Ruan Mei pressed a button, and the experiment table swiftly sank into the floor, replaced by a pipa, a guqin, and a jade flute.
Fortunately, she had an emergency plan for being sold out.
—She would bluff her way through with her own talents!
Why not use her beauty instead?
...All right, Ruan Mei was afraid that once she was filled up, she would groggily agree to anything Liu Bai said.
"Besides, I need to find a few people to help me draw some fire... preferably people darling finds hard to refuse."
Acheron?
No, that woman was usually far too reasonable. Besides, her iceberg had been melting lately, and she had been acting like such a virtuous wife and mother. If she came over, Ruan Mei would probably be the one getting double-teamed.
Guinaifen, Firefly?
Those two were no good either. They were complete little wives; Ruan Mei could handle them with ease, never mind Liu Bai.
Then... her invisible partner, Jade?
Tch, she was too difficult to deal with as well—a combination of a top-tier merchant and politician. Ruan Mei knew she could not beat her at that sort of game.
A troublesome little troublemaker who was not completely obedient to Liu Bai...
As she thought, Ruan Mei reached out and touched the classical instruments that had appeared.
Ruan Mei picked up the jade flute, adjusted her posture, and then... deftly licked it with her tongue.
As though she wanted to make the jade flute spray forth an exquisite melody.
"..."
Get lost.
Realizing belatedly what she was doing, Ruan Mei awkwardly took the jade flute away from her mouth, calmly snapped it in half with force, and tossed it into the trash.
Luckily, nobody had seen it, so Ruan Mei could still maintain her serene, unruffled expression.
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