144 Pity (1/2)

While Jun Hua is staying outside, Yamin who dressed as Jun Min walks around the hall. She didn't encounter many people who know Jun Min personally except Yan who is busy making a ruckus. She didn't bother with him and walks towards the table to take a glass.

At that time, a girl came to his side and to her surprise, it is Lan Gao Ya. The girl is smiling brightly towards 'Jun Min'. She takes up a glass.

”It's nice to meet you again, Prince Min.”

'Jun Min' feels a bit uncomfortable around this girl, but she forced a smile out as naturally as possible. Her instinct as an assassin warns her that this girl is dangerous and she should stay away from her. No matter how innocent Lan Gao Ya act, she knows that there is something far deeper inside this seemingly frail girl.

”Lady Gao Ya.”

Lan Gao Ya smiled back. She noticed that looking from up close that Jun Min is shorter than her by a bit, but that gaze on his eyes are clear. He looks even more handsome today, it seems that the boy had dressed up for this event.

”Are you busy, Prince Min?”

”Not really, there are only some matter which is easy to deal with,” 'Jun Min' answered leisurely. She started to walk with Lan Gao Ya followed after her towards the garden.

”Will you have any ceremony upon reaching adulthood?”

Women have their ceremony when they are 15 while men have it when they are 18. Since Jun Min is only 15, he hadn't had the ceremony yet. Jun Hua had never told Yamin about it, but Yamin could guess that her Miss must have her own plan.

”Probably later,” she answered.

Lan Gao Ya didn't mind the answer Jun Min gives her. She looks at this man feature and somehow, she feels that this man is truly amazing. Unfortunately, she cannot admire this face for a longer time because someone had suddenly appeared.

”Gao Ya, didn't I tell you to stay away from him,” Lan Ping only moves his eyes for a moment and this girl had already disappear from his gaze. When he found her again, she was beside the man whom he hated so much. How can he stay calm?

Lan Gao Ya looks towards her cousin with glare on her eyes. She was trying to use this change to get close with Jun Min, why does he need to interrupt her? She truly wished that her cousin can just forget about her and think about his wife instead!

”Lan Ping, do you want another match?” 'Jun Min' smiled coldly. ”Do you think you can beat me?”

Lan Ping indeed wants to have another match with Jun Min, but he doesn't have the courage that he can beat the other party. All this time, he keeps on the losing end and compared to the two of them, he becomes the weakest. There is no way he could accept it. How can he, after receiving that much help, still lost? These two should have stayed on the back and not him.

”I can.”

”Really?” 'Jun Min' sneered. She had seen Lan Ping ability and it's still far weaker compared with Jun Hua. Only an idiot would want to challenge a battle they know they couldn't won unless he had a good strategy. However, this person in front of her could never do that with his damaged brain.

”You!” Lan Ping wants to beat Jun Min even more.

Lan Gao Ya stepped forward and glared towards Lan Ping. Her eyes seem like giving him warning that if he didn't go right now, he will regret it. Lan Ping obviously that Lan Gao Ya is not an ordinary girl after living in the same residence for years. After all, she didn't survive through sheer luck.

He had seen part of her true face that she unintentionally showed because he was pestering her continuously. But since then, he found it harder to get close with the other party.

Lan Ping does want her, but at the same time he just doesn't want his cousin in the hand of the man he hated so much. If Lan Gao Ya were to marry any other good man, preferably an official, he wouldn't feel anything. But, this man is the one whom he had hated so much and the one the emperor had once set to kill before changing his plan and let the boy defend Ming Kingdom thus bringing them victory in the latest battle.

”Gao Ya…”