Zhuan An & Qian Ki 3

In front of the eyes of Qian Ki, Zhuan An felt small, inconsequential even. Those two reds eyes staring at her had been way too much of a scare factor for her who was in any case of lower cultivation than Qian Ki.

Duan Hin, behind them, seeing what was going on was for sure confused, and scared since he had seen a glimpse. He wasn't a Body Reunion Realm like his brothers were, yet he was still a peak Body Shattering Realm, and he felt it 'What in the Gods name is she?'

Xiao Fan understanding that Zhuan An was frightened by Qian Ki looked at the scarer. "Didn't I tell you?" His tone angry.

Something which Qian Ki hadn't come across yet, "Then who is she? Why are you even taking her side?" She was taken, but yielding wasn't an option.

"First of all, she is Zhuan An, not her. Second, she is just as important as you are to me, like it or not, but don't you dare to threaten her like that again, not in front of me" He was practically hailing a volley of words at Qian Ki.

Who was getting too much information of importance "Wait, wait, wait-" She wanted to take this slow "-from the start, again, slowly.¨ She requested.

"Her name is Zhuan An." Xiao Fan held his words and did as she asked.

"Zhuan An is to you?" Then she asked the critical question while her hand went over to her white hair, starting to spin and tug it like she used to do when vexed.

"As important as you." Xiao Fan repeated what she had said, clearly as he could.

"So in the month that you were separated from Du Lan and I, you found yourself another woman?" One could see how her long hair was being pulled out from her head with every tug.

"Yes?" Didn't he just say that?

"Care to explain?" Qian Ki wasn't too amused, almost wanting to rip into Xiao Fan for a reason she didn't know, 'Thankfully the voice isn't saying anything to this.'

"After we separated a lot of things happened. There were things I didn't want to happen, and there were things that, in the end, came out nicely like Zhuan An." Xiao Fan explained.

"Came out nicely, in the end? What does that mean?" As they were talking, they were still moving forwards with the Holy Coalition, though a little slower since Zhuan An wasn't in the best condition.

"I will not say here. For now, what you need to know is that she is the same as you and Du Lan are to me." Then after speaking that she checked on Zhuan An, who was moving forwards with the help of his hand. "Are you feeling any better?"

"She's scary" Speaking this Zhuan An looked towards the forest on their side.

No, she wasn't any better. She was very much so still fearful, and he knew kind of knew already since he could feel her body from the hand that was on her back.

"It's okay, and she's not going to hurt you, not before I fall." Xiao Fan tried to guarantee her safety.

Zhuan An appreciated the words, yet in her mind, she knew that Xiao Fan wouldn't last a minute when pitted against that monster on the other side of him. And the other thing? That she wouldn't hurt her? She didn't believe that for a moment.

Behind Xiao Fan's back, Qian Ki had another moment to think of her actions. 'It can't be, it was a month... another woman in a month? While being imprisoned? Wait...wasn't he imprisoned?' She realised something that was weird to her. 'How can he be here if he was, for sure, captured by the Rising Fox Sect? This doesn't make sense!'

Coming out with this question, in her mind, Qian Ki didn't hold onto it for long "Weren't you imprisoned by the Rising Fox Sect? How are you already here?" She questioned the man trying to ease the woman named Zhuan An.

Xiao Fan stroke the back of Zhuan An a few times before turning his head towards Qian Ki, again. "Yes I was captured by them, but now I'm free." He stated, not knowing if he should tell the whole thing.

"Spit it out, the least you can do is be honest here. I have my feelings too, you know." Qian Ki didn't hold her words at all. She was speaking the truth, for she really wanted to know what Xiao Fan had gone through.

'No point in hiding it.' Xiao Fan found no reason not to tell her, it wasn't like things were going badly already, and holding onto the story would only make it worse, "I became a part of the Rising Fox Sect quickly after coming to the sect itself." And so he started with this.

"You became one of them? You don't look like one of them..." Qian Ki was about to say some demeaning words but didn't get them out from her mouth.

She was cut off "Do you like being called a..." Xiao Fan didn't say the words, "Neither does she like to be called a..." He didn't say the word slut either.

"She's one of them!" Now this was something that Qian Ki didn't expect in a hundred years, 'This woman is one of them? How could such a woman entice my Xiao Fan?' More and more questions were flooding her head.

"She is." Xiao Fan confirmed.

"How? I don't understand?" There were way too many questions in her head.

"And was the best way to start understanding to traumatise the other?" Xiao Fan argued, his tone not sarcastic or anything else akin to that at all, solely serious.

"I didn't know, at that point!" She defended.

"Ki'er you knew fully well, you just tried to play games" Xiao Fan was in a pickle since he didn't want to be angry at her, yet if he let Qian Ki away with this? In that case, it would be understandable if Zhuan An would have a major change in character or something, at worst, become useless in terms of martial aid.

To this Qian Ki didn't find anything to say. Xiao Fan was right, she knew that there was something between them, but she had acted hastily, stupidly even.

'This might be enough.' Seeing her become helpless after him saying so did Xiao Fan decided this might have been enough of a punishment, "Do not do anything like this again to An'er or I'll be angry, for real." He forgave her but made sure that she would remember.

"At least, you now know what it felt like to Du Lan when you schemed against her" During the month he had realised what had occurred to him in Hangzhou, not perfectly, but he could see the outline.

To everything, Qian Ki slowly nodded, nothing else, no words, no nothing. She acknowledged that she had done wrong to Zhuan An, and in a way, to Du Lan, however, when it came to the latter she wasn't too sorry since then she had been the aggressor.

Xiao Fan seeing her nod didn't speak more, he noted the apology and how the red in her eyes was retreating before going back to Zhuan An, for a moment before Qian Ki opened her mouth again.

"Can I help?" Her eyes now completely blue, she in her more shy form asked if she could help Xiao Fan to calm down Zhuan An, who still hadn't completely recovered from the shock, 'That girl will be like that for weeks.' She understood her powers and knew how powerful they were.

"How can you help her?" Xiao Fan was appreciative of the idea, but how could the person who made her like this help? What Zhuan An was feeling was pure terror from seeing Qian Ki, so how could Qian Ki help her get better?

"Some things you can't know like a woman does." She had something which should, in the ideal case, help. What was the ideal case? Well, the case where Zhuan An was smitten completely by Xiao Fan, in mind, and body.

"Are you sure it will help?" Xiao Fan knew that he wasn't helping much, so if she had something sure, but it needed to work.

"It'll work." She wasn't a hundred per cent sure but decided to say that it was so. 'Worst case, I know that she is acting when it comes to her and Xiao Fan.'

"Then go for it." Xiao Fan saw nothing wrong in this, surely Qian Ki couldn't make it any worse, nor did she dare to make it worse. "An'er...An'er" Yet before she gave the go-ahead, he wanted to speak with Zhuan An.

Who after hearing him being called ¨An'er¨ by Xiao Fan multiple times answered. "What is it?" Her initial fears had gone away, but now she clearly had some other fear in her, some that could last a long time.

"Qian Ki wants to talk with you." Xiao Fan spoke softly as he could.

"W-wants to talk? W-why?" She stammered some words out.

"I don't know, just listen to her okay?" This might not have been the best line for the moment, and Xiao Fan knew it himself.

Nevertheless, after saying it, he before Zhuan An could answer to him took the hand off her back, and let the two women continue while he waited for Duan Hin pass him. Maybe he could talk with him while the women talked.

"What's going on?" At least Duan Hin wanted to know what kind of a drama was he watching unfold in front of him, he might not be eavesdropping on them, but seeing their movement was it too obvious that something was going on.

"Women, I don't know" He shrugged his shoulders "If you know, please inform, I'll pay" Xiao Fan answered in a humorous way.

"If you pay then sure, I'll tell you." However, it seemed that Duan Hin would have something to say.

"I'll tell you a little of the place we come from in exchange, how about that?" He most likely hadn't any money Duan Hin would accept.

"Sure." Then he prepared to start telling him something he had learned. "So women... weird aren't they? Hard to handle, aren't they?"

"Yep, yep" Xiao Fan looked forward at the two women of his and agreed.

"How does one handle them? That is a hard question, but there is one way that will set you up with success." He was getting to the good part, and so Xiao Fan turned his eyes to look at the Chief explaining him things.

"The way is to have a lot of women, and I mean a lot, like tens, maybe a hundred, at that point you are getting somewhere."

"How does having more trouble help one." Xiao Fan laughed; this was of no help.

"No, no, this works, just listen young one. When you have enough of them, they will be focussing on each other that way they will never have time to bugger you." Duan Hin had his own, unique idea on how to manage women.

"...That might work..." Xiao Fan couldn't deny. "You know, the Bald Eagle Dynasty Emperor." Now it was Duan Hin's time to hear his side, and so he turned to look at Xiao Fan.

"I met him once, and he actually might use the same tactic as you, but without knowing it."

"What do you mean?" Duan Hin was interested to hear more when it came to the enemy's leader.

"When I met him, he was in the middle of twenty or so women sobbing. The women were all seeking his attention, trying to up the other women when it came to grieving." There was a line that could almost be seen between Duan Hin's way and the Bald Eagle Dynasty Emperor.