Arc 2.11 Zu Tian

"A'Feng...."

"Hmm?"

"A'Feng...."

Zu Tian called out to him again, he was hugging the other as if he was his life.

His eyes were so dark that if one would look into it now they would surely and definitely pee their pants.

"What's wrong?"

Noticing his strange behavior, Feng Niao was a little worried about him.

It had started just right after the spring hunt began that he noticed Zu Tian's sudden change of behavior, it somehow scares him how cold the other got while looking at him.

He did not know what had happened during the few hours that they had separated.

But during those few hours, something must have happened for the other to treat him a little coldly.

Seeing him so indifferent and cold unlike what he was used to, Feng Niao felt a little bit hurt.

He does not know why he was suddenly treated that way.

It would have been better if Zu Tian yelled or screamed at him because in that way he would know what the problem was.

But Zu Tian was just keeping quiet and looking at him with those deep eyes of his.

He felt like a prey being watched by a predator not knowing when it would attack him.

"A'Feng."

Feng Niao felt chills on his spine when Zu Tian called out his name for the third time. He does not know why but he suddenly sensed danger hearing his voice.

"Yes?"

Feng Niao almost stuttered. He was having a hard time saying out his words due to some dry throat and fright that he did not know where it came from.

"A'Feng..."

Zu Tian paused for a long while before continuing his words.

"I...love you."

Feng Niao gasped having a hard time breathing.

He was quite surprised when he heard Zu Tian say he loves him.

That was new.

Though they had been living for quite some time, never had he heard Zu Tian say "I love you" to him. Not like he was expecting that he would say that to him.

After all, he was just one of Zu Tian's bitches that warms his bed.

"I....."

Feng Niao swallowed down his saliva even having a hard time doing so. He really did not expect the other to say those words to him suddenly.

Though he was expecting to hear those three words come out of his mouth one day, it was still a surprise when he heard them.

"You, what?" Zu Tian asked still hugging him.

Feng Niao swallowed hard. With eyes tightly shut close and teeth clenching, he uttered those three words from his heart.

"I love you, too."

Hearing his response, Zu Tian tightened his arms around him, and an idiotic smile that was hard to see appeared on his face.

"I'll hold you on to those words."

The both of them look at each other and smiled.

"Why? Why did you betray me?"

Zu Tian looked at Feng Niao who was at the center of the assasins looking at him.

Zu Tian held his chest that was pierced by an arrow and looked at Feng Niao in anger with a little bit of sadness.

Feng Niao who was the target and sole person in those eyes was also shocked by the sudden development of things.

He also did not know what had happened.

They were just...just happily walking when suddenly they were ambushed and then....

And then.....Zu Tian was hit by 'his' arrow.

"I...."

Feng Niao opened his mouth and like a gaping fish, he closes and opens it. But no words came out of his mouth.

Seeing those eyes filled with anger pointed directly at him, he could not just say a word.

"Feng Niao!!!!" Zu Tian roared.

"Yes, I did it!" Feng Niao roared back.

It was a wonder why he suddenly started shouting nonsense but Feng Niao looked at Zu Tian's anger-filled eyes head-on.

Even though his legs were about to fall down and his voice shaking, Feng Niao looked Zu Tian in the eye not looking away.

"I betrayed you!!"

'No, I did not!'

"I earned your trust just for this day! I waited for a chance to kill you! Hahahah!!"

'No! No! Please, stop! I'm lying!!'

"So, all this time you were just deceiving me? All those acts of kindness and care were just an act for me to believe?"

Zu Tian's countenance turned paler and paler as he loses more blood as time goes on. But, his eyes never left Feng Niao, not even for a bit.

"Yes. It was all just an act. You were really easy to deceive."

'I'm lying! Please, don't believe me! Stop listening! I beg you!!'

"Then, I'm really an idiot for believing you. What do I expect from a citizen coming from such a country? Your ancestors were all liars. The current emperor is even more of a liar. You... you're also a liar."

"And you believed me."

'Nononononono... Stop it!!!!!!'

"Yes."

"Young Master, as planned, he is going to die today!"

"Everyone, attack!"

'NO!!'

Feng Niao looked horrified when he saw Zu Tian who was grievously injured was about to be attacked.

He finally woke up from his stupor and tried to help him.

But before he could take another step forward, blood gushed out from the assassin in front of him.

"Ack!"

Thud!

"Who dares harm the emperor!!"

A buff tan man stood in front of Zu Tian with a bloody sword in hand that he had just freshly stabbed towards the assasins.

"Ah! It's General Shen!!"

"Wasn't he guarding the borders?!"

The assasins were in a panic when they saw hidden guard after hidden guards surround them from all sides.

Never had they thought that the emperor had this many hidden guards and even brought them all out to have a walk under the sun.

Did they fall into a trap?

"Were dead!"

"Let's get out of here!"

"Who says you can go? Capture them alive!"

"Yes!"

"Ack!"

Watching the assasins being apprehended one after another, Feng Niao felt like his soul was about to leave his body.

Feeling the intense gaze on his face, he did not dare look him in the eye.

"Your Majesty, what should we do about him?"

General Shen who noticed the silent Feng Niao on the side asked Zu Tian a question that both of them doesn't want to hear.

Hearing them talk about him, Feng Niao gingerly raised his head and clashed his eyes with Zu Tian.

He quickly looked down being burned by Zu Tian's cold eyes.

Zu Tian looked at Feng Niao for a very long time before giving the order.

"Bring him back with us. I'll decide about his punishment after I'm done sorting the assasins."

"Yes."