CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

Bai Ying took a very deep breath.

“Hemmh, brother, the air in this city is quite warm, this is what it feels like to live near a volcano. Oh yeah, Brother, shall we continue our search for the vermilion bird? What did Ge Lu say about his finding with Guard Bei in the Spider forest?” Bai Ying asked.

Chen Ming lowered his hand, after enjoying his hot tea a bit and put it back on the table.

“It’s normal, there’s nothing suspicious, I think the firebird might have fled into the forest, or returned to the mountain, after being so badly injured it must have taken him quite a while to recover as before, at least, decades. ”

Bai Ying widened her eyes.

“Wow, brother, do we have to wait that long? Decades, hem, it must be very tiring waiting for it huh, what should we do during that time?” the boy thought so seriously.

Chen Ming pinched Bai Ying’s cheek who was still thinking and lifted his head.

“Aww Brother it’s hurt”

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“Who would want to wait that long? Only some stupid people who don’t have much work to do, who really have so much time to spend on, don’t you? Just let that stupid bird come and go as he pleases, it’s none of our business anymore, from the beginning brother already disagreed about your wish to hunt the vermilion bird and that fat turtle”

Bai Ying looked at his brother with shrivelled eyes, Chen Ming’s face at that time must have been very scary, his brother had always been like that. From the beginning of the journey, he kept complaining as if he really doesn’t like all the things they encountered. But because his brother loved him so much that he was forced to join on their mission with him.

Bai Ying hugged Chen Ming’s arm, which made Chen Ming somewhat surprised.

“Brother, please forgive Ying’er, I’m sorry, Brother Ming Ming, you have never been this angry before, it must have been because you were so worried about Ying’er. I’m sorry, my dear Brother Ming Ming, for making this handsome brother’s face always frown”

Chen Ming stuttered, his brother was never being this sweet to him, he wasn’t Bai Ying he knew, it was really scary to see him so cute and adorable at that time, he could melt to his brother’s face who he always adores. Chen Ming tried to get the boy’s hand off him.

“Ich this kid, what the hell”

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Not long after, the group of maids came back to deliver breakfast which they would enjoy there. Bai Ying turned his head towards the mansion, it seemed that the Crown Prince and others’ conversation wasn’t finished yet, so he couldn’t join them for a meal at that time.

Bai Ying turned his head when he found a young maid placing food in front of him. She was the girl from yesterday, the girl with half her face covered in black burn marks as if scales appeared on her skin. Her appearance was indeed quite gruesome, the maid did not dare to lift her face in embarrassment and slowly walked back after placing the food on the table.

Bai Ying was just about to extend his hand because the girl almost fell from retreating without looking back. Luckily the butler, the middle-aged woman held her back.

Chen Ming approached Bai Ying when all the maids had excused themselves to retreat.

“Brother what are you thinking? Why are you kept looking at that girl like that? Don’t look at her for too long, you going to lose your appetite because of it.”

Bai Ying pursed his lips at his brother’s sharp speech.

“Ich brother, don’t talk like that, it’s a pity if she hears you, she must be very sad Brother”

Chen Ming crammed a large prawn into Bai Ying’s bowl, it seemed he knew what the boy was thinking.

“Don’t try anything that will be in vain Ying, big brother knows what’s on your mind right now”

Bai Ying turned his head and narrowed his eyes at Chen Ming while stuffing his chopsticks into his mouth.

“Really? Brother knows what Ying’er is going to do?” he asked.

“What else? You intend to heal the burn on that girl’s face right?”

Bai Ying widened his eyes, seeing Chen Ming who was so calm speaking as if he knew what he was thinking.

“How do you know Brother? Has Ying’er told you about it? No, I wasn’t, the, how do you know, it’s great”

Chen Ming was furious to smack Bai Ying’s head who was so stupid.

“Ich this child” until his hand nudged a spoon which finally fell from the edge of the table.

“Ouch”

Su Lang immediately lowered his body to pick it up, the spoon was already dirty mixed with the soil below.

“Your Majesty, I will go to the kitchen and ask for another one,” said Su Lang excitedly rushing towards the big house.

“This brother, his hands are so clumsy” protested Bai Ying who was about to take the soup that his brother dropped the spoon earlier.

“Who is this because of? Such a stupid person”

Bai Ying finally sighed in annoyance, he was forced to wait, how can he wait to enjoy the food right in front of his eyes without being able to do anything, that’s so cruel!.

It’s been a while since Su Lang still doesn’t show up from the kitchen where he left, is he getting lost?

Chen Ming looked behind him, he was also curious about what the amateur bodyguard did by taking a spoon which took a long time. Chen Ming was about to get up from his seat when he saw Su Lang appear. The young bodyguard approached with narrowed eyes as if he was confused.

Bai Ying looked at his hands, which were empty without carrying anything.

“Em, brother Su, where’s the spoon?” Bai Ying asked.

Su Lang who arrived in front of Bai Ying looked at Bai Ying confusedly, he frowned, and looked at his palms, he remembered that he went to the kitchen carrying a spoon with him, but why did he come back empty-handed?

“Y-yah, where’s the spoon, huh?”

Chen Ming and Bai Ying looked at each other, what happened to the young bodyguard, why did he look confused?

Bai Ying pulled Su Lang’s hand. When he touched his hand, Bai Ying’s eyes suddenly lit up followed by the loud screaming sound of a bird that was so loud in his ears.

“Ah!” Bai Ying immediately let go of Su Lang’s hand.

Chen Ming stood up and check on his brother who was whimpering in pain while covering his ears.

“Brother, what happened?”

Su Lang stood stunned in place. He looked back at where he had just come from with a confused mind. Without thinking the young guard rushed back to where he was.

“Who is that?”

Chen Ming tried to calm Bai Ying who had just experienced something strange like what he felt yesterday, but Bai Ying didn’t stay still, he immediately got up from his seat and followed Su Lang.

“Brother Su!” he exclaimed.

Chen Ming followed him fast.

“Brother wait up!”

Su Lang arrived at the kitchen door. His eyes went wide to find his spoon, which was left on the stove while no one was there. Su Lang was confused, what did just he do? By putting the soup spoon there and leaving it like that?

Bai Ying and Chen Ming approached.

Looking at the surroundings where none of the maids was there, it was quite strange, usually, there are one or two maids there, Chen Ming thought.

Bai Ying grabbed the spoon that was on the stove, maybe his inner eye could see what was really going on.

To be sure, it was not natural as it was impossible for the very agile and focused Su Lang to lose control of himself and forget about this very easy task.

There was no trace of anything on the spoon. Bai Ying didn’t feel anything.

Chen Ming and Su Lang entered the kitchen and looked around, up to the floor and even the cutting table.

Chen Ming’s eyes slightly widened to find something sparkling on the ground in front of the furnace. Something dark red gleamed.

“Brother, this” Chen Ming grabbed it, not something that should be in the kitchen, it resembles thick bird scales, dark red and stiff, the size is not bigger than his pinky. He approached Bai Ying and pointed it out.

For a moment, Bai Ying hesitated, if he touched it, something great would surely appear to him. The young man swallowed hard, he looked at his brother for a moment, then at Su Lang who couldn’t recall his lost memory, the young man just scratched his head in confusion and irritation.

How could he be so dazed? What a stupid Su Lang.

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