When Xu Chao wrote a letter that contained vital information, he would always format the letter in a certain way. The letter would be very long and sometimes contained some nonsense, but the real contents of the letter would be the first ten prime numbers (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29).
For example, if the letter was like this:
Well, THE SPIES. then WE gardening PLANTED pots. sun flowers ARE not SAFE.
Using the method that he discovered, this meant that the letter meant "The spies we planted are safe".
In any case, Feng Yongrui had already found out a rather considerable amount of information regarding Xu Chao's likes and dislikes. He even found out Xu Chao's writing method.
Although he didn't manage to find out who and how many Xu Chao's spies were and he didn't find out anything about Xu Chao's hand signal movements, Feng Yongrui felt like he had found out a pretty good amount of information.
Feng Yongrui was currently resting. He had taken off the coat so that he could look at Xu Chao's room normally without seeing all the "shiny" things. Feng Yongrui sighed. He was glad Xu Chao didn't wake up even though he was rummaging through all of his things.
Feng Yongrui stood up. His resting time was over. He had to continue looking through Xu Chao's things. The more clues he could find, the more he could report to his Boss.
Feng Yongrui bent down to put on his coat, but then he looked at the empty floor in front of him.
Feng Yongrui: ???
"Where's the cloak?" Feng Yongrui muttered.
Feng Yongrui searched everywhere but did not find the coat. His heart dropped to his stomach. Did he lose the coat? Did he drop it somewhere? But he had been wearing it all along--!
"Host, you don't have the coat anymore," the System said.
"Yeah, do you know where it is?" Feng Yongrui asked frantically.
"Host... the coat doesn't belong to you anymore."
"...What?" Feng Yongrui paused. He didn't understand.
"It's true that you got the coat because of the Happy Hour... and well, in the terms and conditions, it's stated that you can only use what you get during the Happy Hour during the Happy Hour itself," the System said.
"After the happy hour is over, the item belongs to the System again..." it added.
It took several seconds for Feng Yongrui to process the information, but when he did, he couldn't help feeling furious.
"Why didn't you say so sooner, huh??" Feng Yongrui hissed.
"Host, you didn't ask," the System said.
"I asked you what the terms and conditions were!" Feng Yongrui retorted.
"Yes, that's right. But I haven't finished talking and you decided to use the lucky draw..." the System said as-a-matter-of-factly.
Feng Yongrui felt his veins bulging and his fists clenching as he fought the urge to punch something.
"I even asked you, 'are you sure?' You said yes, so you got the lucky draw~" the System added.
Feng Yongrui wanted to roar out loud. If only he could get the System out of his head and bang it on the surface of a table or something!
Feng Yongrui took several deep breaths. He had to calm down... he had to calm down...
"Host," the System started to speak.
"Mute!" Feng Yongrui roared. The System was instantly muted, bringing a rare moment of peace for Feng Yongrui.
He took a few deep breaths and ignored the System. Feng Yongrui looked around the room. Anyway, he managed to glean some information, so this trip wasn't exactly useless.
Feng Yongrui returned everything inside the room to its original place and left Xu Chao's room.
When he returned to his room, Feng Yongrui quickly wrote down the important information he found. At the end of the week, when he sent his daily reports, he would send this information as well.
***
Several days had passed since Feng Yongrui sent the anonymous letter to Xu Chao and told his Boss about Lilith's plans. Feng Yongrui did not know it yet, but in the Cloud Realm, big waves were shaking up the Heavenly Immortal's palace.
The Heavenly Immortal had found the third prince and fifth princess embroiled in a deep fight. When the two of them finally realized the Heavenly Immortal's presence, he was already furious.
The third prince, knowing that he was bound to be punished (the Heavenly Immortal disliked his children openly fighting amongst themselves), threw caution to the wind and directly exposed the fact that the fifth princess kept a private army of her own.
In return, the fifth princess told the Heavenly Immortal that the third prince had conspired with the people of the Phantom Realm. The Heavenly Immortal was furious at both of them and they were severely punished.
The fifth princess was quite tragic -- her private army was massacred and her mother was confined separately from her. As for the third prince, his mother came to plead on his behalf, but the Heavenly Immortal was unmoved. After all, the crime of conspiring with the Phantom Realm was a big one.
The main perpetrator of their fight, Chen Tengfei, leaned back on his chair and listened to his servant's report with glee. The fifth princess was fighting the third prince because she thought he was responsible for the death of her brother...
Of course, that was false. Chen Tengfei was the one who planted "evidence" that her brother's death was caused by the third prince.
Aside from Chen Tengfei, there was another person who was leaning back and listening to his servant's reports with happiness. It was none other than the Crown Prince of the Phantom realm, Chen Longfei, Feng Yongrui's Boss!
"How amusing," Chen Longfei took a sip of wine and smiled gently at Xiao Niao. "I can't believe those two got punished together... Tsk, tsk... Well, well, well. I guess this is a good thing."
"After all, the messier things are in the Cloud Realm, the easier it will be for us to destroy them."
Xiao Niao smiled as well. He was happy for his Master...
Chen Longfei took a deep breath and stood up. "Let's go," he said, beckoning to Xiao Niao.
"Let's visit my mother."
***
Feng Yongrui looked at the "enemies" in front of him and balled his hands into fists.
"Do you think I'm afraid of you? Come on! Bring it on!" Feng Yongrui cried.
His enemies: "..."
"If you're not going to make your move, then I will," Feng Yongrui said.
Again, his enemies did not respond.
Feng Yongrui pursed his lips and crept closer to the first enemy. Closer... closer...
Just a few inches more...!
Bam! Feng Yongrui felt himself flying through the air before landing smack on his bottom.
"Argh..."
Rubbing his sore bottom, Feng Yongrui stood up painfully and approached his enemies again.
How many times had it been? Feng Yongrui didn't know, but he had to complete this task!!
Gritting his teeth, Feng Yongrui walked forward again. This time, when his "enemy" stuck out its foot to kick him away, he was prepared and dodged.
"A-ha!" Feng Yongrui cried. He managed to grab his enemy's hair... no, mane...
What was Feng Yongrui doing? The answer was simple. He had been tasked to braid the stallions' manes. You see, tomorrow, Xu Chao was going to go out on an official visit to one of the clans in the Phantom Realm, the Sapphire Spriggans.
The Family Head of the Spriggans had just gotten his first grandchild, a boy. Spriggans were known for their bad tempers and being easily offended. If you missed their birthday party, they would remember it for the rest of their lives and cause mischief for you anytime at all.
Of course, if you offended the Spriggan Family Head, he wouldn't just "cause mischief". Although the spriggans weren't necessarily a large clan, they were quite important and the Shadow Demons often traded with them, so Xu Chao had to come and personally congratulate the Spriggan Family Head.
Since he was officially going out, Xu Chao would be riding his carriage pulled by the Phantom Stallions, and he wanted them to look perfect. This was why a servant had come over and instructed Feng Yongrui to braid the stallions' manes and make the look picture perfect.
Feng Yongrui was ready to do his job well, but! How could the stallions let him braid their manes? Especially Starmane, the one with the worst temper... how could he let Feng Yongrui do as he pleased?
This was actually the first time Feng Yongrui had been kicked by the stallions, and boy, did it hurt! Feng Yongrui couldn't wait to return to his room and write 10 flowery phrases about this experience!
Since he was suffering, he wanted his Boss to suffer as well (by reading his terrible reports)!
Feng Yongrui glared at the stallions in front of him, and they glared back at him.
...This was bound to be a long fight.
***