Liang covered up his demon eye with a stripped cloth wrapped around it. "Guess I'll need to buy an eye patch now"
He then proceeded to piggyback lady Sha and stormed off to Jinhai. With the help of Xu Wen, his speed was fast and fluid and it didn't take him much time to get there. He slowed down his pace when he got to the front of the city gates, boldly carved above it was 'Jinhai' and he moved into the city.
"Oh wow this is where you come from mortal?" Xu Wen quipped inside his head
"No, it's just where I live... for now" Liang muttered.
He proceeded to walk further in ,and then a familiar annoying clingy feminine voice pierced through his ears.
"Liiiiiaaaaaannnngggg!!!!! Myyy loovv-" her voice cuts "Wait what happened to your eye? why is it covered?."
"A lot happend along the way."Liang replied her
She notices lady Sha on his back and immediately switched tones "who the hell are you carrying on your back?"
Liang winced"Just someone I met on the way, she's unconscious so try not to be so loud like a banshee"
The lady stomps up to him, arms crossed and voice rising "ohh so you think I'm loud now huh? I'm a banshee now huh? All cause of a bitch you picked up from the road?"
"She's got temper and drama - clearly your type" Xu Wen scoffed
"You know what Minhua? We'll talk later okay, just cool down and I'll explain everything later" he continued to walk further in.
"Talk later? You're avoiding me?" She fumed.
"Oh boy here we go again" Liang groaned
"So I assume she's your lover?" Xu Wen chimed in inside his head
"No she's not, probably just have a thing for me. I think"
"Oohhhh" Xu Wen chuckled.
She rants beside him as they kept walking towards his house. He opened the door to his little abode and gently laid down lady Sha on his bed , Minhua followed him in, still nagging. He knelt down and pulled off lady Sha's boots and attempts to remove the weapons that were on her so she could sleep comfortably and not accidentally stab herself with them.
"You are undressing her now? You are not even paying attention to me! Are you cheating on your wife now"
"I don't recall going to a priest to bless our union" Liang replied bluntly.
Minhua gasped like she was slapped "After everything I've done for you"
"Thank you so much . You've helped me a lot with food which I'm grateful for, I promise I'll make it up to you"
"You can make it up to me by marrying me!!." she moved closer pressing his hand with her ample chest "I really don't need reward or payback, Liang. Just your love, is that too much to ask?"
Liang gently pulled his hand away"I'm afraid I can't do that Minhua."
"Why?? Aren't I sexy enough?" A single tear dropped from her eyes down her cheeks, then more poured slowly, until it flowed like a broken dam.
probably crocodile tears, Liang thought
"Think you just broke a dam there. Mr crocodile whisperer" Xu Wen laughed hysterically "You are the best vessel for me mortal. Being asleep was bad for my health"
"Oh gee thanks... thought listener" Liang replied sarcastically.
"What?" Minhua sobbed
"Nothing." He replied swiftly then continued "Don't ever think you ain't sexy or pretty Minhua. You are. I'm just not the right one for you."
"Typical old fashion way of turning a girl down eh" Xu Wen snorted.
"I don't care!!." Minhua sobbed, wiped off the tears from her face"Even if you're the wrong one I'll still choose you" Minhua tries to hold him again.
"anyways forget it." He said exasperated "I'm tired let's talk tomorrow, okay?"
"Oh so you can have time with her? I'm not leaving"
"Stubborn as ever. Fine you can stay then" Liang collapsed on the couch. She plopped beside him, laying her head on his lap.
"So what really happened to you that you have to cover up an empty eye?.. That's so unlike you and you haven't given me a plausible answer"
Before he could stop her, she pulled the cloth off his head.
Liang flinched at first but let her look .
"what the hell is that?" She sat up staring clearly at him "Did you do an exchange in the market?? It looks.... weird and spooky by the way"
"It's the demon eye" he said simply.
"The...Demon eye? Oh god, so does that mean you're a demon now? Am I talking to a demon?" She gasped "Is the demon inside you?"
"Wow I like her, tell her I exist and I'm totally in support of her being with you" Xu Wen kept repeating in his head.
"oh uhhh! I wasn't expecting that reply...Well yeah you're right he's in my head and his name is Xu Wen and he won't stop pestering me to tell you he likes you" Liang buried his face in his hand.
"Just tell her that I 'exist'.. just the word 'exist'. Oh! I forgot you're a dumb mortal."
She blinked "Awwwn...So he was the one you were talking to earlier. He seems nice for a demon but doesn't he know I love you and only you" She held onto his hand.
"Quit it." Liang sighed "Anyways can you do me a favour? Get me an eye patch tomorrow, I can't walk around like this"
"Will you love me then?" She asked and gave him the infamous puppy eyes. Her trump card.
"Maybe" he replied, doing his best to avoid eye contact.
She smirked. She knew exactly how to get under his skin and how to get him to do things for her. Afterall she'd been around him for a couple of years now.
Minhua curled up beside him and Xu Wen whispered something inappropriate in his head, Liang stared at the ceiling and muttered to himself "I miss having my thoughts and mind to myself"
"Gone are the old days and now is the new , grasp onto me for I am the new and your sanity is mine now" Xu Wen chuckled darkly and playfully.
"I hate you!"
"I hate you more"