Ji Fengyao looked at Shang Xiye, who clearly had a childlike quality when he mentioned Hei Xiao, and found him to be exceptionally soft, cute, and adorable.

This guy always has a stern face; it's such a waste of his devilishly handsome master.

Thinking back, she had wasted her talents, never truly paying attention to or cherishing that silly and unreliable master. It wasn't until they had been separated for several lifetimes that she realized his kindness had seeped into her life, even into her breath.

Shang Xiye looked up and suddenly met the little bandit's infatuated, nostalgic, and tender gaze, and his heart couldn't help but tremble.

She looked at him as if she were looking at someone very, very close to her;

But the distance in her eyes clearly indicated a distance he could never reach.

Whom is she looking at through him?

"Princess," Shang Xiye felt a strange mix of panic and anger in his heart, and called out to her in a deep voice.

"Hmm?" Ji Fengyao snapped out of her reverie and looked at him with a puzzled expression. "Your Highness, what's wrong? Are you worried about Hei Xiao? Don't worry, even if there's a fish demon in the river, it'll be difficult for him to eat us now."

Who were you thinking about when you looked at me just now?!

Shang Xiye felt stifled. Given his current relationship with her, he didn't even have the confidence to question her. How infuriating!

If he had known this would happen, he should have given in to her on their wedding night, when she was carrying erotic pictures and trying to take advantage of him. There wouldn't be so much trouble now.

Unfortunately, hindsight is always 20/20, and regret is priceless.

Just as Shang Xiye was feeling down, Hei Xiao, soaking wet, returned from the river, picking the water plants hanging from his head as he walked: "Alright, Xiao Yao'er, you're all clean now. Tell me quickly, what happened to me?"

"Speak properly!" Shang Xiye glared at him.

"How am I not speaking properly?" Black Owl ignored Shang Xiye's threatening glare, sat down opposite Ji Fengyao with a swagger, and looked at her with shining eyes as if she were a rare treasure: "Little Yao'er, what kind of medicinal soup did you make for me? I only made it once, and my martial arts have improved by at least 30%."

"Do you remember what I said when I asked you to take me to Baoxitang Pharmacy that night?" Ji Fengyao asked with a smile.

"You want to elope with me?" Black Owl deliberately glanced at Shang Xiye.

Ji Fengyao: "..."

Shang Xiye: "!"

The two spoke in unison: "Speak like a human being!" and "Stop talking nonsense!"

"Tsk, look at how badly you guys are at mute, I can't even stand it anymore," Black Owl flicked the last strand of seaweed off his head, speaking in his usual nonchalant tone: "That day you said you were going to take me to do something of epoch-making significance, something that would change the world forever..."

Before he could finish speaking, Black Owl suddenly realized: "Could it be that you're talking about the recipe for this herbal decoction?"

"Hmm," Ji Fengyao shook her head smugly, her phoenix eyes bright and clear.

"This prescription must not be made public," Shang Xiye said in a deep voice.

“Your Highness is right,” Black Owl nodded, unusually openly siding with Shang Xiye.

Ji Fengyao looked at her two good brothers who had finally united, and smiled smugly: "It's just a cheap prescription that I picked up casually. Without it, an ordinary person could only use it to improve their health. It's not worth making such a fuss about."

"This is... the mental cultivation technique?"

Hei Xiao took the paper that Ji Fengyao handed him and glanced at it, finding it rather strange.

"Let's just say it is, specifically for cultivating internal energy." Ji Fengyao had just finished saying this when she saw him about to ask again, so she quickly stopped him: "Don't ask me why internal energy can be cultivated separately, and don't ask me where this thing came from. If you are destined, you will understand one day in the future. Don't thank me too much then!"