Flowers Bloom from Battlefield

Jun Hua stared at the man before her with indignation. After ordering his soldiers to finish up the battle as he prepared to leave, he pestered Jun Min to let him meet his sister. No matter what Jun Min said, he wouldn’t listen and kept on telling the other party to allow him to meet with the lady. After being pestered by this annoying general for almost half a day, Jun Min went into the carriage and changed back into Jun Hua.

Soujin smiled as he looked at the slightly annoyed face of Jun Hua. Upon remembering the maps she had drawn previously, his interest piqued and pestering Jun Min resulted in an astonishing result. ”Why are you staring at this general like that? Have you fallen for me?”

’IN YOUR DREAMS!’ Jun Hua terribly wanted to tell this man to get off the carriage, so she can turn back into being Jun Min for the rest of the journey. She had ordered Yamin to get back early and tell her soldiers to go towards the north border, but if in this journey she needed to stay inside this carriage, their journey will surely take more time.

Soujin ignored the angry look on Jun Hua as he took out a canvas and painting equipment. In the carriage, there is a small table that he had asked his men to prepare. Putting the items on the table, he turned towards the lady.

”Maybe drawing would make you feel better.”

”Why should I draw for you?” Jun Hua retorted with her icy cold voice. Although she no longer tampered her voice to make it lower, the sound of her voice is still similar to Jun Min’s. Since she’s worried about being found out, getting out of this man’s range is the first priority.

”You want to draw for me?” Soujin smiled and his devilishly handsome face looked even more brilliant.

Jun Hua pursed her lips. ”No, I don’t.”

Soujin turned his face towards the window. His demonic face turned cold. ”Clear them away. Don’t make any sound.”

”Yes, General!”

Jun Hua’s clear eyes turned bigger. Her small head looked towards Soujin with astonishment. Even when he is ’flirting’ like this, he is still aware of the movements outside. He’s really a vigilant fellow as even Jun Hua cannot always stay aware especially when she is too tired.

Soujin turned his head back and asked, ”What is it, do you like me now?”

”Not in the slightest bit.”

Soujin didn’t feel disheartened from the cold retort from Jun Hua. He put the brush before Jun Hua’s hands.

”Don’t you like to remember things by painting? The scene from the fire is quite good.”

If the people from the Kai Kingdom heard his words, they would surely raise their swords to kill him. That fire had caused them an uncountable loss of money and resources. Although there was rain in the evening, the fire had spread out wildly and caused many trees to get destroyed beyond repair. They would surely hope to erase those memories from their minds.

Jun Hua raised her eyebrows. ”Do you want to present them a memorable picture?”

”Who knows? All I know is that that was an interesting scene.”

”…”

This fellow is still hard to understand as always. But his words were indeed interesting and Jun Hua felt intrigued to paint it. She rarely drew anything other than those she needed. The fire he caused has made a mark on that forest and the after-effect is a bare land.

Jun Hua picked up the brush and dabbed it into the paint. In just a moment, the landscape of the areas where they had stayed was pictured on the canvas. Soujin looked on with interest, but Jun Hua’s concentration was fully on the painting. She didn’t have any spare energy to look at the man before her.

The carriage’s speed is not slow, but it’s not really quick too. Soujin picked a smooth road so that he can watch the girl paint. From the time he looked at the map, he knew that this girl has other talents. Strategizing, painting, what else is there? Somehow, he wanted to know more about her.

Jun Hua finished the painting. The bare land and the residue of the smoke were painted clearly. She turned towards Soujin as if saying, are you satisfied?

Soujin peered towards the painting as he thought about some matters inside his mind. The picture she had shown him clearly excelled in the details, especially things that were usually left behind. She must have painted pictures for a long time to produce such a good painting.

”You’re a talented painter. If you didn’t pick music at that time, maybe I would have had another chance to see your painting.”

”You won’t.” Jun Hua answered simply. She had never planned to paint in front of other people. From the time she came to know her talent in painting, she never wanted anyone to know, but this man had already found out about it and there’s nothing she could do.

”You won’t let anyone know?”

Jun Hua smiled. ”If a lady has both beauty and talent, what do you think will happen to her?”

She knows that someone who is too perfect will have many enemies. If she had enough power, then she wouldn’t be afraid, but she did not. The Jun family was declining and only through her tricks can they stand tall again. Should she expose to the world her real talent, they would surely target her even more.

When that happens, she would not have any peace anymore. She is not afraid of them slighting her and looking down on her. She’d be more worried if they overestimate her. It’s better to be seen as useless when she doesn’t have enough power to stand against her enemy.

”Your brother has it rough.” Soujin commented. To protect his sister, he had to pose in front and bear the burden. The two of them are truly amazing.

”Why are you so adamant on meeting me?”

”It’s because you’re more expressive than your brother. And your face too…”

SLAP!

”It’s impolite to try to take off the veil of a lady, General Soujin,” Jun Hua glared. ”Are you really a gentleman?”

Soujin retracted his hand that had been slapped away by Jun Hua. His face didn’t contain any anger as he smiled. What he was thinking about at the moment was how interesting this girl is and how he can get his small revenge later.

He picked up the painting. ”Thank you for the gift.”

Only when Soujin had gone out from the carriage did Jun Hua release her breath. That was a dangerous one and she did not want that man to see her face anymore. What wanting to meet her because of her face? It’s obvious he came to assess her in terms of painting.

As for Jun Min’s lack of expression? The face mask is the culprit... Maybe she needs to practice how to be expressive when wearing it.