Strange Man

The sound of horse hooves fills the silent morning. Follow with the sassy birds chirping at the densest tree along the small path. Dai Yang stops the horse, at all of a sudden, almost makes Yuen Er jump to the front.

"Oh, why are we stopping?" asked the young man with his eyes rounded at Dai Yang. The big man points ahead, not long after the long small road, there will be the border. That means they will be leaving Cloud Valley, his territory. 

"Nothing, just, too bad you can't stay any longer in this beautiful valley"

Yuen Er looks around, it's indeed a beautiful valley, but his Uncle Teacher said, it's quite dangerous there. He just swam in peace when some men attacked him, he better stay out of there soon.

"Yeah, but I prefer to go home." said the young man.

Dai Yang looks at the boy's delicate face. Really can't help himself to not touch him. He raises his hand, with his two long fingers lifts Yuen Er's soft jaw, holding it gets close to him. Yuen Er's eyes widened. 

"W-What are you doing?" said the young man stuttered. 

Dai Yang smiled, mischievously. Look at the pretty big eyes that can fill his empty heard with just one small light.

"I change my mind. How if, we go back to our house, and stay there. I will make your life so beautiful and you don't need to go to the deep and dangerous forest by your self. I'll make sure, you got all you need, even the smallest one" said Dai Yang, whispered in the kid's ear so close. Yuen Er's eyes bigger when Dai Yang pulled his jaw and kiss his lips.

"Y-Young Master"

The morning air was not so hot. A Ning and the others had already kicked off the path leading to the border area of the Cloud Valley. He Tao was beside A Ning leading the way. The lackluster Moon Lotus school elder looked quite worried, he looked left and right with wary eyes. They entered the road that was starting to be filled with dense vegetation when a voice was heard from the front.

"Let go of me!"

A Ning's eyes widened, he knew that voice very well. Without thinking, he stomped his horse's reins and ran to the road in front of them.

"Brother Yuen!"

A Ning pulled the reins to stop the horse seeing in front where someone was holding Er Yuen's two hands who were sitting on a horse. They found him, and that man must have had bad intentions toward him.

"Younger brother!" Without thinking too long, ANing jumped down from his horse to Er Yuen while pulling out his sword.

Er Yuen's eyes went wide. He didn't have time to explain when a Ning suddenly shot toward them and attacked Dai Yang who was holding his hands.

"Get your hands off a Yuen!"

Dai Yang who turned his head swiftly nimbly lifted Er Yuen's body and dashed with him from the horse, dodging A Ning's swift attack.

A Ning's edgeless long sword flick could have harmed Er Yuen. Dai Yang looked on in annoyance, he floated in the air with Yuen's on his hug to avoid A Ning's attack. Who was dare to attack him?

"Brother A Ning! Stop it!" Er Yuen scream. He Tao rushed towards Dai Yang unexpectedly and pulled Er Yuen off the stranger man's hand.

"Yuen'er!"

Dai Yang, stunned in his place, didn't expect someone steal his possession from his hand. The old man's movements to be so fast that he let his guard down and lost Er Yuen. He was about to respond to A Ning's attack by raising his hand, light air flew around him, the air fill with energy that in very short time become so heavy. He was ready to hit the young man until Er Yuen's voice stopped him.

"Stop it, you guys!" Yuen pushed himself out of his Uncle Teacher's hand and run to the battle field.

Even Ning who had already raised his sword high froze in place. He was panting. His opponent was extremely formidable, he could feel the rush of air from Dai Yang's hand which was ready to attack him if there was no Er Yuen who had suddenly dashed into the middle of the battle looking at the two with big eyes.

"Stop it!"

As if nothing happened, the air turns back to normal. He Tao's eyes are bigger. He never thought the internal force pressure from that stranger would be so big, A Ning might be not his opponent at all if he insisted on fighting him. Who is that young man?

Mei Lan got off her horse, she was about to approach fast but HeTao's hand held her.

"Mei hold on"

Yuen er standing in the middle of the two young men ready to block the attack that the two of them were about to do. Dai Yang lowered his hand, looked at the young man with wide eyes. He pulled Yuen's hand at him. But A Ning look at the man with his big sharp eyes and hold on Yuen's other hand.

"Let your hand off him"

And the two staring each other like the biggest enemies ever encountered.

......…..

Soon after that.

He Tao clenched his fists in front of Dai Yang thanking him for leading Er Yuen to the Lotus Valley. While A Ning checked Er Yuen to make sure he was fine after almost being the target of his attack earlier.

"Are you alright, a Yuen? What a fool, next time don't run into the middle of the battlefield like that again, it's very dangerous"

A Ning pinched Er Yuen's nose in annoyance, Er Yuen could only accept it with resignation.

"Forgive me, brother, but Yuen'er doesn't want brother to fight him. He helped Yuen'er, and I haven't even paid him yet, he has helped Yuen'er twice"

A Ning glanced at Mei Lan who seemed to also know the handsome young man, Mei Lan nodded.

"Yeah, that's right, brother, the other day when Yuen almost fell in the waterfall he was the one who saved him, but" Mei Lan approached A Ning and whispered.

"But that person is a bit strange, he is like a man who sees Yuen with his mouth almost drooling."

A Ning listened carefully while Er Yuen couldn't hear what both said because Mei Lan was whispering.

A Ning looked at Dai Yang with big eyes. He knew that there must be something wrong with him that made him dislike him at first sight. As Dai Yang looked in their direction a Ning pulled Er Yuen's hand closer.

"Come on brother, let's go home, your teacher has been frantically looking for you since last night"

Er Yuen complied as A Ning's hand grabbed him towards his horse.

Seeing that Dai Yang excused He Tao who was still talking. The young man blocked A Ning and Er Yuen's path.

"Em, my sweet Yen Yen, I'm hungry, you said you want to treat me to a meal, as a thank you"

"Eh that"

A Ning pulled his lips at the man. He even called Er Yuen with a familiar nickname. He tightened his grip.

"You guys just traveled from afar, can you do it some other time?"

Dai Yang as if he didn't care about A Ning being in his way. He came forward, almost bumped A Ning's shoulder, and took Er Yuen's other hand, lifted it, and kissed it, right in front of A Ning.

"Well, how about this, you promised earlier. Emh, your hands smell so good"

A Ning pointed the sword still in its scabbard in front of Dai Yang blocking him closer.

"Let your hands off, you are so rude"

Dai Yang just smirked seeing A Ning's eyes widen as if they were about to swallow him. An ignorant young man, he thought he was afraid of him? Why should he let Er Yuen's hand off? But Ning also didn't want to let Er Yuen's hand go until he was caught in the middle.

"Eh Brother"

"Yen Yen has grown up, Does he still need a guard attached to him like this wherever he goes? Then, how can I approach him?"

Insolent! A Ning curse, that man openly picks a fight with him.

"Take your hands off Yuen, who do you think you are? Having a right to hold on my brother's hand, his hands are not for you to hold arbitrarily" A Ning's voice trembled with anger.

He Tao was about to intervene but he wasn't sure where to start. 

"You guys don't make a fuss here"

Dai Yang pulled the corners of his lips smiling at A Ning, looking at him with his big round eyes. Both were still holding Er Yuen's hands tightly not wanting to let go.

"I like holding his hand, is that a problem with you? After all, Yen Yen doesn't belong to anyone right now, so I can try to make him mine. Don't you think so, my sweet YenYen?" whispered Dai Yang.

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