Apologizing (1)

Lin Yu Yan woke up from sensing danger and a familiar presence. She found herself still the arms of Bingwen, on a tree branch high up, and hiding. Silver was next to them, crouched, and trying to figure out how to get out of this situation.

Lin Yu Yan felt this energy before but it disappeared before she could confirm it. "What's going on?" she asked.

"Someone is after us," said Han Bingwen. "I couldn't detect them before."

'So it means they are more skillful than the ones they fought in the forest,' Lin Yu Yan thought, assuming it was Li Muqiu. She then scans the area and notice another familiar presence.

'It really is the man from the warehouse,' thought Lin Yu Yan.

But they were not the only ones following them.

"There are 4 different groups," said Silver. "Sister Yu Yan, I caught a glimpse of there attire, one with Shing, one with Teo, and the other smelled like the slave traders. It seems like the Teo and Shing guards are looking for something. I don't know the last one, too difficult to point the exact location because he went back to hiding and has no scent."

Bingwen used his energy to try and sense the last one but again, he sensed nothing. 'Who is this?' He started to get worried but Lin Yu Yan was calm.

"I think I know… I could be wrong, but don't mind the last one. It doesn't seem threatening. Let's deal with the other 3 first," said Lin Yu Yan hoping the familiar presence she felt could be true.

They all scan the area, 5 people in Teo, 5 people in Shing, and 10 slave traders.

"Silver, you take Teo and Shing. Make sure to stay in hiding and find more information about the situation first. Bingwen and I will go and deal with the slave traders since I know the man with the mole is one of them, and we'll catch up to you once it's done," Lin Yu Yan said.

Bingwen remembers the presence now. It was the man he beat up at the warehouse where Lin Yu Yan got her people and the same presence at the banquet. He got angry again because they disrupted Lin Yu Yan's sleep.

Silver left to deal with the Teo and Shing guards. The actual situation isn't that they were following them. It's that Teo Wing, the first princess of the Teo empire, is missing. The direction Lin Yu Yan and them were going was also the direction they assume Teo Wing to take. Silver just stayed hidden and watched them.

'Wait... Teo Wing was the person who was originally following us... Now that I think about it, I can't smell her anymore...' thought Silver.

He was too close to the Teo and Shing guards and they might notice him when he uses his qi to sense Teo Wing. So he left the area to find her.

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Lin Yu Yan and Han Bingwen were on their way to the slave traders but stopped because Lin Yu Yan took off her formal attire since it was getting uncomfortable. She took off her dark red outfit, revealing a black, slim, and easier to move, outfit under it.

Bingwen's eyes were burning from the sight he was seeing. Lin Yu Yan has always worn light clothing that flows in the wind and was surprised to see she was wearing a ninja outfit. It matched her well, showing her curves and beautiful figure and his eyes couldn't help but look up and down, scanning the image into his mind for keepsake.

He noticed he was staring too long and blushed but Lin Yu Yan was too occupied on the situation to notice. Lin Yu Yan place everything in her space ring and grabbed two masks out. She then handed the second mask to Bingwen.

"But, they know who I am already?" he said.

"But they don't know, that we know, they know who we are. You get what I mean?" Lin Yu Yan asked, making sure he understood that sentence.

"Ah, I see," he understood right away.

So Lin Yu Yan plans to make the enemy think they are dumb and seemed weak. The fact that the man with the mole might know Bingwen, means there is a possibility he might know Lin Yu Yan is the girl who bought the 'people' from him.

Li Muqiu (4th prince's Mother) has sent some slave traders out to Lin Yu Yan, her people (Gu Xiang, Chu Yang, Li Dan E and the rest) and the 3rd prince to kill them.

With the description the slave traders have gotten about the buyer, 'Always wears a veil and has an ugly scar on her forehead,' from when they almost found out where the 'people' were living, Li Muqiu might have probably given the slave traders information about her, making her a possibility of being the buyer.