In the palace garden, Jiang Zhixia carried Xiaobai and strolled around.

Su Chen had been resting well these past few days, and his complexion had improved a lot. He occasionally reached out to tease the fox while staying by her side.

Although Xiaobai doesn't reject him, she's always too lazy to pay attention to him. Only when she's with Jiang Zhixia will she squint her eyes and whine and roll around in a coquettish way.

Jiang Zhixia was very pleased and looked proud. "He is indeed my good boy."

Su Chen watched as she lowered her head to tease Xiaobai's profile, and a feeling of itch spread through his heart.

It's as if... he's already made a pact with the princess and is taking the child for a walk.

In the distance, a tall and straight figure passed by.

Jiang Ting headed straight for the military council area without looking to the side.

Jiang Zhixia stood up abruptly.

Finally caught him! Jiang Ting has been elusive these past few days, and she couldn't find him to ask about Lu Jue!

"Big brother!"

She picked up the fox and ran after it.

Jiang Ting stopped and turned around.

Jiang Zhixia stopped in front of him and asked, "Brother, can't I still get my slave back? How is he?"

Jiang Ting looked down at her.

The little white dog in her arms poked its head out, but this time it didn't yell at him. It just rolled its eyes and buried its head in the female's arms.

It smells so good...

Ignoring the little creature's hostility, Jiang Ting calmly said, "He's fine, you can see him now."

Jiang Zhixia's eyes lit up: "Really?!"

Lu Jue can be picked up now!

Upon hearing this, Su Chen was extremely worried about the princess leaving with him alone, so he immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, I will accompany the princess to pick her up tomorrow."

Jiang Ting glanced at him. "This is a military stronghold. No one except members of the royal family is allowed to enter."

Su Chen gritted his teeth: "...Your Highness, I am the princess's fiancé."

"Before the contract is signed, you don't even have the right to live in the palace."

"..."

He couldn't refute it; it was the truth. If the Queen hadn't seen him injured for the princess, he wouldn't have been allowed to live in the palace.

Fearing she would miss this opportunity, Jiang Zhixia quickly said, "Big brother, then I'll go to the military headquarters tomorrow morning!"

Jiang Ting looked at her silently, only hummed in response, and then turned and left.

Jiang Zhixia excitedly rubbed Xiaobai's belly.

"Finally, I'll get to see Lu Jue!"

Su Chen, however, was filled with worry.

Jiang Ting harbors ulterior motives and wields great power, yet the princess is completely unsuspecting and treats him like family. What is she to do...?

the next day.

Jiang Zhixia got up early and set off for the military headquarters.

Su Chen had no reason to stop her, so he could only watch her leave.

The military base is vast and heavily guarded. After identity verification, we entered the inner area.

Jiang Ting was waiting there. When he saw Jiang Zhixia arrive, he didn't say anything, but turned around and led her into the detention area.

The two stopped in front of a detention cell.

Jiang Zhixia was about to see Lu Jue, and she was a little excited, but she kept her face tense so as not to show it.

Jiang Ting took in her expression, then casually looked away and gestured to the guard: "Open the barrier."

"Yes."

The guard stepped forward and operated the mechanism, and the special wall, which shimmered with silver light, gradually became transparent.

Jiang Zhixia's breath hitched.

Inside the transparent wall, Lu Jue huddled in a corner, like an abandoned wolfhound, exuding an aura of dejection.

After nearly half a month of absence, his wolf ears reappeared on his head, and a silver-gray wolf tail appeared behind him!

Could it be that his mental energy has become disordered again?!

Seeing this, her heart tightened.

I finally managed to raise him to look somewhat decent, but in just half a month he's back to his old self!

Fortunately, he doesn't seem to be seriously injured.

"Brother, open the door, I'll take him away."

Jiang Ting turned his head to the side and looked down at her.

"When did I say you could take him away?"

Jiang Zhixia's eyes widened instantly: "Big brother, you clearly—"

The rest of the words got stuck in his throat.

Yes, yesterday Jiang Ting only told her to see Lu Jue, he didn't say she could take him away!

How could he do this!

"Brother, he's my man, I have the right to take him away."

She glared angrily at Jiang Ting.

Jiang Ting calmly met her gaze, ignoring her annoyance, and said, "I know he's your man, you don't need to keep emphasizing it."

Jiang Zhixia pursed her lips.

She couldn't figure out what Jiang Ting meant.

She only realized, belatedly, that the person who had forcibly kissed her was Jiang Ting.

Su Chen was not taken away after the engagement. She had forgotten about it, but the royal family made no move and did not even remind her. How much of this was Jiang Ting's doing?

She didn't understand when Jiang Ting had developed such feelings for her.

Or rather, is it about the original owner?

She suspected that Jiang Ting might not be able to stand the presence of males around "Jiang Zhixia".

The thought of this gave her goosebumps.

If that's the case, then once the female lead appears, given Jiang Ting's controlling nature, she'll be finished!

Jiang Ting watched as she seemed lost in thought, her face turning pale with fear.

Although she tried her best to control her expression, he still noticed it.

Having interrogated enemy soldiers for many years, this emotion could not escape his notice.

He sighed softly and asked, "Who is this slave to you?"

Jiang Zhixia pursed her lips. "Just a slave."

"...No female would dismiss her guards to secretly keep a slave, or even personally take him to the hospital or hold his hand while shopping."

"..."

She became even more frightened.

He found out everything she did?!

Jiang Ting... is terrifying...

Now she didn't need to hide it anymore; her fear was written all over her face.

Jiang Ting frowned somewhat helplessly.

That morning, after noticing the abnormality in his mental energy, he recalled the vague memories of the previous night.

Judging from her obviously nervous expression when she saw herself, it's not hard to guess that she probably already knew who had forcibly kissed her.

So these past few days, he deliberately avoided appearing in front of her, to frighten her.

But she insisted on coming closer to Lu Jue.

She hid Lu Jue's identity very poorly.

With a simple investigation, everything can be found, even the fact that she chose Lu Jue without hesitation at the slave market was clearly captured on surveillance footage.

His intention was not to scare her.

But clearly, the female was frightened by him.

The usually decisive Crown Prince hesitated for a moment, "...Come with me."

Jiang Zhixia glanced unwillingly at Lu Jue in the detention cell and followed Jiang Ting's footsteps.

The two entered a simple office.

Jiang Ting turned on his personal computer and projected a document in front of her.

"Take a look at this first."

Jiang Zhixia opened the virtual page in confusion.

Jiang Ting observed her expression and slowly spoke.

"This slave is the youngest son of the Lu family. Two years ago, the Lu family was found to have close ties with the Federation and leaked secrets during a battle. His family members all died under the royal family's judgment," he paused, "You are a royal princess, and such a slave cannot stay by your side."

Jiang Zhixia flipped through the documents, her expression growing increasingly serious as her gaze moved.

Jiang Ting assumed she understood, so his tone softened: "That's why he'll keep him under the military's supervision. If you want a slave, you can tell your mother, or you can tell me. You can choose whatever kind you like."

He never harbored any undue possessiveness towards her because of his own filthy thoughts.

He simply couldn't allow such a potential threat to remain by her side.

An S-class criminal slave whose entire family died at the hands of the royal family, as long as he has the courage to risk his life, will have no protection with his slave chip, and it would be easy for him to harm a C-class female like Jiang Zhixia.

Jiang Zhixia raised her face and looked at him firmly.

"No, I want Lu Jue."

Jiang Ting stared at her, his brows furrowing deeply.

He has never liked or been used to explaining himself.

Having said all that, I've already done my best.

"I told you, no," he coaxed her somewhat harshly, "be good."

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like