Lin Xiao was a bit confused by ShenDai Ying’s question and thought about it.
“Sister Ying, could you mean… that you don’t mind me helping Claire?”
“Hehe, you, don’t think I don’t what you’re thinking… do you think of me as that kind of woman?”
“Uh… of course not!”
Lin Xiao awkwardly shook his head to deny it while looking at Sister Ying’s smile.
Part of the reason for why he didn’t help Claire was indeed partly worried about ShenDai Ying being jealous.
But now… she doesn’t seem to mind?
“Okay Lin Xiao, I know how you see Claire. Helping with the rebellion is no small task, so it’s natural even if you reject it. But if you choose to help her, I’ll also support you, the decision is up to you… but Lin Xiao, I hope you can keep one thing in mind.”
ShenDai Ying used her hands to gently cup Lin Xiao’s face and stared into his eyes.
“No matter what happens, I trust that you won’t do anything to me that you’ll feel sorry for… so, you have to trust me as well.”
“Sister Ying!”
“Wanton interference in the life of a loved one isn’t my style, please don’t treat me like those extremely possessive older sisters, furthermore… you aren’t my husband, so at least for now I can’t be too strict on you.”
“At least for now… is it.”
Lin Xiao felt strange as he repeated her words.
So ShenDai Ying wasn’t possessive now only because they weren’t husband and wife in name? So if he wed her one day, wouldn’t she reveal her true self and become extremely possessive so that he couldn’t speak to any other woman?
Lin Xiao couldn’t help but shiver when he thought about that, and even her smile began looking a bit scarier.
But no matter what, just letting Claire run off while crying wasn’t his style either. It was impossible for him to not feel bad, and now ShenDai Ying was ‘generously’ expressing her own stance and encouraging him to help which shook Lin Xiao.
“Why don’t I help her deal with those generals? It’s just a meeting and shouldn’t waste too much time…”
“But trust is trust… Lin Xiao you can’t go overboard, girls are very sensitive, even the girl you call tomboy. If you go too overboard and she falls for you, then I’ll really be angry!”
“Uh, Sister Ying, how would she fall for me? I’m not handsome, I’m just a poor student who’s a bit smart, she won’t fall for me.”
“Hmph, I don’t know about that… no, I have to tell Elena, so that she can keep an eye on you when I’m not here.”
“Hey! Sister Ying, didn’t you just say you weren’t possessive!”
“Hm… did I say that?”
“Of course! You just said it!”
“Hehe, you misheard, I never said that.”
“Sister Ying?”
“I-I’m going to look for Elena… if you want to catch up to Claire, hurry up and go!”
ShenDai Ying blushed as she shamelessly lied and left Lin Xiao behind to look for Elena.
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…
Claire didn’t know about what consensus Lin Xiao and ShenDai Ying reached, but she was completely heartbroken and lost all hope for Lin Xiao! She thought that Lin Xiao was scum, a bastard, a coward! Anyways, he wasn’t anything good!
She even thought of calling the guards and arresting him and throwing him in jail! As for what crime… hm, the wounds on her ears were caused by him! Injuring a princess… that’s enough of a crime to execute him by hanging!
Of course, even if Claire would actually do something like that, those guards wouldn’t be able to catch Lin Xiao…
Although she may lose her emotions sometimes, there’s a rational voice in her head reminding her not to be muddled by those irrational emotions. That voice is telling her that she has no reason to be so angry…
Think about it, what did Lin Xiao do wrong? He wasn’t her subordinate, or her relative, so why should he help her? Thinking about it, perhaps they can’t even be considered friends.
They haven’t known each other for a long time, they just took one mission together and even fought each other at the beginning, so being able to come to a mutual understanding was already hard to come by.
Also if they had to talk about their relationship, Lin Xiao was her savior and she was the one who owed him. Not only did she try to force him to get him to help, but she also ignored his rejection and continued to bother him. He didn’t do anything wrong, she was in the wrong, so what reason did she have to be angry?
“I-I know that! But, but I’m just angry, I just want to cuss him out… damn, can someone tell me why!?”
Claire’s thoughts were a mess as she ran frantically down the street while holding her tears in.
To others, the reason she was angry was too easy, but she just held too high expectations for Lin Xiao. The person who made her angry wasn’t Lin Xiao, but the one who couldn’t get Lin Xiao’s promise, herself.
But it’s good that she has someone to confide in and that person may give her some help when she’s at a loss.
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…
“Ah, it’s so hot.”
“Yeah.”
Two men with weapons on their waist were lazily leaning against a wall outside the main door while complaining.
It was a large mansion close to the royal palace so there weren’t many people on the street outside the door. From the outside the mansion looked very normal, it was just very large, like some wealthy person’s resting place, otherwise, there wouldn’t be armed guards outside the door.
But what was more annoying was how hot and stuffy the city was after lunch and they couldn’t be bothered to do anything, let alone stand guard. This job was too difficult so the two people started complaining.
But it couldn’t be helped, they had to stay at the door and couldn’t slack off. The reason being… they weren’t just normal guards, they were actually soldiers!
The mansion may look unremarkable, but the person living inside was too important, if anything happened to him, their lives wouldn’t be enough!
Because this was the resting place for the King!
“Hey, it seems like there’s someone running over from the end of the street?”
“No way right… hm? There’s really someone there! They’re so fast, and looks angry… are they coming towards us?”
They were just leaning against the wall and quickly energized themselves after seeing something wrong. They stared at that person who was running quickly towards them and gently placed their hands on the handle of their swords.
If it was some bold assassin, they would never let them in! But, their worries were completely groundless… please, what kind of assassin would run around on the streets in the middle of the day and then barge through the front doors to kill the king? Wouldn’t that be too foolish!
“They’re coming! Be careful!”
“Don’t do anything yet!”
As they got closer, the two got more and more nervous.
They were now sure that the person was coming toward them! Because they had their heads lowered the entire time and ignored everyone else and ran straight over, they were clearly trying to barge in through the front!
Uh, there’s really an assassin out there who tries to barge in through the front? Their eyes were surely opened.
“Stop them!”
“Hey! Stop, this isn’t some place you can come!”
The two drew their swords and one of them stepped up to use it and blocked her way!
“Who are you? How dare you! Do you want to di…”
When he questioned her, he finally got a good look at her appearance and was stupefied.
“Hey, why aren’t you saying anything, how did one idiot scare you like that? Listen up, you better beha…a…a… eh???”
The person from behind pushed the other one aside and wanted to say something but ended up in the same way.
“You’re… princess!?”
The familiar pal blonde hair and that handsome face, who else could it be but Princess Claire?
But… Princess Claire seems different today.
“Princess, w-why are you crying?”
