Zi Xia kept silent, circling around him for a few rounds, while looking him up and down.
The Weirdo felt inexplicably uncomfortable being stared at: "Hey, hey, hey...! Young maid, what do you mean by this?"
Only then did Zi Xia stop and say, "With an appearance like yours, senior, many women like you, I don’t believe it."
After saying that, she curled her lips and shook her head, looking unconvinced.
It turned out that this maid was laughing at him because she doubted his words. The Weirdo started squawking again: "You young maid, why is your mouth so sharp? People usually don’t bring up others’ weaknesses when speaking, but you do. No wonder you can’t get married; it’s because your mouth is too poisonous, not pleasing, men don’t like women like you."
Long Yi, seeing this, couldn’t help but add: "Senior, I actually want to marry her, but she doesn’t agree!"
Hearing this, the Weirdo glared at him and said, "Brother, show some ambition, am I lowering the price for you? Yet you’re undermining it? Truly ignorant."
Long Yi’s actions amused Zi Xia; she laughed and said, "Senior, you promised not to get angry, that’s why I dared to say it. What’s up? Are you angry? Who was it just now who said ’a gentleman’s word is as good as gold’?"
The Weirdo was straightforward and immediately admitted: "It was I who said it, so what?"
Zi Xia looked at him with a slight smile: "What do you think?"
The Weirdo’s eyes shifted, and he said: "I’m not angry, back in the day, I was indeed suave and dashing, but later was harmed by treacherous people, turning me into this."
Towards the end, the Weirdo’s tone grew sorrowful; the biggest regret of his life was this event, being turned from a handsome young man into half-human, half-ghost, hiding in the Deep Mountains and Ancient Forests for decades. This was a pain he could never swallow, so for the miracle medicine, he willingly worked for Xuexue, hoping one day to stand proudly before his enemies.
Zi Xia was momentarily stunned and blurted out: "So, senior, you were also a normal person before."
"What nonsense, who the hell is born without hands and feet?" the Weirdo cursed. Once in the Capital, he was the most handsome man, but because of his Imperial Palace birth and the strife for succession, he became a casualty.
Zi Xia: "Senior, I’m sorry for bringing up your sad past."
The Weirdo: "Forget it, it’s been decades, I’ve already got no feelings left, if you said this decades ago, I might have attempted suicide again."
Zi Xia paused: "It can’t be that serious!"
The Weirdo cackled strangely: "You young maid, hiding away in the Prince’s Mansion every day, ignorant of the world’s cruelty. Imagine a normal person suddenly having their limbs cut off, becoming a monster, not being seen as human by others, and even mocked, what would you do?"
Zi Xia, having never experienced such events, felt deeply guilty hearing the Weirdo’s words. Yes! Suddenly turning from a normal person into a terrifying monster, few could overcome that hurdle, yet she still hit where it hurt, indeed shouldn’t have.
"Hey! Are you going to eat, or not? If not, I’ll eat it all," Long Yi said, tapping his bowl with chopsticks.
"Senior, let me pour you some wine." Zi Xia earnestly went forward to pour wine.
The Weirdo: "Alright, I’m happy today, no drunkenness, no going home."
Long Yi casually said: "At worst, I’ll spend the night at the War Prince’s Mansion, I’ll sleep on the floor, and let senior sleep on the bed."
The Weirdo: "Loyal enough, I like it."
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