Kunlun Mountain Part 4 - The Return

Epilogue 3- Di Jun and Bai Feng Jiu 3

Narrowing in on the young women surrounding the group of men which Ye Hua was a part of, to Gaoguis eyes, they looked no different to the women he met at the parties he attended regularly.  Though their gowns were much finer and they all wore fine jewelry but other than that, they seemed to be just as amicable as the other girls.

The conversation was merely introductory, where they all introduced themselves and gave their Tribal affiliations though Ye Hua and Gaogui merely stated one was from the West while the other was from the East.  But he was instantly drawn in by the excitement and smiles which were genuine and friendly which immediately put him and Ye Hua at ease.

As they were all young, fruit juice and and a mixture of fruit and nuts were spread out on small pillars which they could help themselves to rather than wine which Ye Hua had asked for seeing as past Festivals had allowed it.  But not this time, Di Jun wanted the young men and women to be of sound mind when they met each other.

Standing with Mo Yuan and Bai Zhi, his eyes continued to flick from the boys to Feng Jiu  throughout the morning.  He was not happy to see her mingling among the guests, but seeing as they were in public, he had no real choice but to allow it though he wanted to drag her out of there by her tails.  He knew what she was doing, and it was working, because the closer the younger men got to her and softer her smile seemed to be, the angrier he got.

And Feng Jiu was delighting in the attention she was getting while completely ignoring the foul mood hitting her from behind.  She could literally feel the eyes boring into the side of her head and feel the anger pouring off him, well before he made his move.

"What do you think you're doing?" a soft whisper laced in anger hit the side of her ear which only she could hear.

Turning slowly with a wide smile on her face, she dipped down low into a curtsy.

"Lord Dong Hua Di Jun.  Thank you for you for taking the time to meet with us." she said in her most politest of voices.  But the tone was so cutting while thoroughly placing him back into the role of chaperone rather than her intended.  He never thought she could be so cold and distant, because that was exactly what he saw when he looked into her eyes, and for a brief moment he admired her courage, he never thought she had it in her to be so mean.

But he was soon forgotten when the very beautiful Princess of the Fox Clan turned her attention back to them.  Excitedly, they all asked questions of her people, her lands, her parents and anything else they could think of just to keep her there among them.

Infuriated to be ignored and treated as if he were a mere subject, he quickly snatched hold of her arm and dragged her towards him, which instantly had Mo Yuan and Bai Zhi rushing forward to put an end to their lovers tiff before it began.

Watching on Gaogui frowned.  He knew of Feng Jius unwavering love for Di Jun and like the rest, he pitied the girl, but he also had no patience for stupidity.  In his mind, she was digging her own grave the longer she allowed herself to be hurt, but seeing Di Juns reaction to her attempt to move on, had him wondering just how much of an affect she had had on him.  It was obvious to those present who knew of their ill fated love, that something was going on with the man, even he could feel his anger and he was standing some distance away.

Though eventually his mind returned to the young ladies who were all swarming around him.  His disguise was a far cry from his true appearance.  His hair was still long, but black like the rest of them, his eyes too were honey brown like most of them, and his facial features, though pleasant enough to the eye, were nowhere near the appearance that would have seen these girls fall over the balcony in their haste to get to him.  

They were not much different to the rest of the girls he had met to date.  Ye Hua too was just a handsome to look at, but still, nowhere near his own appearance and it seemed as if it was working.  The girls gave them both just as much attention as the other young men.