it was a wonderful night when Fei Xu wondered the city exploring every beauty the city takes to his eyes
inside the palace there is a huge chaos between soldiers, maids and servants terrified to tell the emperor the news that the prince is gone but they never expected the emperor knew it as soon as possible, the walls of the palace has ears and eyes, never expect to keep everything safe behind those walls
The servants begged for mercy but almost half of their population serving prince Fei Xu died
"where is he!!!!" Tianning was red eyed
"w-we really don't know your highness we made sure he was secured inside his room!!!" says the old eunuch but it was not the emperor's designated answer, he slashed the sword into his neck til it broke down to separate with his body
Master long was speechless and furious, and if this goes on no one will survive as Fei Xu's servant
"Diánxià, forgive our carelessness, I'll go find the prince myself and if I return without him behead me!!!" says Master Long, he knelt down kowtowed and bravely asked for a chance
"hâo, fine with me, but let me ask you Long, you have been my son's guard for his entire childhood yet you do not know where he is!!!" says the mad emperor, Master long was shaking but he had the guts to look into the emperor's eyes
"it's my mistake my lord, punish me when I come back!!!"
"fine, I'll give 4 sunset and 4 sunrise, if you dont come back with my son, I'll have all this servant dead including your clan!!!" Emperor Tianning walked away leaving the place bloody dead with fear and madness
"Long are you stupid!!!" Liang cried
"it's alright, I'll find Fei Xu!!!" he said
Master long is still too young at this time and has strength and power in his body, he does not have the idea where Xu is but he has 4 days to find him
Fei Xu finally arrived at the forest where he likes to explore them, he was never lucky to play the woods since he is locked up and kept guarded by his father, even when he was a child he was forbidden to explore the forest but always surrounded by guards, it was like he is on a leash, never free about everything
"it's so fresh!" he smelt the air, he removed his hood to feel the nature energy come to his body, his Golden eyes glowed and immortal color made him prettier than any woman could compare, his lashes was way longer and eyes are gold as treasure, there are peach blush at the wings of his eyes and his lips are pinkish red
but as he play along with nature and enjoy the sound of bird, an arrow came to meet his gaze but luckily he cathed it on time to save his chest
"whose there!!!" the guy was alerted and sensed movement, Fei Xu looked at the tree and noticed pink thin clothing so he assumed his enemy is perhaps a woman, and he knew it was weak and ordinary person based from his sense, he slowly walked towards the direction not making any sound and flew up the tree on top of her
Gu ping is hiding with nervous face holding a bow in her hand, but she never notice her enemy is already watching her
"did I hit it-" she asked herself
"but I hit like the monkey did!!!" she said and slowly looked at the place where she shot the guy but found no one, Gu ping chuckled and watched her look around like a fool
"eh, where did it go!!!" she looked around, but only saw trees and grasses
It was not a heavy forced arrow and this girl does not know how to use it well, if ever it hit him it would be a plain scratch that will make tiny point mark
"how interesting?" he smiled, Fei Xu's long pony hair danced with the wind looking down on Gu Ping who is really terrified
"m-monster, c-come out I'm not afraid!!!" says she pointing an arrow infront of her
"can you kill me with that tiny arrow?" Fei Xu came down and muffled, Gu Ping turned to his direction, she backed away and had a wide eye pointing her little weapon towards her enemy
"you-your"
"Im-"
"who are you!!!"
"I am-" he paused
"a monster!!" he showed his teeth, Fei Xu use this to scare away people but Gu Ping was not terrified but instead adored his white teeth
"wow, how come you have such a really white teeth!!!" she said out of jelousy
Fei Xu's fang was ashamed so he hid them back, he thought she will run away
"your not scared?"
"no, your a girl!" Gu ping assumed looking at him prettier than she
"I'm not a girl, maybe I'm just prettier than you!" he said
"so your a man? how come you are prettier- I'm way better looking than you!!" Gu Ping showed a mad face
Fei Xu chuckled and walked near her, she was indeed pretty with natural blush on her face and her action is quite catching Fei Xu
"don't come near- s-stranger!!!" she stepped back
"do you live in this forest?" asked Xu
"y-yeah, I like it here than the city!" she put down the arrow knowing the guy won't harm her, she can sense it with her own energy
"m-may I ask who you are, why is your eyes different?" she asked stealing a glimpse of his eyes, Fei Xu closed his eyes for a long time and turned it back to normal brown, Gu Ping was dissapointed and muffled
"can I- stay for the night?" Fei Xu asked, Gu Ping was surprised and looked at him
"why would I, I don't know who you are what if you will turn to be a real monster in the middle of the night!!" Fei Xu giggled while Gu Ping picked up her lost arrow and put them back
"My name is- F- Xu Fei!!!" he stuttred
"Xu Fei"
"good, I am Gu Ping and I live here in the forest daughter of the hunter!!!" she gave a hand to shake
"thank you"
"come, it's nearly night, let's go see the trap if there's any wild chicken trapped for a meal tonight?" Gu Ping walked away while the prince followed, he gestured behind him but did not witness anyone following him
Gu Ping is exquisite and beautiful, not too tall nor small but she is just the height of Fei Xu's broad chest, she's really witty and nice but a little spoiled, she has a really long dark hair, white skin and little bruise on the side of her forehead, her eyes are pretty brown and lips are kissable pink like any other lips that girls have but hers are more natural
they arrived at a place where Gu Ping put traps for wild birds but she was dissapointed upon seeing no chicken trapped inside the cage
"*sigh* I was hoping we could have meat for dinner, hey stranger let's eat some vegetables, I'll add something delicious for a taste" she said and put the trap back, they continued their journey up the hillside next to a river and arrived at a little hut
"this is it Xu Fei, my little house?" she said and walked through the hut
"you live in this little hut?"
"yes, what's the matter are you uncomfortable with my little home, if you want, you can sleep outside if you keep insulting it!!!" she said, Fei Xu was surprised and chuckled
"I'm not insulting I'm asking, actually the little hut is really cute, I bet at daytime this little house is really beautiful like a garden?" he said looking around, there are flower pots everywhere and seeds around, not to mention it's windy and fresh
"where's your father?" asked Fei Xu, Gu Ping made a sad face and turned to him
"not here actually?" she said and put a fire on the candle
"what! you mean you are alone and letting a stranger in!" Fei Xu was furious and worried
"no, your the first one?, I don't know why but I just let you in, you seem tired too!!" she said and sat down, Fei Xu looked down on her and wanna scold a kid but he just sigh
"If I'm someone bad I would've done something bad to you!!" says he
"like what?"
"like- oh dear!!!" Fei Xu facepalm and sat down
"anyways, thank you for having me Gu Ping!!" the girl smiled and pat him in the head
"don't worry, I'm a good cook I'll cook something really nice tonight, besides its been a while since I had a visitor so I let you in, one more thing you're the one who ask for an inn" Gu Ping smiled and ran to the kitchen and cooked them both dinner while Fei Xu was speechless sitting down on the hard wooden couch
"silly girl?" he said and smiled
Master Long in the other hand is in deep though and worried where he will find the prince, he searched around with his tiny number of soldiers but no prince is felt in the city, Master long can sense his energy which is really high frequency of catastrophe, a gravitational control energy that circulates around like a ball of high amount of power but it's weak within the city
"Liang, if we cannot find the prince within 4 days make a puppet out of corpse, go and find a corpse as tall as Fei Xu, I'll handle the rest!!!" says Master Long, Liang was agitated herself and ran away to do what her brother said, it's a dangerous task but it's their only hope
as the night goes by inside the forest of Ghun, Fei Xu is quite enjoying his dinner, it was all vegetable but he loved the taste in his mouth
"your vegetable taste really good!" he smiled, all the flavors are all in one, making it savory and playful to the tounge
"really? so you like it?" she said and put more veggie in his plate
"where did you learn to cook?" he asked, Gu Ping gulped the food in her mouth and answered
"My mom, but I made new ingredients on how to make it even tasty?" she smiled
"where is your mom?"
"huh, well- not home yet, but she will be back soon!" she forced a smile and continued eating
Fei Xu did not bother to ask again and just enjoyed his food, there must be hidden behind her little fake smiles how strange, Fei Xu could smell it
As the morning greets the fading night it shined and consumed the darkness to light, Gu Ping woke up and witnessed no Xu Fei sleeping at the sofa so she got up and ran outside
"did he go without letting me know?" she mumbled and went back inside with an upset face
"oh well, here I go again, alone foreve-" The door had a loud bang which startled Gu Ping out of her sit
"ah- sorry I couldn't use my hand to open the door so I kicked it open!!" Fei Xu was carrying a big deer behind
"d-did you hunt that!" Gu Ping smiled and jumped up and down
"hmm, I wanted to see if your trap has something but instead I found this" he put it down
"that's so cool- hey sit down and take a shower I'll cook us some stewed meat!!!" her eyes twinkled and ran to the deer
"I'll help you butcher it!" Fei Xu carried the deer at the kitchen and helped Gu Ping cook
"Diánxià-"
"Diánxià!" Fei Xu woke up and met Liang waking him up early in the morning, he sat down with either dissapointed look or relieved
"you are sweaty?" Liang gave him a towel
"I was-"
"nightmare?"
"sort of- I-I dreamed of my wife" he paused
"Gu Ping, the mother of your child?" Fei Xu nod, Liang sigh and sat down with him
"you must've missed her so she entered your dream!" Liang smiled
"more like I dreamed of my past- the day I escaped and found her at the woods, Miss Liang when do you think will I be able to meet her again!" Fei Xu silently sobbed
"oh dear, Fei Xu, I myself has lost my husband 25 years ago, we both share the same burden but lucky you, you have Fei Jin, perhaps one day you will meet her again somewhere" Liang pat him in the back for a little comfort
"when is that one day?" he sobbed louder
"we never know my dear- perhaps in another life!" Fei Xu washed his face with his palm and continued crying
"it was so short, really short time for me to have her- what a Shame!!!" he cried and hugged Liang