Jiang Si paused, her gaze falling on the housekeeper's face. A willow branch appeared in her hand, and she used it to lift the housekeeper's chin. "You're very beautiful!"

The housekeeper let her lift her chin, her expression remaining respectful, submissive, and humble: "Thank you for your praise, Miss Jiang Si. I am not even one-thousandth as good as you!"

Jiang Si used the willow branch to sway the housekeeper's face from side to side: "Indeed, compared to my face that hasn't had any surgery, the artificial traces on your face are very obvious. It must hurt a lot!"

Jiang Dandan: "!!!!"

Is the seemingly beautiful, seductive, and cheap housekeeper's face fake?

No wonder it looked down on me from a dragon's perspective; now I understand.

As expected, without Uncle Dog, the lovely and charming auntie never makes a mistake no matter what she does.

Uncle Dog, men are just stumbling blocks in the feet of cute and charming aunties.

The housekeeper lowered her eyelids slightly, a polite smile always on her lips, maintaining the utmost respect: "It doesn't hurt. In the interstellar age, technology and medical skills have developed rapidly. Whether it's facial surgery or full-body surgery, it takes an hour to operate and an hour to recover. It doesn't hurt at all."

Jiang Si raised an eyebrow: "Oh, I wasn't asking if your face hurts, I was asking if it hurts your heart to be a stand-in?"

Jiang Dandan: "???"

substitute?

Is there any melodrama involved?

She loves him, but he doesn't love her; he loves her?

Oh my god, melodramatic love triangles are a constant theme, brilliant!

The housekeeper's polite smile froze for a moment, then returned to normal in an instant: "Miss Jiang is joking. How could your heart hurt if you had surgery on your face?"

Jiang Si said, "If your waist were a fraction thinner, your breasts a size larger, your hips a little more slender, and your face a bit more delicate, more alluring, and more glamorous, you would look even more like her."

"My medical skills and surgical technique are also excellent. If you need anything in the future, you can come to me. I guarantee I can fix even the smallest flaws on your body, making you look exactly like a real person, so that no one can find any difference."

Jiang Dandan: "..."

My lovely and charming aunt has great knife skills; I'll ask her to sharpen its claws later.

The housekeeper took a step back, bowed, and replied respectfully, "Thank you, Miss Jiang Si. I am now perfect and need no repairs. My master is waiting. Please, Miss Jiang Si!"

Jiang Si chuckled softly, her voice filled with regret and mockery: "Alright, it's fine if you don't need it now. Come find me whenever you need it. I keep my word and am very trustworthy."

"Thank you, Miss Jiang!" The housekeeper extended a hand. "Please come this way!"

Jiang Si looked straight ahead and walked in the direction indicated by the housekeeper.

The housekeeper followed and led the way.

The courtyard is quaint and charming, with wooden corridors, wooden houses, small bridges and flowing water, artificial mountains and rocks, maple trees, plum blossoms, and everything else you could want, and each tree is quite large.

Looking at these trees, it's clear this house has a history of over a hundred years.

It's an imitation of ancient architecture. What kind of ancient architecture is it imitating? It's clearly a building built by someone who misses their hometown and can't go back to.

Jiang Si walked down the corridor, making a very pleasant sound with each step, while the housekeeper walked down the corridor without making a sound, like a ghost.

After passing through the corridor, stepping over the small bridge and flowing water, and passing through the artificial hills and rocks, we arrived at the gate of an arched courtyard. The housekeeper stood at the gate and said, "Miss Jiang, the master is waiting for you inside. I won't see you in. Have a good time."

Jiang Si's voice was clear and melodious: "Thank you!"

The housekeeper lowered her head and said, "You're welcome!"

Jiang Si stepped through the arched gate and entered the ancient courtyard, which was filled with peonies of all colors in full bloom.

Jiang Si casually plucked a peony flower, held it in her hand, and walked towards the pavilion in the middle of the courtyard. The pavilion was large and had cooking utensils and a table.

Ruhou was wearing a white shirt, glasses, black pants, and a black apron, holding cooking utensils in his hands.

He's very thin, and even just looking at his profile, he exudes a refined and serene air—the perfect face for a first love in a romance novel.

Jiang Si carried the peony flower over, landed in front of the table, sat opposite him, played with the peony flower in her hand, and looked at Ru Hou.

Ruhou put down her cooking utensils, took out the warmed wine, wiped the small porcelain container dry with a cloth, tilted her body slightly, and poured the wine while saying, "Although the weather is hot, it is still better for girls to drink warm wine."

After he finished pouring the wine, Jiang Si casually handed him the peony flower: "Thank you!"

Ruhou took the peony flower and, as gently as if it were a lover, placed it in a unique porcelain vase beside him: "You're welcome. The black peony is very beautiful, and I like it very much."

Jiang Si looked at him and said, "She likes it too."

Without looking at Jiang Si, Ru Hou placed the poured wine in front of her: "No need to test me, no need to be hostile towards me. I have no ill intentions towards you, I just want to be friends with you!"

"Just want to be friends with me?" Jiang Si grabbed a wine glass and splashed it on Ru Hou's face. "Just want to be friends with me?"

Jiang Dandan: "!!!!"

Wow.

I absolutely adore this cute and charming auntie who's quick to take action at the drop of a hat.

Although splashing wine does not cause any lethal harm.

It's quite insulting, awesome, thumbs up, and a little heart.

Ru Hou didn't dodge and got splashed right on the head. His glasses, forehead, hair, and white shirt were all splattered with liquor. Fortunately, the liquor was white, so it only made his clothes look darker, and there was nothing else.

After spilling the ginger, she put down her wine glass, looking completely innocent. "I'm sorry, I wanted to be friends with you too, but my hand slipped."

Ru Hou was neither angry nor annoyed. He took out a handkerchief, took off his glasses, wiped his face, and then slowly and deliberately wiped his glasses, as if he were treating an old friend: "Friend, it's okay if your hand slipped. How well-done do you like the meat?"

Jiang Si rested her elbows on the table, her hands clasped together, and her chin on the back of her hands: "Mr. Ruhou, you seem afraid to look at me. Am I a venomous snake or a ferocious beast, or a lion or a tiger? Do you think I'll eat you up just because you look at me?"

Ru Hou's bloodless lips slowly curled up: "You are not a lion, nor a tiger, nor a venomous snake or beast. You are the only all-powerful female warrior who fought against hundreds of millions of zombies during the zombie apocalypse 3,500 years ago."

Jiang Dandan: "!!!!"

No matter how many times I hear my aunt's age.

It's nothing really.

It's still a tiny bit worse than its memory.

So... the lovely and charming auntie is still very young, super young.

Jiang Si smiled and said, "Oh my, 3,500 years have passed. I thought it was only a little over 300 billion."

"Little Hou, now that you know I'm your senior, you should respect your senior instead of provoking him, okay!"

Ru Hou wiped his glasses, put them back on his nose, poured himself another glass of wine, took a piece of bloody meat and placed it in the frying pan, staring at the bloody meat. "You misunderstood. I didn't provoke you, nor would I dare to."

"I really just want to be friends with you, that's all. So, how well-done would you like the meat cooked?"

Jiang Si's smile deepened slightly: "Very well-acquainted!"

Ruhou gracefully flipped the meat over: "Okay, please wait a moment!"

Jiang Si waited patiently, watching him fry the meat. He was good-looking, and the way he did things was pleasing to the eye, making people feel happy.

Five minutes later.

The perfectly cooked meat, placed on a plate and garnished with cherry tomatoes and black peony, was served in front of shredded ginger.

Ru Hou spread his hands and said, "The meat is perfectly cooked, please enjoy!"

Jiang Si glanced at the meat platter, tilted her head slightly, and shifted her gaze to Ru Hou's face: "Ru Hou, just because you're called Ru Hou doesn't mean you can be above me. When you're asking for a favor, you can't just resort to force first and then politeness. When you're asking for a favor, you have to kneel down!"

Jiang Dandan: "!!!!"

What kind of riddle are we talking about?

What kind of riddle are we talking about?

Why can't it understand the language even though it recognizes every single word?

What do you mean by asking for a favor?

Whom should I ask?

Shouldn't these two be mortal enemies, fighting to the death?

Ru Hou lowered his eyes, still avoiding Jiang Si's gaze, his voice low and flat: "You guess what I'm thinking, you understand everything I've done. If I kneel and beg you, will you agree?"

Jiang Si placed her hand on the edge of the meat platter and asked leisurely, "You haven't even asked yet, how do you know I won't agree? Or are you saying that a man's knees are worth gold, and you can't kneel down?"

"Kneel down!" Without hesitation, Ruhou's low voice was firm and resolute. He slowly slid down, landing on one knee, and knelt down with his head bowed, as if performing a knightly salute.

Jiang Dandan: "!!!!"

Where's the villain we were promised?

That's it?

That's it?

With knees so weak, what kind of villain are they?

It's illiterate and can't read, so don't try to fool it!

With a loud crash!

Jiang Si grabbed the plate of meat in front of her and smashed it on Ru Hou's head.

Blue and white porcelain plates splashed and flew up.

After smashing the ginger, he kicked Ru Hou in the chest.

Ruhou was kicked away by her and crashed into a pillar of the pavilion.

The pillar cracked upon impact, but did not break.

Jiang Si turned to the side, remaining seated, and coldly said to the Hou that had rolled off the pillar and onto the ground, "Crawl over here!"

Jiang Dandan: "!!!!"

A majestic, adorable, and charming auntie, forever adorable!

So cool, so awesome, so stylish!

"Pfft!"

After the beast rolled to the ground, it spat out a mouthful of blood.

A few drops of blood fell onto his white shirt.

The scattered dots resembled a few red plum blossoms fallen in the white snow.

Jiang Si clicked her tongue: "The bright red blood has turned into a dark reddish-brown. It's a failure. No wonder it didn't want to fight me. It turns out that it's corrupt inside and can't be touched."

As Hou raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, his glasses fell off his nose.

He took out another pair of identical glasses, put them on his nose, slowly got up, walked step by step to Jiang Si, and knelt down on one knee again: "I beg you, can you grant me what I want, what I hope for, what I long for?"

"Wow, wow!" Si Mubei, sporting a fiery red frizzy hairstyle that was over half a meter high, entered Gong Gong's house, looking completely like a poor, unsophisticated person who had never seen the world. "Old Gong, this place is so big and luxurious, it looks so rich."

Gong Gong: "!!!!"

Can you please stop yelling?

His father wouldn't recognize him if he saw him like this.

After he shouted that...

Even strangers become acquainted.

Yu Feifei followed closely behind, transforming into a country bumpkin, raising her voice: "Yeah, Lao Gong, look, look! This place truly lives up to its reputation as the home of the Federation's top congressman. It's so luxurious, it's glittering with gold, and its extravagance is off the charts!"

Gong Gong: "!!!!!!!"

Damn it, do you really want him dead?

Is he really waiting for his father to shoot him?

Zhuo Zhi nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, this house is so beautiful. As a stinky space pirate, I have never seen such a beautiful house before?"

"I've never seen such a high-ranking official as a congressman before, Congressman Gong. May I touch you or give you a hug?"

Gong Gong: "!!!!"

Damn it!

These damn space pirates are so unreliable.

They're all heartless.

Why are you touching his dad?

Did he think his dad was too slow to draw his gun?

Or is he worried that his father won't be able to kill him later?

So you just want to collect his body as soon as possible?

Just as Gong Gong was about to speak in anger, the other stinky space pirates stepped forward, standing in front of the councilor who was receiving them: "Councilor Gong, you look so dignified. I'd like to touch you and hug you. Is that alright?"

"Councilor Gong, what a coincidence! Your surname is Gong, and our old Gong also has the surname Gong. You two might even have been from the same family 800 years ago!"

"You haven't met our Lao Gong yet, have you? That guy, the one standing furthest away from you, that's our Lao Gong."

"Don't let his unshaven beard, tattered clothes, and long, unkempt red hair fool you; he's incredibly strong in both mind and body."

Gong Gong: "!!!!"

He had a stubble beard?

Dressed in tattered clothes?

Is your hair long, messy, and unconventional?

What about them?

What about them?

In the sweltering summer, they wear mink coats, leather jackets, leather pants, vests, and big boots. They're not unconventional or weird, are they?

Why do you dislike him so much?

Why should he speak ill of him in front of his father?

"That's right, that's right, Councilor Gong, don't let his slovenly appearance fool you, he's incredibly skilled." A group of stinky space pirates praised Gong Gong one after another: "In our team, he's one of the best."

"In our team's record, there have been several cases of double-crossing, and he was always the one who took the lead and charged into battle. Wouldn't you say that's a formidable person?"

Councilor Gong's gaze fell on Gong Gong, looking him up and down, left and right: "Impressive, very impressive, Gong Gong, right? It's a pleasure to meet you. May I give you a hug?"

Gong Gong: "!!!!"

Damn it, those filthy space pirates, he'll never forgive them!

Jiang Si sat on the stool, looking at Ru Hou kneeling before her like a battle-worn knight, and laughed: "I'm sorry, I can't grant your wishes, requests, or desires!"

Ru Hou shuddered: "Why?"

A willow branch appeared in Jiang Si's hand, coiling around his neck like a snake. "Because, why should I agree to your wishes, your demands, and your desires when you're just a clone trying to test me, someone who doesn't even dare to look me in the eye?"

Ruhou suddenly raised its head and finally looked directly into Jiang Si's eyes: "You knew from the beginning that I was a fake, which is why you humiliated me like this?"