Chapter 36 Intentional Flirting
Qing Wu noticed the slight blush on Xiao Ji's face, but she thought it was due to the humiliation she had just suffered, so she didn't think much about it. She bowed and took her two maids to pack up her things.
It wasn't until Qingwu and the other two walked away that Zhao Tong finally woke up. He first glanced in the direction Qingwu had gone, then turned his gaze back to his master, clapping his hands in admiration.
"I was just saying that this family still needs a mistress. With a mistress, we will have more money out of thin air."
Fugui also hurriedly agreed: "Yeah, yeah, we can't just listen to them and get nothing."
What's the point of saving face? Being deposed as the crown prince is already the biggest loss of face.
The two of them fell into a doze while chatting, and Xiao Ji came back to his senses. When he heard the word "hostess" again, his face turned red and white again, but he didn't deny it in the end.
He is no longer the crown prince, and he has only married this one girl. Moreover, she is now willing to share the hardships with him, so she should be the rightful hostess.
But he suddenly thought of another person in his mind. When he looked at the graceful figure over there, he couldn't lift his head anymore.
Fortunately, Zhao Tong did not notice Xiao Ji's abnormality this time. After what happened just now, he did not show mercy and collected everything that could be used and not left behind.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, both sides finally finished packing. Zhao Tong and Fugui lifted Xiao Ji's wheelchair onto the carriage. Qingwu stood at the back and watched. He clearly saw the embarrassment on the boy's face for a moment and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
How could a young man who was once both talented in literature and martial arts end up needing help even to get on a horse?
After Xiao Ji got into the carriage safely, Qing Wu took two maids and walked towards the carriage that belonged to her at the back.
Xiao Ji, who was sitting safely in the car, couldn't help but look towards the window. He saw the fluttering skirt through the gap in the curtains. When he saw Zhao Tong coming in, he retracted his gaze. However, his little action had already fallen into Zhao Tong's eyes, and Zhao Tong immediately showed a teasing smile on his face.
Xiao Ji met his smile, cleared his throat unconsciously, and forced an explanation: "I just felt that she was a little different, so I took a closer look..."
The night she first entered the Eastern Palace, Xiao Ji thought she was like most of the imperial concubines in the capital, dignified and elegant, gentle and docile, a delicate girl. The day he was deposed, his thoughts were confirmed, but today he found many differences...
After a while, Xiao Ji slowly expressed his true thoughts amid Zhao Tong's increasingly ambiguous smile: "Well, I think she is bold but careful, which is good."
As soon as the words fell, the voice of the girl was heard outside the carriage, with a hint of a smile, "Liu Lang, the back carriage is full of things. Can I go with you?"
Xiao Ji was stunned. Before she could answer, Zhao Tong quickly opened the carriage curtain and said, "Madam, please get in. There's room in the carriage."
He had just thought of leaving as much space as possible so as not to crowd his master, and now it came in handy. Thinking that the two of them could stay in the same room and enhance their relationship, Zhao Tong hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and greeted Qingwu with a smile.
Now even if Xiao Ji wanted to refuse, there was no way he could do so, so Qing Wu bent down and entered the carriage. When he looked up, he saw someone who looked a little uncomfortable. He tilted his face, his brows still calm, but his slightly flushed face betrayed his mood.
Qing Wu couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips again, and explained in a gentle voice: "The carriage at the back was stuffed full of things by me, so I disturbed Liu Lang..."
The gentle word "Liu Lang" made Xiao Ji's heart tremble again. Although he knew that these words came from the mouth of the girl in front of him, he couldn't help but associate these words with those of the second lady of the Xi family.
Seeing the blush on the boy's face gradually deepening, Qingwu smiled in her heart. She glanced inside the carriage and found that most of it was filled with things. Only the space on the side of the wheelchair was left by Zhao Tong for him to take care of Xiao Ji.
At this moment, Zhao Tong outside also said: "Madam, please sit next to the master. I will sit outside. It's really hot..."
The two people in the carriage paused at the same time, and then Qingwu glanced at the half-gloomy sky outside and burst out laughing. Hearing this laugh, Xiao Ji closed his eyes as if to escape, and his hands, which were placed steadily on his thighs, sank a little.
Seeing his shy look, Qingwu felt a little evil in her heart. When she was in the countryside, she was naturally pursued by many men because of her beauty. At first she was very shy, but she got used to it after seeing it many times. Later, when she met a young man who had the courage to tease her, she dared to tease him back.
After returning to the Xi family, she was confined to the mansion all day, so the incident of teasing the young man did not happen again. Now, seeing the young man in front of her embarrassed, she could not suppress her inner feelings and was ready to make a move.
So she deliberately lifted her skirt and moved closer. The carriage was cramped and narrow, so she had to bend down. In this way, the girlish aura on her body naturally tended to the boy.
Xiao Ji had his eyes closed, but precisely because he had his eyes closed, his sense of smell became more sensitive. The woman's fragrance instantly enveloped him, making him feel as if he was back to that day.
That day he was also enveloped in this fragrant atmosphere... While the young man was intoxicated, a doubt emerged in his mind again.
Is this the scent of all girls? Or is this just another resemblance between twin sisters?
Realizing that her evil intentions had succeeded, Qingwu's previously bad mood instantly improved. She leaned forward slightly, rested her arms on the armrests of Xiao Ji's wheelchair, held her face in her hands, and looked up at him with a smile, to see when he was going to open his eyes.
The young man's expression remained unchanged, but Qingwu could clearly see his butterfly-like eyelashes fluttering faster and faster. Finally, after a few breaths, his peach blossom eyes couldn't help but open, and met Qingwu's phoenix eyes that were clearly smiling.
At this moment, their cheeks were only an arm's length apart, and Xiao Ji could see Qing Wu's appearance clearly. He saw her holding her face with both hands, holding it in front of his eyes, her plump and soft cheeks slightly squeezed out from between her fingers, and she stared at him with curved eyebrows...
Xiao Ji's heartbeat couldn't help but quicken, panic and throbbing surged into his heart at the same time. He froze in the wheelchair, not knowing whether it was a breath or two before he slowly opened his mouth. He was about to speak when the carriage suddenly started moving, and the person in front of him couldn't control his body and leaned further towards him.
He subconsciously reached out to support her, but due to the limitations of the wheelchair, his movement was still a step slow, so Qingwu pounced directly on him. After a short exclamation, the girl's forehead lightly hit his jaw.
The fragrance hit his nose again, this time with a hint of warmth.
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