Chapter 14. Explanation in the courtyard, originally didn’t realize, you little one are actually someone with…
Sealed off?
Shen Yuan laughed in anger. In the past, those scholar ladies couldn’t wait to have even the slightest connection with him. Who would have thought that with Su Jin, she would be so picky and eager to avoid suspicion.
“Since you are unwilling, I won’t force you.” His phoenix eyes were filled with indifference. The more casually he spoke, the more A Liang, who was standing beside him, felt chills down his spine.
“Miss Su, it’s just a request for you to teach. If we conduct ourselves properly, even if there are rumors, they will collapse on their own. Moreover……”
The bean-eyed one looked Su Jin up and down in her plain clothes, wanting to say that everyone in the capital knew that the young master and the Fifth Princess were childhood sweethearts with deep feelings.
How could mere rumors ruin that?
But as the words reached his lips, he turned them around. A Liang respectfully smiled, “The madam intends to adopt Miss Su as her goddaughter. Being family, what is there to fear about rumors between sister and brother?”
Goddaughter?
Su Jin secretly frowned. Her mentor had not mentioned this.
Shen Yuan lightly fanned himself with his folding fan. Seeing that A Liang had given her a way out, yet she still hesitated, his expression grew colder. He sneered, “A Liang, why so talkative? Even if mother has this intention, I’m afraid our Shen family is not worthy.”
He turned to leave, the ink-black ends of his hair swaying in an arc as he spun.
“Young Master Shen!”
Su Jin, in her urgency, reached out to grab his sleeve.
But Shen Yuan’s stride was large, and the wide sleeve slipped through her fingertips in the wind. When she tightly grasped it, her palm had already landed on a fair wrist.
Su Jin’s ears burned.
Knowing that grabbing his wrist was already impolite, she feared even more that if she let go, Shen Yuan would leave in a huff, taking his angry words seriously and upsetting her mentor.
“Young Master Shen, my mentor is like a second parent to me. I have absolutely no intention of slighting the Shen family.”
The jade-like face that turned to her was full of mockery, frightening A Liang into repeatedly backing away, fearing he would be caught in the crossfire.
“Oh?” Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow. “Then, if I’m just asking for your guidance, why do you keep making excuses?”
“I only fear tarnishing your reputation, Young Master. You are like an immortal, and shouldn’t be tainted by baseless rumors because of me.”
A Liang, hiding under the tree, twisted his mouth. Miss Su’s flattery was indeed lacking in vocabulary.
Everyone in the capital knew that his young master had grown up surrounded by flattery since childhood. The compliments he had heard were more numerous than the grains of rice Miss Su had eaten.
A mere “Young Master is like an immortal” could hardly appease him.
Alas, the last lady who had flattered so poorly had been thoroughly lectured by the young master, running out of the academy with reddened eyes.
He wondered if this Miss Su could withstand it.
A Liang looked up despondently. Tsk, the young master was smiling. He was indeed still angry.
Wait, smiling?!
A Liang hadn’t seen wrong.
Although Shen Yuan’s face was still cold, the corners of his upturned mouth were unmistakable.
A Liang stared, dumbfounded.
Goodness! Miss Su was indeed the madam’s most outstanding student.
Others flattered the young master, practically spewing flowers from their mouths. Yet she took the opposite approach, using only the simplest words to appease the young master.
This courage and insight were truly exemplary for servants!
The bit of disdain in his heart instantly turned to admiration. He looked at Su Jin fawningly, just short of directly begging to become her disciple.
Shen Yuan glanced at him askance, seeing the boisterous A Liang shrink into a quail again. Only then did he slightly raise his chin, “In that case, let me ask you, between me and the person in this painting, whose appearance is better?”
“Eh?”
Su Jin never expected him to suddenly ask this. Now not only were her cheekbones flushed red, but the hand gripping the gentleman’s fair wrist was like a branding iron. Even through the sleeve, Shen Yuan could sense her embarrassment.
“This……”
“Tell the truth.”
Su Jin paused, her eyelids lowered, her voice so low it was nearly inaudible, “Naturally, it’s Young Master Shen.”
Beauty lies in the bones, not the skin.
The limitations of brush painting, even if it captured his true likeness, could hardly convey a fraction of his spirit and charm.
“I can’t hear you.” The cool voice enunciated each word.
Su Jin gritted her teeth and raised her voice again.
But she was inherently gentle and polite. Even when speaking loudly, she still sounded soft.
Like lightly brushing xuan paper with a goat hair brush, falling on the ears, it inexplicably tickled.
“So you know too?”
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*Spotlight on Finished Novel Translations*
My Clingy Little Husband (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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