"Is this friend you're talking about actually yourself?" Li Xiaoyu asked bluntly.
Qiao Shanshan's face imdiately flushed with embarrassnt, thinking to herself, when was the last ti she directed grand strategies with such eloquence and confidence, that now she hesitated to even admit such a simple thing?
Of course, Qiao Shanshan admitted it in the end and began to feel that the second young mistress was no longer the sa.
People change, and in this world, a lot of things really do depend on innate talent.
Li Xiaoyu was indeed very young, about to turn nineteen. Although a business prodigy, her emotional intelligence was very low. But during her ti in Baichuan City, she had grown rapidly and beco much more adept at interpersonal relations than before.
Being advised by one's lord as a strategist was nothing shaful. Li Xiaoyu was still very direct as she said:
"Song Que is rather slow in certain areas; you need to take the initiative. It's not shaful for a woman to take the lead, as long as it's worth it. In all the romance stories in this world, the greatest complication is often 'I like you, but I don't say it."
What a short life! Qiao Shanshan thought to herself, How could a kid seven or eight years younger than her start teaching her?
"I'll give Song Que a day off tomorrow," Li Xiaoyu didn't dare postpone it further, because there were indeed a lot of things to take care of in Baichuan City.
Qiao Shanshan felt a bit sorry and said:
"With so much to do, it's really hard on you to do it all alone."
"It's not hard. I'm doing it for Tang Xian; I don't feel tired."
Seeing Li Xiaoyu becoming more and more poised and composed, Qiao Shanshan truly felt that the second young mistress had grown up a lot.
Although she had always known that the second young mistress was smart, in Qiao Shanshan's eyes, she was still a Li family princess who knew nothing of the hardships of the common world.
The next day, Qiao Shanshan boldly invited Song Que out, choosing a newly opened restaurant by Dong Ran.
Dong Ran was probably the biggest winner, going from a servant to a little rich woman in Baichuan City. So of the unused boutique shops, scarce equipnt—Li Xiaoyu ultimately had so personal interests, giving all these to Dong Ran.
However, that al was very unpleasant.
Because that damn Ju Mang actually showed up. It was as if she had been following Song Que the whole way, and this ti her actions were even more outrageous. Ju Mang rubbed her nose against Song Que's neck as if slling sothing, leaving Song Que startled and unsure whether or not to push Ju Mang away. Qiao Shanshan was even more surprised, not understanding what Ju Mang ant by this behavior.
After sniffing for quite a while, Ju Mang said:
"You have Constantine's scent on you."
Song Que then understood, but Qiao Shanshan was about to explode.
Because the next thing Ju Mang said was:
"Do you want to marry ? I think we can have children with better bloodlines than Constantine's."
Is she out of her mind? thought Qiao Shanshan.
Does everyone around Tang Xian have sothing wrong with them?
The sister is a freak. This childhood friend is also a freak! Is Baichuan City a shelter for troubled girls or what? Do these mad scientists not understand the aning of marriage? Or do they think the greatest aning of marriage is to procreate?
Fortunately, this ti Song Que got the point and said seriously:
"Miss Ju Mang, I'm currently dining with Miss Qiao, could you please leave us?"
"This is my room number. You can find if you change your mind. It's all for the future of humanity, after all." Ju Mang didn't seem uncomfortable in the slightest.
In so ways, she was indeed similar to Zhong Xiuxiu, or it might be more accurate to say that Zhong Xiuxiu was sowhat like Ju Mang. Everything they did seed to be for the sake of an experint.
Song Que shook his head.
Having sent Ju Mang away, Qiao Shanshan decided she needed to hasten her steps. Yes, she must do as the second young mistress said and take the initiative.
But when the words were on her lips, she found herself unable to speak.
After hesitating several tis, Qiao Shanshan chickened out, telling herself she would confess next ti they ate together, next ti for sure… next ti for sure…
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Li Xiaoyu had adopted a black cat that sohow just appeared in her room one day, unafraid when she touched it.
So it beca Li Xiaoyu's pet after a while.
Li Xiaoyu often held the black cat and went to the eastern suburbs. She didn't talk much, just quietly cooked so dishes in front of Bai Shuang with full equipnt ready at hand.
After finishing, Bai Shuang mostly didn't even give it a glance.
Li Xiaoyu didn't mind, just doing as Tang Xian had instructed.
After a long ti, Bai Shuang would occasionally take a look and gently shake her head, her eyes appearing to view it as pig swill.
Li Xiaoyu kept on trying and improving.
Every evening, she would spend two hours there, never missing a session.
Because she always remained silent, Bai Shuang sohow began to admire the girl.
A girl and a deer, both reticent.
Finally, on a certain day of the second month, Li Xiaoyu made a crystal pork trotter dish to a standard that Bai Shuang was slightly satisfied with and willing to taste.
And on that day, Bai Shuang did sothing that Tang Xian had always wanted her to do but she never had—she turned into a human.
Li Xiaoyu was startled too because she had always thought that this white deer couldn't beco human.
Bai Shuang's deanor wasn't as youthful as Qing Jiuyu, Bai Mansheng's.
She appeared to be a thirty-year-old with mature charm, but her eyes showed weariness as if she had lived in this world for a long ti.
She didn't explain anything to Li Xiaoyu and said:
"If you can't rember, bring a notebook tomorrow. I will go to hunt a sword-winged duck. This dish is called triple-layered duck, a Suzhou cuisine dish."
Bai Shuang's real voice had even more of a matronly charm than her appearance.
Li Xiaoyu felt she resembled her own mother a bit, only without the sorrow, leaving only a pure sense of ease.
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