28 The Legend Part 10 (2/2)

She turned to Mua Kong. ”Thank you again for helping me earlier. I have to leave. If you have something else to do, you can go take care of your stuff and come back later to pick up your cloak.”

”Okay,” Mua Kong replied as he nodded to Hli Ja.

With that, Hli Ja rushed out and headed to the restaurant.

Curious, Mua Kong turned to Grandma. ”She works? She doesn't help you run the shop?”

”She's helping cover for short staff. She will be done soon and should be back to help me with the shop.”

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At Lotus Flower Restaurant, Hli Ja ;was distracted the whole time. She kept thinking about the man who had saved her. The smile and aura felt so familiar to her but she just could not remember where she had seen him. The answer was just at the tip of her finger but she was unable to recall.

On her way back home, she overheard a short, warm conversation between an older woman and a young man. ”Not long ago, you were just a little boy and now you're all grown up!” The older woman patted his back.

She looked at the two people who walked past her thinking of what she just heard.

Little boy... grown-up… It was then that the answer hit her.

The image of Mua Kong always smiling at her when he would accompany her to fetch water... the smile from earlier was similar to Mua Kong just in a grown man's body. She gasped at the realization and ran home.

She burst into the house but no one was in the back living area though she could hear someone chopping woods in the backyard. She ;rushed through the back door.

Mua Kong and Yee Len were sitting on the bench, drinking tea while the other bodyguard was chopping woods.

She looked at Mua Kong and rushed up to him with her breathing labored due to running. ”You... you still owe me a promise!”