Chapter 15

She was not making eyes at him. Her gaze was clearly very sharp, and moreover, she was scolding her for being a busybody, a gossip, wasn't she! Glaring, glaring, glaring... Whm... Li Chenjing was glaring at her... Huh!? Why were his eyes identical to hers—gossip, shut up!

...Her mouth was sealed, so what could she use to be a busybody!

"This young attendant entered the manor for the very first time and is still unacquainted with the rules. I will naturally discipline him properly afterwards."

Discipline, discipline? Li Chenjing wanted to discipline her? Could it be because she rejected that thing with him on the day of the examination, so he had been plotting to transfer her by his side to make it convenient for him to settle personal scores?

Then wasn't she—refusing the wolf at the front gate, inviting the tiger in through the back door? Slipping out of Young Master Long's grasp, only to fall into Li Chenjing's massive trap?

"Can a single phrase of not knowing the rules exempt someone from all guilt? Grand Secretary Li, aren't you being a bit too lenient with yourself? Lest you, Grand Secretary Li, find it hard to strike at your own people, it would be better to hand the Mother-voiced one over for Long to discipline on your behalf!" Having finally caught Li Chenjing's pigtail, making him, Longyang, let go so easily was simply not going to happen.

Li Chenjing's expression remained as usual, and he merely glanced lightly and casually at Longyang. "No need. My people do not warrant Lord Long's trouble."

"Then how about I help Xiaojing take the trouble? The condition is—Xiaojing goes on a date with me once."

Raising his eyes to look casually toward the terrace, Li Chenjing walked unhurriedly over to Zhu Bafu, who was being pressed onto the bench, lifted the hem of his robe and squatted down, staring fixedly at her without blinking. "No need. Starting today, he is my person, and I can discipline him myself."

My person, my person, my person, my person, my person... Below, the echoes were infinitely numerous...

Young Master Chenjing, just where on earth did you learn such vulgar words... Do you want to go and kneel as punishment together with Young Master Piao?

"Don't move around, your pants are going to fall off." He warned her...

"Mm! Mmm-hmm!"

"I don't help men put on pants."

"..."

"Can you still walk?" He asked again.

"Mmm-hmm! Mmm-hmm!"

"I don't carry men."

"..." Who asked you to carry me!

"Clutch your pants tight and follow me."

With that said, Li Chenjing used two fingers to lift someone's back collar, turned away coldly, and paced toward his Ministry of Personnel Study.

"Brother! What do you think?" Longyang glanced at the closed door of the Ministry of Personnel study, and cast a look toward the fellow on the second floor who was still holding a peony flower and playing with it lasciviously. "When did the guy surnamed Li get a personal study attendant? How come I didn't know? Could he be trying to pull a fast one on me?"

"Not at all. His Lordship told me he wanted to give Xiaojing a special gift, and I'd say this grand gift is quite special indeed."

"A study attendant bestowed by the Holy Emperor?"

"Indeed. A special bestowal. You almost chopped off the 'little bird' bestowed by His Lordship."

"Bah! What special bestowal, why don't we have one!? The Holy Emperor's partiality toward the Li Household hasn't been a matter of one or two days! Why is it only the one surnamed Li who has a personal study attendant? In what way is our Long Household inferior to their Li Household?"

"As for that... Probably because Xiaojing possesses a magical charm that people find irresistible." Longang smiled lightly.

"...Brother... Old Lady told me to warn you, any random woman is fine, she doesn't care about matching family status or lineage, but—you are not allowed to play at being a sleeve-cutter!"

"Don't worry, Xiaoyang, I won't bring shame upon the Long Household. I will definitely be the top!"

"You missed the point!"

"Maybe in the future Xiaoyang will also feel that little boys are actually quite nice too." Otherwise, wouldn't he be failing his fine name of "Longyang"?

"What is the meaning of that 'too' of yours!?"

"Heh-heh-heh-heh—"

"Who is heh-heh-heh-hehing with you!"

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Chapter 16 Chapter 15

Personal study attendant?!

The identity arranged for her by Young Master Piao—one that was supposedly very convenient for her to snoop on gossip—turned out to be—Li Chenjing's personal study attendant?!

Was his brain trampled under a kitten's paw year-round, or did he visit Chunfen Pavilion too much, his head so full of singing girls and dancing lasses that he got trampled into dementia? Asking her to wait upon him hand and foot in Dongxu Mansion? Was he out of his mind? With a pair of eyes bound to her side, how was she supposed to fulfill her mission of snooping on gossip?!

The most important thing was—

"Young Master, might I borrow a belt for a moment."

"..."

"Many thanks."

"..."

"Might you close your eyes and turn around, not looking at what should not be seen?"

"..."

"Many thanks."

Look at that! Four eyes meeting, silence on both sides, staring big-eyed to small-eyed... They fundamentally shared no common language whatsoever, and forcing them together meant there was simply no happiness to speak of!

She should go complain to Young Master Piao; she absolutely had to change her chore! The front gate, the cafeteria, the latrine—transferring her to work under that old lecher in the Minister of Revenue would even be acceptable. At least she could still keep an eye on that old lecher and prevent him from doing anything untoward to her little brother.

"Are you free tonight?"

Her hand tying the belt paused, and she turned her head. "Huh? Ah? Young Master, are you talking to me?"

"..."

...If not you, then who else... Whm... Why did she have to be able to read his expression.

However—words like "Are you free tonight," spoken by one man to another man, were they appropriate?

"Of course I am not free tonight, this scholar, this scholar—this scholar is not lacking in female company! Nightlife and all that, to a real man, is utterly indispensable!"

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