Chapter 145 - 143. Confrontation III

Third person POV

Huayun had been silent throughout Meiyun and Qiyi's heated conversation. She thought that something was off between Meiyun and the Qi brothers, they became more distant after the night where Weisheng proposed to Hong er.

But never did she imagine that her lover pointed his sword on her sister, twice. She didn't know what to say, should she scold Qier and take her sister's side? Or acted like she heard nothing?

She loves both Qier and Meiyun, she couldn't choose whom to believe. She tried to reason to herself that this wasn't true, Meiyun likes to joke around and sometimes she went over the line. She turned her eyes to look at Qier and the face that Qier was making confirmed everything what Meiyun said was true.

Huayun: " Why would you do that? She is my sister."

Qier: " I'm sorry, I know I'm at fault but I've got no choice."

Huayun fully understood what he meant but it still left a bitter taste on her tongue.

Huayun: " I will go cool my head down."

Huayun left Qier alone in the narrow alley.

Qier: " I'm sorry…"

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The moon was up above their head, brightening the dark sky together with the stars. Meiyun stood straight in front of Weisheng and Hong er's chamber front door as now was her shift to guard.

But then a faint sound of footsteps made Meiyun on alert and took out her ring swords. She was on her stance and ready to fight anyone that come near her master's chamber.

Meiyun: ' From left!'

Meiyun turned her body to the left and saw a familiar figure.

Meiyun: " Huayun?"

Meiyun smiled happily even though she was quite confused by Huayun's presence because Huayun should be asleep at this time. Huayun didn't reply to her as she kept walking towards Meiyun. Seeing that something was not right Meiyun carefully approached Huayun.

Meiyun: " Hey, you good?"

Still no respond from Huayun.

Meiyun: ' Is she sleepwalking? Hhmm, this never happened to her before.'

Meiyun was thinking how to tease Huayun when she was in this state then a voice scared the wit out of her.

Huayun: " Meiyun."

Meiyun: " Ye-yes!"

Huayun: " I'm sorry, my ignorance caused you to suffer."

Meiyun: " Yo~ What the hell are you talking about?"

Huayun: " Qier pointed his sword to your neck right?"

Meiyun's smile instantly dissipated.

Meiyun: ' Is it because my voice was too loud?'

Meiyun: " Mah~ Something like that, yeahhh~, did happen."

Meiyun looked away from Huayun's piercing gaze and used joking tone to ease up the tense atmosphere.

Huayun: " Why didn't you tell me?"

Huayun asked with her head lowered but Meiyun could still see her expression as she was shorter than her. Meiyun sighed maybe for the thousand time for today.

Meiyun: " So what if I tell you? You want to break up with him?"

Huayun whipped her head up to look at Meiyun, she didn't want to break up with Qier but she couldn't just be blinded with love and ignore her sister that had took care her for her whole life.

Huayun: " N-no, I don't want to but-"

Meiyun: " Shh~ Look up there."

Huayun looked up to the sky and saw the moon and the stars shining in the dark sky.

Meiyun: " What do you see?"

Huayun: " Moon and stars."

Meiyun: " They are beautiful right?"

Huayun: " En."

Meiyun and Huayun: "…"

Huayun was confused by why would Meiyun asked her that question in this situation.

Huayun: " So what?"

Meiyun: " Nothing, I just want to show it to you. Ahahaha~"

Huayun: " You! How can you be joking even at time like this?!"

Meiyun: " Khehehehe~"

Meiyun suppressed her laugh so Hong er didn't wake up. Huayun slapped Meiyun's back in annoyance, she always fall for Meiyun's traps and never learnt from it.

Huayun: " Is that necessary?"

Meiyun: " Of course it is."

Huayun: " Huh?"

Meiyun: " You are not sad anymore right?"

Huayun: "?"

Meiyun: " Mah~ This is not something you have to ponder about. I am the one who decided to not to tell you so you don't need to feel guilty about this."

Huayun: " But after knowing this, how can I be so ignorance?"

Meiyun: " They are not wrong for pointing their sword to me, that is their responsibilities to protect their master at any cost. I'm just quite upset that they didn't apologize after knowing that I'm innocent."

Meiyun said smilingly. She looked up to the sky and smiled brighter.

Meiyun: " This is the scene that I always watch every night. The moon and the stars are the one who accompany me throughout the silent night. You know that I hate darkness right? I'm really glad that they gave light to go through all of this painful night, that's why to thank their companion, I stayed up all night till they are going to go down."

Huayun followed Meiyun's eyes and saw that the moon became brighter than before.

Meiyun: "Alright~ It is better if you go to sleep now. Tomorrow we will be quite busy."

Huayun: " En. Then I will go."

Meiyun: " Kay. Don't think about those unimportant thing again, it'll just make age quicker."

Huayun: " En, I won't. And thank you."

Meiyun: " Your welcome, My lady."

Huayun: " Hahaha~"

Huayun laughed as she walked away to take a rest.

Meiyun: " My my. What a rough day, right buddy?"

Meiyun spoke while gazing at the bright moon.

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The Qi brothers' job was the same as the Yun sisters' and they have the same shift system as they have, Qiyi had a night shift and Qier had the morning shift. They protect their master like the way the Yun's sisters did, guarding the front door but since Meiyun was guarding the front door, Qiyi protected their master from the dark.

He stared at Meiyun who was gazing at the moon with her back straight, sometimes she would smile gently like she was communicating with the moon. His heart would beat faster if she smiled, he didn't know why she looked exceptionally beautiful under the moonlight. It felt like the moon was her dearest and they were separated by the space.

Qiyi: ' Do I really like Meiyun?'

This thought had been repeated for numerous times in his head but he didn't know the answer to the question, was it yes or no. It is safe to say that he enjoyed the time that he was spending with Meiyun. She would always talked and tell jokes even though sometimes it was so lame. She was very thoughtful of other people despite her tendency to tease people.

She had said that she could die if she doesn't tease other and it caused him to laugh his head off. The more he think about Meiyun, the more things that he found he liked about Meiyun. He just followed the trend that the gentle and virtuous women were better than women like Meiyun. Then he realized that he liked Meiyun more than he thought.