The Ghost of Fog
Chapters 1. Lin Tian's

"Miss wait"

"haha"

That afternoon in a forest there was the sound of a boy and a girl, the girl was seen chasing a white cat who ran very nimble, and she was very agile, while the man seems to be trying to pursue the girl he called Miss.

"because of you!.ahahaha" the girl seemed very happy after running away finally able to catch up with the cat.

"huh.huh...Miss.you ran too fast."

"Hehe's sorry Lin Tian, I was too excited to leave you."The little girl replied with a chuckle, revealing her rows of white teeth sparkling like pearls.

"Let's go back Miss, this is too far from home."

"Hmph...no want, why are you hunting to go home? it's still late afternoon, not even the sun has been blown."He had not yet finished his words, the cat in his trunk had already jumped and ran into the forest deeper.

The girl was surprised and quickly moved her legs to chase the cat. The boy who turned out to be Lin Tian just stood dumbly looking at the departure of Nonanya, silent he complained inwardly and had no other choice, for the second time he was chasing the girl again.

Who are the two of them? As it was known, the boy was named Lin Tian, he was an orphan from a poor family in a village. And the person he called the lady was Zhang Qiaofeng, a single daughter of the Zhang family, one of the noble families.

Then, why would an orphan like Lin Tian be able to be with a noble family daughter? So, Lin Tian was a farmer boy who lived in a small village, but one day the family along with all the residents in his village was slaughtered by a gang of robbers, but one day the family along with the whole village was slaughtered, he was in a forest near the village when his mother told him to look for firewood.

When he came home from the forest, how surprised he was to see such a terrifying sight plastered before his eyes, Lin Tian saw the villagers lying there in a state of blood bath and with a body that was not intact anymore. Recalling his parents, Lin Tian ran straight to his house, and when he opened the door, he saw his father lying on the floor in a condition not much different from the villagers.

Because his father was a swordsman, this man died holding a machete, but apparently the resistance made by Lin Tian's father did not mean much.

When he turned his head to look at his mother who was lying on the table, he was surprised, because his mother died in a state that could be said to be better than his father. A young mother died without any blood on her body. Although the body did not bleed a bit, but when he saw his mother his heart seemed to be burned by the fire of anger and revenge, how not, his mother died naked without any clothes! Lin Tian had no idea what had happened to his dear mother, yet somehow he felt that his mother's condition was much worse than his father's.

That afternoon, Lin Tian, who was only 8 years old, could only cry until late at night and finally the poor boy fainted near the corpse of his father.

The next day, early in the morning he buried all the villagers including his mother's father. When he finished burying everyone, that was when he met one of the Zhang family members.

The person introduced himself as Zhang Jun. After knowing all the events that had happened in the small village from Lin Tian's story, as Zhang Jun felt pity, the old man finally took Lin Tian towards the Zhang family residence.

Long story short Lin Tian was accepted by the family leader and hired as a maid. After a few months, the Zhang family went to the king's town to attend the emperor's birthday celebration. Since Lin Tian's father was a swordsman it was natural that even his son knew a little about silat, he was assigned to help maintain food supplies during the trip.

But on the way, Lin Tian showed something extraordinary and made everyone dumbfounded. During the trip, the group was attacked by a group of mountain bandits, when the attack occurred Lin Tian helped the guards block the bandits who tried to harm them. But what shocked them was that Lin Tian attacked those bandits using only a block of wood! Yes, a one-meter-long wooden beam with a centerline the size of an adult's arm.

Although it was only a block of wood, but Lin Tian's attack did not play, once he swung his weapon there was a loud sound due to broken bones from the opponent he faced.

It just so happened that young lady Zhang Qiaofeng saw all of those events and directly asked his father to make Lin Tian his personal bodyguard.

At first his father refused the wish, but because of the coercion of Zhang Qiaofeng and when he told this to his wife, the mother of one child only agreed, finally this middle-aged man agreed to Zhang Qiaofeng's request and raised Lin Tian to be his personal bodyguard.

And it had now been 1 year since Lin Tian had become Zhang Qiaofeng's bodyguard. Thus was a little history of life concerning Lin Tian, a young Zhang family bodyguard girl.

After a long time they ran away in the forest, Zhang Qiaofeng finally stopped at a river that was not too wide.

"Young Miss.hah it's late afternoon, please-"

"Ihhh, bad cat." Zhang Qiaofeng said cutting off Lin Tian's words, this girl said as she slammed her right foot onto the ground. He looked annoyed at how difficult it was to catch the stray cat.

"Look, he ran across the river." He said as he pointed his index finger towards the other side of the river.

Lin Tian who was still exhausted was only able to answer "Because that's what miss.

Zhang Qiofeng immediately glared at that beautiful eye towards Lin Tian and snapped "You and the cat are kind of the same!! that cat that I just want to hold always runs away, you as the bodyguard that should help me from so fussy even keep asking to go home, you are both annoying!!" Indeed that was the nature of this young miss, if she wanted something, she would continue to strive to obtain it. A stubborn girl.

Lin Tian continued to try to persuade this young lady, but the stone-headed girl Zhang Qiaofeng did not hear Lin Tian's words and still decided to cross over. "Miss, you know? in my opinion, you're just as irritating as that cat." Of course Lin Tian did not dare to say this.

The river was not very big, but it seemed quite deep. Fearing for the safety of his young miss, Lin Tian finally stepped on the 'bridge' which was only about the size of an adult's thigh. He walked slowly behind his young miss, but since the science of lightening his body was not as good as Zhang Qiaofeng, Lin Tian was unable to hold his balance and slipped, so he could not help himself, he almost fell into the river below if no hand arrived holding his wrist.

"You, be careful!! this river below us is more than enough to swallow your body." Zhang Qiaofeng rebuked in a patient voice, completely different from the tone of his speech just a moment ago. It turned out that this girl was the owner of the hand that was holding onto Lin Tian's wrist.

To his surprise, Lin Tian let out a stifled cry and subconsciously he had already moved both of his arms grasping Zhang Qiaofeng's left hand that the girl had used to restrain herself from falling into the river. Zhang Qiaofeng was surprised, but soon he smiled and said "Walk slowly and follow my steps." Lin Tian only nodded his head in response while glancing down with a somewhat trembling body.

After a while, they arrived across the river. Lin Tian was still looking in horror at the river without realizing that his two hands were still grasping the hands of his young miss. Zhang Qiaofeng simply smiled letting that happen.

Before long, Lin Tian suddenly flinched in shock and aware of his mistake, he immediately let go of the hand and dropped to his knees in front of his young miss while saying "Young N-Miss, he immediately let go, a-a-pardon me who has been brash."

Zhang Qiaofeng only smiled slightly and shrugged Lin Tian telling him to get up." It's okay, wake up, why are you so awkward? didn't I tell you if it was just the two of us you could call me brother?" His words were accompanied by a sweet smile that decorated his face.

"I don't dare." Said Lin Tian while bowing his face.

"Here you go, we better continue our original goal here, come on!!"

They went back on looking for the stray cat, but after the sun was almost setting they found absolutely nothing. "huh here too there is nothing" These words came out from Zhang Qiaofeng's mouth in a desperate tone. Suddenly this girl cried out loudly to make Lin Tian jump in shock. "At a time like this, surely there will look beautiful. Lin Tian come with me!!" without saying much, this girl immediately moved her legs towards a small hill.

Lin Tian did not understand the meaning of the girl's words but he just obeyed his nona and immediately followed up the small hill.

Upon reaching the top, Zhang Qiaofeng stopped his steps, as Lin Tian got near him, to his surprise he saw the incredible sight before him. Seen far away on the western horizon there is a large circle of yellowish red that emits the light of its crowbar filled the sky, around the giant ball was seen a stretch of clouds like a bunch of soft cotton rolled yellow rolls mixed with bright blue from the afternoon sky.

It was as if the scene was like a painting on a giant canvas called 'The Sky'.

Seeing all this Lin Tian was unable to say any more words and was only able to stand rigidly admiring the beauty of the sunset scene before him.

"Hows it? Beautiful isn't?" The same Zhang Qiaofeng asked similarly admiring the afternoon nature outing.

Lin Tian did not reply to his words, he instead recalled his father. As he remembered he had seen this scene with his father a few years ago, but now he realized that his mother's father had gone far and never returned again. Recalling this, it did not feel like two tears had fallen from Lin Tian's eyelids.

Zhang Qiaofeng was not ignorant of this, it had indeed become the innate disposition of every human being that a woman tends to be more 'sensitive' than a man. That was why this girl then approached Lin Tian and directly extended her left hand to embrace the head of her guard, while her right hand she used to gently stroke Lin Tian's head hair.

"Hm...Tian'er my brother, why are you crying?" Zhang Qiaofeng's words contained an affectionate tone, just like the words of an elder sister who was calming her little sister down.

"N-Miss?" Said Lin Tian nervously as he never expected to get this kind of treatment from his young miss, and Tian'er? a sister? did the girl who was embracing him really think of him as a sister?

"Sstt...have you forgotten? how many times have I told you that if it's just the two of us, don't hesitate to call and consider me your brother?. Tian'er you haven't answered my question, why are you crying?" Zhang Qiaofeng asked the same question.

Hearing that question, Lin Tian's tears fell increasingly profusely to the point of wetting Zhang Qiaofeng's clothes. All of these events are exactly the same as those he had experienced a few years ago, only the difference first that accompanied and hugged him like this was the father of his mother. Now they were gone and Zhang Qiaofeng's current treatment added to the grief and longing for the affection of the old man he had always been longing for deep down.

"Dad..mom..."

Hearing this, the closer Zhang Qiaofeng's embrace became. He was aware that however Lin Tian would hide his sadness but he was still a child who still needed the affection of both parents. More concerned about Zhang Qiaofeng's heart, he recalled that this man had seen a very terrible event before his eyes.

"Tian'er listen.Now, you are already part of the Zhang family, even if you are only a bodyguard but you are a bodyguard for a young lady! no one will look down on you, even if there is, I will defend you myself, and if everyone in the Zhang family hates you just because you come from a commoner's family...." He stopped his words for a moment to take a deep breath.

"Remember Lin Tian!! I am Zhang Qiaofeng until whenever I will always be by your side, you can hold my word!!" This statement was said with great emphasis and with a very serious tone.

There was no answer coming out of Lin Tian's mouth, all that sounded was the heartbreaking sobs of a loyal bodyguard.

"Thank you." After a few minutes had passed, this was all that Lin Tian was able to say amidst his sobs.

Zhang Qiaofeng was increasingly moved and unknowingly a tear had escaped his place. "Just calm down Lin Tian, here you won't feel lonely." Smiling this young lady gently kissed the tip of Lin Tian's head affectionately.

That afternoon more precisely on the day of the seven months, Lin Tian vented all his sadness during this time under the sunset light accompanied directly by his young miss, she said, Zhang Qiaofeng who had never stopped moving his hand stroked Lin Tian's head.

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