In ShuîYuê's mind,

ShuîYuê followed Jīnyú powers bored, "I need to go back soon," she complained.

"I know, just wait a while before I can let you go," the powers complained back.

"You don't like me much," she commented.

"I don't, but Jīnyú likes you, so I have no option."

"Fair enough."

She stayed there for another few minutes before the powers finally submitted to her and let her go back, her heart wasn't beating for the few minutes she was trying to control the power, it took a lot of spiritual powers to control them back,
ShuîYuê heard cries once as she tried to open her eyes.

It was too bright; she also found it difficult to breathe as she realised she was being hugged too tightly by a crying Yìfēi and another equally crying Jīnyú. She tried to push them away, but they didn't seem to realise.

"Yìfēi you are going to kill me like this,"  ShuîYuê whispered in her ear, who immediately pulled ShuîYuê's body away from her arms as she stared at her best friend, "I couldn't even breathe," ShuîYuê panted.

Everyone looked at each other, confused about what was happening, "You are alive?" Yìfēi questioned.

"Why do you assume I am dead all the time?" ShuîYuê asked, rolling her eyes.
She was being sandwiched from the front by Yìfēi and the back by Jīnyú both of them crying on each of her shoulders.

She was trying to look behind Yìfēi when she locked eyes with Ghost King, who stared at her, his eyes cold. She smiled at him, but he got up and walked back to Jun Wu, 'When did I anger him?' she wondered.

"Water Master you are alive," GuānYû sighed, smiling.

"Cr- Crow- " she couldn't speak these two idiots were suffocating her.

Xiàn Fèng pulled away Yìfēi and Jīnyú as ShuîYuê took a deep breath, "Master I thought you died protecting me!" Jīnyú voiced crying.

"I was dead momentarily not permanently,"  she explained back simply.

Jun Wu walked forward, "You scared all of us, Water Master."

"I had no intention, Your Majesty," she bowed her head.

"You are fine. That's good; since Jīnyú is still unstable, he'll continue to train under your supervision," Jun Wu announced.

"Yes, Your Majesty," she said, bowing to him; finally, Jīnyú was back with her, safe and in her care, just like she wanted.

Wudu Palace

ShuîYuê stared at Yìfēi who was busy packing her things from Wudu Palace, "Yìfēi come on! I didn't know I would be dead for a few minutes; if I had known, I would have told you," following behind Yìfēi, who angrily threw things in a bag.

"Yìfēi!" she shouted as Wind Master left the room. She sat back, closing her eyes,
'I didn't know Jīnyú's powers would take me to another realm,' she thought, tired.

Jade entered the room with a tea tray in hand she noticed Water Master lying on the floor with her eyes closed, eyebrows knitted, "Your tea," 

"Take it away," she ordered

"Okay,"

ShuîYuê got up before she could leave, "Jade?" she called.

"Yes," she answered, turning back.

"Why is Yìfēi so mad at me?" she asked, looking at the roof.

"Master, you gave her quite the scare, so of course she's angry with you," Jade answered gently.

"Look, I won't pretend to be dead purposely, right? I was dead for a few minutes," she said, trying to understand why Yìfēi was so mad.

"Well, if the same thing happened to Miss Yú won't you be upset?" she asked, placing the tea tray on a table.

"She's alive, so why would I be?" ShuîYuê questioned, not understanding it.

"Let's see, you thought she won't ever come back then?" Jade asked gently

ShuîYuê imagined Yìfēi on the floor, and she shook her head. 'Nope, I don't ever want to think of something like that.' She thought decidedly.

"See, you can't even imagine it, and she had gone through it twice," Jade said, handing her a cup of tea.

"What should I do?" she asked, sipping her tea.

"What does Wind Master like the best?"Jade asked curiously.

"Yìfēi likes shopping the most. I'll buy her new clothes!" ShuîYuê beamed excitedly.

"Master, she may like shopping the best, but don't you think why she always drags you to shopping?" Jade asked tiredly.

"She makes me hold all her bags!" ShuîYuê snapped frustrated.

"Master, you are dense," Jade rubbed her forehead, irritated.

"She does take me to hold all her bags!" ShuîYuê complained.

"Have you ever thought that maybe she just wants to go shopping with you so that you go out of your hermit crab mood and maybe she likes shopping with you just because she gets to spend time doing her favourite thing with her best friend," Jade suggested irritated.

ShuîYuê moved back, staring at Jade, shocked, "Master, trust me and just go shopping with her, and she'll forgive you," Jade huffed, taking a deep breath.

"I- I will," ShuîYuê said, slightly intimated by the maid.

A very upset Water Master paced around the Wudu Palace, trying to think of ways to persuade Yìfēi again when she saw a group of maids carrying some bowls and medicines to Jīnyú's room. She followed after them to find Jīnyú throwing a tantrum about drinking bitter medicine; ShuîYuê dismissed the maids, taking the medicine bowl from the tray.

"You need to drink it," ShuîYuê said as Jīnyú shook his head, "You want to get better soon, don't you?" He nodded his head slowly, "Then you have to drink medicine, you can have some candy after it as well," she offered candies as a bribe.

Jīnyú immediately finished the medicine, opening his mouth for candy. ShuîYuê put an apple slice in his mouth, "Master!" He cried chewing the apple, "You said candy!"

"You haven't eaten properly and lack energy so you'll only eat nutritional food," Water Master said sternly, Jīnyú puffed his cheeks in annoyance, ShuîYuê glanced down at his wrists which still had bruises on them from the rope, she took out some ointments from the box applying them on his wrist gently.

"You know, Master, Cold Palace is so scary at nighttime; I heard scary noises and saw shadows," he shivered, telling her about the Cold Palace.

"Were they a little easy on you?" She asked hopefully that the men assigned to Jīnyú's guard would consider his age and status.

"They were GuānYû Gege's men," Jīnyú informed smiling, "Even though I didn't get anything to eat other than buns and a bowl of rice those men were kind to me and sneaked me some side dishes occasionally," ShuîYuê ruffled his hair a sad smile on her face.

"Thankfully, you returned," she sighed, applying some medicine to his ankles.

"I was so scared Master, I thought I would never get to see you again," he confessed in a small voice.

"I would fight your father if I had to, though we all know I wouldn't last against him for more than a few seconds," she said washing her hands.

"You and GuānYû Gege are the only ones who care for me, Master," Jīnyú mumbled bitterly, "Father hates me, and now that I have shamed him in front of ghosts, he'll hate me even more."

"Don't think about that," she said, sitting beside him; Jīnyú laid down, resting his head on her lap, "You are safe and sound, and that is more than enough for me."

"I didn't do that dance purposely Master, I received a letter stating I must perform in the banquet on Father's orders," Jīnyú revealed as ShuîYuê stared at the window in thought, "A messenger delivered it, I received it on the last moment and didn't know who to ask and since it had Father's royal seal on it I didn't think much."

"Someone was trying to frame you Jīnyú," ShuîYuê started patting his head slowly.

"Who could it be Master?" He asked looking up at her.

"I don't know, could be anyone," she answered stiffly before shaking her head,
"Never mind all this; your Master will handle and investigate this matter; you must be cautious from now on, never do anything or go to any place without informing me or your Fēi JîeJîe, understand?"

He nodded his head as ShuîYuê smiled at him, "My little Jīnyú's lost some weight, and his cheeks are not as chubby as before," she said in a baby voice, poking his cheeks.

"Why are my cheeks chubby Master? I look like a baby!" Jīnyú cried upset.

"What's wrong with your looks?" She asked moving his hair out of his face.

"Everything! I don't look like other sixteen-year-old boys; I am so skinny and have a baby face; I want to be tall and have muscles," he put forth his wish as ShuîYuê chuckled, squeezing his thin arms, "Don't make fun, of me Master!"

"You look adorable, and I love the way you look; why do you want to be like other boys?" She asked curiously.

"They are tall and have big muscles; I want to protect you too, Master, like you have been protecting me for so long," he said sincerely.

"Nothing will happen to your Master, and even if something does, your Master and her trident will deal with it," she assured, patting his head as he stared at her, sleepy.

"I will be strong, and then no one will dare to bully us," he announced, crossing his arms as ShuîYuê shook her head.

"It's late; go to bed now," she chided, tucking him in bed as he looked at her.

"Master?"

"Hmm,"

"You feel like my mom sometimes," Jīnyú mumbled softly, "You love me like her."

ShuîYuê smiled at him, "Close your eyes now," she told pulling his blanket to his chin, "Sleep well," she added leaving the room, 'I have a sixteen-year-old kid in my care, who thinks writing wishes on lanterns and lighting them will fulfil all his wishes, why is he so silly?' She wondered smiling to herself.

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Author's note duty on Prince Jīnyú:

Hello, how are you? Did you miss me? I missed you guys a lot,(⁎˃ᴗ˂⁎) I am back in Wudu Palace, and it's great to be here, I hope to meet you guys again and till then take care and have some warm soup, they are delicious ₍ᐢ⑅•ᴗ•⑅ᐢ₎♡

Word Count: 1700 for chapter and 100 for Author's note, 1800 in total, Thank you for reading. Have a great day/night, take care, and I finally found a pic of panda cream puffs it's adorable, eat some 🍿🍿🍿popcorn, and until next time- leaves like a cool villain- bye-bye !! o('^｀)o