âYes Highness, I will have the maids ready the rooms for you. Please come with me first.â Zhang Yu signals the old man behind himself while he himself led the two boys away for the temporary guest rooms.
The old man naturally knew what that look meant. After a moment of musing, he immediately walked in the opposite direction to carry out the plan.
âUncle Wolf.â Bai Xiachen suddenly stopped, âWhen will my father come?â
This careless and unthoughtful question actually scared the daylights out of Zhong Yu. The young man thought heâs been discovered so he began to tense up. However, he quickly realizes its his own guilt thatâs playing here and his rattled nerves soon settled down.
âIâll send someone to inform the king right away. I believe it wonât be more than a few days before he comes.â
Grinning with a huge smile at the news: âThen thatâs great. I hope Uncle Wolf isnât trying to deceive me just because Iâm a child, otherwise my mother will be very angry. Just so you know, even my baddie father will get scared if sheâs like that.â
Itâs unsure why but the little guyâs words have had the direct effect of make Zhang Yu fall into a panic. Heâs sure that his lie has worked, and that the prince didnât suspect a thing. Yet why? Why does he have such an ominous feeling?
Awkwardly laughing like heâs trying to shirk off the unease, the young wolf attempts to move the topic along: âDonât worry Prince, no one here will dare to or be able to deceive youâ¦.â
âIâd still like to trust Uncle Wolf.â The boyâs returning smile seemed very innocent and very true, âUncle, Iâm starting to feel tired so donât let anyone come disturb me later when Iâm resting.â
âOh course Your Highness.â Complying by lowering his head, one only needs to take a peek to discover that insidious light in those eyes of this wolfing.
Done with that, Bai Xiachen turns back to the room in question. He didnât make up the part about wanting to rest, so when he pushed open the door, the first thing he did was to close it and get on the bed. With the blanket reaching all the way to his face, the kid appeared troubled with worry: âWill Mother find out since I lost the beaconing charm? She must know if Baddie Father knows. Oh what to do, Mother must be so worried about me. I better be good and wait for Baddie Father to come pick me up so I can go back as soon as possible.ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
I miss Motherâs scent so much, I want to go backâ¦.
âNo!â Shaking his little head like heâs trying to throw away the thought, âIâm not three anymore, I must learn to be independent. Only by being an adult then can I protect Mother.â
Itâs then the door to the room was suddenly pushed open and in came a maid. The girl carried a tray with a bowl of soup that she placed on the table. âPrince, Iâve come to bring you soup. Itâs the young lordâs instruction because heâs worried about you being hungry. Pleas enjoy while its hot.â
Although Bai Xiachen did give explicit instruction not to be disturbed, but heâs a good child. As per Bai Yanâs teaching, those who offer kindness must be returned with kindness, hence his lovely smile at the servant girl.
âThank you, sister.â The maidâs face went red from blushing. Sheâs been thoroughly won over and germinated by the kidâs adorableness so it took her a good while to come back to reality.
Moments later when he was left alone again, Bai Xiachen didnât hesitate and quickly came before the table to get his first whiff of the delicious smelling liquid. However, right as the drool was coming out, his nose immediately picked up another scent int here and that caused his face to sink into a scowl.