I'm Your Dad

Faced with the two women acting like that, Li Changqing gave them a wicked grin. "What, you're still not satisfied? How about we go back right now, and I'll give you another good feeding?"

Both women's legs trembled. They hurriedly refused. "Please spare us, young master. Find some of the other girls next time."

The people around them seemed long accustomed to Li Changqing flirting in public without a care. No one looked disgusted. To them, it was as ordinary as anything else.

Li Changqing stretched. "Fine. I'll let you off for today." With that, he released the two women and headed for home.

He drew closer to his residence.

Li Changqing saw the luxurious carriage he had spotted outside the Brothel parked on the street before his residence. A young man in fine clothes stood quietly at his gate, seemingly waiting for someone.

Gold thread ran through the young man's clothes, which were embroidered with a Swan pattern. He carried an air of refined elegance.

Li Changqing frowned, puzzled. Is Qian Renxue waiting for me? But I've had nothing to do with her. Did that chance encounter three years ago put me on her radar?

As he thought this, Li Changqing reached his gate. Qian Renxue came forward and greeted him politely. "Greetings, brother."

She really is here for me.

Li Changqing ignored Qian Renxue. He took out his key, opened the gate, and stepped into the courtyard. Then he moved to shut the gate behind him.

Qian Renxue was quick to react. She put out a hand to stop him and spoke with easy familiarity. "Brother, I've admired you for a long time and came especially to visit. Might you let me in so we can talk?"

Li Changqing was speechless. This woman really was shamelessly persistent. Even after he had been so rude, she could still say that.

And from the sound of it, Qian Renxue had probably been watching him since three years ago.

Li Changqing said flatly, "What is there to admire about me? Do you admire how I spend every day at the Brothel, or do you admire my title, the Little Prince of the Brothel?"

Qian Renxue was at a loss for words. For a moment, she had no idea how to answer.

"Shut the gate." Having said that, Li Changqing walked into the courtyard and sat down in a reclining chair.

Qian Renxue breathed a sigh of relief. She came in and shut the gate as Li Changqing had asked.

The courtyard was small. A path ran through its center, with a few trees planted on either side and a pavilion to the left at the far end.

Li Changqing lay in the reclining chair beside the pavilion, eyes closed. His body swayed with the chair, utterly at ease.

Qian Renxue sat on a stone stool in the pavilion and looked at him. "Let me introduce myself. I am Xue Qinghe, Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire."

Li Changqing could not even be bothered to open his eyes. If Qian Renxue had come in her true appearance, he might have been willing to take a few extra looks. Instead, he said lazily, "Oh. And?"

Seeing him act like this made Qian Renxue's anger flare. You know I'm the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire. At least give me some kind of reaction. The way you're acting, I might as well be an ordinary person.

She took a deep breath and reassured herself. He was strong enough to kill the Titan Giant Ape, and he's still so young. A little arrogance is only natural. Forget a Crown Prince—even if the emperor stood before him, he'd still have reason to be proud.

Qian Renxue showed no sign of anger at Li Changqing's attitude. Still wearing her refined smile, she asked, "Brother, I still haven't learned your name. Might you tell me?"

"Your dad."

Li Changqing delivered the two words coldly. Qian Renxue's smile froze. For an instant, she wondered if she had misheard him. When she replayed it in her mind and realized she had not, anger rose within her.

Telling someone whose father was dead and whose mother did not love her that he was her dad was a naked provocation. He might as well have challenged her to a free-for-all fight then and there.

Qian Renxue took several deep breaths to calm her surging anger, then put her smile back on. "You do know how to joke, brother. Who would have a name like that?"

She said it with a smile, but a trace of anger still came through.

Li Changqing had not expected Qian Renxue to keep her composure even after a provocation like that.

No wonder she had still tried to recruit the son of her father's killer during the Heaven Dou Palace Coup in the original story. It was no surprise she had failed.

"You started the joke. You've been watching me for three years, yet you're asking my name. If you truly don't know it, I suggest you kill all your subordinates. They're no use to you anyway. Don't you agree, Your Highness?"

There was not a trace of emotion in Li Changqing's voice. "Of course, if Your Highness can't bring yourself to do it, I can take care of it for you."

Qian Renxue's eye twitched. She was speechless. Why couldn't this man follow the expected script?

She took a deep breath and said slowly, "In that case, I'll get straight to the point. Three years ago, you slew a 90,000-Year Dark Gold Demon Wolf. You must possess the strength of a Titled Douluo. I'd like you to serve me."

So she really did come to recruit me.

Li Changqing still looked indifferent. "Oh? And what does Your Highness plan to buy me with?"

"Status, wealth—anything you can think of, I can give you," Qian Renxue said with complete confidence. "You like women, don't you? I'll give you as many as you want, and they'll be several times prettier than any you've seen at the Brothel."

Li Changqing shook his head. "What good is being pretty? Once the lights are out, they're all the same. I can't see them anyway."

Qian Renxue pressed him. "Then what do you want?"

Li Changqing slowly rose. He intended to make Qian Renxue squirm. "I have a particular taste."

"What taste?"

"I like married women. Other men's wives."

Before Li Changqing could finish, Qian Renxue agreed. "Fine. No problem. As many as you want."

A smile tugged at Li Changqing's lips. "Don't agree so quickly, Your Highness. I'm not finished. Suppose one day you take a Crown Princess, or even become emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire. Would you be willing to offer me your Empress and Imperial Consorts?"

Even Cao Cao would have hailed him as a master of the art and showered him with praise. This young man has truly learned my ways.

Qian Renxue had not expected Li Changqing to be so outrageous that he would say such a thing aloud.

But Qian Renxue did not care. She was a woman, after all. "Of course. As it happens, my imperial father has recently been urging me to take consorts and add to the imperial bloodline. If you wish, I can take a consort at once and offer her directly to you."

Li Changqing clicked his tongue. Qian Renxue had agreed without so much as hesitating. Was this woman really that decisive?

But he had yet to play his trump card.