"Grandma and I built a peaceful life in the new town. We got ourselves a nice small house with a little herbal shop at the front entrance. Sometimes grandma gets called to heal people, they are usually very poor families who couldn"t afford a regular doctor. To be of help, I learned herbal medicines from grandma, helped heal people in place of grandma, and tends to the shop. I"ve also made friends and Cher Ping was one of my best friends. His parents owned a busy restaurant and they treated me well."The next ten pages contains Hli Ja"s mundane daily life up until the day when she met Mua kong at the ca.n.a.l. About twenty pages followed was of how Hli Ja and Mua Kong"s love bloomed over the course of four years. Some pages were missing but one could get a whole idea of how deep their love for each other was.
"Today, grandma"s condition worsens. Mua Kong knelt in front of her and promised her he would take care of me. That was the day he told us his real birth, he was the second Prince of the country and not an heir of a wealthy merchant. I felt conflicted about the news as I know I"m not good enough to stand by his side. I have no power, no origin, nor names to stand by him. Do I even have the right to be with him? Still, he insisted that I alone is enough to be next to him. That made me happy but deep down in my heart, I"m always afraid that my past would be a burden to him."
"Grandma pa.s.sed away a few days ago. Mua Kong helped me buried Grandma before taking me to his palace. It took a few days to get to his palace. I never knew he traveled this way back and forth in all these years? Why was I so oblivious at the extent he sacrificed for me? Though I was nervous of the future awaiting for me at his palace, it was then, I promised myself, I would be good to him, listen to him and stand by his side without questioning him."
The next twenty pages was of Hli Ja"s life in the palace. Half of her life in the palace, Mua Kong was constantly going out on missions and to the main Royal Palace leaving her alone. Still, she found things to do and keep herself busy. She didn"t question his work or missions unless he tells her himself. She decided to follow him, she should follow him to the end of the earth, even to the pit of h.e.l.l, she"ll walk with him.
Almost half way through to the book, was of Hli Ja"s trip to visit her grandmother"s grave. She mentioned of her trip and how she came to adopt a little boy. He somehow reminded her of her old self back at the brothel house. Her sister always protected and spoiled her even though her sister had one of the most shameful job according to others. Still, in her eyes, her sister was the most decent human being ever existed.
Hue Chi slowly flipped onto the next page. First thing he noticed was the hand writing was different. It seemed like this was the part were the book got sewed onto the first half. Perplexed, he quickly flipped onto the next page to see if the handwriting remains the same. However, when his finger came in contact with the page, a wave of energy swirled from the page to his finger and shocked through his body causing his body to jerk away from the book.
Energy fragment swarmed around Hue Chi"s body like tornado violently rotating before entering into his pupils allowing him to be one with the owner"s past. Hue Chi stood frozen with his eyes wide open unblinking as images flashed through his eyes.