Chapter 33

"Pah, pah—Yi Junze, what are you doing? I'm angry." After suddenly being forced into a kiss and having wine poured mouth-to-mouth into him, Lin Hanxuan shoved Yi Junze away and spat out all the wine in his mouth. Boo-hoo, my first kiss. Damn it.

"Oh, you're angry? I thought you didn't have a temper at all." Yi Junze giggled.

Hal said, "I thought I was terrifying when I went crazy drunk, but I didn't expect you to be even more terrifying than me. No more for you." White light flashed, and Hal put all the wine back into his bracelet.

"Hal, you should go back first. I want to sleep," Lin Hanxuan said.

"Fine. Good night, Boss." Hal crawled back out through the place he had slipped in from.

"Hee-hee, are you still mad at me?" Yi Junze sat on the ground with his knees bent, arms wrapped around his legs, his face still flushed red.

"Don't make jokes like that again," Lin Hanxuan said. "It makes me really uncomfortable."

"Why are you angry?" Yi Junze lay down and asked, facing the top of the tent.

"...Do you even need to ask? You're a grown man." Lin Hanxuan had drunk too much wine and felt his head was a little heavy, so he deliberately picked the spot farthest from Yi Junze and lay down.

"What if I'm actually a woman?" Yi Junze said.

"Wh-what did you say?" Lin Hanxuan sat up in a panic and asked.

"Why are you so nervous?" Yi Junze maintained his original posture and said, "Whether I'm a man or a woman, is it that important to you?"

Lin Hanxuan's reactions were never quick to begin with, and now he felt his mind was even more of a tangled mess. He recalled the first time he saw Yi Junze at school, "her" dashing figure and bright, straightforward smile. Who knew how many female classmates secretly admired him?

"No, you're lying to me." Lin Hanxuan thought of a few things and quickly made his judgment—Yi Junze was teasing him.

"Oh? Why do you think I'm lying to you?" Yi Junze turned his head to look at Lin Hanxuan and asked.

"If you really were a girl, how could Elder Yi Yun possibly assign you to the same tent as me? If you really were the chief's daughter, forget sleeping in a tent by yourself—I'm afraid you wouldn't even need to come here at all. Because women aren't allowed in the military camp," Lin Hanxuan said after thinking for a while.

"I came here because of His Majesty's decree. Also, you're the fifth person to know that I'm a girl. Is that answer clear enough?" Yi Junze lightly patted his cheeks, which were a little rosy from being drunk.

"This..." From what Yi Junze meant, "she" had been assigned to the same tent as Lin Hanxuan because Yi Yun didn't know the Yi Family's second young master was actually a girl?

"Still not right." Lin Hanxuan glanced at Yi Junze, even more certain of his own judgment.

"What else isn't right?" Yi Junze sat up at this point too, rubbing her head with both hands. The wine Hal had hidden was a bit too strong for her, making her unable to help kissing Lin Hanxuan just now.

"You..." Lin Hanxuan was a little embarrassed and said in a low voice, "I've seen a woman's body before. You don't have a woman's features."

Recalling the naked body of Sihaier he had once seen, Lin Hanxuan's entire face instantly turned red.

"Hmph, Lin Hanxuan, you've gone too far." Yi Junze suddenly lost her temper and said, "I'm going to sleep. Good night."

With Yi Junze suddenly throwing a fit at him, Lin Hanxuan knew he had also been rude. Speechless, he slept in his clothes and stopped thinking about the matter.

Over the next few days, the two interacted very little. Though they still slept in the same tent, they barely spoke.

Finally, the curious baby Hal could not hold back anymore. Taking advantage of one mealtime, he asked, "Boss, are you still mad at Yi Junze?"

Hal could also feel the strange atmosphere between the two of them. He thought Lin Hanxuan was still angry over that night's "wine-pouring incident."

"No," Lin Hanxuan replied.

"I've seen you two barely talking these past few days," Hal said as he grabbed the cured meat on the table and stuffed it into his mouth.

"It's nothing. Don't ask so much." Seeing the way Hal wolfed down his food, Lin Hanxuan felt somewhat unable to eat.

"Hal, take your time eating. I'm full, so I'll go first. See you later." Lin Hanxuan picked up his utensils and walked toward the tent.

"Mm-hmm." Hal's mouth was stuffed full, and his reply came out muffled.

Lin Hanxuan put away his utensils, then heard the tent curtain being lifted. Yi Junze walked in.

Lin Hanxuan pretended to be busy and paid him no mind. Yi Junze silently tidied his own things. After a while, Lin Hanxuan heard a faint sob.

Lin Hanxuan's heart softened. He put down what he was holding, walked to Yi Junze's side, and lightly patted his shoulder.

"Junze, I'm very sorry," Lin Hanxuan said. "No matter what, we're still friends, right?"

Yi Junze's body seemed to stiffen for a moment, but in the end, he still nodded.

"I'm actually an orphan," Yi Junze said.

"Huh?" Lin Hanxuan was startled. Could it be that Yi Tianxing wasn't Junze's father?

"The Yi Family's main line was supposed to end with my father's generation," Yi Junze said faintly.

"What happened? Can you tell me?" Lin Hanxuan asked curiously.

"Haven't you noticed? My brother's name and mine." Yi Junze wiped away his tears and turned to face Lin Hanxuan.

"Mm. Your brother is called Yi Jun'en, and you're called Yi Junze... Jun'en, Junze? I don't really get it." Lin Hanxuan thought for a while, but could only come to that conclusion.