"Um"
Qin Jue waved his hand, dismissing Feng Feng. After Feng Feng left, Qin Jue also rose and left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, heading towards the Golden Palace.
Xiao Xi woke up shortly after Qin Jue left. She looked around and found no one was there.
He climbed off the dragon bed by himself, pressing his belly against the edge of the bed as he did so.
"Ouch, that hurts!"
Xiao Xi'er stood on the ground, lifted her clothes, saw the bruises on her stomach, gasped, and then gently rubbed her stomach with her hand.
My stomach doesn't hurt anymore.
After the massage, Xiao Xi looked around the Hall of Mental Cultivation again, but still didn't see anyone, so she walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation on her own.
After leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Xiao Xi'er stood in the courtyard, unsure of where to go, and then went to the backyard of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
They walked toward Shatin's den.
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Baili Yao slowly opened her eyes as she lay in bed, and saw a room she didn't recognize.
Startled, I snapped back to reality and sat up on the bed. Seeing that my clothes were all intact, I felt relieved.
"Zou Heng?"
"Zou Heng?"
Baili Yao sat on the edge of the bed, quickly put on her shoes, walked to the door, and opened it.
I saw a familiar scene.
"Oh, it's my own house! I was so scared!"
"So, does that mean I didn't enter the palace?"
Baili Yao lowered her hand from the door and went back to her room.
On the way, Baili Yao was still wondering how she ended up sleeping in that room.
Last night, I actually let Zou Heng get away! It's infuriating! Next time I see him, I'll make him take me to the palace!
Wait, I remember...
Bai Liyao thought of the blood droplets on her forehead she had touched yesterday, and suddenly felt disgusted.
"Someone, prepare water! I wish to take a bath."
"Yes, Miss."
Upon hearing Baili Yao's words, the maid at the door went to start boiling water.
Sitting in the bathtub, Baili Yao was still wondering why Zou Heng had left the palace last night.
Go check if anything has happened around here.
"This servant will go right away."
The maid left after hearing Baili Yao's instructions.
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After Qin Jingyu and the others finished training with Zou Heng, the three of them, unusually, did not part ways.
Instead, they walked together on the palace road.
"Brother, I've found out that Ma Yuling and the others have already left the palace and returned home."
"Brother, what do we do now?"
Qin Jingtai walked beside Qin Jingmu, sharing the information he had gathered, and then asked Qin Jingmu what to do next.
"What should we do according to what my eldest brother says?"
"Why would my second brother ask me that?"
When Qin Jingmu asked him the question, Qin Jingyu turned to look at Qin Jingmu, his eyes full of inquiry.
"Your Majesty, you may not know this, but I saw you and Wei Fengde chatting happily in a private music room at Zhengxiang Restaurant outside the palace."
Qin Jingyu stopped and looked at Qin Jingmu after hearing his words, a smile still playing on his lips.
When Qin Jingmu saw Qin Jingyi stop, he stopped as well, looked at Qin Jingyi, and at the same time, a slight smile appeared on Qin Jingmu's lips.
"I had no idea that my second brother was the same as me."
"Elder Brother, you flatter me."
The two exchanged a glance and continued walking forward, leaving Qin Jingtai completely bewildered.
"Eldest brother, what were you and my brother talking about? I didn't understand."
Qin Jingyi didn't answer Qin Jingtai's question, but instead said to Qin Jingmu, "Your younger brother is quite different from you."
Qin Jingmu just smiled at this.
"Elder brother, what should we do next?"
Qin Jingtai didn't know what Qin Jingmu and Qin Jingyi were talking about, so he didn't dwell on it and instead asked about other things.
"I wonder if my second brother thinks the same way I do?"
Qin Jingyi glanced at Qin Jingmu, then looked at Qin Jingtai and uttered two words.
"Leaving the Palace"
"Leaving the Palace"
"You two actually said the same thing?"
Qin Jingtai stood in front of the two men, a look of surprise on his face.
"If you're not going to leave the palace, then stay here."
Qin Jingmu found his younger brother unbearable to look at, so he put his hand on Qin Jingtai's shoulder and pulled him aside.
Qin Jingtai looked at the two people walking ahead, scratched his head, and followed them.
"Brother, I'll leave the palace with you too."
"Otherwise, I'd be fine in the palace. Meimei is quite weak right now, and Father won't let me visit her."
When Qin Jingtai spoke of Qin Jue, his face was filled with grief and indignation.
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Xiao Xi'er walked to the gate of Sha Ting's den, sniffed, and stepped through the gate.
"Kitty~"
"Little devil, what brings you here?"
After Sha Ting finished speaking, he looked Xiao Xi'er up and down again.
Why aren't you wearing shoes? And why aren't you dressed properly?
As Sha Ting spoke, he stretched out his two front paws and scooped Xiao Xi'er into his tiger's arms.
Seeing Xiao Xi'er in his arms, still barefoot on the ground, Sha Ting lay down on the ground himself.
He lay belly up on his own belly and covered Xiao Xi'er's little feet with his tiger tail.
"Kitty~ Waaaaah..."
Little devil, don't cry.
Otherwise, if your owner sees this, they'll think I'm bullying you.
"Waaaaah..."
Shatin's icy blue tiger eyes were filled with confusion and helplessness.
"I don't have a mother... Waaah... I'll never have a mother again..."
Sha Ting stiffened upon hearing Xiao Xi'er's words.
How could that be? The little devil clearly has a mother.
"I don't have a mother anymore... Waaah, I'll never see my mother again..."
"I've become a mother's daughter... Waaah... A poor little thing without a mother's love..."
Shating's tiger eyes glazed over for a moment, but quickly, he gently patted the back of Xiaoxi, who was crying and clinging to him, with his paw, which was as big as Xiaoxi's head.
Hearing Sha Ting's words, Xiao Xi'er stopped crying, lifted her head from Sha Ting's body, and looked at Sha Ting's big, tiger-like head with her big, watery eyes.
"Kitty...don't you have a mother either?"
Yes, I have never seen my mother.
"I...have never seen my mother."
When Xiao Xi heard Sha Ting's words, she thought of how she had never even met her mother, and tears began to fall again.
My mother died when I was born, and my father raised me for six months before being shot and killed by hunters.
"Kitty, you're so pitiful—"
"My daddy...my daddy is still fine, he's been staying with me."
Hearing Sha Ting's words, Xiao Xi'er stopped crying, looked at Sha Ting, and even patted Sha Ting's mouth with her little hand.
Is it pitiful?
As Shatin spoke, he seemed lost in memories, as if he could see himself as a child, alone in the snow, searching for food, and being mocked by his peers for not having parents.
Soon, Sha Ting felt Xiao Xi'er patting him again, and he pulled himself out of his memories.
Perhaps there was a period when I was really pitiful.
"Why...why is it a period of time?"
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