Piece of Coin

Everyone inside the Qin's manor are busy on the preparations of tonight's dinner. Because a Sang Clan young master would come and marry their youngest miss. Some are happy, some are jealous, all have different emotions running to their veins.

"It's already past noon, why they're still not coming back." Minister Qin Xisheng looked outside his window, he began to worry about his children safety. It's not he dont trust the two older ones, however all of them are girls.

A female body is weak against man, they're easily to break. That's why, he cannot lift his mood up.

"I'll look for them, Qin Daren." There, Gong Lu stood in front of him, bowing on the ground.

"Okay. Bring them home as soon as possible."

A simple nod from his servant made him feel at ease for now. "As you wish."

Back to Qin's siblings, they're now walking inside of certain swordsmith place, Qin Jiuyi is the one walking ahead. The Old man, Su Ye noticed them when they set their first step to the place. Qin Xisheng wandered around with Changming tailing her. Their both eyes would sparkles when they saw every type of swords and the one currently being made. Gawking, they like bunch of excited children.

"I would like to have set of knives." Qin Jiuyi began with her usual blank face.

"Of course, please come." Su Ye gestured her to follow him. "We have different knives here."

The old man show a lot of knives, from small to biggest one. Qin Jiuyi stare, meticulously she inspect each of it. Testing the sharpness of blades by prickling her fingers. Su Ye is shocked and frozen at his place as red tint of bloods dripping from those delicate fingers.

His mind is asking, why! why would she do that! Is she's not afraid! she's hurting herself!

Well, it obviously hurt. Qin Shengtian want to smacked her sibling head. She already have this prediction but she never thought this girl would be so bold. They say, old habits die hard, perhaps it's true. Because Jiuyi actions are what she always do when she testing her weapon.

"E'r Xiaojie! Oh! My! Blood! We need cloth! I need to inform Qi——" Before Changming's hysteria reaction went too far and likely to passed out anytime. Qin Xisheng calmly took her hand and dragged the servant outside.

"San Xiaojie! We nee——"

"Be not afraid Xiao Ming, E'r jie is fine, so could you keep this a secret from everyone."

"But.." When the smile of her young miss slowly stretched out a bit. Changming gulped unconsciously and nodded weakly when she felt a pat on her head. Qin Xisheng smiled at her, the kind one but there's warmth in those obsidian black pair of eyes. "Thank you."

"Shengsheng..."

"Big Sis Shengtian! I talked to Xiao Ming, she will be quiet about it." Qin Shengtian eyed the petite servant girl, Changming's fidgeting in her place. "Do you understand it?"

"Eh! Don't scare Xiao Ming big sis..."

"I'm not scaring her." Changming felt a very dangerous aura from her eldest young miss.

Even those amber eyes looking at her have a meaning, as if saying 'Know your place', she might be not the one serving the first miss of Qin's, but she know how generous and kind the older female is. However, at this moment, today's escaped of her third miss, she felt the first miss is not Qin Shengtian.

"Is there something wrong?" Qin Jiuyi spoke breaking the servant's thoughts. Qin Xisheng run to her second sister side, frowing at the sight of blood in five fingers. It means her sibling tried all five knives. " Why five? You said it just three! Sis Juju that's not fair." Her voiced scolded the older one. Staring at the pair of angry orbs, that resembled an adorable cat. Though Qin Jiuyi felt bad about it, she didn't hide her small smile. " I apologise Xixi."

"Okay..." Qin Xisheng softened, then reached the other's hand and give it soft strokes. "Let's clean and bandage this."

The blood. On her sibling. The red....

"Wait...wait...wait....please, wait...don't... don't.."

Qin Shengtian hit Qin Jiuyi's head causing to caught the youngest attention. "You fool. You said three. We already talked about this. Now explain your reason." That's an order from the Eldest. On the background Changming's is confused, why the three young miss are now in heated conversation. What three? what five or why the second miss hurt herself. There's so many questions running in her head. Yet, she will find no answer to that.

"That man. He stared at us unblinkingly. The knives are beautifully made. The blades are too sharp, all of them." Qin Shengtian want to face palmed and hit her sibling head again. It is because the reasons, she know what the other's talking about. The man in He Ping restaurant earlier, she also noticed the stare and decided to let it go, she don't care after all. But, her blunt and one hell a killer sibling don't have a plan to let it aside.

"Who's that man?"

"Xixi just a freak." You're the freak here. Qin Shengtian likely to retort those if they're not displayed out of public eyes. To the fact her sibling goes talk to stranger, assumed the man want to kill them, then the woman went to challenged an unknown person, and then gave him one loquat for his empty stomach because there's no food on his table. If that's not odd enough to be called freak.

Qin Shengtian don't know anymore what is it. Her sibling is indeed one of a kind.

"So who is it?"

"Nothing Shengsheng just a lone wolf. "

"I see. Anyway when we left the He Ping restaurant, I heard they talked about me being a disgrace to Qin family?" Ok. That stopped Qin Shengtian and Qin Jiuyi in their staring communication. Even Changming gone rigid as Qin Xisheng continued to talk.

"I'm already tainted by the Seventh Prince."

Qin Xisheng blinked twice, before she turn her head trying to look anywhere but at her older Siblings, and yet she keep glancing back to them—her sisters unreadable expression and unwavering gaze making her heart racing as itself beating in not usual everyday pace and she felt uneasy all of sudden, not sure what is the reason. Her eyes keep moving from here and there as she quickly swallowed against the unknown wallow in her stomach and she starts explaining herself. " I mean. . . I mean, I heard it from the bunch of young ladies there inside of restaurant. I cannot helped it but to listened in their conversation. Wait—I'm not eavesdropping okay, it just they're too noisy and literally they're really loud like gossipers of some paparazzi—ah, yeah back to what I'm saying is they're talking about me be like the disgrace of our family as they keep saying I'm already tainted by the seventh prince which I don't remember who is he? Perhaps, I'm really deeply in love with him. But, I'm not easy to give myself right? right? Xiao Ming? You are always with me after all."

"Yes—yes! Of course San Xiaojie! You loves the seventh prince but you don't even dare to approach him ah!" Changming's frantic voice almost broke as she hastily responded her young mistress. The sweats on her forehead seems to roll any second now but she is so quick in wiping it from her long sleeves as well muttering the weather is cruelly hot.

"Oh yeah, the weather is hot today, I feels like eating some ice cream ah!"

"Ice cream San Xiaojie? "

"Yes, Xiao Ming something's cold and sweet."

" Ah, perhaps San Xiaojie mean a water with an ice and the cherries from before?"

Qin Xisheng awkwardly smiled, "Yes. Those what I meant. Wanna go there again?"

"If San Xiaojie wants! Changming will follow you everywhere!" The servant has her stiffed shoulders even though she keeps smiling and bubbly talking. The pair of older siblings who's had been watching from their spot, took step closer toward their youngest. Qin Shengtian warmly smiled, her eyes flickering fondness, her hand slowly moved to touch the youngest face as she trace the soft skin with a brush of her fingertips. " Shengsheng, shall we go and buy your papers. "

Qin Xisheng who was staring at her older for the sudden gesture nodded happily with a large grinned. "Mnn. Yup! Let's go pick up my papers and I really like to see that old man again with his thunder voice."

"Very well."

At the back, Qin Jiuyi is awfully silent as she seemed thinking about something. Her eyes cast toward Changming's fidgeting figure and she let out a rush of breathe. This servant is an idiot and scaredy cat, she cannot stay with their youngest sister. She will only let her miss toward the river Styx! And as second Sister of Qin Xisheng, she doesn't dream seeing their youngest coffin ever. After closing her eyes for seconds, she shook her head lightly as her thoughts going somewhere, where is gravely dark and utterly dangerous.

"What's the matter Er'jie?" Qin Xisheng voiced out, her eyes filled of confusion.

Qin Jiuyi looked somewhere and nonchalantly replied, " Nothing. Xixi you're servant is stupid don't wanna hire new one?"

"Huh? Xiao Ming is not stupid! Er'jie perhaps want Xiao Ming to be her servant, do you?"

Changming stared at the second young miss and mentally shuddered with just thought of serving her. Qin Jiuyi glanced to the servant, seeing the nervous figure, she smirked flatly.

"Why not Xixi? She need some muscles in her body."

Qin Xisheng quickly understand. "No! Er'jie, not Xiao Ming! She still have a long future for her. Let's pick someone okay? okay ah?"

The youngest tried and tried harder talking her older sibling, because those words are meant to, ' Why not, I need someone to kill time by torturing them. ' , of course those are real and not mere joke. That is why, Qin Xisheng doing her best to protect her servant. For as long her mine can remember, her sworn sister Jiuyi is doing a training every weekend with different people in their previous life. All of them meet unfortunate end, either inside of the hospital dealing with painful broken bones or inside of the coffin while talking with the grim reaper.

"E'r jie! How about I help you spar everyday?"

"No." Qin Jiuyi quickly replied.

"Eh, why not ah! I'm strong, look, I have the meaty part now." Qin Xisheng show her right arms muscles, smiling proudly. "Look, see."

"How about, drinking tea with me every afternoon."

"Tea? We already doing that everyday." The youngest eyebrows creased, feeling confuse at her older Sibling's words. Qin Jiuyi leaned toward Qin Xisheng and whispered something into her ears.

"Ah, Is that it! Sure E'r jie!"

Qin Shengtian who's quiet for awhile narrowed her eyes, watching her two siblings murmuring to each other. She is not jealous okay, it just she don't like being left in the dark. Qin Jiuyi noticed the older one's expression, she quietly chuckled and sweetly winked at her. What is that ah! This Yi better have good explanation later!

On their way toward the paper store, the three meet Gong Lu who quickly bowed his head in seeing them. As usual, Qin Xisheng the one's speak first.

"Lu Dage! Why are you here? Coming to fetch us ba? or perhaps . . . Lu Dage is planning of meeting his lover. "

You are being nosy Xixi/ Shengsheng , both of the older Siblings thought wanting to roll their eyes. Their father servant ignored the words and faced them looking cold but nonetheless a handsome man.

"Young mistresses, Qin Daren sent me for all of you and safely escort you back home right away." Gong Lu announced, bowing his head again.

Isn't that tiring ah? Qin Xisheng always see the man bowing from time to time.

Qin Shengtian lips curved upward, " Is that so, then we will heading back right away. Please, lead the way Lu Da-ge and perhaps you can tell me why Fuqin wish for us to comeback right now?"

Gong Lu expected to be questioned like this by the eldest young miss. " Qin Daren received the news awhile ago, the Sang Clan young master is finally at the Capital. He is on his way toward the manor right now."

With that announcement, Qin Xisheng smiling lips seemed to banished within four seconds.

The fiance is here!

No—His fiance is finally here!

Yes! The f*cking future husband of her!

She must run! No, Hide Qin Xisheng hide!

No matter how much she thinks, in the end its completely useless because she knows when her soul inhabited this body, the fate already have plans for her.

But—still, No way! Nonetheless.