Xiao Yu blushed, the blood climbing to her cheeks and refusing to drain from them until it was apparent that she was not only very pleased, satisfied, but a little embarrassed even after the deed was done. She smiled and hid her face in his warm welcoming chest all the while nodding her head and replying meekly, "Stay with me, Milo." She wrapped her arms around his waist pulling herself closer if it was possible and nuzzled into him. It just felt so natural that she hardly questioned it or herself. As she laid there in bed with him, it didn't occur to her that she wasn't doubting her decision to be intimate with Milo like she had done the first time she and her ex. She still retained the slight shyness but that was it.<br/><br/>She shifted her weight more into the warm mattress of her bed making sure to keep her head on his body, right ear pressed into his body as if she was listening to his internal organs. She could see the contours of his face even when she closed her eyes as that made her smile. The thought even dared to crossed her mind that<i>perhaps this was what love was.</i>It made her cheeks flare with hotness but she kept herself from making any definable noises. She couldn't help herself and the thoughts continued:<i>It must be what falling in love is like. I don't ever want to be apart from him and I know it's not because we just had sex. This is different. Maybe i hit my head to hard? </i>Her thought ran on and on until sleep took over her and her eyes closed.<br/><br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Shen Hou Fu was unusually quiet for the time of the year and that set Wuqing on edge. She would wheel herself back a forth using her telekinesis as if she was pacing. There had to be a case that they, she and her brothers, could work on. There had to be one but she had a sneaky suspicion that the lack of cases was due to the crown prince's doing. That made her even more frustrated than ever. She wasn't his wife yet and he was already caging her in. What good was it to cage a flightless bird? It was unfair to her that she had no freedom in her last days as a constable. Sure, Taizi had made a point to assure her that she would not be removed from her post, but she had a deep seated feeling that if she lived passed her wedding night, her husband would use the pressure of the court to remove her from her job and thus remove her from all the people that she loved. If it was going to happen anyway, then he could at the very least let her have one more case to solve as  proud constable of Shen Hou Fu.<br/><br/>The wedding always weighed on her mind whether or not she showed any signs of how heavy the burden was. Whenever she thought about escaping her fate by dying, she stopped because she owed it to her family to ensure their safety even if it meant she would suffer.  The only person, she couldn't bring herself to think about was An Bo, her precious An Bo. She tried so desperately to save him, but she knew that his future had been forfeited the moment she dared to love him. He had such a bright future with a huge potential to become a magistrate or higher. She placed her right hand over her heart clutching tightly as her eyes closed in anguish. He lost everything because of her.<br/><br/>Her heart was beating faster than it ever did before and she was finding it hard to breath as if someone was suffocating her. She began to clutch at her heart more and more as if she was trying to remove invisible hands choking her. She might have spiraled more and more if one of the junior constables came running up to her all breathless calling out for her.  Wuquing gathered herself together and pretended that she wasn't freaking out on her own in hopes that Ling'er wouldn't notice.<br/><br/>"What is it?" Wuqing could still sense herself trembling with frustration in her voice. "Ling'er why are you so anxious? Is everything okay?"<br/><br/>"Wuqing shijie (older elder sister, not by age but by seniority), you have to come quickly."  Ling'er was gasping for air holding onto Wuqing's hand as if it was a matter of life and death. "Hurry or else!"<br/><br/>"What on Earth are you talking about?" There were a million things running through her head. "Ling'er calm down and tell me."<br/><br/>Linger was panicking; she hadn't though up things this far. She had run in there on Lengxie dashixong's orders to get Wuqing to come to the predesignated point by any means necessary. She never thought that Wuqing would asked her to explain things. "Dashixoing... it's dashixiong, he--"<br/><br/>Her heart sank so fast that she was beginning to choke again. She'd been worried about An Bo but she hadn't thought about Lengxie. She didn't want to. The truth was she loved them both. She'd been in love with Lengxie since they were children but knew that the chances of being his wife were slim to none. Then there was An Bo, she'd falling for him and knew that he was the one that would complete her in every way. She's always thought that Lengxie was a strong man and a hero to the country so she didn't have to worry about him.<br/><br/>She didn't even wait for Ling'er to explain herself. Immediately, she located Lengxie through the unusual bond that they had and rushed over to him. If she could just stop him from his own demise, she would give her life. She was so intent on stopping him because he filled her up with thoughts of his suicide that she came crashing into him without realizing her surroundings.