"Who are you? What do you want?" asked Fen as he sparred with his horses.
"You don't need to know who I am! It's better if you come with me now before I act rude to you" said Li.
Not at all afraid of Li's threat, Fen actually smiled at that. Feeling belittled by his ability by a runny boy, Li suddenly loses his temper. Without further ado, he tried to catch Fen. But beyond Li's guess, Fen put up quite a serious resistance, he was almost overwhelmed by it. Didn't even feel like he could lose against that snotty brat.
"You might as well turn out, boy!" said Li.
"Tired already, Uncle? Come here quickly!" Fen said mockingly
Bringing Fen alive back home was quite difficult for Li to do, his energy which was almost drained from searching almost all day made Li have to find other ways.
"It can't be like this! I could lose to this brat if it continues like this" Li muttered.
"I'm sorry, I have to kill you this time!" he added.
Using the tactic that Commander Zhang taught, quick kill without being seen, Li readied his small knife which he hid at his waist. Fen's stomach will be targeted, move quickly and then stab him. That's a pretty good plan.
"Die you little brat!" Li shouted as he ran.
In less than two steps, Li was able to stab his knife into Fen's stomach, but suddenly there was a loud blow that made Li fall to the ground and vomit blood. Grandpa Zhang, he showed up just in time to save his grandson.
"Uncle Zhang!" Li said while coughing.
"Li! Why are you here?" asked Grandpa Zhang.
"What do you mean want to kill my grandson?" he added.
"Grandchild?" said a confused Li.
Grandpa Zhang felt that something was wrong, there might be a misunderstanding because there was no way if Li knew Fen was Commander Zhang's son, he would kill him. He rushed to help Li and asked for an explanation from him. After getting an explanation from Li, Grandpa Zhang and Fen were shocked to hear that Commander Zhang was seriously injured.
"Commander is really dying right now, Royal Physician Fen's blood is the cure. I'm sorry Mr. Fen, Grandpa Zhang, I didn't know Mr. Fen was the son of the Commander-in-Chief," Li said while crying.
"It's okay, Uncle!" said Fen.
"Who told you that Fen was here, Li?" asked Grandpa Zhang.
"Mrs Fang Yin, Uncle!" Li replied.
Suddenly Li's words made Grandpa Zhang sit down helplessly. Telling Li that Fen was on the mountain would be like a notification that Fang Yin also wanted Fen killed. Grandpa Zhang knows that Fen's blood is very powerful, with Fen's blood all diseases can be cured, dead plants and animals will be able to come back to life if exposed to his blood. But it's not enough with one drop of Fen's blood, but all the blood in his body.
"Just take me, Uncle! I'm ready to die for your father's recovery," said Fen suddenly.
"But please don't kill me now, I want to meet my father and mother first," he added.
Suddenly Grandpa Zhang and Li were shocked by Fen's words. The two of them looked unwilling if Fen's life had to be wasted just for the sake of Commander Zhang's recovery. But unlike Fen, he seemed sincere and willing if he had to die for the sake of his father's recovery.
"Are you really sure, son?" Grandpa Zhang asked as he hugged Fen.
"Fen sure, Grandpa! For the sake of your father's recovery, Fen is ready to do anything," Fen answered loudly.
The atmosphere of emotion really enveloped Grandpa Zhang's house, maybe tonight will be the last night Fen can see the world because tonight he will also be brought home with Grandpa Zhang too.
***
After a while the three of them finally arrived at Commander Zhang's residence….
In hiding, the three of them finally arrived at Commander Zhang's room. Miss Fang Yi who saw their arrival burst into tears and couldn't help but stare at herself, she didn't know what to do. The child he loved so much finally came home, but maybe this would be his first and last time coming home.
"Mother!" said Fen who then ran to hug Fang Yin.
"My son!" said Fang Yin who then hugged Fen tightly.
Fen asked for a moment to miss his two parents before he left for good. Grandpa Zhang and Li also couldn't stand the emotional atmosphere that made them both cry too.
"I'm sorry, Fen! I'm sorry, Mother!" said Fang Yin.
"It's okay, Mother! Fan would be happy if he could help my father wake up again," said Fen.
"Wait Fen, Father! Soon your father will wake up again," said Fen.
The farewell hug was over, the Royal Physician had arrived, Fen's assassination procession was about to begin. Li who was appointed to execute Fen was already prepared with a sword in his hand. Feelings can't bear it, but this is a task he has to do.
"Is there no other way than this, Doctor?" asked Grandpa Zhang.
"There isn't any!" answered the doctor firmly.
"Does Your Majesty know that my husband is dying like this, Doctor?" Fang Yin asked.
"Know! He also said that this child was a medicine for Commander Zhang," replied the healer
"Let's do it quickly! Before it's too late," he added.
Just wanted Li to want to draw his sword, unexpectedly Commander Zhang suddenly woke up. He then took Li's sword and slashed the healer right in the neck causing him to die instantly.
"Father!" said Fen
"My husband," said Fang Yin.
"Zhang," said Grandpa Zhang.
Unbeknownst to all of them except Fang Yin, it turns out that Commander Zhang has been awake since this afternoon. He deliberately pretended to be unconscious because he wanted to kill the healer. Commander Zhang had read through all that this was simply the King's plan so that he could find and kill Fen under the pretext of being used as a medicine for him. Commander Zhang also explained to all of them who were there to be more careful in guarding Fen.
"Are you all right, Fen?" asked Commander Zhang.
"It's all right, Father!" replied Fen.
"But how can he suspect that Fen has something to do with you?" asked Grandpa Zhang.
"I don't know for sure either, Dad! Either it's just a coincidence or it's really his plan to kill Fen," replied Commander Zhang.
However, with Commander Zhang's recovery, this could be news to the King if the Wolf King's descendants really perished. Commander Zhang asked Li to report Fen's death to King Hoacun.