Lin, the strange uncle, chuckled softly.
Even knowing that his lie had been exposed, he wasn't angry.
They subtly changed the subject to a more serious one.
"Where do we go next? The Elf Kingdom? To find that... fairy who took your tail."
“Actually, you know,” Si Jin said, “because of you, my tail has grown a new one. My old tail was used to make soup and had its scales removed long ago…”
“We can’t let them get away with this either.” Lin Yuan’s thoughts were always on the same line as Si Jin’s: “Torture them to death, take back the tail, even if it’s destroyed, we can’t let those scoundrels get away with it!”
“We dragons aren’t the type to be content with just one place; we like to… seek revenge.”
Upon hearing this, Si Jin's beautiful peach blossom eyes lit up once again.
Her naturally reddish eyes were now tinged with excitement, making them vibrant and alluring.
He crawled forward, lowered his head, and gently bit the dragon's hard horn.
It was as if he had received a satisfactory answer and was being rewarded.
A tingling sensation spread from the dragon horn to the depths of my heart.
Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and before he knew it, he let out a muffled groan.
"Jingjing, you're pretending to be innocent again and starting a fire. You're not even going to put it out."
“Manage it.” Si Jin said, her gaze falling on a dilapidated apartment building in the eastern suburbs of the Wizarding Kingdom.
He suggested, "Let's go down there and stay for a while; we might find something unexpected."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lin Yuan responded, slowing down and carrying the boy, stopping in front of the apartment.
This place, nominally belonging to the Wizard Kingdom, is actually close to the Dragon Slayer Kingdom.
The Dragon Slayer Kingdom is wealthy and warlike, and loves to expand its territory.
The Wizarding Kingdom dared not confront them, so it had no choice but to relinquish its jurisdiction over the eastern suburbs of the city.
Therefore, this area is basically a no-man's-land.
Poverty and backwardness, lack of information, rampant crime.
The dragon king glanced at his surroundings and couldn't help but feel disgusted: "This place is so dirty and messy, what are we doing here?"
"Yes, it is indeed very bad. If I hadn't been ostracized and hunted down by the Wizarding Kingdom, I wouldn't have ended up living here."
Si Jin jumped down from the dragon's arms and took his hand: "Uncle, my rent isn't due yet. Do you want to go see where I used to live?"
“You used to… live in places like this…” Hearing this, Lin Yuan gritted his teeth even more. He truly regretted not killing the wizard king in the palace.
Having driven his pride to this point, even sparing him half a life would be superfluous!
Seeing his stunned expression, Si Jin asked in return, "What? Is it not allowed?"
"Alright." Lin Yuan patted the boy's head with a hint of affection: "A dog doesn't mind a poor home."
"You said yesterday that you are a dragon, not a dog."
Yesterday is yesterday, today is today! Today I... have changed my mind.
The evil dragon king always has a lot of twisted logic as long as he can make Si Jin happy.
After saying that, he and Si Jin went inside together.
As soon as I entered the apartment, I saw the landlady, an elderly woman, walking out with a headscarf, leaning on a cane, her plump body swaying.
Upon seeing Si Jin, he immediately revealed a lewd smile.
His wrinkled face looked somewhat sinister: "Oh, little Jinjin, long time no see. What have you been up to these past few days?"
Si Jin didn't answer, waiting for her to continue with the next sentence.
Sure enough, the landlord spoke up: "You need to pay the rent for these few days. It's three pearls a day, so you need to pay sixty-six pearls."
"Moreover, I haven't rented out your room because I was waiting for you to come back. I've turned down a lot of guests and lost a lot of money."
"See how much I care about our friendship? How about we raise the price to a hundred pearls?"
The landlord was a money-grubbing man. Knowing that the original owner was a mermaid whose tears could turn into pearls, he relentlessly exploited him.
Three pearls must be paid as rent each day.
Sometimes, when the original owner couldn't cry, she would whip him with a barbed iron whip, forcing him to shed tears.
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