Xuexue glared at him and said breezily, "Your name isn’t worth anything either. Go ahead and tell them your name."

The Weirdo was stunned for a moment. No one had called his name for decades; he’d almost forgotten it himself.

"You little lass, you really have a sharp tongue. Anyway, I’m still your elder, aren’t I? Can’t you show me a little respect?"

She clearly knew he was the Eldest Prince of the Former Dynasty and that his name couldn’t be revealed casually, yet Xuexue deliberately said that—if that’s not a sharp tongue, what is.

Only then did Xuexue stop arguing with him. If The Emperor found out he was still alive, he would definitely lose his mind.

The palace maids were still kneeling on the ground, begging bitterly: "Benefactor, please, we beg you, tell us your true identity. We will forever remember your great kindness and grace."

Xuexue said, "Since you know I’m your great benefactor, you should understand I have my difficulties, right?"

"This...!"

The palace maids looked at each other, puzzled. What difficulties could their benefactor have, that she wouldn’t even reveal her true identity?

Xuexue didn’t say anything more. She turned and walked away: "Xiao Jiu, let’s go! Back to the manor to rest."

"Eh! Got it."

Xiao Jiu circled around the Weirdo’s head, flapping and chirping, "Big Worm, Big Worm, we’re leaving!"

The Weirdo lifted his head and snapped impatiently at Birdy above him, "Shoo, shoo, get lost."

Xiao Jiu immediately squawked at Xuexue’s retreating back, "Master, Master, Big Worm is cursing you!"

The Weirdo’s face was full of dark lines. What a scammer this little Birdy was. He’d only scolded it once, and it actually dumped the blame onto Xuexue.

This Birdy really was a scammer.

No, that’s wrong—not scamming its dad, scamming people.

Who would care to be the father of a stinky Birdy? As a perfectly normal person, he certainly didn’t.

The Weirdo said, half laughing, half crying, "You stinky Birdy, your nonsense gets worse by the day. Watch out, one of these days Master will pluck all your feathers and turn you into a little chick."

"Ah, woo woo... Master, Master, Xiao Jiu doesn’t want to live, doesn’t want to live. This Big Worm actually threatened me." Xiao Jiu wailed loudly as it beat its wings and flew toward Xuexue.

Xuexue turned her head and shot it a glance, saying icily, "You’re so noisy I could die."

Xiao Jiu was utterly aggrieved: "Master, you despise me."

Xuexue didn’t deny it: "Good that you know. So stop being such an annoyance."

Xiao Jiu couldn’t help bursting into loud sobs. "Ah, woo woo...! Even Master despises me. Is there any love left in this world?"

Xuexue remained unmoved. Because Xiao Jiu used its crying skills all the time, she’d grown immune. "There is—as long as you can stay quiet for a while, there’s love everywhere in the world."

"But I just can’t control it." Xiao Jiu was extremely aggrieved. It was a bird; chirping every day was instinct. For it not to make a sound, it’d have to turn mute—or have someone cut out its tongue.

Ah, ptui ptui ptui! Those unlucky things must absolutely not come true.

Person and Birdy, bickering as they walked along, slowly disappeared into the night.

The Weirdo lay on the ground, watching their backs as they left. Tonight he’d gained nothing at all, really turned into a corpse to be whipped. All the benefits had been taken by that girl Xuexue. As if he really didn’t know that the Secret Room next door was full of treasure, all of it taken by her.

For the miracle medicine on Xuexue, he could only endure it. Right now what he longed for most was to obtain the miracle medicine, restore a normal human appearance, trample The Emperor underfoot, pull him from his horse, and then sit grandly on the Dragon Throne himself.

When he was young, he didn’t care about money or status. But after suffering for decades and living through the cruelest things a person could experience, he’d come to deeply understand one truth: in this world, if you can’t become the one with the highest status, you’ll spend your whole life being stepped on.

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