Chapter 23: The library ( Bonus episode) :

DISCLAIMER:

This chapter has nothing to do with the storyline and is mainly for people who want to know what happened with Shang Guan Yue and Chun Hua, if you don't want to know you can always skip it.

CHUN HUA POV:

My name Is Gong Chun Hua. My mother is Gong Ning, I don't know who my father is as my mother was a prostitute and got pregnant by one of her customers, she left the brothel after I was born and made a living with embroidery. the clothes' she use to sew for me were so pretty and unique. I'm 17 this year and last month my mother died from an illness. Two days after since I didn't have enough money to bury my mother I was going to sell myself when an old disgusting man started harassing me touching my face, and hands... When he came in berated the bastard in a whole and took me back to Moon Valley. Like a hero saving a beauty though that is nothing, you could call me.

To be honest I'm quite grateful to Mister Shang Guan but gratefulness is grateful and love is another. And now I'm more confused than ever, do I like Shan Guan Yue or is it just the feeling of gratefulness? But when I go near him my heartbeat was very bad and I got flustered, especially at the time Childe wanted to take on the punishment for me. So I can confirm I'm in love with him right? Eh, aren't I being locked in a room with Childe? If I find a chance to go near him then I can find out: if my heart beats furiously when I'm near him then I'm in love with him, if not then I only treat him as a saviour.

Before long Childe came in with Miss Shang Gu, I had an unsettling feeling in my heart as I saw them laughing together. Uhh, can they please just move away from each other? " Yue ge ge I would like to help you but I can't Aiyo. The quicker you're done the quicker we can go and have a drink ok?" Miss Shang Gu laughed as mister nodded his head. ' Do you like her? Then I would break you guys up you can only have eyes on me. Wait what am I thinking I don't even like him? Never mind. " ok I leave you guys to it the rules and regulations are on the second stall third shelf and the manners are on the fifth stall sixth shelf. Childe said you guys have to copy 100 times of both books. Good luck food would be sent at the same time byes," she commented whilst winking at mister. ' what's the joke am I missing something?

As Miss Shang Gu left Mister went to get the rule book for us and we sated down on the first day we didn't talk much but there was an awkward silence between us.

Day2:

Might as well go and grab the second book, I had stayed up the entire night to finish the 100 words and finally, I'm done but there was still the manner book. I stood up and found the book but I couldn't reach it but I wasn't going to ask him. The next moment I found something hit behind me and a hand reached up in front of me to grab the book, I muttered a quiet " Thanks," as I thought inwardly what is happening was he always looking at me?'

Over the next few hours, I constantly looked over in his direction and caught his eyes wavering in my direction but he looked away quickly enough. There was a hint of suspense and awaiting in the air when Miss Shang Gu came in, ' gosh why is she here again? Lord I can finally say I'm super jealous of their relationship, but she didn't look too well kept though. " Yue age I'm haggard. that mission was more energy wasting than I thought," She began 'Mission?' " Aiyo come and eat some red bean pastry," Mister spoke laughing. The air was filled with chatter and laughter before a servant came in and said " Miss Shang Gu, Childe knows your back and tells you to rest and perform the result of your finding tomorrow,". " Hmm tell Childe I said thank you," She replied " I better get out of here and take a nice long bath and lay on my bed the whole day. Oh, I send someone to bring you the cinnamon buns I brought when I was out, I specially brought them as they're your favourite,". ' So he likes cinnamon buns, next time I'm going to make it for him. She left as soon as childe replied Thank you. " So what pastry do you like?" he asked me "pastry not many apart from egg tarts that mom uses to make," I replied. Before long we both had finished and the night was still young, I learnt more about him than met the eye. So apparently he was the second son of the imperial astronomer and he never knew what life meant before both he and his brother met the valley lord as their life was mostly restricted by rules.

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SHANG GUAN YUE'S POV:

To be honest, I believe that my senior brother was trying to help me out when punishing both of us to the library but he didn't show it like usual. When would this ice poker face ever be melted? He appears cold on the outside but quite nice if you get to know him well.

Before being sent to the library I secretly told Shang Gu to help test if Chun Hua had at least a little feeling inside her for me and indeed I was happy when I saw her trying hard not to look angry but failing face. Anyways I finally got to know what she liked and disliked and our hobbies are quite the same as well, does this mean we are destined to become lovers?

We spent the night in the library but we were told to go to the Senior brother's study room as he knew we had finished the work assigned to us.