Dai Huabin: Brother, You Smell So Good!

Inside the private medical room of the Star Luo Palace, Dai Huabin saw Tang San lying on the bed the moment he entered. Without slowing, he walked straight over, sat down on the edge of the bed, and placed the food container he was carrying on the bedside table.

He knew perfectly well that his mother had not sent him with this bowl of soup out of mere concern. She wanted him to use this opportunity to win Tang San over and bind this Shrek genius with limitless potential to his own cause.

After all, the competition for the inheritance of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had grown increasingly fierce. Without enough support, taking the Duke's seat would be nothing more than a fool's dream.

Dai Huabin had no idea, however, that his hopeful father, Dai Hao, was currently heading toward a humiliating outcome—one where he would be rebuffed and publicly disgraced.

"Tang San, my mother specially prepared this nourishing soup for you. It replenishes your vitality and blood, so drink it while it's hot." Dai Huabin opened the food container, and a rich medicinal fragrance mingled with the savory scent of meat broth, spreading through the room.

His nose twitched slightly. For some reason, he felt that Tang San carried a faint fragrance today, unlike the fresh, youthful scent he usually had.

I must have smelled it wrong. Dai Huabin shook his head and cast the absurd thought aside.

Tang San silently nodded and reached out to accept the bowl.

All he wanted now was to quickly finish the soup and send Dai Huabin away, so he could be alone to process that unbearable "loss."

But he would never have imagined that this seemingly thoughtful bowl of nourishing soup would soon drag him into an even greater storm.

Meanwhile,