Chapter 670 - 0386 [Youth][Monarch] (Two in One)
Chapter 670 - 0386 [Youth][Monarch] (Two in One)
Ah Qing never thought that one day she would hear a tone akin to comforting a child.
If it was Zhu Tongjun, it would be understandable, given she prides herself as the "mother" of the Flower Moon Building’s women—though Ah Qing thinks Zhu Tongjun doesn’t have many days left as a mother; watching the current situation, sooner or later she will be overthrown by her own daughters.
However... this pampering tone wasn’t from Zhu Tongjun, but from the yellow-clad girl in front of her, which made her sigh and look out the window.
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The yellow-clad girl followed Ah Qing’s gaze and could only see the autumn birds chirping on the branches.
"Is it going to rain again?"
The yellow-clad girl realized something and said naggingly, "Sister Qing, we must hurry. If it really starts to rain, then we’ll only be able to apply makeup in the dressing room on the boat... there are many sisters there, it’s not as quiet as here."
As she spoke, seeing Ah Qing still dazed, she said helplessly, "Alright, don’t be angry with Pingniang, sister, don’t you like the young gentleman? Let’s make ourselves look nice, don’t leave a bad impression on him."
Ah Qing: "..."
At this moment, she suddenly somewhat understood why Zhu Pingniang didn’t like to hear Miss Lu mention "Xu Chang’an".
"I don’t like the young gentleman now." Ah Qing said.
"When sister was clutching the Pear Blossom Umbrella without letting go, why didn’t you say such things." The yellow-clad girl pouted.
Although she was as easily jealous as ordinary women, if Ah Qing liked Young Master Xu, she could suppress her jealousy.
Because the young gentleman really is a great person.
"Sister Qing, don’t I love making snacks?" The yellow-clad girl pursed her lips, seeming to savor something.
"Mm." Ah Qing responded, looking at the girl in the mirror earnestly applying makeup for her, thinking that the girl often came to make food for her, and she really liked the taste.
"It was shortly after the young gentleman entered the city that I luckily tasted some snacks he made, which made me start learning how to make snacks." The yellow-clad girl smiled, applying rouge evenly on Ah Qing’s lips: "Sister, don’t you think it’s strange that although the young gentleman is clearly a man, he doesn’t believe in that gentlemen avoid the kitchen stuff? He’s really different."
Ah Qing’s eyelashes quivered at this.
"Why aren’t you speaking, do you also want to eat the snacks the young gentleman makes?" The yellow-clad girl hooked the corners of her mouth: "There’s no hope for that now; at that time, the young gentleman and Miss Yun hadn’t joined the Immortal Sect and had just entered the city."
"What snack talk." Ah Qing shook her head helplessly: "I was thinking, turns out I am a gentleman."
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The girl was bewildered by Ah Qing’s abrupt words, and then expressed her speechlessness with a click of her tongue.
She stood up, walked around to Ah Qing, ran her fingers through her hair while saying helplessly:
"Sister Qing, you should look at what place this is, look at these shoulders, this waist, and these legs... what are you acting like a man for here, calling yourself a gentleman."
Ah Qing: "..."
She forgot, the women of Flower Moon Building have seen many men, touched even more women.
"That’s not what I meant." Ah Qing shook her head, recalling Xu Chang’an, she said: "Purple Saint... never mind, now’s not the time for this."
Ah Qing’s tone paused, "There’s a saying that gentlemen avoid the kitchen, yet Young Master Xu still often goes into the kitchen, tonight he even plans to prepare dinner for Pingniang."
Ah Qing thought it was already odd with Zhu Pingniang being a madam and herself being a singing actor.
Now, the creator of the Heaven-Reaching Purple Thunder, and the sinister rainstorm culprit, whom she speculated to be a reborn individual related to immortals... running off to be a cook?
And he even married a noble lady, running around all day like a steward?
Among these people, who is truly the most ridiculous one.
Usually, Ah Qing and Zhu Tongjun would play music together, so without a doubt, the ridiculous one is Xu Chang’an.
However, she didn’t expect that the yellow-clad girl, after hearing her words, would immediately say: "Gentlemen avoid the kitchen? So anyone who can’t cook is a gentleman?"
She understood Ah Qing’s words as Ah Qing not being able to cook, thus thinking she herself is a gentleman.
The yellow-clad girl said helplessly, "Sister, you should go study too, our Flower Moon Building has aunties who teach literary arts, go learn, I will enroll you in a few days."
Ah Qing listened to her words, the corners of her mouth twitched, "Isn’t it what I thought?"
"Who knows what sister’s thinking." The yellow-clad girl pointed at herself with the tip of her brow pen: "Sister, don’t look at my young age, I was a noble lady in a grand household, with several tutors from a young age."
The yellow-clad girl said earnestly, "I remember a tutor told me, the essence of gentlemen avoid the kitchen is about [benevolence], not the literal meaning sister understands."
"Hey, did you study for a few years?" Ah Qing’s eyes opened slightly.
"Hey, Sister Qing, I’m getting angry now." The yellow-clad girl snorted: "If I hadn’t encountered misfortune, who would end up like this... without a family, sister wouldn’t have had the chance to meet me, maybe... you’d have to salute me."
"Alright, it’s my fault."
Ah Qing instinctively apologized.
Who would have thought, acting as a spy in Flower Moon Building, she didn’t learn much else but got better at comforting little girls.
Seeing the little girl’s mood change from rainy to sunny, Ah Qing finally said, "Is the core of gentlemen avoid the kitchen benevolence?"
"Yes, that’s how my tutor taught me." The yellow-clad girl nodded.
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