Yu Ling chuckled softly, shook his head without saying a word, and began fiddling with the strings of his zither. As a veteran demon, he was quite fond of these human objects; demons' entertainment was ultimately not as diverse as humans'.
Seeing that she was about to be ignored, Gu Wen couldn't sit still anymore. She had always been pampered and adored by everyone, and had never been treated like this before.
"What does Your Highness mean by this? Does Gu Wen not deserve to speak to Your Highness?"
He emphasized the word "Prince" heavily, as if afraid that Yu Ling wouldn't realize that he was no longer the powerful regent he once was.
"No, no!"
Yu Ling's gaze remained fixed on the zither. She showed no discomfort or anger at being exposed, but simply plucked the strings casually as she answered.
"My situation can't get any worse, so I might as well live more freely. So what if I offend a young lady? Those who won't let me go will still not let me go... Will he give up just because I beg for mercy?"
Gu Wen was speechless. After all, you can't use anything to frighten a dying person anymore. She was just a little unconvinced. Now that she knew Yu Ling's whereabouts, she wasn't afraid of her running away. She murmured that she would come to find him again, and hurriedly left with a somewhat disheveled figure.
Yu Ling's lack of cooperation clearly made it impossible for the conversation to continue, and this outcome was understandable. Yu Ling had naturally expected this and remained calm. Gu Wen's arrival was just the beginning; the main event was yet to come.
"System, if I were to live under a different identity and remain undetected, would that be considered out of character (OOC)?"
Yu Ling was still not used to her current life and asked herself in her mind, "This king is obviously completely immersing himself in the original character for the sake of his persona."
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