129: Aggrieved Tale

Aggrieved Tale

Lei Xing's quickly used the opportunity of the Emperor being distracted to get out of his hold. The Emperor turned back to her and she glared at him. He then sighed and turned back to Lei Yong, "Ah Yong, it's good to see you...here."0

Lei Yong looked at the Lei Xing and then back to the Emperor then frowned, but before he could respond. Lei Xing shouted, "Stop!" As Tung Mei turned around to run, she and Lei Xing had just made eye contact and in that split second, they both remembered the bracelet. Tung Mei froze and Lei Xing swiftly appeared in front of her and grabbed her arm and menacingly said, "You've been avoiding me."

Tung Mei looked at her, "Hehe~ Xing jie, I would never avoid you. I just didn't know it was urgent..."

"Urgent?" Lei Xing asked through gritted teeth and then pulled Tung Mei to the side, out of earshot of the other three. Leaving the Emperor, Lei Yong and Xiao Ting standing there, confused with their behavior.

The Emperor walked up to Lei Yong and smirked at him, "It seems you have been making progress yourself."

Lei Yong frowned and grumbled, "...And it seems you have been making too much progress."

The Emperor looked him over, "You seem to be in a bad mood. Anything I can help with?"

Lei Yong cast him a side glance and then sighed, "It's good that you're getting along with my sister but..." Lei Yong paused then knit his eyebrows and looked away.

"But?" The Emperor asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Why are you- How can you - in the street...be - ?" Lei Yong stopped again. He was very happy that the Emperor was getting along with Lei Xing. It was the best outcome he could hope for with both of them happy together. 

The Emperor has clearly been happier these days than ever before and he knew it was because of Lei Xing. But still...even if they were in an inconspicuous corner, doing something like this in the street is a bit too much, isn't it? He was happy but not happy. He actually would not have noticed them himself if not for Tung Mei suddenly frowning in that direction.

The Emperor looked at Lei Yong's disgruntled face and snorted.

{...Ah, concerned brother mode?... But there's nothing to be concerned about, I'm her husband and doing that is normal...Regardless, there's nothing to explain, it's our personal business...}

Lei Yong knew how stubborn the Emperor could be once he set his mind on something, it was hard to talk him out of it. So he decided that he would talk to Lei Xing instead once he got an opportunity. Even if the Emperor wants to be unruly, she should still maintain decorum and not let herself be pulled along. 

While Lei Yong was busy thinking, the three Zou tagalongs seeing that couple time was finally over walked up to join the group. Lei Yong kept his reservations to himself and greeted Prince Rui and Princess Nalan and then quietly sighed to himself.

{...Xing er' is also a "do what I want" kind of person...These two are a giving me a headache -_-)...}

Meanwhile, Lei Xing rolled up her sleeve and pointed at the bracelet, "You have some explaining to do."

Tung Mei blinked at the bracelet and then smiled, "Oh Xing jie, you had it? It's fine, it looks better on yo-"

"Don't pretend, you knew I had it, and it's the pissing me the hell off. No wonder you were behaving like a creep, it was terrorizing you, wasn't it?" Lei Xing asked with knit eyebrows.

"Ahhh...Well, yo-"

"Oh, jiejie where did you find it?" Xiao Ting suddenly asked and the two turned to see her standing behind them. She had apparently followed behind them.

"Find what?" Lei Xing asked.

"Your bracelet. I thought...you had lost it when you fell into the pond that time, we searched everywhere for it too but couldn't find it...I promised to find it but you told me to let it go so I did. I guess I worried for nothing."

Lei Xing knit her brows, she remembered Xiao Ting coming to cry by her sickbed about some stupid jewelry she misplaced, disturbing her recovery following the drowning incident. At first, Lei Xing didn't want to bother with it and was trying to play it cool but after four days of her constant crying visits, Lei Xing got irritated and told her to choose between forgetting the stupid bracelet or never coming to see her again...and that ended that, "This bracelet? Are you sure?"

"En. I can't forget it, you used to wear all the time." Xiao Ting informed.

Lei Xing turned back to Tung Mei, "Explain."

Tung Mei stopped glaring at the oblivious Xiao Ting and smiled at Lei Xing and swiftly responded, "Oh, we got it during our adventures, as a token for-"

"Ah? That can't be right..."

"Oh my mistake, it-" Tung Mei tried to cut in, but Lei Xing glared at her and said, "Be quiet." Then she turned to Xiao Ting, "Continue." 

To Lei Xing, Xiao Ting seemed like a more trustworthy source than the "muddleheaded" Tung Mei.

Tung Mei pouted and went back to glaring at Xiao Ting as she spoke, "Oh, Jiejie you've had yours since you were little. There was even one time where you caused a big fuss because of it and almost beat up You jie, or did you beat her?... Either way, it was a huge deal. Her parents even came over to apologize."

"Beat Chen You?" Lei Xing asked with raised eyebrows.

"En, if I remember correctly it was right after older brother left for war. You were in a very bad mood during that period, you either ignored me completely or shouted at me all the time." Xiao Ting said with a pout.

"...Anyway, You jie came over to cheer you up and after a while of us sitting together, you suddenly took off the bracelet and threw it then stormed out. I, of course, immediately followed you. Anyway, later that evening you started looking for it. You turned your room upside down and even my room too. You thought I took it..." Xiao Ting pouted again, remembering her grievances.

"I never touched the bracelet, you let me play with everything else but always yelled at me if I touched it so I would never take it...After searching my room, you thought of You jie and stormed out of the manor. I wasn't allowed to follow you but I heard that the servants found you on top of her." Xiao Ting chuckled but seeing Lei Xing's unamused expression, she immediately stopped.

"Anyway, You jie claimed the bracelet was hers and that she had bought it and showed it to you...When I came over with mother and father, she was crying to her parents that you were trying to force her to give it to you and she didn't want to...After hearing everything, to avoid trouble father told you to leave it since you were the older one and promised to buy you a better one. But you just ignored him and walked up to You jie, ripped the bracelet off her wrist and stormed out again. You looked so great doing that! Jiejie is really the best!" Xiao Ting happily said.

"...I followed you home so I am not sure what happened after, but You jie and her parents came over to apologize the next day. You jie looked very miserable..."

Lei Xing sighed.

{...Well, that would somewhat explain what her problem with me is -_-)...}

"Tch, she deserved it. Should have clawed out her eyes too, that wasn't the first time either." Tung Mei mumbled. Lei Xing glanced at her, and she quickly explained, "You told me about it before..."

"Ying jie's memory isn't too good sometimes...She must have seen jiejie's and liked it, so she got a copy made. Ah, you haven't been wearing yours either, Ying jie, did you lose it?" Xiao Ting asked and looked at Tung Mei, then flinched when she saw Tung Mei was glaring at her. 

{...Ah? Did I do something wrong?...}

Tung Mei put on a strained smile, "Yes, I lost it...And yes, I copied Xing jie's...You have quite a great memory." Tung Mei finished and Xiao Ting happily smiled thinking it a compliment, completely missing Tung Mei's sarcastic tone.

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