Liu Shi jolted in shock.
He looked at Li Qian with astonishment and bewilderment!
Women liked women? This was the first time he had ever heard that two women could fall for each other!
He did not know whether his niece's inner thoughts were true, but the tender affection Li Qian showed Yuanbao did not look feigned.
"Shi?" Liu Wan called him back to his senses. "Come with us."
Lady Liu said to Li Qian, "Sorry for the trouble, Miss Li. Please talk Yuanbao around. I will give you an explanation shortly!"
"Madam Li, please come with me."
Tian glanced at Li Qian. Only after Li Qian nodded did she leave with her mind at ease.
Li Qian patted Yuanbao's back, her face full of tender affection.
"Your clothes are torn. Let me go back with you so you can change!"
Yuanbao nodded and let her shepherd him back to his room.
Inside, Yuanbao looked at her through misty eyes and affected a sweet, delicate voice. "Why did you save me, Sister?"
"A faithless man isn't worth your life. Besides, you have a face like a flower and beauty like the moon, little sister. What a pity it would be to die like this."
As Li Qian met his beautiful, tear-filled eyes, her heart gave a fierce flutter.
It was truly no exaggeration to call him a beauty who could eclipse a nation.
She slipped the peony Liu Shi had picked for her into Yuanbao's hair beside his temple.
Yuanbao caught her hand and said mournfully, "But I gave him everything. Now that he doesn't want me anymore, what meaning is there in living?"
With that, he began sobbing softly again.
"If he doesn't want you, plenty of others will. If you ask me, with beauty like yours, little sister,