Chapter 92 - Soulmates (1/2)

”What? Someone would break such a loving couple apart?!” The woman was appalled.

Qiu Ling jumped at the opportunity to tell someone his woes. ”Yes, yes!” He nodded with a grieving expression and sat down again. ”It's awful! Everything was going well: I had finally wooed him after many years and we were even prepared to marry. But then that damned old geezer sent him down to the mortal realm!” Qiu Ling grit his teeth.

”Which old geezer?”

”The heavenly emperor!”

”What?!” The woman straightened up. ”How come it's him again?”

Qiu Ling lifted his brows. ”Again? What are you talking about?”

The woman slipped to the seat next to him. ”It's like this: There's this man I like and —”

”It couldn't be Jing He?!” Qiu Ling straightened up and fixed a vicious glare at her. ”You won't get him! Jing He is mine! I won't let you take him away!”

”Of course not! Who wants the crown prince? The one I'm —”

”I want him! Who wouldn't want him? He's so beautiful, inside and out … Ah, Jing He …” Qiu Ling stared off into space until the woman slapped his arm.

”Heh, I'm still talking to you!”

”Hm?” Qiu Ling turned around. ”So, you fell in love with the old geezer? But he's already married?”

”How is Shun Tao married?!” Yes, the one who had come to the teahouse was none other than Hong Bao. Who else would go around telling others she fell in love with the fate's scribe?

”Shun Tao? Who are you talking about? Weren't we talking about the heavenly emperor?”

”Who is talking about the heavenly emperor?” Hong Bao scrunched up her face. ”I'm talking about Shun Tao, the fate's scribe.”

”The fate's scribe …” Qiu Ling tilted his head but couldn't remember.

”You don't know him? But he's such an important person!”

The two of them stared at each other. ”So … what about the heavenly emperor then?”

”He wants to kill him!”

”That bastard!”

”Indeed!”

”Why that?”

”I also don't really understand. But it has something to do with the crown prince's trial, too.” Hong Bao's shoulders drooped.

She had searched for the crown prince quite a while but still couldn't find him. Her only clue was that he had something to do with a teahouse, so she had visited all the teahouses in the capital, but none of the people there could help her. Then, she finally saw this man flying out of a teahouse, grumbling something about 'His Majesty'. She had been so sure that the person he complained about was the crown prince! And when she followed him inside, there was indeed a frowning man that fit her mental picture of the crown prince perfectly.

But now it had turned out that she hadn't found the crown prince but his lover! How could she be so unlucky?!

”Mn, his trial …” Qiu Ling sighed. ”I hope he finishes it soon. I don't want to wait any longer.”

Hong Bao turned around to him and grabbed his hands. ”Great!”

”What?” Qiu Ling took his hands back. ”I'm with Jing He. I won't consider you regardless of how you approach me.”

”Who wants to approach you? I already told you: My one true love is Shun Tao! Why would I even try approaching you?”

”I'm handsome.”

”I don't care about that!”

”You should. Being handsome is an extremely important asset to a man.”

Hong Bao pursed her lips. ”Shun Tao is extremely handsome, too.”

”He can't be that handsome. I've never even heard of him.” Qiu Ling lifted his brows and looked around. Why was Qiang Wei still not back? He felt like continuing with drinking.

Hong Bao harrumphed but didn't try to argue. He fell in love with somebody like the crown prince. His taste is probably just bad. Though, all of this might not be exactly like I thought. That heavenly emperor might play a bigger role than the crown prince himself.

”Listen to me!” She grabbed Qiu Ling's sleeve and pulled at the black fabric.

The dragon king looked at her fingers accusingly. That should be Jing He's hand. He should have grabbed him like that and told him with tears in his eyes: 'Qiu Ling, my love, please, don't leave me for even one second. Even if I can't remember anything while being in the mortal world, you have to follow me and make sure, I'll fall in love with you all over again!'