The next morning, Xiana got ready and left to sweep the yard. It was tiring work no doubt and the dust would fall into the nostrils which made her sneeze a few times. After what Licheng told her the previous day, she did not go near him nor did he come to see her.
'Why am I upset about it? It is good for me that I do not have to stay around him after my work is done. He said I saved him in my last life.' She thought in her head. "I wish I hadn't done that," she murmured and stopped sweeping. She had gathered the dust, the dry leaves in one place. Getting on her knees, she put them into the wooden duster and then threw them into a bin. She lifted her head to go ahead when her eyes landed on Licheng.
They both looked into each other's eyes, but he was the one who averted his gaze first. He turned his back to her while Eunuch Jize stood next to him. Xiana got annoyed and she clenched her fists. She could not stop herself this time and threw the broom at him.
