Emperor's Cunning Wife

"It seemed that we have a long way to go!" Ning Lou exasperatedly muttered exhaling a long sigh. She inspected the termite infested walls of the shabby house and clicked her tongue.

"Anyone at home?" Ning Lou shouted and went to bang the doors.

"Hey, shut…!" Feng Hong was about to finish his words when the door in front of them made a creak and fell down and there were suddenly dusts everywhere.

"So brittle! I didn't even use all my strength."

The door of their hideout was not saved. Feng Hong felt himself boiling at the sight.

Ning Lou retrieved her hand and coughed, the dust had entered her nose when she failed to react on time.

The noise of the door being knocked down alarmed the people inside.

Inside the small kitchen, a little girl was busy igniting the flames accompanied by another girl slightly older than her passing the firewood. The two was in the middle of reheating their leftovers from the breakfast when they heard the loud thump. Their eyes met and flashes of anxiety, panic, and confusion filled those imm.a.t.u.r.e faces.

"Stay here. I'll check if that was Brother Feng." The older one spoke.

"But, what if it's not? Just leave it be and let's hide. If its Brother Feng he would already shouted our names." The younger one grasped her sister's clothes.

"I'll just take a quick peek. Stay where you are. I'll be back shortly." The older one loosened her hands while calming her younger sister.

The older one then strode not before securing the parting door of the kitchen. The house was divided into three parts the living room, kitchen, and bedroom, so upon closing the door leading to the kitchen the living room was already on sight. She crept on one corner and looked through a small hole where the front door could be seen. She only saw a corner of someone's clothes and judging from it, she could tell it was of good quality. Suddenly, she could hear faint voices coming from the outside.

"Anyone home?" Ning Lou asked again.

The older sister didn't recognize the voice and was alarmed, but when she was about to warn her sister in the kitchen, the familiar voice of their Brother Feng rooted her in place. A slight relieved welled up in her.

"Hey! Can you keep your voice down?!" Feng Hong interrupted her from shouting again.

"Hey, how about you shout? Maybe those people inside will welcome us." She shook her hands rattling Feng Hong's head into dizziness.

"Stop! Stop! Let go!"

The older sister and younger sister heard Brother Feng's pain plea and went to find some strong stick to rescue him from what's making him suffer.

The kitchen's door opened and both sisters stared at each other reaching a consensus. The older sister made opened her mouth signalling her sister to strike at the count of three.

The younger nodded and both of them counted down to three. By the end of three both of them raised their sticks and run towards outside. They saw a man with a taciturn expression gripping their Brother Feng's collar. Brother Feng's eyes went blurred and an urge to vomit arise from his throat, he didn't even see both of his sisters running a few meters away filled with murderous intention.

Ning Lou saw the two approaching female figures carrying big sticks running towards her. Each of the girl's eyes was filled hostility as if she owed them so much debt.

"Let go of Brother Feng!"

"Bad guy have a taste of this!"

The girls screamed simultaneously without giving Ning Lou a spare time to understand the situation. She only managed to push Feng Hong towards the two and then the scream of a pig being butchered startled the birds resting on the trees.

Half an hour later, Ning Lou observed the two girls treating the two red bumps on Feng Hong's forehead. She let down her fan on the small table and picked up a small pancake.

Feng Hong watched him treating their hideout as his own home, there was not even an ounce of remorse on his face. He could even enjoy the lunch that was supposed to be his.

"What are you doing? That's mine!" Feng Hong clenched his teeth seeing his lunch being devoured. He immediately secured the last piece of pancake from Ning Lou's claws.

"I was only checking if there was poison." Ning Lou said without changing her expression. She licked her lips quite satisfied with the food.

Feng Hong was even angrier when he said those words.

His two sisters however, watched their brother who rarely gets angry with amus.e.m.e.nt. They already put their guard down as they found out that he was Brother Feng's friend.

"I didn't expect that your two sisters would be so good-looking." Ning Lou said while sweeping her eyes to Feng Hong then to the two girls. She was clearly implying that Feng Hong's looks were not on par with his two siblings and Ning Lou couldn't detect any similarities between them.

Feng Hong felt somewhat pleased despite him insulting his looks. He then glanced at his two sisters trying to cover their cheeks with their hands, and suddenly those happy feelings vanished into thin smokes.

"Don't have any thoughts on my sisters."

Ning Lou only smiled.

The two sisters didn't detect any perverseness from him and hid their glee at his compliments. Ning Lou's disguise could only be called clean, but the way she carried herself with unrestrained and carefree manner brought them comfort. There was no awkwardness as they would have expected at first, the person didn't express any disgust when seating at the same table with them so Feng Hong besides snarling some rude remarks didn't kick Ning Lou out.

"So, have you decided?" Ning Lou asked changing their topic.

"What are you talking about?" Feng Hong furrowed his forehead.

"About our organization." Ning Lou said resting her chin on her palm.

"No!" It was a flat rejection coming from a cautious person like Feng Hong. He didn't think that this person would actually repeat his plans in front of his sisters who barely knew of his thieving activities. Why are saying 'our', when it's only your one-sided retarded plan!