A Wish 3

After a very hearty meal, the four of them gathered in Ouyang Xueqing's room for a discussion. In that moment, Ouyang Xueqing finally decided to introduce Furball to Ren Yupei. The man was of course shocked upon finding that such a weird small creature was the one that had saved his life.

The content in which they talked about was similar to how An Zhengnan interrogated him yesterday. The difference was, An Zhengnan threatened him, but Ren Yupei coaxed him gently into telling him everything.

Furball nodded and whispered as he pointed at Ren Yupei. "I like this one better!"

Ouyang Xueqing burst out in laughter at An Zhengnan's sour face. As a full grown beast, it was a matter of fact that he could hear a voice miles away, lest only a mere few meters. Furball who discovered that he was caught red-handed shuddered and hid behind Ouyang Xueqing's hair.

"Okay!" She clapped to catch their attention. "I hold this discussion because I still have some doubt regarding ghost qi."

Ling Xiaochen: "What are you doubting about?"

"Do you remember when the first time when the ghost qi started to appear?"

"Hmm." She tapped her chin. "As far as I remember, it was almost two years ago. But the number of casualties were small and the ghost qi had only haunted them and not cause them to die."

Ren Yupei pondered deeply. "This matter had been brought to The Lord three years ago as they started to feel the difference of qi in the air."

Ouyang Xueqing's mind wandered. Three years ago, she was ten years old then. She couldn't remember anything special that happened. "Furball, do you know why the ghost qi appeared?"

"Eh?" Furball blinked. "Why should I know?"

She sighed. She should have known better than ask this little guy that only knew sleeping and eating! "Why have the ghost qi started to appear three years ago? If we had known the cause, maybe we can prepare in case something like that happens again."

No matter how hard they thought, there seemed to be nothing.

The ever silent An Zhengnan who hated politics and work to his bone suddenly muttered. "Three years ago…"

"What?" Ouyang Xueqing asked eagerly. "Do you remember something?"

He asked back. "Do you not remember?"

"What?" She blinked confusedly. Did she supposed to remember something?

His expression was weird as he said. "Three years ago…was when the shaman had suddenly appeared in Beast Mainland."

Ouyang Xueqing's eyes widened. The shaman! The beautiful brother! Until this day, she could vividly remember the silver hair that looked just like a fountain of falling stars against the moonlight and the deep crimson pupils that filled her with awe. The dripping elegance down to his fingers and the pale fragile skin "What about the shaman?"

"Don't you feel something strange? The shaman had never appeared in Beast Mainland, but once he did, the ghost qi started to surface."

"Do you mean this is the shaman's doing?" She cried out. "But he is the God's servant!"

Ren Yupei interjected. "No, that's true. We can't rule out the possibility as we can't think of anything than the shaman's appearance. But Princess, you have met the shaman before right? What did he look like?"

"He," Ouyang Xueqing's mind traveled faraway as her eyes sparkled in admiration. "is the epitome of beauty."

The three of them: "...Pardon?"

"I have never seen anyone with such beauty before! His appearance, his mannerism, his elegance, his charisma!" Ouyang Xueqing squealed like a fangirl. "If you have met him once, you wouldn't have forgotten him forever!"

Ling Xiaochen blinked. "That handsome?"

She nodded eagerly. "That handsome!"

"More than Ren Yupei?"

"More than Ren Yupei!"

Ren Yupei's mouth twitched as he commented helplessly. "Miss Ling, it's not good to compare me to such a revered figure."

"But you are Ouyang Xueqing's ideal man!"

He choked on his saliva and coughed. Could they pretend that they never heard of that? Everytime he recalled that day, he only remembered the Lord's fake smile, his threat and how his life were hanging on a mere thread.

An Zhengnan scowled. "The shaman is indeed shady."

Ouyang Xueqing glared at him. "No one shall insult him in front of me! How can you?! If you have met him, you would only have this protective feeling toward him. He was such a fragile man that he couldn't bear to harm a mosquito!"

An Zhengnan flicked her forehead. "Are you drunk by his beauty?" He teased.

Her face instantly flushed in a light pink hue. "N—No!"

Furball bounced against her cheek repeatedly. "Shaman? What's that?"

Ouyang Xueqing was glad that Furball had changed the topic for them as she answered readily. "You didn't know them, huh? The shaman was said to be the God's servant. They could hear the God's voice and relay it to us. Some kind of messenger."

"What?!" He exclaimed in shock. "What the fuck was that people? I have never heard of shaman my entire life! I agree with this son of a bitch, they are indeed shady!"

"Who are you calling son of a bitch, you bastard!"

Ren Yupei cleared his throat. "Language."

An Zhengnan whined as he pointed at Furball. "But he started it first!"

Ling Xiaochen muttered under her breath: "Childish."

"Hey, I can hear that!"

Ouyang Xueqing was honestly relieved by Ren Yupei's presence. As she thought, only he could deal with An Zhengnan! She had really missed him so much by the time he wasn't there by her side.

Ren Yupei concluded. "That's enough, I will investigate the shaman deeper. Let's conclude our discussion as the ghost qi has been eradicated fully thanks to…" He coughed awkwardly. "…Furball. Now, we can rest fully before returning."

Furball rolled his eyes as he had finally resigned to his fate for being name 'Furball'.

Ouyang Xueqing's eyes brightened at the mention of home. The sooner they returned, the sooner she could prepare her departure to White Owl country! Her one week promise with Ling Wenfu was approaching and she really couldn't wait any longer!