"Mengmeng, what a coincidence! To think I'd run into you here—this must be fate between us..."
The Eighth Prince shamelessly waved his folding fan and flashed Meng Hongchen a mouthful of gleaming white teeth, thinking himself handsome.
But his unsteady, weak-kneed steps made people shake their heads at the sight.
"Let's go! Ignore him!"
Meng Hongchen did not even look at him. She directly took Jiang Yi's hand and turned to leave.
She had no desire to get involved with the imperial family. Her grandfather had not even made up his mind yet, much less this useless pretty-boy ghost.
He was not even worth one strand of Jiang Yi's hair. Being ugly would have been one thing, but he was this weak too. Even a dog would shake its head after seeing him...
"Alright."
Jiang Yi smiled and obediently let her lead him outside.
This was obviously some classic brainless villain. But since he had soft rice to eat, there was no need for him to make a move.
However, Xu Tianyun watched Meng Hongchen ignore him and sneered inwardly, waving to the attendants at his sides.
The two of them were immediately blocked.
"Xu Tianyun, move aside, or I'll tell Grandpa that you bullied me!"
Meng Hongchen stopped, shielded Jiang Yi behind her, then turned back and snorted coldly at the Eighth Prince.
"Mengmeng, you misunderstand."
Xu Tianyun stepped forward with a cheerful grin, still wearing the look of a shameless bootlicker.
"You can leave, but that Shrek man beside you cannot..."
He paused there, then pointed at Jiang Yi, who was idly slacking behind Meng Hongchen, and deliberately shouted loudly.
"Shrek Academy has always been an enemy of the Empire. This man looks shifty-eyed and suspicious. I suspect he is a spy from Shrek."
His shout drew the