The Legend of the Guardians of the East Gate
Ch. 90 - Not as beautiful as the fairy tale world

Aunt Hua, I beg you not to be like this, I will not accept it, for whatever sake come with me, aunt always says if this is not a fairy tale world, you know, who will start life from the bottom and become rich so easily like the story, please come with me aunt Hua, aunt can be whatever aunty wants, no need to be my lover, no need to be, I will be patient even until I am old," said prince Qing Fan, releasing his embrace and pulling Hua Mulan's skinny hand to follow her steps out of her small house.

"Let go of me prince," Hua Mulan said and threw out her hand that Qing Fan had drawn, but the prince's grip was so tight, the prince turned around and stared at each other in the torrential rain.

"Aunt Hua, are you going to spend the rest of your life in this rotten hut? no aunt Hua, I don't care, you are my idol, I will give you a decent place" Prince Qing Fan said, drawing the woman along.

Hua Mulan shook her head, trying to hold back her steps so as not to get out of her house.

"Quite prince!!! Prince Qing Fan, I'm actually not going to explain anything to you, 23 years old I became a rich man, and I'm really sick of their ways of maintaining their wealth, he said, but after feeling the weight of living a hard life, I felt so devastated, so can I promise one thing for me?" ask Hua Mulan.

"Certainly say aunt, I promise," said prince Qing Fan.

"Well, from this day on don't ever come to this place again, nor do you ever appear before me again, for seeing you will remind me of my former circumstances, you're a man hold your promise" Hua Mulan said, throwing her hand out and this time the prince's grip slipped off.

Hua Mulan approached her basket picking up her groceries.

Prince Qing Fan shook his head, staring in disbelief at Hua Mulan, everything the woman did made her even more amazed.

"I'm going to leave aunt Hua, but I'm going to break my promise, for your sake Hua Mulan I'll even break my ancestral vows though, hang on... I'll find a way to be together, and happy with our little family later," prince Qing Fan said, leaving the place, the man who is very smart in this kind of business does not want to force a woman in a state of injury.

When prince Qing Fan had already left the woman stopped the activity of gathering groceries, the woman stroked her wrists that were flushed red because in the hands of so tightly held prince Qing Fan, she was very close, the woman wept in the midst of her heavy rain, a young man with two holy symbols at the corner of his cheeks looked at her from the kitchen, and Hua Mulan also saw the young man.

That afternoon the two were busy in the kitchen for cooking, and preparing their simple dishes.

"Do you know why I refused?" hua Mulan stopped her eating.

Zhi Yuan frowned as if unsure.

"I don't really think about what people want to do, I won't add to the burden of my mind to think about others anymore" Zhi Yuan said.

Hua Mulan nodded,

"You're right, but I'm really tired of stuff like that, I'm 39, and I don't have time for love like a 17-year-old, all my time is precious right now, and I won't spend a second on such love-making, nor the thought of becoming someone's wife again, will...." said Hua Mulan who was traumatized to be a wife who was so depressed.

It had been almost two months they had settled on the riverbank, there was no meaningful progress, the result of an unknown healer was so difficult.the two came home from the market in the village next door, they passed a funeral.

"Our remaining sales money is very little Zhi Yuan, we can only eat potluck," said Hua Mulan who looks very far from being Madam Li.

"It's okay Madam, our rice supply is enough for two months, so I only need to catch a few fish every day," Zhi Yuan said, and the woman simply nodded, there was not the slightest smile on that face, and it still looked slumped.

The two approached the little girl, from her attire visible from the middle noble, not far away was a female servant who was so skinny waiting for her, occasionally the female servant coughed.

"Little lady, why are you in this tomb?" ask Hua Mulan.

"Hik..hik..., they're my parents, I'm saying goodbye to them because my grandfather will pick me up and will stay with him," the little girl said and cried again.

Zhi saw an acne-like lump with a purplish root on the little girl's neck, and wanted to touch her yet Hua Mulan held her back, she said, his face nodded towards the servant woman who looked so pale and continued to cough, a purplish root appeared until the servant's jaw.

"They've been exposed to infectious toxins, be careful" Hua Mulan said.

Zhi Yuan sensed a legend cultivator, and some of his other people had already approached them, and a man as old as him stepped forward, at the very front, his face looked so hard with sharp eyes that there seemed to be a hint of sadness, and his nose was slightly bent down, with both hands tied behind his back.

"Who are you, and what's the matter with my granddaughter?" ask the old man like he doesn't like to talk.

"I'm Hua Mulan, I'm a healer from a fuxian village, your granddaughter is being exposed to a dangerous poison" Hua Mulan said.

"It's not a poison, but a curse, a healer won't be of any use to my granddaughter" the old man said.

Hua Mulan shook her head,

"Omong empty!! that's obvious...

Zhi Yuan closed Hua Mulan's lips so as not to continue his words and the woman became silent.

Zhi Yuan slightly approached the old man, though,

"Pardon us Elders, well we beg ourselves," said Zhi Yuan bowing in greeting, pulling Hua Mulan to leave the place.

"Z-hi, emmm.. My son why don't you let me help the little girl?" ask Hua Mulan.

"The old man won't allow it, even if you talk until it's foamy" Zhi Yuan said

The old man stared deeply at Zhi Yuan, his eyeballs moving as if remembering something,

"Wait!!!" yelled the old man with his heavy voice, making the two people who were pretending to be mother and child stop.