Chapter 2: An Emperor?!

Yueying snapped his head in the direction of the sound. Strangely enough, not a single soul was seen in the place where he had heard the sound. An uneasy feeling rose in his chest.

"Maybe I should keep moving for now", he said whilst getting up from his rest stop. He dusted the back of his clothes and set off once more. This time he'd managed to find the path he usually took to the village, and he felt relieved after doing so, yet, in his chest, was still that same uneasy feeling. He tried pushing it down, but nothing worked, instead, it made him grow more anxious and paranoid. It got so bad that he ended being scared by the sound of his own footsteps.

"Phew, thank goodness! I thought someone might have been following me", he said smiling helplessly with his hand on his heart. Too much excitement really isn't good for the heart, he could get a heart attack! [even though he's only 16 but still...!].

Yueying was still in the middle of laughing at his own foolishness when suddenly he heard something again. 

"thud thud thud" 

It was the sound of footsteps.

In that moment, Yueying soul nearly flew out of his mouth from fear, he couldn't even turn around to see who or what was following him, but as the footsteps grew closer, he knew he had to do something, which was to run.

He stuffed his soul back into his mouth and fled as fast as his legs could carry him. Some of you may be thinking [What kind of trash MC was this?!] or maybe even [Can't he be even a little brave and NOT a TOTAL CHICKEN??!!]. Anyone who thinks this should go touch grass :) 

Of course, he couldn't do any of that. If YOU were in a forest, all by yourself, and you hear someone walking towards you, would you turn around and say [Stop following me!], yeah, I didn't think so. Besides, in THIS novel, there's no such thing as "MC Plot Armour" so Yueying could die!!

Anyway, Yueying now ran and ran for what felt like hours, and the owner of the footsteps followed closely behind him. Yueying had long legs and though he wasn't the most athletic person ot there, he sure could run, though it appears to me that whoever this is has pretty long legs as well.

Yueying had also realized this and didn't know if he should laugh or cry.

"Why won't this person leave me alone, do I owe him money or something?" 

Both Yueying and the person continued to run for a total number of three hours until finally, it happened. 

Yueying, who probably hasn't had that much exercise in all the 16 years of his life finally couldn't take it anymore and stopped to catch his breath. He was now VERY far from the village and of course very lost. He was about to keep running when suddenly he felt someone tap his shoulder. Yueying's blood ran cold, though he still wore that helpless, silly face of his.

"You...", he heard the person say. 

Perhaps because this was probably too stimulating for Yueying, or maybe his soul finally managed to escape, he ended up passing out right there before the person even finished talking. 

After a while, Yueying slowly came to. The sky was now dark and stars were painted all over the sky. He marveled at its beauty and dozens of aristocratic poems instantly took shape in his head. Unfortunately, he ended up forgetting it all as soon as he heard someone speak.

"You're awake?", the person said. Yueying was about to pass out again, that is until, he caught sight of the person's face. The person who'd been chasing him all this time was a handsome man with pale skin, light colored eyes, long blue hair and of course, a jawline that could grate cheese. Overall, he was eye candy that could give you diabetes and Yueying's head was placed on the lap of this eye candy much to his horror and embarrassment. He immediately sat up straight and ran to a random tree and hit his head on it. Though he was embarrassed that he fainted in front of someone so handsome, he suddenly realized something.

"Hold on, why was this handsome gege chasing me?" 

Yueying's face turned blank for a second and he slowly turned to the person. Mr. eye candy now stood up from his original position and dusted his robes, approaching Yueying as he did so. Seeing this, he managed to summon up some courage and asked the handsome gege a question.

"Excuse me, who are you?"

The man simply stopped in front of him and introduced himself in a very respectful bow.

Yueying, "?"

Mr. Eye Candy, "My name is Hao Yuxian, I was sent to seek you, your highness.

Yueying,"???"

Now, in the middle of a forest, some dude who called himself Hao Yuxian, just called him, a commoner for all his life, your highness????

Yueying couldn't process what he'd just said and quite honestly thought that perhaps he had made a mistake. How could him of all people be a member of royalty. I mean people in the village often say that he looks as handsome as a prince, that doesn't necessarily mean that he actually was one. 

Now Yueying waved his hands nervously and said;

"Um, Mister, I think you might have the wrong person here, I'm a villager, not a prince".

The man slowly raised his head up and looked Yueying in the eyes. Poor Yueying who couldn't understand what was going on was now being stared at by some handsome stranger.

Thankfully, he didn't have to suffer for so long as the Yuxian closed his eyes and spoke.

"You're right, you're in fact not the prince, but the soon to be emperor of the Palace of the Moon. For years, the members of the royal house have been searching for you, after an accident that had claimed the lives of your parents. You are the rightful heir to the throne"

"????"