[If Hua Liuli hadn't fallen so hopelessly in love with Seventh Prince Chu Aotian that she lost herself, she might have had a brilliant life.]
Hua Liuli: "???"
She had fallen so hopelessly in love with Seventh Prince Chu Aotian that she lost herself?
What ridiculous nonsense! She had no interest in men. Her dream was to fight on the battlefield and defend her homeland. How could she possibly fall hopelessly in love with a man, let alone lose herself?!
Her lips moved, and she was just about to say something when that voice rang out again.
[Hua Liuli's intelligence was forcibly lowered. Before she met Seventh Prince Chu Aotian, she was perfectly normal. But at today's Flower-Viewing Banquet, when she saw him rescue her mischievous little nephew, who'd climbed up the artificial rockery, she fell in love at first sight and started down the path of a groveling lapdog. For Seventh Prince Chu Aotian, she suppressed her personality and learned embroidery. She spent all day chasing after him like a lovestruck fool, calling "Brother Aotian, Brother Aotian" nonstop.]
Hua Liuli: "!!!"
Ugh, she was going to throw up.
She would rather chop off her own head and kick it around like a ball than become someone like that.
Ning Sang-sang sighed inwardly:
[Men really do slow down the speed of your blade draw. Hua Liuli was originally a formidable martial artist, valiant and dashing, but after meeting Seventh Prince Chu Aotian, she became a meek little woman. Even when she walked in front of him, she took tiny, mincing steps.]
Hua Liuli: "!!!"
Nonsense!
Utterly ridiculous!
How could she possibly become like that for a man?!
After being rendered utterly speechless, Hua Liuli regained her composure and looked at Ning Sang-sang. Before she could react, Ning Sang-sang's sighing voice rang out again.
[I really want to see what this Seventh Prince Chu Aotian looks like, to make Hua Liuli fall in love at first sight and become hopelessly infatuated.]
Hua Liuli: "..."
She also really wanted to know what Seventh Prince Chu Aotian looked like. She had grown up in the northwest and rarely returned to the capital. She had met him a few times during childhood visits, but she was face-blind when it came to men and had little memory of them. Besides, she had been so young that she now couldn't recall his appearance at all.
Just as silence settled over them, hurried footsteps sounded, accompanied by an anxious cry. "Miss, something's wrong! Young Master Yun is missing!"
Hua Liuli hurriedly rose at those words. Before she could react, Ning Sang-sang's inner voice rang out.
[Here it comes, here it comes-the classic plot! Hua Liuli hears the maid say her little nephew is missing and rushes off to find him. Then she sees Seventh Prince Chu Aotian use his lightness skill to rescue her nephew from the artificial rockery. Sparks of love ignite in her heart, and she falls for him at first sight.]
Hua Liuli's eyes flickered when she heard this. She would go and see whether she really would fall in love at first sight. She turned to Ning Sang-sang. "Miss Ning, could you help me look for my little nephew?" She wanted to hear more of her inner voice.
Ning Sang-sang agreed without hesitation. "Of course!"
Inwardly, she thought: [I'm going to see just how captivating Seventh Prince Chu Aotian is when he uses his lightness skill to rescue someone, to make Hua Liuli fall in love at first sight.]
Hua Liuli: "..."
She also wanted to see just how captivating Seventh Prince Chu Aotian was!
When Ning Sang-sang led Hua Liuli to the artificial rockery where her little nephew was, they happened to see Seventh Prince Chu Aotian use his lightness skill to soar up onto it and carry the boy down.
Seventh Prince Chu Aotian was tall and slender, his handsome features as exquisite as a painting. As he used his lightness skill, his movements were graceful and light, quite a sight to behold.
At the sight, Hua Liuli thought: Pretty ordinary. He certainly hasn't made me fall in love at first sight.
Seeing Hua Liuli staring fixedly at Seventh Prince Chu Aotian, Ning Sang-sang thought:
[Hua Liuli's intelligence has been lowered again. She's fallen for Seventh Prince Chu Aotian at first sight, and now her heart and eyes are full of him. Next, she'll pursue him like mad and lose herself.]
Hua Liuli: "????"
She had not fallen for Seventh Prince Chu Aotian at first sight!
She wasn't interested in him in the slightest!
Hua Liuli decided Ning Sang-sang's inner voice was simply expressing her own imaginings. Just as she was thinking this, that inner voice rang out again.
[Here he comes. Seventh Prince Chu Aotian is coming over, and Hua Liuli's heart is stirring. Right now, it's pounding nonstop.]
Hua Liuli: "..."
Her heart was not stirring!
Nor was it pounding nonstop!
Hua Liuli's brows drew together slightly. Does this Ning Sang-sang suffer from delusions? Just as she thought this, the voice rang out again.
[Next, Hua Liuli's little nephew will call out to her. After hearing him, she'll walk over to Seventh Prince Chu Aotian with tiny, mincing steps and thank him profusely in an exceedingly gentle voice, hoping to leave him with a good impression of her.]
Hua Liuli frowned at these words. Before she could react, a clear, childish voice rang out.
"Auntie!" the clear, childish voice called.
Hua Liuli snapped out of her thoughts and saw her little nephew and Seventh Prince Chu Aotian approaching them together. Her eyes flickered, and she stayed where she was, waiting for them to come over.
[Hua Liuli is staring at Seventh Prince Chu Aotian in a daze. Looks like she's utterly infatuated with him. She must be thinking that she has to have this man, that she'll marry no one but him in this lifetime.]
Hua Liuli: "..."
She thought Ning Sang-sang's delusions were very serious.
"Auntie!" Hua Yun called affectionately as he walked up to Hua Liuli.
Before Hua Liuli could react, a rich, magnetic male voice sounded. "You're Hua Liuli?"
Hua Liuli looked toward the voice and saw Seventh Prince Chu Aotian watching her. Her lips moved, and she was just about to say something when that clear voice rang out.
[Hua Liuli's eyes meet Seventh Prince Chu Aotian's, and instantly, her whole body feels as though she's been struck by electricity. She gazes at him with infatuation.]
[Seventh Prince Chu Aotian doesn't like lovestruck women. Seeing her act like such a fool, he feels disdain and disgust and secretly decides to break off their engagement. Then Hua Liuli clings to him relentlessly, refusing to let him end it.]
Hua Liuli: "..."
Ning Sang-sang really imagined her to be such an idiot.
"That's right. I'm Hua Liuli," she told Seventh Prince Chu Aotian expressionlessly.
Seventh Prince Chu Aotian's eyes flickered. That wasn't the voice he had just heard. He shifted his gaze to Ning Sang-sang, a hint of scrutiny in his eyes.
Ning Sang-sang blinked.
[Why is Seventh Prince Chu Aotian staring at me?]
[And why is the plot going differently? Hua Liuli has fallen for Seventh Prince Chu Aotian at first sight now. She should be acting like a meek little woman in front of him, speaking softly and gently. Why is she talking to him so coldly?]
At these words, Seventh Prince Chu Aotian's expression briefly froze. He hadn't seen her open her mouth, yet he could hear her voice?
Before he could figure out why, that voice rang out again.
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