Chapter 167 - Backwash (2/2)

Lei Xing had just decided to check the trunks when she heard the door open. She turned around and just decided to go find either Ah Jin or Xiao Ruo to ask if they knew its whereabouts. Only for her to stop dead in her tracks, wide-eyed.

The Emperor was standing in the middle of the room, his face bruised with cuts, and most shockingly was the fact that he was holding a sword and was looking at her with an unreadable expression.

Lei Xing gulped and glanced at Ah Jin who was standing behind the Emperor, intently staring at him as if ready to pounce if he moved. Apparently the only one brave enough to have followed him inside.

Before Lei Xing could process the scene in front of her, Xiao Ruo burst into the room and immediately fell to her knees next to the Emperor, ”Your majesty, please do not be angry with Her highness!” Ah Jin quickly knelt beside her and echoed her words, followed by more echoes from the rest of the more timid of the staff that had stayed outside, safely in the corridor.

Lei Xing finally blinked and then frowned in confusion.

{...So he's here for me...with that?... But he said to tr- Seriously? O_O)...}

Lei Xing was confused, but she started feeling very upset and was now pretty much glaring daggers at the Emperor.

{...I am not going to beg... Run me through if you want!. Then I'll haunt you for the rest of your life and make sure you live a hellish miserable life! Hmph!..}

The Emperor frowned and glanced at Xiao Ruo and Ah Jin, confused over what the fuss was. Then he noticed Lei Xing glaring at him, then he quickly realized it was his hand she was glaring at. He looked down and was shocked by the sight. He immediately released the sword and it noisily fell to the ground, shocking the others.

He immediatley looked up at lei Xing and said, ”I-I would never hurt you.”  Lei Xing stared at him with knit eyebrows and obvious skepticism. The Emperor was still rattled and understood her disbelief.

He had brought a sword here. He was truly not aware he still carried the sword and no one said anything to him on the way here. He just thought...He honestly was not really sure what he was thinking. And the blatant disbelief he saw in her expression felt like another stab to his chest. He looked down with a frown and then turned to Xiao Ruo and Ah Jin who were still on their knees and ordered in a chilling voice, ”Leave.”

Xiao Ruo started to speak again but Ah Jin grabbed her hand and whispered something to her. Xiao Ruo glanced at Lei Xing, who was looking at the Emperor unflinchingly. Then she glanced at the sword on the ground, and then reluctantly got up and left with Ah Jin.

After the doors had closed behind them, the Emperor looked back at Lei Xing who was still looking at him with a wary expression. He let out a breath and repeated, ”I would never hurt you...you know that, don't you?”

{...So the sword was for? -_-)...}

Lei Xing stifled the urge to roll her eyes, instead, she glanced down at the sword and then looked up at him and assessed him with a cool gaze.

{...Well, he does look sorry...Actually he looks like a sorry apparition right now, pitiful almost...What the hell happened to you?...}

Lei Xing could clearly see that something was wrong with the Emperor. When she came out, he was just standing there with a blank expression, face pale and looking worn out. In a daze almost. Then that expression changed to a frown and then panic when he dropped the sword and now it was apologetic, at least that was what she interpreted it as. His expression was odd.

Seeing how odd his behavior was, she could not hold on to her anger but still feeling unnerved by his odd ”moods”, she simply nodded in understanding. The Emperor studied Lei Xing for a bit and then lowered his eyes and stared at the ground between them.

Lei Xing knit her brows and awkwardly stood there, not knowing what to say or do with his presence. She guessed that his face was a result of a brawl and given the situation this morning, she guessed the perpetrator was Prince Yi. Although, she never expected the Emperor to have taken such a beating...especially not to the face.

{...What the hell is wrong with that guy? Why aim for the face?!... Okay, he probably aimed everywhere else too, but still, the face is a no go area! I hope he used a stretcher to go home! -_-)...}