Chapter 91 - Promises Behind The Garden (1)

Xiong Jingfei acted like she didn't see a change in Xu Song's attitude towards Feng Huan. She saw it and heard it in Xu Song's voice. Would she be Xiong Guozhi's proud daughter if she missed something that small? 

However, asking her in front of everyone was not the right place and time. She finally popped the question when they were inside the carriage, getting ready for bed. 

Xiong Jingfei stopped Xu Song from fixing the bedsheet, "Xu Song, you must answer me honestly. What is going on with you? Did something happen while I was away? Did someone do something to you?"

Xu Song tightly closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. She opened her eyes again and said, "Miss, you should stay away from General Feng."

"Why?" Xiong Jingfei asked. It wasn't like Feng Huan had evil intentions towards her, she can tell. He was her friend and teacher at the same time. 

"Miss, you might not see it, but I do. I'm sorry... Please just this once, do me this small favor. It's for your own good." Xu Song begged, grabbing Xiong Jingfei's hands to make her see how serious she was. "You must not forget your a betrothed woman." 

"Okay," Xiong Jingfei didn't hesitate to promise this one favor. Xu Song never asks anything from her.

"What?" Xu Song felt intensively guilty of asking Xiong Jingfei for this favor. It was rare for Xiong Jingfei to find someone like Feng Huan. Why couldn't he be a woman, then there would be no problem. 

She smiled and rubbed Xu Song's cold finger, "I said okay. I won't go near him or ask him to train me anymore. Besides, my heart only has room for Zheyan. No one can replace him."

Xu Song sighed out in relief that Xiong Jingfei wasn't mad at her request. If she had the power, she wouldn't want to separate Feng Huan and Xiong Jingfei's friendship. However, this friendship her Miss speaks of is one-sided. The way Feng Huan looked at Xiong Jingfei was no friendship. 

It was the same expression that Yang Zheyan gave when he is around Xiong Jingfei. She really hoped she was wrong on these assumptions. Yet, she saw it not once but twice. The first time was when Feng Huan was teaching Xiong Jingfei on how to ride a horse. She denied seeing it, but the second time down at the stream confirmed it.

Xu Song felt it was her duty to stop Feng Huan from overstepping his boundary. This way, she can stop him from getting hurt. Once he finds out that the Xiong Guang he has been training is the real Miss. That is when everything between them will come to an end. 

That night, both of them slept in silence without having their small talks. Also, for the first time in the past days, Xiong Jingfei woke up before Xu Song. Putting on her veil, she quietly crawled out of the carriage. 

She breathed in the fresh morning air. The air felt different than the air in the Capital. A refreshing type that makes you want to be on the move. 

However, she wasn't the only person up that early too. Sitting by the dying fireplace was the person Xu Song forbid her to meet. He poked the pit to let the reminder charcoal burn. She really wanted to get in on that fire because the morning was rather chilly. 

Except, Xu Song's begging last night kept repeating inside her head. She was about to crawl back into the carriage to avoid him, but it was too late. She couldn't ignore him after he turned his head, noticing her presence. 

"Just this once, Xu Song. Forgive me." Xiong Jingfei muttered, opening the thick curtain to take out what belongs to him. She forgot to return the jade bracelet last night, so she kept it safe with her hairpin. 

On the other hand, Feng Huan did not sleep a wink after what happened last night. So he volunteered himself to be the night guard. He never expected that the first person up will be the person he was thinking all night about. 

"Here." 

A small pair of hands politely held out his bracelet for him to take. His eyes were more on the hand than on the bracelet. 

Xiong Jingfei wasn't sure why he wasn't taking it back. He is looking at it, right? Did he think she swapped it out for a cheaper one? She cleared her throat, "I'm sorry about last night. I'm here to return your friend's bracelet." 

Feng Huan tilted his head to stare up at the standing Xiong Jingfei. His next words took her by surprise, "Toss it away." 

"What did you want me to do?" Xiong Jingfei asked, trying to be sure she heard him correctly. 

Throw it away? Well, throwing it away was her original plan although she couldn't do it. Not when Feng Huan was still hung up on Zhao Fan. Is he still mad about yesterday?

She tried apologizing again but was stopped by Feng Huan's frosty general's voice, "Stop apologizing. Toss it!" 

Seeing as Xiong Jingfei didn't have the heart to do it. Feng Huan grabbed it and tossed it hard into the forest. 

"W-why?" Xiong Jingfei turned her body toward the direction where the jade bracelet was tossed.

Even without Feng Huan having to tell her the full story between him and Zhao Fan. She knew and saw how much he adored the owner of the bracelet. 

"There is no need to keep something from someone who betrayed you." Feng Huan lifelessly sat back down on the dead log. "Why continue to love someone who left you for another?" 

Xiong Jingfei sat down on the other log, "Love works in mysterious ways."

Feng Huan had a special type of aura that was his own. She has a feeling he will become someone great in the future. It's just his time wasn't here yet. She doesn't know why she didn't recognize him right away when she fell down that tree. It was only a few months ago when she ran into him behind the Zhao family garden.