44 43. The Key Of The Sacred Treasury
After the battle subsided, winner was on the General's side, the traitors were captured and some escaped; afraid of losing their lives. The peaceful and beautiful manor was now covered with blood and stench. The supposed clean ground were now full of weapons and bodies, polluting the flowers near it. The pond near the pavilion was partially crimson, lotus flowers stained with dirty blood. General Feng of Qin stood in the middle of the battleground, red liquid dripped from the blade of his sword.
He freaked out when Li Jie almost got killed if he didn't arrived in time. His breath almost stopped, hitched thinking such scenario.
As ruthless as he was, he showed no mercy towards the enemies. Majority of them were killed and some escaped. 10 of them were held captive and was detained in prison. The General sighed in relief and went to see his wife in the infirmary.
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Inside the infirmary, Hui Hua treated Li Wei's wounds with utmost care. Li Jie was sitting by the side of the bed, holding Li Wei's hand.
His hands were cold, and the warmth coming from Li Jie's hands seeped from his cold skin making Li Wei felt at ease even when he's unconscious.
He was very worried when the assassin rushed onto them, afraid to face his second death. As a person who experienced death, he sure knows what it felt like. He was not afraid of the pain, but he was afraid leaving the people who cared about him. He made a mistake that can never be mended, and it surely suffered great loss from those who were left by him.
He wondered how his fathers were doing right now. Somehow, he missed them.
Li Jie sighed as he looked at Li Wei's solemn face. This little one's still considered a child, yet he was suffering even more than him. Li Jie could feel his brain and heart ache and the tense feeling he had seemed to calm down a bit.
Across the infirmary was a beautiful young man with bottomless eyes, his features were considered beautiful than handsome. On his lap was a white cat with heterochromia eyes, just like him. He pondered for a bit, this cat was quite familiar.
Li Jie stared intensely at the latter, wondering who this person was. Is he one of the general's flings from the past? Why is he with Delun when they arrived? Why is he unfamiliar about him? This man is beautiful and tall, making him feeling envious about Lim Hao's height. He remained dignified as he surpassed the beauty of Lim Hao and said to himself that height is just a number.
Lim Hao, holding Ai on his lap, felt uncomfortable towards Li Jie's gaze. He doesn't know what the general's wife was thinking and felt nervous as he sat on his chair. Despite all that, Lim Hao smiled towards the latter. He put Ai on the chair and paid respects to him.
"Greetings Young Madame, I'm Lim Hao of the Lim Clan and I am the General's assistant. I'm honored to meet you." He clasped his hands and lined his arms with his shoulders, slightly bowing his head.
Li Jie was stunned and bowed in return. He nodded slightly and continued to stare at him.
Lim Hao, who was uncomfortable from his gaze averted his eyes and focused on the cat that jumped on his lap, purring softly.
Now Li Jie remembered, this cat was the one he was chasing before and also the general's cat. Why is the cat so close to this man?
Thinking some unhealthy thoughts made Li Jie gloomy. But he recovered soon as he didn't know the story yet.
"Are you alright, Young Madame?" Lim Hao asked as the certain, vinegar pot kept staring at him. Lim Hao thought that he also needs to be cared that's why Li Jie's eyes were glued to him.
'But he seems unharmed.' Lim Hao thought.
"No thanks. I'm alright." Li Jie snapped out from his thoughts and sighed. He prayed that Delun will be alright after that battle.
Just as he prayed, Delun appeared in the infirmary. Seeing Li Jie seemed fine, Delun rushed to Li Jie's side and hugged him tightly. Just now, he was really scared. But seeing his beloved was alright that he let go of his worries, forgetting a person who was petting a cat as he looked at the couple with disdain.
'Manners! Manners! Don't you see a living person behind the two of you? I! Am! A! Living! Single! Person! You have no respects from single dogs! Stop spraying dog food!' Lim Hao screamed inside his thoughts and puffed in anger. He really wanted to kill the General and roast him to death, but he can't do it because he's a powerful person.
"I'm so glad you're okay." Delun said as he hugged Li Jie tightly. Li Jie felt crushed from his husband's grasp but he didn't hate it. It felt warm.
"You meanie, you even let me wait for you." Li Jie puffed his face and hugged him back, acting coquettishly. Lim Hao on the back felt like he's going to vomit any minute now and rolled his eyes.
'This people here are so merciless.' Lim Hao thought as he glared at the two.
"Ahem..." Lim Hao covered his mouth with his fist and cleared his throat.
"Got a sore throat?" Delun looked at Lim Hao and stared. Lim Hao sighed with indignation and had an urge to kick the general in the balls, if he could.
"Greetings General."
"So, you even kidnapped my cat?"
"For some piece of information General, this is my cat and you just kidnapped it away from me."
"Oh, he's still my cat."
Li Jie on the other side felt like he was about to murder the cat in a second. He was so jealous that he glared at the cat and to the person holding the cat.
"A-jie, come with me. You too human stick." Delun said as he carried Li Jie with his arms, leaving the human stick behind.
Still, the human stick followed him all the way to the office.
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As they went inside, Delun sat on the soft couch while Li Jie on his lap. Lim Hao coughed up blood seeing the scene in front of him.
'For goodness sake have some dignity you dimwit!' Lim Hao screamed inside his head and sat on the chair across the two lovebirds.
Before, Lim Hao was so worried about the wife that the General brought. However, it seems like the General changed after he met Li Jie. He was grateful about it. He was not as melancholic like a deceased monk in the past.
He even panicked when the manor was ambushed, feared that his wife was injured. In the past, Delun doesn't even care if his past lovers died. Since the General didn't care about them, he dismissed them all and never opened a harem again. But still, he was lonely. Until he met this decisive wife of his. If Lim Hao would know that this will happen then he would've kidnapped Li Jie a long time ago.
That is, to save him from doing work of course.
The silence broke when Li Jie spoke, "Delun, I think I knew what they are looking for."
Delun's brows tightened as Li Jie took out the jade pendant in his pocket.
"I don't know what this pendant meant, but I know that this is important to them lest they didn't aimed at me. However, they did. I found this at the room of your uncle you've mentioned. Judging from to the textures of the pendant as well as the structure, I think it was a key." Li Jie spoke as he held the smooth jade pendant and handed them to Delun.
Delun's heart skipped a beat as this is the reason why the Feng clan was waylaid by assassins.
"This is the reason why the Feng clan was ambushed many years ago. From what I guess, this was the key of the treasury that the Feng clan and the Royal clan hid all these years." Delun said.
"The treasury... Do you know where is it located?" Lim Hao asked this time. Delun shook his head and buried his head on Li Jie's nape.
"I don't even know the royal treasury, let alone the sacred treasury that Chen Guang mentioned." Delun said. Lim Hao took a deep breath and sighed.
"Well, do you need to go to the palace now and tell His Majesty?" Lim Hao asked as he petted Ai.
"Naturally, I'm going there tomorrow. And my wife will go with me too." Delun said as he eyed Lim Hao. Clearly, he was just showing off his wife from this single dog. Lim Hao didn't pay attention to the scum General and thought that having a cat is better than having complicated relationships.
However, Li Jie's face was red as a red chilli pepper when Delun sniffed his neck.
"So fragrant." However, Delun earned a slap in the forehead.
"Pervert!"
But big bad wolf Delun didn't care. He was willing to become his wife's punching bag.
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Author has something to say:
Hey guys! I'm sorty if my updates are kinda...slow because as you see this fellow student was struggling when answering modules. (And I have a block that's why I can't write)
But anyway! Thanks for reading the story! You made my heart boom boom!
