His golden thigh said it would be even faster, and sure enough, the flag was pulled quickly. Two days later, Xia Yanyun sent a letter, asking for cooperation with Sha Yang for revenge against the protagonist and her father. After learning that his mother's death was planned by the protagonist and her father, the hatred and disgust Xia Yanyun had for the protagonist was the same as the tolerance and love he once had for her.

[The probability of Mu Yan and the protagonist falling in love has fallen to 50%. May the host persist in his efforts.]

Ye Zhizhou was already numb to the feeling of a pile falling from te sky and asked, "Why did Mu Yan's love probability decrease?Right now, the protagonist must have just left Mu Yan. Furthermore, their emotional development was already in the late stage, so why did Mu Yan's love probability decrease when Xia Yanyun's letter arrived?"

"Mu Yan like peace and hates fighting." Shayang set the finished pill recipe down in front of him, refilled his cup with tea, and said, "Although Xia Yanyun will never fall in love with Leng Meier because of his mother's death, he would still have some nostalgia for her in his heart. If Leng Meier used some tricks, the flag we pulled out will probably be restored. In order to avoid future trouble, I arranged for Xia Yanyun and Mu Yan's Miracle Doctor Valley to see the good show of Leng Meier pursuing Mu Yan, and then let someone reveal some of Leng Meier's unsavory deeds to Mu Yan. And Xia Yanyun, who had completely lost all hope in Leng Meier, may confront her. As long as the confrontation happens, the harmless and perfect Leng Meier in Mu Yan's heart will no longer exist. Between the three, Xia Yanyun hates Leng Meier, and Mu Yan is angry with Leng Meier and sympathizes with Xia Yanyun. Leng Meier just wants to coax both of them so she can continue using them. The three will then continue to be tangled together, but with Mu Yan's personality, he'll soon feel irritated and pill himself away from the mess. At that time, his flag will naturally be pulled out."

Ye Zhizhou, who was fed like a pig everyday, listened to his long explanations with a face of "I don't understand". He then looked down at the pill recipe that Sha Yang had set in front of him, before looking up at the tea and the delicate snacks on the table. He sighed with admiration and reluctance. "You even sent someone to Mu Yan's place... What are you planning on doing with Yu Shuang?" This was the prince of the enemy country they were talking about here! He didn't believe that his lover's influence could stretch that far!

Seeing through his thoughts, Sha Yang took a sip of his tea cup and reminded him kindly, "Although Hui Yao's royal family hates Ming Yue's royal family, they've always had the mindset of 'I rather believe than to not believe' towards Ming Yue Palace. As long as I send a divinatory image in the name of Ming Yue Palace..."

"....." If the flag was not pulled, it would be pulled halfway.

Sha Yang set down his teacup, raised his hand to pinch Ye Zhizhou's face, and asked with a smile, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Big thigh, you were too strong that I was speechless. Ye Zhizhou waved his hand and thought for a moment before saying, "We're not in a rush to deal with Yu Shuang. As long as you make sure that Leng Meier doesn't get mixed up with the army, those two will never meet. As for now, only four of the nine flags have been pulled out. The three flags from the secret guard Leng Ye, Rong Guangyan Guoshi, and Ying Qiong, the son of the general, should be impossible to restore. We should pay attention to Xia Yanyun's situation and take care not to let him and the protagonist take the route of 'I lover you, but I also want to kill you'. Now there are still five flags left: Liu Jun, the boss of the brothel; Ruan Wanhe, the son of an imperial merchant; Divine Doctor Mu Yan; Ke Qi, the son of the elder of the demonic cult; and Yu Shuang, the prince of the enemy country..."

[The probability of Liu Jun and the protagonist falling in love has fallen to 0%. The fifth soul flag has been pulled out. Congratulation to the host. May the host persist in his efforts.]

Sha Yang picked up his hand and swung it back and forth, smiling as he asked, "Why did you suddenly stop?"

"Liu Jun's flag was pulled." Ye Zhizhou opened his mouth and ate a meat pie. With great effort, he kept his expression calm and continued, "We must pull out the flag of Divine Doctor Mu Yi as soon as possible, then take Leng Meier away from him, so as not to give them a chance to meet again. Now, the most difficult one is Ke Qi, the son of the elder in the demonic cult. This wayward young master is both righteous and evil. If he finds something he likes, he'll go after it. After the protagonist saved him, the protagonist was constantly in his mind. In the original plot, it was him that actively pursued the protagonist. Now we are too far away from him and the protagonist, so we can't do anything about his flag. And there's Ruan Wanhe..."

"Ruan Wanhe's dream is to live a free and unrestrained life like a woman. He wants to do business, travel all over the Ming Yue country, and go out to the sea to see a broader world. The last thing he wants is to marry and have children. The reason why Leng Meier could get his favor was because she once said that a man should have lofty ideals." Sha Yang paused his words, raised his hand and poked Ye Zhizhou's forehead. "I don't like to see you frown like this. Don't worry. I've worked out the meeting of Ruan Wanhe and his fated person. They'll meet soon. After that, they'll travel on their own and will never meet Leng Meier again. You don't have to worry about Ke Qi either. The seven secret guards sent out by Sha Yue are on their way to the demonic cult."

Ye Zhizhou became even more stunned as he listened and rushed to ask, "When did you arrange all of this?" Furthermore, this method of using Sha Yue, this imposter, as a way to bury her own daughter's marriage opportunities was really cruel.

"Ke Qi's affairs were arranged the day we met Leng Ye, and regarding Ruan Mohe's fated person, it was conveniently dealt with the day we were on the flower boat." Sha Yue downplayed the process. He got up, then picked up the pill recipe and waved it. "Let's go; I'll accompany you to practice making the pill. Some of your pill-making techniques are not up to standard. I'll help you correct them."

Ye Zhizhou passively followed him, turning the current situation of each male lead in his mind, and then found that he was a useless waste lying around. The nine flags have already been reduced to five, and the remaining four, including Yu Shuang's, were out of his reach for the time being. Mu Yan's flag was in the process of being pulled out. Ke Qi and Ruan Wanhe's situations have been arranged properly... The mission was about to be completed, but he seemed to have done nothing... It didn't feel real, and he kept feeling a bit empty.

You'd feed me, you'd teach me, you'd spoil me stupid, and you'd persist to stay by my side.

[The probability of Ke QI and the protagonist falling in love has fallen to 0%. The sixth soul flag has been pulled out. Congratulation to the host. May the host persist in his efforts.]

Ye Zhizhou set down his chopsticks and turned to look at his lover.

Sha Yang continued to peel crab for him and asked indifferently, "Whose flag was pulled out?"

"Ke Qi... What did you send the secret guards that the emperor bestowed to do? How could the flag be pulled so fast?" Ke Qi's feelings towards the protagonist was quite good, but actually went from 100% to 0%. Even a roller coaster would not be as exciting. This was really too mysterious.

"I had the secret guard kill Ke Qi's mother." Sha Yang set down the shucked crab in front of him and took another one to continue to shuck. "Ke Qi's mother has done so many evil deeds that her death is not worth pitying. Don't think too much about it."

Ye Zhizhou thought that Sha Yang had sent the secret guards to stop Ke Qi from finding the protagonist, but he didn't expect that he had actually sent the secret guards to kill someone. For a moment, he was unable to respond and could only stare blankly.

Sha Yang stopped shucking the crab when he noticed his silence, and he raised his eyes to observe his expression. The smile on his face faded. He took off the gloves, picked up Ye Zhizhou's hand, and after leaning closer, asked, "Do you think it's wrong of me to kill people?"

His hand that was being held hurt. Ye Zhizhou looked back, frowned slightly, and shook his head slowly. "No, you're right. Ke Qi's mother is a person whose death shouldn't be pitied. To be exact, everyone in that demonic cult are such people. They have done too much evil. Dongfang, what did you have those secret guards do besides killing people? Ke Qi's flag was pulled too fast."

Sha Yang's grip loosened, and his hand moved to gently rub the back of Ye Zhizhou's hand. A smile was in his face again. "Didn't have hem do much. I just had them reveal some flaws while they were killing her and had them suggest to Ke Qi that they were people sent by the emperor, and that their purpose was to teach a lesson to the shameless person who dares to covet the emperor's daughter."

Ye Zhizhou was stunned again. "You told Ke Qi about Leng Meier's past?"

"Yes, we have to at least give Ke Qi a direction for his revenge." Sha Yang raised his hand to rub his hair, then he gave him a kiss. "Don't worry, it's impossible for Ke Qi's flag to be restored. He definitely hates Leng Meier now."

Leng Meier introduced herself as an orphan when she rescued Ke Qi, but now her identity has been revealed as the emperor's daughter. Ke Qi first resented Leng Meier for her deception and concealing her identity. Now the emperor's illegitimate daughter also indirectly killed his mother, so hatred was added to the resentment. With Ke Qi's vindictive nature, his past love will only add fuel to the hatred he has towards her for killing his mother. This flag couldn't be restored. In other words, there were already two male leads who wanted to kill the protagonist: Xia Yanyun and Ke Qi.

Seeing him deep in thought, Sha Yang's gaze shifted and he moved closer to Ye Zhizhou. He pulled him into his arms and turned his head to nuzzle against Ye Zhizhou's neck. Then he kissed his earlobe and neck before gradually working his way down.

When his sensitive spot was touched, Ye Zhizhou returned from his thoughts, and the plot in his head scattered. He couldn't help but lift his claws and grabbed Sha Yang, yelling, "We're discussing serious matters here, and you're randomly getting horny! Sit down properly and eat! Or else tonight you're not allowed on the bed!" After he said this, Ye Zhizhou was stunned, and Sha Yang was also stunned and stared at him blankly.

It seemed... it had been a long time since he grabbed his lover like that... Ye Zhizhou's gaze held a trace of confusion. He couldn't help but lift his claws and grabbed Sha Yang again. "I obviously used to do this all the time. How come I'm a bit unused to it now..."

Sha Yang suddenly got up, picked him up, and walked towards the inner room.

"Hey, what are you doing?" After grabbing his lover's face twice, Ye Zhizhou's courage had become bigger. He raised his hands to grab Sha Yang's handsome face and pulled hard. "What are you doing in broad daylight? Let me go! If you continue on, I'm going to get violent again!"

Sha Yang held him tighter, his tone a bit suggestive as he said, "We have the whole afternoon and night to slowly get violent."

Ye Zhizhou was stunned, then shy, and became angry. "You beast you're actually planning on doing it for an afternoon plus a night! Are you not afraid of kidney deficiency!"

"Since you've asked, then let's do it all afternoon and night."

"..... That's not what I meant!"

Sha Yang set him down on the bed and pressed him down. Meeting his angry gaze, he slowly lowered his head, saying, "Xiao Zhou, you belong to me, only me."

"I'm telling you, saying sweet words are no use. I-- mhmm..."

Sha Yang lowered his head and blocked Ye Zhizhou's words with his lips. With hooded eyes, he met the other's ambiguous eyes and sighed in his heart. Yes, he thought, just look at me like this forever and ever.

[The probability of Ruan Wanhe and the protagonist falling in love has fallen to 50%. May the host persist in his efforts.]

Ye Zhizhou rubbed his eyes before opening them, swallowed a pill, and got up. He touched the already empty spot next to him and sat down without an expression. He suddenly asked lightly, "Tongtian, are you hiding something from me?"

The little mirror under the pillow didn't respond at all.

Ye Zhizhou pulled it out and poked it. After looking up at the top of the bed, he murmured, "No, everything's wrong..." His life during this period was so beautiful that it was like a dream. His lover was not jealous or angry. He didn't have to worry about the mission. In a short time, six soul flags had been pulled out, and the remaining ones were going to be easy to pull. During this period, he didn't even see several male leads... But the problem was that he hadn't met several male leads.

He only said a couple sentences to Rong Guangyan and two words to Leng Ye. He only saw Ying Qiong from a distance and a vague silhouette for Liu Jun. He had never met Xia Yanyun, Ke Qi, or Mu Yan... He would probably never have a chance to meet Yu Shuang and Ruan Wanhe either.

After his lover knew the identities of the nine male leads, besides Rong Guangyan, whom he met at the beginning, he had only had an in-person interaction with Leng Ye. If Leng Ye was not a shadow guard bestowed by the emperor, Ye Zhizhou was afraid that he wouldn't have met him either... His lover was really trying to prevent him from meeting the male leads. No, to be exact, it should be that his lover was trying to prevent him from meeting with other people. It seemed like it had been a while since he had even seen De Gui Jun...

Thinking back on it now, it seemed that all the external affairs during this period of time have been taken over by his lover for various reasons. Ye Zhizhou himself actually hadn't had any contact with the outside world at all. If things kept going on like this, he might gradually stop thinking for himself and become more and more dependent on the other, then he would become a canary by his lover's side... His lover that had recovered his memory was indeed a golden thigh, but this golden thigh seemed to be tying to turn into a golden cage, trying to lock him firmly in it.

"Was there something I did wrong that made him feel insecure?" He blinked slowly, raised his hand, and pressed his forehead. "Or is it that the brain of my lover who has recovered his memory didn't become normal, but became even more abnormal?"

There was a faint fragrance of mint floating in the room. He looked at the censer on the table not far away and poked at the small mirror unconsciously. "That was specially made for me when my lover saw that I liked that fragrance. Now I can't sleep without smelling this fragrance..."

It was just really hard to resist his lover who had become so warm, and so his life had changed into this in such a short time.

"Tongtian, that day on the flower boat, there was something wrong with my wine, wasn't there?"

The little mirror remained silent.

"And the matter with the missions. Only after I receive a flag pulling reminder does he tell me what he had arranged... Including this time."

[The probability of Ruan Wanhe and the protagonist falling in love has fallen to 30%. May the host persist in his efforts.]

The room door was gently pushed open, and Sha Yang came in carrying a tray. He immediately showed a gentle smile when he saw that Ye Zhizhou was awake. "Why are you sitting in the bed in a daze? Are you hungry? I've brought you porridge."

"Dongfang." Ye Zhizhou reached out to him with a smile. "I just received a reminder. There's still 30% left on Ruan Wanhe's flag, so what's going on? Has his fated person found him?"

"There's still 30% left?" Sha Yang walked over, picked up his hand, and sat down beside the bed. After putting down the tray, he said, "Ruan Wanhe's marriage line is linked to a down-on-his-luck business man. The businessman is very capable; it's just that he had been dragged down by his family. A while ago, I arranged for them to meet, then I created several opportunities for them to cooperate in a business. The two's relationship developed rapidly. The remaining 30% should be related to Ruan family's opposition to the marriage. Be at ease. Wait until I create some opportunities for that down-on-his-luck business man to develop a bit, and Ruan Wanhe's flag will be pulled then."

"You already arranged for the two to meet?" Ye Zhizhou looked at him in surprise. "When did you arrange all of this? I didn't notice! Dongfang, you're so powerful!"

Sha Yang raised his hand to help him neatened his hair. "Not long ago, when I accompanied you to the troupe to watch a play. You were watching the play so seriously, so I didn't bother you with it at that time." Then he got up and bet down to pick him up. He kissed his forehead and indulgently said, "If you've slept enough, then get up. I ordered the famous signature dish from Zuixian restaurant. Didn't you say you always wanted to try it? If you get up late, you won't be able to try it."

"You ordered from Zuixian restaurant?" Ye Zhizhou beamed with joy and then pushed him hard. "Then you go and help me get a new set of clothes. I don't want to wear these light-colored clothes, as they get dirty too easily. Get darker-colored ones for me."

Sha Yang rubbed his hair with a smile and turned to help him get his clothes.

After he turned around, Ye Zhizhou's smile gradually disappeared. He bent down and took out the small mirror that had fallen on the bed and put it into his arms. He turned his back and pretended to fold the quilt. He said in loud voice, "Dongfang, how about going to the palace after dinner? I haven't seen father for a long time. And for Guangyan, I made some calcium supplement snacks. He's at the age where his body is growing, so he needs more supplements."

"Another day." Sha Yang took out a set of dark blue robes from the cabinet, came over, and took his hand. "You don't need to fold the quilt. Let the servants clean it. Ming Yue Palace is preparing for a sacrifice ceremony these days. Guangyan should be very busy. If you want to give it to him, I'll ask someone to deliver it for you. De Gui Jun just went out of the palace a few days ago to visit his family. He's probably very tires and doesn't want to be disturbed."

"I'm not even the real Wangye, yet I can't even fold a quilt." Ye Zhizhou muttered and then asked doubtfully, "Father went to visit his family? You arranged it for father? I remember that the mother emperor didn't like the concubines in the harem visiting their families."

"De Gui Jun reminisces about it often, so I helped him arrange it." Sha Yang walked behind him and began to help him dress. "I reserved you favorite play this afternoon. After we eat, I'll take you see it?"

"Ok." Ye Zhizhou smelled the light mint fragrance from his lover, and his eyes became slightly hooded. "However, I'm a bit tires of watching that play. Let's watch something else next time."

Sha Yang smiled adoringly, helped him tie his belt, and then kissed him, saying, "Whatever you want."