Xi Yan bit her cherry lips and said, "Hu Xiaotian, oh, Hu Xiaotian. It seems I've underestimated you all along."
"No need to feel inferior," Hu Xiaotian said. "Women usually have little tricks; men have great wisdom. If you thought of everything before I did, I wouldn't dare take you as my wife even if you beat me to death. Women are better off a little foolish."
"Of course you'd like every woman in the world to be a fool," Xi Yan said. "Then you could deceive them however you pleased."
"Of course, they can't be too foolish either," Hu Xiaotian said. "A woman who's too foolish offers no challenge. I wouldn't even have any interest in deceiving her."
Xi Yan smiled sweetly. "Are you interested in Tang Qingxuan?"
Hu Xiaotian shook his head.
"Why?"
Hu Xiaotian narrowed his eyes, his gaze drifting toward Xi Yan's breasts.
"What are you looking at?" Xi Yan said. "Hers seem a little bigger!"
"I'm not looking at height, but breadth," Hu Xiaotian said. "I don't like girls who are too narrow-minded either."
Xi Yan's lovely face actually reddened a little. She spat, "Hu Xiaotian, you're the most shameless man I've ever met..." Before she finished, she immediately corrected herself. "No! Eunuch!"
A burst of hurried footsteps came from outside. Before the visitor even approached the Inner Court, Hu Xiaotian had already heard them clearly. Xi Yan only noticed when the visitor entered the Inner Court. Hu Xiaotian's powers of perception now surpassed those of the Enchantress Xi Yan. Yet he pretended not to notice and remained lying on the bed. Xi Yan said, "Get up. Someone's coming."
Hu Xiaotian put on a startled expression and slowly sat up on the bed. Just then, Yang Xuan's voice came from outside. "Is Lord Hu here?"