Each other's little world

Daiyu smiled at Mei jingjing. "Can you give me a minute, my room is a mess so you can't come in yet."

"Oh."

Daiyu closed the door shut before Mei jingjing could say anything further, she hurriedly hid the sketches under her pillow and arranged her bed, she glanced at her room one last time making sure everything was in place.

"Looks normal to me." she quickly ran to the door and opened it.

Mei jingjing stared at her. "Are you done?"

Daiyu nodded, Mei jingjing stepped into her room and couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, she sat on the bed with Daiyu beside her.

"What brings you here Mei jingjing?" she asked sweetly.

"Master Li Jie told me about the incident so I thought I'd come check on you, are you alright?"

Daiyu nodded with a smile. "Yes I am, thankfully, master Li Jie was close by to help me, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here right now."

Mei jingjing smiled at her. "I'm just glad you're alright, I just wanted you to know if you need someone to talk to, you can always come to me."

"I'm really grateful you came to see me, I haven't had anyone who cared for me for a while now."

"You have me, Li Jie, and leader Chang now."

Daiyu smiled. "Master Li Jie is so nice, you're lucky."

Mei jingjing was caught off guard by her words. "What do you mean by that?"

"I mean he's a nice person and you two care for each other even if you haven't realized it yet."

Her hands gripped unto the edge of her bed tightly as she tried to keep her anger intact, Mei jingjing smiled at her.

"Get some rest Daiyu." she got to her feet but the minute she was about to step out, her eyes caught sight of some papers under her pillow, for some reason, she felt drawn to it.

Noticing Mei jingjing had her gaze on her pillow, she walked up to Mei jingjing jolting her from her thoughts.

"Let me walk you out Mei jingjing." she said, Mei jingjing shrugged her thoughts away and walked out, after saying goodbye to Daiyu, she left and Daiyu closed the door shut.

She heaved a sigh of relief. "Phew!, that was close."

She laid flat on her bed and brought out the sketches staring at Li Jie's handsome face.

"What are you doing to me master Li Jie?, how will I get myself to kill you now?"

The next day, Li Jie sat with leader Chang at the dojo.

"I've decided to leave tomorrow leader Chang."

leader Chang poured a cup of hot tea for himself "It's a good idea, you still need to find the two seals left."

"I'm grateful for all the training and help, I'll do my best from now on."

"Go and make your kingdom proud, you have my blessings." he suddenly sighed.

"But, you're going to have to face the lightning, I'm sorry to say this but I'm not sure you can survive it."

Li Jie already knew that, he knew he didn't have much time left.

"I know that leader Chang, I only want to make sure everyone is safe before that happens, I don't care if I don't make it, I trust Mei jingjing to be able to take care of everyone when I'm gone."

"So much trust on your wife?"

"Yes, she's my wife after all."

leader Chang Chuckled lightly. "You always seem to amaze me."

A small smile crept up to Li Jie's lips.

Mei jingjing combed her long hair in front of the mirror, she smiled while staring at herself in the mirror.

Li Jie stared at his beautiful wife who combed her hair in front of the mirror, her small delicate face looked so pure and innocent with a sweet smile on her small pink lips her, big brown eyes looked bright and expressive, it made his heart skip a beat, she noticed him staring and she froze at her spot.

When he noticed he was caught, he cleared his throat and looked away immediately.

"M.... master Li Jie?"

He walked up to her, she hurriedly wanted to tie her hair but he stopped her from tying it up. she stared at him through the mirror.

"Don't tye it up, it makes you look less ugly." he teased but kept a straight face, she gawked at him.

"Go away!, I don't need your comments, I know I'm pretty, hmph!"

She got to her feet and walked out but didn't bother to tie her hair up again, she tried to convince herself it's cause she wanted to do it, not because he said it.

She sat under the plum tree and played her flute, it's been a while she played it and she just wanted to step out of reality for a while and just stay in her own little world.

Li Jie showed up and met her playing the flute, he smiled and walked up to her, she paused when she saw him coming, he sat beside her under the plum tree.

"Master Li Jie, you're here?"

"I'm sure you felt much more comfortable when playing the flute at Lijiang mountain right?"

She nodded with a smile. "Lijiang is my home so of course I'd enjoy playing my flute at the mountain, it's much more peaceful and....." she paused, hold on a minute, how does he know she plays the flute at Lijiang mountain?!.

Her eyes slowly averted to his direction, he only stared back at her.

"How do you know I play my flute at Lijiang mountain?"

Li Jie shrugged. "I just know."

"You're lieing, we never met untill..." a realization suddenly dawned on her, there was always a carriage which stopped by each time she played the flute, could that be.....

"Are you the one with the luxurious carriage always stopping close to the mountain?"

"Wow, I guess you really aren't that dumb."

Mei jingjing gave him a playful hit on the shoulder.

"That was you all this while, in a way you knew I was going to get married to you."

"In a way."

She suddenly looked confused. "How come?, I thought you weren't allowed to leave the palace?"

He sighed. "I did but I stayed out of sight, after the mistake I made when I was little, I wasn't only stopped from stepping outside, I was locked in my room for a year or two. according to my father, it's my punishment for misbehaving with my powers."

"What happened then?" she asked softly.

"Well, I only had those crazy Chao Xua and Haorang to keep me company only because they were my guards. I was just a kid, a stubborn one to be precise and I never listened to my father, i tried to step out against my father, the emperor's will, I got punished with twenty lashes of the paddle."

He chuckled at the remembrance but Mei jingjing found that horrifying, twenty lashes of the paddle at such a young age?!, why would his father do that?.

She sighed as well "Well, my parents died when I was only five so I had to live with my aunt who didn't like that idea very much, she tried to get rid of me so many times but I was just as stubborn as my Aunt, she had to deal with me staying cause I wasn't prepared to leave."

They both shared a little piece of their past with one another and realized they weren't the only one's whose had a tough time growing up.

He leaned his back on hers and rested the back of his head on her's as well. His eyes closed as he felt relaxed.

Mei jingjing had gotten used to Li Jie leaning on her most of the time so it didn't bother her, she closed her eyes and played her flute with a soft tone except this time around, it felt like the tune was meant for just the both of them, soft plum petals dropped on them making the scene look so romantic as the soft tune from her flute filled the air. wether they both liked it or not, they were now in each other's world for good.

Tomorrow was a journey they had to be prepared for.

Weng Lie snucked out of leader Chang's home and got into the woods.

He waited patiently for someone, Chaoxiang crawled out of the dark smiling at him. "Did anyone see you coming?"

weng Lie shook his head. "No, they don't pay attention to me at all so they couldn't have spotted me that easily."

" what news do you have for me?"

weng Lie smirked. "They're going after the second seal tomorrow."

Chaoxiang chuckled. "I'll have to give them a grand welcoming then."