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The lion beast had not been in the Wuyou Palace for two days and had already done two earth-shattering deeds. The first was to knock the rockery’s head off, and the second was to squeeze and break the door of the Side Hall because it wanted to come in too.

Luckily it was just the door of the Side Hall. If it had been the door to the Bedchamber that got damaged, she would have to sleep under the open sky tonight.

Within one day, people from the Internal Affairs department came twice...

Shen Chuwei hastily climbed out of bed and rushed to the door to open it, only to see the lion beast’s tail swaying back and forth in front of her.

She took a few steps forward, slapped the lion beast’s butt, and huffed, "Not sleeping at night, do you want to ascend to the heavens?"

The lion beast "awooed" and turned around to look over.

Xiao Jinyan heard the sound of ’little nine’ and called out, "Little Nine."

Eh! That was Xiao Jinyan’s voice.

Shen Chuwei glanced outside, "Jinyan?"

"I’m here." Xiao Jinyan walked to the doorway from outside.

Shen Chuwei, seeing Xiao Jinyan’s joyful eyes, threw herself into his arms, "Jinyan."

Xiao Jinyan saw that Shen Chuwei was only wearing a thin undergarment, frowned, hugged her tight, then strode in and closed the door behind them.

The lion beast looked at the tightly shut door, huffed discontentedly, and dared not force its way through because it had already broken one door. If it broke another, Little Nine would be angry.

It suddenly felt disdainful of its own bulky size, for there was a time when it could still get in.

As Xiao Jinyan carried her, he walked briskly inside, "Why did you run out without putting on clothes?"

Shen Chuwei looked down at her attire and, looking up, explained, "I was too anxious, and I thought that since there are no men here, I just ran out like this. But with the lion beast guarding the door, no one dares to come close."

Xiao Jinyan brought her to the bed, sat her down, and asked quizzically, "That thing at the door was a lion beast? How come I’ve not heard of it?"

"I hadn’t heard of it either. I heard the lion beast was raised by Princess Jiuyou from a young age. It’s Feng Wuyou. Like Xuetuan, the lion beast is very intelligent and extremely smart," she said.

Shen Chuwei leaned closer to Xiao Jinyan’s ear and whispered, "Yesterday, I almost blew my cover, but luckily my luck has always been good, and just as I have essential skills, it turned out to be a narrow escape."

As soon as Xiao Jinyan heard about her almost blowing her cover, he got extremely nervous. Impersonating Princess Jiuyou carried the crime of deceiving the sovereign—a capital offense!

"What happened?"

Shen Chuwei narrated yesterday’s events to Xiao Jinyan, "That’s pretty much it. But that princess got injured, so she won’t come to Wuyou Palace these two days."

Surprise flashed in Xiao Jinyan’s eyes, "You can understand what animals are saying?"

Shen Chuwei replied, "Not exactly, but I can read what they want to express from their eyes."

Xiao Jinyan was somewhat shocked. Being able to understand the thoughts of animals was already quite amazing—who among ordinary people knew about such things?

"Why have you never mentioned this to me before?"

Shen Chuwei looked innocent, "You never asked."

Xiao Jinyan remembered that he indeed had not asked about such matters during this time.

Shen Chuwei, holding his hand, smiled and said, "Jinyan, you may think the lion beast is fierce, but it’s actually quite cute."

Xiao Jinyan’s mouth twitched, "...Cute? I didn’t see that."

Earlier, when he arrived, he had been nervously worried—first, that he might have to fight the lion beast and, second, that he might be discovered by others.

Shen Chuwei happily shared interesting stories about the lion beast’s antics since it arrived at Wuyou Palace, and she couldn’t help but laugh after recounting them.

If Shen Chuwei hadn’t mentioned it, Xiao Jinyan would find it hard to imagine such a large animal could have such adorable behaviors—