about it, she got up after Xi Ting was done doing a simple hairdo.
"Alright, I am going to visit Fu Qin and Mu Qin."
"Ah! Young Miss, are you going to inform Chief and Madame Yu what you are performing for the drum festival?"
Before Yi Lei Fang was about to walk out from the door, she almost tripped. What!? I am going to perform!?
She held her forehead. Ah, how could she have forgotten that the original owner embarrassed herself since Yi Mei also did the dance performance!
A smirk appeared on her beautiful face and a glint of light passed by her eyes. So, let's just let that cousin copy my dance, if she even could.
With no further ado, Yi Lei Fang replied, "Ah, yes. Thank god you remind me I totally forgot. Now come on, let's go."
After visiting her parents and discussing the wedding and the festival, Yi Lei Fang headed back to her courtyard to practice her dance. That same night, Housekeeper Jia came back to inform Chief Yi Yang that the village of the Rogue clan has annihilated and there were no survivors in sight.
The next day, Ju-Long came over as he said. He stayed for a while before he left. Surprisingly, he didn't do anything shameless, but only came by to check on Yi Lei Fang's wounds. On the other hand, Yi Lei Fang doesn't know what to think anymore. Did she think wrongly of him? Is the old Long gege still in there? Shaking her head and putting the thoughts in the back of her mind, Xi Ting soon arrived with shocking news.
In the village, news about the Rogue clan spread throughout the Miao and Yong clan, causing an uproar and fear in the village. Chief Yi Yang tried to control the situation in the village, notifying the people that he will send his sons to investigate. Luckily, the Emperor sent his soldiers to the Yong and Miao clan, announcing the Rogue's wrongdoings and their trades in weapons with the Chang's soldiers. This causes the fear in the clans to seize down and feel like the barbarians Rogue clans were the one that caused their own death, betraying their kingdom.
On the second day, the Yifu was busy decorating the hall and setting up red lanterns in the manor, getting ready for Young Miss Yi and Wangye's wedding ceremony tomorrow. In the past few days, Guan Yu sent over a set of fine phoenix jewelry along with a beautiful floor-length red gown made with fine silk. On the dress, there was embroidering on it with a complicated design of a golden phoenix and peony.
At the same time, Yi Lei Fang was diligently focusing on her dance. She purposely practiced her dance in front of her courtyard in order to catch Mu Ling's attention and for other reasons as well.
Around wei shi (1 pm to 3 pm), Chief Mu Yat-sen and Mu Ling came over to the Yifu, discussing about Mu Ling's and Yi Mei's wedding, knowing that the Chief Yi Yang would be very busy in the next few several days due to his daughter's wedding and the drum festival.
During their conversation in the receiving hall, Chief Yi and Chief Mu, both agree for Mu Ling and Yi Mei to get to know each other before the wedding. Chief Yi Yang instructed the servants to inform Yi Mei and to have Chi Tao guide Mu Ling to the pavilion to wait for Yi Mei since it was inappropriate to meet together in Yi Mei's courtyard.
Thankfully Yi Lei Fang's hard work did not go to waste as she knew Mu Ling would have to pass her courtyard in order to arrive at the pavilion.
While Chi Tao was guiding Mu Ling and was in the middle of passing Yi Lei Fang's courtyard. Unknowingly, Mu Ling stopped in his tracks to focus his attention on a beautiful lady in a peach blossom hanfu.
His eyes focused on her every expression and move. The way her hands smoothly waved from side to side and her body flexibly synced with her flawless movements. Yi Lei Fang arched her back and twirls around like a professional ice skater and then posed elegantly. In the next second, the wind picked up and blew her black silky hair, making the hanfu sway to one side like a goddess descended down from the sky. Seeing this scene causes his cold heart to be shaken.
Not knowing how long he had been watching her, he couldn't stop locking his eyes on the woman in front of him.
Chi Tao who kept walking realized that something was amiss since it was too quiet behind him. He turned around and saw Mu Ling unmoving figure standing at the entrance of Yi Lei Fang's courtyard. With curiosity, he walked back to Mu Ling side and moved his gaze to where the young handsome man was looking.
When he saw Yi Lei Fang dancing, Chi Tao smile proudly at their beautiful Young Miss and boasted out, "That is Young Miss Yi, Yi Lei Fang. She is the number one beauty and talented person in our clan." The corner of eyes quickly darted at the young man next to him and continued, "It was unfortunate that her previous engagement got called off due to some stupid rumor about Young Miss, but thank goodness the gracious Wangye saw our Young Miss and decide to marry her no matter what. What do the people called it again?" He tapped his chin and made a thinking face then he eyes lit up, "Ah! It is called love at first sight!"