Catherine didn't speak, just bowed her head silently. Although Yang Fan couldn't see her expression clearly, he could feel the unrest in her heart from her trembling shoulders.

The moon in the sky didn't seem to bear to see this beautiful girl sad, and hid in a dark cloud, and the great wasteland, which was originally quite clear, suddenly fell into a deep darkness.

"Yang Fan, do you hate your eldest brother and father?" a whisper floated in the darkness.

It's not my biological father and brother, it's my business, Yang Fan thought to himself. But he wouldn't tell Catherine about it, the identity of the time-traveler was his biggest secret, and he would never tell anyone about it.

Therefore, although Yang Fan didn't care about it in his heart, he had to pretend to say in a deep tone: "It doesn't matter if I hate it or not, although I was framed by the eldest prince and demoted to an earl by the king, but without them, I wouldn't have the free life I have now." What's more, I'm not doing badly now, and I'm going to get stronger and stronger, and if I'm still a little prince, I can't think of anything else I can do other than intrigue in the palace all day. ”

"If you don't hate them, why do you call them "eldest prince" and "king" instead of eldest brother and father?" said Catherine, with a hint of sarcasm.

Yang Fan was slightly stunned, he didn't expect this chick to be so sensitive, and he instantly caught his own language disease.

Although he inherited the memory of the little prince, as the leader, Yang Fan's own thoughts are the key. When he first woke up from his coma, the reason why he accepted the old man Laurent so quickly was partly because he had just woken up and was partially influenced by the little prince, and on the other hand, because the old man's concern for him made him find a sense of familiarity.

And this sense of familiarity is the love he felt from his grandparents in his previous life. It is because of this that he has always been respectful to Laurent, and even treats him as a relative from the heart.

But the king and the eldest prince of Raushzi, Yang Fan never took it to heart, or he never thought that he had anything to do with them.

The lonely life since he was a child has taught him to treat feelings purely, and only when he feels the love of others for him, he will repay it twice. To put it simply, whoever is good to him, he is good to whomever he is. Although this is a bit passive, at least he thinks his efforts are worth it.

Since the memory of the little prince, although Yang Fan also knows some of the king's love for him, but that is the little prince, not his current self, so Yang Fan divides the relationship between himself and the royal family of this country very clearly, that is, strangers.

So Yang Fan didn't care too much about Catherine's ridicule, it didn't matter much, so why bother for such an inconsequential person!

However, this still involves the identity of his own traverser, even if there are thousands of reasons, Yang Fan can't say it, so he has no choice but to continue to make up half-truths and half-truths.

"It's not that I want to dissociate myself from them because I hate them, but since the last assassination, I am no longer the original little prince, the little prince died in that assassination, and now my name is Yang Fan. ”

Catherine was stunned, she couldn't understand what Yang Fan was saying, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "You used to be called Yang Fan, and now you are still called Yang Fan, is there a difference?"

Yang Fan shook his head and said with a smile: "Yes, my name is still Yang Fan, but don't misunderstand, now I am surnamed Yang Mingfan, understand?"

Catherine shuddered, pointed at Yang Fan with one hand and said in surprise: "What! You... You... actually abandoned your surname. ”

In this world, a person's surname cannot be changed casually, and even many countries have promulgated special laws to punish those who change their surname at will.

In fact, this custom has a certain relationship with the formation of countries in this world, almost all countries on the continent are composed of countless families of different sizes, and each family has its own surname, which not only represents the glory and status of the family, but also bears the responsibility of the family.

In order to be able to seize every opportunity to revitalize the family, almost all families will not allow their descendants to change their surnames, after all, no one can say when a successful person will appear in their family, and once a person gets ahead, then the whole family can enjoy a lot of benefits from the surname of that successful person.

For example, Catherine, who is the daughter of the Marquis Simon, and the Marquis Simon is one of the best masters in the entire Duchy, so wherever Catherine goes, she can enjoy the glory that the family brings her, and even if she is forced into the palace, unlike ordinary people, at least the king will not overstep her until the wedding is held.

According to mainland customs, the person who changes his surname is either the one who has been expelled from the family, or the family is in the middle of the road, and only one person remains.

But Yang Fan was only demoted to an earl, not expelled from the family, and the most important thing is that he is a member of the royal family, in Catherine's impression, he has never heard of a member of the royal family changing his surname, let alone changing it on his own initiative.

Therefore, when she heard Yang Fan's words, she was so surprised. At the same time, he was even more suspicious of how many layers of credibility his previous words were, if it wasn't for his hatred, how could he even give up his surname?

It's a pity, no matter how much Catherine reacts, Yang Fan didn't seem to see it, and still said in an indifferent tone: "Hehe! I never said that I would abandon my surname, my surname was originally Yang." ”

Hearing this, Catherine began to be confused again, "Since you haven't abandoned your surname, then you should have the same surname as your father and your eldest brother, how can you have the surname Yang?" Then she seemed to think of something, her eyes flashed with a bright light, and she asked excitedly: "Aren't you born to the king?" ”

Looking at Catherine's appearance of the fire of gossip burning, Yang Fan smiled bitterly: "What have you been thinking about all day long? Hey! Forget it, let's put it simply! You can understand that the king's surname has died with the little prince, and now I am no longer the king's son." ”

"You mean, you were discarded by you after that assassination, and now you're a brand new person, whether it's your last name or anything else, right?" asked Catherine.

Seeing that she finally understood what she meant, Yang Fan couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead and said, "It seems that you are not too stupid!"

"You're stupid! you're a big stupid!" Catherine glared, then turned her head and said in a lonely voice, "You're just escaping reality, and it still doesn't change your status as a member of the royal family, after all, you have the same blood in your body, no matter how dirty it is, you can't get it out of your body." ”