With the guileless stupidity of someone who had missed out on compulsory education, Mu Xingchen hurried to correct him. "Shifu, that isn't a seagull over there. It's obviously a piece of f... Mmph, mmph, mmph!"
Before Mu Xingchen could finish, Miao Yue manually muted him.
Mu Xingchen looked at Pubu Gesang, hoping the kid bro he had gotten to know through playing together would lend him a hand, his eyes pleading for help.
Pubu Gesang gave him a solemn, helpless look with his little face.
Although he had no idea why Miao Yue was doing this, she surely had her reasons.
In their blended family, Miao Yue had actually been raised by Lin Hanzhi, making her the legitimate daughter, while he, Pubu Gesang, had been picked up and brought home later, and had only been in his care for a short time, making him the concubine's son.
There was no need to explain who mattered more. Pubu Gesang understood full well how important it was to pick the right side in an official career. He looked at Mu Xingchen and said gravely, "Sorry, bro. You've only got yourself to blame-"
Mu Xingchen: ???
Mu Xingchen: !!!
Wait, how had a simple hand over his mouth escalated into the lead-up to a murder and body disposal?!
Miao Yue glanced at Pubu Gesang. "You're overacting."
Pubu Gesang: "Oh." Obedient.jpg
Miao Yue lowered her voice and told Mu Xingchen, "Don't go randomly butting into their conversation, got it?"
Mu Xingchen's eyes were clear, filled with an innocence untouched by knowledge. "Why? And... even if we keep our voices down, Shifu is only a few dozen centimeters away. They can hear us."
Miao Yue raised an eyebrow and gestured for him to look.
He then saw that although the boat had already traveled several