A Younger Sister's Tsundere Pride

That's what they said, that's what they agreed to, the Empress Dowager's words are law, but before they even reached the Xiang River Bridge, Shangguan Dandan had already tugged at Liu Chang'an's fingers several times.

Liu Chang'an glanced at her, but she didn't say anything. She just stared at him expectantly with wide eyes.

There wasn't much strong dissatisfaction in her expression, nor did she grumble or complain. She simply took a few steps and then jogged over to him, tugged at his finger and shook it, then tilted her head, trying to meet his gaze and let him see the expectation in her eyes.

"Come on up." Liu Chang'an sighed softly and squatted down.

Shangguan Dandan then released Liu Chang'an's fingers, leaned against his back, wrapped her arms around his neck, and whispered in his ear, "I could have taken a few more steps."

Liu Chang'an ignored her, only quickened his pace slightly, and after crossing the Xiang River Bridge, he put Shangguan Dandan down and then went to the Mount Lu ticket office to buy cable car tickets.

After queuing up and boarding the cable car, Shangguan Dandan looked around for a while before realizing that the cable car had risen to a height that made her feel unsafe. In a flustered manner, she climbed onto Liu Chang'an.

"Are you a monkey?" Liu Chang'an really wanted to just throw her down.

Ignoring what he said, Shangguan Dandan frantically hugged Liu Chang'an's neck, sat on his lap, and then peeked out, her face still deathly pale.

"Will this vehicle go up to the sky?" Shangguan Dandan asked worriedly as she watched the cable car ascend into the thick clouds above the mountaintop.

"If you're from ancient times, you know to install Spider Solitaire on your computer; if you're from modern times, you lack common sense. You always seem very capable, but now you're afraid to ride a cable car?" Liu Chang'an had no choice but to sit in the middle of the cable car to maintain his balance.

"I'll sit here again when I come back... then I won't be scared anymore." Shangguan Dandan continued to look around, and at this moment, a look of novelty appeared on her face after she had forced herself to calm down.

So Liu Chang'an grabbed her waist and tried to put her down. Shangguan Dandan looked at Liu Chang'an in alarm, as if he was really going to throw her off the cable car.

Liu Chang'an had no choice but to give up. In fact, the cable car at Mount Lu was only about ten or twenty meters above the ground at its highest point, and only two or three meters at its closest point. Only when looking into the distance did one feel that the cable car was going up the mountain and getting higher and higher above the horizon. He didn't know what she was afraid of... It was probably the same reason why a timid cat would only climb on its owner when taken out.

Upon reaching the cable car station at the summit, Shangguan Dandan jumped off Liu Chang'an's back. The staff members, seeing that it was clearly Shangguan Dandan's first time riding a cable car, all smiled. After all, as long as someone is good-looking, their timid, foolish, or ignorant behavior will be seen as cute.

Sigh, this world that judges by appearance is so superficial, and it's too kind to good-looking people.

"Did you look... like this back then?" Liu Chang'an looked at Shangguan Dandan suspiciously. "Did you get plastic surgery before we met again?"

Shangguan Dandan glared at Liu Chang'an, took the thermos off her shoulder, and held it in her hands.

"It's nothing... I just suddenly remembered that back then, a very important point in selecting talent was that they had to be good-looking. And often, people saved the world because they were good-looking... For example, Lady Wei was beautiful, which is why Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were given important positions. Later, Liu Che wanted to replicate the unparalleled military achievements of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, and it just so happened that Li Yannian and his sister were both good-looking, but Li Yannian and his brother Li Guangli were far less capable. Li Yannian's younger brother, however, was very good at seducing women..." Liu Chang'an sighed a few times, "Speaking of which, your grandfather and your maternal grandfather were both brave, tall, and handsome men. It seems that this is hereditary... You inherited their good looks, but not their physique."

"Am I supposed to be as big and burly as that An Nuan?" Hearing that Liu Chang'an wasn't entirely talking nonsense and hadn't slandered her, Shangguan Dandan stopped glaring at Liu Chang'an while touching the thermos and said seriously, "Marquis Changping and Marquis Guanjun are unparalleled in bravery and have outstanding military achievements. Even if they aren't good-looking, they will still be able to display invincible prowess."

Liu Chang'an didn't argue with her, but why was An Nuan so big and burly? Big and burly, big head, big hands, big feet, big shoulders, big hips, thick neck, thick waist, thick legs, An Nuan didn't have any of those features, but Qin Yanan, Shangguan Dandan's favorite wife, did.

The two chatted as they arrived at Qin Yanan's house. Qin Yanan had just received a message from Liu Chang'an, who was thinking of giving Sister Lan a day off, so she did.

"Sister Lan went out with Brother Tang today, and I was just about to go find Zhu Juntang." Shangguan Dandan and Liu Chang'an walked out of the elevator, and Qin Yanan was standing at the door, looking like she was about to change her shoes.

"I texted you an hour ago, and you said you'd wait for us at home. Now you're standing at the door, pretending to go out, saying you're going to find Zhu Juntang... What are you up to?" Liu Chang'an scratched Qin Yanan's head. "Is this some kind of 'sisterly tsundere' act?"

"You... I forgot you were coming. Anyway, you don't come often, so it's normal for me to forget, isn't it?" Qin Yanan's cheeks flushed slightly. Did this person even understand basic social etiquette? If someone's putting on an act, you have to play along. Does directly calling them out make you seem clever?

"Yaya, I just took the cable car up here. It felt like I was going to heaven. Liu Chang'an even tried to throw me down." Shangguan Dandan complained, holding Qin Yanan's hand.

Qin Yanan didn't know that Shangguan Dandan had come along, but she was still very happy... Qin Yanan showed a proper and gentle smile, "Dan Dan, did you boil water this morning? If you haven't made the effervescent tablets yet, I have hot water here. I saw that you like to drink effervescent water, so I bought a lot of effervescent tablets. They taste pretty good."

Liu Chang'an glanced back, opened his mouth, but said nothing.

"You bought a lot of effervescent tablets?" Shangguan Dandan looked at Qin Yanan expectantly.

Qin Yanan then brought out a box of effervescent tablets, unpacked them, and took out the boxes one by one. They came in various flavors and didn't look like cheap stuff, much less like something bought from a no-name convenience store.

"You haven't even opened the package after you bought it, how do you know it tastes good?" Liu Chang'an questioned.

Qin Yanan quickly glanced at Shangguan Dandan and found that Shangguan Dandan's eyes were sparkling, completely attracted by the effervescent tablets, and she did not pay attention to what Liu Chang'an was saying.

"I knew it! I just knew it! What's it to you... Go to the kitchen and cook!" Qin Yanan angrily slapped Liu Chang'an several times, pointing to the kitchen and sending him to where he belonged. Anyway, Shangguan Dandan was there, and it seemed he wasn't there to do anything that would help the child's growth... Qin Yanan's intention was just to have a physical examination.

"Today we're having salted soft-shelled turtle and drunken shrimp, milk and eggs, beef cubes with broccoli, and garlic spinach," Liu Chang'an said, lifting the bag in his hand.

"You want me to eat soft-shelled turtle?" Qin Yanan looked at Liu Chang'an incredulously. "Can't you be a little more careful? Which woman... which woman is pregnant and still eating soft-shelled turtle?"

Liu Chang'an remained silent for a long while before saying, "Don't even mention eating turtle, even if you ate arsenic, it wouldn't be a problem for your baby."

"Well... after you finish eating, you have to check to make sure there are no problems before I feel at ease," Qin Yanan said, glancing at Shangguan Dandan beside her, her voice tinged with unease.

Liu Chang'an went straight to the kitchen. These women love to act against him all day long, and they've gotten Liu Chang'an into following their lead.

"Dan Dan, I'll give you this whole box of effervescent tablets." Qin Yanan turned around, ready to lick her mother's boots.

"Really!" Shangguan Dandan was touching the boxes of effervescent tablets. Compared to Shangguan Dandan, the wife she liked, who was thrifty and hardworking, Shangguan Dandan also admired Zhou Shuling Qin Yanan's generosity. After thinking it over carefully, Shangguan Dandan decided that Qin Yanan would be the rightful first wife in the future. This was because, like Qin Yanan, Shangguan Dandan had always ordered everything she needed in the palace without ever looking at the price.

The Empress Dan Dan now only receives a paltry 1,800 yuan in pocket money each month, and is quite content with a case of effervescent tablets, as the total price of these items certainly exceeds her financial means.

"Of course, I'll put it in the car later and take you home... There are also gifts for Dongdong and Dongdong's mom." Qin Yanan was originally on the list of "those who need to please Ye Chenyu if they want to get him," and now that she has slightly changed roles, she is able to grasp the details very well.

"She truly is someone I think could be the Empress." Shangguan Dandan was overjoyed. After saying that, she opened her thermos, intending to finish her own thermos first and then use Qin Yanan's to brew some.

Although Shangguan Dandan seemed to have blurted it out, and it couldn't really be said that Shangguan Dandan made the decision, Qin Yanan still turned around and smiled, so that Shangguan Dandan wouldn't think her smile was too smug.

"What good thing happened to you... Be careful you don't laugh your teeth out." Liu Chang'an came out of the kitchen, looking for a bottle of wine to make drunken shrimp, and looked suspiciously at Qin Yanan, who was grinning from ear to ear, her throat structure fully exposed.

"No." Qin Yanan immediately suppressed her smile, watched Liu Chang'an walk into the kitchen, and was about to continue to use her skill in pleasing people when she turned around and found that the elevator door had opened, and there was Zhu Juntang who had come uninvited.

"Dan Dan! You're here too? What are you playing?" Zhu Juntang ran over, looking at Shangguan Dandan with surprise. She had recently been planning to make Shangguan Dandan a fairy as well. Last night, she was shocked a hundred times by Liu Chang'an and her mind was all muddled. She forgot to let Shangguan Dandan try on her Lolita dress.

Qin Yanan was slightly worried when she saw Zhu Juntang, so she quickly went back to her room and put on the maternity radiation protection suit.

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