Si Yuling gently helped the little one up from the bed.

After helping her up, Si Yuling held the water to Yan Jin's lips and said in a low and gentle voice, "Xiao Jin, drink some water before you sleep."

Yan Jin's lips were already chapped from the heat, which broke Si Yuling's heart.

Yan Jin opened her mouth groggily and instinctively drank the water. After finishing the water in one gulp, she leaned back and fell into a deep sleep in Si Yuling's arms.

Si Yuling stiffly placed the water glass on the bedside table, looking at the little one whose face was buried in his chest, and was reluctant to put it down.

She's had a tough time these past few days. To survive in such a dangerous environment with the Zerg must have been incredibly stressful. Now that she's relaxed and taken a cold shower, she's bound to get sick.

Although he was very reluctant, he had no choice but to put Yan Jin on the bed and let her sleep by herself. As the commander-in-chief of the army, he still had many things to do.

Yan Jin's room was a suite with a living room outside, so he quietly closed the door to Yan Jin's room.

Seeing Yoli and Gu Qinghe waiting outside, he sat down in his seat and looked at the large lion lying on the ground. "Second Prince, how have you been?"

"The Second Prince?"

"What……"

The people who had been waiting there with serious expressions almost jumped up when they heard Si Yuling utter this earth-shattering sentence. One person looked at the lion lying on the ground, its fur already cleaned of blood and grime, as if struck by lightning.

Is this lion the second prince? How could this be? The second prince!

Amidst everyone's helpless gazes, the lion shifted its body, still lying down, but its posture straightened slightly. "Marshal Si, how have you been?"

"Hiss..." Hearing the lion speak and not deny Si Yuling's words, everyone gasped again. It really was the Second Prince.

"Brother, how can you be sure he is the Second Prince?" Yun Duo approached Si Yuling and asked curiously. Although the lion's appearance was somewhat special, it wasn't that other beastmen looked like this. How could her brother be so sure that this lion was the Second Prince?

"Scent. I've seen the Second Prince many times, and I've also seen him in his beast form, so when I saw him, I knew who he was!"

Si Yuling spent half of his childhood in the palace, so he could accurately detect the scents of several princes and the emperor.

"How did you get into the Zerg?" Although he had some guesses in his mind, he couldn't be sure since the Second Prince hadn't said it himself. So, he needed the Second Prince to tell him.

The lion was silent for a while before speaking, "You call me Brett. More than half a year ago, I went to the Treasury to handle government affairs as usual. On the way, someone stopped me and said that my sister, Lorena, was looking for me."

Because I wasn't familiar with that person, I didn't go, nor did I take it to heart.

To my surprise, on my way back I saw Lorena waiting for me on the road, saying she needed to talk to me, so I went with her.

If lions could turn sour, Brett's expression must be quite unpleasant right now.

Although he paused for a moment, everyone could guess the final outcome, so everyone's expression was not good.

Brett sounded like he was gritting his teeth. "We just had a drink outside, and then I started to lose consciousness."