"What was my lord doing?"
One deep breath followed another.
Qi Shan feared his blood pressure would spike and drive him to do something irrational. Did his lord really have such bizarre hobbies? In all his years serving one lord after another, none had been as passionately devoted to riding pigs as she was...
His previous lords had all had their own interests.
Some loved power, some fine wine, some wealth, some refined arts, some cuju, some fine steeds, some ornate carriages... At worst, there had been a simple beauty-obsessed facehound. Whatever their character, their tastes had never strayed far from the mainstream.
But this lord before him was different. She had no interest in fine horses; she just liked riding pigs around.
Every time Qi Shan thought of it, his heart gave a little twinge.
And then Chu Yao had the gall to "comfort" him.
With a sigh, he had said, "At least she doesn't like playing in the mud."
Qi Shan: [...]
Was that any way to comfort someone?
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After entering Fugu City, Qi Shan had watched his lord grow visibly busier. She hadn't gone near the pigpen again, and he'd breathed a small sigh of relief. But that breath had barely left him when his lord's "old habits resurfaced," and she was playing with the Mountain Boar again.
Qi Shan couldn't help wondering.
Had they all been neglecting their lord?
Or was she bored because she had no one her own age to play with?
The crafty Mountain Boar, still wearing a saddle, tried to hide its massive body behind his lord, as if Qi Shan wouldn't be able to see it that way. Its cowardly act nearly made Qi Shan laugh in anger. What a shameless beast, throwing its weight around because it had someone