Uh.... trouble is coming

What made her curious was what breakfast she prepared this time. She stepped towards the door and opened the door for Xuan Ti. As soon as the door opened, the delicious aroma of food immediately entered her nostrils and made her daze a moment. And the sound of her stomach rumbling, complementing and announce her hunger. She smiled shyly in front of Xuan Ti.

Phoenix opened the door wide, stepping aside to let Xuan Ti in. After Xuan Ti stepped in, she closed the door and followed him towards the table and sat down there together.

Without waiting any longer, and Xuan Ti knowing full well that she was starving, he thrust the bowl towards Phoenix. then also handed her a spoon.

With a wide smile that reached her sparkling eyes. Phoenix took the spoon and scooped the food in the bowl, then put it in her mouth. "Hmm...This..." her eyes widened open, she knew very well the taste of this dish "Ru Jing is still here?" she asked in awe.

Grandma Fen Fang's cooking had always been her favourite meal. Especially the salmon porridge, which is finely grind when cooked, will always invite addiction when you chew it on your tongue. Makes you keep shovelling and stuffing your mouth again until the last shove, even before the porridge you're still chewing you haven't swallowed.

As she finished eating the salmon porridge, Xuan Ti's voice sounded "Ru Jing, warn me, to make sure you drink up this soup." He thrust the dark brown soup in front of Phoenix.

Phoenix smiled slightly, reflecting Ru Jing's face or rather Grandma Fen Fang's face when she said sternly warning the children in Xiao Hai's house. Her face will look stern and stiff, instead of wanting to scare the children, she will make all the children giggle. Because of her stiff face, added wrinkles around her eyes even look funny to look at.

Unwilling to add to the second warning she would get from Xuan Ti, if she refused or showed any reluctance to drink it in his presence. From the color alone, she already knew that it would taste bitter, every time she drank such a liquid, the bitterness she felt on her tongue would be evident on her face. And if she drank in front of the children at Xiao Hai's house, they would burst out laughing at the shrivelled look on her face at every corner of her face. Though reluctantly obediently she accepted the soup, raising it to her mouth, she slowly drank it down to the last drop. After that she put the bowl into the tray. While having a sour look on her face.

Xuan Ti only smiled slightly at Phoenix's reaction, shaking his head nonchalantly.

"Feeling better?" he asked in a relaxed tone, but concern showed on his serious face.

"Yes," she answered simply, forcing herself to put a big smile on her face. Whereas seconds ago, her face looked very sour.

"Walk with me, will you?" he wanted to ask what happened to her yesterday that very second, but he chose to ask by taking her for a walk in the backyard garden, to make her mood more cheerful. That way she will open her heart wide and tell all what she experienced yesterday.

"Okay" she replied again briefly but she lowered her head slightly, anticipating. She knew that Xuan Ti would ask her. He will not wait for the problem to drag on until it will make things worse. That's why Xuan Ti always does things quickly.

The two got up, walked out of the room to the backyard garden, behind the Phoenix residence.

Xuan Ti, always knew very well, every state of Phoenix's feelings. when is the right time to ask, what atmosphere makes her feel comfortable to express her heart.

When they arrived at the backyard garden, seeing birds flying here and there while chirping sweetly, made Phoenix's face immediately brighten. Xuan Ti let her play for a while with her favourite birds. He only watched her a few steps back from her.

"Hey! How are you?" she asked with a broad smile at the bird perched in her palm of her hand. the answer she received is the bird squeaked happily while jumping up and down with joy in her palms.

"Yeah... I miss you too" said Phoenix in response to a chirping bird.

"We missed you too, did you know that?" cheerful voices sounded behind Phoenix and Xuan Ti's backs.

They both turned their heads to see who dared to disturb their serene. Just to be gutted because it was Zhu Lung who came, his nosy behaviour never bore people but sometimes irritated them, for example now, he came at the wrong time. Xuan Ti was annoyed in his heart.

He not only came alone but also brought the other three dragon kings. And the four of them strode past Xuan Ti, as if his presence there was meaningless. 'Uh, how dare they ignore me' he folded his arms across his chest.

The four dragon kings approached Phoenix and stood around her with triumphant smiles on their faces. Finally got to meet her face to face after the bonfire incident.

"Qing Yang, we all came here yesterday, but you were sleeping. And you know what, Xuan Ti strictly forbids us to break into your room, he said you are tired and need rest. Tck.." At the end of his whimper Zhu Lung clicked his tongue while sneering at Xuan Ti, showing his disbelief.

"Yes, it is true. After so long gone and finally we meet again, only to be forbidden to meet. How outrageous!" Bai Lung sneered, added Zhu Lung's words. Deliberately urge the nerve of Xuan Ti.

"He boycotted you from us, what an old bastard" sneered Zhu Lung, adding a hint of tension to Xuan Ti's face, who is biting his teeth until his jaw clenched.

"What are you saying, say it again!" Xuan Ti rebuked Zhu Lung by giving him a dagger glare.

Qing Lung just shook his head, seeing Zhu Lung's behaviour that dared to feed Xuan Ti's nerves of anger. A wide smile on his lips as he sighed. This was common in Zhu Lung's presence. he was always throwing tantrums between the four of them and Xuan Ti was no exception. Even with Xuan Ti's charismatic calm demeanor, he sometimes puts his authority aside and plays along with them. that why their friendship even more closed, aside from their duties as dragon king.

Xuan Ti's blushing face made Zhu Lung sneeze and immediately ran and hid behind Phoenix's body, he knew only Phoenix could help him from Xuan Ti's anger.

"Don't just because you hide behind Qing-qing, it doesn't mean I can't reach you" threatened Xuan Ti, his glare dagger squinting at Zhu Lung even more.

"Look!, you saw that--" he said to Phoenix peeking from her right shoulder.

"Hey… Hey… you guys, stop embarrassing Qing Yang. Look at her face, she's turning red," Xuan Lung cut in, giving the impression of being a helper for Phoenix's embarrassment.

Xuan Ti walked over to Phoenix and hugged her, so she could hide her face in his arms from his impudent and shameless friends. "You just wait!" he threatened, his head resting against the crook of Phoenix's shoulder.

This act made Xuan Lung bite his teeth until his jaw clenched, not enough there he also clenched his palms secretly holding back his anger and jealousy.

Xuan Ti loosened his embrace, glanced slightly at Phoenix's face that was still hiding in his chest "Don't mind them, you want to go inside". Phoenix answered him by shaking her head.

"See…" A triumphant smile appeared on Zhu Lung's face. "She wants to meet us, so stop your protective act, Xuan Ti" he scoffs while laughed out loud.

Xuan Ti just sighed, with Phoenix wanting to meet them. There was nothing he could do anymore. just obediently follow her wishes.

"Okay, where were we?" Zhu Lung's voice was heard again. "Oh... we are missing one person, where is Ru Jing?" he asked uncertainly to whom, but his gaze wandered around, looking for the figure of a woman he knew. and said the person, and the person appeared at the back door of the Phoenix residence. "Ru Jing…!" he shouts loudly causing Ru Jing to roll her eyes, resigned.

"Uh… trouble is coming," she mumbled to herself.