I am born a beauty, and I am supreme

Chapter 3

"Since we met, I've never heard you call me 'senior brother'. I'm going down the mountain tomorrow, so if I don't call you that now, I won't have the chance later." He looked at me with a charming smile.

A thought struck me: the rules of Tianmiao Peak are quite peculiar. No matter how close the brothers are on the summit, once they descend the mountain, they must not recognize each other and become like strangers.

But why did Chu Gexing call me here? Was it for something so trivial?

Looking at him, I found him more and more handsome, and I couldn't help but laugh: "Instead of calling you senior brother, it would be better to call you beauty."

“You…” He looked at me, and as expected, he wasn’t angry. “In that case, I remember you owe me a kiss.”

“You’re mistaken, you must be mistaken.” I shook my head.

“I’ve always had a very good memory,” he said with a smile.

"You've got it wrong."

“I remember correctly.”

"Wrong."

"That's right."

...

I stuck to my opinion, and he remained unrepentant. This went on several times, and the two of us argued for a long time as if possessed. Finally, I shook my head and said, "If I had known you were this stubborn, I wouldn't have bothered with you."

"It's too late to know now," he said with a self-aware smile.

"Hmph!" I snorted coldly, displeased. My heart was filled with overwhelming regret.

When we first met, in order to win over the heart of this beauty, I stayed by her side and talked on and on. Looking back now, I am shocked by how much I talked.

To win over the beauty's gaze or smile, I racked my brains, recounting countless embarrassing or amusing anecdotes from my childhood, or stories I thought were self-righteous, telling him everything without omission and exaggerating them to the point that I myself dared not recall them.

Looking back now, there were probably several family secrets that he overheard.

Thinking about this makes me want to cry but I can't.

Is there any fool in the world more outstanding than me?

Seeing the change in my expression, Chu Gexing, being a clever and perceptive man, naturally knew that I was now filled with deep regret.

His smile grew even more smug, and looking at that smile, I suddenly felt the cold room warm up a bit, and in that warmth, I felt sleepy.

"Junior sister, you don't need to regret it. What's done is done, and there's no use in regretting it. You should know that." He took advantage of the situation and then walked over to my bedside and sat down.

"Hey, who told you to sit down? It's late at night, and there's a difference between men and women. Aren't you leaving?" I took two steps forward.

"Why didn't you say there's a difference between men and women when you kissed me?" he asked, glancing at me sideways.

My face turned bright red.

He smiled, but then suddenly asked, "Will you go to Shundu two years from now?"

I was taken aback and blurted out, "How did you know?"

She only realized what was happening when she saw his smug smile, and was so annoyed she almost grabbed her hair.

This information was, of course, something I offered myself back then in order to win the favor of the beauty.

I actually grabbed my hair, squatted on the ground in anguish, and whispered in regret, "Tang Leyan, you're so stupid, you're an absolute idiot."

"Don't do that, it hurts my heart."

He looked at me with a smile: "How about this, as long as you call me 'Good Senior Brother,' 'Dear Senior Brother,' I will try my best to forget those things."

"Are you really that good?" I tilted my head to look.

"That also depends on whether you are sincere enough." He looked at me leisurely.

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Standing atop the peak, I watched that solitary figure gradually disappear into the snow.

I murmured, "Senior brother."

I don't know if he heard it or not.

As far as the eye could see, the shadow paused, as if about to turn back, but ultimately did not. After a moment, it strode forward and left.

That night I asked him, "Why did the sect leader allow me to go down the mountain?"

He didn't answer.

I asked again, "After I fainted, did you come and carry me?"

He glanced at me.

I decided to be blunt: "I fainted after I came back, was it because of you?"

He didn't answer any of them, just smiled and said, "Call."

A mischievous glint flashed in his eyes.

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This person's hobbies are truly unique.

But his answer surprised me even more.

He said, "It's not what you think."

I raised an eyebrow: "How did you know what I was thinking?"

He said, “You know, there’s no need to ask. Looking at your heart, you’ve suspected it all along, haven’t you? But why didn’t you ask me? You’d rather pretend you don’t know anything because you don’t want to owe me a favor. If that’s the case, why not pretend to be unaware to the end? You don’t want to owe anyone a favor, and I don’t want you to feel uneasy because of it. Isn’t this the answer you want?”

My heart is as cold as water.

He was indeed an extremely intelligent person, with a very deep and cunning mind.

I do suspect that he pleaded with the sect leader to allow me to leave the mountain. I do believe that he carried me into the room after I fell unconscious. I also believe that he "happened" to meet me and bring me back after I fell unconscious at the foot of Tianmiao Peak.

That fragrance, just like tonight, cannot be faked.

But I don't want to admit it because subconsciously I don't want to be associated with him, or feel indebted to him.

But he actually understood what I was thinking.

That's why he said "it's not what you think," refusing to admit it was him.

But I knew perfectly well that it was he who pleaded for me, he who carried me back to my room, he who saved me and brought me back to the mountain. It was all him, and it could only be him.

I thought to myself:

Tang Leyan, you're definitely indebted to me for this.

Joyful Face (Part 4)

I suspect that Chu Gexing was secretly laughing as I pestered him to tell me about my youth.

I wonder if I've been holding back my laughter so hard I'm internally injured.

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Later I went down the mountain.

When staying at home, taking advantage of the fact that her father and Le Tian were not home, she would often ask all sorts of questions.

As the conversation lingered, it inevitably turned to the past.

When the past is mentioned, people will ask, "Your Highness, was Uncle Shaoxuan really that handsome?"

The empress laughed and said, "His good looks are indescribable."

His eyes held a hint of melancholy.

"Then I must see it for myself," I thought.

Unfortunately, my father stopped me from going out.

I now fully understand that compared to the Empress, who has a bit of a temper, my father, who loves to laugh, is the most difficult person to deal with.

I thought he cared about me, but who knew he was just using me to achieve his goals.

What a selfish person.

For example, "My dear Leyan, Daddy misses you. Why don't you stay home and keep Daddy company for a while longer?" She blinks pitifully, as if she has been abandoned by the whole world.

I'm still not tough enough; I can't bear it.

I finally agreed.

He turned and disappeared. It wasn't until I asked the Empress that I learned that she had been wanting to go out for a walk recently, such as... to see old friends and revisit old places, but he was unwilling.

Hmph, now that I'm back, let me be the rope that binds the Empress.

Oh well.

The key point is that I don't want the Empress to be sad either.

Ever since Wei Bao's accident, the Empress has been carrying a heavy burden in her heart.

But all of this was caused by me...

I feel guilty.

So I didn't say anything and just stayed at home, resting for seven or eight days. This made my mother's love take over. To pamper me, she washed her hands and cooked every day, making all sorts of "nourishments" for me, saying it was to compensate me for the hardship I endured on Tianmiao Peak.

I appreciated all her kindness, but the food was really not good.

However, under the pressure of that "benevolent" gaze, he still drank the strange soup mouthful after mouthful.

I finally made it back to my father. He was trying to avoid me, but when he saw the food, he came over with a smile.

When I saw that smiling face, I was furious. I took the opportunity to push the delicious food that the Empress had made over to her, and said with a hum, "Father, this was made by the Empress herself. I'm kindly saving some for you. It's a rare opportunity."

Sure enough, he beamed with joy, this time a genuine smile from the heart: "My dear Leyan, you really love your father."

Without any hesitation, he took everything on the table.

Sigh, this usually shrewd person, upon hearing that it was made "personally" by the Empress, seemed to lose his sense of taste and smell in an instant, transforming from an extremely discerning gourmet into someone who hadn't eaten for days and nights.

How embarrassing!

Look how engrossed he is...

This is really...

This scene left one speechless with emotion.