“So anyway, he said if anything would happen to her, no one would save her again.”
Zack finishes his story, looking aside, avoiding Sung’s disappointed expression. “I have told you everything, now you decide!” A ray of sunshine peeks through the window, Zack stares at it, frowns. Sung feels like losing himself from Zack’s words, or like a kitten scratching in his heart.
“Where is she now?” Sung asks after a while.
“She used to live in her small house, remember, the one Zhuge lives right now, then the master wants her to move to Zhuge’s clinic, cause she hurt her legs and she needs Zhuge’s help to cure them. It’s gonna take a month I think.”
“Hurt?!” Sung gets tense at once, “She is fine, I mean, she doesn’t hurt that much right??”
“She’s fine, no worry, just can’t walk right now, sooner or later she will be recovered. She looks better than before. Everything is good now I think, our father won’t be able to find her…”
Sung holds his teacup tight, his veins are exploded out on his skin, he is controlling himself about meeting Wendy right now. He understands he must find the best way for them. After a long pause, Sung looks up, “Zack, please don’t mention our meeting here. Let’s follow her master’s wish now.”
Zack sighs in relief, looking at him in a poignant way, “Fine, then take care brother.”
“I’m fine, no worry, at least she’s surviving good under Zhuge and your guarding. I believe you guys.” Sung knows this is best for her now, and he doesn’t want her in danger again. He stands up and heads out, loneliness. Zack watches his back with sorrow and sympathy, he has the same feeling with Sung, he also wants to get out of here and lives like a normal person with his family. He doesn’t wish Charlie to walk the way he does someday.
Their secret meeting has changed Sung, inside and out, he begins to focus on politics and war, not on Wendy anymore. As if he tries to figure out how to make a good environment for her in future. After Ching Ming Festival, March, the raining season just passes over.
The King gets sick, he doesn’t show on the morning routine for three days. Same as Jun and Minister Xiong, he has almost sixty and his son Leon is just branded as a Vice Minster in the soldier department. He has become a friend of Sung, they always train together. A few days later, the King has a meeting with Mage, they discuss like one hour in the library. Later then, another country from South, is coming to put a fight with the King, he then makes General Liu manage a group to against them. Besides, the new wave of flood just ruins the country, more people argue and suffer during this time. This country seems to face a bigger trouble now.
As the mage mentioned, Wendy would be back to the King after three months, while she’s not… All his anger is on the Royal Empress now, he’s thinking how to abandon her for a good reason, he then makes a meeting with all ministers.