Oh My, How Extra!

Little Angels in the Snow (2): A Sad Little Snowman (1)

"Then let's bolster the number of guards all along the border. I don't believe that we can't stop them."

"Well, we can't stop them from going around the Qishi Sea or the Western Sea and I am saying that this is the route they are actually taking. You're just not listening."

Chun Yin glared at Yu Bao. "No, it's you who isn't listening. What do you want me to do? Throw someone into the sea and expect them to stay there and keep an eye on the situation? Who is going to do it? You? Because it's certainly not going to be me and whoever we appoint won't take kindly to it."

Yu Bao scoffed. "So we're supposed to just let it go?"

"Have I said that? I am saying we should work on what we already have. If we know for sure that they can't slip through there, then we can still bring it up again and discuss. If all the other options have already been exhausted, then it'll be easier to find someone willing to try new strategies as well. But you can't put the ox before the cart. We have to take this step by step." Even if he hadn't become king, he still understood more about the ways of leading a kingdom than most of Jinde's advisers. And, well, he also knew their king better than all of them so he could say with absolute confidence that Jinde would never agree to have someone keep watch from inside the sea. He'd call him ridiculous if he even tried to bring it up.

Yu Bao didn't share his view though. "You call me hasty but I am just thinking of our people. How long is this supposed to last? In the past, you would have agreed. It's all just because you've turned so weak-willed since you got married that you —"

"Speaking of which!" Jie Cheng raised his voice, interrupting when it was clear that their disagreement would turn into a full-blown argument the next second. He glanced through the room before pointedly looking at Chun Yin and raising his brows. "Where's your son?"

Chun Yin furrowed his brows. Even if Jie Cheng had interrupted Yu Bao, he had heard enough to know what that asshole had wanted to say. Of course, he wasn't happy and wanted to give him a piece of his mind. As if he wasn't frustrated enough with having had married that woman! If he could turn back time and have a do-over of that night, he'd be more careful. But now, he was already in this situation and still had to deal with people like this putting their noses where they didn't belong.

He glared at Yu Bao before motioning behind. "Where else could he be?"

Jie Cheng pressed his lips together and motioned for him to take a look.

Chun Yin stared at him and then turned around. "Fuck!" He slammed his hand on the table, raked the other through his hair, and then dashed out of the room. "I'll be back in a minute!" How far could that brat have run?

He looked around the corridor, not slowing down in the slightest as he hastened in a specific direction. Recently, he was taking the child along whenever he went to discuss with the others. He didn't need to. He had a wife at home who could very well take care of their child but ... maybe Jinde's words were getting to him a little. He suddenly felt scared to leave Qiu Ling with her if he went out for a longer time. So, under the excuse of 'wanting his son to learn from an early age', he tended to drag the child along. As a result ... the little brat took off whenever he wanted.

It wouldn't be bad to have to search for him every now and then. Anyway, that child took after him and was robust enough. He wouldn't get hurt out there. It was just that he had a tendency to run to the same place every single time. Or, no, it shouldn't be called the same place. Rather, he ran off to see the same person each time and that ... was really giving him a headache.

Chun Yin reached the door to the throne room, silently cursed his life, and then poked his head in. Looking around ... there was no child and no golden-haired beauty either. He sighed, walked to the other side of the room, and stepped into the corridor on the other side, making his way over to Jinde's set of rooms instead.