A scheming and arrogant peacock

Lao Duan, who had already set out, was completely unaware of the danger he was walking into.

All of this....every risk he was about to take.....was merely in pursuit of one thing: the love of his father, Lin Chaoyuan.

A love that, truth be told, had never truly existed in Lin Chaoyuan's heart for him.

Lao Duan knew the truth.

He had a half-brother.....an illegitimate child born from Lin Chaoyuan's betrayal.

It was because of this very child that his mother had left their lives forever.

Yet still… Lao Duan tried. Again and again, he tried.

He would bend, he would break....anything to win the affection of the man he called "father."

But today… when Lin Chaoyuan sent him near death without a second thought, it became painfully clear:

Lin Chaoyuan's heart held not even a shred of love for Lao Duan.

His cruelty had spoken.

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Butterfly Mountain…

Bao Feng turned to the group with a suggestion.

"If we want to return quickly, we should split into pairs to search for herbs. This way, we can start heading back by evening."

Everyone found this reasonable.

Without hesitation, Mo Yan grabbed Yu Sui by his robes and dragged him away

Just like an owner dragging a stubborn cat out for a walk.

Yu Sui, flailing and shouting, protested the whole way, yelling back at Duie,

"Don't start another fight with Su Nian!"

Hearing this, Duie scoffed,

"I'm not the one who starts it. That arrogant peacock always begins it first!"

Naturally, Su Nian didn't take that lying down,

"Oh really?! Look who's talking!"

And just like that...another ridiculous quarrel began between the two.

Bao Fang sighed, rubbing his forehead in frustration.

"There's no hope for those two…"

He then motioned to the rest, signaling it was time to move out and divide up.

"Let's go. Leave them be.

Trying to make them understand is like trying to reason with a brick wall… Useless."

And with that, the group dispersed into the wilderness of Butterfly Mountain.