Long Ning headed to his study which was basically a small little office for him to do any work he still had left but did not finish at the company. Behind him, was Fu Chao following after.
'Seems like Boss has something important to do regarding Lady Boss. Just looking at his face, I can already tell that she must not be in a good condition,' Fu Chao inwardly thought while also nervously worrying about the fate of everyone.
Sitting on the swivel chair, Long Ning massaged his forehead. Since he had just come back from the airport and had to busy himself with worrying about Tang Yazhu, he was still having jet lag.
"Call Dr. Mu. I need him to do a check-up on Bao'er," Long Ning ordered, leaving Fu Chao to be a little bit dumbfounded at this order.
Dr. Mu was the psychiatrist personally contracted to work for the Long family and was a very famous and renowned doctor. When Qi Biya had a big trauma due to the kidnapping accident a few years ago, he was the psychiatrist that they had contact for her.
To call Dr. Mu meant that something not good had happened to their Lady Boss!
"Bao'er told me everything… She killed them. I'm afraid that she'll have post-traumatic stress disorder," Long Ning explained what happened when he went to see Tang Yazhu when he saw the confused look on the face of Fu Chao.
The moment that Fu Chao heard what happened, his expression immediately turned ugly while cursing those bastards to never be able to reincarnate forever and to be burned in hell a million times over.
"I'm afraid that her psychological welfare will be affected. Call Dr. Mu in secret and make sure not to alarm my parents," Long Ning stated while wearing a cold expression on his face.
If his parents found out about these matters, the situation would only turn bigger and they would overreact. Overreacting would only bring about bad news. Long Ning did not need such a thing to happen.
"Yes, Boss. What about the princess and the other parties involved in this matter?" Fu Chao asked.
"Have her stay here. Bao'er might go crazy if she hears that the princess has left the mansion. Have the teams investigate the matters concerning the princess and have those parties suffer for daring to touch Bao'er," Long Ning said in a grim voice.
Long Ning was really angry while also blaming himself for not staying beside Tang Yazhu. If he was there with her, she would not have had to kill those ants with her own hands and be traumatized.
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Late at night in Gardenia Hotel located in Lu City in country Xia, Xia Chen was currently angrily staring at the two elders in front of him. He had just received a call at noon from his business partners that they were going to cancel their contracts with him. Having so many of them call at once, his blood immediately boiled in anger while wondering what the hell was happening.
"Care to explain? That little brat has managed to escape again!" Xia Chen shouted with a cold tone as he swept away all of the glass wine bottles on the table, causing a loud crashing sound to happen and the white carpet to be stained red from the wine.
"Your Highness!" both of the elders shouted in unison after seeing the blood dripping on his hands after sweeping the wine bottles to the ground.
"Is it really that hard to dispose of a brat?! Even the important people on my side are backing away! If that happens, Xiao Yong won't even have a chance to sit on the throne anymore!" Xia Chen snorted as he kicked a chair away in anger.
"Your Highness, there must be someone powerful backing up the princess! Otherwise, how could she escape two of our assassination attempts?" Elder Zhou reasoned as he thought back to when they tried to investigate if there was anyone helping the princess, only to not be able to find anything about the person and not even being able to find a single trace of their location.
"Someone powerful? How could she know anyone like that?! Xiao Yong knows everything she does in the palace, not to speak of the fact that she knows no one in that country!" Xia Chen coldly stated while staring at Elder Zhou intently.
"Your Highness, if there's no one backing her up, then how could she escape from us?! The people that we've hired are already part of the top-notch in the assassination organizations!" Elder Jun said.
"You think, perhaps the Seven Stars Organization is helping the princess?" Elder Zhou subconsciously asked, and this caused the two other people in the room to stare at him.
"The queen is already dead, do you think they would spare an effort to help protect that little brat?" Xia Chen disagreed.
A long time ago, the palace was powerful only due to the queen. The queen had strong backing and was able to protect the direct royal lines. As for who the strong backing was, it was none other than the Seven Stars Organization. However, even after the queen has died, no one was able to find out what the relationship the queen had with the organization to have them help protect her descents.
When the queen was alive, no one dared to confront her and no one had the courage to attack the palace or the direct line of descendants privy to the throne. However, after dying two years ago, their power now weakened and this allowed others to finally do what they had always wanted to do - now was the best time to seize the throne.
"The queen may be dead, but the princess is still the daughter of the late queen. It's best to think that they are still protecting her," Elder Zhou said as the thought made him worry more.
Elder Zhou was worried that the power and authority of the organization would fall into the hands of the princess as that would be bad for them.
"They are just protecting her. Can't you see that the organization is already neglecting the palace and even the crown prince is declining?" Xia Chen stated.
Xia Chen would not let this opportunity pass him by. He would do everything that he could to give the throne to his brother.
"I will take it from here. I'll make sure that the little brat is disposed of and that her corpse is sent back to the palace," Xia Chen told the two elders with a cunning smile displayed on his handsome face, causing the two elders to simply look at each other with worry.
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Long Ning placed the last folder of information on his table and looked at the time. The time showed that it was already eleven in the evening. Worried about Tang Yazhu, he put away all of his things and made his way to her room to check on her current condition. Just seeing her earlier in the day, he was afraid that she might do something bad to herself.
"Bao'er?" Long Ning called out when he opened her door and scanned her room to look for her, only to see that she was not in bed.
Instead, Long Ning saw her squatting down on the balcony and staring at the moonlight night up above. When he noticed that Tang Yazhu was barefooted, he instinctively frowned - even more so when he saw that she was slightly shivering from the cold - and took a blanket to her.
When Tang Yazhu felt a weight on her shoulders, she turned around to see the handsome face of Long Ning that was carved to perfection. Only now did she notice that he had a pair of gray eyes - so beautiful that it was like she was looking at the sparkling stars in the night sky.
"Hubby," Tang Yazhu called out in a sweet and delicate voice.
"What are you doing here? It's cold out here. Go back to the bed, or you'll get a cold," Long Ning told her with a tone of concern in his voice.
Hearing his voice, her wavering heart began to feel a sense of comfort and calm.
"Hubby, will you always love me? No matter who I am or what I am?" Tang Yazhu subconsciously asked, while staring at him with expectations in her heart.
There was something about this man that made her be unable to let go of him. Every time Tang Yazhu thought of her circumstances of being a complicated being and that there was a low chance of her leaving him in the future, her heart would break and hurt so much that not even a strong dosage of morphine would be able to take out that painful feeling in her heart.
To her question, Long Ning squatted in front of her and showed a smile that could even melt the snow in the north pole, and answered, "No one in this world is pure or perfect. If you avoid people simply because they are stained, then you'll always be alone in this world. The very moment that you said you wanted to marry, I didn't hesitate to think twice and accept you wholeheartedly."
Then, he continued to say, "There has always only been you in front of me and no one else. For more than a month that we've been together, I've always known what I felt towards you. Ever since I've met you, my lonely world changed. Bao'er, to me, you are the bright star that has shed light into my dark world."
As if those words were not enough, he even continued with, "I can't tell you how much I feel for you. However, I know that you are now the biggest piece of my heart and my wife."
When Long Ning spoke those sentences to her, Tang Yazhu felt the warmth in his words comforting her itching heart and she could not help but cry.
Tang Yazhu left the world of killing and wished to live a life like any other normal person. For a long time, she envied the people who were able to live a fulfilling life and also wanted one too.
She wanted to get married, have kids, and live a fulfilling life. However, when she died, her hopes were completely shattered. Now, she knew that the gods have yet to abandon her even though she was tainted with the blood of many.
'The terrors in my life, you've washed away all of them. When I'm happy, when I'm sad, and when I need to calm down, all I need to do is to think of you. For me, you are my greatest cure,' Tang Yazhu thought in her mind.
However, as if this was not enough to show her feelings, she also inwardly stated, 'Come to think of it, I've always been thinking of you. The best thing that has happened in my life was to meet you.'
"Alright, enough thinking. How about a kiss to celebrate this harmonious day?" Tang Yazhu said before immediately the man in front of her for a passionate kiss.
Long Ning was instantly shocked after seeing Tang Yazhu make the first move when he always thought that he would be the one to make the first move. In his heart, he felt a sudden wave of emotions.
Feeling her soft warm lips, he held onto the back of her head and kissed her back passionately. For their first kiss, he could not be a failure; was all that he was thinking.
When Long Ning felt that Tang Yazhu was lacking air, he stopped kissing her and looked at her with bright loving eyes. In return, she also looked at him with resolute eyes and laid her head on his chest. At the same time, a few drops of tears flew down her cheeks.
"Hubby, I love you so much," Tang Yazu softly said, closing her eyes.
'In this life, I'll do everything in my power to be with you and to make sure no harm comes to you. No matter where you are - even if you are at the ends of Earth - I'll follow you. Not even Heaven and Hell can break us apart,' Tang Yazhu resolutely stated in her mind.
"I love you, too, my dear wife," Long Ning responded.
Feeling heavy breathing, he saw that Tang Yazhu had fallen asleep. Thus, Long Ning embraced her a bit more before carrying her back to her bed. After tidying her up in bed, he kissed her goodnight on her lips.