Dead Meat

" You can run away, " Qin Jiuyi said. " We can run away from here. "

Qin Xisheng pursed her lips, she lost count of how many times her older sibling words tried to convince her of running away, so she don't have to marry someone. At first, she had that kind of thoughts, backing away in last minute, and yet her heart cannot take of leaving their current father with the Sang Clan influence. It would put the Qin's Household in complicated position. When the sudden horse neighed, and the carriage stopped immediately, they looked at each other for a moment there with calmed and confuses gazed. Before they could asked of what's happening outside. Gong Lu gravely voice informed them something no one from the three Sisters ever expected for today.

"Young Mistresses, please do not leave the carriage, someone's surprisingly died on the road." Changming whimpers could be heard too. It only make the unseen scenario more confusing for the siblings. Seeing the looked on their youngest sibling face, Qin Shengtian and Qin Jiuyi had silent agreement using the eyes. With calmed demeanor, the eldest one decided to go out, leaving her siblings inside. She quickly noticed the young female servant trembling figure's stood behind the older male servant who's crouching down on the ground before of unmoving body. She made her way toward them, not even announcing her lone presence.

" Is he really dead?" Changming let out a cry of surprised while Gong Lu tried to hide the reaction with his quick response saying yes. Qin Shengtian silently gazed at the laid body for a while, observing the stranger's man body from head to toe and then she also crouched beside down, trying to get a closer look. The worn out golden yellow layers of clothes are stained with colored red, which she assumed blood of him or not and there was something on the stranger face—a scary looking black face mask. It somehow peak Qin Shengtian's interest, why this stranger man with a hidden identity suddenly collapsed here. Even though she wanted to know the reason, still, she's not an idiot of meddling into someone's business.

"Let's go, Fuqin was already worried sick for us to come back. "

" Da Yi Xiaojie how about this man?" Changming asked.

"About the man?" Qin Shengtian raised one of her eyebrows, staring down at the fidgeting servant.

"Yes Are we going to leave him here."

"Of course, if he is dead, he is dead." Her tone lost the usual warm and soothing feeling of a good young miss, instead it altered with blunt and cold words. Changming and Gong Lu are both stunned at their place, they're thinking if those words they heard are actually from their Young Mistress. Qin Shengtian showed up her tired smile for them to see because she have no plans of explaining herself but honestly she doesn't care whatever happens to the stranger body. Dead or alive. It's not her responsibility.

"I'll move him at the left side Da Yi Xiaojie, please go inside of the carriage now. It is dangerous to stay outside." Gong Lu has been feeling that someone's following them ever since they left the Capital Market District. He can feel they're being watched, not only just one individual but many of unknown people. And at the back of his mind there's an urgent warning that these hidden personalities aren't normal head case.

" Please hurry up Senior Lu , there are so many insects here." Qin Shengtian commented with her lips curving up a little as her sight moves at the empty roof. Earlier, she caught the sight of all black clothed human figure there, quietly watching them and she know there's more in every corners. Those calculating eyes ticks to their movements and defenses. It didn't scare Qin Shengtian's instead thus are making her to look forward. As long as they didn't make any suspicious move, she will stay oblivious about their existence.

"Changming."

"YES! ...yes Da Yi Xiaojie."

"Don't stand there looking shocked and idiot."

"YES! Da Yi Xiaojie." Changming hastily moved to her spot and internally screaming that she is not an idiot. Qin Shengtian joined her siblings right away after that, the two are playing with each other with rock, paper and scissors. It seemed it's what occupied them when she's inquiring outside and she have an idea who started this game. Qin Jiuyi did her best to keep their youngest attention, to keep Qin Xisheng from going out with her curiosity.

"Big Sis what happened? Did someone really died outside? " They know she will asks from the starting point and would not let the matter slip away easily. Qin Shengtian has thought of explanation for her sibling. " A poor chicken died crossing the other side."

" Lu Dage hit a chicken?" Qin Xisheng utterly look confused. "... a chicken?"

"Xixi, why bother yourself with the chicken. It's a dead meat so let's play again." Qin Jiuyi said annoyed then succinctly and slowly repeated. "It's a dead meat."

"Yes a dead meat." Qin Shengtian agreed. She can feel her Sibling's annoyance and that's not likeable when she's on the receiving end. Just because of disturbing their rocky paper stone or whatever little game they're doing and the older one was pathetically immersed with it. A noise from outside indicating they're going to move forward again took off their attention in the topic of chicken. Qin Xisheng didn't pursue asking for more, she goes back playing to her second sister with anticipation excitement of winning and beating the older one. It's for the sake of ten servings plate of training, invisible pass tickets anytime with her Sis Jiuyi.

Because of her games, Qin Jiuyi successfully erased the Sang Clan young master meeting in their youngest sister mind. Even for small of time, let the poor young girl to breath out without any worry. When the carriage finally stopped at once, the siblings know they're in front of the Qin's manor. There lot of servants waiting for them,standing besides each other and patiently not uttering a word, even making small noise are seemed prohibited. When did the Qin's household had this quiet and gloomy atmosphere? it making the Qin's siblings a bit of intrigued. Qin Xisheng broke out the silence by enquiring out her curiosity.

"Why everyone's are here outside?" No one replied her. " Hey! Why are you not answering me and where's fuqin?"

Still nothing.

" How dare to you to ignore San Xiaojie!?" The servant, Changming shouted out of her lungs.

Qin Shengtian saw her own personal servant kneeling on the ground with her head looking down. She walked and stands in front of her.

" Yang Tan explain what happened here?" She asked in her signature soft voice. There was a hesitation at first, the silence of seconds but eventually her servant give herself out while her whole body's shaking as she silently cried.

"I...I...was...chased out and fired. San Xiaojie fiancé came earlier as what Daren expected. All of us are joyfully preparing for San Xiaojie first meeting with the Sang Clan young master when they arrived, entering the household and heard our laughter's and our conversations. A beautiful young miss came and slapped my face for wishing San Xiaojie happiness with the Sang's young master. She gave all of us a taste of her hand saying she's the only woman who could gave the happiness to San Xiaojie fiancé. I couldn't helped to get mad for young Mistress and forgot my position as the mere servant, this stupid servant talked back with this unknown young miss at the same time Sang Clan young master came."

"Stand up and go back to my chamber, ready my bath as well clean yourself beforehand."

" Ye..yes.. Da Yi Xiaojie. I will prepare quickly." Yang Tan weakly get up crying her hearts out for knowing she's not going to be a homeless girl again. After bowing for how many times she go back inside the household with relief smile. Now, their Young Mistresses are back, that young miss whom slapped her will taste her own hand. She isn't sure about that but her guts telling there is no way the eldest and the second would let their youngest sibling to be wed with someone who's planning to have a wife more than one.

"What the hell!" Qin Xisheng cursed when the realisation hit her. " My fiance was already in love with someone, and still, he comes here to marry me. Big Sis Shengtian! Sis Jiuyi!. . . I don't want to become a villain Mistress!"

"Xixi let's run away now." Qin Jiuyi suggested quickly with her pair of eyes beaming with such happiness.

" Yup! Let's do that Sis Jiuyi!"

"Stop your nonsense my beloved siblings. I'm here Yi, don't ever forget that." Qin Shengtian said with silent gaze warning for the second. "Everyone, please, go back into your work and Senior Lu can you informed father we're going to meet this said Sang Clan Young Master at tonight's dinner. Changming, ready your young mistress bath."

Everyone followed their eldest young mistress orders feeling relieved. They didn't bothered to ask anymore questions. Although, the Qin Daren fired them out for Sang's young master wishes, their master are merely complying to his responsibilities and they understand that. Afterwards, Qin Shengtian and Qin Jiuyi face expression changed quickly once they're left alone in their youngest sibling chamber. They need to calm themselves first, before uttering a plan of escaping this marriage. Qin Xisheng was busy bathing herself to the bathing room, saying she needed time for thinking her future life.

" Yi, stop glaring at the poor teacup."

" Tian, stop smiling like that then."

" You don't want me to kill them and you don't even want us to run away." Qin Jiuyi uttered.

"Can you please stop those kind of thoughts at this moment. " Qin Shengtian retorted back and wanting to roll her eyes.

"Why are you here and not speaking with our Fuqin? "

"Don't make me start Yi, even if I wanted to go right now and talk with him. It will be useless.

Hearing the other servant's words, this matter was clearly unstoppable from the beginning. I need time to think another way of convincing Fuqin without breaking the good relation with Sang Clan."

" Sang Clan is better to become dead meat." A deadly silence was lingering between of their atmosphere. As they stared, stared and stared at each other as if something clicked between them. Qin Shengtian's irritation and Qin Jiuyi's impatience. Both of their hands are itching to stab someone's back at the very moment. It seems their first ever fight and disagreement in this reality are because of Xisheng's again.