54 Borrow Ones Hand To Kill (2/2)
Staring at the flower with unfeeling eyes, Rin suddenly lifts her slender white fingertips toward the flower's soft petals.
Just as her fingers were about to touch the blooming flower in the tree, her movements paused.
”It's not polite to eavesdrop, young Miss Lixue.” Rin calmly shifts her head behind her to stare at large stone beside the gardens crystal blue pond.
For a few seconds, the area remained still and silent, until only ten seconds later, a petite figure slowly pokes their head out from behind the broad stone.
”How did pretty big brother find out?” Lixue's delicate voice asked, her brows furrowed.
”Young Miss Lixue seems to have forgotten; I've been trained in the military. I'm quite sensitive to my surroundings.” Rin lightly chuckled.
”Young Miss Lixue also shouldn't be wandering out without a guard.”
The little girl pouted her small rosy lips, her plump hands tightly gripping onto her flowing silk pink dress. The visible expression shown on her rosy face was one of being wronged unjustly.
Rin stared at the girl's expression with steady eyes, a gentle sigh escaping her lips.
”Come over here, I want to show you something.” Rin beckoned the little girl gently.
With sparkling bright eyes, Lixue smiles before quickly running toward Rin - her small plump feed stumbling slightly.
”Careful, don't run. You don't want to trip and fall do you?” Rin said soothingly as the little girl approached her.
Hearing Rin's seemingly kind words of concern, the little girl's luminous eyes brighten even further her rosy plump cheeks glowing as she looked up at Rin admirably.
In all honesty, Rin had noted those words in concern of the girl falling and injuring herself, which always resulted in crying when it came to children.
Another thing Rin was bad at - comforting children. Therefore, if Lixue cried she'd be uncertain on what to do or say.
And when a child cried, especially someone like Lixue who was the daughter of the governor in Guando, the governor would surely look to her.
She wasn't in the mood to be scolded by a little kids parents…
Sighing helplessly, Rin's impassive emerald eyes look up at the chrysanthemum tree.
”Does young Miss know what these flowers are called?”
Lixue shifts her glittering eyes toward the tree the young man stared at serenely.
Seeing the lovely snow-white flowers and the delicate ruffle of petals glow beneath the warming sun, Lixue's eyes widened.
So pretty! They were like white snowflakes!
”Lixue doesn't know.” The little girl said innocently as she looked at the pretty young man with bright eyes.
”They're called chrysanthemums.”
”Chrysanthemums?”
”En.”
A gentle gust of wind breezes through the lush garden, fluttering the hair of both Rin and Lixue.
”Do you want to know its meaning?” Rin suddenly asked, her intent gaze continuing to stare at the delicate flowers.
”Uh-huh!” Lixue bobbed her plump head, her round milky cheeks jiggling.
A deep and unknown emotion fills in Rin's alluring eyes as she stares at the flowering tree.
”White chrysanthemums represent nobility, strength, and elegance. They are also thought to attract good luck to the home and represent a life of ease.” Rin said gently.
”They're said to refuse to be polluted by society.”
As the young man spoke soothingly, his elegant voice carried a tinge of loneliness, his bright emerald eyes dimly lit.