Upon hearing this, Agares's deep voice suddenly turned cold: "Why should someone else take my people away?"

"On what grounds? On the grounds that they know each other, and are even quite close." Bo Jichen's voice was cool, adding fuel to the fire, stirring up trouble: "On the grounds that she stripped naked and climbed into your arms, and you still silently recited 'Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.'"

Agares: "..."

"Why should I?" Bo Jichen continued without pausing, his voice filled with exasperation: "Agares, I'm not trying to be mean, but all you're good for is your face and your eight-pack abs. Otherwise, your mouth is law, it's training. Who could stand you?"

Agares: "..."

“When you say that you can say the law whenever you open your mouth, can’t you say it somewhere else, like in bed, when you’re being intimate with each other, and say, ‘Your Highness, you’ve broken the law, you’ve committed the crime of seducing me,’ that’s called romance.”

"You have to keep a straight face, dress formally, and never smile, saying, 'Your Highness, I'm waiting for you to grow up, so I won't touch you, I'll endure it, and I'll take a cold shower myself.' You're really funny. If you've studied the law, you should know that the legal age for citizens to reach adulthood is 18."

Agares: "..."

“She’s already an adult, she’s grown up a long time ago, and you should know clearly that she’s not the one His Majesty found for you, so you don’t know her exact age, and neither do I.”

Agares' pupils constricted: "Teacher, you..."

"Alright, stop yelling." Bo Jichen's purple eyes flashed, making no attempt to hide his disdain for him as he interrupted him. He then changed the subject, transforming into a love expert to lecture his wayward disciple: "Agares, remember what you said. Since you've made her yours, let me remind you: love that isn't reciprocated will fade with time."

"Likes can change over time. If you don't cherish it, someone else will. I am your teacher, and in principle, I am biased towards you. However, if she is truly determined not to be with you, I will support her and stand on her side, just like His Majesty."

"After all, you're only good at fighting and a bit stubborn, you have no redeeming qualities. She's different. She's beautiful, elegant, a good cook, can fight off thugs, kill star beasts, keep He Yan in check, and has good relations with the Yuan family. Once her identity as a 7th-level plant healer is revealed, everyone in the interstellar space will have to give her some face, and she can go anywhere with her head held high."

The implication is...

If it weren't for the drafty cotton-padded jacket that caught his eye, he wouldn't have had any advantage whatsoever.

They're so naive, they don't realize that taking everything they've had is what truly belongs to them.

Aside from being good at fighting, single-minded, and utterly useless, Agares stood ramrod straight and bowed his head slightly: "Teacher is right, I know what to do now."

Upon hearing this, Bo Jichen lifted his foot and walked towards the edge of the Abel Manor, saying, "Now that you know what to do, let's hurry in. I also think Shu Xubai is no good."

Agares stepped aside and followed his teacher into the house. His teacher sat in the living room and greeted Jiufeng.

He walked through the living room and came to the kitchen, where he heard his wife's disdainful voice: "Shu Xubai, can you do it right? Can you do it right? You're just washing a century egg, and you've broken several of them. You're really my ancestor, wasting my things. Don't you even care about the cost?"

"It's just two eggs, right? I'll just give you two star diamonds, that'll do. Look at how stingy you are. Oh, and some blood too."

"How about some spicy blood curd?" Jiang Si asked hesitantly. "Shall I look for some online for you?"

"Sure, sure." Shu Xubai nodded vigorously, exuding wealth: "Get me another old duck, or a goose, I'll give you ten star diamonds later."

Jiang Si threw the kitchen knife in her hand into the sink with a loud bang: "Do you want me to prepare a Manchu Han Imperial Feast for you? Have you no shame?"

Shu Xubai clicked his tongue: "You're on your period, and you're so irritable. If you don't want to do it, then don't. Look how spoiled you are. This might be our last dinner together. What's wrong with me ordering some food?"

"It's not like I'm not going to pay. Here, here, take it."

Shu Xu spread his hands, and a crystal core of a level 15 zombie king, about the size of an egg, appeared in his palm. It was crystal clear and sparkling.

Jiang Si instantly lost all principles, grabbed the food with her hand, lifted it up and said, "Oh my, it's just old duck or goose, I'll make it for you, I'll make it for you, just wait."

As Jiang Si spoke, she logged into her account, found the shop that used to sell tiger penis and bull penis, and asked if she could get blood, fresh blood, and mutated geese and old ducks.

Shop owner Mu Su quickly replied, "I can get it, I'll send it to you within half an hour."

Jiang Si replied with thanks and transferred the money.

While waiting, Jiang Si started washing the side dishes, making meat slices, and frying peanuts.

Shu Xubai was next to her, not washing vegetables for her, but cutting meat for her, or secretly eating peanuts.

certainly!

While eating peanuts, they didn't forget to provoke Agares, who was standing at the door watching them.

Little brat, you're still too green to fight him. He and this brat have a 3000-year relationship; they were practically inseparable.

What can a greenhorn like him have to fight or play with? With that deadpan face of his, pshaw!

Agares stood tall in the doorway, his dark eyes gazing at his busy wife who was muttering to herself.

Bo Jichen sat on the sofa in the living room, his long legs crossed, looking at Jiu Feng opposite him, leisurely sending a message to his sweetheart.

Jiufeng shifted her gaze from the personal terminal to him, looking at his handsome, delicate yet effeminate face: "General Bo Jichen, do you have a partner?"

Bo Jichen didn't even raise his head before opening his mouth to show off his affection: "Yes, my partner and I have known each other since we were teenagers, and he can't sleep without me."

"When he sleeps, he needs to hug me, hold me, and snuggle into my arms to fall asleep. He wants a kiss when he wakes up in the morning, a kiss when we meet at noon, and a kiss in the evening. He's like a clingy little sweet cake, and I'm only fond of him."

Jiufeng's fingers curled slightly and clenched, her cool voice tinged with a hint of envy: "It's a wonderful thing to find someone who likes you, whom you like, and with whom you have a high compatibility in life."

"By the way, General Bo Jichen, you've never publicly announced that you have a partner, so is your partner of the same sex?"

Bo Jichen lifted his eyelids, revealing purple eyes like a vast purple sea, beautiful and clear, captivating all who beheld them. "Whether my partner is of the same sex or the opposite sex, once the door is closed and I'm in bed, whether I'm warm or cold is my own business. What does it have to do with anyone else?"

“I am not you, Your Excellency Jiufeng. Before your partner even hatched, you made a big show of letting the entire galaxy know that you had raised him for 188 years. After he disappeared, you made it known to everyone that your love for him remained undiminished and that you wanted no other partner besides him.”

"In my opinion, your behavior is that of a complete idiot. It's a thankless task, like a fool wiggling its butt in front of the public and showing its wounds to others."