Xing'er and the other palace maids had no martial arts skills whatsoever, and naturally had no way to conceal their presence.
He Yunxiao had noticed them eavesdropping earlier, but he didn't care too much. After all, these palace maids had done the same thing when he last met Nanzhu.
Last time, it was thanks to their eavesdropping that they were able to create an opportunity to spend time with Nam-joo, which greatly brought the two of them closer.
However, even He Yunxiao himself did not expect that Xing'er would actually dare to smash the porcelain plate he bought with a brick.
He only saw a black phantom flash past his eyes, then crash into the porcelain plate on the ground, shattering it with a loud and crisp sound.
"Bang!"
Then came a second series of crackling sounds as shards of porcelain shattered and fell to the ground.
He Yunxiao looked at the porcelain plate in front of him that had been smashed by a brick, then turned to look at Xing'er, still not understanding what had happened.
Xing'er carefully backed away, pointing towards Nanzhu's room. She also gestured for He Yunxiao to turn his head away from her.
He Yunxiao still didn't understand.
Then, hurried footsteps echoed in Nanzhu's bedroom, and the door that had been tightly closed was suddenly flung open!
"He Yunxiao, you..."
He Yunxiao, who was squatting on the ground, looked up and met the gaze of the woman who opened the door.
He Yunxiao looked at his wife Nanzhu's heaving chest and her flushed cheeks from anxiety, and couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Nanzhu's wife is like a milk candy wrapped in tin foil; you can't eat it directly. You have to tear off the fragile foil first, and then put it in your mouth. At this point, the naked milk candy melts in the warmth of your mouth, leaving only a soft, milky, and sweet taste.
Looking at the unharmed He Yunxiao, and then down at the shattered porcelain plate on the ground, Meng Qingrou's face flushed even more.
Blushing, she took a step back, gripped the doorframe with both hands, and was about to slam it shut.
But He Yunxiao is no fool.
Xing'er has already created such a great opportunity; if she still doesn't know how to seize it, she might as well just commit suicide.
He Yunxiao quickly stood up, took a step forward, one foot entering Nanzhu's bedroom while the other remained outside. He braced himself against the door that was about to close, creating a gap through which his entire face could be seen.
Now it was no longer Meng Qingrou looking down at He Yunxiao, but rather he looking down at her.
He Yunxiao stared into Nanzhu's wife's eyes and said affectionately, "Nanzhu, I missed you."
Meng Qingrou's favorability rating has increased from 50 to 52.
Meng Qingrou, a girl who had long been confined to the cold palace, could not bear He Yunxiao's sweet words. Her face flushed red, she gritted her teeth, and tried to slam the door shut and hide in the room so she wouldn't look at him.
However, He Yunxiao was much stronger than her. With him holding the door open, Meng Qingrou couldn't close it no matter how hard she tried.
The palace maids of Linxuan Palace, who had been watching the spectacle from a distance, were now covering their mouths, blushing, and jumping up and down. They seemed even more excited than Meng Qingrou herself.
Meng Qingrou felt increasingly agitated under He Yunxiao's gaze. A voice in her head kept telling her to "let him in. He brought gifts; are we really going to make him stand outside? Besides, he hasn't taken the antidote yet. He should at least take it before leaving, right?"
Meng Qingrou recalled what happened yesterday, how he almost got hit by a medicine shelf while saving her, and how fiercely He Yunxiao scolded her. Although he was very harsh and severe when he hit her, Meng Qingrou knew in her heart that He Yunxiao did it for her own good.
He even risked being hated by himself for doing this. But he still chose to do it at this crucial moment when he needed his forgiveness the most.
Regardless of anything else, He Yunxiao was someone who had saved him twice. At the very least, he had to make him the daily dose of the antidote for the Soul-Devouring Pill.
Meng Qingrou didn't try to close the door again, but instead lowered her hand from the door and asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"
He Yunxiao said awkwardly, "I've already eaten today."
Quiet.
Meng Qingrou grabbed the door frame again.
He Yunxiao quickly said, "After dinner, we can have a late-night snack! Xing'er!"
Xing'er immediately emerged from behind the corner of the wall where she had been watching the drama unfold.
"exist."
"Go cook dinner. I want to eat dinner at Linxuan Palace."
Xing'er replied without hesitation, "Yes, Xing'er will go and prepare right away."
Then Meng Qingrou watched as her palace maids emerged from behind the wall one by one and obediently went to cook for He Yunxiao.
"He Yunxiao".
"Um."
"Xing'er and the others seem to listen to you a lot."
"Hmm... well, it's probably because when I brought you some snacks, I also brought some for them."
Meng Qingrou stared wide-eyed, incredulously saying, "You bribed them all?"
He Yunxiao explained, "I only brought them some snacks; I didn't intend to bribe them. I bought some yesterday too, didn't you know that?"
Meng Qingrou retorted defiantly, "If you didn't bribe them, why do they listen to you so much?"
"This... I don't know either."
"You've been bribed."
"Nam-joo, you know I wouldn't lie to you. I really didn't bribe you."
Meng Qingrou naturally knew that He Yunxiao wouldn't lie to her, and she also believed that the sisters of Linxuan Palace wouldn't "betray" her so easily. However, now, she didn't know whether she should let He Yunxiao into the room, so she could only keep pressing the topic.
So she pouted and huffed, "I don't care."
As soon as the words "I don't care" left her mouth, Meng Qingrou regretted it.
I was just reprimanded by him yesterday for being willful, and today I subconsciously acted willfully again.
She didn't know what was wrong with her. She was never like this when she was with Xing'er. But when she was with He Yunxiao, she would always forget about being "well-mannered" and instead think about being "spoiled and willful".
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