Chapter 23: Relationship Improvement

  Animals are different from humans, they never get greedy. The white tiger that was fed to its heart's content by the flying electric before it came out didn't have any appetite for the blood-stained Yin Huan at all.

  It licked the bloodstains on his back, and Yin Huan, who had used up all his strength, was no longer conscious. He could only feel that his back was wet and sticky, and there was something very soft and warm stuck to his back.

  In his daze, Yin Huan could feel the air suddenly clear up, so he thought he should be saved. The hands tied behind him were tightly clenched and now relaxed. The intense fatigue and sudden relief made Yin Huan fall into a deep sleep immediately...

  The white tiger tilted its head and licked Yin Huan's face, but Yin Huan didn't react at all. It let out a low growl, as if calling out to Yin Huan to wake up.

  Fu Li Da stepped out from behind the tree, and Bai Hu sensed his approach, immediately blocking him from Yin Huan and glaring at him.

  "Stay back!" Fú Lí immediately stretched out his hand to protect his own chest, looking at Yīn Huán lying on the ground. "I won't hurt that person, I just want to see how he's doing."

  The white tiger looked at Yin Huan and then at Fu Li, before letting out a loud roar in the direction of Fu Li, as if warning him, and then retreated to one side.

  Fú Lí slowly moved closer to Yīn Huáng, observing the majestic white tiger. He eventually walked up to Yīn Huáng's side, squatted down, and gently adjusted Yīn Huáng's head. He looked at Yīn Huáng's tightly closed eyes and his chubby little face.

  So cute...

  Still bound like this, with blood still flowing from his back, everything about him now excited Furi. Furi loved seeing cute things humiliated the most.

  He couldn't help but poke Yin Huan's face with his slender fingers.

  "Hehe......" Fowei couldn't help but laugh out loud, "So soft..."

  Feeling someone poking him, Yin Huan suddenly opened his eyes, and the person he saw, who was about the same age as himself, was someone he had never seen before.

  Fú Lí was startled by Yīn Huáng, who suddenly opened his eyes. At this time, Yīn Huáng was staring straight at Fú Lí with his pure black eyeballs, and Fú Lí suddenly found that he couldn't move his eyes away.

  "Uh...uh..." Yin Huan, whose mouth was gagged, couldn't speak and could only make sounds towards Fu Li. Fu Li immediately came to his senses and took out the cloth from Yin Huan's mouth.

  "Hurry, untie the rope behind me!" Yin Huan commanded as soon as he regained his ability to speak.

  Fu Li hesitated for a moment, he really didn't want to untie Yin Huan's rope, once untied it would be unlovable.

  "Who are you?" asked Fú Lí.

  "You don't even know who I am? I'm Yin Huanhuan, the son of the Marquis," said Yin Huan with a stinky face. "My imperial brother is your emperor, and you all have to listen to my orders! Do you understand?"

  "Oh......" Fú Lí nodded desperately, so this was the Prince Huán Shìzi that Father often spoke of.

  "Oh, you're still not untied! Quickly untie me!" Yin Huan scowled and commanded angrily.

  "Oh..." Fú Lǐ could only obey now, and circled around to his back. He saw that Yīn Huáng's back was bleeding, and couldn't help but reach out to touch the wound.

  "Ah......" Yin Huan clenched his teeth in pain, "What are you doing? Don't touch my wound!"

  Fu Li immediately took his hand away, seemingly reluctant, but still tremblingly stretched out his hand to untie the rope binding Yin Huan.

  Yin Huan's arms were numb from being tied up for too long, and he struggled to sit up, supporting himself on the ground. He untied the ropes around his feet by himself, while Fu Li stared at him in a daze. He felt that every move Yin Huan made revealed an exciting and unsettling factor that he had never seen before.

  The white tiger saw Yin Huan sitting up, approached him, rubbed against him, and then lowered his body to indicate that Yin Huan should get on.

  Yin Huan stroked the white tiger's head and asked, "Is it because Emperor Gege is afraid you'll come to rescue me?"

  The white tiger let out a soft "roar".

  "Hmph, I knew my stupid brother would worry about me and even send a tiger to rescue me," Yin Huan said, enduring the pain and numbness in his body, using force to climb onto the white tiger's back. The white tiger stood up majestically and let out another loud roar towards the outside of the forest.

  Fu Li sat on the ground, looking up at Yin Huan and Bai Hu, his mouth agape in surprise. This Yin Huan was even more majestic than the Emperor he had seen during the day, with an air of royalty that made him seem like a true king who could stand at the pinnacle of power.

  "Come," Yin Huan said, stretching out his hand to Fu Li who was looking up at him from below, "come up."

  Fu Li was somewhat skeptical of his ears, but Yin Chen's meaty hand was placed in front of him. He happily put his own hand on top and asked tentatively, "Prince Huan Shizi, can I ride on the White Tiger with you?"

  "You saved me, so I'll let you ride the Emperor's tiger," Yin Huan said as he helped Fu Li onto the back of the white tiger. Fu Li sat behind Yin Huan, his chest pressed tightly against Yin Huan's injured back. "I can also ask the Emperor to make you a high-ranking official when you grow up."

  "Really?" Fú Lí stretched out his hand and gently hugged Yīn Huán's waist, "Thank you, Lord Huán Shìzi. In the future, I want to become an official as great as Father!"

  The white tiger slowly took a step forward, and Yin Huan asked, "Who is your father?"

  "My father is Fu Wanfu Shangshu, and I am his eighth son, Fu Li."

  "What? Are you the son of Fú Shàngshū?" Yīn Huán's expression suddenly changed to one of great joy upon hearing the name Fú Shàngshū, as he still remembered how Fú Shàngshū had taken them in when he and his brother were unable to return to the palace. "How old are you this year?"

  "I'm seven and a half years old now," said Fú Lǐ in a soft and gentle voice.

  "I'm eight and a half this year," Yin Huan said to Fu Li behind him, holding up eight fingers. "So I'm your older brother now, you have to call me Brother Huan, got it?"

  "Uh-huh, I know, Brother Huan!" Fú Lí called out sweetly, "Brother Huan, are we going to see Emperor Ge now?"

  Yin Huan's face, which had been cheerful just a moment before, suddenly turned cold when he heard Fu Li call him "Imperial Brother". He stared at Fu Li and said, "Don't ever call me that again, do you understand? He is my Emperor brother alone!"

  Fu Li was somewhat puzzled as to why Yuan Huan suddenly became angry, he hastily nodded, "Mm, I know, if Eldest Brother doesn't like me calling him that then I won't call him that!"

  "Ah, that's more like it," Yin Huan stretched out his hand to pat the top of Fu Li's head, who was about the same height as him. "I'll just be your older brother from now on, I won't be anyone else's older brother again."

  Fú Lí suddenly felt a surge of heat rising in his heart, rushing through his chest and cheeks, he had an urge to cry and laugh at the same time. At such a young age, he didn't know what this feeling was, all he wanted to do was hold Yīn Huáng tighter.

  "Ah..." Yin Huan Tong winced again, but he didn't blame Fu Li again. After all, he was also an older brother now, and he had to spoil his younger brother!

  Yin Huan thought with relish, as the White Tiger walked towards the outside of the forest...

  ……

  After leaving the forest, the beasts crowded around Yin Huan and walked towards the Golden Temple. The chatty birds had already told Fei Dian that the child they were looking for had been found, and Fei Dian immediately told Yin Cheng. Yin Cheng hastily ran out to welcome Yin Huan.

  Actually, at dusk, Fu Wan also found that his youngest son was gone, he was very worried but didn't want to tell Yin Chen about it and make him even more anxious. Now, following Yin Chen out, he saw his youngest son riding on the back of a white tiger with Yin Huan, his heart finally put down, he couldn't help but want to cry.

  In front of the Golden Temple, Yin Huan immediately jumped down from the back of the White Tiger and rushed into Yin Sheng's arms, and his strong heart finally collapsed.

  "Brother, I was seriously injured, I almost died..." Yin Huan said with tears.

  "Huan'er, it's not your fault, it's my fault for not taking good care of you," Yin Sheng said softly, patting his back. "Don't worry, the person who hurt you is already dead, and I've ordered him to be torn apart by five horses, no one will ever hurt you again, Huan'er..."

  "Brother Emperor," Yin Huan rubbed his eyes, "do you know who kidnapped me?"

  "It was the eunuch Li Gonggong, who has always taken care of you," said Yin Chen, pointing to Fei Dian, who was watching the deep brotherly love performance with a expressionless face. "He was the one who found out and also ordered the animals in the palace to come and rescue you, you should thank him."

  "Thank him?" Yin Huan furrowed his brow, "Hmph! Emperor brother, you don't know why I was tied up. It's because of him, because he interfered with the investigation into Wan Guifei's death. If it wasn't for him provoking Li Gonggong, how would he want to harm me?"

  "Huan'er..." Yin Sheng said, "He's just provoking you a bit, with Li Gonggong being like this, sooner or later he'll end up hurting you. Fortunately, you're still able to return safely this time. If something really happened to you..."

  Yin Sheng couldn't say anything more, tightly hugging Yin Huan, "Huan'er, let the imperial physician take a look at your back injury first, then eat something and have a good sleep, okay?"

  Yin Huan nodded, then pointed to Fu Li who was hiding behind Fu Wan's body, "Brother, I want Fu Li to be my younger brother and let him stay in the palace to play with me, can he?"

  "This..." Yin Cheng looked at Fu Wan, letting Fu Li become Yin Huan's younger brother was not difficult, but letting him stay in the imperial palace... could Fu Wan bear to part with him?

  Fu Wan knew that Yin Sheng was asking about this matter, and he said with some difficulty, "It's not good for Lier to be raised in the palace... his mother hasn't seen him for several years either, maybe Madame will miss him..."

  Madam Fu treated Yin Huan and Yin Cheng like her own sons, so Yin Huan didn't want Madam Fu to be troubled either. He looked at Fú Lí with some sadness, and Fú Lí also looked at Yīn Huán with equal sadness.

  "But, Your Highness, you can often bring Li'er into the palace to play, and I won't be leaving Xuchang frequently from now on. The imperial palace is not far from my residence," Fu Wan suggested, "How about that, Crown Prince Huan?"

  "Uh-huh," Yin Huan nodded vigorously, "it's settled then."

  "Now, Your Highness Huan Shizi should hurry up and take a look at the wound. I, an old minister, will also take my son and leave." Fu Wan said, bowing his head to Emperor Yin Cong, "Your Majesty, this old minister bids farewell."

  Yin Sheng allowed Fu Wan to take over and handed Yin Huan over to the imperial physician who had been summoned, and the imperial physician took Yin Huan into the palace for treatment.

  Then Yin Sheng turned his head to look at Fei Dian, who had been silent all along, and found that he was patting the white tiger's head with a faint smile on his mouth.

  Yin Sheng's heart was shaken by this casual smile.

  "Th-that... Flying Thunder Brother..." Yin Chen hesitated as he spoke, and Fei Dian turned his head around, looking at him in confusion.

  "Thank you," he said.

  Fei Yan's expression remained unchanged, although for a moment he also doubted whether he had misheard.

  "There's nothing to thank me for, I also told you not to pretend to be innocent in front of me," Fei Dian said coldly. "Since we've all seen your truest side, what's the point of pretending anymore?"

  "Huh? What's with the act of innocence?" Yin Chen blinked his eyes, looking like he was originally very innocent, and shamelessly pulled on his sleeve, "Fei Dian Gege ~ you say something, how come I don't understand ah ~"

  "Weren't you going to kill me just now?" Fei Dian asked, withdrawing his sleeve.

  "What's going on?!" Yin Sheng innocently pursed his lips, "Obviously it was just your own dream, you're framing me, I'm a kind person, how could I possibly kill someone... waaahhh..."

  "......"

  So now he has classified himself as one of those people with utilitarian value again?

  Why does he think it's still not as good as before?

  ……

  Mini Theater:

  Yin Sheng: Why is it that every time you're attacked, you always have a calm and collected expression? You clearly don't have any ability to counterattack, aren't you afraid of death?

  Fei Dian: Not afraid.

  Yin Sheng: Why?

  Grandma said it, people with a protagonist halo won't die so easily.

  Yin Sheng: ……control……]