Really Annoying

The Jun Residence.

Sikong Ye stared fixedly at Jun Jingyi, who sat before him silently sipping tea.

He wanted to crack his head open and take a look inside.

What was in there?

Things could actually be handled like this?

He never would have guessed this was how it worked, not even if he were beaten to death...

But he still didn't understand why they had to go to so much trouble. For a mere Li Family, there really was no need to make things so complicated.

"Hmm? Confused?"

Jun Jingyi looked at the young man, at a loss for words.

He didn't want to explain, but he couldn't have this guy staring at him all the time, either!

Sikong Ye nodded seriously.

"Actually..."

Jun Jingyi thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Forget it. Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand."

Ignoring Sikong Ye's furious gaze, he looked up at the sky.

He was waiting.

Waiting for news that would let him confirm a few things.

Soon, a servant came to report that someone had invited him to a banquet. The eighth prince?

"Here it comes!"

Jun Jingyi sighed inwardly.

He had known it. As the villain in this book's events, he could do any damn thing and end up entangled with the female and male leads in one way or another.

Fortunately, he had prepared for this. Although he was helping that poor girl take revenge, he hadn't acted directly or used his power to bully anyone.

That way, he couldn't be said to have acted in the capacity of a villain.

In other words, he had whitewashed himself!

Under these circumstances, even if the Li Family had ties to the male lead, the male lead couldn't openly target him.

After all, he was the pitiful one, and with his status, he had the moral high ground!

At the thought, Jun Jingyi rubbed his aching head.

Honestly...

Though he was unwilling, this was the only way the matter could end for now. After all, it wasn't time to go head-to-head with the male lead yet.

When he had acted before, he had been on the side of righteousness, taking revenge for his benefactor.

But if he acted again, this time against a prince, everyone would see him as overestimating himself. To borrow Bai Ruoli's words, he would deserve to die!

At its core, this world was one where the weak were prey to the strong.

That was what was normal, what everyone took for granted.

What justice? What evil? Heh.

If anyone was to blame, he could only blame himself for being too weak right now, and that girl-well... those girls, for their families being too ordinary.

They were of no consequence, worth less than a single story from the young marquis.

I'm sorry... but I want to live!

Jun Jingyi murmured softly in his heart, put the invitation away, and returned to his room to prepare.

Since he was attending a prince's banquet, he had to show at least a basic level of respect. Formal attire was essential.

That night.

At the eighth prince's residence.

Jun Jingyi arrived with Sikong Ye.

They were shown inside.

"Your Highness!"

Jun Jingyi bowed.

Then he looked at a middle-aged man and a pale-faced young man standing to the side.

Those two... were named Li.

Jun Jingyi knew because he had investigated what they looked like. They were the very culprits behind this affair.

"Young Master Jun..."

Suddenly, the Li family head rose to his feet, a wine cup in hand, and seized the trembling young man beside him, a fawning smile all over his face.

"Young master, this worthless bastard son of mine accidentally offended you before. I offer my apologies here and now!"

With that, he drained his cup in one gulp.

Then he cautiously watched Jun Jingyi, who stood quietly without moving.

In fact, everyone present was quietly watching him at that moment.

Jun Jingyi: "..."

He didn't know whether to laugh or what to do. So they really were apologizing only because they thought they had offended him?

So those few lives... the extermination of several families really didn't matter at all!

Even the male lead and the imperial family thought so!

At the thought, Jun Jingyi chuckled inwardly and nodded, then picked up the wine cup before him and likewise drained it in one gulp.

"Hahaha, there we are! Whatever grudges or grievances you had, I'll preside over this today, and we'll settle them all at this table!"

The eighth prince laughed happily at the side.

The Li family head laughed happily.

Jun Jingyi laughed happily as well, and everyone was in high spirits.

At one point, the Li family head was so excited that he nearly tried to befriend Jun Jingyi, but Jun Jingyi casually declined.

When the banquet ended, they bid one another farewell with smiles and went home.

This matter...

Thus came to a close.

The Li family head got his wish: he had saved his son.

The eighth prince got his wish: he had extended a gesture of goodwill to that important figure in the capital, improving his chances in the struggle for the throne.

Jun Jingyi got his wish: for the first time, he had survived an encounter with the protagonist...

The night wind howled.

Jun Jingyi and Sikong Ye walked along in silence.

"I can't accept this!"

The young man clenched his fists, killing intent surging from him.

Jun Jingyi was silent. He didn't want to talk; he was annoyed.

"The eighth prince..."

Now he was fairly certain that the eighth prince was the male lead.

Appearing in Tianfu City at this time...

By all rights, he shouldn't provoke him. He should even stay out of his way, but... he was still annoyed.

He thought of what the eighth prince had said that evening.

The prince would help him arrange a grand funeral for the young woman, and help him look into whether she had any surviving relatives.

If she did, the prince would help him take good care of them.

"Hmm... really thoughtful. He's got the sense of responsibility a male lead should have. But what does it have to do with him?"

This was only a story of his own, after all.

Jun Jingyi shook his head and curled his lip. Although the guy said he would do all that, Jun Jingyi was still very annoyed.

He looked up at the night sky, filled with stars.

He was even more annoyed. He didn't know where his original world was, and he wanted to go back. Staying in this world annoyed him...