Chapter 14 (1/2)

This chapter is a very Jing-Xiao Yao centric chapter of Lost You Forever after a very Xiang Liu heavy last chapter The e time alternates a lot in this novel and all of this will continue to fuel the shi+pping wars and irly girl even if she does blush and soirly side What I irly deep down inside is that she’s coood to the prostitute Xan Tian Er was because Xiao Yao has also seen all the ugly and the painful aspects of life and no longer believes in rainbows and unicorns and happily ever afters She just wants an okay boring si wants the exact salad they have found each other andis really such a sweetheart but so so dense sometimes and that denseness frustrates Xiao Yao and her reactions are super adorable LOL, I can see Xiao Yao running circles around hi a lifeti really sees Xiao Yao as his one and only, whereas we don’t knohat Xiang Liu thinks (yet) and Zhuan Xu definitely has a destiny to fulfill that takes precedence over ro off his engageuy for her and the two of the the ether I can live with that, but sadly the characters don’t have the luxury of that type of fast escape ending More adventure is awaiting all of theets to steal so Has No Strategy to Remove:

Xiao Yao didn’t knosolid She grabbed onto it tightly and opened her eyes It was a rock and her entire body collapsed on the rock She could see in the distance a dark figure standing alone on another rock

The sun was rising and the daas cold andin the distance, appearing to wait forever more

Xiao Yao didn’t know if she was too tired, or happy, but her voice was gone and she couldn’t call out She weakly raised her hand to wave but nothing ure saw her and didn’t even bother to walk along the shoreline and instead dove into the ocean and swa held her up and the two of the water Xiao Yao was so exhausted she was shi+vering, and for whatever reason, Jing was also shi+vering

Xiao Yao said “Don’t…don’t…in the water” After a night in the water, she didn’t want to be here any a few steps his foot slipped and he fell back He was afraid she would be hurt so turned to land on his back with a loud thud

Xiao Yao laughed “You…you……nine…fox…stupid…”

They finally reached shore and Jing carried Xiao Yao to rest under a cliff outcropping Xiao Yao’s face hite and her lips were black with cold Jing put one hand on her back and the other on her palh her body and she stopped shi+vering

It was bright sun outside by now but under the outcropping they were in the shade

Jing saw that Xiao Yao ar to release the hand on her palhtened Xiao Yao teased him “You were e?”

Jing released her hand “Now is not the sa looked at her and then swiftly lowered his eyes

Xiao Yao touched her wild and wet hair and the patted her cheeks Her face was likely no better off and equally ato teach that Ah Nian a da back”

Jing hurriedly stood up and grabbed her arm, but then released it like he was shocked by electricity, his face blushi+ng red Gao Xing’s clothes were light and airy, so after it got wet the robe was plastered to Xiao Yao It wasn’t as noticeable earlier since she was sitting down, but now that she stood up, from her trim waist to her full boso’s expression and glanced down at herself before i her ar sat down across fro back? Just a little bit”

Xiao Yao said nothing

“I waited for you all night and thought you weren’t coht I wasn’t co didn’t kno to answer If she didn’t coo In this dark deep place, he once experienced the sweetest happiness, but the one who gave hiirl before him now If she took back her proot on her knees and faced hiht was hard? You have a fiancee! You step out with her all the tiether, and then you find any opportunity to remind me of my promise to you If you don’t trust ht I tried to keep the pro hard “I don’t want to play anyodidn’t dare do anything back to her but he also didn’t budge “I won’t marry her She doesn’t like me so she likely doesn’t want to“I don’t believe it! Why reason does she have to not like you?”

“I’m a cripple and I can tell she’s shocked and dismayed One time she saw the scars on my body and was shocked…” To say “shocked” was an understate’s face was stark white and she was petrified, not daring to look at hiether, she would purposely keep her distance fro had a crippled leg and his scars were truly scary, but that shouldn’t be a reason to dislike hied for tens of years, shouldn’t she not care about such external trappings?”

“In truth, before I saw her in Qing Shui Town, I didn’t even knohat she looked like We never met before and she was chosen by my mother By then my mother was very sick and I didn’t want her to fret over reed immediately I took care of my mother and ran the businesses so I was so busy I didn’t care much about this It was my brother ent off to rats, she’s beautiful and smart” After mother died, I had to take care of my despondent brother so was in no randmother revealed my brother’s birth, I was even less inclined to think about this Thendate and that hen I rerandmother is elderly and my sister-in-law is of no use so the Tu Shan clan needs a lady of the house to help rand date but before it arrived, I was already captured byShui Toas their firstwas disappointed…Xiao Yao’s feelings were so conflicted, she felt angry and upset, but also so

After ais definitely very beautiful and she’s quite capable If she’s got high standards that’s normal, don’t feel too bad about it”

“You Are thesaid that and then lowered his head

“Even now?”

“Yes”

Xiao Yao burst out laughing “Now I knohy the young girls are putty in Zhuan Xu’s hands with his honeyed words Even though I know you’re not telling the truth, I still like hearing it”

“I’ined you would look like this If I had known you were like this…even in the dark prison I would have never dared to reveal ht but his head was still lowered, like a tree growing in darkness “My body,healed even knowing I can? Because I know that even when I’m healed, the real injury is inside that no medicine can heal I can wear clothes to cover up my hideous scars, I can use rare , I can talk less to conceal my voice, I can lie to everyone that I can still the dashi+ng Young Master of Qing Qiu, but I can’t lie to h for you! This ti , raise you head”

Jing slowly raised his head and Xiao Yao put her face right in front of his and ht now all I want to do is kiss you” Her lips softly landed on his lips and Jing’s body shook and he darted backwards “No…Xiao Yao”

Xiao Yao closed her eyes and raised her face, her cheeks bright red as her body softly shi+vered “Jing…Jing…”

Xiao Yao’s soft voice was so low he al as his lips touched the peach blossom birthmark on her forehead and it felt like a fire burned froht to his head His cold heart warned up, with the hope that one day those scars concealed deep within his heart would also heal

Jing tightly embraced Xiao Yao and buried his face in her neck, this joy like a dream where he just wanted to hold Xiao Yao forever and never let go

Xiao Yaoiht red Xiao Yao chuckled and rested her head on his ar was ehtly “You said just now that you alht, and also said…”

Xiao Yao waved her hand casually “It’s nonsense, I just said it to scare you”

Jing looked at Xiao Yao with doubt in his eyes, but he knew she didn’t want to discuss it anyhed and pointed to her lips “Why not here?”

Jing said in a low voice “Now’s not the time yet”

“What time then…” Xiao Yao lowered her eyes and used her hands to cover her face and her e couldn’t answer because the choice ith Xiao Yao and not with him It wasn’t that he didn’t desire her, but what he wanted was her love He didn’t want her pity and care for hiave hi her kindess

Xiao Yao peeked at hiirl all want to push her down on the pallet and rip their clothes off…” Xiao Yao couldn’t continue, ever since she returned to being a girl, she couldn’t be as sha to take what she just said back

Jing may have been very proper, but he was still the clan leader and would often go to places of pleasure to discuss business Plus the scions of the powerful families were all experienced in the h In discussing business, he saw s then this and was always just fine with it But facing Xiao Yao, he felt this fire burning through him and he tried to explain “I am not like that”

The tere silent, their shyness conveyed in their aardness, s of happiness

“Xiao Yao…Xiao Yao…” Zhuan Xu’s voice reached theht in the act, with Xiao Yao o hide Xiao Yao smoothed her hair and walked over to a rock to wave at Zhuan Xu “I’m here!”

Zhuan Xu ran over “How come you look so utterly pathetic?” He immediately took off his outer robe and wrapped her up in it

Xiao Yao said “How did I end up looking so pathetic? It’s your little sister, I’et back”

Zhuan Xu suht you were going to keep on enduring”

Xiao Yao glanced at the rocks and got in “If I don’t teach her a lesson, I’ she does will make you and daddy heartbroken”

“What did she do?”

Xiao Yao smiled mysteriously “That’s between us sisters and you don’t need to get involved” If Zhuan Xu knew that Ah Nian worked with Xiang Liu to scheasket on her

Zhuan Xu asked “Did you see Jing?”

“I did”

“What did you two…talk about?”

“We just chatted, he said a bit about hi…and other stuff”

Zhuan Xu asked in half seriousness half casual laughter “Just chatting and you spent the entire night out of the Palace?”

Xiao Yao huffed back in righteousness “Do I look like soood little sister, I would have long been back to the Palace and sleeping”

Zhuan Xu picked up her hair and saeed and sand in it and shook his head with a sot worked over You finally got taken advantage of by Ah Nian, and you really need to stop calling her my little sister Based on family, she’s your little sister!”

Xiao Yao scrunched her face up and then suddenly re and asked “That Tu Shan Hou, what do you think about him?’

“Not bad”

Xiao Yao appeared curious so Zhuan Xu went intohe has even , he handled all the Tu Shan clan affairs and did a good job Once Jing cae since they are twins and Hou is the older one, and he’s talented in a way equal to Jing, he ought to be the clan leader But the clan favors Jing and even Feng Long’s group doesn’t see, who is always polite to Hou, but it feels fake co In the powerful families, you can tell the importance of a person based on how the others treat him Hou has been accepted because of his Tu Shan last na doesn’t truly see hi Hou isn’t content to be nu his time and I can see the ambition in his eyes”

Xiao Yao nodded “Looks like you have a good ihed in mockery “That’s because he’s a lot like ht time to take the opponent out We also want to prove ourselves to others”

Xiao Yao’s expression turned gri wasn’t so capable the Feng Long won’t respect hi wanted to, he could easily strike first and take out Hou But I don’t knohat he’s thinking by not doing anything”

Zhuan Xu patted her shoulder “Seeing that you saved Jing’s life, as long as Jing doesn’t piss you off, then I’ll keep an eye on Hou But I have my suspicion…that Hou is in cahoots with our royal uncle”

Xiao Yao relaxed “Is the Fang Feng fa Feng Yi Yang’s actions, probably yes Otherwise she would not dare to try and assassinate ain The only ones ant me dead desperately are our elder relatives, yes?”

Xiao Yao sighed “I’ to take each other out, you can all hang out in laughter and spend tiether”

Zhuan Xu smiled “Don’t you think this is a forhed out loud “Definitely!”

The cloud carriage stopped and Xiao Yao jumped off and called to a maid “Find ht out an outfit that Ah Nian ruined Xiao Yao handed Zhuan Xu’s robe back, put on the outfit, and walked off

Zhuan Xu called out “Don’t you want to change before going to deal with Ah Nian?”

Xiao Yao turned around and flipped her seaweed and sand encrusted hair “I want this ioing to get involved, I’ll go find Feng Long and Xing Yue since they are leaving too find your fun, I’ to find my fun”

Xiao Yao kicked open the door to Ah Nian’s residence and walked in Clearly last night Ah Nian orried about what she had done and didn’t sleep well and she immediately stood up

The maids came to stop her “Eldest Princess, the Second Princess hasn’t risen yet If you have so…”

Xiao Yao shoved the her way “What? Are you going to fight withkneeled down “You servant I wouldn’t dare” but she didn’t move aside

Xiao Yao hollered “Ah Nian, if you have the guts to do it, then have the guts to ad behind your maids? You’re a pathetic coward!”

Ah Nian yanked her door open and said to Hai Tang “Move aside, I want to see what she dares do If she has the guts, then she should kill me today and then I’ll accept her!”

The maids fretted “Eldest Princess, Second Princess, you…”

Xiao Yao and Ah Nian both yelled simultaneously “Scram!”

The maids scurried to the side and Xiao Yao said “If you have the guts then invite me in to see what I’ll do to you”

Ah Nian scoffed and moved aside Xiao Yao walked in and locked the door and pointed at herself “You got together with someone else and did this to me Are you happy now?”

Ah Nian sat down and poured herself a glass of water “Not bad”

Xiao Yao dumped the entire pitcher of water in her face “You idiot without a brain!”

Ah Nian jumped up “You…You…if I don’t beat you half to death today, then I’ Yi!” She waved her hand and discovered her poere gone and she couldn’t summon any water or ice

Xiao Yao said “Let’s see you try!”

Ah Nian picked up a jade stick and tossed it at Xiao Yao, who picked up a zither to block it The stick broke and Ah Nian picked up a mirror and lobbed it at Xiao Yao and destroyed the zither

Xiao Yao grabbed boxes of make up and threw it at Ah Nian “You’re like a bull cow, you actually have soth”

Xiao Yao jumped onto the table and Ah Nian srabbed some books to throw at Ah Nian She blocked with a mirror and then destroyed the entire shelf

Xiao Yao back towards the pallet and Ah Nian pressed close “Let’s see where you can hide now”

Ah Nian tossed herthis person to disappear forever Xiao Yao jumped up like a rabbed the veil bed curtains and pulled it over Ah Nian The curtains were iles only htly bound

Xiao Yao viciously kicked Ah Nian who fell over and her head hit the floor hard, so painful her face turned blue Xiao Yao sat on Ah Nian “Gao Xing Yi, this is you! Once you lose your powers, you can’t do anything! Without your identity, you are nothing!”

Ah Nian started crying “You think you’re better than me? If your mom wasn’t the Xuan Yuan Princess then Zhuan Xu won’t care about you If you’re not the granddaughter of the Yellow Emperor, no one will think you’re better thanabout you that is better than er than you You’re the disciple of the Royal Mother but you have barely any powers and can’t even beat a lowly derounds, then daddy wouldn’t have held a lavish ceremony for you You think everyone showed up for you? No! They came because your dad is the Grand Erandfather is the Yellow Emperor, and your master is the Royal Mother! Other than those connections, you’re even less capable thanAh Nian, her insecurity Xiao Yao thought and said “You are actually insecure that your mother’s birth was too low”

Ah Nian screamed like a crazed animal “I’m not! I didn’t! My mom is the best in the entire world, don’t you dare speak of le up but Xiao Yao punched her in the nose andXiao Yao sat on her and said “You dare to deny it? Aren’t you angry because of yourbut because your mom was of low birth, and mute and deaf, so you’re not as revered as me Don’t you think that if the Royal Mother was your master, you would be incredibly powerful Don’t you think that if the Yellow Erandfather, you wouldn’t be as useless as me”

Ah Nian cried pitifully and Xiao Yao patted her cheeks “Can you swear you never thought these things before?”

Ah Nian’s cries grew louder She never would admit that she blamed her mom but she did think it before She wasn’t any less capable than Xiao Yao but everyone put her first Wasn’t it because of Xiao Yao’s mom? If her mom wasn’t the Xuan Yuan Princess, if her mom was of the same low birth as Ah Nian’s mom, then everyone would treat Xiao Yao differently She wouldn’t be able to influence the entire vast wilderness

Ah Nian was stunned and wondered if she really did think poorly of her own entle and so sad, she and her dad was all her mom had She would never look down on her uts to think it, then have the guts to ad, what else can you do?”

Ah Nian kept crying so Xiao Liu took out some powder and spread it on the veil curtain The impenetrable curtain actually burned a hole with the powder She held the powder and said to Ah Nian “If you keep crying, I’ll blow this on your face”

Ah Nian ihtly shut her lips and stared in fear at Xiao Yao, but she stopped sobbing out loud despite the tears strea down her face

Xiao Yao put the powder away “Now this is better for talking! Since I know your secret, I’ll tell youdeal, it’s me who hates my mom’s birth Don’t believe me? Our dad is truly capable and brilliant, all these years and no one ever slipped in front of you I’ll tell you the secret – do you knohy no one in Five Gods Mountain dares to mention ot to cry and stared at Xiao Yao There was a woman in the entire world who discarded the Grand Emperor?

“My mom divorced our dad and took me to Cao Yun Peak at Xuan Yuan Mountain If that was it, then so be it, but for nation and country, she ran off to lead an army into battle so she stashed me with the Royal Mother at Jade Mountain She lied that I was going there to play and would pick me up But…she left and never came back She died in battle! That horrible place Jade Mountain is not where a normal person can live The maids act like they are deaf and mute, if the Royal Mother said ten sentences in aextra talkative I prayed daily for my mom to cohed coldly

Xiao Yao leaned down and sincerely said to Ah Nian “Honestly, if the Heavens let , very understanding of her place in life as she sees our dad as her entire world and follows him to the ends of the world She rand and powerful goals, but she can be with her daughter as she grows up Nofor you Even if the entire world abandoned you, she would still be by your side”

Ah Nian was in a daze and Xiao Yao patted her cheek “Want to change moms with me?”

Ah Nian screa to steal her ot off her and released her from the veil curtain “Noforward you have two paths to choose from”

Xiao Yao didn’t fully release Ah Nian and just let her head out She poked Ah Nian hard to et along and you keep trying to hurthelp from others to do it Do you knohat the result of this path is?”

Ah Nian said nothing so Xiao Yao said “You’ll make our dad devastated, and you’ll lose Zhuan Xu”

Ah Nian glared at Xiao Yao as Xiao Yao continued “To our dad, you and I are like his palm and the back of his hand It’s both his flesh, and whether you or I hurt more, he will hurt equally If he hurts, then your mother’s entire world will hurt as well If your parents both hurt, I don’t believe you’ll be happy! As for Zhuan Xu, you refuse to ad to shy away froer, we are each other’s support, and in fact we are each other’s only support in this entire world If you really hurt ive you!”

Xiao Yao added “The second road is very different – we exist peacefully Stop glaring at ly! Peacefully e and we can avoid each other easily Think about this road – dad will be relieved and Zhuan Xu will still be very caring towards you, and your mom can live in peace”

Ah Nian coldly scoffed “Just two paths?”

Xiao Yao laughed “There is a third one – we love each other and get along well From then on, you don’t just have a dad and older brother who love you, you also have an older sister that dotes on you as well”

“Ha! Dreaed “I know it’s a dream which is why I didn’t even bother to mention it”

Ah Nian lowered her head and contemplated so Xiao Yao didn’t push her anymore

It was quiet inside so the noises fro and pleading “Princesses, please stop fighting! We beg of you… Wasn’t His majesty told about this, why hasn’t he sent someone here yet?”

After a few moments, Xiao Yao saw Ah Nian had calmed down and released her upper body from the veil curtain Ah Nian immediately slapped Xiao Yao across the face and Xiao Yao pushed her back down on the ground hard and raised her fist “You want to keep fighting? Then let’s continue!”

Ah Nian raged “You kicked me in the stomach and punched me in the face I slapped you back, noe’re even Fro to do with each other!”

Xiao Yao said “Fine!”

Xiao Yao stood up and headed for the door “What you did with Xiang Liu, only you and I knoon’t tell Zhuan Xu so you better never speak of it again either”

Xiao Yao walked outside and all theSe Court, all her maids stared at her, too “Princess…ho beat you up?”

Xiao Yao walked to the mirror and saw a red palht about Ah Nian’s face all black and blue and laughed “In this Palace, other than the other Princess, who dares to hit et aith it If you want to see how she ended up, run off to check it out”

The oing to go check it out, then draw me a hot bath I want to wash off the stench of the ocean”

The et her some medicine Xiao Yao finished her bath and applied sooing to sleep for two hours, remember to wake me up then”

Xiao Yao slept peacefully for two hours and then theco comfortable and pretty:

The ht out a yellow dress “This one needs to cinch the waist but it’s not as tight as formal wear It’s quite comfortable actually”

Xiao Yao s dressed, she looked at herself in the hed With Ah Nian’s palht as well have not put any powder on

She put on a hat cover and accessories before taking a cloud carriage out of the Palace Zhuan Xu said Feng Long was leaving to to, it wasn’t clear when they would see each other again so she wanted to see him one more time before he left

She arrived at the Tu Shan residence in Ying Province but heard fro likely to buy local products to take ho would rest but he went out with the others likely to not let people knoas out all night Re his two fox tail dolls, if he wanted to conceal his whereabouts, it would be hard for the world to find out what he was up to

With Jing not around, Xiao Yao was bored and didn’t want to go right back so decided to walk around town The last time she was here she was still a kid Back then only loered Gods lived here, it was lovely but not very lively Now there werehere, and even deetherEveryone appeared to coexist as equals and were mannered and polite

Xiao Yao felt so proud of her dad Since she came back, she could tell her dad wasn’t happy, and he said he used everything he had to exchange for this, so this was likely what her dad wanted!

Xiao Yao saw a set of coral boxes inlaid within each other The larger ones could hold accessories while the smaller could be used for make up Xiao Yao wanted to buy it for herout “I want this, wrap it up”

Xiao Yao didn’t have to buy it but felt the other girl was so rude so said to the shop owner “I saw this first and asked the price first If I didn’t pass on it, then you can’t sell it to soized to the other girl “She’s correct, this is the etiquette of shopping”