“You are the third wheel here, so you deserve it…” These words run in Wendy’s head. She doesn’t know what those kisses and hugs mean this time? “Are you crying?” A voice comes from behind, it’s Zhuge. “I’m not! Just the sands are in my eyes.” Wendy tries to hold her temper.
“Well, you shouldn’t cry, Yasmin. You should understand.” Zhuge stares at her for a while then says.
Wendy looks him back, “I’m not crying! Why you say that?” Her eyes are gleaming in the dark, like fireworks shining in the sky. Zhuge hands her a handkerchief, “No need to be tough, I know…” Zhuge grabs her arm, speaks softly, “You see, I saw your tears.” He wipes her tears off.
Wendy stands up suddenly, “Hey, I’m married! Don’t do that!” Zhuge laughs, “Hah, I just helped you cleaning your dirty face. Why are you thinking?” To be honest, Wendy’s tears does touch him at that point. He feels sorrow and bad for her. So he couldn’t help to wipe her tears at that time.
“Whatever, I will go now, have a good night, doctor Zhuge.” Wendy turns and ready to leave. “Ahh…” She feels pain from her wound on the leg. She pulls her dress up, seeing some blood running down. Zhuge comes to check, “Why you bleed again? Where is your medicine? Did you hurt yourself?”
Wendy gets confused, “No, I didn’t even touch it today. I don’t know why… It’s always like that.” Zhuge touches her wound, she feels nothing now, “Don’t you feel pain, at all?” Wendy pulls it down, “Actually, I feel nothing…” Zhuge grabs her hand, “Let’s go to my room. I will clean for you.” Wendy shakes her head, “No need, I can do it myself.”
Zhuge still grabs her, “I know you are jealous of them! But you also need to care about yourself!” Wendy’s face gets sulk, she replied coldly, “That is my business, don’t you think you care too much, doctor?” She regrets immediately after says something like that. She understands he just cares for her. But his word “jealous” sounds very unpleasant. “I’m sorry, doctor. I didn’t mean to… mad with you.” She apologizes. Zhuge smiles, he feels her really changed, she never apologized as before. “Then shall we go to clean your wound now? Princess?”
Wendy nods happily, “Okay!” They go back to Zhuge’s room. Sung gives him a good one. Very quiet outside. He also likes here a lot, so he often lives here without going home. When he cleans her wound, she feels pain the very first time, after she fainted in the palace. “Thanks a lot.” She looks around, he has many books. “If you don’t want to go back now, you may talk to me or read my books.” Zhuge says, bringing a hot teapot back. He walks to a screen, behind it, thousands of books lie on a big shelf! Most of them are medical books. Wendy looks very happy, she strides toward them slowly. She picks one then goes back to her seat, fast.
Zhuge sighs, he thought he would have a chat with her, maybe he might get to know her more. He and Sung have confirmed already, that Wendy is not Yasmin. She reads very fast, one page she only takes like one or two minutes. It’s too fast to finish! “Hey, are you sure you understand that book? Do you like it?” Zhuge can’t help asking.
Wendy nods, “Yes, it’s very interesting! Now I understand how amazing of our Chinese medical! Even then we have western medicine. And the Chinese medical is gone… Such a shame.” Zhuge watches her with amazed, “Western medicine?” Wendy realizes she says too much. “Oh, I guess, I mean… You may leave me alone, I’m fine now.” She means please not bother me again. Zhuge walks to pick a book for himself, but his whole attention is on her, her face seems more interesting than his book.
In Lacey’s palace, Sung regrets what he has done tonight. He didn’t plan to come to Lacey tonight. All because someone said Lacey didn’t feel well in the evening. Besides, he just got his new wheelchair, so he decided to have a visit for fun. Unexpected, he saw Lacey laying on her bed with her dress open. He couldn’t handle himself at that time, that’s why… When men feel horny, then never can handle themselves. He knows he doesn’t have any fault, Lacey is his woman too. He can sleep her also.
“I guess my sister gets jealous… She will be fine tomorrow, don’t worry about her, your majesty.” Lacey hugs Sung and replies. She made this big show for Wendy tonight honestly! She knows Wendy would come for Daisy. So she decided to make something for her. She keeps comforting Sung that everything is fine. While Sung doesn’t feel anything, his heart keeps thinking of Wendy.
Wendy borrowed many books from Zhuge then on her way back to her room. She seems happier. Lacey and Chen waiting for her, distracting. They heard about what happened in Lacey’s room. “Princess, how are you? Did the majesty blame you?” Chen asks her when they see her stepping in. Wendy just realizes Daisy’s thing, she feels bad again. “Help Daisy to put some medicine, look at her face, poor girl…”
Chen nods, “Everything is fine right?!” Wendy puts her books on the table, then sits down on a soft pillow, “Yes, I will sleep later, you guys may leave. I need to finish some books.” Chen and Daisy look at each other, something must happen. Wendy never favors with books before. They walk out quietly. They want to give her space. By reading her books, Wendy feels a little secure. She needs to clean her mind tonight. She doesn’t want to mess up with Sung and Lacey’s shit anymore. Tomorrow is a new beginning!