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“These paintings are stunning,” Maomao said, squinting at them. It occurred to her that if a certain elegant beauty had been there, he could practically have blended right in. (An irrelevant thought if there ever was one!)”

“Speaking of which, have you and the Emperor’s younger brother—”

“I think I’ll get some shut-eye,” Maomao said, flopping over onto the bed beside her.

“Hey! Where am I going to sleep?”

“There’s a couch right there.”

“You should have more respect for your elders!”

“I thought you elders were supposed to dote on us kids.”

such a sibling fight

“Who the hell are you, anyway?”
A little late for that question.
She’s my younger sister, dear brother.”
“I’m a complete stranger, sir.”
“Which is it?!” Lahan’s brother clenched his fists.
Maomao and Lahan looked at each other, then Maomao said, “He certainly is easy to get a rise out of.”
“Right? They don’t make many like him—he’ll actually throw out a comeback when you want one.”

“Do you think me a terrible person?”

After a second Maomao said, “I don’t know, sir.” Jinshi had only done his job. Somebody would have had to sooner or later, or the culprit would have fled to the west. And they had to avoid that.

Unable to think of anything else to say, Maomao remained silent.

Finally Jinshi said, “Let’s go,” and his voice was cold.”

stop maomao my baby needed reassurance 💔

“I would swear it took you an extra moment to answer,” Basen said as he entered. There was a man with him, but it wasn’t Jinshi. Unsure how to feel about that, Maomao swallowed her food and pretended she didn’t know what Basen was talking about.”

missing jinshi after the make out session are we ??

“Jinshi was almost on top of Basen, who was pinned against the wall with Jinshi’s fingers brushing his lips in what was unmistakably a lover’s caress. Basen was sweating and his face was completely bloodless.

The two guards who had come in trying to restrain Ah-Duo covered their eyes with their hands and peeked out between their fingers. As for Ah-Duo, her eyes went wide and her mouth dropped open.”

“He didn’t want to relinquish the sensation that still lingered on his lips.

He let his fingers brush across his mouth, as if to confirm for himself what had touched them just an hour before. His body was possessed by a combination of heat and gloom that wouldn’t seem to go away.”