Bounded Souls

Li Rui's maids, Li Hua and Li Mei were looking at her mistress with a very concerned face. Howbeit seeing no change in her expression their distressed hearts were assured.

It didn't matter what others said. The thing of great importance was, their Lady Li's peace and happiness. Still, it made them worry if this rumor was really true then what will happen to their mistress.

Behind Li Rui, Li Mei silently wiped a tear escaped from her eye. She couldn't see her mistress's plight anymore. Li Hua held her hand to comfort her.

Li Hua and Li Mei still remembered the day they were brought to Li Manor. General Li himself had selected them to serve Li Rui.

Six years old, Li Rui had welcomed them in her courtyard with a large smile.

She had looked at them for almost two minutes.

"I have gained two loyal friends." That's what she said to them looking straight into their eyes.

Being taught how to remain a submissive slave, they didn't know how to react to the said statement. Still those words had warmed their hearts.

In the slave market, everyone used to talk about how slaves were treated in those noble families. But they were never treated like those servants in other courtyards.

Their lady never hit any maid. She was very polite and respectful to everyone. Nevertheless, there were punishments for those who committed mistakes. But not hard enough to take anyone's life.

They have seen how she grew up from that six-year-old child. How that large smile was slowly replaced by a small smile which never changed. How their young miss became able to conceal her emotions under the mask of calmness.

And how she suffered silently in Xi Manor.

Every wrong thing which occurred in Xi Manor was supposed to be done by their mistress, Li Rui. And she never came out to explain herself. Even the servants of Xi manor could be found saying rubbish about their mistress every now and then.

Li Hua and Li Mei's hearts hurt to see all of this.

Amidst all these thoughts, Li Hua heard her lady asking her something.

"How is Xi Ling doing?"

The question broke not only two maids' reverie but of Xi Ying also.

His son's name picked Xi Ying's attention. The thoughts which were making him restless vanished instantly. He had the urge to sneer on hearing Li Rui mentioning Xi Ling, his son.

'Does this woman still remember that she has a son?' mocked Xi Ying inside his heart.

"My Lady, I tried to find out about young master's condition. According to what I got to know, Young Master is suffering from a high fever and stomachache. A physician comes regularly to check on him but Young Master is not getting any better. "

The news startled Xi Ying. What happened to his Son? He was absolutely healthy and fine when he left.

He saw a serious expression forming on Li Rui's face which was very similar to the one on his face at this instant.

Although Xi Ying was a person who looked very cold and knew how to hide his emotions under his calm and lazy persona, his son was very precious to him.

"I want every information about Xi Ling's Health till Prime Minister Xi comes back. Do you understand?" said Li Rui to her maid

'Till he comes back.' Xi Ying looked at Li Rui with cold eyes.

What does it mean? Does she have no responsibility after his arrival? Xi Ying remembered his son asking about his mother once. He had silenced him somehow at that time.

And Xi Ling never asked again.

But Xi Ying could see how much Xi Ling wanted a mother. He could never fulfill that role even if he tried to do so in his life. But what could he do? He could never believe this woman enough to let his son know about her.

And hearing her words just now made him feel that he had been right all along about Li Rui.

With these ongoing thoughts, Xi Ying didn't forget his Son. He was worried about him. He decided to check on him and turned to go out from Plum courtyard.

Xi Ying was at the entrance of Plum Courtyard. He raised his foot to step out of the courtyard but his foot couldn't move ahead.

He felt an invisible wall stopped him. He raised his hand and moved it in the direction he wanted to go. But his hand couldn't go outside the entrance.

Xi Ying's eyes were very cold at this time. He wanted to kill whoever was doing this. But he didn't even know the person behind all this.

Since this was his soul then he should be able to roam anywhere by his will. But now Xi Ying realized that his soul was being controlled by someone. At this instant, he remembered those three words "As you wish ".

All of this started after that. But he never wished for something like this.

But what could he do now? Listening to the maid a few minutes ago, he knew that his son's health is not good since a long ago. It must have been very serious.

'What were the servants in manor doing? How did Xi Ling suddenly fell ill? Was there no one in his manor to be able to take care of a three-year-old child?' The questions filled his mind but there was no one to answer them.

He spent a long time thinking about what could he do in this situation but couldn't find any solution.

That was until he saw his wife, Li Rui walking in his direction with her maids.

"Is everything ready, Li Hua?"

"Yes, Lady Li."

"Good."

Looking at them, it seemed like they were going somewhere. As she stepped out, he didn't know why he tried to step out again.

And this time he succeeded.

He was very surprised. After so many failed attempts, it was a mystery how he succeeded in this one.

No longer bothering himself with this, he walked to his courtyard. But as he was taking some steps in the opposite direction to Li Rui, he was pulled back.

An invisible force was making him walk backward.

Xi Ying thought that his situation couldn't get any worse.

Because he soon realized that his soul was bound with his wife, Li Rui and he couldn't go anywhere where she was not.