Jumin Jing still shook his head, "I really can't. I'll just stay here and keep watch..."
"Then I'll go with you," Lucia Lu said to Sean Shaw. "Cousin, you stay here."
Sean Shaw took a while before nodding, his expression cool and distant.
They were discussing this at Sean's place. Once the discussion ended, everyone left.
As they were leaving, Lucia Lu spotted Skye again.
"Skye, what brings you here?" Lucia Lu asked.
"Here to help," Skye replied. "We're short on hands."
"Thanks for stepping up!" Lucia Lu said.
Skye nodded lightly and turned to enter Sean's room.
Jumin Jing didn't return to his room; instead, he grabbed Lucia Lu, saying he had something to tell her.
Jumin Jing glanced toward Sean Shaw's residence and whispered, "Let me tell you, cousin—Fifth Highness, he's into men!"
Lucia Lu: "Huh?"
"Just the other night, I couldn't sleep, so I went to sit by the backyard lake," Jumin Jing said. "Guess what I saw?"
"What?"
"The lake faces his bedroom window, and I saw—oh my!" Jumin Jing shook his head. "I've heard some people are into that, but this was my first time seeing it!"
Lucia Lu: "...Seriously?"
No way, right?
"I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be fake?" He looked sleazy. "Yesterday I asked Skye how long he's been with Fifth Highness, and he said since childhood! So he must've been raised by him since he was little."
Lucia Lu eyed him. "So you're afraid he'll harass you? That's why you don't dare go with him?"
Jumin Jing clutched his clothes tighter and nodded.
Ha! Honestly, I think you have nothing to worry about. Compared to Skye, your looks are a hundred thousand miles behind.
"Still... still..." Jumin Jing shook his head. "From now on, I'm definitely keeping my distance from him."
Lucia Lu shook her head and walked away.
Her gut told her Sean Shaw definitely wasn't like that.
It must be a misunderstanding.
But she didn't plan to say more to Jumin Jing.
...
The next day, Snow Yuan left for Cangwu.
Sean Shaw left Skye in Silver Clementine to help Jumin Jing watch the array, then he and Lucia Lu went to the Heavenly Moon Empire.
The two introduced themselves as envoys from Silver Clementine and requested to see the ruler.
Sure enough, the ruler of Heavenly Moon was a woman.
She was an immortal, beautiful, with sharp features and piercing eyes.
Sean Shaw explained Silver Clementine's situation, then described Southern Mystic Empire's hostility toward Heavenly Moon: "...The Silver Clementine Emperor was slandered for refusing to harm ordinary citizens living at the border with Heavenly Moon, accused of colluding with you and plotting to overthrow Southern Mystic Empire. It's outrageous!"
Her gut told her Sean Shaw definitely wasn't like that.
It must be a misunderstanding.
But she didn't plan to say more to Jumin Jing.
...
The next day, Snow Yuan left for Cangwu.
Sean Shaw left Skye in Silver Clementine to help Jumin Jing watch the array, then he and Lucia Lu went to the Heavenly Moon Empire.
The two introduced themselves as envoys from Silver Clementine and requested to see the ruler.
Sure enough, the ruler of Heavenly Moon was a woman.
She was an immortal, beautiful, with sharp features and piercing eyes.
Sean Shaw explained Silver Clementine's situation, then described Southern Mystic Empire's hostility toward Heavenly Moon: "...The Silver Clementine Emperor was slandered for refusing to harm ordinary citizens living at the border with Heavenly Moon, accused of colluding with you and plotting to overthrow Southern Mystic Empire. It's outrageous!"