126. Chang An I

Third person POV

After 4 days of travelling, they finally caught up to Hong er's entourage not far away from the capital. Hong er and Huayun jumped onto Meiyun as soon as they saw her. Meiyun stumbled backwards by the sudden weight, fortunately Di Shang managed to catch her. He smiled gently at her and helped her get her balance back. Meiyun nodded her head in thanks which made Di Shang smiled wider.

Hong er: " Aiya, it is General Di."

Di Shang: " Nice to meet you here, Miss Xu."

Hong er: " Me too, it is nice to meet you here General Di. On what occasion you come to Chang An?" (A/N: Chang An= Da Qi's capital.)

Di Shang: " Nothing important, just sending Meiyun off."

Di Shang patted Meiyun's head and smiled at her. Meiyun lowered her head in embarrassment, Hong er and Huayun saw her red ears and grinned mischievously.

Hong er: " Hoo~ Oh, please let me treat you a dinner as thanks for saving Meiyun."

Di Shang: " No-"

Hong er: " And you can stay with Meiyun longer."

At first he wanted to reject her offer, however, he immediately agreed at the thought he could be with Meiyun a bit longer.

Di Shang: " Then I have to bother Miss Xu for this."

Hong er: " It's fine~ It's fine~"

Hong er and Huayun released Meiyun from their clutch and touched all over her body to check if there's any injury.

Huayun: " It is good that you are fine."

Meiyun: " Uhm~ Only a scar here."

Meiyun pointed her cut that was hidden by her mask.

Huayun: " On your face?! How careless can you be? Oh? When did you wear a necklace?"

Meiyun: " Oh this, this was given by Madam Di as a gift."

Huayun glanced at Di Shang's necklace and whispered to Meiyun.

Huayun: " Yours and General Di's necklaces are matching, it feels like you are a couple."

Meiyun: " What are you saying?!"

Meiyun whisper screamed with her face flushed red. Huayun sighed and patted Meiyun's shoulder.

Huayun: " I'm just happy that you found someone that you love."

Meiyun stared at Huayun and smiled.

Meiyun: " Thank you."

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Di Shang was looking at Meiyun all the time during dinner, he even asked the Yun sisters to sit together and join the dinner. Hong er excitedly agreed as she always eat her meal together with them when she's not in residence. They sat down and waited for their Young Miss and Di Shang to eat first. Di Shang as the oldest among them, took a piece of meat and placed it on Meiyun's plate. Meiyun blushed deeply because she could feel the look that Hong er and Huayun gave her.

She looked at Di Shang and wanted to refrain him from doing things that could make people misunderstand their relationship but the genuine smile on his lips stopped her. Furthermore, he looked very proud and happy when he saw that Meiyun accepted everything that he did to her despite the embarrassment. He stretched out his hand beneath the table and held Meiyun's hand.

Surprised by the sudden contact, Meiyun jumped up and her knees knocked the table. Hong er and Huayun who was peacefully eating while watching them at the same time jolted when the table almost turned over.

Di Shang: " Don't worry, let's continue eating."

Di Shang said with a polite smile on his face, meanwhile his hand was rubbing Meiyun's knees which knocked the table. Meiyun's face couldn't get any redder than this, she admitted that his hands were very good at massaging but she couldn't just being lovey dovey in front of her Young Miss.

Hong er and Huayun saw Meiyun's blushing face and grinned evilly. They closed their eyes and activated their inner sight, they saw that Di Shang's hand was rubbing on Meiyun's knees and Meiyun was placing her hand on top of his hand. Hong er blushed and quickly inactivated her inner sight.

Hong er: ' Aiyo~ That was so rude of me to peek on someone's privacy.'

On the other side, Huayun was still looking at them with inner sight then she saw Meiyun was moving her other hand. Huayun was so curious of what Meiyun would do, she followed Meiyun's every hand movement.

Meiyun: ' F*ck you, close your f*cking inner sight before I close it for you.'

Then Meiyun gave her a middle finger underneath the table, Huayun inactivated her inner sight and glared back at Meiyun. They finished their dinner and went to an inn to rest, since it was too dark for Di Shang to travel back to Dong Fang, he decided to stay in the same inn as them.

His suite was across Hong er's suite, he went outside and saw that Meiyun was standing in front of the door alone. He walked and waved his hand to her which Meiyun waved back.

Meiyun: " Can't sleep?"

Di Shang: " En."

Meiyun: " Why?"

Di Shang: " I want to spend my time with you while I can."

Di Shang saw her ears got red, he smiled as he touched her ears.

Di Shang: " Let me see your face."

Di Shang untied the ribbon on her mask and took off her mask, revealing the blushing Meiyun. He couldn't think of anything but the woman in front of him. He caressed her cheek as he stared at her red lips, he leaned his face closer to Meiyun's face. Their lips were now only an inch apart, she could feel his warm breath brushing on her lips. When Di Shang moved his face forward, Meiyun stopped him by lightly pushing his chest away. She lowered her head and her eyes were looking everywhere except his eyes.

Meiyun: " Ge-general Di, I-I think th-this is too sud-sudden…"

Her voice got smaller and smaller as she spoke. Di Shang understood what she meant, they met only a week ago and they weren't officially a couple, furthermore, Meiyun had someone she actually liked. But he would never give up on Meiyun, if Meiyun disliked him, she wouldn't have let him do as he please as such sleeping with her. (A/N: they only slept together once when Meiyun was drunk.)

He won't rush Meiyun to quickly fall in love with him, he would take it slow and steady. He knew that her heart had started to fall for him but since he had to leave her side for quite a while, he had to do something so that Meiyun would only think about him when he is gone. He shifted his face to the side and gave her a peck on her scar.

Di Shang: " I will hold back for now. Wait for me, I will make you fall for me sooner or later."

Meiyun looked up to him and nodded her head. Di Shang furrowed his brow and groaned whlist resting his head on her shoulder.

Di Shang: " Ugghh…"

Meiyun caressed his spiky hair and anxiously asked.

Meiyun: " Is something wrong?"

Di Shang: " Yes."

Meiyun bit her lower lip as she was afraid that Di Shang was angry that she rejected his kiss.

Di Shang: " If you kept being that cute, I think I won't be able to hold back."

Her face flushed red in an instant, her hand that was caressing his hair fastened and rougher. Di Shang laughed as he succeeded in teasing her. But unknown to them, there was a person who had been watching them since the beginning. The unknown person fisted his hand and gritted his teeth in anger, he didn't even know why he was angered by the couple, it was just that his heart burned in anger seeing the two of them getting so close to each other. He was too entranced in his thought that he didn't realize that he released his aura due to anger.

Meiyun: " Who is there?!"

A ring sword shot towards him and managed to leave a huge cut on his left arm. He gritted his teeth and quickly retreated, Meiyun jumped on the roof where the unknown person was hiding before to catch a sight of the person who ran away. Knowing that she couldn't catch the person based on their speed and distance, she clicked her tongue in irritation. Di Shang appeared behind her and patted her head to comfort her.