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A NEW CHARACTER WAS DETECTED:

BIRTH NAME: WU HONG

COURTESY NAME: WU JINGGUO

AGE: 23

POSITION: PRINCE WU JINHAI’S HALF-BROTHER, THE CROWN PRINCE OF WU LI}

It had been a long time since Bai Chen had received a notification from the system containing a new character introduction.

When he had just started getting that kind of information from the system, he thought that all the characters in this world would be introduced by the system to make it easier for him to complete the missions, but he later found out that the system wasn’t that lenient.

In fact, the system had only introduced important characters to him, and the system was indeed still stingy as it let him feel curious about other characters who weren’t introduced by it.

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‘So, he’s Wu Jinhai’s half-brother who was born from his father’s concubine? He is the one who usurped the title of Crown Prince from Wu Jinhai?’ Bai Chen silently scanned the newcomer from head to toe after receiving information from the system.

At first glance, he saw the similarities between Wu Jinhai and Wu Jingguo. Both had long black hair, and both had all of their hair tied at the back of their heads. Somehow Bai Chen could see how the two men had similar eyes, both of them had brown eyes that looked sharp and intimidating.

However, those were the only features that looked similar between the two Princes of Wu Li. Even just from their clothes, Bai Chen could tell that their characters were different. Wu Jingguo wore blue while Wu Jinhai liked to wear red, and that made the two of them seem like water and fire.

When Bai Chen glanced at Wu Jinhai who was standing next to him beside the horse, he could feel how the man had tensed up after meeting his half-brother. Sure enough, the Eldest Prince was covering his face with a golden mask now, but Bai Chen felt that he knew Wu Jinhai so well that he could even guess what kind of reaction the man under the mask would make.

“The sun is only peeking beyond the horizon, and I shouldn’t disturb His Highness the Crown Prince’s sleep. What caused His Highness the Crown Prince to wake up so early today? Or perhaps His Highness the Crown Prince didn’t get a wink of sleep because he was too busy with work?” Wu Jinhai asked the man in blue, and even if he seemed polite in the way he greeted the man, the sarcasm in his voice was too evident to Bai Chen’s ears.

Wu Jingguo called Wu Jinhai “gege” as if to show that he respected the older man, but Wu Jinhai called Wu Jingguo “Your Highness” just like how the servants usually addressed the man. Of course, it was enough to know how far apart the two brothers were from each other even if they were related by blood, and that was why Bai Chen imitated Wu Jinhai’s actions to give Wu Jingguo a cold look.

“Ah, yes...” Wu Jingguo replied while nodding several times in front of his half-brother. “His Majesty asked me to help him with some matters, and that’s why I spent my time in the library since yesterday afternoon. I read a lot of books, and I didn’t even notice that the day had changed, and it was already dawn now. I’ll be going back to my palace to rest.”

‘Haizz! Does this Crown Prince want to flaunt that he is busy, unlike his half-brother who can only spend his time outside the palace doing random things?’ Suddenly, Bai Chen felt irritated after hearing how Wu Jingguo replied to Wu Jinhai’s words.

He suddenly compared the man to the late Bai Renshu. Wu Jingguo and Bai Renshu had the title of Crown Prince of their empires, but Bai Chen immediately realized that the two men were different when they faced their half-brothers.

Bai Renshu openly displayed his hostility, and his words also sounded bitter without any icing on every word. However, Wu Jingguo looked like a pushover, and since Bai Chen had always hated pushovers, he also disliked the man in blue even though it was only their first meeting today.

“Why didn’t you tell us earlier that you would be back today, gege?” Wu Jingguo spoke again even if Wu Jinhai did not respond to his previous words. “You even brought Prince Bai Chen with you, and we should have warmly welcomed you two instead of welcoming you empty-handed like this. It embarrassed me, gege.”

“If you feel embarrassed, then you’d better leave us alone, Your Highness. You should quickly return to your palace to hide under the covers so you won’t feel embarrassed anymore.”

A response suddenly came after Wu Jingguo finished speaking, but it was not from Wu Jinhai. Instead, it came from a man dressed in black, and even if Bai Chen had almost forgotten the man’s existence, he could still recognize the man as Yu Ming.

Yes, Yu Ming did come with him and Wu Jinhai from the forest, but Bai Chen thought that the man had left them to go somewhere. Now Bai Chen realized that he was wrong because Yu Ming was still with them, and even the stallion he had previously ridden was still there.

Now, Bai Chen suddenly felt the tension between Wu Jingguo and Yu Ming. Previously, Wu Jingguo had looked relaxed somehow when talking to his half-brother, but now he suddenly stiffened after Yu Ming joined in on their conversation.

‘What happened between them?’ Bai Chen wondered inwardly. ‘I can somehow see the hatred in Wu Jingguo’s eyes when he looks at Yu Ming, but I think there is something bigger than that hatred. But, what is it? Moreover, I assume he was more alert after noticing Yu Ming’s presence. Sure enough, something happened between them.’

“Why did you also bring this slut to the Xinyang Imperial Palace, gege?” Wu Jingguo asked Wu Jinhai, but his sharp eyes remained on Yu Ming as if he was afraid that the man in black would launch a sneaky attack on him if he looked away for even a second. “He’s not only a filthy slut, but he’s also just a stinky fish. Why did you bring him, gege?”