Rumours (2)
âWhat? Did he escape AGAIN? Whatever. Look for him!â said Princess Longji to her subordinates, furrowing her brows. These subordinates were her private mercenary group.
âYes, Maâam!!â
Looks like Princess Longji and the rest finally noticed the childâs absence. And from her tone, it wasnât the first time heâd slipped away.
However, how could a child leave without a trace under such intense supervision? Was the child who we think it is?
Ye Langâs no child though, he just shrank. How could he be called a child?
When this child was eating a bowl of fish ball thick noodles, the noodles stall was suddenly surrounded by Princess Longjiâs mercenary group. They didnât do anything to him though, it was only protectionâor supervision.
They were waitingâ for Princess Longji!!
The child looked around him, but he didnât care. He continued slurping his noodles. At his table, there was another tiny human eating with him.
That tiny human looked like Coldblood FiveâŠ
Why was Coldblood Five with the child? Where was Ye Lang?
âYou little troublemaker, Iâm warning you! If you slip away again, Iâll spank you!!â
Very soon, Princess Longji arrived. She roared at the child, then sat next to him and saidâ
âBoss, give me a bowl of noodles too!!â
ââŠâ
At this point, the owner of the noodles stall was in a state of shock. He stood, not moving.
When the riders of the mercenary group surrounded the stall, he was already panicking. He thought heâd accidentally offended someone, or done something he wasnât supposed to do. Soon after, he realised the riders were only there to surround the stall. They werenât doing anything.
He was very confused, he didnât understand what the riders were here for. If they were here to cause trouble, then they wouldâve done something already!
All his customers had left save for one child. The owner thought it might be because the child was too young to understand, that was why he didnât leave. As for himself, he couldnât do much either. What would happen to his stall if he left?!
Heâd attempted to ask the riders. He asked them what they were doing but all he got was silence. Everyone ignored him!
Upon seeing this, he naturally stood aside quietly without further questioning their duty. He didnât want to attract trouble to himself.
When the owner saw Princess Longji, he thought it was HIS moment. O Princess Longji, she had many admirers- and the owner was one of them.
Although there was obviously a huge gap between them, some people tend to ignore this point. So many people would imagine themselves as the lucky white knight!!
Of course, this daydream only lasted a moment for Princess Longjiâs reaction showed that the âchildâ heâd forgotten about was the real star of the show!!
And with the gossips going around, the owner started to suspect. Were the rumours true? Did Princess Longji really have a bastard son?
This was a knife to his heart!!
And when Princess Longji sat down to order, his mind couldnât stop spinning. As a commoner, he knew that she wouldnât usually eat food outside, especially commonerâs noodles like the food he cooked.
At this moment, Princess Longji gave him an aura of pleasant friendliness that he would never forget for the rest of his life. Even after his incident, he would continue spreading warmth like her and protecting her name.
This caused Princess Longjiâs popularity to increase. Everyone liked this friendly, grounded princess even more now!
Although that didnât seem like the truth, but this was a legend that would continue to spread. Sometimes, rumours can also beautify a personâŠ
âOh⊠Oh, alright!! Alright!!â Once the owner came to, he did his very best to cook a bowl of his famous noodles- he must make the best bowl of noodles heâs ever made today!
Of course, at the same time, he was straining his ears to listen to the conversation between her and the child!!
âLittle troublemaker, give me a fishball! Donât just eat alone!!â she said casually, looking at Ye Lang.
âOh!â The child grunted, then shoved a fishball into her mouth. Shoved was the word for it.
âUmmphâŠâ Princess Longji bit down, then hit the kid with a huff to show her irritation.
The child ignored her show of irritation as he continued to eatâŠ
ââŠLittle troublemaker, youâre not actually afraid of me stealing your food, are you? Is that why youâre eating so quickly?â she suddenly noticed that it was odd how the kid was devouring his food non-stop.
ââŠâ
The child didnât answer. He ate, and ate until he finished!!
âSigh⊠This feels so good! Yep, I was definitely afraid of you stealing my food. Youâll have your bowl later, why would you want mine?!â said the child, sighing deeply and patting his belly.
âOnly you would think I would take your food. When have I ever taken anything from you?â asked Princess Longji, annoyed.
âWhen I was six, you took my lollipop. You said âone biteâ but it disappearedâŠ
âWhen I was eight, you took my chicken drumstick⊠And cornâŠâ
âWhen I was elevenâŠâ
âAlright, alright! What kind of memory do you have? Youâre always so clueless but you remember things like these so clearly!!â her face reddened, as she hit him again.
âAhâŠâ The stall owner jumped again. He wasnât like the riders- they knew how the dynamics worked, theyâd already gotten used to it.
It wasnât the same for the stall owner. He didnât know Princess Longji had a mischievous side too- that she would take a childâs food.
Looks like this child wasnât Princess Longjiâs bastard son. If he were her child, she wouldnât have taken stuff from him- not many mothers would do something like that.
Then again, the way both of them spoke didnât feel like mother and son- more like siblings!
âOf course. I remember bad things done to me, so you should never, ever cross me!!â As the child was speaking, he was preparing to leave. At the same time, he grabbed a tiny human next to him like grabbing a doll.
The tiny human seemed a little angry at this from the clenched jaw and a face of exasperationâŠ
The tiny human looked adorable though. If someone had seen them, they would definitely want to hug them both.
At the same time, from the tiny humanâs expression, looks like this happened quite often!!