CHAPTER 570: 0337 WHO IS THE HUNTER (TWO IN ONE)

"Hit me."

When given the choice between informing Zhu Pingniang that [Xu Chang’an was holding Yun Qian’s long hair obsessively] and [getting hit], Miss Lu undoubtedly chose the latter.

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Zhu Pingniang was surprised that Ni Zi was trembling, yet still stubbornly refusing to speak.

"Still being stubborn? Aren’t you afraid of pain?"

"Afraid, of course..."

Miss Lu thought it over and decided that speaking up was worse than getting hit, since the pain would be temporary.

What Xu Chang’an did... she couldn’t put into words.

It couldn’t be considered as betraying the family, just purely didn’t know how to say it.

But Zhu Pingniang was not just anyone. Seeing Miss Lu looking as if she were ready to die, with a blush on her fair neck, her blinking sped up significantly.

For a moment, the amazement and curiosity in her heart effectively dispelled her anger towards Miss Lu.

"Like this?" Zhu Pingniang mused: "That kid Chang’an... braver than I thought? Also more promising."

Miss Lu thought, the gentleman is not just promising; he’s far better than her sister in many ways.

However, fearing Zhu Pingniang, she dared not be sarcastic.

"Forget it, I can guess some things even if you don’t tell me..." Zhu Pingniang showed a regretful expression, murmuring: "If I had known, I would have informed him myself. Such an interesting scene, and you got to see it..."

Zhu Pingniang’s eyes sparkled, babbling on to Miss Lu.

"Ni Zi, which kind did you see? On my way here, I heard the girls say they saw Chang’an and that Miss Yun embracing under the tree at the door..."

"Huh... such a thing?" Miss Lu was taken aback.

"Oh, you’re not sociable; no girl dared talk to you as you came by, let alone gossip about Chang’an." Zhu Pingniang nodded.

It was reasonable that Miss Lu was always the last to know any gossip.

Miss Lu: "..."

"Ni Zi." Zhu Pingniang’s eyes brimmed with interest; she held Miss Lu’s waist and guided her to a eave to hide from the rain, coughing softly as she whispered in Miss Lu’s ear: "What did you see just now?"

Miss Lu was already prepared to be hit, so she didn’t want to talk, thus hearing Zhu Pingniang speak close to her ear with a flirtatious tone.

Zhu Pingniang smirked: "If this young couple dares to embrace outside, who knows what you might have caught them doing indoors. You prefer to be hit rather than speak, could it be you saw the couple kissing, or even more straightforwardly... is it—"

The faint musk mingling with the fresh cool breeze made Miss Lu’s face blush furiously; she finally couldn’t hold back, stomping her embroidered shoe on the ground twice.

"Sis, what... what are you saying."

She truly had no idea what was going on in Zhu Pingniang’s head.

"Tsk, so it wasn’t?" Zhu Pingniang easily deduced from Miss Lu that she hadn’t seen anything interesting.

She grumbled.

"Not even kissing? Then truly, Sis can’t understand why you’re shy... so hopeless; don’t claim I raised you in the future."

Being a daughter raised by a Hehuan Sect elder, even witnessing unassuming intimacy that barely counted as kissing, looking flustered and tongue-tied.

"Are you really a brothel’s steward?" Zhu Pingniang looked at Miss Lu incredulously: "Could it be a switch has happened?"

Miss Lu: "..."

By then, her fear had subsided, so she puffed her cheeks and turned away, unwilling to speak.

"Forget it, I’m too lazy to discuss with you." Zhu Pingniang blinked, then suddenly remembered something.

"Chang’an said... Ah Bai attended a banquet at his place." Zhu Pingniang’s mouth twitched: "Considering they were entwined enough for you to witness, wouldn’t Ah Bai also have caught something she shouldn’t..."

Hmm.

Zhu Pingniang’s instincts were always accurate.

Li Zhibai indeed saw something, though she saw nothing "beautiful" like Miss Lu did.

Li Zhibai saw Yun Qian stepping on Xu Chang’an’s head.

At that time, Li Zhibai was in a different mental realm compared to Miss Lu.

"Forget it, I’ll ask her some other time." Zhu Pingniang looked at Miss Lu puffing her cheeks like a little squirrel, her eyebrows curved.

This girl was shocked by her, indeed seemed to have returned to the feeling of childhood, getting angry with her.

Zhu Pingniang reminisced, shaking her head: "You are truly the only girl after following me for so long, still pure like a little white flower."

Zhu Pingniang smiled, taking Miss Lu’s arm, gently opened the umbrella, and walked into the rain together.

"Little white flower..." Miss Lu squeezed closer to Zhu Pingniang, looking at her vacant temple, and said: "Sis, do you think this is bad?"

"Your usual pretending to be dumb, pretending to be serious, pretending not to see the girls’ intimacy... though there’s some deer burying its head in the sand self-deception, yet I don’t hate it, quite like it actually." Zhu Pingniang thought and said: "Hmm, at least better than Qin’Er."

Compared to Qinling, who had already gone off the rails, Miss Lu’s purity made her feel exceptionally at ease.

Zhu Pingniang spoke helplessly and with emotion: "At least when I tell you bawdy jokes, I want to see you blush shyly, not have you tell me something even more excessive like Qin’Er does; she’s not as adorable as you..."

Miss Lu: "..."

She lowered her head, watching raindrops splash into the puddles, at a loss for what to say.