27 A Moonlight Meeting (2/2)

No wonder he wasn't comfortable. So far, she hadn't create bad feelings with anyone so those assassins couldn't be after her. They were ordered to hurt him then...? \”Are you hurt anywhere?\”

\”I'm fine.\”

Li Wei seemed as if she didn't hear his response. Her hands desperately search his body, even though she wouldn't be able to see any wounds with clothes on. Then she remembered that he actually was wounded. Her finger pointed to his chest. \”You were shot there?\”

His eyes turned to hers, his gaze a bit cold. \”How did you know?\”

She was innocent, she just remembered this from before... But he wouldn't know that. \”I just took a guess.\”

\”Oh.\” To her relief, he believed her right away and continued talking, \”As you know, I'm the only prince of Hai'an... Naturally, I'm my father's only hope. Even if he dislikes me, he can't afford to cause me harm, but I can't say the same for my Imperial Mother.\”

Li Wei thought of the encounter she witnessed within Khan Bojing's courtyard when she previously sneaked into the palace. She blurted carelessly, \”Chu Fangyin wants to kill you?\”

Suddenly, his face was only an inch away from her face. His eyes seemed to be glued onto her eyes. He didn't care about keeping an appropriate distance. For a long time, his gaze didn't falter, trying to search the truth within her eyes. When he spoke again, his tone gave off a dangerous feeling, \”How did you know?\”

Li Wei couldn't stand his intense stare anymore. Obviously he knew she liked him, but he was still so thoughtlessly to close to her. Her hands pushed him physically away so she could breathe properly. \”Remember when we met in the capital and I wanted to buy your cart of woods?\”

This question initiated a long back and forth investigation between the two.

\”How does that relate?\”

\”I was trying to see you.\”

\”But you were with me.\”

\”I mean, I didn't know you were you.\”

\”Huh?\”

\”I didn't know you were Khan Bojing. I thought you were a woodcutter.\”

\”Huh?\”

\”I thought you were just Xu Yebai. I didn't know Xu Yebai and Khan Bojing were the same person.\”

\”Oh.\”

\”Yeah.\”

\”But how does the woods relate to your story?\” Khan Bojing couldn't help asking. Li Wei was making no sense to him. Wood, him, wood, him. Woodcutter, prince, woodcutter, prince. How did this relate to him being killed again?

Li Wei slapped herself in frustration. She didn't think he was this dense. How should she explain? \”I really liked Khan Bojing. Don't ask why. I traveled to Hai'an but never ran into him. After three years, I was tired of waiting so I took matters into my own hands and wanted to sneak into the palace. I happened to meet you in the capital and thought that I could use your cart of woods to cause a distraction for a chance to get inside. That's why I wanted to buy it, but I didn't end up using it. I got in anyway and hid myself in Khan Bojing's room then I witnessed a scene where someone else pretended to be him. Then all of a sudden, soldiers came in saying that the emperor wanted to see him. Someone else said something about a Chu Fangyin wanting to question Khan Bojing's whereabouts. Chu Fangyin is obviously the empress of Hai'an now. So that's how I know Chu Fangyin had ill intentions towards Khan Bojing.\” She spoke so much with no rest that by the end, she was breathless. Her eyes silently begged him as she slowly asked, \”Get it now?\”

\”En...\” He seemed to ponder it in his head as she struggled to breathe. Right as she took in deep breath, he questioned, \”But why are you talking as if Khan Bojing is not me?\”

She fell back onto her bed hopelessly. \”I was just trying to help you understand. I know that you're Khan Bojing and you're Xu Yebai. I know you play many roles!\” Then, she added weakly, \”How about now? Makes sense?\”

He moved closer as his face peered down at her. He nodded his head indicating he came to a conclusion. \”Basically, you really really liked me, although I don't know why and can't ask, so you did some crazy things. You're just like a little white bean sprout covered in mud, you didn't look for trouble but it came flying at you. Wait, maybe your roots are a bit red because you're a bean sprout hopelessly in love.\”

Eh.... she wouldn't exactly phrase it that way, but it worked too. Hold on, why was she a bean sprout out of all things?