LiYing was jumping tree to tree to get to them. She landed and walked to them.
"I thought she wouldn't be able to see us. How did she see us?" asked QingFeng. "You are too noisy, " said the third prince.
LiYing arrived and QingFeng used his sword to block her. LiYing raised an eyebrow. "Give the token, " said QingFeng.
{...He's so straightforward...}
"No, " said LiYing. "You're just trying to get close to the third prince so you stole his token. Well too bad. The third prince doesn't like you. So just give the token or I won't be respectful, " said QingFeng. He looked very stern.
{...Huh? Did I hear correctly? Me getting close to that third prince? You got to be kidding me! Why would you think I would like that guy? He's so weird! He probably wears that mask wherever he goes! I don't like people that are cowards..}
"I won't give the token to you unless-" but she got interrupted before she could finish. "Unless what? Unless he marries you?" yelled QingFeng.
{...Again with this! Let me finish my sentence, you dummy! I really want to punch him but it's just a misunderstanding. I don't want him to remember that I broke his nose...}
"Can you calm down and listen to me?" asked LiYing. "No!" yelled QingFeng. QingFeng started threatening LiYing but putting the sword on her neck.
{...His IQ must be very low...}
The third prince grabbed on QingFeng's ear and started pulling it. "Ow. Stop. It hurts, " said QingFeng. The third prince shoved the letter to QingFeng and pointed at the words 'money'. "Oh," said QingFeng. The third prince let go of his ear and shook his head in disappointment.
He took out some money and gave it to LiYing. LiYing passed the token to QingFeng. LiYing whispered something to his ear. "You should go get a education, " said LiYing. "You-u! Hmph!" said QingFeng. LiYing walked away and sneered at him. LiYing looked inside the money bad and there were 40 taels of silver. {...Good enough...}
"That woman is so rude, " said QingFeng.
"You're rude. She didn't do anything wrong. She just wanted you to pay her the money yet you tried to kill her, " said the third prince. "Well I didn't know, " said QingFeng.
"You should be patient. She must think that you're very stupid, " said the third prince.
{...That guy is so stupid...}
LiYing went back to sleep on the branch.
It was now morning and LiYing woke up.
"Another day of walking, " said LiYing. She stretched and got off the branch and went on her way.
After 1 hour:
{...I'm hungry. I want food!...}
Her stomach started growling. LiYing patted her stomach and sighed.
After 1 hour:
{...Is there no food stand?...}
Her stomach growled again.
She heard some rustling noises and looked back. There was no one. LiYing closed her eyes to feel if there was anybody.
{...Seven people on the trees. There are five men and two girls. They each are holding something in their hand. They are dressed in normal clothing. Only one of them is holding a sword so they are not trying to kill me...}
After 1 hour:
{...They've been following me for about an hour already. Do these people belong to that weird dude? I should try to get rid of them. Yeah let's do that...}
LiYing wanted to run until she thought of something.
{...What if they have food? I am starving!...}
"Hey! Can you stop following me?, " asked LiYing. The seven people exchanged glances. LiYing turned around and pointed at the trees that they were on and yelled, "I am talking to you, seven people! Can you get down?" asked LiYing.
The seven people got down and they went down on one knee.
{...What are they doing? Are they trying to propose? I better run!...}
"We seven pay respects to master!"
"Oh. Um, do you guys know me?"
"You are our master!" they yelled.
"I don't know you guys though."
"We were told to protect you by an old guy,"
"Oh it's him. If you were told to protect me do you have any food right now?"
"Yes, I do, " said a guy that held the flute. He took some buns out and gave LiYing some.
"Thanks." LiYing paid some money to the guy. LiYing ate some buns and she put the rest of the buns away.
She smiled and walked away. The people were still following her. LiYing turned around and said, "You guys don't have to follow me." "But we were told to protect you." "It's alright. I don't want protection. Did the old guy pay you money?, " asked LiYing. They nodded.
{...So he hired some bodyguards...}
"It would be a waste for the money so I would just take your things, " said LiYing. The seven people looked shocked. "What? You guys don't want to?, " asked LiYing. "No. But you can't take all of our things, " they said. "Of course. I just want that flute and poison." They gave her the flute and the poison and then they left.
{... Finally, they left. I really want to see this master of mine...}