Terror

Fu Li lay on the ground clutching her stomach tightly while having a sick feeling in the bottom of her heart. Had she really just almost given away her brother, Liu Shangbi's identity away?! And to the exact person her brother was trying to get information about!.

She slowly got up, fear of being seen or caught by the mysterious maid/spy or whatever she was, made Fu Li quickly take the long route back to her brother's chambers.

Whenever she heard a stick or leaf crunch she would freeze up in terror, her fear for the mysterious woman strong in her heart.

But for all her terror and cautiousness she still didn't notice when Lu Feiji started to follow her on the rooftop.

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Liu Shangbi was still fuming mad. His searches went nowhere, and he lay in bed still thinking about Lu Feiji.

He sat up when his sister Fu Li stepped into his window, hoping she brought good news. Then he realized her figure was unnaturaly still, and slightly shaking.

His heart dropped, "Are you safe? What happened?"

"D-don't worry, I ... am fine. I couldn't find anything.", his sister's meek reply was quiet and quick.

"OK. Go get your stomach checked out by the physician, tell him it was a scheming consort or something.", Liu Shangbi said. He had always known when his sister was hurt, even if she tried to hide it. She was just starting in the spy business and so he took extra care in her.

Fu Li's back stiffened in surprise when he mentioned her stomach, but she just nodded and backed out of the room.

Liu Shangbi sighed inwardly, then waited a few moments before saying into the darkness,"I don't know who you are, and if you are the maid I was searching for information about. But don't hurt my sister".

A voice that couldn't be determind as mal or female chuckled from the shadows, "Don't send her after me then... I mean no harm to you or your family. I am just making sure that YOU mean no harm to me or MINE."

Lu Feiji smiled as she slipped out of the fifth prince's room and into the night.