The Legend of the Guardians of the East Gate
Ch. 108 - Drunk mercenary.

Li Buya was always thinking about all her mother's words, guilt made her not dare to look at the face of her mother and also her grandfather,

"The young man from the beginning did not plan anything, the arrival to the capital was only Grandpa's order, and the young man was involved all this because the father was expelling the mother, and it was the mother who came to him," inner Li Buya.

and his eyes stopped at the figure of the teenager he was in, and,

"aahhh, I finally found this annoying boy, this is the 14th tavern I entered," said Li Buya who had entered so many taverns to look for Zhi Yuan.

At the tavern two teenagers sat looking at each other, Zhi Yuan looked calmly at the awkward-looking Li Buya, his hands both under his chest and several long breaths, breathing deeply, and stared in the other direction so as not to look into Zhi Yuan's eyes.

Zhi Yuan understood that the spoiled young man was so ashamed of his pride and now came to him after expelling Zhi Yuan that night, making Zhi Yuan a little pity.

"Come home, Li Buya, I will not bother you anymore" Zhi Yuan said.

"Before continuing the conversation there is something I want to make sure," said Li Buya who was like so trying to look mature, making Zhi Yuan's face reddened by holding back his laughter.

Zhi Yuan nodded, and tried to take things seriously.

"Do you love my mother?" ask Li Buya.

Zhi Yuan exhaled, staring at the waiter who was carrying the sweet cake order towards the visitor of the shop.

"Do you want a sweet cake?" ask Zhi Yuan.

"Of course, aaahhh no," muttered Li Buya closed his eyes cursing at his stupidity who unintentionally answered the offer of the sweet cake.

"You don't try to evade, quickly answer my question?" said Li Buya back to his mature face.

"ehemm..well, for us there is more important than matters of the heart" said Zhi Yuan.

"aahhh..you sound boring like my grandfather, well, I gave up on all this madness," Li Buya slightly shouted making Zhi Yuan stare around him, yet no one cared about them.

Li Buya returned with a slightly changed and calmer look.

"heard me, when I was with you, my mother became so changed, she hugged me so warmly as she missed me so much, she never did it while at my father's house, not only did she laugh but she even acted silly and stupid - it was impossible to still be the ever-perfect Mistress Li, seeing my mother so happy with you, there's nothing I want to say anymore, you two get married, take good care of my mother, when you go her tears flow every day even though her face is smiling, I often see her daydreaming," li Buya said his face looked so seriously at Zhi Yuan,

Zhi Yuan frowned, he frowned,

"What's? married married married? are you crazy? about that night was just a mistake, we had never flirted with each other before, nor did I know if your mother would marry me or not" Zhi Yuan said.

Li Buya's eyes glared at Zhi Yuan, and still acted like the son of an arrogant noble.

"hey. boy, I told you to get married, and you should get married, and don't expect me to call you a-yah," li Buya's speech interrupted his serious face changed drastically as the two women passed by them, his hands shaking violently, with ears as red as a ripe tomato.

Zhi Yuan frowned seeing the change in Li Buya's face and turned his face towards the two women behind him, but was restrained by Li Buya.

"Zhi's sister don't look at them, she's Miss Chen, a dancer from the music bureau," Li Buya said.

Zhi Yuan rubbed his face with both of his palms while nodding,

"Just a few seconds ago he spoke so grown up he had now returned to being a stupid boy, aaaahhh he was so quick to change, I could go crazy if I had a stepson like this," Inner Zhi Yuan.

"Li Buya what about our conversation just now?" ask Zhi Yuan.

"Forget it, this is more important than my life," Li Buya said looking at the young woman.

Zhi Yuan was getting annoyed, rubbing his face a few times so desperately, and had already decided to forget their conversation before, and was now focusing on the problem the boy was facing, Zhi Yuan took a deep breath, and slightly looked at the woman of Li Buya's dreams.

"A-pa are you kidding me? she's the most popular woman in my academy, all the men like her, including me," Li Buya said, shouting to call the woman, the woman only turned her head for a moment but ignored Li Buya's screams and Zhi Yuan covered the young man's lips.

"You won't get it if you act like that" Zhi Yuan said.

"Sister Zhi help me, I beg you," said Li Buya, making Zhi Yuan so upset.

"hemmm, before we continue this very important and secret talk, tell me how much you like her?" zhi Yuan asked, following Li Buya's words.

"I was willing to die for her," Li Buya said so seriously.

"that's more than enough, good boy, it's not enough to make you die" Zhi Yuan said and started talking to some drunkards in the corner of the room.

Before long some drunkards had begun to disturb the two women, and of course next to guess, Li Buya helped the two girls, and though it had to be battered, Zhi Yuan and Li Buya managed to save the two girls from the interference of Zhi Yuan's mercenary drunk.

The faces of both of them were full of bruises, especially the faces of Li Buya who became the moons of the drunkards and Miss Chen had to turn her towards Hua Mulan's medicinal house.

"Sister Li I didn't expect you to be so brave, is he your brother? tanya Chen pointed at Zhi Yuan who had a taller body, even though his face was like a teenager, and walked a little far with the other woman.

"It's not my father" said Li Buya who looked so happy on Miss Chen's papah, forgetting that he would not call Zhi Yuan father.

"but how can you still look your age?" ask Miss Chen.

"he's my stepfather," Li Buya said, making Miss Chen just nod.

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Snow mingled with dust still blanketed the capital and dozens of villages, including the fuxian village. Hua Mulan looked to tidy up the pile of herbal packs in her medicinal warehouse, and stepped out looking at her two workers who had already finished cleaning the simple courtyard of the house.

Hua Mulan stared at that simple house, so many memories that made her lips slightly smile, she said,

"It's the 64th day that you left me Zhi Yuan, I've forgotten all my miseries while being a daughter-in-law in the Li family, but I can't forget you for a second, be patient Zhi Yuan from today I will work even harder, and after Li Buya is independent, all the results I collected will be used to hire someone to look for you, I am not a weak woman, who was just crying lamenting our destiny, I can't be like that," Hua Mulan's inner voice closed her eyes deeply.

Two of his workers bowed nearby, and,

"Madamya all the work is done, we beg you" said the two workers.

Hua Mulan simply nodded, and the two female workers left her.

"Isn't that our Lady's son?" I heard the words of one of his workers.

Hua Mulan wiped her tears and heard that Li Buya had come, but was still turning her back to her two workers, to recover her facial expression.

"Young master Zhi looked increasingly handsome, hihi.." whispered one of the workers.

Hua Mulan simply shook her head, but those beautiful narrowed eyes suddenly widened, unable to believe what she heard,

"Young master z-hi?? A-pa?" Hua Mulan quickly turned her body around and looked at Li Buya who was exposed by a young woman, despite being so disappointed to see not the person she missed, the woman ran a little to see her bruised son.

The graceful woman's legs came to a halt upon seeing the happy face of her son, and her feeling was slightly relieved.

"At least he wasn't seriously injured," Inner Hua Mulan walked up to the two.

"What happened to you?" hua Mulan said her voice was disjointed, when she saw the person behind Li Buya, a young man who was so eager to see her being exposed by a young woman

Hua Mulan's hand trembled and involuntarily closed her lips the body slightly bent and began to sob.