Chapter 16 Little Tiger? (2)

Liu Gang looked at the direction that the tiger was as they saw a mother deer and her fawn. Xue Liang got up, running up to a cliff having him follow behind her. Feeling the wind, Liu Gang saw her fur moving beautifully with the wind pushing through. He felt the wind as he looked at the clear sky. His lion wanted to claim her, standing next to her as he looked down to seeing her.

"So, this is how it feels to be this free with no worries. You probably don't understand me, but I rather stay this way forever but I can't." Xue Liang knew that feeling, rubbing her head against his neck, she saw the lion symbol on his right chest. It was time for her to go home now as she licked his cheek. "Your going now."

Xue Liang only growled lowly to let Liu Gang hear it as she ran off. Running off, she then made it home shifting back into her human form. She saw Su Rong waiting for her the entire time barely able to hold her patience. "Miss Liang! Thank goodness. Luckily your finally home." They went inside allowing Xue Liang to bathe and keep herself clean from being discovered.

"Rong, did you come across General Peng?" Xue Liang asked Su Rong who froze when Xue Liang mentioned Peng Lim. Su Rong nodded continuing to comb Xue Liang's hair. "Did you by chance see him change into a feline of any sort?" Su Rong then became more concerned looking at Xue Liang.

"I did. Did you meet General Liu? Did he do the same thing?" Xue Liang nodded as they were confused why the both of them could do it. "Su Rong, what did General Lim's feline look like?"

"His feline was a snow leopard of white and fine dots. It was... beautiful." Xue Liang saw that Su Rong was blushing. She turned around to face her with a smile.

"You like General Peng?" Smirking as Su Rong decided to get back at her.

"You like General Liu?" 

"En, I do. I don't know why, but my heart beats for him when I see him." Su Rong didn't expect that answer from her as Xue Liang went off to bed. "Time to rest and we have to be more careful because it seems as though Consort Wan Bao has become angered." Su Rong and her agreed as they rested the night but not soundly.

Xue Liang couldn't sleep at all as she woke up in the early morning when the sun's sky is still pink and purple. She got up wearing a few heavy coat robes going out.

Xue Liang went to the forest, she loved the forest the most where it was near her home. Soon, she heard footsteps in the forest as she soon saw a figure. Looking closer, she then saw a pair of purple eyes glow walking closer to it.

She walked closer but it looked as though it was backing up about to run off. "Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. Can you please come out?" Xue Liang said taking awhile, but she had patience to wait. Then, Xue Liang saw none other than Liu Gang as his Lion form.

Backing up, she saw how big he was since she was just in her human form. He stood looking down at her, she then reached her hand slowly touching his soft mane.

"Beautiful... How did you get here, Lion?" He only looked up at her seeing how beautiful she was. She stopped touching him, she stood facing him. Liu Gang sniffed her, he felt at ease with her scent. Rubbing his head against hers as she smiled feeling his soft fur.

"Meeting a Lion like yourself has made my day. Consort Wan is going to try and get rid of me. I'm worried that since I'm still a maiden and not married then she'll do whatever she can to get rid of me for switching places with her daughter. Although, Consort Wan is also having an affair with another man." Xue Liang sighed looking up to the night sky. She didn't know why she was telling everything to him when she did not want him involved. Her mind felt like it was at a break point with so much secrets that she knew.

Liu Gang perked his head up looking at Xue Liang who made his heart ache. Xue Liang was then crying now trying to wipe away her tears. "I feel so sad for Yahui. He's such a young boy, but he was born in an adulterous act. I love him just as my own brother, but Consort Wan is taking him for granted. I'm not as strong as people see me, but I can't always keep everything in. Why do people have to take each other for granted? I'm... scared of being hurt and left alone." Liu Gang clearly saw her crying face as he lighty licked her tears.

"Liang, I didn't think that you held in this much burden on yourself. I won't let anyone hurt you. I'm going to stop Consort Wan from harming you. From now on, I'll be there for you." He only kept comforting her seeing Xue Liang soon fall asleep on him. Liu Gang shifted into his human form carrying her in his arms. "Liang, I won't allow anyone to hurt you anymore." He kissed her head taking her back to her room.

"Lim?" Peng Lim appeared as they met with each other in the forest.

"Gang, what do you plan to do?" Peng Lim questioned.

"Consort Wan, we have to expose her in an adulterous act. Lim, I entrust you to find the man she is having an affair with." Liu Gang looked to Peng Lim as he just nodded leaving after to do his next assigned duty. "Liang, I won't let you be hurt anymore. Wait for me." He saw spies of Consort Wan Bao, he struck them leaving Xue Liang to sleep. Killing off six of them leaving one alive to get some answers.

Peng Lim then hit the spy's pressure point letting them look at him. "We'll be interrogating you until you tell us what we need." Liu Gang said as they took the only spy alive. Taking him to Liu Gang's manor, he held a secret room tying the spy with chains and torture tools. "Why don't we start?" Liu Gang and Peng Lim were in the secret room making the choice to start asking questions and getting answers.

"We know that your working for Consort Wan. Who is the other person working with her?" The spy didn't reply as they then took out a whip as it hit the spy making him scream in pain. "We can use this whip or those?" Peng Lim took out a dagger and knife as the spy was starting to shake. "What will it be?"

The spy then nodded and started talking. "Minister Nie asked us to follow anything that Consort Wan told us! He said that once she gets rid of the rest of the household then everything was set! He plans to get rid of the Xue family but he waits until his son comes of age!" Liu Gang was filled with anger as he knew exactly who Minister Nie Bo was.