Xia Yuan and Ying Ge moved the tub out while Du Xiaoli remained on the bed, looking at herself in the mirror.
When she heard footsteps come in, she said: "Xia Yuan, do you think I am prettier now that I’ve lost weight? I still had a bit of baby fat before. Looking at my sharpened face now, I think it looks pretty good! Say, if I keep becoming more beautiful, how will others survive?! One day, I will be even better looking than that enchanting Yi. When that time comes, I’ll have him go out and earn money to support the family. I, your mistress, will just be responsible for looking pretty! What do you think?”
The sound of footsteps went all the way to the bed, and an enchanting face appeared right in front of Du Xiaoli. Han Mingyi took the mirror from Du Xiaoli’s hand and said: "So, you’re saying that right now, you’re working outside to earn money and support the family, while I’m the one at home being as lovely as a flower?"
"Haha, Xiao Yi-gege, when did you get here?" Du Xiaoli immediately sat up properly in bed and looked down at the sleepwear that she had put on today. Fortunately, it was still pretty conventional. Otherwise, he would criticize her again.
Han Mingyi took Du Xiaoli’s mirror away and played with it before saying: “Someone narcissistically said that she was growing more beautiful and making it impossible for others to survive.”
"Arghhh—— He heard all of my narcissistic words?" Du Xiaoli thought.
"You still haven"t answered me!" Han Mingyi asked while looking at Du Xiaoli"s face.
He thought, ‘She seems to have lost a lot of weight recently. She’s probably too tired lately. I can’t let her do so many things.’
"Ah? Answer to what?" Du Xiaoli looked at Han Mingyi puzzledly. What had he just asked?
"I said, is this what our current situation is like? Are you responsible for earning money and supporting the family, while I’m responsible for looking beautiful?" Han Mingyi repeated his earlier words and looked at himself in the mirror.
"Uhm-mm, this... Xiao Yi-gege, you must be joking. We haven"t even gotten married yet, so why are we talking about raising a family?" Du Xiaoli smiled for a moment. Moving closer to Han Mingyi, she grabbed the mirror in his hand and swiftly tucked it under her pillow.
"You’re thinking it’s time for us to get married, right? I think so too." Han Mingyi suddenly sat on the edge of the bed and leaned his upper body toward Du Xiaoli.
Du Xiaoli"s face was covered with a dark expression. How did he come to this conclusion?!
"Go away. I haven"t lived the single life for long enough. I don’t want to get married! Besides, I haven’t reached the marriageable age yet!" she shouted and stretched out her hand to push Han Mingyi"s face away.
Han Mingyi took the opportunity to hold Du Xiaoli"s hand and said, "Indeed, you aren’t of marriageable age yet. You’ve still got a long way to go! But I can"t wait any longer. What should I do?"
Du Xiaoli rolled her eyes and said: "Make a cold salad with dressing
!"
"How do I make a cold salad with dressing?" Han Mingyi feigned ignorance and continued to challenge Du Xiaoli"s bottom line.
Du Xiaoli didn"t even bother to roll her eyes this time.
Han Mingyi touched Du Xiaoli"s face with his other hand and said: "You’ve really gotten thinner. It doesn"t look good. You looked better with a fles.h.i.+er face."
"You don"t know how to appreciate it. I definitely look better like this." Du Xiaoli patted Han Mingyi"s hand and took out the mirror to look at herself again.
Han Mingyi stuck out his chin and said in a tsundere manner, "Why do you need to be so beautiful?! You won’t be as good-looking as me no matter what, so you better be good and earn money to support the family. I will be responsible for being beautiful."
"Pfft——" Du Xiaoli was amused by Han Mingyi"s words and said: "That’s okay too. If I can"t make money anymore in the future, I will open a brothel, and you can open up for business there. Since you’re as lovely as a flower, it would be a pity not to put you to use!"
This time, it was Han Mingyi"s expression that darkened. Seeing the provocative smile on her face, he really wanted to crack her head open to see why she thought this way.
‘Having this dignified Prince open up for business and take in patrons as a prost.i.tute… To think that she could even think of such a thing!’
Seeing Han Mingyi emit a cold air all over his body, Du Xiaoli forced herself not to laugh. However, her shaking shoulders still showed what she was trying to hide.
"Um-hmm, I won"t laugh anymore," Du Xiaoli said. She sat upright and asked, "Xiao Yi-gege, for you to come here at this time… Is something the matter?"
"No. I just missed you all of a sudden, so I came over to see you. Since I’m here, I’ll just stay over at Sui Yuan Club tonight. Although the compet.i.tion is over now, you should still be careful on this final night," Han Mingyi said.
"Well, it will be fine after tomorrow. By the way, when will the people of Northern Yuan return home?" Du Xiaoli asked.
"In three days’ time. But only the students will go back. Zhao Zhen will probably stay for several more days," Han Mingyi replied.
Without a mirror to play with, he played with Du Xiaoli"s hand instead.
Du Xiaoli retracted her hand and pushed Han Mingyi away while saying, "Go, go, go. Look at what time it is now. I want to rest. Go back to wherever you’re staying."
Thinking about how Du Xiaoli was indeed very tired lately, Han Mingyi let her push him into a standing position. Then he said, "Mm, you have a good rest tonight. Leave everything else to me."
Du Xiaoli nodded and agreed, "Okay, I will sleep beautifully!"
Han Mingyi looked at Du Xiaoli and suddenly stretched out his hand to pull her over. He stooped toward her lips, just wanting to have a taste. However, he felt her respond and thus deepened the kiss.
After a while, the two people separated, with threads of saliva still hanging between their lips.
"I"m going. You have a good rest," Han Mingyi said in a low, husky voice.
"Mm. Good night," Du Xiaoli said with a nod.
Han Mingyi kissed Du Xiaoli"s forehead and lingered there for a moment before turning to leave.
After watching him leave her room, Du Xiaoli fell back onto the bed.
The sound of footsteps entered the room again. Needless to say, they belonged to Xia Yuan and the others this time. Indeed... Just as Du Xiaoli looked up, she saw the three girls walk in while covering their laughing mouths with their hands.
"Xia Yuan, you sold your Mistress out for glory, huh! You didn"t tell me when Xiao Yi-gege came and even took them to go hide together." Du Xiaoli looked at Xia Yuan aggrievedly with pouted lips.
"Mistress, this servant did not sell you out! This servant"s heart for Mistress can be seen by the heavens and the earth, and the sun and moon can prove it. However, isn’t Prince Ding considered as our half-master? Your future husband asked us not to come in and disturb you, so how could we dare to?! Yingge, Qiaozhu, don"t you agree?" Xia Yuan teased, totally unafraid of Du Xiaoli getting angry.
"Yes, yes!"
Yingge and Qiaozhu nodded in agreement.
"Furthermore, how would your future husband know your idea about him supporting the family while you stay at home as the beautiful flower, Mistress?!"
"Okay, you three young la.s.ses... I"m free now. If I have nothing on, I"ll go find matches for you. Let’s see how you’ll tease me when I’ve married all three of you off!" Du Xiaoli casually threw the mirror over, and Xia Yuan caught it with ease.
References
1. — It’s a pun joke response that essentially means they don’t know what to do or they don’t have a solution. It’s often used online like this: one person says, “怎么办？What to do?”, and someone responds with “凉拌。 Make a cold salad with dressing.”, and a third might add “炒鸡蛋！ Scrambled eggs!” This is because 怎么办=怎么拌. The characters sound the same in Mandarin but mean different things, with the latter being: to mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad). MoonWhisperer, BlackieMeow"s Thoughts
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