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 others are going to find out about me if you look at me in that way,"
"Which way?," Wale asks as his lips twitches up to smile eventhough that he is worried.
"With sympathy," his voice comes out as a mere whisper "I know that you care about me but I have been living this way for a decade," he looks at we in his eyes ensuring that he is strong "Rest assured I can handle these as I'm used it," he smiles and hugs him by the side patting Wale's behind with his palm.
"Let me know if you need anything,"
"Sure,"
"Alright then , it's almost time," Wale informs ,taking a step back he waves at him "Take care,"
"Hmm..Goodbye,"Wan ke waves at him as he walks away.
Wale has been working in the palace for years and his father has served Lord Wen's father too. When XingXing came home in the age of five as a little girl she always plays with Wale addressing him as her uncle. He follows her everywhere to guard her but his job has created a special bond with in them, eventhough XingXing has became strong she never forgets that she was once a little girl who asked him to pluck flowers.
Wan ke's lips twitches up to a wide smile thinking about how concerned Wale is. Whenever Wale greets him he reminds him to remove the word lord or master and to be with him as his close uncle.
"Hey," Wanke turns around when turns around to meet the stranger who is smiling at him in a way that they've known each other, furrowing his eyebrows curiously Wan ke nods in reply.
"I'm Long HenYu," he moves his hand forward for a handshake.
"Wan Ke," he replies and shakes his hand awkwardly.
"I'm glad to see you buddy," he moves forward standing by his side and places his arm over Wanke's shoulder "You were so handsome that day buddy," he states which makes Wan ke to turn towards his left and face him over his shoulders.
"Which day?," he asks curiously.
"In the house of Jin when you won over my brother in drinking, damn you were soo cool," he comments in a tone of being a fangirl.
Thinking for a while Wanke's brain brightens up when he reminds the scene"Ohh I see," he replies dryly and moves his gaze to the crowd.
"Seems like you know many girls," HenYu giggles when Wan ke looks back at him "Introduce some to me."
Staring at him for a while in silence Wan Ke's lips forms into a smirk, keeping a step aside he removes HenYu's arm from his shoulders.
"They are mine," he chuckles and walks away while HenYu follows him.
"Please...please," he begs playfully walking behind Wan ke and both stops when the sound of the bell went through their ears.
Master ling the head of the school hits the circular plate bell with a dong grabbing everyone's attention,the sound of bickering and chatting stops in an instant as everyone stands straight and looks towards him eyes glued to the person standing on the stage
"Good afternoon,"he greets with a smile.
"Good afternoon," everyone greets back as some of them in the crowd bows down a bit for respect and Wan Ke is one of them too.
Getting down the stairs he walks towards the crowd while they move away making way for him by gathering to one side.
"Before everything begins," he stands in front of the crowd "I know that you all have been in a long journey so," stepping back he points to the ground opposite to them with his hand "You are going to decide where you are going to live," he informs as he turns his back to the crowd facing the empty ground.
"27 men are here ,but there are nine rooms available," he turns around and faces his students again "Your living area will be luxurious if your arrow is in distant," the surrounding follows with cheering and claps "Also...Also," Lord Ling gives pressure to word also and the environment captures silence waiting for him to continue " If your arrow is alone and if no one can hit close to it, then you can have a single room," he gets excited to watch the match of the men in the very first day.
Two maids brings a bow and a barrel of arrows, one person shoots at a time and the other follows next ,the closer the distance between the arrows shot by a person will be in the same room.
"I gotta hit it as far as possible,"Wan Ke tells himself as he doesn't want to share a room with anyone as he should be cautious living with a male.
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
Wan ke's P.O.V"Do not pass the barrier "I order by placing the long cylinder shaped pillow between the two joined beds I stare at brother Lei curiously as his eyes has been fixed on me observing my every move since he came back from house of Jin and this situation made me completely uncomfortable.Unfolding the blanket I lay on the bed covering myself with the blanket, closing my eyes I stay in darkness for few minutes still feeling his orbs on me, furrowing my eyebrows I open my eyes."What?," I growl glaring at him in a way that I would crush him anytime."Are you pretending?,” be asks in a low voice which comes out like he knows something."Why?,” I sit up straight in a blink of an eye and lean forward with wide eyes.Pretending? What?Does he know something?But how?Have I've been acting where no one can doubt my identity?How can he find it out so quickly when no in in Wen palace even knows. The
The surrounding gets filled up with claps and cheers when the fight begins. We all are seated on the ground outside in a circle, we are out here a few minutes ago after the history lesson and lunch , learning about the past battles and leaders made all my nerves weak but now after having my stomach full my inner being is in active mode."He is strong," HenYu utters leaning over my shoulder "Whom would you challenge?," he asks in a low voice making sure that Master Ling doesn't hear us."Who do you think?," I smirk my eyes fixed to our classmates who are showing off their martial arts."Cheng Lie,""Nah!," Moving my head to the left and right in a 'no'."Then?," his voice comes out a little louder in excitement, turning to my right I face him and place my index finger on my lips "Keep your voice down,"I grunt in a low voice as I don't want to be punished for misbehaving during lessons and also I just don't want to take that punishment anymore,
"KeKe," HenYu calls out waving at me, stopping in my tracks I wave at him and stroll towards him to the entrance of the bath place "Where are you going?,” he asks."To the library,""Didn't freshen up, come let's get in together,""You know, I wake up before sunrise so I had a bath early,""No I don't," he blurts out looking at me with knitted eyebrows."What you don't?," I question in the same tone as his answer."That you wake up early,""I know that it sounds bizarre,” stepping forward I place my arm over his shoulders "Sometimes we should change according to the situations.""I don't get you, what do you mean?,” he rubs his chin in a way of thinking deeply."You don't understand right," removing my hand from his shoulders I step back and he turns around to face me his face showing that he is in total confusion "That's is why I'm saying, somethings are difficult to understand," I keep ste