Chapter 16 (1/2)

The last chapter of Lost You Forever was a much needed dense back story of Xiao Yao and her cousin Zhuan Xu, but it also pushed the story forward in a new direction now that everyone is back at Xuan Yuan Mountain Froes of Xuan Yuan, the vast wilderness is great indeed and any aetting there isI feel like Xiao Yao doesn’t really have a purpose in life but that’s fine with ood as a healer and fareater aspirations To live is all she wanted, and if she was lucky she would be able to live and enjoy the life she is living Right now she’s lucky because she’s back to being a Princess with all the trappings of wealth and power but none of the hands dirtying stuff While Zhuan Xu is off plotting horestle power froets to poke around and wonder what she wants to do? Jing still has years left to fulfill his promise to ossip with other girls Our impertinent and odd little to poisons Will she find a new play on by whenever he wants anyerous to others andAnd how is the person who hates waiting going to handle actually waiting for Jing to free himself and come be with her? She promised not to let another man into her heart, but what if there already is another man in her heart before sheYou, It’s Not Worth It:

Froone fro only contacted Xiao Yao once, to thank Zhuan Xu for his hospitality and in the thank you gift package there were nine bottles of green pluht not knoas uessed it wasn’t all ot the present and called Xiao Yao over “I don’t understand your secret language You go pick it out”

Xiao Yao picked out the nine bottles of plum wine all in white jade bottles with a row of red plum blossoms It was very ordinary bottles but Xiao Yao felt a war her

Those nine bottles accompanied Xiao Yao from Five Gods Mountain to Cao Yun Court in Xuan Yuan Mountain

The plum wine, Xiao Yao drank it slowly until she had only one bottle left She was reluctant to drink it and held on to it while putting the eight finished bottles away

She wanted to drink the last bottle but wanted to wait for another new batch to arrive before drinking it

Late at night she would play with the bottles in bed Sometimes Xiao Yao would smile, but sometimes she would feel sorry for herself

She waited half a year and never heard again fro with the nine bottles, rolling them around on the blanket It rested on the white sheets and the nine cherry blossoht of Jade Mountain, she waited for herIn her lifetiain

Xiao Yao opened the last bottle and instead of drinking it slowly, she downed it all at once She put the nine bottles away and never took it out to play with again

Xiao Yao started spending ht, she would lay on the pallet playing with her poisons and thinking of how to make it even better in terms of prettier and not necessarilyHerb Manuel left by the Flaenitor ofand Xuan Yuan medical books She didn’t doubt her poisons ability to be deadly, she just wanted to make it look pretty She stared at the phoenix flower and researched a few days and worked a few nights and finally created a perfect replica of the srance Shedew

Every one of her poisons was one of her longing, one of her s She created it and watched it come to life in her hands, and then carefully put it away to send out

Xiao Yao wondered what Xiang Liu would think when he saw the poisons? Would he call her a weirdo pervert?

Xiao Yao put the finished poisons in boxes and went to the er service ran by the Tu Shan clan and handed it to the Shui Town brothel”

Xiao Yao paid the expensive price to deliver it to the edge of Xuan Yuan and didn’t blink an eye since it wasn’t herLiu The entire world was covered with the Tu Shan er network so if Xiao Yao hadShui Town She had been sending hi She wondered if Xiang Liu got it? He ought to, otherith his petty personality, no matter how busy he was he would find time to cause her trouble

Xiao Yao walked out and saw Fang Feng Bei She couldn’t resist and used her bug to sense hi Bei s?”

Xiao Yao smiled at him and he asked “You still remember me, yes?”

Xiao Yao walked off “You should stay away fro Bei followed her “You find that friend of yours that distasteful?

She found Xiang Liu distasteful? Of course not, likely he’s the one who found her distasteful

Xiao Yao asked “Why are you following arden, he likely didn’t knoho she was, but now he had to know

“I’ether is better than one”

That night, the spectre of death radiating from the tip of his arrow, Xiao Yao still re here in Xuan Yuan Castle? Not here to be bored?”

Fang Feng Bei chuckled “All the things I caht of day and has to wait until night I really a the day”

Xiao Yao was speechless – this guy’s personality was diametrically opposite to his little sister, he was so blatant it was refreshi+ng “I hear your entire family are crack archers?”

“Yup”

“Who is better between you and your little sister?”

“Her”

“Better to what degree?”

“You want to see my archery skills?”

“Yes!”

“Then followBei returned to his residence and called for his winged horse He then left the castle with Xiao Yao and arrived at Dun Wu Mountain

Fang Feng Bei asked “What do you want me to shoot?”

Xiao Yao narrowed her eyes and then pointed at the tree on the opposite cliff “That tree’s flower blooms a little yellow bud in the Su Bei took his bow, his arrow, put the arrow on the bow, pulled back, and released

Xiao Yao laughed “Not clear if you hit it”

Fang Feng Bei reached out his hand and the arro back from the opposite cliff He handed it to her and there was yellow on the tip, he clearly hit the yellow bud

Xiao Yao was i archery skills”

“Want to learn?”

“This can be taught?”

“You’re learning archery form and not the power behind the shot Anyone can teach you, but if I teach you it will be ideal”

“Okay!” Xiao Yao couldn’t figure out what Fang Feng Bei wanted but just like he said, she was bored so went along

Fang Feng Bei picked a nearby big tree “Use that at a target” He handed the bow to Xiao Yao and sheBei said “Not bad, you have soht – don’t bend the neck, don’t stick your elbows out, don’t lean forward, don’t puff out your chest” He corrected Xiao Yao’s forers to hold the bow Your thu down The bow to your nose…”

He handed an arrow to Xiao Yao and she let it fly, it flew out but fell a short distance away

He picked another arrow and it was the sa a few successive arrows, Xiao Yao’s arroas stronger than before but nowhere close to the big tree Xiao Yao sighed “Looks easy, hard to do”

Fang Feng Bei walked in back of Xiao Yao and grabbed her hand, guiding it to follow his ht, senses cal behind, bow cocked arrow flying!” With the word “flying” the arro out and solidly embedded in the tree

“How does it feel?”

“Thinking of nothing, eyes not on the target, focused only on the arrow movement”

“You have natural aptitude”

Xiao Yao smiled wanly It wasn’t that she had natural aptitude, it was that her body reacted the saot close to her She felt that he would bite down on her neck so herLiu, even if he was in cahoots with the Fang Feng family, there was no way the family archery skill would be passed to a Nine-headed deuided Xiao Yao to shoot another arrow “Maintain this feeling and continue”

Xiao Yao released another arrohich still didn’t hit the tree but got close She really got interested and immediately released another arrohich struck the tree She was incredulous “I hit it?”

Fang Feng Bei srabbed another arrow and mimicked the sensation but it fellBei said “You are too overeager”

Xiao Yao didn’t believe it and wanted to try again but he stopped her “This is enough for today”

Xiao Yao didn’t understand “I want to practice et worse Thewill be repeated until you res are better when one knohen to stop early”

Xiao Yao put down the bow “If you want to be a Master, your disciples will love you”

Fang Feng Bei laughed “Everyone is different, my method only works on the s Bei vaulted on his winged horse and the two rode the horse slowly down the reater than Yi Yang, how co Bei laughed “Many think archery requires vast arth A specifically designed arrow can pierce through thick mystical enchantet vastly reater than my little sister but my archery technique cannotBei and her heart started to swell Her poeak and all she wanted was to survive so she long stopped attacking as a strategy But if what Fang Feng Bei said was true, then within a certain distance she could attack as well If she ran into another incident like the attempt on Zhuan Xu’s life, she could doBei appeared not to notice that what he said had an impact on Xiao Yao and he asked with a smile “Want to learn archery fro Bei said “If you help me while the time away, then I’ll teach you”

Xiao Yao responded “Sure”

Fang Feng Bei dropped Xiao Yao off at Zhuan Xu’s residence “See you toed horse like a carefree rich boy sauntering down the street

Xiao Yao’s life suddenly become extraordinarily busy She had toBei had ti with hi out with Fang Feng Bei hen she truly learned what it meant to eat, drink, and be merry She discovered Xuan Yuan Castle anew, so many places hidden in the s Bei knew

He was like an expert taking Xiao Yao along to eat, drink, and be merry

The jewelry shops run by the dwarves with their little hands and exquisite craftshtful They turned a red ruby into a rose, carving a pair of lovers into a dew drop pendant Xiao Yao was so enchanted she picked a few accessories for Ah Nian and Consort Jing An

The giants with their huge bowls that was like a bucket for Xiao Yao to eat out of, initially she didn’t think she would finish it but after one bite she kept on eating until she scarfed it all down Afterwards she rets if she died this way

The cosmetics store owned by the flower demons which initially didn’t interest Xiao Yao Their flower cream would leave a scent on for a month, all the various floral scented perfu scents to create new scents that even Xiao Yao as used to living as atens of different scents

Fang Feng Bei wasn’t free every day and usually ca out with hih tiht her in their last h one ti up Xiao Yao didn’t ask where he went and he didn’t offer an explanation Xiao Yao knew their relationshi+p where he taught her archery was just temporary and could end with any little etting very close to Fang Feng Bei Because he was teaching her archery, there was an indelible closeness between her and Xiao Yao

Fang Feng Bei was very casual so when he ca for Xiao Yao, if she was up in Cao Yun Peak then he would go up Xuan Yuan Mountain and ask a guard to su so their coether was soon spread all over Xuan Yuan Castle that the Gao Xing Eldest Princess and the Fang Feng family’s second son was very close

Even Zhuan Xu teased her “I just got you back and want you around a fewfaue out at hi as he can shoot you with an arrow, I’ll never run aith hi it, a year had passed

Xiao Yao was confused and didn’t knohat Fang Feng Bei was thinking She thought he taught her archery as an excuse to get close to her She thought hiet into a woht her and every ti archery she really respected hi, it was like the two of the life Two people who didn’t care about anything, illing to try everything, becas in life, it feels different doing it alone or with a co, no ood alone Xiao Yao believed Fang Feng Bei also understood how she felt which is why he never hesitated and introduced her to everything he could think of and then took her to experience it

Xiao Yao so Bei was like a child as lonely for too long He had played with tooNow he had a companion, he couldn’t wait to take her to play, to experience what he tried It appeared just casual but was in truth very sincere

Gradually, Xiao Yao started sincerely eating, drinking, and beinga bow and arrow at Zhuan Xu, then he wasn’t her eneht her archery, in the afternoon they went to the dance hall to have lunch and nap, and later Fang Feng Bei took Xiao Yao to an underground gaend had it the tribe’s ancestor was the two-headed dog dea mask while the ladies could do as they wished Xiao Yao saw that Fang Feng Bei wearing the uffawed loudly at the sight She put on a estured her hands like claws and barked like a dog Fang Feng Bei laughed “If you get a beat down by the Li Jie tribe and tossed out of here, don’t bla den, everywhere was the sight of a dog head on a man’s body Because everyone didn’t have a face, they also behaved as if they didn’t care about their reputations It was raunchy and racy everywhere, so sensual it was erotic Xiao Yao and Fang Feng Bei walked through the crowds and re Bei took Xiao Yao to the dice table first and she spent five years in a casino before so she kept on winning as did Fang Feng Bei, though both knehen to stop and not upset the house

They went to watch the slave fights and used their winnings to wager The two slaves would fight until one died and there were people cheering all around the Bei see side was a pile of bloody flesh while the winner was huddled in the corner with a pair of dead cold eyes This ti Bei won

Xiao Yao scoffed “You got lucky”

Fang Feng Bei said “Let’s bet again, whatever you pick”

“Okay, let’s keep wagering on that slave”

“You want to coain?”

“No Didn’t you see his eyes? That was a pair of eyes that has lost all hope Let’s bet on who can give hi Bei chuckled “That’s interesting Since you lost earlier, I’ll let you go first as an advantage”

Xiao Yao walked over and the slave grabbed her hand and was about to crush it when he realized from years of battles that her hands had very loers and couldn’t hurt anyone Plus his animal beast instinct told hio

The slave owner cas blocked his path and he tossed the winnings froht to him The owner picked up thehi beautiful in it that is worth you reain and walked back The bloodied slave stared at her confused like he had no idea what just happened

Fang Feng Bei was bowled over with his body shaking in laughter that he could barely contain

Xiao Yao pouted “Your turn”

Fang Feng Bei walked over and leaned down to say so to the slave His eyes suddenly lit up and he see Bei who sole back The slave seemed to have become another person and when his owner led hi Bei laughed “I won”

Xiao Yao couldn’t believe it, even if Fang Feng Bei promised to buy the slave’s freedom, the slave was so jaded he couldn’t believe him, and that didn’t seem like what he said either

She muttered “You cheated, you must know him No wonder you bet on hiht”

“What did you say to hiure it out

The two of the Bei took off his mask When they stepped outside it was already dark out and Xiao Yao took a deep breath of the crisp air

She said “I really want to knohat you said to hi me too, then I’ll tell you Your beauty scheme was no use on him, but it’ll work on et it!”

She huffed off angrily and Fang Feng Bei followed behind her “Fine, I’ll tell you”

“I don’t want to know anymore!”

“Really?”

“Don’t want to know!”

Fang Feng Bei grabbed her arm and tried to placate her “But I want to tell you, can you please hear it”

Xiao Yao controlled the sto use ry and a with hed and held onto her arm “I told him that I was once a slave in the death battle matches, yet I survived”

Xiao Yao stood still and stared in anger “You lied to hi Bei ser dissipated but she shook her head “He is locked in a cage but he’s a very smart beast He wouldn’t have believed you that easily What else did you do?”

“I used the code word that only the slaves in the death match battle arenas would know”

Xiao Yao was shocked “Even the slave owners don’t know the code How do you?”

Fang Feng Bei smiled “Maybe I really was once a slave in the death match battles”

Xiao Yao stared at him for some time and murmured “Who are you?”

“Who do you want me to be?”

Xiao Yao put one hand on her heart and slowly extended the other hand and placed it on Fang Feng Bei’s heart His heart was beating at the exact same rhythht he was Xiang Liu, who had nine-heads and eighty-one for Feng Bei was so different than Xiang Liu

He took her to buyher try things on and ot into it, the ti she stayed in that store trying on the various scents She s by the end, and when she couldn’t decide, she would ask hiive her an opinion He patiently sniffed each one and provided his opinion

When they ate together, Xiao Yao loved eating the filling of a crispy biscuit and he would always peel off the outside of his and put the filling on her plate When they were eating barbecue, her favorite was the neck area where there was a piece that was juicy with thin skin and he would always grill that piece until it was nicely crisped before handing it to her

When they walked along a narrow mountain path, he would always have her walk ahead of him because when the person in front passed tree branches or bushes the person in back would often be hit by the swinging branches

How could Xiang Liu tenderly talk with her, carefully take care of her, patiently spend ti Bei that playboy would knooman’s heart so well

But as ti, she had accepted Fang Feng Bei was just Fang Feng Bei But right now…she felt again that he was Xiang Liu No reason, impossible to explain, but she just felt that he was

She said “Our hearts are beating as one” She raised her head to look at Fang Feng Bei and waited for hi Bei’s hand closed around her hand and he sether”

This bastard! Xiao Yao was exasperated but could do nothing to hirit her teeth and stare at him as he smiled and stared back at her

The laht on thee stopped beside the incredulously called out “Second brother?”

Fang Feng Bei was very nonchalant and said with a smile “Little sister, no time no see”

Xiao Yao’s body stiffened because she sensed so at her

Xiao Yao didn’t knohat to feel She had been learning archery fro Bei for 16 months and with the Tu Shan clan’s infor o Or perhaps in the beginning before she really understood Fang Feng Bei’s devil may care attitude, she never believed he would really teach her archery so she wasn’t even learning in earnest She didn’t reject Fang Feng Bei getting close because she wanted the news that she was hanging out with hi Xiao Yao wanted Jing to know but she didn’t knohy she did that She just wanted to do it so she did it

Later Xiao Yao realized she washer archery She began to learn in earnest and gradually she felt her initial purpose wasn’t i would respond But after 16and felt she was so la Bei turned out to exceed her initial expectations otherwise it wouldn’t just be lame, it would have been pathetic

But just as she had forgotten, he suddenly appeared and even brought along his fiancee!

Fang Feng Yi Yang got off the carriage as did Tu Shan Jing Fang Feng Bei s Qiu I’ve heard the great reputation of my future brother-in-law Nice to“This isfor aLiu’s “real face” like Xiao Yao, his reaction was likely the sa Bei A s second brother”

Fang Feng Bei s Yi Yang rudely cut him off “Second brother, no need to introduce your friend to us” Yi Yang only saw Xiao Yao once at the ceremony dressed in formal attire, but today Xiao Yao was out dressed in casual Xuan Yuan attire and she was currently standing to the side with her head lowered Yi Yang probably assuht and all alone irl so she didn’t want toBei smiled and reallyasked “Where is second brother staying? Tu Shan clan has a residence here and you can stay with us”

Fang Feng Bei said “No need”

The nor reallyand colanced in shock at Jing, feeling happy that he treated her fahed “Your hospitality is hard to turn down but no need for tonight I have to takesaid “Where is second brother going? The carriage is very spacious and we can take you”

Bei turned hi den for hours and need to o!” Bei waved at Xiao Yao

Xiao Yao followed hi arrived until she left, she never once looked at hi sighed at her second brother leaving “Ru Princess this past year and I thought he finally ive his real feelings, but he’s still the saot back in the carriage and closed his eyes All he could see was the way Xiao Yao and Bei were standing there looking at each other under the la between them

Xiao Yao returned to Zhuan Xu’s residence and hurriedly went to find him “Zhuan Xu, Zhuan Xu” She pushed open the door and saw Ah Nian and Hai Tang

Xiao Yao was stunned and looked at Zhuan Xu who smiled “Ah Nian came to Xuan Yuan Castle for a visit”

Xiao Yao asked “She snuck out?” How could the Gao Xing Princess show up here and no one reported to the Yellow Emperor

Zhuan Xu smiled wearily “I’m sure Master knows”

Xiao Yao knew her dad knew already and allowed it otherwise Hai Tang would never have the guts to help Ah Nian sneak out Her daddy was really weird that way, he allowed his daughters to do whatever they wanted outside Take her and Fang Feng Bei, it wasn’t a big deal here in Xuan Yuan and her grandfather said nothing, but her dad also said nothing and si Bei in one sentence in one letter

Ah Nian asked “Gege, are you unhappy I caently said “Of course not, you came to see me and Xiao Yao, I’m very happy”

Ah Nian sneered at Xiao Yao “I’e”

Zhuan Xu asked Xiao Yao “What were you rushi+ng in here to talk toYi Yang on the street”

“Oh, they arrived this afternoon, and in a few days, Feng Long and Xing Yue will be here as well”

“What happened that brings them all here?”

Zhuan Xu explained “Xiao Yao, this is Xuan Yuan Castle! Half the proclainate fro, their fahtly linked to the decisions and infor out of this castle Every family and clan sends their kids here every few years to stay for a period of time The closer friends will make plans to come at the same time”

Xiao Yao was silent and seemed disappointed so Zhuan Xu asked “What is it?”

Xiao Yao shook her head “I’ to wash up and sleep”

Zhuan Xu led Ah Nian out “I’ll take you to your room and you can stay here Since you snuck here, if people ask just say you are Xiao Yao’s friend But I need to tell randfather and if he asks to see you then I’ll take you to see hirily “Why can’t I be your friend? Why do I have to be Xiao Yao’s friend?”

“Because Gege’s powers are lierous to be my friend It’s safer to be your older sister’s friend”

Ah Nian usually was clueless about the little things but surprisingly understanding about the big picture She ie, don’t worry, I know this place is not Gao Xing I won’t make trouble for you”

Xiao Yao suddenly blurst out laughing at that and Ah Nian glared “You don’t believe me?”

Xiao Yao arrived at her room and stepped inside “I Wait With Bated Breath” before closing the door and avoiding Ah Nian’s eruption

Zhuan Xu co, don’t let your sister get to you” Ah Nian smiled at that and followed Zhuan Xu to her own room

The next day Xiao Yao left a note for Zhuan Xu and went back to Cao Yun Peak Knowing Jing’s friendshi+p with Zhuan Xu, he would undoubtedly come see him but Xiao Yao didn’t want to wait for hietting worse, she chose not to wait anymore This time whether he came, when he came, none of that involved her anymore