10 A liking but no interes (1/2)

”Qiu ge, why did you call that boy a girl earlier?” The man in orange robes asked the second prince.

”Hmm?” Zong Qiu looked up from his scroll and signaled his head towards the man in dark red to explain.

”Ying, that was Wei Mingxia, the first daughter of the Wei family.”

”Hah?! Deng Yanjing explain clearer!” The guy in orange whined.

Deng Yanjing sighed and lifted his hand over his forehead before continuing.

”Basically, that was a girl dressed as a boy and that girl is also the first daughter of the Wei family. Does that explain everything Ying?”

”Ohhhhh.” Ying responded like a five year old finally understanding what something meant.

”If I remember correctly she's the daughter of the Viscount Wei right. But why would a person like her dress like a boy and come here as a servant?” Hearing this Zong Qiu smiled as he thought of the pair of brown eyes again.

”Because she's a known tomboy. Ever since young she was known for being not your particular lady.” Deng Yanjing continued and coughed when he mentioned the last part.

”Lady or not it doesn't not change the fact that she now owes me 100 gold and would have to work for me for that.” Zong Qiu stood up and walked towards a window, staring into the vast garden.

”About that.” Deng Yanjing walked forward before continuing.

”That was a lie right?” His statement did not surprise Zong Qiu so he did not flinch when Yanjing said this but it did surprise the childish Ying.

”Hah? Why would Qiu ge lie about that though?” Ying asked as he scratched his head.

Zong Qiu laughed and Yanjing sighed suddenly feeling very annoyed.

”The ebony wood fan is expensive but I am sure that the price is no more than 10 gold. I may not know exactly why you lied but I am sure about the general reason why.”

”Oh really. Well then why don't you tell me then.” Zong Qiu turned his back at them and began playing with the draperies on the window.

”Qiu..You, sigh.” Yanjing suddenly questioned why he was here in the first place.

Yanjing carefully thought out what he was going to say each word with caution since he knows that the words he was about to speak was on a topic Qiu never liked to talk about.

”Well from what I saw you seem to have taken a...liking of that girl.”

Ying spit out the tea he was drinking and jumped up to his feet.

”A liking? Yanjing are you sure, Qiu ge it's not true right.”