Is Big Brother Going to Teach Me How to Date?

Morning sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows and spilled across the palace corridors,

As Mu Chen passed through, a maid carrying a bouquet of lilies smiled and curtsied to him before hurrying off in the opposite direction.

Servants bustled all around him. They were probably making preparations for tomorrow’s birthday banquet.

Twenty was the Aus Empire’s legal age of adulthood. By custom, once Mu Chen came of age, he would be formally introduced to the royal social circle.

That was why the birthday banquet was being planned on such a grand scale.

King Jorah was still angry about Wright’s decision to call off the engagement, but the thought of Mu Chen’s upcoming birthday still made him happy. He spent most of his time discussing the banquet and couldn’t be bothered to argue with Wright, so the atmosphere in the palace was peaceful for the time being.

When Mu Chen entered the dining room, Wright was already seated inside.

Warm sunlight fell across half the man’s profile, casting a shadow along his lashes.

Wright’s shirt sleeves were rolled up to his forearms, and the top two buttons of his shirt were undone. Two years of service at the border had tanned his originally fair skin to a healthy light bronze, adding a different kind of charm.

He was leafing through a platinum-colored booklet, which was probably the guest list for the banquet...