34 Poison (1)

Li Ming left the sick Long Jie with the servants. She was quite too familiar with his condition.

When her father taught her how to teleport, for the first few months she ended up getting sick after every lesson. That was the first time in her life when she wanted to give up on something.

But of course, being the heir of the mage clan, she was not given the privilege to say no. Specially when it comes to magic.

She walked through the silent halls of the manor and finally reached Zhang Yong's bed chamber.

Although Long Jie said that he (Zhang Yong) was only a little bit exhausted after their journey but Li Ming had a feeling that it was not that simple.

Before she could knock on the door, it opened from inside and she was engulfed in a tight hug.

"I missed you." Zhang Yong said as he released her. He closed the door behind them and ushered her to sit down at the table.

"Did you miss me too?" Zhang Yong asked as he sat opposite her.

Li Ming looked at the man and don't know why she felt like something was off about him that day. But she didn't voice out her doubts and said with a smirk, "Why you have the misunderstanding that I was busy missing you?"

"If you were not missing me then why you came here to find me?" Zhang Yong asked with a smile.

"Because I have something important to talk to you." Li Ming said seriously.

"Really! Now I'm excited to know that what is important enough to make you come here to find me." Zhang Yong said with a fake curiosity.

Li Ming shook her head at his acting but told him about everything that she had found out from Han Zhe and Lian Hu.

Nearly after twenty minutes or so, she finally completed telling him every single detail & information.

She was nearly out of breath by the end and quickly gulped down the water offered by Zhang Yong.

"What do you want me to do about this?" Zhang Yong asked curiously.

"I have two requests." Li Ming said seriously as she looked at the man in front of her.

"Go on. I'm listening."

"First, I want you to send all the children back to the village from the mines." Li Ming said.

"And...?" Zhang Yong was still waiting for her second request.

Li Ming stood up and went to the window. The view of blooming flowers outside the window was very beautiful.

"I want you to save Han Zhe's family. I don't care what happens to others but I want his wife, daughter and son. The three of them are innocent." Li Ming said as she continued to stare out into the garden.

She felt Zhang Yong coming behind her. She turned around to look at him. He was looking at her with an expression that she was unable to read at the moment.

"Your first request is not too much but the second one is not easy. According to the laws, a traitor's whole family is punished with him and saving Han Zhe's family would be difficult. Why do you think that I'll help you?" Zhang Yong asked her.

The expression on his face at that moment were unreadable. It was hard to say whether he was serious or testing her.

Li Ming smiled as she heard his question. "Your highness, I'm not a fool. I never thought that you will help me. That's why I said that I have two requests not two wishes. There's a  very little but strong difference between these two."

"But I still can't think of any reason to help you." Zhang Yong said as he also looked at the flowers outside the window.

Li Ming smiled lightly and nodded her head. She came a little closer to Zhang Yong and said, "Maybe I can give you a reason. You help me in getting my two requests done and in return I will treat the poison that is running in your blood right now."

Before Li Ming could make a move she was pulled against the wall by Zhang Yong. He put both of his hands on either side of her shoulder, caging her within.

Although the force used by him was strong but he still made sure that Li Ming would not get hurt.

He looked at the girl who was not even a little bit afraid from him. He looked into her bright eyes and asked, "How do you know that I'm poisoned?"

Li Ming face broke into a soft smile as she replied with a smirk, "Did I forgot to mention that I have some talents in medical field?"

Zhang Yong started laughing and said in a cold voice, "Whenever I think that you can't amaze me anymore you proves me wrong everytime."

"And whenever I think that I'm starting to know you a little bit, you also proves me wrong." Li Ming replied with the same coldness.

Zhang Yong kept looking at the girl and finally sighed as he put his head on her shoulder. She had a very light fragrance of lilac on her body which helped him in relaxing.

Both of them kept quiet for a while. "Do you think I am being too much?" Zhang Yong finally asked after sometime but didn't move away from his position.

"I have seen worse!" Li Ming replied with a soft tone. She didn't try to push him away but neither made any move to hug him back. She could feel the tension in his body. Due to some unknown reason he was a little disturbed. Moreover she was actually interested to know what happened to him in the past few days.

Zhang Yong looked at her face as he stood up straight. "Is it possible to keep a secret from you?"

Li Ming looked in his eyes as she said, "Trust me Prince Yong, you are the only person around me whose secrets I still have not uncovered!"

Her words brought a smile on Zhang Yong's face and his sad and depressed mood suddenly changed into a happy one.

"You are the most amazing person I have known in my entire life!" Zhang Yong said as he embraced the girl in his arms tightly. It was like a silent promise to never let her go!!