TRAITOR OR OUTSIDER?

"Do you have any relatives there?"

"What?"

The two of them were riding on two horses, but they didn't look like they were in a hurry as they could calmly bring the horses to walk side by side. Wu Jingguo had just asked a question, but Yu Ming looked quite confused about it as he frowned at the younger man.

"I'm talking about the demon realm," the Second Prince elaborated on his vague question. "Did you have any relatives there after your parents died?"

Finally, Yu Ming was able to understand the thing that succeeded in fueling the Prince's curiosity.

However, instead of immediately answering the young man's question, he smirked without looking at the man, and only his eyes glanced slightly at the man as he replied, "Perhaps your question should be clearer, Your Highness. Perhaps you should ask me if I still have relatives in the demon realm after my mother was killed by my father and my father was killed by me."

The sarcasm in Yu Ming's voice was very obvious, and that was why Wu Jingguo finally turned to the older man even though his hands kept controlling the horse he was riding.

It seemed that Yu Ming was deliberately seeking revenge after Wu Jingguo sarcastically spoke about his family in front of Emperor Wu Shun. At that moment, Yu Ming didn't even say anything and just calmly smiled at the Emperor, but it was clear that he still held a grudge in his heart.

But Wu Jingguo was also not someone who would easily apologize even if he had offended someone, and that was why he once again looked at the road in front of him before replying, "Should I revise my question?"

Instead of apologizing, Wu Jingguo only added more oil to the already huge fire he had created, but this time Yu Ming suddenly laughed.

"Your father asked us to be friends and fight less, but you are just like a naughty kid when you keep trying to disobey his orders, Your Highness," Yu Ming replied, and he didn't sound sarcastic this time. Instead, he sounded quite amused as he answered the younger man.

"A friend can turn into an enemy, and an enemy can turn into a friend. Let me be your enemy for now, and who knows I may become your friend in the future," Wu Jingguo calmly replied to Yu Ming.

Yu Ming's amusement grew even more after hearing Wu Jingguo's reply, but he chose not to respond at this time.

When Wu Shun asked the two of them to be friends, he actually wasn't sure about it, and that was why he smirked at Wu Jingguo after hearing the order from the Emperor. He didn't expect Wu Jingguo to also smirk at him, and it seemed that the two of them had the same idea at that time. The two assumed that they would not be able to be friends.

"I have no relatives in the demon realm after my parents died," finally, Yu Ming broke the silence between them, and the words he had just said were the answer to Wu Jingguo's earlier question.

However, Wu Jingguo looked lazy after hearing his answer. Perhaps he assumed that the answer came too late, which was why he no longer had an interest in the topic. That was what he thought, but he still replied, "Then, what are you going to do after you return to the demon realm? After you decided to leave all those years ago, you never returned to your home, right?"

Home?

When Yu Ming heard that word, he almost laughed bitterly. Since his mother died, he no longer had a place he could call home. True, he was born in the demon realm, and his family also had a house there, but he did not call that place home anymore.

"I have never returned home since then," Yu Ming replied. "Your brother often took me to destroy some demon nests, but those nests are outside the demon realm, and that's why I can say that it has been a long time since I returned to that place."

Wu Jinhai did like to stir up trouble with demons, and when he did, he always brought Yu Ming with him. However, Wu Jinhai had never brought him to the demon realm, so he never returned to that place after he decided to follow Wu Jinhai in Wu Li.

"You must be seen as a traitor in the demon realm now. Do you still want to return to that place?" Wu Jingguo asked again.

Another bitter smile appeared on Yu Ming's face upon hearing Wu Jingguo's question. "I indeed don't have a home anymore, Your Highness. In the demon realm, I'm seen as a traitor, and in Wu Li, I'm seen as an outsider. What's the difference, and why should I feel hesitant to come to the demon realm?"

Traitors and outsiders, what is better between the two?

Hearing that, Wu Jingguo couldn't help but remain silent. Perhaps Yu Ming was indeed recognized as an important person in Wu Li, but that was only because he was close to Emperor Wu Shun and Crown Prince Wu Jinhai. When alone, he was indeed just an outsider in Wu Li, and Wu Jingguo knew that the older man was not wrong in his opinion.

Having said that, Wu Jingguo no longer answered, and he continued to ride his horse without saying anything. He had never been to the demon realm before, but he knew the way to go there, and that's why he didn't need Yu Ming's guidance to find it.

He looked confident as he continued to mount his horse, but then he noticed how the horse that was walking next to his horse was no longer visible on the rim, and that was why he frowned before turning his head to the side. He looked confused as he noticed how Yu Ming steered his horse the other way.

"Where are you going?" Wu Jingguo asked, and Yu Ming turned to him with a big smile on his face.

"Let's go somewhere else before going to my house, Your Highness! Let's have some fun first!"