{...*What the hell do you think you're doing?! Stop that this instant!...}

The bracelet shouted in Lei Xing's mind. Lei Xing was so out of it that her mind did not process the information, the only thing she was focused on was on the kiss and the heat coursing through her body.

{...*I said stop it! You'll ruin everything! I said STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP IT!!!!....}

Lei Xing's eyes flew open and she shoved hard at Prince Yi, gasping for breath as she steadied herself on the wall and held her fuzzy head, feeling panicked.

{...What am I- Am I...What the-...}

Prince Yi frowned and went to grab her arm again and Lei Xing immediately pushed at him and darted into the crowd. Prince Yi immediately followed after her, he was not thinking of anything other than to get her back in his arms.

{...*LEAVE HER ALONE!...}

Prince Yi knit his brows and ignored the voice.

{...*I said stop it! Are you trying to get yourself KILLED?!...}

Prince Yi kept chasing after Lei Xing, she was moving quite fast but he kept an eye on her head and followed quickly.

{...*Are you trying to get her KILLED?!... I said STOP!...}

Prince Yi finally stopped in his tracks and his mind finally kicked in.

{...What the hell did I just do?...}

{...*Hmph! Try to get yourself killed...We can still save this, turn around this instant and go home!..}

{...But...}

Prince Yi looked into the crowd, he could no longer see Lei Xing.

{...But she's-...}

{...*She is none of your business and is only trouble...for you! She'll be fine so you go home right now!...}

Prince Yi frowned and looked down at his hands. This was a stupid move, he knew that. It was one that could end him, he knew that...But still, he wanted her.

His frowned deepened and he swiftly turned and stormed off in the opposite direction, he was feeling irritated. Irritated with her, himself, his brother and with the way things were...and what infuriated him the most was that he actually felt irritated he could not have her.

{...*sigh* It seems I have underestimated your level of attachment to her...It will do you no goo-...}

{...I don't need you to tell me that!...}

The voice sighed gave a long sigh and then left him to his anger.

Meanwhile, Lei Xing was blindly running with no sense of direction, with only the thought that she needed to get home in her head. She then bumped into someone's back and fell to the ground. She held onto her fuzzy head, feeling incredibly hot and uncomfortable. She hated this feeling.

"Are you okay?" The person turned and asked bending down to help her up. The moment his hand touched her arm, Lei Xing felt a jolt shoot through her and she shoved the hand away and barked, "Don't touch me!" Then she stumbled to her feet and ran off again.

{...I need to get home...}

She was breathily heavily and it felt like her head was spinning and she kept tugging at her collar, fighting the urge to strip to help combat the heat. After a long while, her thoughts finally met a roadblock.

{...Home...Where?...The palace?...Home...No...Home...}

Lei Xing stopped in her tracks and blankly stared at the passing crowd. She did not know where to go. Eventually, she stumbled her way to a corner and crumbled to the ground. Her limbs were felt weak and she was feeling extremely hot, tired, frustrated and unnerved. Her hands kept fiddling with her clothes while she was fighting the fire burning inside.

{...What's wrong with me...?... Poison?... I am going to kill...whoever did this...}

Li Xing frowned and squeezed her eyes shut as beads of sweat formed on her forehead as she struggled to get back control of her mind and body. She was feeling extremely angry right now, angrier than she had ever felt at herself for falling into whatever this was and at whoever did this to her. The feeling of losing control of herself was driving her mad with rage and she focused on that anger to try to regain control of her senses.

{...*Relax, it'll be fine...Stand up, I can lead you back to the carriage, go back to the palace...}

{...I am going to kill...}

{...*Hey! I said get up! It's not safe for you here!...}

{...I am going to kill...}

Lei Xing could hear the bracelet but her mind was not processing its words. She was completely absorbed in clinging on to that one angry thought and stifling her body's urges.

"Hey, young miss need some help?"

Lei Xing slightly opened her eyes and glanced at the three men in front of her, then she suddenly squeezed her eyes shut and banged her head on the wall, opening a gash on her forehead and shocking the men. It seems in her daze she had stumbled into a bit of an alleyway out of view of the people on the street. The men were passing through this obscure path when they came upon her huddled in a corner

First one: "Is she drunk?"

Second one: "Looks like it..."

First one: "Hehe...that's good." The fire

Third one: "I don't really think we should...She's clearly a noble, we could get in trouble, it-"

The first one barked, "Shut up!" And then turned back to see that Lei Xing had scrambled to her feet and was about to run. He immediately grabbed her arm and pulled her back, "There's no need to be scared. We're just trying to help."

Lei Xing took a deep breath and then held on to his shoulders, the man smiled down at her and she used his shoulders to brace herself up as she used all her energy to bring her knee up hard and right into his groin and she barked, "I said don't touch me!"

The man immediately released her and clutched his groin and bent over in pain groaning and stifling a scream. Before lei Xing could run, the second yanked her back and gave her a resounding slap that sent her crashing into the wall. Lei Xing held her head and shook it trying to clear her wandering l.u.s.tful mind, even this was...

This was infuriating, humiliating and demeaning to her. Her actions had angered the men and the thoughts of treating her gently were all gone, just as they were about to reach for her again, a voice suddenly chimed in from behind them, "Um...I wouldn't have done that if I were you."

The men stopped and turned around to find an old white-haired man stroking his long beard. He smiled at them and they frowned, the third one then said, "Get lost old man, this is none of your business." Before the other two could attack him, he was not keen on the idea of assaulting an old man.

"Ah, okay then...I just wanted to share my thoughts." The old man said and then went to towards Lei Xing, then he felt a hand clutching his shoulder, he turned back to the men and laughed, "Ah, wrong way...You see I'm very old, I forget things hehe~" And then he made to leave but Lei Xing suddenly grabbed the bottom of his robe as she squinted up at him.

Even if her mind was fuzzy, the voice sounded familiar and the figure looked familiar. The old man smiled at her and then glanced at the men glaring at him, "Ah, they say I have to leave...so goodbye~" Then he quickly walked back to the main street. Lei Xing glared at his back and then at the three men who were leering at her. She squeezed her eyes shut to try to get her mind in order again, it felt like her blood was boiling, she was cold sweating and blood was running down her face from the wound.

"Oh! My granddaughter!! You hooligans! What are you doing to my granddaughter?! How dare you touch my precious granddaughter?! Oh, my poor child wuwuwu...This grandfather may be useless but we can die together! Come fight this old man, you disrespectful,l swineful, disgraceful, uglyfool brats!" Someone suddenly hollered as a rain of rocks started falling on the three men. They turned to find the old man standing at the edge of the crowd shouting and hurling rocks at them. The people passing by where all stopping and coming forward to see the cause of the "poor" old man's distress.

The three men immediately looked at each other and then quickly ran the other way before much attention could be drawn to the scene and them, leaving Lei Xing behind on the floor.

Doctor Lou chuckled and dusted his hands, "Little brats, how dare you treat me like that?" He then walked up to Lei Xing and knelt beside her and smiled at her, "Xing Xing, you missed this time, right? Don't lie, I know you did...So I graciously and gracefully came down to -"

Lei Xing gripped his arm and next thing she moved her head back and was preparing to bash her head agaisnt the wall again. Doctor Lou's eyes quickly went wide and he immediately hit the back of her neck to knock her out and Lei Xing slumped on him.

Doctor Lou pat her head and then sighed and stood up, "Always so stubborn...Poor Xing Xing, how dare those stupid brats?!... Don't worry I'll make sure their eyes are clawed out, kick them and trample them...So many brats to trample!" He then hauled Lei Xing onto his shoulder and then went to straighten up, "Ah, ah, my poor back...Stupid brats!"

"Ah, let me help you." One of the onlookers who had followed him offered.

"Did I say I need help?" Doctor Lou asked narrowing his eyes at the man and then went on walking as the onlookers looked at him baffled.

As he exited the corner he got some weird looks from the crowd and he barked, "She's my granddaughter!" And continued on his merry way.