"Then could you like me?"
Qin Siyao's voice drifted through the courtyard.
At the words of the woman before him, Xiao Mo's expression froze slightly.
But before Xiao Mo could say anything, Qin Siyao realized what she had said. Her cheeks grew redder and redder, her bashful expression seeming almost to drip with tenderness.
"I... you... um..." Qin Siyao's voice trembled slightly, her words all but incoherent.
"I didn't say anything, and you didn't hear anything! Yes! That's that!"
With that, Qin Siyao stretched out her long legs beneath her skirt and fled the courtyard, hurried into her carriage, and returned to her residence.
"Your Highness, you're back."
Peanut, who was sweeping the courtyard, smiled and bowed.
But Qin Siyao did not even answer. With her head lowered, she ran straight back to her room, then slammed the door shut with a bang.
Looking at the tightly closed door, Peanut blinked, wondering what had gotten into Her Highness this time.
Inside the room.
Qin Siyao flopped onto her bedding again and buried her head in her pillow. She pointed her fair, delicate feet, kicking them up and down against the mattress. Her movements lifted her skirt, revealing her smooth, snowy-white, shapely calves.
"What... what was I saying?"
"Will Xiao Mo think I'm strange?"
"How am I supposed to face him now?"
"Will he think I have no restraint?"
Qin Siyao peeked out from her pillow with eyes full of embarrassment. The more she thought about it, the more she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
"It's all Peanut Sister's fault!" Qin Siyao pouted. "If Peanut Sister hadn't said all those strange things to me, I wouldn't have said those things to Xiao Mo... It's all Peanut Sister's fault!"
"But..."
After calming down a little, Qin Siyao lay on