"Y-y-your Majesty!!!" She sputtered.
Shang Ruohai flashed Shen Dou Dou a smile and said, "Dispense with the formalities. Is the Crown Prince available?"
Shen Dou Dou was so happy that if she died on the spot, her soul would literally fly up to heaven.
Shen Jingwei, on the other hand, was mortified.
"Senior Shang, my sister is impolite. I am deeply sorry. Do you need anything from ?"
Shang Ruohai stepped into Shen Jingwei’s small apartnt and looked around.
"Truly," he comnted. "Your Fuxi Palace is smaller than the Golden Dragon Palace’s fish pond."
"....."
"We will fix that," Shang Ruohai happily said as he slapped Shen Jingwei on the back. Apparently, he mistook Shen Jingwei’s dejection for embarassnt.
"I need to talk to you alone. Do you think your sister can leave us alone for a while?" Shang Ruohai asked with a glance in Shen Dou Dou’s direction.
Shen Dou Dou, who understood the assignnt, stood up straight and announced, "I shall go downstairs to buy so snacks! Your Majesties, allow to excuse myself!!!"
Shen Dou Dou made a beeline toward the door and disappeared. The sight inadvertently made Shang Ruohai chuckle.
"You have a cute sister," he remarked. "She would be a good fit to fill Mingyu’s role."
"Don’t joke around, Senior Shang," Shen Jingwei pleaded. "What do you need to talk to about?"
"The obvious, of course. I heard about the needle stabbing incident. Can I take a look at the wound?"
Shen Jingwei pressed a hand against the wounded spot on his waist out of reflex.
"No need. I am fine."
Shen Jingwei’s defensive stance stunned Shang Ruohai sowhat, but the latter quickly regained his composure.
"Then it’s good," he said. "I want to tell you that the costu technician who stabbed you has been dismissed from her position."
Shen Jingwei’s eyes widened in shock.
"But why? It was just a minor incident."
Shang Ruohai narrowed his eyes at Shen Jingwei.
"To you it might appear as a minor incident, but not to . If she stabbed you due to a honest mistake while attending to her job, I naturally would not fire her. The truth was that she stabbed you because she was distracted by Wu Jin’s presence.
By right, I should fire the entire team for even allowing Wu Jin to step foot in a room he had no business in.
Of course, it was too severe a punishnt for those who made no mistake during the job, so I let them off with a third warning."
"But..."
"Although it prevails in the entertainnt industry, I despise favoritism the most," Shang Ruohai’s voice sharp as a whip slashing through the air when he spoke.
"Imagine what would happen if the needle stabbed you sowhere vital. Where would we stand now?"
"..."
"The consequences could be dire, and I am not willing to take any chances."
Shen Jingwei lowered his eyes to the ground. He understood where Shang Ruohai was coming from, but he still felt pity for the poor costu specialist who was fired.
She was so happy to see Wu Jin, too...
The poltering sound of footsteps outside told them that Shen Dou Dou already returned from her little shopping spree.
"Um, Your Majesty!" She called out to Shang Ruohai as soon as she arrived. "May I please add your WeChat?"
"..."
Shang Ruohai was stunned a second ti.
Shen Jingwei was mortified a second ti.
"Dou Dou!" He hissed at his sister. "Please don’t mind her. She is just a naive girl."
Shang Ruohai grinned from ear to ear.
"Why not? Here, scan my QR code."
"...."
"Yayyyy! I now have three celebrities on my WeChat!" Shen Dou Dou cried out ecstatically.
Shen Jingwei groaned inside his heart.
Was his little sister growing up to be a star chaser???
"So, your na is Dou Dou," Shang Ruohai remarked. "Are you a high school student?"
"I am graduating in a month!" Shen Dou Dou chirped, her eyes shining brightly when she spoke about her future plans. "I plan to register to a manhua college."
"Oh? Interesting. Do you want to be a manhua artist one day?"
"Yes! I am also thinking about a career in animation. I am especially fond of BLs!"
Shen Jingwei wanted to die so badly.
Dou Dou! He scread in his heart. Why must you tell everyone you et that you like BLs? What is wrong with you???
"Really."
At this point, Shang Ruohai’s grin resembled Cheshire Cat’s.
"Yes, really! In fact, I am eting fellow BL lovers tomorrow and my brother is coming with !"
"...."
Shang Ruohai gave Shen Jingwei an acknowledging nod.
"Good for you, trying to gauge the most appealing trend for our audience. Maybe I should give you a raise."
Shen Dou Dou clasped her hands together and gave Shang Ruohai a beseeching look.
"Your Majesty, would you like to join us?"
"No," Shen Jingwei, horrified, blurted out.
"Yes," Shang Ruohai, amused, answered.
"Yayyyy...!!!"
"..."
"Don’t forget to wear so disguise," Shang Ruohai told Shen Jingwei. "We don’t want you to start giving out autographs before we do our official autograph session."
"..."
Defeated through and through, Shen Jingwei was left with no other choice but follow Shen Dou Dou and Shang Ruohai to the BL lovers et-up the next day.
In order to mingle with the crowd, they opted out of riding with a car and rode the public transportation instead.
"So how many people are we talking about here?" Shen Jingwei asked his little sister. "Ten, twenty?"
Shen Dou Dou humd while tapping a finger at her lips.
"I think maybe over a hundred?"
"..."
"Only a hundred?" Shang Ruohai clicked with his tongue. "Damn, I was expecting a lot more to co."
"Many people are shy," Shen Dou Dou told them. "They probably hold an important position in society and do not want people to know that they love BLs."
Shen Jingwei gave his sister a glare.
And why aren’t you more like them, Dou Dou? Whyy??
"Oh, we are here."
They arrived in front of a relatively big house.
A mansion, to be exact.
"Now this place is what I would call a proper residence, Shen Jingwei," Shang Ruohai remarked.
"..."
Shen Dou Dou rang the doorbell.
"Yes?" Ca a female voice from the intercom.
"It’s , Little Bean!" Shen Dou Dou cried out.
"Little Bean, welco!" The other person shrieked happily. "I am Colorful Lily!"
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