Li Xiang planned to use a "beauty trap" to hook the readers and set the stage for Senku and the others' activities later on.
Ginro could pull it off, but she couldn't.
She still had some dignity...
Ginro: Are you saying I have no shame?
Li Xiang: Teehee ╭(╯ε╰)╮
After thinking it over, Li Xiang simply went to Lillian to pick up a few tricks for wrapping men (or women) around her finger.
Once Lillian learned what she was after, she boiled it down to three key tricks.
Trick one: fake it.
There was no need to go out of her way to please anyone. Showing just a little vulnerability would stir their protective instincts.
Most people had a soft spot for delicate, fragile things. Once someone felt protective of you, they would instinctively give you more care and leeway. Their guard would drop completely, and their attention would stay firmly fixed on you.
Trick two: keep faking it.
She didn't have to be genuinely stupid. She just needed to fall behind occasionally and make a few harmless little blunders, looking innocent, harmless, and utterly nonthreatening.
Here in the Harem, that innocent awkwardness was especially endearing.
Trick three: play hard to get.
Keep the push and pull balanced. Being close one moment and distant the next would leave them guessing, hold their attention, and gradually get them invested.
After hearing all three tricks, Li Xiang's confidence went through the roof.
Li Xiang: Piece of cake. I've got this in the bag.
As it happened, when the palace chores were assigned that day, she was given the job of chopping firewood in the back courtyard.
The courtyard was spacious and secluded, with very few visitors-just the perfect place to practice the first trick, "showing weakness."
Li Xiang rubbed her hands together,