“......One hundred.”
Wu Li had never been a patient person. In the past, he wouldn't have wasted a single second waiting for someone.
But this time, he deliberately took his time, slowly counting up to one hundred.
Without even asking, he directly pushed open the door and walked in.
As soon as he stepped over the threshold, Wu Li seemed to have roots growing under his feet and stood still in place.
He didn't move for a long time.
The girl was wearing a gorgeous short skirt in the Miao style, with dark purple and black patterns intertwined. The narrow and tight belt set off her graceful and delicate figure. Under the skirt, two long and snow - white legs were exposed, and her feet were stepping on delicate rattan shoes. There was a string of bells hanging on her ankles.
As she moved, the clear sound of the bells kept tinkling.
Chai Xiaomi spun around, and the skirt fluttered gently. Her lively figure was like a butterfly.
"Wu Li, do I look good?"
He slowly raised his eyes and met her face.
In such a short time, she had also braided two pigtails for herself, making her face even more charming. Her lips were as red as blooming crabapple flowers, and her almond - shaped eyes were full of vitality.
When she smiled, it was like the warm sun in spring, warm and bright, able to dispel the haze.
"Uh, it's okay, barely passable." Wu Li stood there stunned for a long time before he remembered to answer.
Then he turned around and hurriedly closed the door.
The moonlight that had quietly spilled on the floor of the room was instantly blocked out, and the girl's light figure like a butterfly was locked inside the room.
Suddenly, Wu Li didn't want anyone, not even the moon, to have the chance to peek.
After all, she was his to take care of, and only he could look at her.
Wu Li looked a little unnatural. He walked over and sat down on the long bench. "Just wear it for one night. As soon as your own clothes are dry tomorrow morning, change back immediately."
"Okay." Chai Xiaomi put away her smile and sat down beside him. "But don't think that just because you gave me a set of clothes, this matter is over. You have to apologize to me."
Youtiao: "Huh? Host, are you looking for death?"
"My life is so hard! The host is going to be killed by the villain before even entering the main plot! My performance appraisal, wuwuwu!"
Chai Xiaomi ignored the mechanical voice wailing in her head.
One's head can be broken and blood can flow, but principles cannot be lost.
She could be the villain's sycophant to save her life, but she couldn't lose all her bottom - lines in the end.
Wu Li lifted his eyelids and glanced at her sideways, with a calm look on his face. "Apologize for what?"
"First of all, I didn't know you also lived in this room. But you came in without saying a word and deliberately let the snake out to scare me. You saw what you should and shouldn't have seen. A simple apology is the most basic act of a gentleman."
Wu Li asked, "What is a gentleman?"
"A gentleman is a man who is elegant, polite, respects women, and has good manners in speech. In simple terms, he is a good man."
Wu Li was like hearing a big joke. His heterochromatic eyes under his long eyelashes were full of mockery.
"Do you think I'm a good person?"
Strictly speaking, he might not even be considered a human being. With so many poisonous creatures in his body, he could only be called a monster.
"Unfortunately, I have no interest in playing the so - called gentleman you mentioned, and I have no habit of apologizing to anyone."
Want him to apologize? How ridiculous!
He had never felt sorry for anyone in his life.
Chai Xiaomi didn't argue anymore.
She just drooped her head disappointedly. After being silent for a while, she suddenly raised her head again. "From now on, I won't talk to you until you apologize."
After saying that, Chai Xiaomi faced Wu Li, pinched her upper and lower lips, and seriously made a closing gesture.
Then she pointed at him and then at the bed.
It meant for him to get up from the long bench because she wanted to go to sleep.
Wu Li looked at her for a while. His eyes were deep, like dark clouds pressing down.
"It's best not to talk. Do you think anyone cares to talk to you?" He said with a dark face, and his voice was as cold as if it was covered with a thin layer of ice. "This seat is mine. Don't fight with me. Sleep wherever you want."
Humph! Chai Xiaomi turned around and silently gritted her teeth.
Just now he had arranged for her to sleep on the long bench and him to sleep on the bed. In such a short time, he had changed his mind.
It was like a thunderstorm in June. The clear sky could turn into a thunder - and - lightning storm in an instant, so unpredictable that it caught people off guard.
It was all the better that he didn't want to sleep on such a big bed.
Chai Xiaomi jumped back into the quilt and deliberately rolled around a few times.
Rolling just to show him.
After rolling for a while, she felt that she was being a bit too over - excited. What if he changed his mind again?
Chai Xiaomi quickly stopped and was determined to stay firmly on the bed.
Maybe she was really tired these two days. She hugged the pillow and fell asleep again soon.
There was a slight movement in Wu Li's sleeve, and a snake's head carefully poked out, looking very sneaky.
Hongjiao stared at its master curiously and stuck out its forked tongue, licking the young man's hand flatteringly.
It had just been scolded back, and now it was summoned out again.
"Go." Wu Li raised his arm and pointed at the couch, his voice deep.
"Give her a nightmare of becoming mute. In the dream, let her never be able to speak, unable to call for help in danger or laugh out in joy."
Hongjiao responded and was about to move. It was best at weaving dreams and fed on people's fears.
Just as it was about to reach the girl, Wu Li suddenly retracted his order. "Forget it."
He looked at Chai Xiaomi's defenseless sleeping face, and his lips moved slightly. "Give her a sweet dream instead."
Looking at how timid she was.
She could even faint from a single whip and was out of breath when walking on the mountain road.
He didn't want her to be scared to death by accident, or his scorpions would disappear too.
As Wu Li was thinking, his eyes fell on the clothes hanging on the wooden rack again.
How could the clothes dry after hanging in the room for one night?
If she swaggered outside in that flowery - looking clothes like a butterfly tomorrow and followed him around, it would be too eye - catching and might ruin his business.
Wu Li frowned and tore off those wet and strange - looking clothes.
The moon shadow was reflected in the stream, broken by the cascading waterfall, turning into little stars that rippled on the water surface.
In the thick ink - like night, a figure nimbly leaped onto the eaves and then lightly jumped to the branch of a tall tree beside.
The young man stood on the thick branch, his long hair fluttering in the wind.
He shook out the clothes in his hand one by one and hung them on the branches.
When he picked up the last two small pieces of clothing, Wu Li paused and fell into deep thought.
What on earth were these...?
One of them was a thin triangle, and there were even some strange patterns on the cloth, like a lot of little rabbits.
The other was two round pieces of cloth connected together. He subconsciously squeezed it, and a soft feeling came from his fingertips. It seemed to be stuffed with something like cotton.
Why were they so different from the Central Plains' clothes he had in mind?
Wu Li simply threw them and hung them on the highest branch.
"Hey, I saw the Princess of Liangya Prefecture who just arrived today when she got out of the carriage from afar. Sure enough, she is as beautiful as the rumors say!"
"No wonder Young Master Jiang of Lingyu Prefecture has been obsessed with her. I heard that back then, that Young Master Jiang even begged his father to marry the Princess of Liangya Prefecture, who was a hostage at that time. But the two prefectures have always been on bad terms. If it weren't for Young Master Jiang's strong protection, the Princess of Liangya Prefecture might not even have a chance to return to her hometown."
"So what if she returned to her hometown? It hasn't been long, and isn't she still being used as a pawn for a political marriage?"
"Our clan chief is really becoming more and more absurd. He actually is willing to use the Iridescent Stone to make an exchange with Liangya Prefecture. In just one year, how many beautiful women has he married? And he still isn't satisfied!"
"Don't let the clan chief hear you, or you'll be in big trouble!"
Just as Wu Li landed on the roof, he heard several members of the Yuebai Clan who were on night duty gathered under the corridor of the neighboring building whispering to each other.
He silently sat on the eaves and listened for a moment. His eyes gradually turned colder as he caught snippets of their conversation.
