Blue Phoenix Chapter 25 - What is She Doing?

He rose early the following day, and the rays of sunlight shone through the open window into Hui Yue’s room. As soon as the sunshine appeared, the young man stopped his training and stood up stretching his stiff body after sitting still for the entire night. He had a full schedule to follow today, but no matter what, it was impossible for him to get rid of the feeling of being watched. He had felt this presence ever since the previous day, and he could not help but wonder whether it was just his paranoia, or if the prince had sent an expert, stronger than both Hui Yue and Lan Feng to keep an eye on him. Such an expert would not be easy to locate, but if anyone within the Taiyang Kingdom could produce such an outstanding individual, it would indeed be the third prince.

‘You can do nothing about it,’ Lan Feng said with a sigh. ‘All you can do is be extra careful when you talk with your friends and when going to the Black Lion.’ The bird also felt as if he were being watched, but this could be due to the two sharing emotions. It could be that Lan Feng was just feeling the impression from Hui Yue’s mind.

Closing his eyes as he stretched a little more and thought about this sneaky observer, Hui Yue came to the conclusion that Lan Feng was right, and as of now nothing could be done but to mind one's words. While moving through the mansion, the presence did not vanish; instead, the further away from his room he was the more it increased. Now he was almost certain someone was watching over him.

While Hui Yue walked through the rooms, he looked around, and suddenly it hit him that he had not seen Sha Yun around recently. Sha Yun used to hang all over him. Either clinging to his arm or coiling her tail around him, never letting him move on his own, but oddly, after having returned from being away for a couple of years Sha Yun’s personality seemed to have changed completely. She no longer did everything in her power to follow him around. She was not in need of always having him within sight, nor did she try to force herself o

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