"Don't mention the Second Prince in front of me again." Bei Yan uttered these words slowly and deliberately, with a hint of gritted teeth.

Shangguan Shu scratched his head in confusion. "Why?"

"Senior brother, do you even know what a dark history is?!" Bei Yan said indignantly, then closed his eyes, turned around, and left.

Shangguan Shu was left standing there muttering to himself, "What is this 'dark history' thing? Can you eat it?"

At the small stone table in the courtyard, the four of them, master and apprentice, sat together eating breakfast. Bei Yan slurped down her porridge, completely ignoring the steaming, enticing meat buns on the table.

"Junior Sister, are you really not going to eat?" Shangguan Shu picked up a meat bun and waved it back and forth in front of Bei Yan.

Bei Yan's face darkened further. "Senior brother, have some decency!"

"Oh dear, don't you like meat buns? Why aren't you eating them?"

Since you're not eating it, then I'll eat it for you, senior brother. Don't thank me too much, after all, I'm so helpful, sigh, I'm so great!

Shangguan Shu pretended to pick up a meat bun and put it to his mouth, glancing at Bei Yan's expression as he spoke.

Seeing that Bei Yan remained unmoved, he persisted, "Really not going to eat? Really not going to eat? I've already eaten!"

Bei Yan: Smiling face.

He stood up, grabbed a meat bun, and stuffed it into Shangguan Shu's mouth, saying resentfully...

"Senior brother, why can't a meat bun shut you up? Is one enough? If not, have two?"

"Enough, enough, enough, Junior Sister, I was wrong, I was wrong," Shangguan Shu pleaded incoherently, his mouth stuffed with a meat bun.

"Hahaha! Brother, you look just like that squirrel living in the tree in our yard, with your cheeks all puffed out, hahaha!"

Shangguan Mu slapped the table and burst into laughter. Just kidding. As a dutiful younger brother, he would never miss any opportunity to mock his older brother!

Shangguan Shu swallowed the last bite of the meat bun with difficulty, picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and gave a friendly smile.

"Come here, second brother, ah~"

Shangguan Mu was confused and instinctively asked, "Huh? What...?" Before he could finish speaking, Shangguan Shu stuffed a meat bun into his mouth.

"Ugh ugh ugh ugh?!" Shangguan Mu protested.

Bei Yan finished the last mouthful of porridge in his bowl and lazily began translating, "Did Second Brother say you're a devil?"

Shangguan Shu smiled, his eyes narrowing. "Yes, I love you, second brother!"

Shangguan Mu groaned, "Ugh, I feel nauseous."

"What did you say? Are you asking for a beating?!"

"right!"

"Alright, stop arguing." Gu Dong's voice rang out at the right time. Bei Yan tilted his head and saw that Gu Dong was not as playful as usual, but instead had a rare serious expression.

Shangguan Shu and Shangguan Mu also noticed, and the two stopped arguing and looked at the antique.

"What's wrong, Master? What happened?" Bei Yan asked, feeling a little uneasy seeing Gu Dong so serious.

"A message has come from the capital, instructing you to depart for your return tomorrow." Gu Dong frowned, his expression grave, as if a storm was brewing.

"Is something big about to happen?" The three siblings were startled by the antique's appearance and became serious and uneasy.

"Ha, you've been fooled by your master! Are you nervous? Are you scared? Hahahahahaha!"

The three people were “…”?

Master, are you serious? Please, have some decency!