Chapter Seventeen

"Relax, he's not interested in Little Mushroom." How could so many people be eyeing her Little Mushroom all day long? Had castration given him psychological trauma?

The entirely innocent actions and dialogue, falling into the eyes of the guards behind them, were full of ambiguity and provocation, making their hearts ache—Lord Wei, hurry back, the young master has gone rotten.

There was suddenly some movement inside the door, "Young Master Zhu?"

Zhu Bafu wiped a cold sweat and looked up, answering immediately, "Your humble servant is here, Prime Minister."

"Are you the birthday gift my son sent me? Severing ties with a courtesan, and then pulling out a little young master? Heh, do you truly fancy my dear dog?"

"Uh!?" Her expression awkwardly strained, not expecting the Prime Minister to cut straight to the point. She turned, wanting to exchange a look with Li Chenjing, only to find that he was also looking at her, his expression as usual, starry eyes blinking slightly, moist lips slightly pursed, merely nodding faintly at her in indication.

Should I say I like you?

Nod.

This isn't good, in broad daylight! Why do you want me to say I like you first?

Glare.

"Do not exchange glances with each other, and properly answer this prime minister's question."

Her heart startled, and she opened her mouth, putting on an affected tone, "Yes! Prime Minister! The two of us... He liked me first, always chasing after me, refusing to listen no matter how I scold him, refusing to leave no matter how I chase him away, pestering me and clinging to me every day, and only then did I come to like him!"

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Hearing this, Li Chenjing cast a meaningful side-glance at her. He really shifted the blame away cleanly, though she didn't know who was the first one to shamelessly provoke him upon their first meeting, endlessly instructing and entreating him to accept that nonsensical love letter.

"Then to what stage have you and my dear dog progressed?"

The Prime Minister's questions had a truly heavy flavor. Before she could even speak, Li Chenjing beside her took over the conversation, "The stage where thunder rumbles and moves the earth's fire, completely out of control."

Once these words were spoken, no sound came from the study anymore. A foul wind blew from behind, and something radiated a gloomy and terrifying eerie light behind her, accompanied by the panting sounds of heavy breathing that gradually drew closer, making her hair stand on end and her teeth ache with chill.

"No, no, no, Prime Minister, listen to my explanation, actually your honored son and I—" Something was writhing by her feet, a slick and slimy sensation wrapping around her ankles. Mommy! It was even radiating warm moisture.

"Detain the young master and serve family discipline; the remaining trash... release the ropes and untie them." An order was suddenly tossed out from within the study.

"Yes! My Lord!"

"Woof woof woof woof woof!!"

"Awooo awooo awooo awooo!!"

"No, you've got to be kidding me? The dignified Prime Minister's Residence is actually so base and tacky, resorting to private punishments, setting dogs on people, and unleashing dogs to bite people?"

"The one being bitten is you, a demonic man who seduces the young master! Gale Lightning Thunder Express, all of you charge together, don't leave a whole corpse!" The guard cast aside the ropes and patted the dogs' rumps.

"Prime Minister, if there's a misunderstanding we can sit down and talk it over. There's no need to have beasts greet me! I don't share a common language with beasts!"

Drooling, the fierce hounds baring their bloody maws couldn't understand her wisecracks. Each of their chests rumbled with whimpers as they lowered their bodies in readiness. With the release of the ropes, they leaped forward one after another like arrows leaving a bow, chasing her around the courtyard as she spun in panicked cries.

In her desperation, she caught sight of the rockery nearby, executing a monkey leap to fly up onto the rockery, where she hugged a stubborn boulder and shook her legs while peeking downward.

Not looking was fine, but a single glance made her legs even weaker and her dizziness worse. Dozens of wolfhounds, as if they hadn't eaten for many days, waved their claws and scrambled up the rockery stones. As long as she loosened her grip even slightly and fell down, she was bound to be torn to shreds on the spot.

"Young Master, sa-save me, oh! I got myself into this state entirely for your sake!"

"Jump down!"

Those vicious dogs recognized their master and mounted no attacks against Li Chenjing, allowing him to stand safely amidst the pack of dogs while they only bared their fangs and brandished their claws at her, truly giving her a good lesson in what it meant to be a dog relying on its owner's power!

"I won't... If I jump down, they'll definitely bite me to death!"

"Hurry up and jump down, I'll catch you!"

"I can't jump, I have a fear of heights!"

"..." With a fear of heights, she still dared to jump so high. He had originally thought she was an adept practitioner of lightness skills, but it turned out that was merely a dog jumping over a wall in desperation. "If you don't jump again, they're going to go pull out the lion."

"What lion?"

"The jungle beast tribute brought by foreign lands this year, partial to raw meat and consuming a whole cow per meal."

"..." A whole cow per meal? Then what was she? A dessert or a snack?

Dead either way, she would rather contribute her own flesh and blood to her country's native dogs than give the advantage to those foreign demonic beasts! As the saying goes, retain a loyal heart to shine in history!

Zhu Bafu gathered her courage, stamped her little legs, and launched herself in a flying pounce downward from the rockery stone. Closing her eyes mid-air, she only saw Li Chenjing step forward and open his arms toward her, surrounded by countless beastly bloody maws.

Thud!

A heavy force rushed forward to meet him, and Li Chenjing was knocked flat onto the ground by the force of her descent from the heavens. His chest suffered a dull ache, nearly causing him to spit a mouthful of blood. She was quite skilled at managing clever leverage, her two legs thrashing and kicking wildly in the air until, at some unknown moment, they clamped around his waist, leaving her entire person straddling his lower abdomen.

"Cough, cough, cough! Cough, cough! Cough!" He was pressed down by the ferocious force into a continuous fit of coughing. He looked so thin and small, yet she unexpectedly weighed so much! At her core, she was indeed still a man.

"Young Master, you're so awesome! You really caught me! I almost thought I was going to shine in history!"

"Get down." Shine in history my foot, he was almost crushed into a state of post-mortem lucidity.

"Huh?"

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