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“M... M... Maomao! You’re serving me tea?!”

“Please, have some.”

The strategist’s eyes brimmed with tears of emotion as he took the cup and downed it in a single gulp.

There was a brief moment of silence. No sooner had he drunk the tea than a shudder passed through his body—and then he collapsed to the floor.

“You poisoned him!” Lahan exclaimed.
“It’s just alcohol..”

“He’s just okay. I guess he’s not a bad person,” Maomao said.

“My older brother’s not precisely a paragon of virtue, but he’s not capable of true evil,” Lahan added.

“Erm, the two of you aren’t exactly bursting with praise,” Rikuson said, watching the young man in the fields with a touch of pity.”

IM CRYING maomao you barely know him 😭 crazy sibling mindset though

“Maomao, we should go have a dress made for you sometime. We’ll get lots of the finest fabric, and we can have a hair stick made too!” the strategist said.

Maomao didn’t say anything.

“And then we should get all dressed up and we can go see a show! Yes, let’s do that!”

Maomao didn’t say anything.”

#dadgoals

“It’s been too long, Dad,” Lahan said, bowing his head.

“Ah, you look well. Despite the somewhat dire straits I found you in. That girl there—is that my niece?” The farmer tossed the sword cane to one of the servants, and his already gentle face softened even more. The man looked like a bear, yet his presence was warm, comforting.”

“If they make us sleep in the same room, who cares? It’s not like anything’s going to happen.”

“You’ve got that right.”

——

“Speaking of which, have you and the Emperor’s younger brother—”

“I think I’ll get some shut-eye,” Maomao said, flopping over onto the bed beside her.”

IM CRYING lahan is the nosiest brother

“Gyokuen smiled—and then said something unbelievable. “Perhaps you could prevail upon Sir Lakan in this matter?”

It was all Jinshi could do to keep the dismay off his face.”

not the father in law 😭

“Yes. During the banquet, young Basen seemed like an entirely different person when he threw himself in front of that lion.”

“Ah, him? He’s...”

If Gyokuen had his eye on Basen, that could be a problem. He might not look like much, but he was very important to Jinshi, someone who could speak frankly to him and around whom Jinshi could relax.”