15 Chapter Fourteen (1/2)

The guards were stunned.

”Hello? I asked you if you had any money?” Yu You Lei was irritated, and waved a hand in front of their faces. After considering for a moment, she asked, ”Do you even listen to my orders?”

This time, it was Bai Liu who reacted first.

”Yes, Mistress.” Falling down onto one knee, he lowered his head. The other guards all followed suit, saying the same thing as Bai Liu did.

Ignoring their actions, Yu You Lei repeated herself again.

”Okay, so do you have money?”

”This. . .” Bai Qi wanted to cry. They were paid to follow the orders of Li Juan Tian, but they . . . Were they going to be forced to hand it over just like that?

”Hand it to me.” Yu You Lei saw the look flash by Bai Qi's eyes, and knew that he, at the very least, had money.

Bai Qi looked over to Bai Wu, silently begging for assistance. Bai Wu himself seemed helpless, and could only dig out what little amount he had on him.

The others looked at each other, and upon seeing the very same helplessness in each other's eyes, could only reluctantly dig through their pockets for money.

A smile blossomed on Yu You Lei's face as she stared at the pile of gold coins which was slowly forming. Slowly but steadily, the tiny pile was beginning to become slightly bigger.

However, this smile soon faded when she realized the guards stopped adding coins to the miniscule pile.

”What? Is that all the six of you have?” Yu You Lei asked, almost ready to personally go forth and pull off all their clothes in order to find some money. With some difficultly, she managed to restrain herself.

”Y-yes, Mistress. Us servants do not bring much with us when guarding the Crown Prince, nor do we received much in terms of coins either. . . ” Bai Wu was left with the responsibility of breaking the news, since none of the other guards were willing to do it.

He felt a shiver run down his spine as he stared at the face of Yu You Lei, which had already turned cold.

Yu You Lei's eyebrows furrowed, her expression instantly freezing up. She moved forward to count the coins, hoping there were more than there seemed to be. In the end, there were only 70 gold coins altogether in the pile!

She completely ignored Bai Wu's attempt at rousing her sympathy, and immediately demanded, ”Go grab all your money and give it to me!”

The simplest way to earn money for now was to extort the guards!

Bai Wu broke out into a cold sweat, and tried his best to turn the situation around.

”We were ordered by Master to guard Mistress, and we cannot leave your side. If we want to go grab our money, then Mistress has to follow us.” Bai Wu explained. It wasn't a lie, since Li Juan Tian had ordered them to keep Yu You Lei within a few hundred meters of them at all times.

Yu You Lei let out a scoff.