"Punishment? You wish! But that place is really fun. Whether you go or not is up to you!"
Zi Linling said, and angrily walked out of the inn.
This was a plan previously agreed upon by the two, with the purpose of giving the Four Great Families a "chance."
Ye Lingyuan quickly grabbed Zi Linling's hand and pulled her into his embrace, comforting her, "Lin'er, don't be angry! Didn't you say you didn't have enough fun flying kites the day before yesterday? This King will bring out those six kites now and let you play more!"
As he spoke, his sleeves also flicked out.
"Plop! Plop! Plop..."
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch..."
The sound of six heavy objects hitting the ground, accompanied by six cries of pain.
Looking at Zi Linling and Ye Lingyuan standing before them, the six rats were dumbfounded.
They had clearly hidden well enough, so why were they dragged out?
Even if they were dragged out, why did they fall like dogs eating dirt?
Zi Linling glanced dismissively at the six people crawling on the ground, eating dirt, and complained, "Ye Lingyuan, you dragged them all out. How can I continue flying kites?"
The six people: "..."
Flying kites? What kite flying?
Ye Lingyuan raised an eyebrow and said with a fawning smile, "Lin'er blames me. It was my lack of consideration. How about this, since we can't fly kites anymore, shall we go fishing?"
The six people: "..."
What kite flying? What fishing? Why did they understand every word, but not when they were put together?
"Fishing?"
Zi Linling's eyes lit up, and a smile finally appeared on her stern little face. "Good, good, good! Let's go fishing! But... we don't have any bait!"
As she spoke, the smile that had just appeared on her face slowly disappeared.
Of course, she also cast a subtle glare at the six people, which made them shiver.
Ye Lingyuan said with a wry smile, "Lin'er, why are you angry again? Aren't there six pieces of bait on the ground?"
The six people: "..." Where is the bait?
As Ye Lingyuan spoke, he looked at the six people still in the posture of eating dirt with disgust, and continued, "Although these six pieces of bait are dirty, maybe they can catch big fish?"
Zi Linling said disdainfully, "Them? Can they catch big fish? They'd be lucky to catch dogs! After all, only dogs don't mind eating dirt!"
The six people: "..."
Are they... talking about us?
When did we become bait for fishing?
Also, what do you mean by "eating dirt"?
Ye Lingyuan frowned and said, "Perhaps Lin'er is right, they are indeed suitable for catching dogs, because the dogs have arrived!"
The six people: "..."
Dogs have arrived?!
Where?!
As Ye Lingyuan's voice fell, a man with a brutish face walked in.
He saw Zi Linling and Ye Lingyuan at a glance, and a hint of astonishment flashed in his eyes.
Ye Lingyuan put his arm around Zi Linling's waist and leaped lightly, landing in the dining area, precisely on an empty table and chairs.
The brutish man felt his vision go blank and immediately realized he had been so captivated by the beauty that he had forgotten his purpose.
He turned around and walked to the table of Zi Linling and Ye Lingyuan, and said with a cold face, "Are you from the Tianqi Kingdom?"
"Shopkeeper, get us something to eat."
Zi Linling directly ignored the brutish man and called out to the shopkeeper.
As for Ye Lingyuan, he treated the brutish man as if he were air and continued Zi Linling's words, "Bring a table of your signature dishes!"
The shopkeeper responded and turned to the kitchen to instruct the cook.
Zi Linling glared at Ye Lingyuan and said, "Don't think this is over. You're not allowed in the room tonight!"
Ye Lingyuan was about to reply when he was interrupted by a voice.
"Slap!"
The ignored brutish man slammed his hand heavily on the table and roared, "I'm talking to you, are your ears deaf?"
Zi Linling's face darkened and she said, "Are you talking to us?"
The brutish man said fiercely, "I'm not talking to you, who else would I be talking to?"
Zi Linling sneered, "Sorry, we are humans, so we don't understand dog barks. If you don't know how to speak like a human, you can go and chat with those six dogs eating dirt!"
She said, looking at the six people still prostrate on the ground in a dog-eating-dirt posture.
It wasn't that they didn't want to get up, but they couldn't.
When Ye Lingyuan dragged them out, he had already used his power to restrain them to the ground and seal their voices.
The six people: "..."
Why are we dog-eating-dirt dogs again?
The brutish man subconsciously followed Zi Linling's gaze and then noticed the six people he had overlooked moments ago.
Their posture was indeed indistinguishable from that of dogs eating dirt.
However, he quickly realized that Zi Linling had included him in her insult.
"Brat, you're looking for..."
"Slap!"
Before the brutish man could utter the word "death," a slap landed on his face, cutting off his unfinished words.
He flew out and landed next to the six people, maintaining the same posture as them.
Ye Lingyuan looked apologetically at Zi Linling and said, "Lin'er, don't speak human language to dogs, just beat them back to their kennels!"
He glanced subtly at the brutish man, a faint killing intent in his eyes.
Hmph! How dare a dog insult Lin'er, whom he held in his palm for fear of dropping her and in his mouth for fear of melting her?
"Pfft!"
Zi Linling laughed and said, "Alright! I was wrong, I shouldn't have spoken human language to a dog!"
The brutish man's eyes widened in anger, but he couldn't move or speak.
"You two are going too far, aren't you? Although he is indeed a dog of our family, shouldn't one consider the owner before beating the dog?"
Accompanying this voice, a gloomy young man walked in from outside the door.
The gloomy young man bore some resemblance to Zi Donglai, but his aura was even more potent than Zi Donglai's.
Zi Linling didn't even lift her eyelids. She smiled softly at Ye Lingyuan and said, "These six dog baits are indeed good. Not only did they catch a dog, but they also caught the dog's owner!"
Ye Lingyuan said with a doting smile, "Isn't this all thanks to my Lin'er's golden words? Otherwise, I would have mistaken them for fish bait."
The gloomy young man's aura paused almost imperceptibly, and then he casually sat down next to Zi Linling and Ye Lingyuan.
"You two have quite the spirit, not only daring to kidnap my cousin and extort the Zi family, but also boldly coming to Zi family territory to humiliate this young master. Should I say you are arrogant, or should I say you are exceptionally brave?"
Zi Donglai's cousin?
Zi Linling's gaze flickered. She leaned into Ye Lingyuan's embrace and said coquettishly, "Your Highness, is this dog owner threatening me? I'm so scared!"
She claimed to be scared, but there wasn't a hint of fear on her face.