“Listen… don’t you dare tell anyone about this… otherwise…”
“Otherwise what?”
Mu Xueshi clenched his fists tightly, his eyes wide as he tried to put on a fierce expression. Unfortunately, he could not maintain it for more than three seconds. Soon he deflated like a punctured balloon, drooping his head as he muttered to the Third Prince,
“Otherwise… I’ll be too embarrassed to face anyone…”
Without warning, the Third Prince reached into the water and seized the so-called water vine. With one hand he hooked it up and held it before Mu Xueshi.
At first Mu Xueshi thought the prince meant to humiliate him again. He hastily shrank back to the side. But when he noticed that the vine bore no trace of what had just happened, he finally relaxed.
“What is it?” Mu Xueshi asked, blinking in confusion.
“Look carefully. What do you think this truly is?”
At the prince’s words, Mu Xueshi quickly snatched it over.
At some unknown moment, the so-called vine had turned into a green silk ribbon. It felt light and weightless in his hand, as though it had never been anything else.
“You—!!!”
Mu Xueshi clutched the ribbon tightly, baring his teeth in outrage. He was so angry he could barely breathe.
When he looked up again, the Third Prince had already vanished.
Mu Xueshi hurried to the edge of the bath pool, grabbed his clothes, and dressed himself in haste. Just before leaving, he glanced once more at the green ribbon in his hand.
A strange feeling stirred in his heart.
For some reason, he felt that something important was deeply connected to this ribbon—yet no matter how hard he tried, he could not grasp the thread of that thought.
But now was hardly the time to ponder such matters.
Only one thought remained in his mind:
Revenge.
He had never expected someone as cold and aloof as the Third Prince to toy with others in such an elaborate way.
Grinding his teeth, Mu Xueshi stamped heavily across the floor and strode toward the prince’s sleeping chambers with resolute determination.
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