Shopping Time

"Even though I've never seen Little White before, I'm already feeling sad to see it leaving us. I would have loved to play with it. Our Cold Palace would surely have become livelier because of its presence."

Li Wu muttered with sadness filling her eyes as she stared at the departing figure of the young man and the Little White whom he was cradling in his arms.

"Miss, where did you even find this squirrel from?" Li Qi asked as she followed behind her Miss along with her sister.

Ying Yue broke into a soft smile, which was hidden beneath the veil that she was wearing, as she replied, "I found it playing near the back wall of the Cold Palace. I've also never seen it before today. Who knew that it will make us rich in just a single night?"

The girls abruptly stopped in their tracks as they stared at their Miss in pure surprise.

A horrified look took over Li Qi as she hurriedly said in a panicked tone, "Miss, what if that Little White actually belonged to someone from the Imperial Palace?"

Li Wu also grasped the seriousness of the situation as her eyes too widened in panic. The two girls looked at their Miss as if they were waiting for the latter to dismiss all their panic.

However, what they got was - "If that's the case...then we are doomed!"

Ying Yue did not wait for a single more second to see how the two girls were going to react. She just turned around and started walking towards her next destination.

The Li sisters had no other choice but to hurriedly follow their Miss. No matter what would be the outcome of selling a mysterious little furball, they were more than ready to bear it for their Miss!

The two girls made up their mind to protect their lady at every cost before they once again started following behind their Miss.

The three girls spent the next hour shopping for some necessary items.

Ying Yue bought clothes for the three of them along with a new pair of shoes for each of them.

She even bought a few wooden hairpins which actually looked good because of their beautiful design.

She then spent some money to buy quilts and blankets.

Her next stop was for buying vegetables and grains, but Li Wu decided to speak at that moment.

"Miss, we won't be able to carry all these things back."

Ying Yue turned to look at the two girls and found that both were holding items in their arms that they had purchased so far.

After thinking for a few minutes, she decided to not buy the vegetables for the time being.

"Alright! We will visit the market again tomorrow to buy items for the kitchen. Let's compromise for now." She told the girls who immediately nodded their heads in agreement.

The girls then stopped at a stall where Ying Yue bought seeds for vegetables, fruits, and even some seasonal flowers.

The season of monsoon was approaching and it was the perfect time to start a small nursery of their own.

In that way, they won't need to worry about buying vegetables. However, there were still many food items that they could not grow on their own.

After buying everything, Ying Yue made a quick calculation and realized that so far they only spent thirty silver taels out of the five hundred that she had in store.

Their last stop was at a food stall where the three of them finally quenched their hunger. The food tasted so good and mouth-watering when compared to the tasteless porridge that they had been eating for the past few months.

"Miss, I'm really happy today. I'm happy for you, for Li Qi, and for myself too. It's a very foreign but a great feeling." Li Wu spoke as they headed towards the Star Lake Mansion.

Li Qi looked at her sister with soft eyes as she nodded her head in agreement. She too was feeling the same.

A small smile appeared on Ying Yue's lips as she heard the sincerity in Li Wu's voice.

"It's a good thing that you guys are happy. Since we have now a taste of this happiness, let's do our best to fight for it."

Her voice was soft but it held the determination and courage that moved the Li twins to immediately nod their heads in agreement.

They were going to fight for their happiness! For a better future!

***

"You are back!"

Ying Yue commented as soon as she felt the presence of the man in her bedroom/bed-chamber.

Silver walked towards the girl who was sitting at the edge of her bed with a huge crystal ball in her hands which was illuminating the room in blue light.

"What's that?"

He questioned as he eyed the ball suspiciously.

"No idea, to be honest. I found it on my way back here from the market." Ying Yue replied as she placed the ball on the table near the head of the bed.

"You are still picking up risky things from the road without a second thought?"

His tone was taunting and so were his eyes that stared at her with such intensity that Ying Yue had to control herself to not jump at the hot supernatural standing in front of her eyes.

He liked that! Hell, he actually enjoyed it! Playing with her. Taunting her and making her lose her control. He loved the feeling of scattering her self-control into tiny particles.

And Ying Yue had to give him the credit for that! In the fifteen centuries that she roamed the Earth, he was the only person who succeeded in doing that - making her lose her control.

She was so lost in her thoughts that she did not even realize that the man was now standing right in front of her.

Her eyes looked directly into his dark green eyes that promised her a night of intense pleasure. A level of pleasure that would leave her writhing and moaning beneath him.

However, she was too coward to accept it. Too hesitant to finally stop torturing herself by not giving in to her needs.

"Do you want me, baby?"