Chapter 141 - Insignificant (2/2)

Lei Xing sighed again and poured herself some wine then she caught Prince Yi intently staring at her from his corner. She blinked and knit her brows. Prince Yi also seemed to be startled, he blinked a few times at her and then immediately looked down, frowning at his wine cup.

Lei Xing looked at him for a while and wondered what his problem was with her now. He was pleasant in the first group meeting, odd in the second one, but she could understand the Emperor being there must have upset his sensibilities...and now he's just being plain weird. She had been noticing him looking at her oddly since they met at Princess Nalan's residence. Sometimes she caught him just blankly staring her way, and at other times she caught him glaring at her.

{...Is he transferring aggression?... Dude, I am not the Emperor, if you have any issues to discuss please go find him...And leave me the hell out of it! -_-)...}

Lei Xing tiredly sighed and slowly turned back to the stage, it was much better to watch the show than to try to decode the agitated royal across from her. She casually sipped on her wine and tried to cast Prince Yi and his problems out of her mind.

{...The wine is particularly sweet today...Quite good, actually...*sigh* I honestly don't understand what this guy wants from me -_-)...}

After the show, they finally made their way to the merchant's festival. It was much rowdier today than it was on her visit with the Emperor. There were more performers and it seemed more like a celebration than a market today. They had to meander their way through the crowd and Lei Xing wanted to leave as soon as she arrived, it was way too crowded for her liking.

It seemed she was not the only one disliking this atmosphere, Prince Yi was also frowning feeling disgruntled about having to rub shoulders with the commoners. On Princess Nalan's suggestion, they left their servants behind and roamed around. Since her brother made no protest, Prince Yi and Lei Xing begrudgingly went along behind the three merry Zou people who were jumping from one place to another.

As Princess Nalan raced to another stand, Lei Xing sighed and followed along. Honestly, keeping up with Princess Nalan was hard work, it seems her brother and Molin were used to it, and had developed quick reflexes to keep up with her level of impulse.

Lei Xing sighed and mumbled, ”Being a companion is hard work...”

”Isn't it?” Prince Yi responded with a slight smile. Lei Xing blinked at him and then immediately faced forward, knitting her brows.

{...What's this now?... This guy is so confusing, bipolar maybe?...}

As they walked by, someone bumped hard into Lei Xing and she fell back and Prince Yi immediately caught her and stopped her fall and Lei Xing immediately righted herself and brushed his hands off then mumbled, ”Thank you.” And kept walking with her eyebrows knit as she rubbed her now aching arm.

{...What the hell were they wearing? A freaking pin cushion?...I'm tired, I want to leave -_-)...}

Behind her, Prince Yi frowned at his hands and then frowned at her back.

{...She let him hold her as he likes, even in public...but then she brushes me off like I am as   insignificant as...as an Ant...when I was just trying to help her?...}