If you traveled back to ancient times, while others ate Guanyin clay, you would actually have giant

Li Zheng walked back; a guard informed Zhou Wu before he did.

"I'm home."

"Ah."

Li Zheng no longer grinned at Zhou Wu like before; now he seemed preoccupied.

"Have you eaten?"

Zhou Wu pointed to the dishes on the table, gesturing for Li Zheng to join him. In the past, Li Zheng would have readily agreed to eat and drink without Zhou Wu even having to call him. However, today, Li Zheng showed no interest in the delicious food on the table.

"Ate."

Zhou Wu grinned and smiled slightly. Indeed, a real man should go to sea and return safely transformed.

If you don't want to eat, that's fine. Zhou Wu already asked you to, but you refused.

Zhou Wu ate alone, while Li Zheng stood beside him, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

"Just tell me if you have anything to say."

As Zhou Wu spoke, his hands continued moving. He was pleased to see Li Zheng's change and was now enjoying his meal.

Do you think my father has abandoned me?

"Wow, you're able to ask such profound questions. It seems you've really grown a lot."

Zhou Wu stopped what he was doing. He hadn't expected Li Zheng to ask such a profound question. It seemed he had indeed grown.

"Looks like I really am a loser."

What is giving up? What is a loser?

At this time, Li Zheng was in a state of confusion, so he needed someone to guide him properly, otherwise he might really be unable to change in the future.

"If my father hadn't abandoned me, why would he have sent me to the South China Sea?"

Li Zheng suddenly roared hysterically.

“He has liked the Crown Prince and Xixue since he was a child. I feel that I am a dispensable person. The huge royal family will not make any difference whether I am there or not.”

"You're right. The royal family won't change anything with or without you, but by the same token, the sun will still rise every day no matter who is missing."

"You're saying sending you to the South China Sea means abandoning you? Haha, I can only say that your vision is still so short-sighted."

"Tell me the truth about what kind of person I, Zhou Wu, am in your eyes, and I won't hold you accountable."

"He's sleazy and violent, loves to take advantage of others, and in short, he's someone who's unwilling to suffer a loss."

You bastard, your summary is quite accurate. Zhou Wu has already written it down in his notebook and will find a chance to deal with you later.

“You’re right, I’m not one to suffer losses. So tell me why I came to the South China Sea, and why your father sent me there.”

Zhou Wu's words seemed to jolt Li Zheng awake.

Yes, Zhou Wu was deeply trusted by his father and was highly regarded in his father's heart. Otherwise, he would not have become a high-ranking official at such a young age. However, such a minister did not stay in the capital to serve his father. Instead, his father sent him to the most difficult southern part of the capital, where he had nothing and had to rely on himself for everything.

"why?"

Li Zheng didn't know why either, so he passed the question on to Zhou Wu.

"Because the place where you are standing now will be the most prosperous place in the future. It will become the pearl of the East and lead the whole world."

Zhou Wu used almost all of his remaining acting skills to try and project an imposing presence.

"Bragging."

Li Zheng cursed and turned to leave.

He was exhausted after being on the ship for several days and all he wanted to do was lie down and sleep.

However, when he arrived at the woodshed, he found that it had been locked.

Li Zheng was immediately furious. Not even letting him sleep in the woodshed was going too far.

"Zhou Wu, you damned bastard, what did I do to offend you? You won't even let me sleep in the woodshed. Just kill me already, give me a quick death, and in twenty years, I'll be a hero again."

Li Zheng'ang cursed constantly, and some of the curse words he used were learned from the crew on the ship.

"You've got a pretty good way to insult people. You'll still be a worm twenty years from now."

Unbeknownst to them, Zhou Wu was already standing in the corner, watching Li Zheng cursing him with a gloomy expression.

"Uh~"

Caught red-handed, Li Zheng felt somewhat embarrassed, especially since it was the ruthless Zhou Wu.

"Humph."

Zhou Wu said nothing and left without turning around.

Just as Li Zheng stood there at a loss, a maid came over.

"Your Highness, the master has arranged a room for you. Please follow me."

All the way there, Li Zheng kept thinking that Zhou Wu's kindness in arranging a room for him must be a trap.

"Your Highness, this is it."

The room was quite normal, with a bed and a table. Although it couldn't compare to his own mansion, it was like paradise compared to the woodshed and the storeroom on the fishing boat.

. . . . . . . .

After a nap, he felt his soul return. The maid at the door heard the noise inside and knew that he had woken up. Gratefully, she brought in a washbasin and towel to help Li Zheng wash up.

"what are you doing?"

"Your Highness, I am the maidservant sent by the master to serve you."

"I don't need anyone to wait on me, you can leave."

Having not been served in a long time, Li Zheng was no longer used to being waited on, so he quickly told the maid to leave so as not to disturb his washing up.

After a good night's sleep, I felt refreshed and invigorated, a feeling I had never experienced before in the palace.

However, after waking up, Li Zheng didn't know what to do.

"Go to the banana plantation? Go find Team Nine."

After thinking about it for a long time, he realized that this was not something he could decide.

"Let's eat first and talk about it later."

Walking through the garden into the dining room, the table was already laden with all sorts of delicious breakfast dishes.

These things have been on Zhou Wu's dining table every morning since Li Zheng arrived in the South China Sea, with something cooking on several clay stoves next to them.

"Your Highness, the Lord said that if you are hungry, you should eat first."

Li Zheng looked at the maid again to make sure he hadn't misheard.

"Can I eat this?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"What Zhou Wu said?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Despite confirming the order several times, Li Zheng still dared not touch his chopsticks, preferring to wait for Zhou Wu to arrive as a precaution.

Where is Zhou Wuren?

"At this time, the master should be washing up."

A short while later, Zhou Wu emerged, surrounded by several maids.

"Didn't I tell the maid to tell you to eat first?"

I wasn't very hungry just now.

Li Zheng was naturally too embarrassed to say that he dared not, so he could only make up an excuse to refuse.

Are you hungry now?

"Of course I'm hungry after waiting for you for so long."

"Then let's start eating."

Regardless of whether Li Zheng was hungry or not, Zhou Wu was hungry, so he quickly asked the maid to serve him a bowl of fresh soy milk and then picked up a fried dough stick that had been fried that morning.

"Where is your wife?"

"I thought you were going to eat first, so I let her eat somewhere else."

"Don't I even know this basic etiquette?"

After Li Zheng said it, even he himself felt like he had changed.

Why aren't you eating? Aren't you hungry?

Zhou Wu noticed that Li Zheng still hadn't touched his chopsticks and became somewhat curious.