Lin Kong looked icily at Celestial Master Zhang and said, "What are you doing here?"

After some time without seeing each other, the master had become so unfamiliar. Celestial Master Zhang paused for a moment and said, "Disciple specially came to take Master back to the mansion!"

Lin Kong: "No need, I’m living quite well at the fourth prince’s mansion."

The Fourth Prince was at a critical juncture in his martial arts practice and naturally did not want Lin Kong to leave. He turned to Celestial Master Zhang and said, "Senior Brother, Master is living well here with me, so please don’t make things difficult for him."

Celestial Master Zhang was extremely surprised and thought there was a problem with his hearing: "Fou...Fourth Prince, what did you call me?"

"Senior Brother!"

After speaking, he looked at Lin Kong and asked, "Master, is it alright for me to call him that?"

Lin Kong: "No problem, he entered the door before you did, so you indeed should call him Senior Brother."

Upon hearing their conversation, Celestial Master Zhang was once again shocked. It had only been a few days without seeing his master, and unexpectedly, the master had accepted the Fourth Prince as a disciple.

Celestial Master Zhang looked at Lin Kong with an expression as pitiful as an abandoned puppy: "Master, why...why did you accept another disciple? Didn’t you say you wouldn’t accept anymore in the future?"

The master had always been proud and disdainful of accepting disciples. He had taken in Celestial Master Zhang only because of his persistent pleading, and he thought for a lifetime, the master would only have him as a disciple.

"Former disciples were heartless, so of course, a master would want to accept a disciple who treats him better." Lin Kong implied, bidding farewell to Celestial Master Zhang, implying that he could live just fine without him.

Celestial Master Zhang was confused: "Master, how am I heartless?"

His master hit his woman, and he didn’t dare say a word. He treated his master so well—was that still not enough?

Lin Kong said coldly, "How dare you say that? I lived at the Carefree Heart Inn for so long, why didn’t I see you come to take me back?"

Celestial Master Zhang was stunned: "Master, you can’t wrong me like this. Every day I had servants ask you to return, but you were unwilling. Now how can you blame me?" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Lin Kong: "Still pretending? Before I left, I explicitly asked your steward, and he said you never planned to take me back."

Celestial Master Zhang: "Master, really wronged, disciple really never said such a thing."

The Fourth Prince saw them arguing back and forth, so he said, "Master, it seems the issue lies with the steward at Senior Brother’s mansion. How about you go to Senior Brother’s mansion and confront the steward face-to-face? Then the truth will be clear."

Celestial Master Zhang also wanted to figure out what was going on, and he urged Lin Kong to go to the Celestial Master’s Mansion to confront the steward. Lin Kong agreed, so he followed Celestial Master Zhang back to the Celestial Master’s Mansion.

Lady Zhang saw Lin Kong as if she had seen a ghost, pointed at Lin Kong and said, "Old Master, didn’t he leave? Why has he come back?"

Celestial Master Zhang: "Madam, do not be disrespectful to Master."

Lady Zhang reluctantly withdrew her finger.

Celestial Master Zhang asked the nearby servant, "Where is the steward?"

The servant bowed and replied, "Returning to the Celestial Master, the steward is in the kitchen."

Celestial Master Zhang: "Call the steward over."

Servant: "Yes."

Lady Zhang had a bad feeling and quickly asked, "Old Master, what’s the matter with calling the steward over?"

Celestial Master Zhang: "It’s nothing. You stay aside; I have some matters to discuss with Master."

Lady Zhang pouted and said, "Since there’s nothing, don’t trouble the steward, he’s busy!"

Celestial Master Zhang frowned and said, "There’s some misunderstanding between Master and me, and I just want to ask the steward a few things."

Lady Zhang, feeling guilty, was startled: "Old Master, what misunderstanding is there between you and Young Master Zhao?"