Lady From Spell

13. EFFORT

'Let Sky judge my love and promise to you is real.'

Li Jun Jie

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I don't understand why Cheng Sheng Lin always disturbing me. What grudge he has towards me? Did I ever slept with his woman before? He always pop up in front of me and this time he brings his army to help Ming Yue. Why he has to interfere my matters?

Today seems all clear like crystal glass. Ming Yue is hating me and my family. Even I don't know what's the problem exactly but her gaze make me understand. She doesn't has anything for me except hate and resentment and I have to forget her. This fact make my heart full of ache.

I take a deep breath before I have to fight them all. I have to be stronger even with this body I am so weak. I don't care. I have to fight them back. Cheng Sheng Lin's army surrounding me as they want to catch me alive. I never let him get what he wants. I don't want die here!

"Li Jun Jie! Surrender now!" He shout at me while points his sword to me.

"Cheng Sheng Lin! Tell me now! What crime I made?! Did I kill someone?!"

"Li Jun Jie!!! Surrender now!!!"

"I don't want! I will investigate about my father's case and no one can stop me!"

"I will make you stop!"

He attacks me. I have to admit his martial art higher than me but ... still I don't want surrender to him. I have to make my family's name clear. My father never did rebellion. I don't believe my father did that sin. Cheng Sheng Lin kick my chest but I don't want give up until he slash my upper right arm with his sword. This time I fall.

Soon...

Cheng Sheng Lin put his sword on my neck but I kick his leg and make him step backward. He looks enraged by my move. This body is weak more than I think. Cheng Sheng Lin can kill me but he doesn't want.

"Li Jun Jie just surrender!"

"Never!"

"Li Jun Jie! I hate you!"

I just feel scorching sensation from my left upper back. This pain is nothing than what I see. Jia Ming Yue is piercing her sword from my back.

"Jia Ming Yue. Do you really want me die?"

I turned around and see her. She still hold her sword and penetrate it deeper into my flesh. This kind of pain... I never felt before. This time I realized. The pain in my heart is more acute than this wound from her sword.

I don't know what shall I feel. I am so disappointed to her and myself.
"Jia Ming Yue!"

"I wish you die!"

She pull her sword from my flesh. The pain is real.

Arrrrghhhhh!!!!!!

Blood is flowing from my wound and make body become wet and putrid. I feel the pain but I don't know why I still give her my smile? If I die, can it appeased her resentment towards my family?

"Jia Ming Yue, I love you...", I said gently. I really love her.

"Just go to hell!"

She kick my chest. My body fall on the river. I can't breath and I see only water trapped me to going under. Am I going to die?

I don't want die!

Yu Wen still waiting for me!

I can't die here!

I have to survive!

I have to move my body if I don't want to die here! Yes! I am Li Jun Jie. I don't want to surrender. I have to escape. Even I cannot breath but still I want give my best effort to survive. Perhaps I will die but not now!

"Catch him! I don't want him escape!", Cheng Sheng Lin shouted. Even I am on under water but I can hear his voice clearly.

I keep moving afar from them. I almost die because I cannot breath until a hand hold me. Yu Wen? Is he here? Is he come? I cannot speak but I am so grateful. Yu Wen save me. We reach another side of the riverbank.

"Young Master, we have to comeback now."

"Uhm..."

I cannot speak but I know we have to go before his army reach here. Yu Wen brings me on his back. To be honest, I don't want Yu Wen get trouble instead he is come to saved me now. I wish they don't see his face.

"Yu Wen, why you have to come?", I asked slowly as my energy almost running out.

"I will never let Ming Yue kill you."

His answer make my heart so hurt but happy at the same time. In this world, Yu Wen is only my family. I will protect him no matter what.

"Yu Wen, thank you."

"Young Master, please don't say it about this anymore."

"Yu Wen, I will protect you no matter what."

"Alright but now we have to reach the Huang manor."

We come back to Huang manor and make them startled with my condition.

"How come this can be happened?!", Xiao Ran said.

Yu Wen help me to sit on the bed. The wound from Ming Yue's sword still bleeding.

"Leave me with Young Master.", Xiao Ran said. This time she looks so scary. No one speaking even Yu Wen leave me with her.

In this chamber only both of us remain. Xiao Ran untied my layer. I don't care if my upper body exposed in front of her. She pointing the wood table beside the bed then a bucket of water and towel appears.

"Xiao Ran, are you really witch?", I asked but she doesn't response. She grab the towel and starting to clean my wound. Even I can't see her expression but I know that she startled due to something in my body. " Xiao Ran, tell me what happened?"

"The lotus flowers on your back almost blossom."

"What that's mean?"

"Your time as Li Jun Jie almost ..."

"This body will die soon?"

"Uhm..."

"I hope I can investigate my father case before I die.", I take a deep breath as Xiao Ran clean my bleeding wound on my back. " Tell me...do you know when this body will die?"

"No. The body will die when you give up this body and the spell will make the way to make you give your life."

"Why?"

"Because your real body is Huang Jing Er and this time for Huang Jing Er to come alive."

"But this is me. I am a man."

Xiao Ran take a long deep breath before look at me again.

"Young Master, you have to accept that you are Huang Jing Er. The hairpin is the evidence and symbol. Since you the hairpin becomes your possession so the hairpin will also make you meet with the chosen one."

"What is the chosen one?"

"Young Master. I serve Young Master because you are Huang Jing Er. Huang Jing Er is belong to Huang Manor and as Young Master still in Li Jun Jie's body. I can't tell you a lot."

"Then I will give you the hairpin back! I don't want that hairpin!"

I looking for the hairpin on my bleeding clothes beside me but I find nothing. Wait... I always bring the hairpin wherever I go but now where is the hairpin?

"I'd lost the hairpin but I promise to give you the hairpin back! I don't want to be Huang Jing Er."

"Young Master, don't think about the hairpin."

"How? The hairpin and the spell is like a cursed to me?! Don't you understand?! I am a man! I am not woman?! How come you asked me to accept this cruel fate?! I am Li Jun Jie not Huang Jing Er!"