Chapter 18: What are you dazing about? Come over here.

The man’s tone seemed like compromise and condescension, leaving Nan Yuan speechless.

Is this man perhaps a bit mentally challenged?

However, she recalled that before Pei Yueying closed her doors, she had been trying to please a male favorite.

Although the female lord was beautiful, she had principles and didn’t resort to coercion.

The only exception was because the other party fit her taste too well. In order to obtain the body of that male favorite, she had always flattered and cajoled him but never managed to get him into bed.

Could the person in front of her be…?

Nan Yuan didn’t understand. How could someone with such an ordinary face have the audacity to act so arrogantly?

“Take Mister Xue back. In the future, without my orders, he is not allowed to set foot here,” Nan Yuan ordered expressionlessly.

Xue Songyun looked at her in shock, as if he were witnessing some unprecedented wicked woman.

Nan Yuan’s poker face couldn’t display an eyeroll, but she did so in her mind.

So, relationships and love were truly annoying.

Take this male favorite, for example. When Pei Yueying used to fawn over him, he looked disdainful. Now that she had changed her attitude, he revealed an expression of being wronged.

As the head of the male favorites who had always been fawned over, Xue Songyun had his dignity. Without waiting for the maids to drive him away, he left on his own.

Before leaving, he gave a fierce glare to the little freak next to him, giving him a “you’re lucky” look.

Xue Songyun certainly remembered why he came, but after being humiliated by the lord, his pride would not allow him to bow repeatedly for a dead servant.

He wanted to see how long Pei Yueying could keep up the act!

Pei Ziqing, standing in the corner, pursed his lips, a slight upward trend appearing at the corner of his mouth.

He didn’t know if the rumors were true, but what he had seen and heard just now brought a hint of joy to his heart.

“Dong Xue, stay. Everyone else, leave,” Nan Yuan commanded.

The senior maid, Dong Xue, curtsied and found a corner to stand in, while the other beautiful maids in the room successively exited.

Actually, these maids were very tactful and mostly kept quiet. After all, Pei Yueying also liked peace and quiet.

But Pei Yueying preferred quietness because she wanted to compose poetry and paint, not be disturbed. In contrast, Nan Yuan just genuinely enjoyed peace.

She is bloodthirsty at heart, and being quiet makes it easier for her to cultivate her mind.

Furthermore, Nan Yuan had a strong sense of territory and didn’t like unrelated people on her turf. Keeping Dong Xue was just for convenience.

Pei Ziqing glanced at the woman who gave the order, standing in place, unsure of what to do.

He didn’t know if he was included among those who were leaving.

He probably wasn’t, right?

Otherwise, the maid wouldn’t have brought him here.

“Stop daydreaming; come over here.”

Upon hearing this, Pei Ziqing immediately grinned, trotting over to the woman and staring at her intently.

“Were you not overwhelmed by your own scent when you woke up?” Nan Yuan asked.

Clearly, her voice was as calm and indifferent as her expression, but Pei Ziqing felt that she was teasing him.

He didn’t guess wrong; indeed, it was because of her medicine that he became so smelly.

Pei Ziqing shook his head and smiled at her.

When he was younger, he didn’t dare to smile because he looked ugly when he did.

Whenever he smiled, his mother would hit him and call him a freak.

As he grew older, he stopped smiling because there was hardly anything in this world that could make him happy.

His biggest wish was to have enough to eat, be warmly dressed, and at least not starve to death, allowing him to grow a little more.

Snow City had harsh conditions, and he had lived there since childhood, unaware of what the outside world was like.

But according to the adults, the southernmost part of the vast Cangmiao Continent had a spring-like climate throughout the year, with countless spiritual beasts in the jungles.

He could run fast and easily catch a low-level spiritual beast to satisfy his hunger.

As long as he went there, he wouldn’t have to endure freezing and starving anymore.

However, that place was too far away, and before growing up, he didn’t have the ability to leave Snow City.

The little freak smiled, and his eyes also curled. Nan Yuan liked it very much and couldn’t help but pat his little head.