She still recalled that day even after months.
"Argh!"
A tall young girl with a voluptuous figure, clad in blue and gold forced him to kneel by grinding the hilt of the spear against the back of the soldier's head.
"What was that you said?"
"I'm only speaking the truth, you should sit this one out, Commander! Please let Vice Commander Bo lead the charge."
"Captain Bo?" She lifted a questioning brow at said Captain.
Captain Bo, a slender man with androgynous features in Egyptian blue and black armor stood at attention. He placed a hand over his left breast and gracefully bowed.
"I also agree with Strategist Kong."
The face of their Commander scrunched up. It was as if she stepped on dog shit.
"Reason?"
"Something happened in the Yan forest didn't it?"
"..." Her countenance darkened, her turqoise eyes shifted elsewhere.
"If you don't wish to share we will not pry, but if you're not feeling well Commander please don't hesitate to lean on us." Vice Commander Bo reassured her with a warm smile.
Seeing it made the Commander's expression sour.
It's his fault if he didn't get engaged to the Jin Princess, she never would have stooped so low as to fall for the likes of Zhang Wei Zhen.
A man that courted her even though he was engaged to another woman. She ignored his attempts to woo her but that night in the Lan forest when they got separated from their troops and she was badly injured, he nursed her back to health in that small cave. He didn't take advantage of her. She thought he wasn't the scum she presumed him to be.
But that rainy day when he didn't return she went out to look for him only to find him kissing his betrothed, Bai Ming Yue. She thought he would push her away but he held her close.
What had she been hoping for? That he who be willing to part from his Princess? Nonsense. Perhaps his intentions were to make her his concubine?
The thought of this alone angered her until she was completely red. The soldiers watched on with bated breaths. At any moment now it looked as if their Commander would spew fire. Instead, she exhaled.
"I understand your concern, but there's no need." Their Commander's smile was sweet as she made eye contact with her men. "As I don't intend to sit this one out."
She felt like killing today.