"Can you help?"
Li Ming looked while making a cute pout at Ruoshan. After thinking for a while she finally realized that there were only two people who could answer her questions.
The first one was the Fourth Prince, who was not in her contact at the moment, and the second one was Ruoshan.
That's why she decided to ask him for help. But of course, the devil was not going to give in so easily.
"Of course I can help!" Ruoshan said in a matter of fact tone. He walked towards her seat and stood behind her and bent a little forward to whisper in her ear.
"But the question is - What I will get in return of helping you?"
His voice was so low and husky that it gave her goosebumps. Li Ming turned around and stared at the man.
"What do you want?" She stood up from her seat and faced him. She was half angry and half curious. Angry because he was shameless enough to demand something in return when she already was letting him stay with her and curious because she wanted to know what he actually wanted from her.
Ruoshan walked to the young girl and smiled softly at her.
"First, promise that you will give me what I'll demand."
Li Ming sighed deeply and looked at the silver hair guy.
"Do I look like an idiot? I'm not promising anything without knowing what I am getting into."
"I'm helping you with such an important matter and I can also give you the exact location of the Moonstone and how to find the Blue Harvesting Moon. In return, shouldn't you fulfill at least one of my request?" Ruoshan asked with a confused expression.
Li Ming thought for some time and then nodded her head slightly.
"Alright! Tell me what you want and if I can fulfill it then I'll try my best."
Ruoshan thought for a while but then shook his head. "I don't have any wish at the moment. Why don't you give me your words and when I have a wish in the future, I'll ask you."
"Definitely not!" Li Ming was not dumb to not realize that Ruoshan was purposely trying to make her give words on a blank promise.
"I promise to not ask for something that you won't be able to give." Ruoshan said softly as he waited for her to change her mind.
"Li, Please say yes to whatever he was asking. We don't have too much time and you already said that he's the only one who can help us." Alvina said in a very desperate voice.
Li Ming knew that the situation was serious but she didn't want to give Ruoshan a promise that would bring problems for her in future.
"Fine! I give you my words that I will fulfill one of your request in the future as long as it will not hurt anyone." Li Ming said after she finally weighed the situation.
A satisfied smile appeared on his face as he heard the most awaited words. He suddenly engulfed Li Ming in a tight hug which took her completely by surprise.
Alvina gave a cute shriek and flew out of the room.
"What do you think you are doing?" Li Ming asked angrily.
"Compared to what you did in the Xi Qiu City, what I'm doing right now is nothing!"
"..."
Ruoshan's words left Li Ming completely speechless. It was the first time in past two days when he had directly mentioned about the what happened back at the Xi Qiu City.
Though for someone like Li Ming, who was from 21st century, that was not a big deal but same couldn't be said about the people of this world.
Li Ming was so embarrassed that she immediately went silent. She was in no mood to discuss about that.
Ruoshan smiled softly as he felt the soft body in his arms relaxing. It was not like he's taking advantage. It's just that he realized the previous day that whenever he's in contact with her, even if it was holding hands, he felt so relaxed and happy at that moment. It was a feeling he had never experienced in his entire immortal life.
That's the reason he could not stop himself from taking advantage of the situation. It was not like he would get another chance like this again easily.
After giving a light feathery kiss on her temple, he finally released her.
"You want a specific type of stone. Maybe we should pay another visit to the Thundering Peaks. If I'm not wrong then we will get to meet both His Highness Zhang Yong and your much needed stone there." Ruoshan said as his face transferred into a mischievous grin.
"How do you know Zhang Yong?" Li Ming asked with surprise and a little bit of suspicion.
"There's nothing about this world that is unknown to me and Lord Zhang is a very special part of this world." Ruoshan said as a slight twitch appeared on his lips.
Li Ming frowned at his words but she knew that she was not going to get anymore information from him about the topic.
She thought about what Ruoshan had said about visiting the Thundering Peaks.
"Do you mean that the Moonstone is in the Thundering Peaks?" Li Ming asked as she became a little excited.
"Do you already forget about the incident when we came across the disciples from Guixian Land? What do you think they were doing there?" Ruoshan asked her with a raised eyebrow.
A smile appeared on Li Ming's lips. "Looks like we are paying a visit to the Fourth Prince!"
"We will depart tomorrow in the evening. I have a few matters to solve before that." Li Ming told Ruoshan and left the room.