In less than a moment, a large plate of papaya was completely devoured by Little Shadow, not a single piece left.
Her already bulging belly swelled a bit more.
Jiang Chen chuckled and poured a cup of tea, handing it over.
"Do you want to stuff me to death?" Little Shadow's clear eyes immediately widened into perfect circles.
"Drink this cup of tea, and we'll be friends." Jiang Chen pushed the tea in front of her.
Seeing how happily she had eaten earlier, it should be fine, Jiang Chen thought.
Little Shadow gave a heavy snort through her nose before picking up the small cup of tea and drinking it all in one gulp.
Jiang Chen smiled brightly, his white teeth gleaming, and extended his hand toward Little Shadow.
"Hello, let's get to know each other again. My name is Jiang Chen."
"What are you doing?" Little Shadow frowned.
"Ahem… This is a custom from my hometown. A handshake means we're friends."
Little Shadow carefully scrutinized Jiang Chen with her gaze. Seeing that his eyes were sincere and he didn't seem to be trying to take advantage of her, she finally extended her fair little hand and lightly shook his once before quickly letting go.
Jiang Chen noticed there were still some bruises on her forehead, so he took out a bottle of healing pills and pushed it toward her.
"This is also my compensation."
A flash of excitement appeared on Little Shadow's face, but she quickly put on a serious expression again and silently accepted the pills without saying a word.
At that moment, a gurgling sound rang out. Jiang Chen subconsciously covered his stomach.
"You… haven't eaten?" Little Shadow asked in surprise.
But she immediately realized that earlier it seemed only she had been eating, and she had finished all the dishes.
"I'm sorry…" she lowered her head and said softly.
"It's fine. Even if I don't eat for several months, I won't starve to death. Besides, this was a gift to apologize to you." Jiang Chen smiled.
"I'll clean up first."
Jiang Chen began to clean up the battlefield.
Little Shadow wanted to help, but the words stopped at her lips.
Although she no longer held a grudge against Jiang Chen for offending her, their relationship wasn't close enough for that yet.
She still needed to maintain the proper reserve.
She glanced at Jiang Chen, who was busy washing the dishes, and a trace of a smile finally appeared on her face.
Suddenly remembering something, she pushed open the door to the room next to hers and walked inside.
When Jiang Chen finished washing the dishes, he found that the girl was cleaning the room.
"Since Miss asked you to live here, this room will be yours from now on."
"Alright, thank you, Little Shadow sister." Jiang Chen smiled.
Little Shadow stopped what she was doing and turned around indignantly to look at Jiang Chen. "You're older than me?"
Jiang Chen gave a light cough and said seriously, "Actually, I'm already twenty this year. You can call me Jiang Chen brother, or Chen ge."
Little Shadow thought for a moment, then suddenly said angrily, "Don't even think about taking advantage of me. Miss calls you little brother, and you call her sister. And I'm a year older than Miss."
"You misunderstood." Jiang Chen shook his head and sighed helplessly. "Xue'er has excellent talent and strong strength. I was always bullied by her when I was younger, so I acknowledged her as my sister."
"Really?" Little Shadow looked at him suspiciously.
Jiang Chen raised three fingers toward the sky and swore, "If I'm lying to you, may I be struck by lightning."
His face was extremely solemn, but in his heart, he was secretly delighted. After being the little brother for so many years in the Douluo Continent, he finally had the chance to be a big brother once.
Little Shadow withdrew her gaze, believing Jiang Chen in her heart.
"Fine. You can buy the bedding and such yourself. I'm not responsible for that."
"Alright, no problem."
Seeing that the girl was about to leave, Jiang Chen quickly said, "Little Shadow sister, let's chat for a bit."
"Chat about what?" Little Shadow turned around, asking in confusion.
"Chat about what kind of work you're responsible for here."
Little Shadow walked back and sat down beside Jiang Chen, keeping a certain distance.
"I'm responsible for guarding the secret passage and inspecting it regularly. I'm also responsible for passing messages between Miss and the Temple."
"Then how do you contact the Temple?"
Little Shadow glanced at Jiang Chen and said, "There is also a secret passage leading to the Temple here. Besides Miss and me, only Bishop Salas knows about it. But Bishop Salas doesn't know where the secret passage to the Imperial Palace is."
Jiang Chen nodded slightly, understanding Little Sister's job.
"What about you? What did Miss ask you to do?" Little Shadow asked.
"Xue'er asked me to be her personal bodyguard. In the next few days, her guard captain will come to find me."
Little Shadow frowned slightly, seeming somewhat displeased.
"What exactly is your relationship with Miss?"
"We are childhood sweethearts. I've known her since I was very young." Jiang Chen felt that this girl seemed a bit off and decided to probe a little.
Sure enough, after hearing his words, Little Shadow stood up angrily, didn't say another word, and strode away.
"This plain and ordinary girl, could it be that her orientation is a problem?" Jiang Chen was stunned and boldly guessed.
He suddenly realized that with Qian Renxue's otherworldly beauty that was untainted by mortal dust, it wasn't strange for her to attract girls.
Especially someone like Little Shadow, who had lived with her father since childhood and lived alone after her father passed away, rarely coming into contact with the opposite sex. It was normal for her to be attracted to Qian Renxue.
Jiang Chen believed he had touched upon the truth.
But strangely, logically speaking, if someone else liked Qian Renxue, he should have felt extremely uncomfortable.
However, after guessing this truth, he felt very calm.
He wasn't worried. The one who should be worried was that girl, Little Shadow.
If Qian Renxue really ended up with him, this little girl would probably cry her eyes out with tears streaming down her face.
…
A thought stirred in Jiang Chen's mind. The little black bird standing on a small tree in the courtyard took flight, heading toward the Prince's Mansion.
Snow Star Prince was the target he needed to monitor. He would leave this task to the little black bird.
He wanted to see for himself whether the fourth prince, whose name as a good-for-nothing had spread throughout all of Heaven Dou City, was truly pretending to be crazy and playing dumb.
The structure of Heaven Dou City was divided into four parts: the Imperial Palace, the Imperial City, the Inner City, and the Outer City.
The courtyard where Jiang Chen lived belonged to the Outer City area, and it was in a rather remote location within the Outer City.
The Outer City was where common civilians lived.
The Inner City was mainly where officials, aristocratic families, merchant nobles, and relatively wealthy households were qualified to reside.
Ordinary citizens couldn't afford even a single brick or tile in the Inner City.
The Spirit Hall's Temple, established in Heaven Dou City, was located inside the Inner City.
The Imperial City was the area where members of the imperial family resided. The emperor's children and some princes all lived within the Imperial City.
The Imperial City was restricted. Without a special token, it was impossible to enter.
As for the Imperial Palace, that was where the old emperor and his consorts lived.
Xue Qinghe, as the Crown Prince, was valued by the emperor and had always resided in the Eastern Palace.
Jiang Chen had strolled through both the Outer City and Inner City yesterday and had also spent money to inquire around. Only then did he learn that both Snow Star Prince's and Xue Beng's mansions were located inside the Imperial City.
The two residences were not close to each other. After circling the Imperial City once, the little black bird finally found the Prince's Mansion and the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
The little black bird flew into the Prince's Mansion, searching for the target.
Jiang Chen finally realized that his reconnaissance team was still too small, with only one little black bird.
If he had two or even three, he could monitor the Prince, Xue Beng, and the old emperor at the same time.
"I should expand the team a bit," Jiang Chen decided.
At that moment, his pupils seemed to reflect the scene inside the Prince's Mansion.
An elderly man dressed in luxurious attire appeared in his view.
His graying hair was neatly combed back. He had a medium build, slightly plump, with proper facial features.
However, his eyes appeared a little small, which ruined the overall harmony of his features and unconsciously gave off an arrogant aura.
A group of guards surrounded him as he exited the mansion gates, boarded a lavish, large sedan chair, and headed in the direction of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
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