360 LOOKING FOR UNCLE SU

"He was there!?" Senja almost jumped from her seat in her surprise. "That's mean Tianyao knew Uncle Su as well?"

"It supposed to, but…" Qianru looked hesitant to elaborate further. "But, I think the same thing happened to Uncle Su. Xiao Tianyao doesn't remember him, like how he forgot about Qi Xunyi."

**Was that a reason why Uncle Su didn't want to meet with Tianyao? But, why? What had happened at the time Luna was killed?** Senja thought muddleheadedly. Her mind was thinking about many possibilities that might be happen, but none of them could justify Uncle Su reaction and his reluctance to meet with Xiao Tianyao.

"How about Uncle Su?" Senja changed her question. "Didn't he tell something about what had happened back then?"

Qianru shook her head feebly, "I don't know much about the detail, Jun didn't elaborate more about that." She looked at Senja helplessly.

"Alright." Senja stood up. "I think I have to ask him in person." After all, Senja was about to looking for him in the first place, so with this information on hand she could ask all at once.

Qianru was looking at Senja retreating back with question in her eyes, when Senja was about to open the door she muster her courage to ask the thing that bother her. "Senja…"

"Hmm?" Senja turned her back to meet Qianru trouble eyes. "What is it?"

"What Tianyao for you? Are you and him in a certain relationship?" Qianru felt like Senja was very concern about Tianyao.

It wasn't that bad, in fact, she also concern about her husband's younger brother. Since their parents passed away, Xiao Jun and Xiao Tianyao had gone through a lot of bitter thing in the past and she was there to watch all the schemes that had been throwing in any direction toward both brother, not to mentioned that she saw Xiao Tianyao like her own brother as well.

All this time, she hasn't yet had a child with Xiao Jun, so she was very happy when Xiao Tianyao asked her to look after Xiao Mugi. She treated him like her own.

Thus, with Senja concerned toward Xiao Tianyao, it was a question for her. Tianyao never had women as his friend and he preferred not too emotionally involved with them if he had to deal with one. However, with Senja, she felt different thing.

"Yes, I am indeed in relationship with him." Senja smiled softly.

Qianru gave a start by her statement, but then a sincere smile rose on her lips. "Are you his fiancée?" She inquired between her giggled.

"No," Senja shook her head. "Actually, I am his wife." She said softly and grinned. At this time, Senja felt like a brat to flaunt around the fact that she was married Xiao Tianyao.

The shocked expression on Qianru's face reminded her with the expression that Xiao Jun showed her months ago, when the first time he knew about this.

"Uhm, well, congratulations." Qianru congratulated her with a tone that laced with puzzled. "But, I didn't hear there was a wedding happen and I … what I mean is…" She sounded puzzled while trying to impart her meaning.

But, grinned on Senja's face fell when she had a flashback how Xiao Tianyao and her get into the marriage.She felt a bile rose on her throat, bitter than the medicine that she had been drinking this past seven days.

She cleared her throat to get rid by the sudden bitterness on the corner of her heart. She tried to dismiss this uncomfortable feeling by trying to not remember any of it.

"I will see you later…" Senja murmured and brought herself out of the room.

.....

Senja stepped out of the room and found her way to the front door of the house, as she turned opened the knob and pushed the door. A small village displayed in front of her eyes.

This was the first time Senja was out from her room after a week been inside. But, the view before her eyes was caught her with surprised.

She thought Greenhill Mountain would be like another military fortress. But, it seemed that wasn't the case.

Many children ran around in the clearing area while the adults watched after them. But, the things that lack from it were, there was barely a woman in this place. Most of them were children and man.

"If you wanted to look for Uncle Su, it will be better if you ask the twins first." Qianru spoke from behind her.

Senja turned around and looked at her, but the next second her eyes fixed on the child beside Qianru. There, that cocky boy.

Qianru felt Senja gazed that fell on Xiao Mugi, so she pushed the boy forward and introduce him.

"Oh, this is Xiao Tianyao's son, Xiao Mugi." She held the boy shoulder in front of her. "And this is…"

"I knew her." Xiao Mugi said succinctly, with unhappy face.

Senja felt like she wanted to roll her eyes. **Don't tell me that this boy still hurt from my words…**

"Yes, we meet before right?" Senja tried to keep her smile as genuine as possible in front of the sullen boy.

"You did?" Qianru confirmed, but when she was about to talk something, Xiao Mugi child like voice interrupted her.

"But, I don't like her…" He said.

After his bluntness the atmosphere turned awkward. Qianru who was being cut in the middle of her words, opened and closed her lips couples of times, but couldn't find the proper words to lighten the situation.

"Mugi, what are you talking about…" Qianru pinched his chubby cheek and smiled dryly.

"It's fine Qianru," Senja said while shrugging her shoulder. "He just a kid after all." When she said this, Senja made sure that she fixed her eyes on Xiao Mugi, so that he could receive the message clean and clear.

Before Xiao Mugi was upset because Senja commented about him being a child, now she did it again intentionally to annoy the little boy.

Xiao Mugi narrowed his eyes, like the way Xiao Tianyao always did and this amused Senja more.

"I am not a kid." Xiao Mugi tried to argue with her.

"Say it again when you are older than this." Senja taunted.

"I am big already." He huffed and held the argumentation in childish way.

"Say it again when you are bigger than me." She retorted.

On the side, Qianru shook her head while looking at their banter. She didn't know which one more childish between the two.

"I will definitely bigger than you." At this rate Xiao Mugi chubby cheeks had turned red.

"Alright, alright…" Senja waved her hand nonchalantly while walking away. "It will take long time before it happen."

"When it happens you will become an old woman!" Xiao Mugi literary shouted at her.

"What!?" Senja turned around and glared at him.

Apparently, Xiao Mugi's word hit her sore spot. No matter what era, woman always have this insecurities about their age and accidentally Xiao Mugi got it right.

Qianru felt the development of the situation wasn't going in good way, out of instinct she grabbed Xiao Mugi and muffled his mouth to prevent him from arguing back.

"You go find the twins in the training ground, just ask around and they will show you the way." Qianru said hastily while carrying Xiao Mugi in her embraced. "I will come later." She added before stepped in the house with the little boy who was wriggling to free himself in her hand.

"Fine!" Senja replied succinctly.

It didn't take her a long time before she found the training ground that Qianru told her after she asked a few people along the way. The rest of her searching, she followed her guts toward the source of the intense emotion came from.

And there, in the other side of the mountain, there was a field where hundreds plus The Shadow Guards were training. Senja didn't remember anyone of them.

Their bulky body complimented well with their agility. It seemed they were in one on one training as Senja saw them was fighting against each other. Their loud shout was scared all the creature surrounding them.

Senja could see birds flew away from the branch they were perched. She herself grimaced when she heard their booming voice in unison.

Everyone seemed busy and Senja didn't want to take a risk to come closer, just in case they failed to notice her and accidentally stabbed her. Well, she was still recuperating and her wound on the shoulder still feel sore, so to get another injury didn't sound good.

Senja wandered her eyes around the large field that was full with many people, hoping she could catch a glance of the twins among those big men.

It took her long time before she found one of the twins. She didn't know whether it was Sheng or Xun, it hard to tell from the spot she was standing now. Thus, she jogged toward him.

However, before Senja could reach one of the twins, one of the Shadow Guards noticed her and came out from their round of fighting to approach her.