506 The Secret About the Past 124 (1/2)
”What's wrong… are you very disappointed to see me? Who are you here to look for if not me?”
Upon hearing the alluring male voice, An Xiaoning turned around to see a figure in red standing up. His features were perfectly chiseled, and he was dashingly handsome.
”Of course I'm here to look for you. I've missed you, Brother.”
”Save it, Feng is not around. You're going to be disappointed,” said Tuoba Gucheng, clearly unconvinced.
”He's not around? Where did he go?” Tuoba Danxue asked eagerly.
”He took leave and went home.”
”When did he apply for leave? When did he go home? Why did he do that?”
Tuoba Gucheng snorted with laughter and said, ”Look how concerned you are. I wonder if I'll drive you nuts if I don't tell you.”
”Brother, tell me quick.”
”He said that his parents called him home for an urgent matter which he did not mention explicitly. I didn't ask him in detail either.”
”Why didn't you ask him?” Tuoba Danxue asked, pulling a long face. A sudden thought crossed her mind and she quickly blurted, ”Could he have gone home for a matchmaking session?”
”Maybe he did,” Tuoba Gucheng said with a sheepish grin.
”Brother, I want to go out of the palace.”
”Go ahead, I'm not stopping you anyway. Just don't let Father and Mother find out.”
Tuoba Danxue sat down and said, ”You know that's impossible… Brother, give Feng a call and ask him what he went home for.”
”No,” he refused, not wishing to meddle with her matters. However, he knew that a romance between his sister and his bodyguard would be impossible.
”Brother, I'm begging you.”
”Danxue, I'm begging you too. Don't put me in a spot.”
Tuoba Danxue remained in her seat sulkily without uttering another word.
An Xiaoning looked down and avoided eye contact with anyone while standing there quietly.
Little did she expect to be sized up by someone.
”Is this country bumpkin the new bodyguard Xiao Chi hired for you?”
”Yes.”
”Just like what I expected. You really only ever hire ugly bodyguards. The pretty ones are never to your liking,” he remarked with a faint smile.
I know the features of this mask may be average, but it's not to the extent of being ugly, is it…? An Xiaoning thought to herself.
She looked up at Tuoba Gucheng and subconsciously rolled her eyes at him, causing him to be momentarily stunned.
He stared at her again, only to find that she was looking down at the ground, as if he had just hallucinated.
He could not help but take a few more glances at An Xiaoning. ”Hey, country bumpkin, what's your name?”
As much as An Xiaoning did not wish to answer him, she knew she ought to do so in order not to land herself in trouble.
She looked up at him and said while smiling, ”Your Highness, my name is Mu Ning.”
”You're so ugly yet you have such an unfitting name. Your parents must really be oblivious.”
An Xiaoning did not have a good impression of him at all. How could he be so rude and callous?
”Your Highness, looks are only superficial. Personality and character are what matter most.”
”But who would be so retarded as to approach and discover the personality of an ugly person?”
”If people only judged others based on appearance, how are you going to be so sure that someone loves you for who you are and not for your looks?” An Xiaoning retorted.