The Princess and The Thief

Chapter 2 (revised)

Princess Huan Li yelled, "Apparently, I am the princess of China, and my father has sent me a letter asking me to come and live in the palace. I am not sure if I should go because this village is my home." Bai Ming Zhong[1] yells, "You should go this will always be your home whether you're a princess or a plain village girl."

Then everyone yells, "Yeah, weather you're a princess or a villager you are our precious gem." Then the princess goes inside and writes a letter to send back to the emperor. The letter:

Dear Emperor/Father

Thank you for sending me that letter, I've always felt that the adults of this village treated me very kind, kinder than the other children. With the encouragement of the village people I have come to the decision to come to the palace. So by the time you receive this letter I shall be on my way.

Sincerely,

Your Daughter, Princess Huan Li Chan

After she wrote the letter she rolled it up then handed it to Huang Chin Tu to take to the palace. She headed back inside to pack to go to the palace. When she went out Ming Zhong was outside waiting for her. He mustered up the courage and said, "Um... can I speak to you?" Huan Li replied, "Well you already are, and you know I'll listen to anything you have to say." Ming Zhong took a deep breath in and squeaks, "I like you." Huan Li squinted her eye and said, "Huh, what was that I didn't quite hear that. Will you repeat that last part?"

Ming took in another deep breath and said, "I like you." This time Huan Li slapped both of Ming's checks, and held them, and then said, "Okay I almost heard it this time repeat one more time, but louder please." Ming took another deep breath this time he yelled, "I LIKE YOU!! Okay I like you. Did you hear it this time? Gees don't make me say something so embarrassing so many times." Huan Li let go of Ming's checks to find his face as red as a pomegranate.

Ming crouched down and hid his face, and Huan Li turned around and said, "I didn't know you felt that way. I'm sorry I made you say it so many ti..." Then both of them heard the sounds of whistles behind them. They both turned as red as a pomegranate as the villagers were yelling, "Nice confession Ming.", "When's the wedding?", or "You're finally confessing after all this time. Don't be so heart broken when she doesn't rep..." At that point Huan Li was gone and all the villagers looked at Ming Zhong with pity in their eyes.

Huan Li's body packed her clothes while her mind took a trip elsewhere. She thought, what am I supposed to do now. He suddenly confessed to me, ah man I don't know what to do. Oh I know I'll go talk to Gege. She then ran to Xia Jun's room saying, "Gege I need help with something." However at that moment Xia Jun stood there half naked, changing, and as soon as she turned to go in the door she flipped to the wall beside the doorframe outside of the room. Xia Jun saw her arm, grabbed it, chuckled and said, "Huan Li Chan you know peeping is bad. So if you have something to say than just say it."

She closed and covered her eyes before squeaking, "Eek!" Xia Jun, still half naked, was in a panic because he did not know what happened. He then asked, "What's wrong? Your face is red, do you have a fever?" Huan Li shook her head rapidly and yelled, "No! You're half naked Gege! Go put some clothes on!" At that point she was crouched in a ball with her head between her knees.

Xia Jun laughed for so long before saying, "Don't you remember we used to take baths together? Why are you getting so embarrassed about?" Huan Li glared at Xia Jun and yelled, "That was before I knew we weren't blood related! I mean come on I'm not your blood sister and you knew that!" She then started crying and in a sorrow tone said, "Why... hic... why... hic... why didn't tell... hic... tell me that I... hic... I wasn't even your... hic... your... your blood sis..."

Xia Jun grabbed her and whispered, "I, we, didn't want you to get hurt like this, or act any different than usual. You, even if we're not blood related, have always been my little sister. So please, please, stop crying. You know I'm weak against your tears."

[1] Ming Zhong is childhood friends with the princess.

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