The Ageless Dream

1.3 Time Travel (3)

"Madame is jesting." Dong Li Hua returned a pure sweet smile but her green jade eyes showed a cold light. "Why should I enchant men? I don't need flashy jewelries and a thick makeup to catch a man's heart. With one look, they instantly fall in love." she leaned on Dong chun Wu and provocatively glanced at Jia Fu Rong.

"Hmph!" Jia Fu Rong was enraged. She is exactly wearing jewelries with a heavy makeup. Never had she expected such innocent looking girl knows how to use words with hidden meanings.

The head of the main branch, Zhao Yue Heng cleared his throat. "I apologize but my first son will come late. He lives far from Xi'an and he rarely visits us." he apologetically said.

"Its understandable." Dong Xu who had been observing, replied politely to his old friend. Inside, he is secretly satisfied at how Dong Li Hua stood up for herself.

"Why don't we chat first? Hu Jiu, bring us some wine and tea." Zhao Yue Heng ordered a butler as he gestured for them to sit down. "You raised such beautiful daughters and handsome son, ah. How enviable..."

"Not likely." Jia Fu Rong suddenly chimed in, glancing at Dong Li Hua before leaning on the couch. "Beauty can also be dangerous. Such as Zhao Ji of the Qin State. She used her body to seduce men. There is someone I know whose mother has done the same."

"Excuse me first." Dong Li Hua abruptly stood up. She cant stand it any longer and her emotions grew unstable. Its for the first time she felt how strong her grief and anger are. Getting inside a comfort room, Dong Li Hua tightly held unto the sink. She looked up to the mirror to meet her green jade eyes. This eye color is what she hated the most. Every time she sees this, her mother's visage would enter her mind. Summer Basch is her mother.

Summer Basch came from US, her grandfather is a Chinese man who lived in Shaanxi Province and there she met Dong Xu. He is a widower that time with the three-year-old Dong Zhenzhen and Dong Chun Wu. As a single man again, there are many people who tried prying on him by marrying their daughters to Dong Xu. In a twist of fate, Summer Basch had a trouble marrying a Chinese man her grandfather introduced. Thus, she left her home and met Dong Xu who offered her a job.

They should have been a normal master and attendant but Dong Xu fell in love to Summer Basch. Hiding their relationship, as soon as she gave birth to Dong Li Hua without marriage, she was criticized by the Dong Family since Summer Basch is a foreigner. Dong Xu is willing to rake responsibility and marry her however, a Dong Family member threatened her life until she was forced to leave China and return to US. With such a wide country, even when Dong Xu went to find her, he cant. She purposely erased her traces by not contacting her previous friends and family. Probably still afraid to die.

Dong Li Hua's eyes went teary. Her green irises mirroring Summer Basch's. Sometimes she questions herself, why her mother didn't take her away? Why did she leave her behind? Why didn't she come back or give any sign she cared about her daughter? All these questions remained unanswered for fifteen years.

She raised her hand to wipe her tears when the bracelet scraped her face. Her annoyance grew further that she have the thought of removing it when it gave off a soft tinkling sound. "Huh?" Dong Li Hua's eyes widened but a bright flash happened.

"Is she awake?" a childish voice reached her hearing. Dong Li Hua's sight was misty but all she can see now were dark and brown colors with a mix of white light. She looked around until her gaze went clear.

"Where... Where am I?" she furrowed her brows, seeing an ancient styled room. Dong Li Hua turned her head to the side, only to meet a pair of curious large eyes staring at her.

"Green eyes?!" the young boy who stood by the bedside staggered back upon seeing her eye color. He has never seen such strange eye color before but he admits, it was enthralling.

"A kid?!" Dong Li Hua sat upright and leaned on the cold wall. She assessed the young boy, possibly in his thirteenth age. He wore an ancient dark robe with golden dragon embroideries. His hair was tied upward into a scholarly bun that showcased his cute round face. "S-so cute..." Dong Li Hua thought and lowered her guard. She frowned seeing his strange outfit but when she looked around the ancient styled room, it was like a lightning bolt struck her head. It couldn't be... She time travelled?

"Miss, how did you enter the palace?" the young boy asked, stepping forward when he noticed her lost expression.

"Palace? I... I don't remember." Dong Li Hua cant recall what happened. She just went inside a comfort room and now she woke up in a different place! No one will believe such experience. Who ever heard of a person getting inside a comfort room then travelling through time?

"Oh." he let his gaze wander around Dong Li Hua before raising a brow. "Im Ying Zheng, you are?"

"Ying Zheng?!" Dong Li Hua cant almost believe her ears, wondering if spitting blood now can show how she was unable to believe what she heard. This young cute boy before her is the future fat bearded face tyrant Ying Zheng? He looks harmless though with a playful smile on his jadeite white face. "Im... Im Dong Li Hua. A-are you sure you're Ying Zheng?"

"You don't know me?" the young boy finally concluded she is not a spy nor an official's daughter who sneaked into the inner court. Since she is a clueless person, he knew he is safe around her.

"No. I guess?" she whispered the last two words, looking to the side awkwardly. At least she didn't meet the brutal Dragon Emperor yet, at least it was his younger self...