Chapter 96 - Mission Accomplished! (1/2)

Hong Bao slipped into the house and looked around. She didn't need long to find the room the Zhongs were eating in and Mister and Madam Zhong as well as Jing Yi soon retired to their own room to go to sleep.

Hong Bao followed them. She peeked through the window and contemplated what to do. She had the dagger in her hand. She could just jump inside, injure the crown prince and run out. But who knew how he would react when he woke up as a god again? He'd certainly remember her face and then Shun Tao would get into even more trouble!

No, she couldn't let him see her face! She needed to wait until he was asleep. Like that, Hong Bao waited in front of the window and watched how the Zhongs busied themselves. Jing Yi was the first one to sleep. Hong Bao had understood that he was Mister and Madam Zhong's child and couldn't help but wonder how that tyrannical crown prince could have such a cute child.

”That must be the influence of his wife. She probably got tricked into marrying him. Thankfully, the child still has such a nice mother by its side!”

Soon, Mister and Madam Zhong, too, went to bed. If one managed to ignore the racket from Qiang Wei and Liu Cheng's fight in the courtyard, the house was completely quiet. Hong Bao waited a bit longer, though. Who knew if that despicable crown prince had some inkling of her plan and was just waiting to catch her? She wouldn't let him succeed with his evil plan! She just had to wait for a while longer …

Hong Bao propped herself up at the windowsill and waited. Her eyelids were getting heavier and her head started swaying gently from side to side. Finally, she dozed off, lost her balance and made contact with the window. Hong Bao jerked up. Mister and Madam Zhong inside jerked up, too.

”What was that?” Madam Zhong clutched her husband's arm. She had already been frightened by the fight they had heard before, but Zhong Gang and his wife had claimed that such things happened quite often in the capital and were nothing to worry about as long as one didn't go over to have a look. But now the fight seemed to have come closer by itself.

”Maybe we should go and have a look?” Mister Zhong proposed.

”But your cousin said it's not safe.”

Mister Zhong nodded. In all honesty, he also didn't want to go. ”Who knows? Maybe they were only there for a moment and already went away again. You hear that? The noise still seems to come from the street.”

Madam Zhong nodded. ”Alright. Then let's just ignore it. Nothing will happen.”

Unfortunately, just at this moment, a bang sounded from the courtyard, startling even Jing Yi awake who had been fast asleep. The boy sat up and rubbed his eyes, looking at his mother. ”Mommy …”

Madam Zhong sighed and got out of bed, hurrying over to her son. ”Don't worry. They're far away.”