TGP: Shadow Guard (II)

"Hey! Stop!"

But her voice was swallowed by the sounds of the metals clashing to one another.

"Hey! Kids! Stop fighting!"

Clang. Slash.Pow. Clang

"Hey!!!" But the two were so immersed in the fighting. One mistake from them might result in each other's death. So they didn't bother in Liam's shouts and made the priority to defeat the other first.

This fight attracted quite attention. The guards from the De residence were coming.

Liam sighed. 'Let's leave it to the professionals.'

So she sat on the ground and waited for the two to finish fighting.

The guards then came.

"Young Miss?!"

Liam pointed out the two blurry figures that giving out 'Clang, Slash, Pow' sounds.

"Please make them stop."

The guards nodded and went to join the fray.

But after a few seconds, they returned wounded.

"Young Miss, the enemy is too strong. Let's enter in Master's courtyard first. Some of the experts are there." The guard wanted to escort Liam to escape danger.

Liam waved her hand.

"Nah. Just call the chief- the experts and make these two stop. These are my boys, and they won't hurt me." Liam said. The guard looked at her strangely for a moment. Wondering how a lad could do improper activities such as letting her future husband wear a green hat in broad daylight. Not only one, but two at that.

The guard sighed. He heard that their young miss was naughty ' So the young miss is very naughty.' The guard walked away and reported to the experts.

Liam, who was unknowingly branded as an immoral woman that wanted many husbands went back to watching the two. Even she only saw blurry images, it did not matter. Her thoughts were not there but to the things that the emperor wanted her to do.

Be a spy against Ren Shou? Be the hidden dagger of the emperor? Would she do that?

The answer was clearly 'No.' Never. She never plays at someone's will, to begin with. She would just gonna use this chance to fulfill her list and be reincarnated. She doesn't care about the emperor. Or about the dispute Ren Shou and the emperor have. She would live her life here to the fullest. Besides, she never promised the emperor. She just said she would listen.

' ..Not to do it.'

Slash, The sound got louder when the experts joined the fray.

Liam just blankly watched the fight even she didn't see it clearly. She waited and waited. She totally forgot to mention who was the enemy and who was the friend. As the three different sides that were actually on the same side fighting seriously like their life depended on it, she began to nod.

Liam, who got dizzy with the blurry image, fell slowly into her slumber.

****

She woke up with the feeling she was floating. Did she die?

With those thoughts, Liam opened her eyes abruptly.

The first thing she saw was the most beautiful face she had seen in this world, the living aphrodisiac, aka her husband.

"What are you doing here?" Liam asked with a stunned expression.

"Is it not normal for a fiance to visit her wangfei's residence?" Ren Shou answered her with a question.

"No. It's normal- no, what I mean, why is your face so close? Do you want to be eaten?" Liam's dirty mouth unconsciously spoke words. She shut it quickly. 'I am an excellent-mannered grandma. I do not take advantage of the young.' Liam recited this in her mind.

"Are you hungry? " The dense Ren Shou asked instead.

Liam sighed. 'Maybe the term eating tofu here is not yet known.' Liam, this granny who lived her life to the fullest, smiled mischievously.

"Yes. I wanted to eat your tofu." Liam then shut her mouth after the feeling of accomplishment of flirting with a handsome Youngman sprouted in her heart. Satisfying her granny ego. But then she remembered her recitation earlier. ' I will not go beyond these flirting words. I am a very well-mannered granny. I do not take advantage of the young.'

(a/n: you just did..)

Ren Shou was taken aback. Then his face went red.

"W-we can't y-yet. B-but we will s-soon."

"..." Liam.

'There's a term like that here?! Oh my! My perverted side got busted! No! I'm not even perverted!'

Liam was having an internal condemnation of herself.

"General, the young man hadn't spoken anything yet. Should I just end him?" Ping Bi approached them at their side.

Liam finally remembered her important list and struggled out of Ren Shou's hold.

Ren Shou put her down.

"Where is that man?" Liam was afraid that these peeps would cut off the shadow guard's hands or feet. She still needs to return the shadow guard to His majesty in one piece.

Ren Shou looked at Liam.

"That man was hiding under your skirt. He knows shadow techniques as well. It is not good for you to see him. You might suffer trauma."

Liam was stunned. So that shadow guard was hiding under her skirt all the time? How about the emperor? Was he hiding under the emperor skirt's as well? The latter thought was actually grosser than the former.

Liam shook her head. Nowadays, since she got rid of her old body, she felt like her life's views changed slightly. She saw things from different perspectives. It was actually a good thing for her.

(a/n: no, it was not...I'm telling you..)

She finds things more fun.

"That man is a shadow guard bestowed upon me by the emperor. I will only have him for one day. So I need to return him without missing a limb. Besides, I need him for something. Can you please let him go?" Liam asked Ren Shou earnestly.

Ren Shou furrowed his brows.

"What do you need him for? I have my men here who were better than him."

"No. no. I trust Ping Bi. But..."

'I need to wink at this shadow guard for a bit.'

Liam couldn't say those words out loud.