Looking at her like this, Xuan Yuanjue couldn't help but laugh and cry. Was this little thing starved? Why was she gobbling like this?
Just as Shen Li was on the verge of tears over the delicious brown - sugar glutinous rice cakes and mutton, she saw a slender hand holding a glass of plum juice and placing it in front of her.
Seeing Shen Li stop chewing and stare blankly at him, Xuan Yuanjue found this little thing even more adorable, especially the puffed - up corner of her mouth. It seemed that there was a piece of glutinous rice cake just put in.
Xuan Yuanjue poked the non - puffed side of Shen Li's face and kindly reminded her.
"Eat slowly. Be careful not to choke."
This poke brought Shen Li back to her senses.
"Th - thank you."
After saying that, she chewed a couple more times and then swallowed. But glutinous rice was not so easy to chew!
Shen Li was spectacularly choked.
She pounded on her chest and quickly picked up the plum juice to drink. Finally, she managed to swallow that piece of glutinous rice cake.
"You jinx! How come everything you say comes true?" As soon as Shen Li caught her breath, she started verbally attacking Xuan Yuanjue.
She couldn't hold it back any longer. She didn't care about his status as the young master of the prince. Anyway, she had done even more outrageous things at noon today. Saying he was a jinx wasn't a big deal.
"You were just in a daze..." Xuan Yuanjue thought to himself, but he wasn't angry. He just silently refilled a glass of plum juice for her and looked at her, smiling without saying a word.
Shen Li looked at the glass of plum juice and didn't know what to say.
Did God send Xuan Yuanjue to thwart her on purpose because He didn't want things to go smoothly for her after her rebirth?
Well, it must be so.
Shen Li had a rather eventful but safe meal.
As the daughter of the great priest of the Nightly Mystic Division, she almost lost her life because of a piece of brown - sugar glutinous rice cake. It was really laughable.
"Don't tell my brother about this. Got it?" On the way home, Shen Li was still instructing Jiaoyue.
Jiaoyue nodded. "I'm absolutely loyal to the eldest young lady! I definitely won't tell the young master!"
"What's the matter that you can't tell your brother? Tell me and let me have a listen too."
As soon as Shen Li heard Xuan Yuanjue's voice, she felt a headache. She didn't know what was wrong with this man. He just kept pestering her.
"Is the young master of the prince also interested in a girl's private conversation?"
Shen Li, who had been walking in front, stopped in her tracks as soon as she heard this. She turned around and looked at Xuan Yuanjue.
"If the young master of the prince is so curious, then let me tell you properly?"
Shen Li walked towards Xuan Yuanjue with a mischievous smile. She raised her eyebrows. "Does the young master of the prince know what a girl's private conversation really means?"
"No, no, no. I don't want to know." Xuan Yuanjue waved his hands repeatedly. He was just a young man in his twenties. Shen Li's behavior made him feel embarrassed.
"You're a girl. How can you be so shameless? What you did at noon was already audacious enough! It's my fault that I let my guard down around you and forgot what kind of person you are!"
Xuan Yuanjue gave a cold snort.
Unexpectedly, Shen Li didn't give Xuan Yuanjue any chance at all. She quickly picked up the conversation.
"It's because the young master of the prince has such a high curiosity. I was just having a private conversation with Jiaoyue, but the young master of the prince still wants to listen."
Shen Li pretended to be helpless and sighed.
"The young master of the prince is really unreasonable. I originally wanted to explain it to the young master of the prince, but the young master of the prince got shy himself. How can this be my fault?"
Shen Li pretended to be very aggrieved. Her eyebrows were slightly frowned, and there seemed to be tears welling up in her eyes.
Looking at Shen Li like this, Xuan Yuanjue was suddenly at a loss.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't cry. I didn't mean it."
He didn't have much experience dealing with girls in his life. Looking at Shen Li with tears welling up in her eyes, he didn't know what to do.
Just when Xuan Yuanjue started to panic, Shen Li suddenly suppressed the tears in her eyes and laughed. "So you also have such a helpless moment."
"..." Xuan Yuanjue immediately realized that this little girl was tricking him.
"Good for you, little thing! I was really worried about you just now! But you don't take me seriously at all."
Xuan Shu, who was standing beside, had three black lines flash across his forehead. He didn't want to admit that this man was his master.
It was said that the young master of the Liqin Prince was domineering, stubborn, and tricky. But no one knew why, as soon as he met Shen Li, his IQ seemed to regress to that of a three - year - old.
"Alas, the wicked will be punished by the wicked." Xuan Shu sighed beside them and didn't say much. He silently followed Xuan Yuanjue to send Shen Li and Jiaoyue back to the mansion.
It took quite some effort to send Shen Li and Jiaoyue back. Originally, Shen Li had tried every means to decline Xuan Yuanjue's offer to send her home, but this man was domineering. How could he listen to Shen Li?
So, today, Shen Li not only experienced what it meant to be forced to attend a date but also what it meant to be forced to be sent home.
The four of them walked step by step in the snow. There were only a few main streets in the imperial city. Xuan Yuanjue had grown up in the imperial city since childhood, so he led Shen Li through many shortcuts and soon sent her home.
"Are you free tomorrow?" Xuan Yuanjue and Shen Li were standing in front of the Shen Mansion's main gate. One was standing outside, and the other was about to go in.
Hearing Xuan Yuanjue's words, Shen Li turned around and asked in confusion, "Does the young master of the prince have something to do?"
She didn't understand why Xuan Yuanjue, a young master of the prince, kept pestering her. She was just the daughter of the great priest of the Nightly Mystic Division and had nothing outstanding about her.
"Young master of the prince..." Shen Li pretended to be hesitant and asked maliciously, "Does the young master of the prince like me?"
"Pfft!" Compared to the stunned Xuan Yuanjue, Xuan Shu was already overjoyed in his heart. Xuan Yuanjue, everyone in the world could see that you liked this girl, but only you didn't know.
Xuan Yuanjue's face turned red at a visible speed.
"I... You..." Xuan Yuanjue stammered for a long time and finally managed to say, "I just think you're cute. I really didn't expect you to be such a bold girl."
Shen Li wasn't angry either. Looking at Xuan Yuanjue's embarrassed look, she finally vented the anger she had felt during the meal. She directly issued an order to evict the guest.
"If the young master of the prince has nothing else to do, please go back. It's getting late. It's not appropriate to stay in front of my Shen Mansion any longer."
After thinking for a while, she added, "I'm free every day. If the young master of the prince wants to ask me out to play, just come to the mansion to find me."
She didn't really like the first person who showed kindness to her after her rebirth, but at least she didn't hate him. Although she had thought about keeping her distance, Xuan Yuanjue was the young master of the prince. Anyway, she definitely couldn't afford to offend the Liqin Prince's family behind him.
Since Xuan Yuanjue was interested in interacting with her, why should she always decline?
Thinking like this, Shen Li gave Xuan Yuanjue this "golden pass" to come to find her at any time, which also showed that she was willing to attend the appointment at any time.
Xuan Yuanjue was already extremely handsome. After hearing Shen Li's words, he showed a charming smile.
"In that case, it's great. Then go back quickly. It's cold outside. You mustn't catch a cold again."
Shen Li nodded and turned around to enter the mansion gate.