Yi Zexuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Play?"

Seeing his reaction, the young guard immediately explained, "Of course, I don't know exactly what he's doing, but the young master loves to play, and His Highness knows that, so even if he's just playing with the princess, it's unavoidable."

"He's good at winning people over. It'll be even more interesting once that fool really starts to trust him."

The young guard asked in confusion: "That idiot? Which idiot?"

Then he chuckled and said, "That's perfect. Your Highness won't have to worry about that person anymore. With you here, everything will be fine."

At this point, the young guard seemed to have thought of something, leaned forward, and whispered, "Why don't we just put the princess in his residence? That would save the prince a lot of trouble, wouldn't it?"

The young guard was quite pleased with himself after speaking, thinking he was really clever. But then the latter shot him a sharp glare, and he couldn't help but shudder.

“She is the eldest princess and will be my future queen consort. There will always be gossip if she lives with him. How could you even think of such a thing?”

"Hehe, it's just a little idea, and it's not practical at all. I was just talking nonsense. Your Highness, just treat it as me farting."

Yi Zexuan put down his pen: "Of course I won't listen to you. I just thought you were stupid and gave you some pointers."

After saying that, Yi Zexuan got up and left, leaving the little guard sitting there bewildered and confused.

Lin Ziwen was lying in the room reading when Yi Zexuan opened the door and came in, sat down next to him, poured himself a glass of water, and teased, "When have I ever seen you reading so intently?"

"Hmph." Lin Ziwen snorted disdainfully, and then said, "People like me secretly study hard behind everyone's backs."

Yi Zexuan snorted, grabbed the book from his hand, glanced at it, and threw it back to him.

"So all you've been learning about are these petty romances."

Lin Ziwen raised an eyebrow and grinned mischievously, saying, "What can someone like you do? This is the ultimate skill in life."

The latter rolled his eyes at him and said, "Then I am indeed not on the same path as you."

"If we're not on the same path, we'll each go our own way, not bother each other, and just row our little boat together well."

Yi Zexuan glanced at him sideways: "What are you warning me about?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ziwen was startled and sat up abruptly, explaining, "No, what I meant was, don't bother me, don't care what I do, and I won't bother you either."

"The way you put it makes it sound like I'm constantly watching over you."

Lin Ziwen clicked his tongue impatiently and asked, "You're usually the quietest person, so why are you talking so much now? You always seem worried about me?"

Yi Zexuan was asked a very relevant question. In fact, he didn't know why, but it was as if there was always some force urging him on.

The system scoffed, "Hmph! It's all so the host can complete the missions!"

"Alright, I won't say any more to you. It's time for dinner." With that, he fled as if he were escaping.

Lin Ziwen watched him leave with a smirk, then muttered, "What a weird thing to say."

Over there, at Su Lixia's place.

"They're on duty today. Later, find someone to go with you to the small storeroom and keep an eye on things. See if there's anything like what Young Master Lin mentioned. Be careful, though; they know martial arts."

Xiao Lian frowned, feeling nervous at the thought of tonight's operation, and asked, "Isn't the princess coming along?"