Deciding To Stay

Jing Yi felt that her brain was in an urge of bursting.

Four siblings…

Didn't it mean that she was also…

"Then, I… I also…", she stammered. She gripped Lin feng Yu's hand so tightly until the joints of her fingers turned white. But she couldn't able to continue her speech.

She was also one of them! She should have been sacrificed that year, but somehow, she didn't. Then her mind wandered to the figure of Jiang Chen Lu. Cold. Indifferent. Full of secrets.

Did he…?

She didn't have any proofs of her conjecture. But what if she was right? What if everything he did all this time was to protect her?

[But it didn't make a sense at all.], she shook her head and immediately threw that mind far-far away. Considering her bad condition all this time, how could all of this be said as an attempt to protect her?

"You also one of us. You supposed to…", Lin Feng Yu's voice dragged all her senses back.

"But… I am still here! How could that possible?", Jing Yi interjected him. "You said to me that… that you almost died. Then why am I still here? And where are the other two?"

Her tone turned frantic. Lin Feng Yu couldn't help but felt reluctant to continue speaking.

"Did they die too?", she asked in whisper.

Lin Feng Yu shook his head. "I don't know. I only met them once. At that time, mother told me that they are my elder sister and little brother.", he answered.

"Mother? She was the one who told you?"

He nodded. "Yes. That was not long before you were born. Two weeks later, Jiang Chen Lu forbid me to see mother. The time he let me to see you, I just found out that our mother had gone."

Jing Yi closed her eyes and inhaled heavily. Jiang Chen Lu, that man, had too many secrets. Now, some of them had been revealed. But the truth had only made her confuse.

[What should I do now?], she pondered.

Should she leave the mansion and go with her brother? Or should she stay?

She couldn't decide anything. As turned out that her identity was very problematic, she must be very careful, or else she couldn't survive for long.

"Yi'er.", Lin Feng Yu called her gently. He patted her cheek and smiled. "I can understand that this matter is hard for you. But, it isn't save anymore to stay in this mansion. First madam Jiang was killed mysteriously. Maybe next time, it will be Jiang Chen Lu's turn. After that, nobody can protect you except me. That's why, let's leave. As long as you're by my side, you'll be save."

He tried to coax her, hoping that she would comply and go with him.

"How could you be so sure that I will be save around you?", hearing his remarks, the little lass scoffed. She slanted her gaze toward him coldly. "You still haven't told me about the person behind you. And don't tell me that you doesn't know that the person must be have an ulterior motive. You doesn't that stupid, do you?"

Lin Feng Yu was taken aback.

"Yi'er, I really…"

"Big brother!", she cut off his sentence once more. "I know that you care so much about me. But you must see everything clearly. That second prince of yours… don't you feel suspicious at him? Who doesn't know about me? Who doesn't want my death? A cursed girl whose foretold as a bearer of calamity? You know exactly how imperial family will be eager to kill me. Now that prince want to help me? For what? The only reason I can think about that he want me to leave this mansion and keep me away from father."

Lin Feng Yu's handsome face turned aghast. For a long time, he knew that the second prince wanted to use him for his own benefit. That was why he thought that the help given by the prince was an attempt to draw him to his side and he never tried to look at it from a different angle.

"Yi'er maybe he just want to draw me to his side. He always knows that you are very important for me and I will do everything necessary to protect you.", Lin Feng Yu stated his rebuttal. In fact, he didn't care at all. As long as this little sister of his save, he would do everything. And being used as a sword against the current emperor was nothing for him.

Jing Yi shook her head again. She eyed him and her gaze was stern. "Big brother. May I ask you, where is that soul contract of netherworld? Is it really in your hands, or the second prince?"

Lin Feng Yu felt a sudden uncomfortable feeling, thus he looked away. Seeing his reaction, her heart sank. She could guess the answer already.

"He doesn't have any intention to give it to you anyway…", she muttered. She could guess the second prince's intention. He wanted to use her brother's strength and influence to seize the throne. And after that, he wanted to use her to get people's acceptance. And maybe also for another reason. Whatever it was, she knew that it meant death for her…

But she suddenly realized something odd. The soul contract of netherworld before was hidden by Jiang Chen Lu. Nobody able to snatch it. How did it ended up in another person's hands? And why didn't Jiang Chen Lu make any moves? Did he not know that the thing was missing?

[I think that maybe it was possible...], she thought.

But if it wasn't, then leaving this mansion would be her doom. This matter seemed to be too easy after all. She had to make sure and couldn't act rashly. Therefore, she decided that staying and waiting was the best decision for now.

"Brother. I have already made a decision.", Jing Yi lifted her eyes and confidently looked straight into her brother's. "I want to keep staying here, in this mansion, and observe father's movements."