Chapter 97 - 97. Departure I

Third person POV

Xu Tingfeng: " You guys don't know how it feels to see your daughter leave your side."

Xu Yongzheng: " Aiya~ Don't be a crybaby. That kiddo will surely take care of her."

Xu Tingfeng turned his head to glare at Xu Yongzheng that was lying leisurely on the floor.

Xu Tingfeng: " Then how about you?"

Xu Yongzheng: " Huh?"

Xu Tingfeng: " Do you give your blessing to them?"

Xu Yongzheng: " Actually I want to say no but when I imagined myself in his position, maybe I would pray so that I get the blessings from my wife's family."

Xu Tingfeng: " So?"

Xu Yongzheng: " So yes, I give my blessing to them."

Xu Tingfeng sighed in defeat, he had decided to give his blessing to them from the beginning. He just wanted to see what Weisheng would do to obtain his blessing.

Xu Tingfeng: " Fine, I give you my blessing. You can marry her after you are done with the mission."

Weisheng: " Yes, father in law."

Weisheng's face was stoic when he replied to Xu Tingfeng but they could hear the excitement in his voice. Hong er's heart thumped when she heard about the mission, her heart was beating really hard as if it wants to tell Weisheng to stay. But she knew that it was an important mission and she trust Weisheng would accomplish the mission safe and sound.

Weisheng excused himself from the hall and preparing to depart for his mission. Hong er talked with her parent and Xu Yongzheng for a while before she excused herself to chase after Weisheng. They let her go and felt guilty when they saw her worried face. Hong er's instinct had saved them a bunch of times, if Hong er say she had a bad feeling,, it meant something bad would happen.

Qiyi and Qier were tying Weisheng's and their luggage on their horse while Weisheng was looking at a map. Hong er ran to the main gate and saw Weisheng's broad back, her heart felt heavy and she started to get breathless, she really didn't want him to go for this particular mission. She slowly walked towards Weisheng, she stretched out her arms and hugged him.

Weisheng had sensed her presence from afar but he was curious of what she was going to do so he was pretending to be unaware of Hong er until she hugged him. He could feel her body was shaking, he immediately turned around and hugged her back. He caressed her back to soothe her and guided her to breathe normally.

Weisheng: " What's wrong?"

Hong er clutched his shirt and buried her face into his chest. She really want to tell him to cancel this mission or let other people do it but she couldn't be egoist. She inhaled his scent and her body started to relax in his embrace.

Weisheng: " Hong er?"

Hong er didn't reply to him for a few second, she took a deep breath and braced her heart. Her mouth was opened but no words could come out from her throat, her breathing was uneven. Weisheng noticed that she started to get panic again, he gently patted her back and whispered to her ear.

Weisheng: " It's fine, take it slowly."

Hong er 's heart calmed a little bit after listened to his soft whisper.

Hong er: " Sh-sheng ge, promise me…"

Weisheng: " Hm?"

Hong er: " Pl-please come back safely."

Weisheng: " I will."

Hong er: " If you are surrounded, retreat. Don't be reckless."

Weisheng: " En."

Hong er: " You still have to marry me."

Weisheng: " En."

Hong er: " I will do my best in the Bride Selection and Sheng ge do your best in the mission."

Weisheng: " En."

Hong er lifted up her head to look at Weisheng's face, she wanted to imprint this moment in her memory. Weisheng smiled gently at her and kissed her forehead to reassure her that everything would be fine. Weisheng retracted his lips and smiled at her.

Weisheng: " Where is mine?"

Hong er's pout changed into a smile. She gently kissed his forehead with her hands on both side of his face. After that, she kissed his right cheek and left cheek, and the last kiss landed on his nose tip. Weisheng's eyes were slightly widened because he didn't expect that she would give him the almost complete set of kisses. And now, he want to end this mess quickly and take her lips.

Hong er: " I hope this will give you more energy to fight."

Weisheng: " En. Can you say 'I love you'?"

Hong er: " Sheng ge, I love you so much."

Weisheng: " En, I love you too."

Weisheng knocked her forehead with his forehead but he put too much power in it and now their forehead was hurting a bit. They winced and rubbed their forehead with their hand, they looked at each other and laughed. Shortly after, they calmed down and stared at each other like this was the last time they see each other.

Meiyun and Huayun silently stood behind the couple with a smile on their lips but the smile was directed to different people. Huayun smiled lovingly at Qier while waving her hand to him. She mouthed a few words to him and luckily with his keen eyes, he could read her lips.

Huayun: ' Be safe, I love you.'

Qier smiled back at her and lightly waved his hand while mouthing his replies.

Qier: ' I know, love you too.'

Meiyun stared at Qiyi who was smiling gently at Qier, she hoped that he would turn this way and smiled gently at her too. But she knew her place, she smiled sadly hoping it could hide her heartache and turned her eyes to Hong er. Seeing her Young Miss happy made her happy too, her smile changed into a genuine one.

Qiyi looked at his little brother and smiled when he saw how happy his little brother was when he interacted with his lover. Then he looked at Meiyun, hoping he could get the same feeling that his little brother felt but to his disappointment, her beautiful and gentle smile wasn't directed to him.

He was mesmerized by Meiyun's gentle smile, he had always seen Meiyun's playful smile or grin but her genuine smiles were so rare. This was the second time he had ever seen her gentle smile, the first time was when they were on a mission and Meiyun was quite badly injured. He carried her on his back while fighting off the enemies that were attacking them.

Meiyun assisted him in the fight by throwing her flying knives but they let their guard down. An assassin suddenly attacked from behind, Qiyi was too late in noticing the attack then Meiyun stretched out her body to take in the attack, blood gushed out from her back as she plopped down on his back.

Then he sliced the assassin's head off, he wanted to treat her wounds but a few enemies were still lurking around them. Fortunately, Qier and Huayun came in the right time and killed all of the remaining enemies. Qiyi quickly put Meiyun down to the ground and wanted to check her injuries. His heart was beating so fast and his breathe fatster, he felt like he was going to lose something important in his life.

Then a slightly cold and we palm gently caressed his cheek, he looked at the covered in blood hand and slowly lifted his eyes up to see Meiyun look at him worriedly. She choked on her own blood when she tried to speak.

Meiyun: " Ar-are you hurt?"

Qiyi looked at her with wide eyes, his mouth quivered as he couldn't spit out a word from his throat. He bit his lips and shook his head. A wide smile appeared on Meiyun's face as her eyes was forced to close.

Meiyun: " Good…"

Meiyun's hand plopped down to the ground and when he wanted to shout her name to wake her up, Hong er suddenly appeared beside Meiyun and slammed down her palms that were enveloped in white light to Meiyun's body. Black blood spurted out from Meiyun's mouth. Qiyi immediately knew that the sword that slashed Meiyun's back was poisoned. He gripped on Meiyun's clothes hoping she could wake up and laughed with him again.