(XingXing is mentioned as Wan ke HE )
~24 hours before the opening of school~
Stopping by the tented wooden store in the market,Wan ke moves his eyeball to the left observing the person he has been following.
"What's this?," he points generally at a bracelet placed on the table for sale acting like a customer when Jiang looked around curiously.
His eyes keeps on watching Jiang yi who is talking to the shopkeeper next to the cart he was in.
"It's the bracelet of love knot sir,"the salesman explains.
"Your soulmate will show up in front of you if you have this," he continues looking at the gentleman informs of him who is not paying any attention to his explanation as he was busy trying to figure out what they are talking about.
"Get me one,"Wan ke utters looking at the salesman infront of her, he pulls out a silver stone from his pocket and places it on the wooden table of the store,taking the bracelet carelessly he puts it in his pocket and walks away instantly to follow Jiang yi.
"Thanks gentlemen...Thank you so much,"the shopkeeper bows down a little thanking his customer who is in distance.
Wan ke has been investigating about the death of her brother for the past years, reaching the age of 23 he has grown up to be a courageous lad. He secretly tries to figure out the one behind his brother's death by following the people whom he has a doubt on as they had grudges against the Wen kingdom. Jiang yi the subordinate officer of the state was someone whom he found very suspicious due to his abnormal behaviour for the past few months.
He follows him behind to the famous restaurant named Jin store where he often visits to drink,eat and to have fun with the ladies,Jiang yi takes his seat on the only left empty table as Jin store is ways crowded, he looks around curiously to see whether someone is observing him but he never found anyone to be doubted as all the people in there were minding their own business by drinking or teasing the girls working there.
"Come on...drink," the rough voice of a man in the corner table could be heard aloud.
He forces the young lady who is struggling to get away to drink with him, holding her hand he tries to pull her down to sit next to him."Master Wen," Xu the one who always serves Wan ke greets him.
"Who is that?,"he asks by pointing at the girl in the crowd.
"She joined yesterday,"Xu answers hugging Wan ke's arm.
"Them?,"he asks his eyes never leaving the scene.
"From the Longier Kingdom,they were fussing around since noon," she replies following the gaze of Wan ke.
"I'll drink," everyone around the table looked to the direction the voice came from and Xu giggles and walks away knowing what's going to happen next as she was in the same situation when she joined the house.
"Hey.. Young lad mind your own business as others,"one of the man who is holding the girl growls smiling sarcastically.
"I'll drink,"Wan Ke walks forward to the crowded table while they give way for him to walk towards the seat and placing his right foot on the short bench he places the left foot on the floor.
Leaning forward he glares at the middle aged man in front of him,the right side of his lips twitches up to a smirk "Bring five pots of wine," he orders aloud.
"Know your place kid," the middle aged man grunts letting go of the lady's hand he slams his arm hard on the wooden table making a loud noise.
"Okay,"Wan ke smiles pouring the wine into the cup,he places a cup in front of him and looks at the lady who gets up from the seat and stands up beside the table as the other men of his were not letting her go.
"If I win you should never bother her again," Wan ke states holding the cup in the air he smirks staring at the person infront of her.
"Alright," taking the cup he raises it up infront of Wan ke's cup.
"What if you lose?,"he asks amusingly.
"Anything you tell,"Wan ke shrugs his shoulders, moving the cup to his mouth he gulps the wine down and the man does it too.
"Be my dog," he speaks nastily,Wan ke places his cup on the table with a loud tud when the words rang into his ears ,moving his gaze from the table he stares up at him. Raising a brow he looks towards his left and smiles at the crowd who were laughing.
"Scared?,"the man asks with an evil smile under his moustache.
"Deal,"Wan Ke smirks and raises the cup of wine gesturing him to drink.
They continued to drink until the five pots of wine ran empty.
"Another five,"Wan ke orders aloud making the few men beside the table gasp in astonishment as no one has won against their master and Wan ke is only a bit drunk.
"You are in right?,"Wan ke asks raising his eyebrows at him victoriously as he was drunk during the process of fourth pot.
"Ye...s,"his tone comes out sloppily, looking at Wan ke he smiles "How can you dr...,"his head hangs low before he could complete his sentence.
"You win...You win,"one person in the crowd states and walks towards the man who is drunk,he bends low and helps his brother to get up and the crowd of his leaves with them.
"You fine,"Wan ke asks getting up from the seat he steps closer to the girl.
"Thank you sir," she bends her shoulder low and bows in respect.
"No problem," he grasps her shoulders softly and guides her to look straight " Seems like you are new here" he gazes at her from top to bottom.
"Yes...," she answers softly feeling uncomfortable.
"Come to me if you need help Miss...,"He smiles raising his brows at her questionably.
"Ms Xiang," she completes the sentence with a smile.
"You....," he stops when Ms Xiang is pulled away from his grip.
"Let her go," a young man yells at Wan ke glaring at him moving Xiang behind his figure.
Wan ke opens his mouth to speak but stops when he sees Jiang Yi going upstairs.He looks at the young man in front of him and walks forward giving a glance to Xiang making sure that she is okay with him " See you later beauty," he winks at her and rushes upstairs ignoring the curse of the young man.
Leaning against the wall next to the closed of the private room,wan ke tries to hear out the conversation happening inside the room but all he could hear is the noise of bickering in the room and the loud noise of the guests downstairs.Waiting outside for a long time Wan ke decides to leave but before he could keep a step he turns around and rushes to the door when he hears Ms Cheng.Ms Cheng is the most beautiful lady in the house of Jin and she is the dream girl of many men in this state. She always had many customers and she is well known for her melodious voice in singing.Stepping back Wan ke kicks the door which makes the wooden door to part away welcoming him in. Walking in he stops in his tracks when his eyes catches Ms Cheng who is standing in the hold if JiangYi."Master Wan," she coughs looking towards his direction in astonishment.Jiang yi leaves his tight hold on Ms Cheng and tries to escape, Wan ke turns him around befor
"Was father an officer," Wan ke asks pulling out his dresses from the cupboard, he places it on the short wooden table and his mom arranges those into his bag."They work under him dear," She replies folding his messed up dresses"Maaa,I mean my father," he pressures on the word father which makes Ms Qin's actions to pause when the words rang into her ears."Xing,""Wan ke," he reminds."How do you know?," She asks her voice coming out softly in way that it could be broken at any time."He was the captain,"she answers falling over her knees as the topic of her husband always make her heart broken."Maa,"he bends low and cups her face "I'm sorry for bringing it up but I want to know,"he looks deep into her eyes with concern "You told me that dad was dead,How did he die?"Xing loved her father so much,she always spends the nights with him after he comes back from duty,the question of where her father has been always disturb
Staring at the building in front of him,Wan ke gazes it up to down observing how precious this place is for every prince of all states kingdom. Taking a deep breath in he lets it out with a loud sigh thinking about his days ahead,his life has always been different from others.He walks in through the arch in the entrance preparing his mind and heart for the new level of his life. Wale follows him in carrying his luggages."Drop them here," Wan Ke orders stopping in his tracks in the path where everyone are gathered. The path is crowded with students who are the Prince of other states kingdom."Don't look at me with those eyes," Wan ke scoffs glaring at Wale who is staring at him with concern."Are you sure that you will be able move on?," he asks his voice low and timid," placing the bags on the ground he steps forward and faces him."Only you, dad and mom knows about my true identity," Wan ke answers making sure his voice is low "I'm sure that oth
WanKe's P.O.V"Who is he?,"I ask looking at the person who is standing at the centre of the path holding the bow."Cheng Li," Hen yu answers.We stand in the crowd of students looking at everyone playing, almost everyone is done with their turns while some are waiting for it. So far the arrow in the furthest is Cheng Li's. Handing over the bow to the next player he walks towards the crowd with pride his face shows what he did few minutes ago was nothing for him."HenYu," Master Ling calls out which makes him to stop his actions as his hands paused in the position of clapping."Goodluck," I cheer him up while he keeps a step forward for everyone to see that he is the one who was called. Strolling towards the center he takes the bow from Master and stays in position. Realising that he is feeling nervous I cheer out his name aloud letting everyone to clap for him making the surrounding joyful but the surrounding captures silence the very next minute w
Wan ke's P.O.VThe main hall is arranged with chabudai tables with four cushions placed around it in a row on the sides leaving the middle space empty.Entering the noisy hall I make my way towards the table which is empty. Staying away from most of them will not cause any trouble because if I mingle with them I'm sure that they would find some clues.Taking the kettle which is placed on the table I pour the green tea into the ceramic cup. Closing my eyes I move the cup to my lips and let the bittersweet liquid slide into my mouth refreshing my inner."Hey Keke," I almost choke when the words ring into my ears, opening my eyes I place the cup on the table and wipe around my mouth with the back of my right palm."Keke?," I repeat curiously looking at Henyu who is taking his seat opposite to me."Yeah...my brother," he laughs bringing his hand forward with his palm fisted into a ball. Smiling widely he stares at me when I loo
Stretching my hands up I yawn curling up my toes, opening my eyes I squeeze it tight shut and open it again to get clear vision. I stare at the wooden roof my empty morning brain begins to function."Damn," I curse under breath when realisation hits me.How can I forget that I'm not at home and I got to wake up early to freshen up and prepare for the class.Taking a deep breath I turn to my right, a gasp leaves my lips when my body was about to fall as I was laying at the edge of the bed, being in balance I get up and sit straight on the bed."No,no...it should not be," praying in a low voice I look around and move my gaze down to the bed "Seriously,"I slap my face noticing that I'm on brother Lei's place.After soo many efforts of trying my best to be in conscious while sleeping I failed. I didn't want to sleep deep because I have the habit of rolling around."Okay... Okay..May be you came here because it's empty," t
Sitting straight we all pay attention to the master who is done with the attendance check."Alright," he gets up from his seat and walks down from the floor which is a little higher than the floor we are seated on."First let me tell you the rules in here," he walks around observing each and everyone "All the general in power now are formed from here and the strict rules are followed by all the men in your family tree," he continues to walk around with his arm crossed over his chest "Rule number one."Listening to him was something which is very painful. His words didn't get through my ears, it was not only me most of my classmates are trying very hard to pay attention as we will be punished for misbehaving except the ones who are too good like they listen to him deeply and some are even writing it down.Come on, it's just the rules and it has nothing to be learnt.Resting my elbow over the table I place my chin on my palm, my hea
Fang Lei's P.O.V"Did you get it?," Ms Cheng asks pouring the tea into my cup."Yes,Who asked you for it?," I question as I take the sip of the tea, placing the cup on tbe table I lean forward."It's Master Wan, he got the poster of Wen Ling and asked me about it,""Does he know anything?,""I don't know but I think that you both are trying to find the same person because he has been watching over JiangYi too and I'm sure that he has something in his pockets,""Maybe,"rubbing my chin I try to figure out what to do next."What's in your mind?,"she asks curiously."I think that the person whom you told is the one who I saw in the crime department that night,"The document I stole from the crime department was regarding Weng ling's murder.The clue of Wen ling who was the head of the department can give me more information of my late sister and her husband. Officer Wen ling was close to our family and he was a ri