“Ah~~~~ I slept so well!” Meng Xiaoyu, just getting out of bed, looked at the sun high in the sky and stretched contentedly.
“Did the little one sleep well?” Han Rubing walked in just in time to see someone stretching in front of the bed.
“Yes, did you just wake up too, Rubing sister?” Seeing Han Rubing enter the room, Meng Xiaoyu broke into a big smile.
“I’ve been up for a while. Are you hungry? Should I have the waiter bring some food up?” Han Rubing seemed to be in a good mood, a pleasant smile lingering on her lips.
“No, I can go down to eat. Have you and Rushuang eaten yet? If not, let’s go down together!” Meng Xiaoyu shook her head in response to Han Rubing’s suggestion.
“That works too. Rushuang and I have already eaten, so you can eat by yourself! We’ll keep you company,” Han Rubing said, glancing at her sister who had just entered the room.
“Oh, I see! Then that’s fine!” After hearing Han Rubing’s words, Meng Xiaoyu looked at Han Rushuang, who nodded in agreement, and said so. Then she followed the two sisters out of the room, heading towards the lobby downstairs.
“Little one, eat slowly. No one is competing with you, so there’s no need to rush,” Han Rubing watched as Meng Xiaoyu, who seemed like she hadn’t eaten in days, wolfed down her food. Concerned that the little one might choke from eating too quickly, Han Rubing spoke up.
“Cough… cough…” It turned out that some things shouldn’t be said. Just as Han Rubing finished her sentence, Meng Xiaoyu, who was devouring her food, ended up choking. She quickly grabbed the glass of water that Han Rushuang handed her and gulped down a couple of mouthfuls, finally swallowing the food that had lodged in her throat. “Sister Rubing, your words are too prophetic!” Meng Xiaoyu said, looking at Han Rubing with a resentful expression, as if it was because of her words that she had choked.
“Little one, it’s not that your words are prophetic; it’s just that you really ate too quickly,” Han Rubing chuckled lightly at Meng Xiaoyu’s resentful gaze.
“Is that so?” Meng Xiaoyu was somewhat unconvinced. Before she crossed over to this world, she had always eaten breakfast like this and never choked! “You don’t believe me?” Seeing Meng Xiaoyu’s doubtful expression, Han Rubing chuckled again.
“No, I believe you,” Meng Xiaoyu quickly replied, sensing a hint of danger in Han Rubing’s smile.
“Is that so?” Han Rubing mimicked Meng Xiaoyu’s earlier expression.
“Yes, I don’t believe you, Sister Rubing!” Meng Xiaoyu affirmed, while secretly grumbling in her heart, “Sister Rubing is so scheming, always bullying me.”
“Have you eaten enough, little one?” Han Rubing suddenly changed the subject.
“Uh, yes,” Meng Xiaoyu was taken aback by the sudden shift in topic but answered after a moment.
“Are you still tired?” Han Rubing continued with her puzzling questions.
“Not tired anymore,” Meng Xiaoyu replied honestly, even though she didn’t understand why Han Rubing was asking.
“That’s good,” Han Rubing said, suddenly revealing a very enchanting smile.
“Good… good at what?” Seeing Han Rubing’s suddenly captivating smile, Meng Xiaoyu instinctively felt a sense of danger and asked.
“Since you’ve rested well and eaten enough, let’s talk about what happened yesterday!” Han Rubing continued to smile enchantingly.
“Yesterday? Sister Rubing, didn’t you say you wouldn’t hold me accountable for sneaking off to ‘Wuchun Pavilion’? You can’t go back on your word!” Meng Xiaoyu said anxiously.
“I’m not planning to hold you accountable! However…” Han Rubing paused, glancing at the little one who was nervously staring at her, and continued, “There still needs to be a punishment; otherwise, you won’t remember the lesson.” After saying this, Han Rubing looked at the little one, whose face was now filled with despair, and her mood instantly brightened like a sunny day with a gentle breeze.
Hearing her sister’s words, Han Rushuang said nothing, her expression unchanged as she sat quietly drinking tea. However, her mood had also improved, just like her sister’s.
In contrast to Han Rubing’s cheerful demeanor and Han Rushuang’s impassive face, Meng Xiaoyu wore a look of sorrow, her eyes glistening with tears and her small mouth pouting, as if she had been wronged. This expression conveyed Meng Xiaoyu’s current feelings of grievance and sadness. “Wuwu, Sister Rubing, you can’t be so scheming! You said yesterday that you wouldn’t hold it against me! Why do you still want to punish me today? Wuwu~~ I will never believe you again, you big liar, you schemer! I curse you to have instant noodles without seasoning packets in the future (though it seems there are no instant noodles in this era!)”
Meng Xiaoyu lamented while looking at Han Rubing, crying and cursing her in her heart. Meanwhile, the beautiful Han Rubing, who was being cursed in Meng Xiaoyu’s heart, ignored her resentful gaze and focused on thinking about how to punish this disobedient little one so that she would stay obediently by her and her sister’s side, instead of wandering off to flirt with others.
Although Han Rushuang saw Meng Xiaoyu’s sorrowful expression, she was still upset about seeing Meng Xiaoyu being embraced by another woman yesterday. So when she saw Meng Xiaoyu’s pitiful look, she pretended not to see it and continued to sit there, playing with her teacup.
Just as the three of them sat in silence, each lost in their own thoughts, the waiter’s voice broke the silence.
“Guest, the hot water you asked me to prepare is ready, and I’ve poured it into the bathtub in your room. You can use it now,” the waiter said, bowing to Han Rubing, who had a slight smile on her lips.
“Okay, I understand. You can go now! This is a reward for you,” Han Rubing said, taking out a silver ingot from her sleeve and handing it to the waiter.
“Thank you for the reward, guest!” The waiter happily accepted the silver and nodded gratefully.
“Little one, go back to your room and take a bath! Wash off the scent of the makeup you brought back from ‘Wuchun Pavilion’ yesterday,” Han Rubing said to Meng Xiaoyu after the waiter left. She disliked the scent of a courtesan that clung to the little one, or more precisely, she disliked the scent that reminded her of the woman in white from yesterday.
“Makeup scent?” After hearing Han Rubing’s words, Meng Xiaoyu raised her arm to her nose and sniffed vigorously but detected nothing. “I don’t smell any makeup scent!” Meng Xiaoyu said innocently, looking at Han Rubing.
“That woman in white hugged you yesterday.” Before Han Rubing could respond, Han Rushuang, sitting on the other side of Meng Xiaoyu, spoke with a cold expression. Just the thought of yesterday, when Yu’er was held in the embrace of that woman in white, made Han Rushuang’s already cold demeanor grow even chillier.
“Ah,” Meng Xiaoyu momentarily felt confused by Han Rushuang’s words, but she quickly realized, “That’s right, it was Rushuang sister who snatched me away from that woman in white named Ye yesterday.”
As this thought crossed her mind, Meng Xiaoyu felt like crying without tears. “I didn’t want her to hug me! She forced me into her arms! And that woman was incredibly strong; I couldn’t break free at all! Rubing sister, you all can’t do this to me; I’m completely innocent!” Meng Xiaoyu wanted to shout these words at Han Rubing and her sister, but she didn’t dare, so she could only scream in her heart.
“Little one, you remembered,” Han Rubing said, noticing Meng Xiaoyu’s rapidly changing expressions, realizing she understood what her sister had mentioned.
“Rubing sister, Rushuang sister, I’m wronged! That woman in white named Ye forcibly hugged me and even kissed me…”
Seeing the sudden change in Han Rubing and her sister’s expressions, Meng Xiaoyu quickly realized what she had just said and hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand, mentally scolding herself, “Meng Xiaoyu, you idiot, why did you say that? Do you want to make your situation even worse?”
With that thought, Meng Xiaoyu glanced at Han Rushuang, whose face was now completely covered in a thick layer of frost, and at Han Rubing, who was smiling alluringly but felt dangerously intimidating. Meng Xiaoyu’s heart sank completely. “This is it; Rubing sister and Rushuang sister must be really angry now. I’m definitely going to be punished severely.” With these thoughts, Meng Xiaoyu couldn’t help but wail in her heart, “Meng Xiaoyu, you big idiot! Ah! Ah! Ah!!!!!!!”
“What did you just say, little one?” Han Rubing asked with a dangerously sweet smile.
So annoying…
