"Jia Li 2"
16

Jia Li emerged from behind the bushes, and immediately ran very fast. It instantly caught the attention of the assassins, they were chasing after Jia Li. Jia Li ran without knowing the 'direction, all he knew now was to run as fast as you could to avoid them. But it seemed like Jia Li's luck had run out because in front of him right now was the abyss and the 5 hitmen were getting closer . There was no way out for Jia Li.

Jia Li stared down at the bottom of the ravine with horror, because the ravine was very very deep and at the bottom of the ravine there was a fairly heavy river flow. Jia Li turned his body as the hitmen got closer and closer.

"will I die ?" inner Jia Li, Jia Li's face looked frightened, it made the assassins happy.

"haha... I thought she was the girl that first prince Liu Changhai said" said one of the assassins.

Hearing Liu Changhai's name, Jia Li's eyes made.

"he's not dead ? Huh... Now I regret not hitting his head harder" Jia Li muttered.

"say where is the first prince of the sun kingdom ?" ask one of those hit men.

"what would I get if I said it ?" jia Li asked.

"hahahaha.if you tell us, then you die easily miss. But if you don't say it, then we'll torture you to death. Hahahah" said the assassin, followed by another assassin's laughter.

Hearing the word in torment to the eyes, made the fur of Jia Li's neck stand up. Imagining the cruel torture in this era scared Jia Li to death, especially if it really happened. He would rather die by suicide than be tortured to the eye.

"oh, since the rewards are both dead, then I prefer not to tell you at any time. It was only the difference that I died in my own way" Jia Li retreated to the edge of the abyss, and allowed herself to fall into the abyss beautifully.

The hitmen were surprised instead of playing, they did not expect Jia Li to dare jump into the abyss. Just as they were about to prevent it all being too late, Jia Li had fallen to the bottom of the abyss and was already nowhere to be seen anymore. Only the rushing river water could they see. It was most likely that Jia Li would definitely die.

***

A middle-aged man of about 45 years was standing by the river. The man was like an upper class man, it was clearly visible from his silk clothes and exquisite embroidery on his clothes.  The man stared sadly at the river which looked very calm and beautiful, he was sad because this is where he found the body of his little daughter. He always came to the place to let go of his longing for the only daughter who drowned in the river ten years ago. 

At that time his little daughter was ten years old, he always came to the river located not far from their home there like fishing or playing water almost every day. But one day a servant neglected to look after her, until her little daughter drowned and eventually died. The guilt over his daughter's death always haunts him and the longing that sometimes comes his way. All he could do was cry inwardly and blame himself for not being able to look after his beloved daughter. The man loved his daughter very much, because it was just him that he had after the death of his wife 15 years ago. If his daughter was still alive she should be 20 years old by now.

The man lives in regret for not feeling good about keeping his baby. The man blames himself for being too busy looking for money to forget that his daughter needs affection and is always waiting for him at home. When he realized his mistake, his daughter died. Even Tong Mu did not have time to see the last face of his little daughter on tap at that time he was sailing. He really didn't have a chance to apologize even to meet.

"master Tong Mu, the day is getting cold. We better get inside" said someone behind the man.

Yes the man was Tong Mu, a richest merchant in the southern empire. Besides being a merchant, he was also an honorable noble and was greatly feared for his attitude of killing those who annoyed him.

Tong Mu was just silent, he did not respond to the words of Hongli Ho, his loyal bodyguard. For some reason today he was so eager to linger in this place, as if there was something that made him reluctant to move.

Seeing his master still lingering in front of the river, Hongli Ho could only wait for his master to get bored.

Without feeling it had been 3 hours Tong Mu stood in that place without moving a single bit. The day that began to enter autumn made the air around quite cold, and Hongli Ho was somewhat worried about the health of his master who was not young anymore. 

Hongli Ho is indeed a very chatty bodyguard, sometimes Tong Mu is very upset because his bodyguard is always talkative and interfere in the affairs of the employer.

"yes, we go home" said Tong Mu.

Just as Tong Mu was about to turn around, he saw someone drifting away. A 10 year old girl.

Tong Mu who saw it immediately ran into the river, lucky now that the depth of the river was only knee-deep so it was quite easy. Hongli Ho who saw that also followed in a panic, but what made him not understand was why his cold-hearted master wanted to save the girl who was most likely already dead.

Tong Mu stiffened as he looked at the 10-year-old girl's face, how not, the girl's face was very similar to her daughter who died ten years ago. 

The girl's eyes opened when she felt someone lift her body. As the girl looked at Tong Mu her eyes glazed over and looked the immense longing of her beautiful matan.

"a..yah." said the girl before she was unconscious. 

Tong Mu's body trembled, he felt very happy when he heard a voice that was very similar to his late daughter, let alone when he said those words. 'DAD". How long had he not heard someone call him 'father". Tong Mu looked at the face of the girl who was now in his arms, the longing that had been tormenting him felt lost and replaced with an overwhelming sense of happiness. Deep in her little heart, she wondered who this girl was, where she came from, why this child was so similar to her late daughter, why she had gotten to the river, and there were still a lot of questions that came to his mind. But one sentence suddenly appeared in his mind.

"didn't you condone your daughter that we took, now your daughter we return and don't repeat the same mistake" 

Instantly Tong Mu cried, crying very loudly while hugging the girl's body very tightly. Hongli Ho who saw that became panicked and was very worried about his old condition, he did not know what was going on with his master and what he should do.

Since that incident Tong Mu took very good care of the girl. It had been 1 week that the girl was unconscious, even though Tong Mu had already summoned the best healer in the empire to take care of her. There was nothing he could do but pray that the daughter would come to her senses immediately, even Tong Mo himself always went to the temple to pray and came to the girl's room to see her circumstances. He always hoped that when he came home he would find the child conscious and healthy. Due to her excessive worry Tong mo even sat for almost a full day in the girl's room, hoping that the child could wake up.  The worry, fear of loss and affection that suddenly appeared in Tong Mu's little heart had an impact on his health, it looked a little thin and his face looked pale, and his body feels weak.

At the moment Tong Mu was sitting on the chair beside the bed, he continued to stare at the face of the girl the healer was examining. 

"his body has started to improve now sir, and the heat has started to fall. Soon this child will be conscious" said the healer.

Hearing the healer's words was unable to make Tong Mu happy, he only wanted the child to wake up, right now. But again and again, Tong Mu could only be patient. Suddenly Tong Mu heard a groaning sound from the girl. 

"hem..." 

Tong Mu and the healer were very happy when they heard that. The healer immediately checked the state of the child by pressing the pulse in his hand.

Slowly the boy opened his beautiful eyes, he looked at Tong Mu. The boy's right hand floated in the air towards Tong Mu as if it wanted to grab him.

"well, Jia Li wants pu.lang" said the daughter who is none other than Jia Li. After saying that Jia Li returned unconscious.

While Tong Mu still could not believe what he heard.

"ba...how can the name be the same ?" tong Mu said he could not believe what he heard.