Chapter 136 - Its Complicated (2/2)

He turned to Tung Mei at his side who was picking at her food while pouting in Lei Xing's direction. He knit his brows and then picked some chicken and put it on her plate, Tung Mei glanced up at him and then looked down and sighed, still looking upset. Lei Yong frowned, he did not know what to do. She was always so upbeat so he was not sure what to do when she gets upset.

The last time, she had gotten upset with him because he had gotten nervous and dropped her hand and introduced her as ”no one important” when some of his army buddies came across them on the street. By the time he turned to his side, she was gone. He went back home but she was not there, he checked at her relatives but she had not gone there. She was also not at any inn in the city. He had people searching everywhere but could not find her, there was also no records of her leaving the city.

She was just gone, disappeared. He was very worried that she might have run into some trouble, perhaps even kidnapped. Just as he was starting to really feel panicked, she showed up back at the house on her own.

He asked her where she had gone but she simply responded that she was bored and had gone to have some fun for a while, a simple change in scenery she said, but she did not give any more details. He had gotten angry with her and scolded her for not telling anyone, but she just stood there looking at him and did not protest like usual, eventually he quieted down and ended up apologizing.

Seeing her upset again, he was feeling a bit worried that she would pull another disappearing stunt again.

When they finished the dinner and were going their separate ways, before Lei Xing could get on the carriage, he excused her for a bit and asked what happened with Tung Mei. Lei Xing immediately frowned and responded, ”I don't know.” Then turned and left.

Lei Yong sighed as he watched Lei Xing and the Emperor's carriage leave and then looked back at Tung Mei who was awkwardly standing at a distance looking at the carriage. She was really not behaving like herself, he walked up to her and held her hand and gave her an awkward smile. He really did not know how to behave once she was upset.

Tung Mei looked at him and then looked away, shrugged his hand off and said, ”You two go ahead.” Then she turned around to leave.

Lei Yong frowned and blocked her, ”Where are you going?” When she did not respond, he then directly asked, ”Are you going to disappear again?”

This seemed to have further irritated Tung Mei and she glared at him with teary eyes, ”What's it to you? It's not like you actually care and now Xing jie is angry with me because of you...”

”What?” Lei Yong asked raised his eyebrows, completely confused

Tung Mei blinked, ”It's nothing...Anyway, just leave me alone!” She barked and then raced away, he wanted to run after her, but then looked at Xiao Ting standing there. They had not brought servants with them and it was already late. He knew Tung Mei could fight and handle herself but Xiao Ting could not, so he made the split-second decision to stay and worriedly escorted Xiao Ting home. Hoping Tung Mei would make her way back to the house on her own, and planning to immediately go to find immediately after.

{...What's going on now? I didn't do anything wrong this time...or did I?...Sometimes, I just don't understand her...}