"This..." Meng Yiran's eyes widened. "Young Master likes Dai Luolan? He didn't choose you?"
Zhu Zhuyun was not angry in the slightest. Instead, she wore a teasing expression as she gently swirled her wineglass. "That's why women should learn how to please men."
"I don't have Empress Bibi Dong's commanding presence, nor am I an irreplaceable existence in Little Jiu's heart."
"Even if he seeks novelty, he'll look for types he has never encountered before. Like Snow Empress, like Luolan—even Ice Empress might be more attractive to him than I am."
"Xiao Wu, Zhu Qing, Qian Renxue, Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, Tang Yuehua, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling—every one of them has distinct qualities. Their most dazzling sides are irreplaceable."
"That is core competitiveness!"
Meng Yiran was left dumbfounded and could not help muttering, "What is my core competitiveness?"
"Obedience!" Zhu Zhuyun laughed softly.
Once Meng Yiran heard that, she realized it really was true. She was not the most beautiful, but when it came to obeying Little Jiu, perhaps no one was more obedient than her. After all, many people had tempers of their own.
But she was Little Jiu's Little Maid. No matter what Little Jiu said, she would never argue against him.
"Someone stole Young Master away from you, and you can still be happy?" Meng Yiran truly could not understand Zhu Zhuyun.
"You have one thing wrong. It isn't Little Jiu pursuing me—it's me pursuing him. When we first met, I could feel the disgust and contempt in his eyes toward me."
"But as we spent more and more time together, I saw appreciation and understanding in his eyes."
"You don't know this, but whenever he grows closer to me, I feel incomparably happy. I'll win him over soon enough. How could I