The Duke sat in his chair, feeling the fabric of his trousers at his knee grow damp with the little female's tears. His expression was taut, his face holding a look that was somewhere between a smile and a sneer.
In the past, whenever he saw her cry, he would have picked her up and soothed her in his arms.
'Has he been too good to this little pet all along?' the Duke wondered.
Yu Zhizhi cried for a while before realizing he wasn't reacting.
She lifted her chin, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked up at him.
The Duke merely watched her in silence, his golden serpent pupils betraying no fluctuation of emotion. "Are you done crying?"
Yu Zhizhi gave him an aggrieved look.
The Duke's pupils were icy. "If you're done crying, go back to your cage."
Noticing how her eyes were quickly welling up with tears again, the Duke lowered his voice and threatened, "Hold those tears back. Otherwise, you can forget about sleeping tonight."
Upon hearing this,
