Función clerical

Capítulo 24

Su Chenche patted Shen Zhili's head, then turned around, intending to leave the hot spring pool.

No one expected that Young Master Xiaoye would suddenly attack at this moment!

Grabbing the fire tongs that had fallen to the ground, Young Master Xiaoye slammed them down on Su Chenche! His body trembled, clearly showing his extreme anger.

Su Chenche easily dodged to the side, but Young Master Xiaoye's hand had already touched a mechanism in the hot spring pool. At the same time, he frantically picked up whatever he could and threw it at it!

With a slight movement of his feet, Su Chenche dodged the attack, then flexed his wrists, his smile deepening.

Just as Su Chenche was avoiding everything, a loud bang suddenly came from the hot spring pool.

A massive stone gate descended from the sky at breakneck speed, blocking the path between the two. It was too late for Su Chenche to rush in.

His eyes suddenly sharpened, a cold glint flashed, and then he curled his lips into a smile.

Young Master Xiaoye wiped his sweat, took a breath, and nervously leaned against the stone door, muttering to himself, "What was that saying at the end..."

A voice came: "He probably said that you're doomed if you go out... Achoo... By the way, how do I get out? Are there any mechanisms to open?"

Young Master Xiaoye's expression stiffened for a moment, then he turned to look at the person wrapped up like a dumpling in the peacock robe, who remained calm. A smile appeared on his beautiful face: "...You can't get out. But he seems to care about you a lot..."

Chapter 21

What happens when a man and a woman are alone in a room?

If they are mutually attracted, they will surely confide in each other, forgive and forget, and from then on, their passionate love will be unstoppable.

If it's unrequited love, then one of them will inevitably force themselves on the other, and the deed will be done. From then on, their love will be a torturous one, a love that will be filled with mutual torment, a love that will last until death...

If they both look down on each other...

Shen Zhili sneezed, half-lifting her eyelids and listlessly asked, "What are you planning to do to me?"

Young Master Xiaoye calmly straightened his clothes, tied the sash at the top, then took a step towards Shen Zhili and chuckled, "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you, Miss..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Zhili suddenly raised his hand, and before he could react, a cold light flashed and struck.

...Then, he froze.

Shen Zhili sneezed again and muttered, "No... I'll definitely get a fever if this keeps up."

Then she went around behind Young Master Xiaoye and slowly took off her clothes.

"Young Master Xiaoye, may I borrow your cloth? Hmm, and also soap and soap, but is it really appropriate for me to use yours? Oh well, there's not much to complain about in this situation... Achoo..." With a sigh, Shen Zhili put the wet undergarment in the heater by the hot spring to dry it, and then slowly took a bath.

After washing the thin undergarment, which was almost dry, Shen Zhili put on Su Chenche's dry inner garment, glanced disdainfully at the peacock outer robe, and decisively turned away.

"Excuse me, can I borrow yours for a bit?"

Then she quickly stripped off Young Master Xiaoye's newly changed moon-white outer robe and trousers and put them on herself.

Young Master Xiaoye's face turned pale, then red, then black, finally bursting into a rage: "The outer robe is one thing, but the trousers..."

Shen Zhili: "I left you some underwear."

Young Master Xiaoye sneered: "Why don't you just strip me naked?"

Shen Zhili stroked his chin: "Do you really want me to do this? Anyway, I don't care, since I've already seen everything I needed to see... Achoo..." As if to reassure him, Shen Zhili added, "From what I just saw, your size is pretty good, probably above average among the men I've seen. You don't need to feel inferior even if you're stripped naked..."

Young Master Xiaoye laughed in anger: "You and your lover are really a perfect match."

Shen Zhili said unhappily, "How am I a good match for him!"

Young Master Xiaoye: "Equally shameless and despicable!"

Shen Zhili patted Xiao Ye Gongzi's chest: "As one of the male favorites of the Palace Mistress of Mingyue Palace, what you said really doesn't have much credibility... Achoo... By the way..." Shen Zhili asked the question that had been bothering her, "With so many men in your palace, and only one woman, your Palace Mistress... Can she handle it?"

Young Master Xiaoye silently looked away, gazing into the distance, and said wistfully, "What do you know?"

Shen Zhili sat down on the spot, resting her chin on her hand: "I don't understand, just tell me. Anyway, there's plenty of time now, and you look like you've been holding back for a long time."

Young Master Xiaoye: "I won't tell you, this is between her and me..."

Shen Zhili sneezed and leaned back slightly: "If you don't want to talk, then don't. You can just stand here. We'll wait for Su Chenche to come..."

Young Master Xiaoye suddenly chuckled softly and said coldly, "You trust him that much?"

Shen Zhili was slightly taken aback.

She suddenly realized that, in that instant, she had subconsciously chosen to rely on Su Chenche.

Xiao Ye Gongzi didn't see the last scene clearly, but she inexplicably understood Su Chenche's meaning.

He said: Zhi Li, wait for me.

So she believed he would come looking for her and that he would save her.

This is not a good sign.

Shen Zhili paused for a moment, then said calmly, "What do you want to say?"

Young Master Xiaoye: "People are all fickle. Can you really trust someone so cunning?" His voice, soft and effeminate, echoed in the empty hot spring room, sending a chill down one's spine. "Don't be sold out and then still be counting the money for them..."

Shen Zhili gazed thoughtfully at the ground, feeling a pang of sympathy.

"...So, all men are no good..."

Shen Zhili suddenly looked up: "Huh?"

Young Master Xiaoye rolled his eyes at her, his gaze shimmering and his eyes alluring.

Shen Zhili trembled, trying to hold back but couldn't help herself: "Young Master Xiaoye, could it be that you are actually... a woman?" She looked at his chest again... It shouldn't be possible, it's flatter than her own...

Young Master Xiaoye silently replied, "No."

Shen Zhili: "Achoo... Was that... was you deeply hurt by some man in the past?"

Young Master Xiaoye: "No."

Shen Zhili looked on with sympathy: "Still being stubborn."

Young Master Xiaoye's vein bulged: "I'm not being stubborn. I don't like men. I only like..." He paused silently, "Anyway, it's different from you guys. You wouldn't understand."

Shen Zhili: "How am I supposed to know if you don't tell me? How about this, let's make a deal. You tell me, and I'll help you remove the paralysis powder from your body?"

"real?"

Shen Zhili: "A word spoken is a word that cannot be taken back."

Young Master Xiaoye sighed softly, "Alright."

This is yet another melodramatic and heartbreaking story.

Young Master Xiaoye was once the illegitimate son of a wealthy merchant. He was both beautiful and vulnerable. His entire family was wiped out, but he managed to escape by hiding in the woodshed. When he came out, he saw the stunningly beautiful Ji Mingyue. Filled with sorrow, Young Master Xiaoye grabbed a wood-chopping knife, intending to die with his enemy. However, Ji Mingyue stepped on him instead...

Ji Ming stepped on him with a smile, his voice languid: "Little guy, I'm not your enemy."

Twelve-year-old Young Master Xiaoye raised his head and said, "Then tell me who my enemy is, I want revenge!"

Shen Zhili blinked with interest: "Did she avenge you?"

Young Master Xiaoye: "No, she beat me up."

Shen Zhili: "..."

This guy was actually a real masochist, huh? Shen Zhili silently moved a little further away...

Young Master Xiaoye glanced at me sideways: "What are you thinking... She beat me up to make me understand the difference in power. I took revenge myself, but..." His eyes suddenly softened, "She taught me to grow..."

Shen Zhili silently moved further away...

What does "teach me to grow up" even mean? It sounds so sleazy...

He murmured softly for a moment, then said with a touch of melancholy, "It's just a pity that I was never the one she loved. That man who didn't know how lucky he was deceived her! If I ever see him again, I will surely tear him to pieces..."

Shen Zhili: "Achoo... Who is it?"

Young Master Xiaoye seemed to suddenly come to his senses, his expression hardening: "I've told you everything about me, now it's time for you to keep your promise!"

Shen Zhili: "Oh."

Then he stood up, moved Young Master Xiaoye to one side, tied him up with a rope made of his clothes, pulled out the needle, and gently pressed two acupoints on Young Master Xiaoye.

"Okay, it's solved."

Young Master Xiaoye: "...You're trying to extort money from me."

Shen Zhili: "One is influenced by one's surroundings; I learned that from that person."

Just then, a loud bang was heard outside the stone gate, as if it had been violently struck by a huge stone block.

I could faintly hear people talking outside.

They both turned their eyes at the same time.

Su Chenche, what exactly did you do...?

Young Master Xiaoye frowned: "Do you want to be discovered by outsiders like this?"

After glancing at Young Master Xiaoye's remaining white undergarments and the obviously ill-fitting robe she was wearing, Shen Zhili decisively said, "I don't want to!"

Young Master Xiaoye: "Alright, let me go, and I'll take you out!"

Shen Zhili narrowed her eyes: "Didn't you say you weren't going?"

Young Master Xiaoye smiled and said, "So you're allowed to extort money from people but I'm not?"

...None of them are good things.

never mind.

Shen Zhili untied the ropes and said, "You'd better not have any wicked thoughts. Besides the paralyzing powder, I have a lot of other things on me that I can use to make you do whatever you want."

Young Master Xiaoye: "Understood."

Shen Zhili felt inexplicably uneasy.

If Su Chenche comes in and finds that she and Young Master Xiaoye are both gone... then... what will happen?

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Before she could think further, Young Master Xiaoye stretched his limbs slightly and tapped twice on the wall of the hot spring pool.

The water in the large hot spring pool parted to reveal a passageway. Young Master Xiaoye fiddled with something on the side of the passageway, and a small flame lit up along the side. Walking down the path, he found himself in a secret room.

...Does everyone like to dig a secret room under their place of residence?

Young Master Xiaoye turned his head to the side, not without pride: "What's wrong? Haven't you seen it before?"