The Birth Of A Villainess

"What are you doing here?" Lin Xiaofei asked. Her tone carried her curiosity as she didn't expect him to be here when she was sure he had left the residence with Gu Yan.

Did he perhaps hear that she was in danger and went back to the residence to look for her?

Suddenly, Lin Xiaofei felt warm with gratitude and something else but she didn't try to focus on that and assume too early.

Qu Xing Xu could have taken a detour and found there was something wrong and their encounter was mere chance.

And this thought was indeed proven by what he said after she asked.

"That should be my question! What are you doing here?" His voice was slightly harsh and a hint of anger was at the tip of it. "This isn't a place where you should be and this isn't the time to take a stroll."

Lin Xiaofei didn't seem to like the tone he used and so, she said in the same intensity, "And where would that place be? Back in my Lin residence?" Her words seemed to shock him and Qu Xing Xu's face relaxed a little bit and there was guilt in it.

"I didn't mean it like that. I was just not expecting you to come here." He said in a gentler tone and his hand around her waist tightened as if he feared that she would disappear from his arms and go back to the Lin residence.

Seeing that she was still angry at his tone and words, Qu Xing Xu didn't know what to do but still, he needed to get her out of here and let someone else deal with the rest. The intruders who ventured beyond the pond were already taken care of and this part was the only thing that was left unattended hence the lateness of the actions taken.

And it was only Qu Xing Xu who found that there something strange going on in this part. However, he didn't expect Lin Xiaofei to be present and he wondered whether she had gone past the pond.

Not waiting for her to say anything or protest, Qu Xing Xu faced the risk and princess-carried her.

A gasp escaped her mouth and Lin Xiaofei gaped at Qu Xing Xu who was being too shameless to even think he could touch her after their quarrel.

But upon thinking about it again, Lin Xiaofei didn't know why she suddenly flipped off at him. Sure, she didn't like his tone but he was right about one thing. This place was weird and the air around it was eerie as if something bad dwells in it.

But how would she know about it when he didn't tell her not to go to this place?

In the end, Lin Xiaofei had to allow him to take her somewhere else, far from the assassin and back to their shared courtyard.

She initially planned to slam her door to him once she got to her chamber but who knew that instead of delivering her in front of her chamber, he didn't put her down and he even dared to enter his chamber with her gathered in his arms.

"Where do you think are you taking me?" She said trying to get her feet on the ground, "Put me down, now!"

The servants stationed outside the courtyard turned into rocks when they saw them and didn't move. Bai Lu and her group who were waiting for their young miss almost had a heart attack when they saw Lin Xiaofei being carried inside Qu Xing Xu's chamber.

The poor maids tried to stop him but they didn't reach them fast enough as Qu Xing Xu's figure with Lin Xiaofei in his arms walked past his doors and closed it behind him. The guards outside also made it impenetrable.

"Are you out of your mind?" She said, gritting her teeth. "Put me down."

Qu Xing Xu turned deaf to her words even after she punched his chest and poke on his wound. She even tried to slap him but before she could do that, she was gently thrown to the bed.

Lin Xiaofei's back hit the soft bed and tried to sit up but Qu Xing Xu's body trapped her and prevented her from moving.

"You asked where you should be. I'll answer truthfully now." He started while his smouldering gaze sent down shivers under her skin. He took hold of her hand and thrust it right on top of his chest. "This is where you should be. Not in that forest and certainly not in the Lin residence." He growled.

Lin Xiaofei startlingly stared at him. Surprised to hear him say all that and the way he looked at her.

Then Qu Xing Xu continued, "I understand that I was being rude earlier and you must have taken my words wrongly. But Xiaofei, I want you to not go there." He said. "Not at least until I'm ready to show it to you."

Lin Xiaofei could only nod subconsciously. She didn't know how to react after what he had just said. Then, she became curious at what was he hiding beyond that pond? What secrets lay in there? That it agitated him and made him act out of the ordinary?

"Could it be that he's hiding his secret paramour in there?" She thought but she didn't realize that she said it out loud and Qu Xing Xu heard it as clear as crystal.

"What in the Heavens made you think of that?" He looked at her like she was some drunk men. "I will never do that and I don't have a paramour or whatever illicit affair you think I have with anyone."

"And how would you know that?"

"Know what?"

"Know you will never have an affair with anyone? Monogamy has been quite rare and I don't think an ordinary man would pass up with that kind of thing." At least to what Lin Xiaofei experienced and knew of, all men in the four Kingdoms have done such customs, taking concubines and lovers.

Yu Fangzhu, whom she thought would be the love of her life had lots of spare women on his side and even after he said he only truly loved her, Yu Fangzhu still went and bedded others.

Qu Xing Xu fell silent at her bluntness and frowned. He clearly understood where she was coming from and her worries were not unfounded. His father after all didn't stay true to his mother but will he also become like his father?

"Thankfully, I'm not just anyone nor ordinary. The last thing I wanted something, I ended up not letting go so, I don't think what you're worrying about will ever happen." Qu Xing Xu said hoarsely.

Lin Xiaofei nodded even though she was just attacked by his raw declaration of his feelings for her. It sounded too surreal. Too good to be true but she will try to believe it. Not too much though.

She suddenly held her hand and put it on his cheek. An intimate act that she never realized that she had done just now but Qu Xing Xu still caught it in his hand and placed a tender kiss on it.

"I'll make sure it won't happen." He promised. But he knew that this promise applied to both of them. Qu Xing Xu naturally would never let any man take her away from him even if she decided to leave him.