Villain Emperor

The atmosphere became a little tense again. Actually the tense atmosphere was only in Weiheng's atmosphere with Jiang Yi in front of him glaring at him, but who would have thought that if Weiheng also found a huge pressing aura from behind him, luckily Chunyin was still able to suppress his mood when Weiheng said demon emperor Feng.

Weiheng still looked panicked, he didn't expect that there was Emperor Feng in front of him, he was also confused because there wasn't a single soldier by the emperor's side. There was only one servant girl who was in the same situation as Chunyin with her wet clothes and hair so Weiheng again wondered, what was going on?

"S-since when was Emperor Feng here?, and... what is this aura?!" he thought. Weiheng then turned his head back slightly to look at Chunyin. And sure enough, his hunch was that his master seemed very angry with him. Weiheng immediately knew from Chunyin's expression that he was colder than his brother, although he didn't know why Chunyin was angry with him.

Weiheng thought and came to a conclusion, "Have I disturbed His Majesty Li who is having a match with Emperor Feng?!" his mind was guessing. Weiheng himself was also quite familiar with the fact that Emperor Li and Emperor Feng often had sudden meetings to conduct matches, and the result was that the strength of the two of them was still balanced. Because of that too, Weiheng knew how annoyed Li Xi was at not being able to bring down Emperor Feng's pride.

Weiheng's face paled even more, he swallowed hard when Chunyin started to walk towards him, but all the bad things in Weiheng's head remained there when Chunyin went to stand in front of him to face Jiang Yi. Before anything untoward happened, Chunyin immediately took on the role of emperor Li although it annoyed him enough to play the villain emperor he hated in his story.

Like in the mirror. Chunyin stared at himself with a strange feeling because he had to talk to himself, but because it was like talking to herself that made Chunyin confident to speak without thinking first. At least he knows how to deal with himself.

Chunyin smiled then said, "Your Majesty Feng, can you forget my two knights? They don't know anything. They're just looking for me."

"Oh, I'm also sorry if I entered your territory. It really wasn't on purpose because I was looking for my item which was stolen by a crow..." Chunyin continued making excuses. He then made one hand back and silently shot down a crow that just so happened to be passing by, and of course it was normal for him because he was familiar with the territory of his Feng empire then and now which is still the same. Chunyin knew that there were many crow's nests around the forest near the jade lake.

"Crow?" Jiang Yi thought in confusion, but he just kept quiet and listened to Chunyin speak without interrupting him.

Chunyin walked closer with Emperor Li's petulant smile and continued her words, "That crow is quite smart and has good eyesight when it comes to shimmering objects… you know what I mean right? stolen, and now I'm going back"

"If you need evidence, you can see the crows that fell on the edge over there," continued Chunyin. He then walked backwards again waiting for Jiang Yi response.

Jiang Yi easily read the situation so he responded with a smile too, "Okay. I believe..." he said briefly.

When he saw Jiang Yi's response, Chunyin was quite surprised. He couldn't believe what he saw. He knew very well himself that he never wanted to smile, but the attitude he saw from Jiang Yi was like he wasn't him, especially his tone of voice didn't seem to hold any emotion at all, even though he had always been annoyed when he talked to Li Xi.

Feeling a little strange, Chunyin didn't want to make more things that might bring he a lot of trouble so he chose to leave. After all, his current goal wasn't to compete for strength or search for twin jade gems. Chunyin only wants to protect his Xiang-er, even though it sounds strange because he has been Li Xi who killed Xiang Lian in the past so Chunyin can only think of what else is threatening his Xiang-er?, there's no way his would kill his own lover. right?.

Chunyin clenched he fists because he didn't understand what the heavens wanted from him.

"Damn!." Chunyin thought. His mind went into chaos if he had to remember Xiang Lian. Maybe this time he really will be destined to be an antagonist and a villain at the same time. Chunyin could only give up, at least one thing he would do.

"As long as Xiang-er is happy, in any life, and with anyone… even with myself. I will be willing to turn to stone" Chunyin thought.

"Your Majesty!"

As if getting a breath of fresh air, a voice made Chunyin's worry and sadness disappear instantly. Somehow he knew that Xiang-er was calling for him even though the voice only said the word 'Your Majesty' which could mean His Majesty Feng as well, but Chunyin firmly felt his soul called out. His Xiang-er summoned his soul trapped in the body of a Li Xi.

An Jia Li stopped running as soon as Chunyin stopped walking and faced her. An Jia Li's heart was beating exactly the same as when she was hugged earlier. Even when An Jia Li stared at the figure in front of her, she seemed to float. Everything around him seemed to disappear. For a moment, An Jia Li was immersed in the gaze of Chunyin who was looking at her gently.

Chunyin also felt the same way as his heart was pounding, although there was a slight difference now. He was facing his Xiang-er, yet it felt so far away like he was staring up at the sky. He saw a beautiful star, but he could not reach it and wished it would fall on him.

"Yes?" Chunyin replied.

"Th-th-so... th-thanks for helping me, Your Majesty" An Jia Li stammered. An Jia Li felt that something was wrong. An Jia Li remembered reading a novel where the figure of Emperor Li in front of her was about to kill Xiang Lian, but she wondered why the attitude of Emperor Li that she saw today seemed so different from the one in the novel? there was a strange feeling within An Jia Li.

"Is it true that Emperor Li killed Xiang Lian?" thought An Jia Li. He became doubtful but still had to be vigilant. Even so, An Jia Li still couldn't get rid of the fact that she seemed to be in love with the figure in front of her, so An Jia Li thought maybe she would completely change the story in the novel that she had not read to the end.

Chunyin subconsciously walked forward towards An Jia Li. He looked at An Jia Li then smiled, "You seem fine, thank goodness..."

"U-um, I-I'm fine. It's thanks to you Your Majesty, thank you-" An Jia Li's words were interrupted because when she was about to lower her head, her hair roll fell and fell down.

"Oh, my hair!" An Jia Li immediately panicked herself and the shame enveloped her even more intensely. Her immediately backed away, but just as her took a step back Chunyin held his hand so An Jia Li stopped.

No matter what kind of luck, Chunyin could finally feel the hand even for a moment. Chunyin then smiled and reached into her belt to grab something.

"This is for you, wear it..." said Chunyin who opened An Jia Li's hand and then handed her a hairpin decorated with white peony flowers, "it looks like the crow wants to give it to you" said Chunyin a little whispered.

An Jia Li understood Chunyin's point, but still she felt strange and felt that the man in front of her had been lying. Even so, An Jia Li was happy with the gift and didn't want to think about it.

"Th-thank you Your Majesty" muttered An Jia Li. Somehow An Jia Li felt a little sad when Chunyin had walked away from her. An Jia Li felt that feeling again, where she felt longing and sad, but there was no way she could feel longing and sad because of the villain emperor figure she had just met.

An Jia Li gripped the hairpin tightly and subconsciously wished herself to be the star that fell into the heart of Emperor Li's figure.

Meanwhile, Chunyin who had returned decided to rest for a while, even though his mind couldn't stop working in the slightest. In his head right now, Chunyin was replaying what had just happened to him. It started when he arrived at the jade lake and about the shadows that attracted him and An Jia Li.

"There's something that I still didn't know long ago… what kind of shadow drew us in? And-" Chunyin suddenly became astonished and didn't understand. His mind drifted as he wrote the novel. At that time he wrote a novel only based on a dream which was an old memory that he did not remember. So of course there would be a lot of fictional additions that didn't happen in his real life, but he couldn't forget how Li Xi killed Xiang Lian. But there was something that stuck in his mind, namely the reason Li Xi killed Xiang Lian that he didn't know. Why did Li Xi kill his Xiang-er?.

But, instead of telling himself. Chunyin realized that when she wrote the novel 'True Love from the Heart', he actually talked more about Emperor Li Xi, as if he knew Li Xi better than he knew himself.

At that thought, Chunyin again felt his head throb. It felt like he knew something, but the memory seemed to be being held back from appearing.

Putting that aside, Chunyin preferred to think about how he could get the Pendant back.

"The pendant… how did it fall into the jade lake?" muttered Chunyin who had just noticed another oddity.