Battle between the two

Royal Palace: {2 months later}, Backyard

Xu Cheng close his eyes waiting impatiently for the music to start. Lin Che watched as Lin Fang makes it way to the crowd proudly yet acted shyly and rolled her eyes. [Wu...]

Through mind link, Lin Che said. [I wasn't inform that this vixen will be playing the zither together with me.]

With straight face, Wu answered.

[Without you knowing it, it'll be fun. And my payback from your dark jokes.]

[Then, I'll make sure to think of another dark jokes again.] Lin Che said back and waved him off, walking with the other dancers.

As the crowd gave a loud applause, Xu Cheng open his eyes and rested his head in his hand that rested on his left knee.

Lin Fang sat up and started playing zither.

Lin Che on the other hand through her half-covered face began to dance with the rhythm while painting using her fingertips.

Xu Lei stood up and excused himself, only his back is what Lin Che saw.

The empress dowager nodded and went back to the performance. [The zither was good... But the dancer and how she paints... is more appealing.] Empress dowager, Xu Chen thought and sip on her tea.

Xu Cheng also seems well focused on her dance moves.

As Lin Fang noticed how well focused they are at Lin Che, her blood boil.

She smirked mischievously, moved her finger into the other strings and started playing another melody.

[This vixen...]

Lin Che smirked before turning around jumping, changing her dance moves too.

As the music stop, the painting was also finish.

They all looked at the painting and applauded. Lin Gong looked at it and sip his tea. [What a good art...]

Xu Cheng took a peek of it before closing his eyes.

[Maybe I should make a deal with her later...]

Even Lin Cang was astonished before shaking it off, clearing her throat.

Empress Dowager, Xu Chen applauded, while smiling. [This girl...] She look at Xu Cheng and sigh. [Maybe I should make her younger my sister-in-law...]

Xu Dong look at her up and down before smirking. [Great dance and art... Especially the body.]

Lin Che seems absentminded to hear what all they think about but not Wu. He make a disgusted face at what Xu Dong says.

[What a word. Makes me puke.]

Lin Che look at him sideways using her eye and asked.

[Something wrong?"

It was a painting of a very unique art of a lotus flower, but what made them more amazed was the paragraph.

A helpless lotus become a fresh one the next day. It will live its life as ordinary, but deep within... it was long gone. It may be known for long, but may be forgotten when its dead.

When they were out of the sight of all the crowd people, Lin Fang came forward to Lin Che and clapped.

"Nice dance so did in your work. You seems to be skilled at anything."

Lin Fang said mockingly. "Thanks for the praise, my lady. But I'm nothing compared to you."

Lin Fang tsked secretly.

[Do this bitch thinks she's really that good? She's not even pretty? Why should she wear a veil if she isn't?]

Lin Fang thought annoyed, but forced a smile.

"It's nothing. I'm sorry about earlier... My hands just slipped."

[Sure...]

Lin Che thought irritated.

"My lady thinks highly of me. I'm just a mere dancer." Lin Fang faked a smile once more time before saying.

"If you say so... I have to go." As Lin Che watched her leave, her frace become cold and emotionless.

[That vixen really thinks she's pretty...? As if... She just looks like Sakura in Naruto. Bitchy face, the same hair color.}

Wu pop out behind her and asked.

"Sakura? Who was that?"

Lin Che look at him and said.

"Ah. A girl in one of my favorite anime, who I hated . How dares she play with my poor baby's feelings?" Wu frowned. "Anime?"

Lin Che shook her head and didn't answer. 'I still haven't finished Boruto. Better to finish it after I get back.'

She sighed frustrated.

[It's all that dog faced guy's fault. I shouldn't have been in love in the first place and just focused on my baby Kaneki, Gojo, Levi, Kakashi, Itachi and Karma, Light, Hisoka... @#$%^]

[Oh... And also Sebestian... and Undertaker... Although I ship you with Grell.]

*Talking about Undertaker.*

"Umm... Are you okay? What's with some sudden weird names I heard?"

"Nothing..."

[To think that he even went whoring around the whole night and didn't even think of his 'dead fiancée'.]

Lin Che thought tsking.

[Well, he called you useless and ugly before.] Wu said all of a sudden. [I've long know of that...! Their faces made me doubt twice why weren't they died in sunlight and was still breathing.]

'To think that they even do 'that' next to the Cold Palace before, letting me hear it.'

She murmured in a very low voice and was about to leave, when a servant bowed in front of her.

"Miss Dancer. The regent ask me to guide you into the guestroom. He instructed this servant to tell you, to wait there."

As she pretended on walking calmly outside, inside she panicking.

[Wu, Wu! Does he recognized me? Shit, I didn't even know our past yet. How am I going to explain this when we meet?! "What a coincidence?!" "Fancy meeting you here?" That all seems bullshit to me.]

[Geez... calm down... Act normal and solve the problem yourself if it gets serious. After all it is your fate, not mine.]

Lin Che took a deep breathe and said determined. [You're being cruel. But sure, it's the truth anyway...]

Xu Cheng on the other hand, just keeps nodding on what gifts they served.

When it's General Lin's butler's turn, Xu Cheng focus on Lin Gong's face not its gift. [I didn't expect you to be in this kind of state. I guess you suffered the most...]

Xu Cheng thought and stuff the green grape in his mouth. [However...]

He look at Xu Dong who was drinking not minding others business and smirk secretly. [I'm guessing you as Xu Dong? And...]

He then look at Lin Fang swiftly. [Is it certain to invite that girl, Lei.]

Xu Lei who was about to go to the restroom, felt a cold stare from afar. "Who... Who the heck was that...?"

Xu Lei turn around, only for him to be covered in the mouth and the eye.

As he was dragged in the shadow, Lin Che and the maid walked to the same path at the exact time, Xu Lei was dragged out.

Xu Lei bit the guy's hand and then cursed.

"What was that all of a sudden????! Fuck... you scared me!" He shouted as he saw the guy's face clearly.

Gu Yang, son of General Gu and Xu Lei's childhood friend.

Note: There are two Generals, Gu and Lin. Gu protects the south where Regent Xu lives. He and Regent Xu were allies fight in the battle for years.

While Lin guarding the Royal Palace. He went to the east, where he fight for years to obtain the land of east.