Lynn groaned inwardly.
[My King, why do you always assign me such thankless tasks? If I actually do this, won’t the Queen hate me to death?
The Queen cares deeply about her family. If she whispers in your ear about this later, where would I find a way to survive?
Wuwu, my life is so bitter…
Dison, hurry back. I want to swap duties with you—I’ll go out and handle the King’s affairs, and you stay by the King’s side instead…]
Just as Lynn was lamenting inwardly, Borhes’s voice suddenly reached his ears.
“Lynn, what are you standing there in a daze for? Why haven’t you made the arrangements yet?”
Lynn’s mind raced at lightning speed, but in a few fleeting moments, he still couldn’t think of a solution. Just as he was breaking out in a cold sweat from anxiety, the voice of an angel suddenly reached his ears.
“Don’t touch my family. This has nothing to do with them. I’ll smile, that’s all.”
Xiao Yixia finished speaking and pinched her thigh hard to force herself to smile. She told herself inwardly,
[This place is hell. I absolutely cannot let Father, Mother, Eldest Brother, or Second Sister set foot here! Absolutely not!]
Xiao Yixia’s fake smile made Borhes’s expression grow even darker.
“Xiao Yixia, are you a mannequin? How else could you smile so falsely? What I want isn’t a fake smile—it’s a smile from the bottom of your heart! Now, smile again for me, until I’m satisfied!”
The carriage carried the two of them slowly along the road. Xiao Yixia smiled again and again until her face went stiff, yet she still couldn’t satisfy Borhes…
Borhes suddenly grew irritable.
“Enough, stop smiling. It’s ugly! Annoying!”
Lynn Ralph, riding alongside on horseback, said silently to himself,
[My King, you feel sorry that Miss Xiao’s face has gone stiff from smiling, but you refuse to admit you care about her, so of course you’re restless and irritated…]
After speaking, Borhes scooped Xiao Yixia up and set her on his lap. His hands immediately began gently massaging her delicate face, and he instructed Lynn Ralph,
“Hurry back to the palace and fetch a stack of hot towels!”
“Yes, my King.”
With that, Lynn Ralph teleported away. On the way back to the palace, Lynn felt immensely grateful that as a member of the Vampire Race, he possessed the ability of Teleportation, allowing him to travel back and forth quickly.
He also deeply admired his own “brilliant decision” earlier—having renovated certain areas of the palace with hot and cold water plumbing, and instructing his subordinates to keep human necessities on hand 24/7.
Otherwise, with such short notice, where on earth would he find hot towels? After all, vampires preferred the cold and disliked anything with warmth. Before Xiao Yixia had arrived at the palace, there hadn’t been a single item above 0 degrees in the entire place!
While feeling relieved, Lynn also began “complaining” inwardly about Bohes Hobed.
[My King, you’re going a bit too far. You’re the one who wants to pamper a human, yet you never bother to learn how to properly care for one. You don’t take charge of anything and leave me to bear the entire burden alone…
Poor me—I don’t have a single moment of my own time now. Every spare second I have, I have to cram in knowledge about how to pamper a human.
Because if I don’t, and you suddenly ask me for something that doesn’t exist in the palace like you did today, then I’d be done for…]
On the carriage, Borhes gently massaged Xiao Yixia’s delicate face with his hands.
“What a little fool! If you can’t smile, then don’t. You had to be stubborn enough to force your face into a stiff grin before you’d stop.”
Xiao Yixia said coldly.
“Wasn’t it you who told me to smile until you were satisfied? And now you’re playing the good guy? How disgusting! Utterly hypocritical!”
A trace of guilt flickered in Borhes’s eyes, but he remained stubborn.
“That was just a moment of anger. Why are you taking it so seriously?
You should learn more from Lynn. That way, you’d better understand my meaning.
Look—three days ago, I ordered Lynn to throw you into the palace’s back mountain to feed Little White, but Lynn didn’t ‘follow orders,’ because he knew that wasn’t my true intention.
And today, when I told him to return to the palace to fetch a hot towel, he immediately obeyed, because he knew that was my genuine wish.
Xiaxia, with this example, you should understand what I mean now, right?”
Xiao Yixia let out a cold laugh.
“Understand? Sure, I understand. But I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed—this kind of bootlicking, sycophantic behavior is something I could never learn!”
Borhes looked puzzled.
“Xiaxia, I’m talking about how you should discern my intentions. Why are you bringing up dog legs? Are you hungry and craving dog legs?
But from what I know, dog legs aren’t very tasty. Chicken legs or duck legs would be better for your health.
Also, what did you mean by ‘sycophantic’ just now? I didn’t catch that.
Xiaxia, according to surveys, you speak Y-country language very well. But ever since you came to the palace, you’ve been speaking Z-country language most of the time.
Xiaxia, my Z-country language isn’t very good—I can only understand simple phrases. Could you explain it to me in simple Z-country language, or just switch to Y-country language so I can understand you?”
Xiao Yixia sneered coldly.
“Z-country culture is vast and profound, and its language is endlessly wondrous. How could a monster like you ever grasp the meaning beneath the words of Z-country speech?
I don’t want to explain, and I can’t be bothered to explain. Because no matter how much I explain, it’s like playing the lute to a cow!”
Borhes insisted.
“Xiaxia, if you don’t explain, how can I understand you?
And why do you keep bringing up cows and lutes? The palace does have plenty of lutes—you can play them whenever you like.
But cows really aren’t suitable to keep in the palace. If you truly like cows, I can take you to a farm to see them—they raise all kinds of cows there.
Let’s set that aside and get back to the point. From the example I gave earlier, can you now tell when something is my true intention and when it isn’t?”
Xiao Yixia’s voice grew colder and colder.
“I don’t want to discern it, and I can’t be bothered to! You arrogant fool! Do you think the whole world revolves around you?
Don’t you dare expect me to guess at your hidden meanings! You utterly arrogant, cold-blooded monster—one day, heaven itself will be sickened by your arrogance and strike you dead with lightning!
I will never learn your bootlicking, sycophantic ways. If you want to kill me, then kill me! If you want to punish me, then punish me!”
Just as Borhes was about to flare up in anger, Lynn returned.
“Your Majesty, the hot towel is here.”
Borhes’s face darkened.
“Throw the hot towel away. Go fetch ice instead! Only ice can freeze Xiao Yixia’s brain back to its senses!”
The moment Lynn heard this, he knew Borhes and Xiao Yixia had quarreled again. His mind raced at lightning speed.
“Your Majesty, if the Queen’s face does not return to normal, it will affect her mind. So I humbly suggest first applying a warm compress to the Queen’s face, and once it returns to normal, then use ice to cool her mind—that way the Queen can regain clarity.”
As soon as Lynn finished speaking, he respectfully handed the warm towel into the carriage.
Borhes quickly took the towel and immediately began applying the warm compress to Xiao Yixia’s small face, but he stubbornly looked at Lynn and said,
“Don’t forget to fetch the ice later.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Xiao Yixia cursed Borhes inwardly.
【An utterly deranged and arrogant cold-blooded monster—if it weren’t for fear that you might harm my family, I would definitely find a chance to kill you!】
What Xiao Yixia didn’t know was that Borhes possessed an Immortal Body and could not be killed at all! Moreover, wounds of the Vampire Race healed in an instant—stabbing Borhes with a knife or any other sharp weapon was nothing more than a tickle to him…