Chapter 101 - Nothing May Happen to Him! (1/2)

Meanwhile, at another palace in the nine heavens, Leng Jin Yu stood in front of the gates and took a deep breath. He had finally resolved to go see the god of war about the things Hong Bao had told him the previous day.

Just when he wanted to enter a man's silhouette appeared on the other side.

Qiang Yan stopped and raised his eyebrows. ”Leng Jin Yu? Did you come to see me?” He had been on his way to see his brother-in-law, the heavenly emperor, to make sure he didn't go crazy while his son was in the mortal realm attempting his trial. Seeing this newly ascended deity in front of him was quite unexpected.

Leng Jin Yu pressed his lips together and nodded. ”There is something I have to tell you.”

”Oh? Come on in then.”

”I hope I'm not disturbing you?”

Qiang Yan waved his concerns away. ”I was on my way to His Majesty but I guess that can wait. You probably wouldn't have come if it wasn't important?”

Leng Jin Yu nodded gravely.

Qiang Yan watched his expression and couldn't help feeling a bit worried. I've seen him just yesterday and he seemed quite calm then. How come he's looking now as if something bad happened?

He led him into his study and poured both of them a cup of tea but unlike the last time Leng Jin Yu didn't pick it up. His whole body was tense. If he wasn't someone with a strong mind, he probably would have blurted out everything by now.

He still felt a bit torn, though. He knew it was the right thing to do but Hong Bao's accusation still rang in his ears. He had never had to make such a grave decision.

Qiang Yan sat down opposite him, took his own cup and leveled a gaze at him. ”So, what happened to make you so worried?”

”You probably know about this better than me but it seems the fate's scribe was working on the crown prince's mortal fate recently?”

Qiang Yan's heart dropped. He had a very, very bad feeling about the direction this was going. ”Yes”, he said with a tilt in his voice as if he wanted to ask a question instead.

”It seems like … something went wrong.”

Qiang Yan dropped his teacup. The hot liquid flowed over the table and dripped down to the floor but he didn't even notice. There wasn't much that could throw the god of war off course but this was one of those things.