I Can Only Be Me (FengQing)

Chapter 1 - Angry

There were only two words in Feng Xin's head right now, 'This bitch'.

Fengxin and Mu Qing were currently in a meeting in the new palace of divine might. A meeting called by the heavenly emperor Pei Ming about the state of affairs in the south, a topic Feng Xin normally was proud of, but right now? Right now was the exception.

The south was a complex place, it was co-protected by Fengxin and Mu Qing, and its citizens bickered about their gods and who was better just as much as the gods themselves. As to not go utterly insane with the two gods, Jun Wu had made Mu Qing the protector of the southwest, and Feng Xin that of the southeast, a system that worked. But just because it worked that doesn't mean the set-up wasn't a tenuous one.

"So the city that was ravaged by ghosts is in the east?" Emperor Ming asked, turning to look directly at Feng Xin.

It was true, that the incident had occurred in the east, and it was entirely Feng Xin's fault. He had spent the day of the incident dealing with a 'crisis' of far less importance, a shrine with a certain, incorrect, name had been built that day. This 'crisis' had drawn all of Feng Xin's attention, and that of his subordinates as well, who he forced to all work on solving the 'crisis'.

"Yes, it was in the east," Mu Qing replied before Feng Xin got the chance, Feng Xin's rage levels boiled so high he didn't even hear the rest of Mu Qing's sentence.

"Sigh, You two are dismissed then, just do better nextime," Emperor Ming replied. The part of his new job as the emperor he hated most was policing the behaviour of these two, a job often falling into his lap when Xie Lian was off canoodling in Ghost City.

Feng Xin seethed with anger as he and Mu Qing calmly walked out of the Palace of Divine Might, the one location where Feng Xin held his tongue. As soon as the two were on the avenue, and the great big doors behind them had closed, Feng Xin screamed at Mu Qing.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!? YOU- YOU- YOU BITCHY IMMATURE EXCUSE OF A GENERAL!!" Mu Qing was visibly taken aback at this, a surprising reaction considering how often he heard these comments from Feng Xin. But Mu Qing didn't retort, he just stayed silent as Feng Xin Continued, "I KNOW IT WAS IN MY TERRITORY, BUT I COULD'VE ANSWERED THAT, I DO NOT NEED YOU ANSWERING FOR ME LIKE IM SOME BABY TOO SCARED TO ORDER AT A RESTURANT!"

Mu Qing's eyes filled with rage, no, the rage wasn't right. He felt exasperated right now, he felt immensely annoyed, "Are you fucking KIDDING ME!?!? I COVERED for your ass in there, and you have the GAUL to yell at me!?! ME!?!? Oh wait, you probably stopped hearing what I said after your immature ass heard me speak and just flipped out by default."

Feng Xin was at a loss for words, he usually had plenty to use; fuck, bitch, or even shit. And if none of those worked he had the old reliable word ass and its many forms, asshat, asshole, asswipe, all of which were staples of his conversations with Mu Qing. But right now, none of those fit, so he was at a loss. "I- I- I... But you still- still should..."

"Are you serious?? I LIED to the emperor for you, I made up some bull shit about the ghosts coming from my territory so the fault was shared. I LIED to the fucking EMPEROR and you still scream at me?!!" Mu Qing was beyond irritated, beyond annoyed beyond exasperated, he was done. "I can't anymore, I can't, I've been trying and fucking trying since Tonglu and you just won't stop. I extend you an olive branch and you pull out a fucking axe."

Feng Xin didn't say anything, just stared at Mu Qing who was, for the first time, making a semblance of sense to Feng Xin. He understood why Mu Qing did what he just did. Feng Xin understood what he had just done to Mu Qing afterwards. Lastly, Feng Xin understood why Mu Qing was so, so mad.