The night passed uneventfully.
As the morning light faded and the rising sun grew stronger,
Ice Emperor gently nudged the head beneath her.
Qian Renxue finally opened his eyes from Ling Yuan and A Yin's embrace.
He tried to shake his head to clear his mind,
But collided with soft bodies, bouncing uncontrollably between the two women.
This life... truly unbearable!
Qian Renxue rolled his eyes in disdain.
Just in time to see the small blue and white scorpion perched on his forehead.
"Qian Renxue!"
Ice Emperor's pincers snapped open and closed, her voice filled with annoyance; she had seen everything!
"Your Highness~ (Master~) ~"
Before Qian Renxue could respond,
The already awake Ling Yuan and A Yin called out sweetly.
Their delicate hands gently caressing Qian Renxue's chest.
"Hmph! You, you just wait!"
Ice Emperor stomped her foot on Qian Renxue's forehead in a fit of pique.
Then, filled with early morning jealousy, she vanished without a trace.
"..."
Qian Renxue felt a headache coming on.
Was Ice Emperor going to complain to Bibi Dong and the others again?
This tsundere, so awkward!
"A Yin, hurry back."
Qian Renxue shook off A Yin, whose weight had made his hand numb.
"Yes~"
A Yin responded resentfully.
If Lady Ling Yuan hadn't forgotten to close the door last time, she wouldn't be sulking like this~
But it didn't matter, Master never stayed angry for long.
Swish—
A Yin transformed into a streak of blood and disappeared.
Without Qian Renxue saying more, Ling Yuan sat up very consciously.
"Your Highness, shall I help you dress?"
"Alright."
Qian Renxue nodded, grabbing his golden hair and slowly sitting up.
He didn't mind pointing at her or anything.
Anyway, Ling Yuan knew him better than he knew himself.
Qian Renxue stood up, spread his arms, and asked:
"Ling Yuan, before I woke up, did Uncle Ning send someone over?"
"He asked Your Highness to come for breakfast."
Ling Yuan's voice contained an apology.
She had taken the liberty of declining on Qian Renxue's behalf.
"Okay."
Qian Renxue didn't mind.
After all, he was indeed often lazy during this part of the morning.
"Later, we'll go to the Dugu Estate first, after all, we notified them yesterday. Yan Yan should have invited Leng Leng out too."
"Yes, everything is up to Your Highness."
Ling Yuan nodded respectfully.
—
After washing up.
Qian Renxue found Ning Fengzhi with Ling Yuan, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then bid farewell.
Heaven Dou City, back courtyard of the Dugu Estate.
A black vortex slowly rotated, and Qian Renxue stepped out of it with Ling Yuan.
Without concealing any aura.
"Who's there?!"
A low shout came as a green-haired punk with a wine jar in hand fell from the roof.
Both sides of his face were flushed red.
"You rebellious son!"
A dark green figure, like a javelin, followed closely behind.
He directly raised his hand and slapped the punk on the back of the head, scolding:
"I told you to wait for His Highness here, you stole my wine, and you dare to disrespect His Highness! Believe it or not, I'll give you a taste of bamboo shoots fried with meat."
"Holy Son... Your Highness!"
Dugu Xin finally became a little more awake after being spun around two and a half times.
He immediately bowed respectfully, saying:
"Dugu Xin greets Your Highness, please forgive me!"
"..."
A smile appeared on Qian Renxue's face.
Ling Yuan couldn't help but giggle as she watched Dugu Xin bowing to her.
Dugu Bo's face darkened.
He grabbed Dugu Xin's green hair and forcibly turned him around, helping him change direction.
At the same time.
Dugu Bo also greeted Qian Renxue:
"Dugu Bo greets Your Highness, please forgive Xin'er."
"Senior Dugu is too polite, there's no need to stand on ceremony."
Qian Renxue said with a smile.
A graceful figure flipped over from the roof and landed on the open space beside them.
Those pair of light green beautiful eyes immediately locked onto Qian Renxue.
"Holy Son, Your Highness!"
Dugu Yan ran happily towards Qian Renxue, throwing herself directly into his arms.
"Mm, Yan Yan..."
Qian Renxue hugged her truly serpentine waist and nodded slightly.
"You ah hiss!"
Dugu Xin looked at the two embracing, and was just about to raise his hand to speak.
When Dugu Bo violently knocked him on the head, interrupting him, and glared at him fiercely.
This was Yan Yan.
Even the blessing that their Dugu family had accumulated over several lifetimes!
"Dad, why are you hitting me?"
Dugu Xin shook his head, he had already sobered up with soul power.
He complained in a low voice:
"I just wanted Yan Yan to keep His Highness company..."
"Dad~ Did you even need to say that? I'll do what I should do."
Dugu Yan hugged Qian Renxue's arm, very proud.
Then she complained:
"You should think about how to compensate grandpa's wine, that was brewed by grandma herself!"
"Isn't your grandma my mom? What's wrong with a son drinking some wine brewed by his mom?"
Dugu Xin didn't care.
He raised his finger and pointed at Dugu Bo beside him, sarcastically saying:
"Does Yan Yan really want to see him holding a wine jar and crying from time to time."
"..."
Dugu Xin's voice fell, and the surroundings became eerily silent.
Qian Renxue and Ling Yuan watched in amazement as Dugu Bo's face turned red.
"Your Highness, please allow Yan Yan to entertain you on my behalf."
Dugu Bo bowed and saluted, then looked back at Dugu Xin, saying faintly:
"This subordinate has some family matters to deal with!"
"Uh Dad..."
Dugu Xin's face stiffened, trying to awaken his father's love.
Before Qian Renxue could respond.
Dugu Yan gloated and wanted to pull him away.
"Holy Son, Your Highness, let's go first, grandpa is going to use family law."
"Heh, okay."
Qian Renxue nodded lightly with a smile.
His eyes filled with nostalgia, the old father and son at home used to be like that, right?
As soon as he finished speaking.
Qian Renxue led Ling Yuan and followed Dugu Yan forward.
They could only hear Dugu Xin's struggles in the backyard.
"Dad! There's no need to use family law, right?"
"What do you mean there's no need, don't you miss mom? The bamboo whip left by your mom is still here, today I'll let you relive the taste of maternal love!"
"..."
"Dad, I dare not anymore!"
"Didn't you hear me telling you to pick up the whip?"
"..."
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Dugu Yan didn't care about the screams behind her, she just held Qian Renxue's hand tightly and walked towards the room.
"Yan Yan, did Leng Leng say when she would come?"
Qian Renxue asked softly.
Dugu Yan hugged Qian Renxue's arm and reported sweetly.
"Holy Son, Your Highness, don't worry, Yan Yan and Leng Leng have agreed to have lunch together."
"Lunch? That's fine too."
Qian Renxue didn't care about these things, anyway, the main event was tomorrow night.
Dugu Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
She just wanted to spend some time alone with His Highness, just half a morning would be enough.
She had already told Leng Leng.
Squeak!
Dugu Yan pushed open the door.
Qian Renxue looked inside, and was immediately stunned, his expression strange.
"Yan Yan, this is your room, right?"
"Mm."
Dugu Yan nodded, her eyes glanced at Ling Yuan.
Only in this way could she make the Lady understand, right?
Ling Yuan's lips curled up slightly.
She naturally wouldn't be so ignorant, they would be sisters in the future anyway.
She couldn't just think about feeding herself.
"Your Highness, this subordinate will stand guard outside for you."
"?!"
Qian Renxue's eyebrows twitched.
Stand guard, stand guard for what? Did Dugu Yan want to rebel against her superior!
To entertain himself in this boudoir...
That's really hard to say!
