Chapter 27: Day out in the city
That night Xing slept well as the thought of Shengli near her made her feel secure. Xing woke up early in the morning as usual and did some stretching exercises. She hadn’t practiced sword for more than a week now. Although sword arts come natural to her like breathing, she felt guilty, like not feeding a pet. Also she missed warm milk that morning which reminded her of Haru. She wondered what he’s up to and whether he had arranged everything in the city. After cleaning up, she changed into her usual male attire out of habit.
As she was wondering where to get her milk, there was a knock in her window. She opened and there was the smiling Shengli with a jug of warm milk. How thoughtful! , she thought and got the jug and drank the warm milk that tasted just as she likes.
"Finished? let’s go", he extended his hand through the window.
"Where?", she asked surprised.
" To train. Are you planning to slack off? It’s been a week since you have touched a sword. Come on, let’s train together", he rushed her.
"You know, you are perfect and I don’t deserve you", she said with a bright smile and jumped through the window and grabbed his arms and they walked side by side.
They had a small training area in their manor and they both trained together. Xing hadn’t paired up with anyone except Haru till now. Xing noted Shengli’s style is entirely different from theirs as it focused on killing in one strike. Wow! Cool! She thought, Well how many can actually practice with the legendary ’lone wolf’? And he is all mine! How lucky am I, all that handsome face and that firm body is all mine! Ooohoo! Xing giggled in her mind as her thoughts wandered.
" Why are you distracted?", Shengli asked slashing his sword forward. Xing smirked and blocked his sword with hers and gently blowed, pouting her lips in his face. She could see his eyes half closing and his heartbeat rising and she gave a blow that made his sword drop on the ground and pinned his arm on his back while kicking on the back of his knee and in a second he was half-kneeling in front of her.
"You!", he tried to wriggle out of her hold and Xing could not help but smile when she saw his ears blushed red and she bent and whispered in his ears, "Didn’t think a single ’blow’ could make the legendary lone wolf to kneel!", she blowed in his ears and she could hear his heartbeat rising more. His scent entered her nose and made her feel hot. She wanted to tease him more when she heard a clapping sound behind her.
"You are really good dear, I’ve never seen this one on his knees before", they heard Lord Feiye’s voice by the door. Xing turned to see his face still having bruises from last night.
"Ah! Uncle Feiye, good morning", Xing bowed.
Shengli picked up his sword and got up dusting his cloths.