38 Unbreakable Vow (1/2)

”It's been a while hasn't it, Wei Jingyi?” Rin chuckled darkly.

The frail man standing before Rin had the appearance of what a beggar would look.

His white robes were dusted with dirt as his long dusky hair and beard were loose and dry.

After years of the two finally meeting face to face, Rin took note of the man's once youthful appearance was now wrinkled and worn out. Making him appear fragile and weak.

”Seems like you took my advice to heart, Princess…” Wei Jingyi merely smiled causing the wrinkles around his shining eyes to crinkle.

Rin's cold eyes narrow but her serene smile remains, her slender porcelain arm holding the crossbow lowering.

”I wasn't really given much of a choice was I?” Rin sighed hopelessly while placing her crossbow inside her woven bag on her small back.

Wei Jingyi's eyes widen before he releases a helpless smile, however, his dull eyes remained stern.

”Yes, that is true.” He said as his haggard eyes flash seriously. ”However, you should refrain from doing anything reckless from now on. After all, those that are dead should rest peacefully.”

Towards his seemingly concerned words, Rin simply lowers her head while letting out a soft chuckle.

”I should say the same to you, Wei Jingyi,” Rin sneered. ”Rumors say you're a wanted fugitive by the Emperor.”

Wei Jingyi's eyes flash with clear surprise. Letting out a sigh, he looks at the young girl dressed as a male merchant.

”You got me there,” He grinned while scratching his bearded chin.

He shifts his eyes to stare directly at Rin with complicated emotions.

”Although Princess, our tragic cases are both extremely different wouldn't you say?”

Releasing a wide sneer, Rin scoffs. A tinge of malice flashing ominously within her emerald eyes.

”I see. Are our situations different because you once worked under my Uncle, while he slaughtered my family and naively assumes that I, Princess Liu Rin am dead?” She said ungraciously with a wicked sneer, her head tilting.

Rin looked into the man that formerly was her servant and trusted companion with coldness and indifference.

A man she had once trusted innocently.

Noting how he remained silent towards her words with his head lowered to stare at the dirt ground, Rin's cold unemotional face released a dark glare - her rosy lips curled up.

”Or is it simply because I'm a mere woman who was raised in a Palace and can't possibly possess any skills to overtake my Uncle?” Rin said icily.

”Princess, I merely wish for you to move on from the past and live a peaceful and happy life. For your gracious sake and the Eastern Empires people.” Wei Jingyi spoke sternly with his head gently lowered.