"i...Am sorry" she said
"Don't be , are you feeling alright now" he asked , Su lou nod her head .
"good , stay here until I send someone to guide you to your court yard" , su lou nod again ; then lee xie broke his hug and made her sit at a random chair patting her head then he exit the room closing the door behind him , after awhile he send someone to guide her back to her room ; it's not because she doesn't know the way , it's after he make sure the road was empty and yulun was sitting in the main hall ; he doesn't want to see that look on her face ever again , he doesn't know why but it's make him feel odd and hurtful .
At the main hall lee xie was drinking tea with yulun while discuss the rebellion tribe at the border.
"So...what we should do about those tribes? they getting more and more daring every day" yulun said with irritate.
"his majesty already instruct me to send two general there at my command , but I have a mission I have to do and it's more important to me" lee xie explain.
"The cure for the little princess!!" he said knitting his brows, lee xie nod his head, he need to finish that first then he could turn to the rebellion tribe.
"is she going too?" yulun ask with small voice.
"who?" lee xie ask
"lou lou ... my butterfly" yulun said with sorrow.
Lee xie knit his brows 'what's wrong with his head, is love making people stupid, she's our guide of course she would go' ; lee xie let a sigh then said "she's our guide".
"oh, right…so how she doing … she is fine right?…did she lost weight … is she eating her meal properly ??..." yulun ask with worry in his eyes.
Lee xie cut him "I told you before, you already reject her so she's not ur concern now, so stop asking, I wouldn't answer"
"En , ur right , but…" then yulun lower his head " I missed her smile , I wish I can see her for just a minute ,can I lee xie?"
"NOOO, I wouldn't permit it, you only gonna hurt her and ur self" lee xie said with firm tune; he would never want to see her defeated like that again ; he want the cheerful girl he met before... the carefree one; her smell still in his clothe after she hang on him , maybe yulun was right by calling her butterfly bcz at that moment she resemble one ; lee xie clinch his fist at the thought of su lou between his arms ; he had this feeling that he doesn't want to let go of her ; ''maybe...bcz I treat her as yuwa or a little sister, she's young after all'.
"I know ur right but still…" yulun talk sadly 'I want her , I love her' then he let a breath and leaned at the back of the chair....
After more discuss between them yulun left and lee xie head to find su lou ; he need to discuss some of the details about the trip.
When he almost enter her room he heard the sound of the zither; she was playing a sad song ; it made his heart clinched ; he doesn't like that feeling. mybe bcz he sympathize with her? ...; he knock the door .
"come in" she said without cutting her play at the zither.
Lee xie open the door to find su lou sitting in carpet on the floor playing the zither on the small table , she look breath taking with her hair all lose at her shoulder with a small bang , she was wearing a sleeveless red dress showing half of her white soft breast , lee xie ears redden he remember when he touch it ... it was soft round and big , that feeling made his hand hot so he clinch his fist to erase that feeling , her arms was so white and smooth you can tell just by look at them how was soft and delicate they are ; in short phrase she was feast to the eyes ; su lou was closing her eyes lost on her own thoughts so she didn't notes lee xie standing there eyeing her ; she thought it was one of her maids .
Lee xie couldn't stand it anymore so he clear his throat "ahem – ahem" ; su lou finally opened her eyes her eyes flow wide open and her hand stopped playing then she clinched the strings without thinking , that voice pull her out her day dream .
"ouch" she cut her finger with the string.
"carful , are you ok" he said after he approach her cutting her hand in his ; "why did you lose ur concentration?" he ask.
"emm; no it's nothing just small cut" she said after she pulled her hand (of course it's bcz of you , oh my god am screwed ) ; what su lou failed to notes right now how she was dressed ; she couldn't careless ; she remembered how she acted in the study room from the moment she was with yuwa until she was in his arms (oh my God that's so embarrassing , did I lost my mind for doing that , he must be angry at me) ; then she take a pick at lee xie ; lee xie was turning his head to the other side so su lou couldn't see his flashing face ; back there when he leaned to see su lou the deferent of the height made him look directly to her bosom , he was exposed to her plump chest it was quite view but he has to act as gentlemen .
'to think that Shorty has that kind of chest , I wonder what else she hiding ... oh my God I start to turn to a pervert , she's just a child , yes that's true , a child' and with that thought lee xie calmed his self , then he said "miss su , I know you still young but you should mind ur decent in front foreign man" then he pick at her .
Su lou knit her brows (what is he talking about ???) then she lower her eyes to saw what she was wearying su lou panicked "OH –MY-GOD , don't look" then she throw herself and grab her outer robe she was wearing like that bcz she was alone , nothing's can be compare to canftobl dress .
Lee xie lips curved he like this su lou more than the sad broken one 'she's funny' .
"are you done" he asked
"yes" , "can I help you with something ur highness?" it feels awkward and weird being in her room , he never visit her before.
"yes , it's about the departing day" said lee xie , then they sat discussing the details of trip ; the departing gonna be in three days .