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Ye Yuxi doubted his own ears, was Third Brother back?

He turned his head to look at Ye Anyu and strode over to ask, "What did you just say?"

Ye Anyu had been nursing her injuries for two days, her leg injury was quite severe, rendering her unable to walk by herself, so she needed the support of maids.

She glanced at Princess Jiuyou not far away and whispered, "Crown Prince Brother, I just got news that Third Brother is back, he is now in the capital."

Ye Yuxi frowned and pressed, "Is the news accurate?"

Ye Anyu replied, "The news came from Fifth Brother, who has always been on good terms with Third Brother, so what he says should be true."

"How could he suddenly return? Could it be because of..." Ye Yuxi turned his head to look at Princess Jiuyou, because of her?

Shen Chuwei looked at the two people in front of her with a confused face, whispering to each other, not knowing what they were talking about.

She yawned, wanting to go back to sleep some more.

Just as Shen Chuwei had this thought, Ye Yuxi walked over.

"Little Nine, something came up just now, you don’t mind, do you?"

Ye Yuxi’s voice was very gentle; even if she did mind, she wouldn’t anymore, especially since she didn’t mind in the first place.

"It’s fine, if the Crown Prince is busy, go ahead and don’t mind me," Shen Chuwei said with a smile, but in her heart, she added another line, really don’t mind me, whether I’m familiar with the environment or not doesn’t matter, I won’t be staying long anyway.

Ye Yuxi smiled at her words, "Little Nine is so understanding, then you rest for now, I’ll take you out for a stroll in the afternoon."

Shen Chuwei smiled and nodded, then waited to see Ye Yuxi off.

Then she heard Ye Yuxi say, "I’ll walk you back first."

Shen Chuwei glanced at the gate of Wuyou Palace not far away, a mere ten seconds walk, was it really necessary?

She withdrew her gaze, "...thank you for the trouble, Crown Prince."

Ye Yuxi said warmly, "It’s no trouble at all, let’s go."

"Alright." Shen Chuwei took small, slow steps with her soft and weary legs.

After escorting her back to Wuyou Palace, Ye Yuxi left a few instructions before he left.

Because her leg was still injured, Ye Anyu did not go to find Princess Jiuyou, convinced in her heart the princess wasn’t real anyway.

Shen Chuwei returned to her bedchamber and slept off her drowsiness, waking up just in time for lunch.

The maids brought the meal to the table one by one and then stood aside waiting.

Seeing a table full of delicious food, Shen Chuwei picked up her chopsticks to begin the meal; for her, food was to be enjoyed, so she would focus solely on her meal, without any distractions.

The beast had just finished eating a basin of meat, its two huge forelimbs resting on the threshold, and its large head placed on its paws, its eyes as big as copper bells staring unblinkingly at Little Nine.

It had wanted to enter for not just a day or two, but its large size meant certain destructive damage if it did so...

Having satisfied its stomach, Xuetuan was no longer lying down but wobbled its chubby body back and forth in front of the beast, smug and flamboyant.

The beast huffed, clearly displeased.

Ye Yuxi said he would come in the afternoon and true to his word, he did.

Shen Chuwei had just decided to take a nap when Ye Yuxi’s arrival meant she had to straighten her clothes and receive him.

When she saw Ye Yuxi carrying two large oil-paper packages, her eyes brightened for a moment because she smelled the aroma of stinky tofu.

"I went out of the palace just now to buy some snacks, do you see anything you like?" Ye Yuxi smiled as he placed the items on the table and then opened them one by one.

Shen Chuwei craned her neck for a look and saw stinky tofu, craving it after three days without.

Although she had just finished lunch not long ago, she could still fit a bowl of stinky tofu in her stomach.

"The Crown Prince actually bought stinky tofu."

Ye Yuxi unwrapped the oil-paper packages, unable to contain the stench, he held his breath and handed the stinky tofu to her, smiling, "You loved stinky tofu as a child, so I went and bought some. It’s still hot, eat it while it’s warm."

"Then I won’t stand on ceremony." Shen Chuwei took the small bowl with bamboo skewers and began to eat.

Ye Yuxi saw the beast lying on the arch bridge, frolicking with the fish in the stream, and he strode forward several steps before hurriedly catching his breath.

Watching Princess Jiuyou enjoy the stinky tofu, he wondered why she liked such a smelly thing.

"The beast has been much tamer since staying by your side; it used to be quite temperamental."

"Really?" Shen Chuwei, while eating stinky tofu, looked up at the arch bridge and saw the beast lying there looking quite depressed—it probably was still upset about not being able to enter the room—