Chapter 212 - You’re Late

He might have just memorized it before they came here, though.

Even though Wei Liuying knew the name of most of them, she still pretended to be listening carefully. There were a lot of people who were watching them walking around on top of their horses.

Finally, they reached the area that Wei Liuying wanted to. She could see Manager Xin stood in front of the store while holding a book in his hand. His aged face looked tired, but there was a smile on his face when he saw them. In the midst of many other people around there, he didn't look conspicuous at all.

'Manager Xin…'

By now, Wei Liuying had already missed that kind manager. He was one of the few people who treated her kindly during the time when everything was hard for her. Without him allowing her to stay in the bookstore, she wouldn't be able to learn things that actually interest her.

Unfortunately, they couldn't talk with each other right now.

Wei Liuying smiled back then looked at Yang Xian. "Would you mind if I play a bit more here?"

"Play?" Yang Xian asked with arched eyebrows. What kind of game could they play in the capital city? But looking at the sparkling eyes that Wei Liuying held, he didn't have the heart to say no.

It was strange, but he felt as if he wished to indulge the young girl in whatever she desired and allowed her to lead him on doing whatever she wished to do.

"Sure. You're free to do whatever you want."

"Thank you."

Wei Liuying smiled and silently jumped down. Silently, her hand took out a bamboo strip. From the corner of his eyes, Yang Xian could see that there were some words written on top of it. He arched his eyebrows, wondering when did Wei Liuying had the time to write without anyone looking at all.

Oblivious of the man's stare, Wei Liuying passed by a servant who had been staying there for a long time. 

"Pass this to Manager Xin."

The servant was still walking as normal but as they brushed against each other, the bamboo strip had exchanged place from her hand to the servant's hand. Wei Liuying too, didn't stop at all as she walked to the store right beside the bookstore. It was an antique store that had a lot of people walking around.

Her eyes showed interest as she pointed inside. "Are these real antique?"

"Yes, they are." Yang Xian smiled. He looked inside. "Each of them have been assessed by the teachers to ascertain their authenticity. If you wish to see more, I can accompany you inside."

Wei Liuying shook her head and smiled brightly. "No need. You have already showed me a lot of things during this period of time. Thank you very much."

For whatever reason, Yang Xian felt like he couldn't move his gaze from Wei Liuying's face. She was still dressed as a male and certainly didn't wear any makeup that would highlight her feature at all. But the bright smile that she showed to him was more than enough to captivate him.

It was a very beautiful smile that suited her very much.

After pausing for a moment, Yang Xian smiled back. "It's my pleasure. You're my disciple, so obviously I have to teach you a lot of things when you need it."

"Don't worry, I'll be a good disciple."

"You did well. I can already see that you managed to learn one of my skills." Yang Xian winked, indicating about her skill to write message without allowing anyone to know. He already did that numerous times and showed to Wei Liuying how to do it. Little did he know that she would be able to copy him so perfectly.

Wei Liuying smiled back. "Unfortunately, I still can't copy your skill to flirt with the ladies, Strategist Yang."

Yang Xian: "…" I don't need you to learn that skill.

The thought of seeing Wei Liuying trying to flirt with other girls caused a strange expression to surface on his face. However, the thought of her flirting with other man would be even worse.

"Is there anything else that you want to do now?"

Wei Liuying didn't immediately reply and instead climbed back on top of her horse. She patted her horse's neck to calm it down. "Let's go back. We shouldn't delay our return any longer or His Highness might be angry to us."

"En."

Yang Xian guided her to the gate once more. At the same time, he noticed that Prince Ji Shu's carriage was not far from them, only several streets away. He sneered because he could guess that Prince Ji Shu wanted to know whether Liu Ying was truly Wei Liuying or not.

There might be even some other servants who were following them and watched their every action. But Yang Xian knew that they would never be able to figure out what they were planning for real. 

'He's quite sharp, but you're too late.'

When Prince Ji Shu's carriage had reached the gate, Yang Xian and Wei Liuying had disappeared into the dense forest. The soldiers behind them blocked the view from Prince Ji Shu, preventing him from seeing Wei Liuying's directly. Only Yang Xian glanced back once with a mocking smile on his lips.

If Prince Ji Shu could see it, it was clear that he would want to stab his weapon to Yang Xian's heart to stop him from mocking him. That annoying strategist could be infuriating when he wanted to. 

"Your Highness?"

"Return back."

"Yes!"

Prince Ji Shu glanced to the back once more as his eyes gleamed with hatred. That annoying strategist. Someday, he would make sure to make him ate the dirt and stomped on his smug face!

There was no direct contact between Prince Ji Shu and Yang Xian, but the former still hated the latter greatly because of his interaction with Prince Ji Sheng. Now that they had left so quickly, Prince Ji Shu knew that he had lost the chance to take a proper look at Liu Ying.

"Send some people to tail them."