“What is it? You look like you are up to no good!” As soon she theyentered the room, Cheng Xiao Xiao flung Mo Xuanzun’s arm away. She hasn’tgotten used to all the bodily contacts yet.
“Xiao Xiao, I really was looking for you!” Mo Xuanzun pouted as thoughhe was hurt that she didn’t believe him.
“What now? Why are you always following me around?”
Cheng Xiao Xiao ignored him and started walking toward her own building.As she was walking, she asked, “Where you are staying? Should I send some maidto wait on you?”
“No, I don’t need maids. Just houseboys to take care of the courtyardwill be sufficient. Xiao Xiao, I am staying in the guest building behind yourquarters. You coming over to visit me whenever you have time will be enough!”Mo Xuanzun was grinning from ear to ear and followed happily behind her.
“I don’t have time!”
After hearing what he had said, Cheng Xiao Xiao’s mood improved all of asudden for no obvious reasons. She didn’t even realized the corners of hermouth were lifted up.
“Say, Xiao Xiao. I just noticed that none of the structures in our houseare named, how come?” Mo Xuanzun suddenly remembered what he had noticedearlier.
Walking in front of him, Cheng Xiao Xiao paused for a little bit. Shehad not noticed that at all. She couldn’t help but nodded, “Oh, we justfinished with the constructions and hadn’t noticed that at all. Are you freeall the time, why don’t you think of a few nice sounding names, preferably onefor each building? We can then have Uncle Zhou make some signs and hang themup!”
“No problem! I promise I will complete this a.s.signment!”
Mo Xuanzun was short of slamming on his own chest as he made hispromise, then in an appeasing tone he asked, “Say, Xiao Xiao, what kind ofnames do you like? Should I name yours first?”
“Oh? Sure! What are some names that you are thinking of?” Cheng XiaoXiao’s interest was piqued, she hadn’t realized that she was now walking sideby side with him.
Having a eye-candy handsome man has never made her happier.
“Hmmmm, let me think….” Mo Xuanzun pondered for a bit and said, “XiaoXiao, how about Qing Pavillion?”1
“So so!” Cheng Xiao Xiao struck it down immediately.
“How about…. Yueming Pavillion?”2
“It’s alright!”
“Yubing Pavillion?”3
Their random chitchatting was witnessed by everybody at the Cheng’s and,quickly, the words also spread to Cheng Biyuan and his wife. They were pleasedof the development and genuinely hoped the two would grow closer.
Mo Xuanzun, with his new a.s.signment, finally had no more excuses tofollow Cheng Xiao Xiao around anymore. She booted him into the study and toldhim he was not allowed to leave the study until he had written acceptablesigns.
Even though he wasn’t allowed to leave the study, the Cheng’s brothers,however, went to the study to keep him company and all of them enjoyed a swelltime.
Cheng Xiao Xiao returned to plotting flowers in her garden again as shelistened to all the giggling coming inside the study. Without even noticing it,she was full of smiles.
Mo Xuanzun spend the rest of the days and written several dozens ofsigns. Regardless of whether Cheng Xiao Xiao was happy with them or not, hisfather-in-law was happy with them and immediately told everyone to come andpick their favorites.
Finally, Cheng Xiao Xiao ended with with Yuteng Pavillion and she wasquite fond of it. Little Yuteng, on the other hand, grumbled that her name hadturned into the name of her Mistress’s pavilion.
Cheng Xiao Xiao smiled and comforted her. She explained to her that itwas a good name because it suggested that it was the home to both of them.
Little Yuteng thought about it for a bit and that reason seemed quitereasonable. She finally agreed to letting her name being used as the name ofthe pavilion and stopped trying to take it down.
The days at the Cheng’s had been calm and happy, Mo Xuanzun hadcompletely integrated with the Cheng’s. It seemed as though n.o.body had anythingbad to say about him. Whenever his name was brought up, all they heard arepraises; Cheng Xiao Xiao often times wondered to herself: What’s so good aboutthis tool?
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Notes:
1.Clear or pure
2.Singingmoon
3.Jade ice
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