Chapter 44 - Past Ghost (1/2)

The girl finally arrived at their front and shoved herself between Li Ru and Lei Xing, still with an excited expression and hugged Lei Xing's other arm, ”Xing Jie, I've missed you.”

Lei Xing and Li Ru looked at her wide-eyed, while Xiao Ting was frowning at the new arrival.

...Isn't this that Lady Baihe or whatever it was?... I don't remember us being anything, much less this -_-)...what the hell is this now?... If anything shouldn't be glaring at me thinking I cursed her to fail and forgot to include myself...

Lei Xing frowned and tried to pull her arm away from her hands, then she looked at Lei Xing's expression and pouted, ”Xing Jie, don't tell me you have forgotten me?”

Xiao Ting narrowed her eyes and excitedly said, ”Jiejie, you don't know she is, right?” and then went on to mumble, ”I knew she was lying.”

Lady Baihe scoffed and glared at Xiao Ting, ”Oy brat, mind your business.”

Xiao Ting frowned and retorted, ”She is my sister, she is my business. Outsiders are the ones who should mind their business.”

Lady Baihe sneered, ”Stop pretending like you're close. Isn't it just you clinging on by yourself...like a pest.”

Xiao Ting on hearing that, her face turned red and she looked at Lei Xing teary-eyed, ”Jiejie, she...”

Lady Baihe scoffed and whispered, ”Stupid crybaby.” Which caused Xiao Ting to turn to glare at her again and was about to open her mouth to retort, when Lei Xing, who was standing in the middle of this spat, finally recovered from her bewilderment, ”That's enough.” And then tried to pull her arm out of Lady Baihe's grasp but couldn't, and so made to move her other arm to peel her off, but Xiao Ting was also holding onto it tightly, ”Xiao Ting, let go.”

”No, tell her to let go.” Xiao Ting indignantly replied.

Lei Xing then turned to Lady Baihe and flatly said, ”Can you let go?... Please?” She added for politeness.

Lady Baihe frowned and mumbled, ”Why should I be the one to let go? She's clearly the one who's in the way.”

Xiao Ting on the other side stated, ”She's my sister.”

”And she's my - ”

”That's enough, both of you let me go right now!” Lei Xing ordered and the two of them instantly released her.

Xiao Ting then quietly said, ”Jiejie, don't be angry...”

Lady Baihe on the side mumbled, ”This is your fault, my Xing jie never gets angry...”

Lei Xing sighed and then turned to look at Lady Baihe with a frown, ”Um, I do remember you from the concubine selection...but I don't think -”

Lady Baihe instantly grabbed onto Lei Xing's arm again, ”Ah, jiejie you shouldn't hold that time against me, I...um, you know...I was muddle-headed at that time, and...and it was a competition too so...just don't hold it against me.” She finished with a beseeching smile.

Xiao Ting on the other side also grabbed onto Lei Xing's arm when Lady Baihe did, and Lei Xing immediately glared at her and she reluctantly let go.

Lei Xing skeptically looked at Lady Baihe and then peeled her hands off her arm.

Lady Baihe frowned, ”Xing jie, you really don't remember me? It can be said that we've known each other for years, we're just like sisters...even though we haven't met for a while.”

Xiao Ting on the side scoffed, ”Sisters? How come she has never mentioned you before. You're probably just some stalker who has been following her around.”

”The stalker in this situation is YOU, also it's not like she tells you anything anyway. So how would you know?”

”I've told you, it's not stalking if she's my own sister in our own home.” Xiao Ting defended.

”I'm pretty sure this isn't your home.” Lady Baihe dismissively said and then turned to Lei Xing, ”If you don't remember, you can ask Ah Jin, I'm sure she remembers.”

And so, their attention turned to look Ah Jin who was behind them. Ah Jin froze and looked back at them wide-eyed for a moment, before stepping forward looking at Lady Baihe, who was squinting back at her, then Ah Jin seemed to slightly knit her eyebrows and then looked at Lei Xing.

Lei Xing was looking between the two of them, observed this little interaction and thought it a little weird and was even more curious.

”Your highness, it seems you met this Miss a few years ago -”

Xiao Ting interjected, ”How come no one in the family knows about it?”

Ah Jin hesitated for a bit and finally said, ”You met her during that period when you were...away and became sworn sisters.”

Xiao Ting on the side dejectedly said, ”Oh...”

Lei Xing raised an eyebrow.

...Away?... What does that mean? A vacation?...Away where?...