Only Qin Mengdai herself knew that things were nothing like what everyone saw.
Song Yaoyao saw this too, and only then remembered the self-protection feature Guagua had unlocked for her after upgrading.
This really was pretty good!
Qin Mengdai tried hitting Song Yaoyao several times, but every blow rebounded onto her instead. She no longer dared to make a move!
Now it was a one-sided beating from Song Yaoyao!
After pulling her hair, Song Yaoyao landed two punches on her eyes.
Then she struck Qin Mengdai's pressure points. That left no visible marks on her body, and an examination would reveal nothing, but the pain was enough to make her wish she were dead!
Only after all this time did everyone snap out of their daze and rush over to pull the two apart.
More precisely, they pulled up Song Yaoyao, who was straddling Qin Mengdai.
Song Yaoyao was perfectly neat and clean. Qin Mengdai, meanwhile, had a face swollen like a pig's head, black-and-blue circles around her eyes, and torn clothes...
That was downright ferocious!
Qin Mengdai had not even noticed her clothes were torn. All she knew was that every inch of her body hurt!
Qin Mengdai climbed up from the ground and noticed everyone stealing glances at her, looking as though they wanted to stare but did not dare.
Qin Mengdai knew she must look utterly disheveled, but was there really any need for everyone to look at her like that?
Following their gazes, Qin Mengdai looked down at the spot they were staring at.
She would never have known without looking, and what she saw gave her a fright. Her sleeve had been ripped open, exposing her arm.
Then Qin Mengdai let out a piercing scream.
Qin Mengdai covered her exposed arm with her other hand and shouted:
"Don't look! None of you are allowed to look! Keep looking, and I'll gouge out your eyes!"
Some people immediately looked away at her words. Others, unafraid of Qin Mengdai's threats, examined her even more brazenly, all while making comments.
"Her skin is so fair."
"Who would have thought her skin was so tender you could squeeze water out of it?"
These men made no attempt whatsoever to keep their remarks private. They spoke loudly, as though afraid someone might fail to hear them.
Song Yaoyao glanced at the men making those comments and asked Guagua:
*[Guagua, who are these men making those comments?*
*Aren't they afraid of the minister?]*
Guagua: [They're notorious wastrels in the Capital. They aren't afraid of the minister at all.
Their fathers all hold higher offices than the minister.]
Song Yaoyao nodded in understanding:
*[So they're fearless because they have powerful backing!*
*But these men really do talk like creeps. Even though I just fought Qin Mengdai, I still don't like these wastrels. Hearing them talk about a woman that way makes me want to slap them across their faces.]*
Guagua: [Host, you did just tear Qin Mengdai's clothes...]
Song Yaoyao interrupted Guagua:
*[Isn't fighting all about grabbing and pulling at each other? I really didn't tear her clothes on purpose.*
The main problem was that Qin Mengdai wore thin, flimsy fabric today. Just a little tug, and it tore.
*Sigh, even if I jumped into the Yellow River, I couldn't wash away the blame.]*
Guagua: [Mm, I believe you didn't do it on purpose, Host.]
By now, Qin Mengdai had draped herself in the cloak her maid had brought over.
The reason the maid had not handed her a cloak right away was that she had run to their carriage to fetch it.
Just then, a man suddenly rushed out of the crowd. With his thumb and middle finger pinched together and his other fingers delicately raised, he said in an effeminate voice:
"What are you doing?"
No one spoke. Everyone silently watched this person who had suddenly appeared!
With exaggerated, affected movements, the man rushed to Qin Mengdai's side and said in a coy, sugary voice:
"Cousin, are you all right?"
Hearing that voice, Song Yaoyao could not help rubbing her arms. Her goosebumps were practically falling all over the ground!
Song Yaoyao asked Guagua:
[This effeminate guy is Qin Mengdai's cousin?]
Guagua: [Yes.
He's Su Yu, the son of Madam Qin's elder brother.]
Song Yaoyao: [The grand preceptor is a high official of Subordinate First Rank, after all. How did he end up with a grandson like this?]
Guagua: [Ever since he was little, Su Yu has felt he was born the wrong sex and should have been a girl. He likes girls' things and likes playing with girls.
His father and his grandfather, the grand preceptor, have beaten him countless times over it. Even when they beat him until he had only a breath left, he would go right back to his old ways once he recovered.
Once, Su Yu was nearly beaten to death and was only saved with great difficulty. Even afterward, he remained the same.
His family knew they couldn't straighten him out!
From then on, they stopped trying.]
Song Yaoyao nodded:
*[He really is persistent!*
If he'd been born in modern society, he could just take a trip to Thailand and have his little bird cut off.
Then get breast implants, and that would be that.
*Su Yu really was born in the wrong era.]*
Guagua nodded in agreement and said with some regret:
[What a shame!
If he'd been born in modern times, becoming a woman wouldn't be a mere dream!]
As everyone listened to Song Yaoyao and Guagua's conversation, the men all felt a chilly breeze between their legs. What did she mean, just cut off his little bird, get breast implants, and that would be that?
Judging by their conversation, men could even be turned into women in the world of Song Yaoyao's previous life?
They all understood cutting off the little bird. Wasn't that like becoming a eunuch?
But what did getting breast implants mean?
The men present could not help lowering their heads to look at their own chests.
They could understand what the words meant: making a man's chest bigger!
But wasn't that far too miraculous? Such methods actually existed in the world!
Su Yu had been fussing over Qin Mengdai when he heard this. Suddenly, he turned his gaze toward Song Yaoyao, and his eyes grew increasingly fervent.
Being stared at like that by Su Yu made Song Yaoyao's skin crawl:
*[Guagua, why is Su Yu staring at me?*
*That look makes me feel like a big piece of juicy meat, and Su Yu might rush over and take a bite out of me at any moment.]*
Just then, Su Yu swayed his hips as he walked over to Song Yaoyao.
Before Su Yu could speak, Song Yaoyao's inner voice rang out again:
*[Holy shit, the way Su Yu sways his hips puts even me, a woman, to shame!*
How does a grown man manage to act so sultry?
*I really want to ask him one thing: are your periods regular?]*
Guagua burst into a rather unkind laugh:
[Hahaha, Host, aren't you terrible?
Would you dare ask Su Yu that to his face?]
Song Yaoyao said with perfect seriousness:
[I'm only twelve. How could I possibly ask something like that?]
Everyone around her flushed red upon hearing that. Some struggled to suppress their laughter, but their trembling shoulders made it obvious just how hard they were trying!
What did she mean, she really wanted to ask him, "Are your periods regular?"
Actually, they really wanted to ask Su Yu that too!
But out of consideration for Grand Preceptor Su's status, no one dared step forward and ask!
Song Yaoyao's inner voice shattered Su Yu's composure.
Now he could not get the question he wanted to ask out of his mouth!
Although he wished he were a woman, he was still unquestionably a man at present.
How could Song Yaoyao mock him like this in her thoughts?
Did he not have any dignity to preserve?
This Song Yaoyao was simply too hateful!