OMG! Tyrant's Pampered Baby Is a Valued Princess-Chapter 701: Trees Aren’t Lifeless!

On Feng Fuce’s fair forehead, a vein of anger suddenly popped out.

He grabbed Bai Zhi’er’s head and forced her to sit back in her seat.

In the innocent and adorable gaze of the little one, Feng Fuce gritted his teeth and said, "Just call me brother."

To be a male concubine? That’s simply insulting him!

She didn’t even become a Little Demon Pet for him, yet she was thinking about taking a male concubine first.

Bai Zhi’er noticed Feng Fuce’s displeased, even somewhat angry expression.

The little one pouted, mumbling complaints.

"So hard to please, hmph."

Brother’s not okay, male concubine’s not okay, so fussy!

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A Ruo came to the Xiuluo Guard to wait for the Princess’s return to the palace.

Hearing that Bai Zhi’er was going to a poetry gathering, she wanted to tag along.

After all, A Ruo had never seen what the bustling poetry gatherings in the mortal world were like.

But the little one wouldn’t let her go.

Because Feng Fuce was coming along, Bai Zhi’er thought the young man who knew some spells might notice A Ruo’s differences.

Thus, A Ruo had to stay in the palace.

Bai Zhi’er told her that when they returned to the palace, they would first stop by the Xiuluo Guard with Feng Fuce.

So A Ruo entered the Xiuluo Guard’s gate, looking around.

The Xiuluo Envoy guards looked straight ahead, knowing she was the Princess’s servant, and didn’t stop her.

A Ruo glanced left and right, hearing a dull "thump thump thump" from the backyard.

Curious, she walked over.

She saw Lu Wang practicing his punches.

His moves were swift, each punch landing on the trunk, causing the golden leaves on the tree to fall.

A Ruo sat on the nearby steps, hugging her knees, watching quietly.

When Lu Wang finished his punches, he turned to A Ruo: "How long do you plan to keep watching?"

A Ruo propped her chin, her appearance delicate and bright.

"Immortal Lord Lu Wang," as there was no one around, she reverted to her former way of addressing him: "I was just wondering, when you punch the tree like that, doesn’t it hurt the tree?"

Lu Wang furrowed his brows, glancing at the tree beside him, then looking at A Ruo with those deep eyes, as if he was scorning her silliness.

"Why did the Heavenly Daoist choose you to be a servant, is it because you always ask these strange questions?"

Saying that, he walked over to her, sat down, and took a big swig from his water jug.

Then he said, "Trees are dead things, how could they feel pain?"

A Ruo widened her eyes, seriously correcting him: "Trees aren’t dead things!"

She looked at the big trees in the courtyard.

"In the spring, they grow green leaves; in the autumn, they turn golden. In the winter, the leaves fall off entirely, looking as if they’re dead, but come next spring, they’re lush and green again!"

As A Ruo spoke, her gaze turned dreamy.

She murmured, "Some trees even bloom. If you take good care of them, they’ll bloom many flowers for you; if not, they wither."

"Like people, they have joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, so trees have life."

Lu Wang looked at her, his long brows slightly furrowed: "Why do I feel a hint of envy in your tone?"

A Ruo was startled.

Had this bear actually seen through her thoughts?

She didn’t deny it.

"You’re right, Immortal Lord, I am envious. In this world, even the moon waxes and wanes, the sea cliff has tides rise and fall, but me, I don’t even know what pain feels like."

Lu Wang wiped the water stain from the corner of his lips with the back of his hand.

He was a bit puzzled: "Pain isn’t a pleasant feeling, why do you wish to have it?"

A Ruo hugged her knees and said: "I also want to know what joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness feel like!"

"I was a stone that was enlightened, but I’ve never known what truly becoming human feels like. I’ve never had it, which is why I’m envious!"