12 Drawing Interes (2/2)

Hongyue chuckled. Her laughter startled him. Was this little devil not afraid?

”What moving dead body? Has anyone heard of it? Can you prove it? You know”, She hesitated, to speak softly, ”Maybe there really was a ghost.”

Whatever can he say? No one has seen a corpse that moved by itself after death so no one would accept his words. Clever girl. She knew his words held no weight over hers. He stared hard at her, he noted she was shaking, and she didn't seem stable.He noticed her eyes were strangely dull. Was she blind?

”You're right but what if I tell others about your little mask? If they knew the eldest miss wasn't a stupid idiot, what would they say?”

Hongyue laughed wildly.

”It doesn't matter. People always want someone else beneath them. Even if it's the truth, they'll play it off until it becomes a lie. The more you say it, it better sounding it becomes to the ears. Even if you have proof, they'll continue to say I'm the little incompetent 'normal' eldest miss. They want a fool, I'll play that fool for them.”

The man couldn't help but admit she was right. Who would be willing to listen to him say a useless 'normal' was all powerful all of a sudden? He would be wasting his time.

Hongyue suddenly staggered forward, blood sprayed out of her mouth and splattered every direction. She couldn't restrain her body anymore and collapsed. The man stood frozen, startled at the sudden development.

He quickly reacted and caught her in his arms.

A figure in pale floral robe suddenly appeared and aimed for his head. The man quickly avoided it, retreating back while clinging Hongyue.

”Third Prince! Let my sister go!”