𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆

XXI

❝I think you know what I'm talking about, Yang. How you endured the poor treatment you got from the Emperor and how you didn't asked for help when he sentenced you to death because of that bitch.❞

Xu Yang shook her head in disbelief, she couldn't believe that Jiang Meng knew about her past life.
"But how?" She asked herself trying to find an answer.

❝Maybe you don't remember me, but I was there in your past life as well. We know each other since we were little, Yang.❞

Xu Yang looked at Jiang Meng.

❝We do?❞

❝Yes. I've meet you a few times when we were kids, tagging along with your father. You were such a serious kid, but when you were playing with your brothers you were the most competitive and so full of energy. Remember when master Wuxian let you win a fight and you knew he let you win so you forced him to rematch and fight fair? I was watching from a tree not far from you two.❞

Xu Yang laughed a little remembering that moment and how she was fixed on making her brother fight with her again and how she lost, but she wasn't sad, contrary she was happy that her brother took her serious and fought fair.
Wuxian let Xu Yang win their fight thinking that would make her happy, but he never expected her to know he didn't fought serious and to ask for a rematch.

❝Remember when you got lost in the forest when you went haunting with your family because you followed a bunny? I was there too and I saw you running after the bunny so I notified your father and that's how they found you quick.❞

Xu Yang remembered this incident too.

❝You were there too? Now that I think about it, there was a child there, but he stayed always behind in he shadows and I don't remember speaking to him either...❞

❝Yes, because I didn't felt like I should interrupt you so I never spoke to you, only watched from the shadows when master Xu would bring me around.❞

Jiang Meng looked at the sky remembering all the times he would watch Xu Yang and her brothers play, he never joined, but watching them was fun to him.
Xu Yang admired Jiang Meng who stood looking up like a statue, he looked so calm and peaceful.

❝Where did you lived?❞ Xu Yang asked before turning her head to look at the sky

❝With master's Xu soldiers. We all lived and trained in the same residence.❞

❝Where they good to you? You were only a child after all.❞

❝Yes, they were. All of them treated me like a little brother and they even played with me sometimes. I'm thankful to all of them❞.
Jiang Meng smiled and looked at Xu Yang.

❝All thanks to your father.❞ he added

Xu Yang turned her head and looked at him as well. They looked into each other's eyes for a while in silence.

Xu Yang realized the pain wasn't that bad anymore.

❝Miss, what's our plan?❞ Ji An who stood away from them to give some privacy came back after realizing they finished their conversation.

❝Let's see. He is waiting for us there so we should find a way to sneak past him. ❞Xu Yang said thinking about a way.

❝Can we get over the wall? If the gates are blocked by him, maybe we can jump the wall on the other side.❞ Ji An suggested.

Xu Yang looked at Jiang Meng.

❝Can you do that thing you did when we fought? Flying, I mean. Maybe we can get over the wall like that. ❞