40 An Unraveling of Secrets (2/2)

Li Wei's eyes almost bulged out. Momentarily, she was too shocked and repeated what he said without thinking. ”You need to look at my chest?!”

”Shhh.” Song Yishan covered her mouth with his hand so she couldn't scream.

Alright... No loss if she listens. She was willing to hear it out and gave a slight nod to indicate her agreement.

Once he was sure she wouldn't scream, he fell back onto his chair. A thin layer of sweat covered his face.

Song Yishan had practiced this very line for over twenty times to ensure it'd go smoothly, but still messed up. Why though? He thought his request was very clear and simple?

Yue Shangwu shook his head at the useless lass beside him. He took it upon himself to solve the matter. ”Khan Bojing claimed you have a mark on your chest, is that correct?”

After Song Yishan's abrupt request, the old man's direct question caused Li Wei to blink a couple times before she grasped his meaning.

A mark? Since when did Khan Bojing have time to notice a mark on her chest?!

The most intimate they've been... They haven't been that close yet?

Li Wei placed her chin on her hand as she flipped through their encounters... Oh, the night he snuck into her room. It had been humid and she didn't expect he would really come either, so that time she indeed wore just a thin nightgown.

Was it then? But weren't his eyes still too observant?!

”I am innocent.” Song Yishan slowly pushed his chair backward in caution as if the woman across him could explode any second. The look on Li Wei's face was a terrible sign... It was as if the prince had wronged her.

In this case... He could only raise his hands in surrender. ”Khan Bojing was the one who said it! If you didn't know he saw your chest then he's the pervert!”

”Quiet down, Yishan.” Yue Shangwu's command immediately zipped Song Yishan. ”Was the prince correct?”

”I...” Li Wei hesitated, it was personal information. Yet, a person like Yue Shangwu wouldn't be asking for fun either. Surely he has more important matters to tend to. ”... On the left side of my chest.”

Song Yishan almost shot out of his seat. Li Wei really took into consideration his previous request and began taking off her outer jacket.

He immediately stopped her, feeling scared. ”Big sister, no need. I think I'll really be killed by Khan Bojing if I see even an inch of your skin.”

Li Wei glanced him up and down in doubt. ”Don't you need to see it?”

”Well, his exact instructions was to check.” Song Yishan scratched his head, pondering the endless meaning of ”check.” At first, he thought he should check in person to confirm it himself. But to check, is it necessary for him to actually see it with his eyes?

He was again, dumbfounded by Khan Bojing's lack of clarification. The prince better prepare to read his thousand characters report!

Best friends or not, no mercy once he returns. He almost died today, alright!

Song Yishan was at his ends' wit and could only weakly suggest, ”Eh... How about you just describe it?”

Yue Shangwu grew impatient by the second. Song Yishan, that glutton, was going nowhere. He pulled out from his waist a piece of paper. ”You are the crown prince's beloved, I trust you won't tell lies. It it similar to this?”

On Li Wei's chest, just above her heart, there was indeed a mark-- a stroke curved almost like a crescent moon.

When she was younger, the mark was a little dot similar to a mole. Slowly as she aged each year, the red mark began to spread.

”No response means I'm correct.” Yue Shangwu took his drawing back. ”You must bear this mark, but yours is only halfway formed.”

There was no use in denying what the old man just said. Li Wei only watched him with profound interest. She was always curious as well. ”What about it?”

Song Yishan slyly slipped back, eager to step back from the tension around him. After all, he was squeezed between two scary people.

One being his cold master and the second being the prince's strangely aggressive lover.

Yue Shangwu served two emperors in his life. He had gone through the best and worst times of his career. Something like this was nothing to him. He laid down the truth at once, ”Your birth name is Yue Biya... You are my daughter.”