Help! My pet supervillain has three personalities!

Zhao Kongchen looked around the study, his gaze finally settling on a beautifully crafted wooden box.

He reached out to take it, but Lin Fang only glanced at it and did not stop him.

There was nothing special in there, or rather, there was nothing special in this room.

Zhao Kongchen opened the box. Inside, there were only a few valuable paintings and calligraphy works, nothing else special.

His face remained expressionless; he simply closed the box silently, put it back in its original place, and then continued to circle the study a few more times.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that this study was different from before.

We're all officials, and although we might not get along well in private, we still have to interact on matters of national importance. He had been here before, but not often, and he hadn't been here in recent years, so his memory of it wasn't very clear.

"Prime Minister Lin, the arrangement of your study is quite ingenious."

Lin Fang: "..."

I'd rather not bring it up.

He's been quite sensitive to the word "study" lately.

His lips twitched uncontrollably before he said with mixed feelings, "The rain was quite heavy before, and the room was leaking. While they were repairing it, they also changed the layout."

"Your Highness, if you feel uncomfortable, we can go to the main hall to sit and chat."

"Oh~~, I don't feel uncomfortable at all, I quite like it, it's much better looking than the previous one! This rain is actually quite pleasant!!!"

Lin Fang: "..."

That really hits home!

Zhao Kongchen didn't have time to pay attention to his thoughts. It really was different. However, there seemed to be something here that hadn't been touched.

He glanced at it silently.

The statement was incoherent: "It seems that Prime Minister Lin quite likes this bed."

Lin Fang glanced at Zhao Kongchen, knowing he had noticed, and said calmly, "Well, I'm used to sleeping on this bed, and it didn't get wet, so I'll keep it."

Zhao Kongchen nodded and tapped his fingers on the headboard: "Prime Minister Lin, would it be convenient for me to sit on your bed for a moment? I've been traveling for a long time and I'm a little tired."

Lin Fang: "..."

He was speechless inside, but still managed a forced smile and said, "Hehe... Sure, Your Highness, please sit wherever you like."

"Thank you, Minister Lin. Then I won't stand on ceremony."

After saying that, he sat on the bed, and almost the instant he sat down, he knew where the secret mechanism of the study was.

This study has a secret room!

However, for him, having a secret room was not the most important thing. As long as one was an official in the capital, whose home did not have several secret rooms? The key was what was inside the secret room, that was the most important thing.

He glanced at Lin Fang, who had been calmly drinking tea since entering, and hadn't shown any unusual behavior except for occasionally making sarcastic remarks. He frowned, guessing that everything in this secret room had probably been moved out long ago.

But... even so, he still had to investigate, after all, he still had to report back to the emperor.

So, right in front of Lin Fang, he reached out and pulled a mechanism. Yes, the mechanism in this study was also located by the bedside.

The moment it was pulled down, the side of the bed made a "click-click-click" sound as the mechanism turned.

Lin Xiang narrowed his eyes. He knew that such a small mechanism could not be hidden from Zhao Kongchen at all, but he was not afraid. It was just a secret room. Everyone had one, but they all kept it to themselves.

"Prime Minister Lin, the secret room is set up in the study?" Zhao Kongchen asked Lin Fang with a smile.

"Hmm, there are some collectibles inside. Would the War King like to take a look?"

“Great! I haven’t been back for a long time, and I’d love to see your collection and broaden my horizons.”

“…These are all worthless things,” Lin Fang stood up and walked to the door of the secret room. “This way, War King.”

Zhao Kongchen walked up to Lin Xiang, glanced at him, and then went inside.

According to Lin Fang, the secret passage was indeed not long, and they arrived at the location of the secret chamber in no time.

Upon entering the secret room, Zhao Kongchen discovered that it was actually just an empty room of about two hundred square meters.

The entire secret chamber was empty. Looking around, there was not a trace of gold and silver treasures, not even a small gold bar.

However, there are indeed many books and paintings here. The books are neatly arranged on simple bookshelves, and the paintings are inserted in twos and threes in painting baskets.

There was a simple desk in front of him, and a small blanket on the floor.

Zhao Kongchen looked at the rather simple secret room in front of him, his expression somewhat complicated. He knew that he was hiding things well, but he didn't expect him to be hiding them so well that he didn't even put a single gold bar in the open. If someone who didn't know better were to accidentally wander into this place, they might think that the Great Qi didn't pay its officials' salaries.

"Prime Minister Lin, you're quite poor, aren't you!" Zhao Kongchen taunted Lin Fang, almost making Lin Fang's mouth twist in anger.

What he really meant was that Lin Fang was overdoing it.

Clearly, Lin Fang also understood Zhao Kongchen's implied meaning and retorted sarcastically, "That's right, I can't compare to the powerful and wealthy Prince's Mansion."

Zhao Kongchen wasn't going to put up with his sarcastic remarks and retorted sharply, "That's right. You should at least use your eyes to see who I am and who you are. Do you even deserve to be compared to me?"

Lin Fang: ...I want to kill someone...

However, after feeling relieved, Zhao Kongchen only glanced at Lin Xiang, who was so angry that his nose was almost crooked, and then ignored him.

He reached out and casually picked up a painting, opened it, and glanced at it.

It was a portrait of a person, not someone important, but it made his pupils shrink. How did Lin Fang get this portrait?

He took a careful look at the style of the painting and could roughly tell that it was drawn by Lin Xiang himself. What was going on?

Zhao Kongchen couldn't understand why she had provoked Lin Fang, but now was not the time to delve into the matter.

He slowly rolled up the painting and placed it in the painting basket. Then he casually picked up another painting and glanced at it. It was a landscape painting, no problem, and it was painted by Lin Fang himself.

He refused to believe it and put down another painting, only to find that it was still Lin Fang's own painting skills.

So, Zhao Kongchen, who had just managed to control his mouth, couldn't help but glance at Lin Fang, who was still smiling faintly. He didn't know that Lin Fang loved painting so much. Could all the paintings and calligraphy in this room be his own works?

Pretty... narcissistic...

"What, Your Highness, do you like this painting?"

Lin Xiang felt extremely uncomfortable under Zhao Kongchen's gaze. His anger, which had just subsided, was starting to rise again, so he took the initiative to speak.

"Not bad, but I didn't expect that Prime Minister Lin, who is so busy with state affairs every day, would still find the time to paint so many famous paintings!"

Lin Fang felt increasingly uncomfortable listening to Zhao Kongchen's words. He felt that Zhao Kongchen's words were sarcastic and hurt him deeply.