Hong Liu thought about it a lot, her own reaction on First Lord presence puzzled her, how come her thoughts muddle in her head the moment his sandalwood scent reach her. It is not like the first time she is meeting someone like him sure he is the former master of the universe but she is also the princess of Green Forest who had once challenge the God of Enlightenment her grandfather and Ren fought beside him in historic wars as well. Though her grandfather and Ren have gentle personalities while he is like...a rock, isn't Hua Shen said about him. Yes, he is cold as ice and his eyes are black like a stone. He has no expression...mostly except...except when he is looking at her, those rare soft small smiles are directed at her. She squeezes her eyes shut at something odd erupted in the centre of her chest like a small butterfly roaming around at the edge of her heart. She suppresses another shiver and covers herself up to her head with a blanket, 'its night, sleep' she told herself.
'Go and rest Little Red,' His voice echoed in her ears. She shrunk in her blankets more. She should have not left without a definite answer from him. How she can trust him to call on her when he needs her or how would he know that there something that she could do for him? That's why he is not leaving her mind? She has to find a way to repay him otherwise, is this how she will feel forever? Is this how it feels when you owe someone a debt? It is so strange, she falls asleep with those thoughts.
In the morning, Hong Liu look for Hua Shen first thing, she turns into a small butterfly find her way to The Spring Palace, Hong Liu loves it here too because where ever you see there are flowers yellow, blue, red, pink and she saw this amazing bloom that had the pearls in the centres, the colour white never looked this beautiful to Hong Liu before however it not like the First Lord Garden, The garden in the ocean of bliss palace give her feeling of home.
She found Hua Shen taking a stroll in the garden. She transforms into her immortal form and landed in front of her.
"What is it little lotus? Why so much hurry?" Hua Shen asked, closing the fan in her hand.
"I need your help," Hong Liu said urgently and then she told her about her conversation with the First Lord.
"I can't wait around, I feel really strange owning him this debt," Hong Liu completes her thought, taking a deep breath. She remembered it like it is just happened a few seconds ago or every time they ever talked or he called her little red or his small smiles that are just so rare that made her forget to breathe. She felt like those encounters are occurring over and over again with her every second, that feeling is...so good that she got lost in it. She had thought of him, his smile, his voice and that soft intoxicating sandalwood scent more than the words she ever said to him.
Hua Shen looks at Hong Liu as she got a faraway look, 'Little lotus it is not what you think it is,' Hua Shen thought. the fact that old rock had dismissed her like this means he is not going to melt, he was not even kind her when dismissing and he tricked her to leave him alone. I thought he was melting but how Hong Liu said that he dismissed her immediately after she put the flower in the vase and it was she who stayed firmly to the ground. Hua Shen, 'Hua Shen what were you thinking?' she thought to herself.
"Leave it, little lotus he said didn't he? He will tell you when he needs your help," Hua Shen tries to retreat her, it is better that she stay away from him. Her heart is innocent she would get hurt colliding with that stone.
"But...Don't do that...I have to pay him back its also the matter of honour of the Green Forest, you are the only one who will help me, Ming Zhu tries his best that I don't come to his path," She pouts with a frown.
"Well...as for now, It's not a problem right now you are living in his palace if he needs something you will know after you go back I will...help you," Hua Shen reassured her. 'And by that time your fancy will pass' She thought.
Hong Liu thought over her words and nodded at herself. If she kept a close look at him and when opportunity will arrive ' I will return his favour beside it is also right I can't just forcefully return the favour it has to be of importance,'
"You are right, I should keep patience. I will observe him and when he needs my help I will pay back his kindness," Hong Liu nodded her head in determination.
Hua Shen sense something in that moment in her eyes that firey determination.
"What do you mean by observing him?" Hua Shen asked sheepishly.
"It is a simple plan, I will follow him and when he needs help, I will settle my score in passing. From now on I will always stay around him," Her tiny fist hit the palm of her other hand.
"What?" Hua Shen asked, surprised at her conclusion before she could advise her anything else. Hong Liu flew away turning into her tiny butterfly form.
Hua Shen looks after her wide eyes and dematerializes her self soon teleporting into the Palace of Books of Fate, to meet Fate Lord.
"High Goddess Hua Shen, what a pleasure welcome to my humble abode," Ming Zhu greeted her with a smile getting up and putting one of the scrolls away on the table. Fate Lord's library was white, gold and ceramic, shelves after shelves were piled up with scrolls of white colour tied with a golden thread. Those scrolls were no ordinary scrolls, they were fates of mortals and the library was never-ending.
"Ming Zhu, this is not the time for that. I think...I think this time I went too far..." Hua Shen looks nervous.
Ming Zhu seeing her face come to an understanding that something really bad happened because nothing put a frown in that forehead and nothing make her nervous or make her think that she went too far for her because mostly nothing is too far for her.
"What... happened?" He asked, very bravely.
"I think I accidentally sent Hong Liu to follow First Lord around," She told him how Hong Liu wishes to pay back the debt, and how this far had it went.
"Wha...?" Ming Zhu closes his eyes, hoping this will disappear.
"Please, do something and save Hong Liu, "
"High Goddess, What you did?"
Hong Liu's soft heart won't survive the First Lord's harsh words. If Hong Liu has been dismissed than trying again...Ming Zhu sigh.