Rebirth: A Woman With Frozen Heart

"Has he been tested yet?"

Zhu Que entered the Green Moon Chamber with Xuan Wu. They left the Green Chamber for a while before returning with food tray in Zhu Que's hand and a bowl of medicine in Xuan Wu's hand.

"He has. It's Thunder, he also has a little adaptability with wind." Bai Hu answered.

Hearing the word 'Thunder', both Zhu Que and Xuan Wu's step faltered in an instant. In their mind, the face of a certain guardian appeared, causing Zhu Que to frown deeply and Xuan Wu's expression became cold. However Ming Yue missed the dangerous gleam that appeared in the depth of Xuan Wu's eyes.

'Again..'

'The reaction they showed when they heard the word Thunder is not what I expected to be..'

Just like Bai Hu and Qing Long, Ming Yue could see the dislike on Zhu Que and Xuan Wu's face. She wondered, exactly what had happened that made the four beasts reacted to such extent. Ming Yue couldn't help but wondering and feeling curious.

What Ming Yue didn't know, the four beasts knew what had happened between Chang'e and Qilin. However, unlike the three beasts, only Xuan Wu who happened to be in the same place when that incident happened.

Both Chang'e and Qilin thought they were the only one at the empty courtyard that was located at the corner of Heavenly Emperor's Palace. They didn't know that Xuan Wu went there sometimes to hide from all those annoying goddess' servants.

He didn't expect to see Chang'e confronted Qilin, asking him why he tried to kill Zhong Kui. Hearing a man's name, more over it was a Demon's name, came out of Chang'e's small lips, Qilin looked annoyed and Xuan Wu didn't blame him for it. He, too, felt annoyed hearing it.

The argument continued, Qilin mentioned how he just wanted to free Chang'e from the Demon's charm and Chang'e retorted that she wasn't being charmed by the Ghost King. Seeing how Chang'e defended the Demon, Xuan Wu could see the annoyance on Qilin's face grew deeper. His face became so dark that ink could be squeezed from it.

"Are you worried about him that much?"

"Yes, I worried about him that much! I--"

Before Xuan Wu could prevent it, Qilin pressed Chang'e to the nearby pillar and pressed his lips against hers. He ravaged her lips, forcing it to accept him. Seeing another man forced kissing the woman he loved so dearly, Xuan Wu was totally in rage. As he was about to fly and attacked Qilin, Chang'e pushed Qilin and slapped him on the face hard.

The slapping sound snapped Xuan Wu from his raging emotion. He saw tears staining Chang'e's face and his heart felt like it was squeezed hard, making it hard for him to breathe. Xuan Wu was in a daze, didn't pay attention to the rest of conversation. When he came to his senses, Chang'e already flew away with Qilin staring at her back, didn't even turned his gaze away even though Chang'e was no longer to be seen.

After that..

It was his conversation with Qilin. Xuan Wu's eyes darkened when he remembered Qilin's words as Xuan Wu's confronted him.

"Don't you dare play the gentleman act with me."

"Aren't you the same?"

"You also want to possess her."

Qilin's words put Xuan Wu into silence. He couldn't deny it because he, himself, knew that deep down in his heart, he wanted to possess Chang's heart, body and soul. Xuan Wu wanted to have her everything and so was Qilin.

"Xuan Wu?"

Ming Yue's voice pulled Xuan Wu out of his reverie. He gazed at Ming Yue who stared at him with question in the depth of her eyes. At times, Xuan Wu wondered, when was it that he fell in love with Chang'e. At first Xuan Wu was curious of the newly born, Moon Goddess who other deities said to have an unrivaled divine beauty.

The moment he saw her, he admitted that Chang'e really had an unrivaled beauty. Her beauty even triumphed a certain goddess' beauty. However at the time, Xuan Wu didn't have any special feelings towards Chang'e. It turned out, the Moon Goddess was a free spirited woman, she loved to play around, playing little pranks here and there but her behavior was considered adorable by other deities. Even the Heavenly Emperor, Tian Huang, loved her the most and officially acknowledged Chang'e as his sister.

As Xuan Wu interacted with Chang'e, he also became one of the deities who fell for her adorableness and slowly, she entered his heart. She became an existence that Xuan Wu held dear the most. An irreplaceable existence..

'...That's right..'

'Maybe.. It is natural for me to fall in love with her..'

'Her loveliness, her kindness, her naughtiness, her sweetness, her pureness, even her free spirit personality..'

'Everything about her makes it hard for people not to love her..'

'They can't help themselves to be drawn to her..'

A smile slowly formed on Xuan Wu's face as he kept staring at Ming Yue. "Sorry, I was just thinking of something." he said.

"Thinking of something?" Ming Yue asked curiously.

'Thinking of you..'

'...And how I can't help but loving you..'

Sometimes, in life, there were times when one couldn't fight the string of fate. Falling in love with her was one of the example of those times.

"It's a Se.Cret~" Xuan Wu replied in playful tone.

Realizing that Xuan Wu was playing with her, Ming Yue rolled her eyes and turned her gaze at Zhu Que.

"Zhu Que, have you prepared everything?"

"Yes, Master. Everything is ready for Yang Lixin to settle in." Zhu Que answered and put the food tray on the nearby table.

"Heh, so this Yang dude finally settles in, huh?" Bai Hu said with a grin.

Yang Lixin looked confused, "Settles in? Where?"

He already had a place to settles, courtesy of Elder Wu's kindness. So Yang Lixin was confused of why they said the words about settled in. However, the answer soon came to his mind and he darted his gaze at his young miss.

Seeing the realization in Yang Lixin's eyes, Ming Yue smiled brightly, "Of course in this Moon Palace!" She said in cheerful tone,

"Yang Lixin, from now on you are going to live here!"