Chapter 60 - Talented Hong Bao (2/2)
Leng Jin Yu shook his head. ”No. It's not one of them. We'll have to consider who else would benefit from this. There aren't that many possibilities.”
”So …?”
”Let me think about that a little more. The other thing we should think about, is how to get the crown prince's fate back on track. As long as he can pass at least one trial in the mortal world, the heavenly emperor shouldn't punish the fate's scribe too badly.”
”And you have a plan regarding that?”
Leng Jin Yu repressed his sigh. ”Wouldn't the fate's scribe know better than us how to do that? I'd suggest he focuses on the fate, while we search for the culprit.”
”Let's do that!” Hong Bao leapt to her feet again and grabbed his arm. ”Let us go right now!”
Leng Jin Yu waved her hand away. ”Not so fast. Do you think it's that easy? If it was, the fate's scribe would have long found out who the culprit is.”
”Then what exactly do we do now?” Hong Bao sat back down, but shuffled around on her chair.
”First of all, we need help.”
”No!” Hong Bao sprang right back up and extended her arms, as if she wanted to hinder him from leaving the room. Not that Leng Jin Yu had even attempted to do so. ”We can't do that. Shun Tao explicitly said, that I can't tell anyone about this!”
”But you told me nonetheless.”
”That … That's something different! I told you, because we need your help.”
”I don't think, he'd like that either. But that's not the point. We can't do this without help. And even if we could, we shouldn't. This concerns the whole nine heavens. We can't be irresponsible.”
”I thought you were my friend.” Hong Bao scrunched up her face, but Leng Jin Yu didn't react. ”You're way worse than Shun Tao!” She stumped her feet and turned around, ready to rush out. She had just taken one step, when she remembered, that this was her room. ”Why am I running out? You should get out!”
”You don't want my help anymore?” Leng Jin Yu lifted his brows.
Hong Bao pouted. ”You can't tell anyone!” She waited, but didn't get a response. ”Leng Jin Yu! I told all of that confidentially! You have to promise you won't tell.”
Leng Jin Yu stood up and sighed. ”Hong Bao, I'm sorry. I'm afraid, I can't promise that. This isn't a trifle. If the crown prince …” He shook his head, unable to even finish the sentence.
Leng Jin Yu hadn't been born in the nine heavens. He came from the mortal world. He was born there, had grown up there, had cultivated there and had only recently ascended and found a new home in the nine heavens. Of course, he had never seen the crown prince. But he knew, how important that person was to the nine heavens. If he died or something else happened to him … The gods couldn't cope with that. And as someone, who now lived with them, he couldn't just look the other way, when he found out, that something like that might happen.