"Who are you guys?" asked LiYing.
"Please don't kill us," said the teenager.
"I won't. I promise," said LiYing.
"My name is RuiQin. I am a maid from the Li mansion. He's my master called KangZheng," said RuiQin.
"Is there somebody trying to kill you?"
"Yes, " answered RuiQin.
"Why?" asked LiYing.
"My master is a concubine's son. His birth mother died and my master was banished to live in the mountains. Old master wanted to bring my master back but old madam dislikes the idea. So she is trying to kill us, " said RuiQin.
{...What a liar. How did you know that she dislikes the idea? How did you know she is trying to kill you guys? If your master was banished, why does he have you, a maid with him? How did you know ahead of time?...}
LiYing sneered at them. RuiQin shivered.
{...I'm just a bystander and a stranger so she could lie to me. It's reasonable...}
"I could help you, " said LiYing.
"How?" asked RuiQin.
"How many people are trying to kill you?"
"More than 10 people. One of them is very strong. So be careful, " answered RuiQin.
"I would be careful. Don't worry. Let me handle it, " said LiYing.
LiYing opened the window and felt a lot of people staring at her. LiYing closed her eyes like last time.
{...14 people. All men and all holding swords. Their swords have poison and are all targeting this room of the tavern. They are all dressed in blackbut they are not attacking. Why are they not attacking yet? They all look strong but they are actually very weak. But RuiQin said that there is a strong assassin but I don't feel any. Is the leader the strong assassin she was talking about? Are they waiting for their leader? I can't let them do that. I would just kill them. Why is there leader not here either way? Is the leader too lazy to show up?...}
LiYing shrugged her shoulders and grabbed her sword. She flew on the roof and sat down.
The men in black were startled.
"Who is she?" they thought.
{...I don't have all day people. I have to go back to Uncle Zhao's mansion...}
LiYing sighed and yelled out, "Who are you guys? Are you assassins?" "No, " said a guy. "Then what are you guys doing? " asked LiYing. "We're here to protect you, " said the same guy. "Who told you so?" asked LiYing.
"From a woman, " he answered. "I don't need protection. You guys can go back, " said LiYing. "We can't do that, " said the guy. "Why not?" asked LiYing. No answer.
{...Again with the lying. Is he that stupid to say a woman hired them to protect me? I don't know any woman that would want to protect me. Most of them want me to die...}
LiYing went back to her room. "You guys can go, " said LiYing. "But you didn't kill them yet. We would get killed, " said RuiQin.
{....How do you know that I didn't kill them? You must be a martial artist...}
"You guys won't get killed, " said LiYing. "Does that mean their leader is not here?" thought RuiQin. RuiQin pretended to get mad and she yelled at LiYing. "I knew that you won't be that nice of a person! You probably already got bribed by them!"
LiYing raised an eyebrow. "You shouldn't say that. I can literally kill you right now. Your life is in my hands so you better shut up." RuiQin stomped out of the room.
{...RuiQin is such a bad liar. She can't even pretend to get mad properly...}
RuiQin left the tavern.
Li KangZheng grabbed on LiYing's sleeve. LiYing looked down and smiled at him. She patted him on the head and said, "Is KangZheng your real name?" He nodded. "Your maid left you, " said LiYing. He nodded.
{...He's not even crying that his maid left him. He must trust his maid a lot. RuiQin looks like she knows martial arts so he must know that she went to kill the men...}
"How old are you?" asked LiYing. KangZheng showed 8 of his fingers. LiYing picked KangZheng up and grabbed her things. "Since you're such a cute boy, then I would take care of you, " said LiYing.
LiYing got out of the tavern and walked back to the Zhao mansion.
Long closed her eyes to feel if the men were still there. No one. There is only a smell of blood. A lot of blood. The blood of the men.
LiYing smiled. KangZheng looked confused. "KangZheng. Your maid can do martial arts. She killed all the bad guys, " said LiYing. KangZheng nodded. "When we get back to the mansion, there might be some trouble, " said LiYing. He nodded.
At the same time, RuiQin went back to the tavern but she couldn't find her master and LiYing. This time, RuiQin looked very mad. She looked at the table and saw a note.
It read:
I don't want the child to smell the stench of blood so I am gonna bring him to the Zhao mansion. Find me there. My name is LiYing.