Feeling the hand of someone on her shoulder, it caught her unexpectedly.
Who is the person that has the gut to place his or her hand on her shoulder?.. No one else apart from the clan leader will have the courage to try such on her. The clan leader rarely goes to see her, so the clan leader wasn't an alternative.
She turned to face the person who dared to do so. Immediately she set her eyes on the figure of the person, she turned speechless and then jumped back in fear.
"Unbelievable, this can't be…" Zhang Xiao yelled out, trembling in fear seeing the figure she least expected standing in front of her with a smile on his face.
Hearing the shout of Zhang Xiao, Su Qing, and Su Yan immediately raised their heads to look at what was happening while the guards followed suit and then stared at the figure.
The maids and the guards stare dumbly at the figure, they forget about everything around them for a slight minute before regaining their senses.
The two maids moved back in fear, "I was beginning to think that maybe we experienced a hallucination but now…." Su Yan gritted her teeth. She naturally did not dare believe what she was seeing. Her expression got uglier and uglier. She fell to the ground in fear.
"This must be an illusion.." Su Qing's voice drifted over and then ran towards the door. She ran out of the room.
The guards were completely dumbfounded, staring at the figure as if it was a ghost.
'Don't tell me that Su Qing and Su Yan were truly telling the truth about the ghost in this room."
One of the guards whispered in a low voice, he was already shivering in fear at the unfolding scene in front of him.
"Impossible. Maybe I'm imagining things" Zhang Xiao loudly refuted. She cleaned her eyes with both hands, expecting not to see the figure before her again but still the figure remained standing there with a smile on his face.
"I'm the one." Lu Shang smiled as he called out, only to see a disbelief expression on the face of the woman in front of him. His heartbeat involuntarily quickened, as he felt nervousness in himself.
His mom was drawing further away from him but when she heard the familiar voice she could never forget drifted over she stopped in her tracks, focusing her eyes on the figure. "L-Lu Shang… A-are you truly the… " She asked in a questioning tone with her voice breaking down, she was interrupted. "Mom, come on. Who else other than your lovely son?" Lu Shang flashed a smile to his mother, as he strode closer to his mother.
Zhang Xiao stood her ground seeing Lu Shang drawing close to her. "H-How possible is this? I.." She could find the proper word to use, she was beyond speechless. "Or are you not happy to see me?" the smile on the face of Lu Shang was slowly melting into a sad expression.
Taking a deep breath in relief, Zhang Xiao calmed her heart, silently scolding herself that her hope wasn't strong enough. How could she lose her self-control when she saw the figure of her child, the same child that had been unconscious for long? She had been hoping that one day, Lu Shang would awaken but here she was, distancing herself from that same child.
"Madam, stay away from that figure. We haven't yet clarified, if this is truly your son or if he is possessed by a demon" the urgent voice of one of the guards rang out, the guards hastily drew out their weapons walking slowly toward Lu Shang.
Hearing the statement made by the guard, caused Lu Shang's eyes to flicker, as an expression of surprise flashed on his face. An embarrassed look appeared on his face. "Scary brats. *Sighs*" Lu Shang mumbled, speechless. The guards were afraid of the unknown, only pretending to be courageous, he could see through their intention.
Zhang turned to face the guards, who were slowly advancing to the side of Lu Shang cautiously. A faint tinge of anger could be seen on her face. "HOW DARE YOU?.. CLEARLY SAYING TO MY FACE THAT MY SON IS BEEN POSSESSED BY A DEMON, SUCH AUDACITY. WHO KNOWS IF YOU ARE NOT THE ONE BEEN POSSESSED BY A DEMON!!" She yelled furiously. Even though the figure wasn't truly the figure of Lu Shang, she couldn't bear the fact that a lowly guard would dare say her son was possessed.
Under the shout of Zhang Xiao, the guards stopped their advancement and then bowed their heads. "Am sorry ma, I was only trying to make sure that nothing out of the ordinary happens. Our enemies can easily penetrate our clan and then possess the body of a person, before carrying out their evil plans" The guard that gave the earlier statement, said. "We are only doing our job to ensure the safety of the clan."
"Still having the gut to continue with your statement."
Zhang Xiao revealed a hint of anger toward the guard.
The guard was only a few meters away from her but in the space of a few seconds, she directly appeared at the side of the guard.
~Paaaaaaaaa~
She landed a slap on the face of the guard. The guard didn't intend to dodge or react violently.
He quietly remained silent and then endured the humiliation. She didn't put her strength into that slap.
The slap was like a pinch to the face of the guards.
Zhang Xiao was a cultivator but her cultivation rank wasn't high, only at the 2nd stage of the Martial Path realm.
"I'm sorry for making you angry" Instead of the guard being angry, he pleaded.
"Don't even try such again or else you are going to experience a worse punishment than this" Zhang Xiao said before returning her gaze to the awaiting Lu Shang.
"Lu Shang." Zhang Xiao called out to Lu Shang as a light smile painted her face. The sorrowful expression on her face was slowly forced to be covered by a bright smile.
Her voice had suddenly become calm.
"This isn't an illusion but true." At this moment, the sound of Su Yan's voice drifted over. Lu Shang shifted his gaze, and the light of a radiant smile could be seen smoldering in the depths of his eyes. "What else are you expecting?" He replied.
The mother and child were staring at each other with a smile on their faces.
After staring for a long time, they rushed at each other and then engaged themselves in a tight and deep hug.
The two didn't have the intention of letting go of each other, it was as if their lives depended on it.
It was at that moment that the door of the room was pushed open by someone.
"Impossible!"