There was no direct contact between Prince Ji Shu and Yang Xian, but the former still hated the latter greatly because of his interaction with Prince Ji Sheng. Now that they had left so quickly, Prince Ji Shu knew that he had lost the chance to take a proper look at Liu Ying.

"Send some people to tail them."

"Ah?"

Prince Ji Shu's eyes narrowed. He couldn't leave the capital city at this time unless he wished to incur the wrath of his father, so he could only send some people. Besides, there were a lot of people who were watching his movements.

"Send some guards and follow them. Report everything to me."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

He would never allow them to act according to their wishes!

While Prince Ji Shu was feeling indignant, Wei Liuying was riding the horse at a leisure pace. She glanced to Yang Xian. "Did he know?"

"Who?"

"You know who I talk about," Wei Liuying replied, refused to reveal the name of the prince in case the soldiers could hear. There might still be some spies around and the two of them would like to prevent unnecessary rumors from spreading around.

Yang Xian snickered. "We can go a bit further to the front to prevent them from hearing our voice. Do you want that?"

"Fine."

They hastened their pace a bit to create a considerable distance with the soldiers. As the soldiers there were all Prince Ji Sheng's men, they knew that their strategist wanted some space. They continued with the same pace towards the north.

"So?" Wei Liuying asked again.

Yang Xian shook his head. "He might be suspicious because of your name, but not even your father can recognize you when he saw you, right?"

"Yeah. He didn't even know that his daughter is standing before him."

"What do you feel when you noticed that he didn't recognize you?" Yang Xian asked.

Wei Liuying was silent for a moment. Thinking about her own father when she met with him back in the castle and he didn't recognize her. What did she feel at that time?

"Relief."

"Yes?"

"I'm feeling relieved that he didn't recognize me. It seems that he truly never regards me as his child even after all the years. As I don't have any value for him, he'll not even bother to remember me," Wei Liuying replied.

However, a trace of disappointment still lingered in Wei Liuying's tone. It might be her unconscious mind playing out. After all, all children wanted their parents to care for them and as someone who was unloved, Wei Liuying had long craved for the attention.

Attention from her father that would never be given to her.

Her mind understood, but it couldn't stop her heart from getting hurt because of the faint expectation that was within her mind.

Yang Xian noticed it, but he would not mention it to her because he knew that she might not even do it consciously. It would take time before Wei Liuying some time before she could come in terms and completely accepted with her entire heart her severed relationship with her parents.

He blinked his eyes. "You sound very calm about this."

"I don't have any expectation to him anymore, so I'll not feel any disappointment over his indifferent attitude towards me. He didn't care for me, he saw me as an embarrassment, he wanted to sell me out just simply because he wanted to please other people that could be easily done in other way. Simply put, I worth nothing in his eyes," Wei Liuying said without any change in her expression. It was as if she was not talking about herself but other people.

There was no expression in her eyes anymore as her mind had already completely accepted it. However, the faint tone on her voice when she spoke at first before coming to a flat tone still showed that her heart was not completely in sync with her mind.

Yang Xian was silent for a moment too. "Don't think of him as your family anymore. You have us here."

Wei Liuying looked at Yang Xian and nodded. "I know."

"Also, what is the message you left to Manager Xin? Is that about something regarding your first sister?"

"Yes." As much as Wei Liuying didn't want to get involved in Wei Xiao Hua's matter at all, she had been dragged to that annoying girl over and over. It was to the point that she herself felt sickened with it.

Since that girl wanted to play with fire, she would let her play with it.

"What is it, if I may know?"

"You'll hear about it soon enough. I'm just asking him to spread news regarding what happened at the temple." Wei Liuying smiled. "She cares for her reputation, isn't she? Would it do her any good to have her future husband sent so many men following her and watching her from the shadow?"

Yang Xian blinked his eyes. He nodded in understanding. It was normal for a husband to send his men to protect his wife, but future husband to his future wife? That would be calling for some questions.

He chuckled. "I can see that you're intending to create trouble to them."

"They had already tarnished my reputation. Why couldn't I do the same to them?" Wei Liuying asked with a smile. "Besides, I need to give her gifts for her present to me. Since I have already made some money from the store, it's time to put it into good use. But of course, I don't need to play by her rules."

Yang Xian nodded, understanding that Wei Liuying wanted to make her sister paid for what she did even though it might not be that much. He raised his hand, wanting to caress her head when he realized that they were in front of so many soldiers.

That action would look weird because the two of them were men.

"It's just too bad that I won't be able to see her reaction first hand." Wei Liuying sighed. She wouldn't be able to return back to the capital city for the time being, so she wouldn't be able to know how Wei Xiao Hua fared later on.

But she was sure that this would cause another headache for her first sister for some time. Maybe in the future they would have more chances to interact more.

Not that she hoped for it, though.

"I can ask them to include the report regarding Wei Xiao Hua if you want," Yang Xian offered.

"No need. I'm not that idle to watch over her situation all the time."

"Alright. If you say so."

Wei Liuying turned her head and looked at Yang Xian. "Are you disappointed?"

"Disappointed?"

"Because I'm ruthless and… not really a good girl." Wei Liuying's tone was a bit strange. She felt that it was weird for her to care for Yang Xian's opinion so much. Why should she bother with what he thought? But her mind was still thinking about it.

Yang Xian chuckled. "Not at all. In fact, I liked you this way."

Hearing that, Wei Liuying smiled lightly.

The two of them stayed silent for some time before Yang Xian spoke out, "We're going to stop by Dong Shan City before heading to Prince Ji Sheng's City. Do you want to visit Shi Lu Wen first?"

"Is it fine if we don't return back to Prince Ji Sheng's City directly?"

"It's totally fine. That prince wouldn't die even if we're late just by a day."

Wei Liuying: "…" is it something that a strategist like you should say? You're responsible for the lives of many soldiers and civilians who lived in Prince Ji Sheng's City.

Yang Xian noticed Wei Liuying's face and laughed a bit. "You don't have to worry. If there's enemy breaching the city, I'll instead scold a certain general because he can't even do a simple task."

Hearing that, Wei Liuying seemed to understand a bit. It seemed that Yang Xian had already prepared a plan in case there was an attack. Because of that, there was no need for them to return back so quickly.

"You should phrase your words better."

"it's already good enough?"

"It's easy to make people misunderstand."

Yang Xian laughed. He didn't try to correct Wei Liuying as he continued to lead the journey with normal pace.