Chapter 165: Transforming into a Steam Princess
After the chat with Mother Ye just now, Meng Yue had a general understanding of why Xiaomuqing had been so quick to give herself away. Although not in detail, she could guess that Ye Ziming had appeared and helped Xiaomuqing during her loneliest and most helpless moments. At the same time, she noticed that Xiaomuqing would look at Ye Ziming when they were eating and discussing the room situation. This was enough to show Ye Ziming’s importance in her daughter’s heart, likely surpassing anyone else at the moment. That was why her attitude had changed, and she wasn’t trying to stop the two of them from sharing a room as she had been moments ago. Now, what she needed to do was to increase her standing in Xiaomuqing’s heart and then naturally bring her home.
“Here’s the hairdryer, let me open it first.” While Meng Yue was still praising her, Mother Ye finally came out of the storage room with a box and returned to the sofa. After sitting down, she found a pair of scissors, opened the box on the spot, and took out the new hairdryer.
“Thank you, Auntie.” Mother Ye’s reappearance was like a savior to Xiaomuqing, who was so moved she almost ran to hug her. The reason was that while Mother Ye was away, Meng Yue had praised her endlessly, making her feel extremely overwhelmed. It wasn’t that she disliked it, but hearing herself called cute and beautiful made her blush, her heart race, and feel embarrassed. As she spoke, she reached out, thinking that as soon as she got the hairdryer, she would immediately get up and return to her good brother’s room to get away from Meng Yue. But she didn’t expect that just as she was about to touch the hairdryer, Meng Yue’s hand suddenly appeared and snatched it away.
“:?!” Xiaomuqing, shocked and puzzled, didn’t understand what Meng Yue’s intention was.
“Why are you blushing?” After putting away the box packaging, Mother Ye noticed the blush on Xiaomuqing’s face, so she reached out, touched her small face, and asked softly. While touching her, Mother Ye thought to herself that her son had a good eye for choosing such a cute wife.
“I…” Feeling her cheek being touched, Xiaomuqing instinctively tried to dodge, but seeing it was Mother Ye, she stopped. She opened her mouth, wanting to explain something, but didn’t know how, and felt even more embarrassed.
“You’re like this just from a few compliments from me,” Meng Yue replied with a smile, while also reaching out and gently patting Xiaomuqing’s head.
“Oh, in that case, I’ll compliment you a few times too…”
“Actually, it’s not really a compliment, it’s just stating the facts.”
“You’re right, our Xiaomuqing is indeed beautiful and cute, leagues above other girls…” The ‘poor’ Xiaomuqing was sandwiched between the two of them, being complimented and having her head patted, and soon turned into a steam princess. The kind that has steam coming out of her head.
A short while later, Ye Ziming came out of the bathroom after showering, thinking of finding Xiaomuqing and getting the hairdryer. When he entered the living room, he saw a scene that made him cringe, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say. Especially when Xiaomuqing noticed his presence and turned to look at him, the sweat on his head doubled. Her beautiful almond eyes were wide open, looking at Ye Ziming pitifully, as if to say: “Boss, save me~”
“Hold on a bit, finish drying your hair first.” Understanding the message, Ye Ziming replied with his eyes and gave Xiaomuqing a look of encouragement. At this moment, Meng Yue was using the hairdryer on Xiaomuqing’s hair, while Mother Ye sat by to help. And what they were talking about seemed to be compliments like “Your hair is so healthy” and “Your skin is so fair.” To Ye Ziming, it looked like they were indeed complimenting her.
“Wuwuwu~ Boss, don’t you love me anymore?”
“…” The high level of understanding between the two allowed Ye Ziming to easily grasp what Xiaomuqing’s eyes were conveying, and he felt a little helpless. He could tell that Xiaoke’ai didn’t dislike Mother Ye and Meng Yue. It was purely because they were too enthusiastic, making her feel unaccustomed and even a little scared. And if he guessed correctly, what Xiaomuqing wanted to do most right now was to find a place to hide. After a little more time passed, Ye Ziming couldn’t stand the pleading look anymore, so he walked over to the sofa.
“Ahem, that should be enough, right.” He coughed lightly in front of Mother Ye. Facing his elder, Ye Ziming didn’t know what to say, but he still wanted to “save” Xiaomuqing.
“Pfft, okay, done.” Looking at Xiaomuqing’s flushed little face and then at Ye Ziming standing in front of her, Meng Yue chuckled and turned off the hairdryer. The two mothers could naturally see what Ye Ziming meant, so after smiling, they let Xiaomuqing go. As they let her go, their gazes were very subtle, as if they had written the word “ambiguous” all over their faces.
“Aunt Lin, Mom, I’m going upstairs.” Taking the hairdryer in one hand and pulling Xiaomuqing’s small hand with the other, he greeted the two elders and prepared to take her back to the room.
“Mm-hmm, go ahead, rest early,” Meng Yue said with a smile.
“Remember to use protection,” Mother Ye added with a smile.
“Uh, okay.” Ye Ziming felt a little embarrassed but nodded in agreement before taking Xiaomuqing away. Finally liberated, Xiaomuqing turned her head to look at the two people sitting on the sofa, her small face flushed, and she was too embarrassed to speak. Finally, she waved her hand and followed her good brother towards the stairs. As she walked up the stairs, about to lose sight of the living room sofa, Xiaomuqing couldn’t help but turn her head again, looking back at Meng Yue downstairs. It seemed a little reluctant, or perhaps she just wanted to take another look; she herself didn’t know.
“Hoo~” Back in the room with her good brother and the door closed, Xiaomuqing finally breathed a sigh of relief, raising her hand to pat her small chest and exhaling deeply.
“Did you finish drying your hair?” Seeing Xiaomuqing’s action, Ye Ziming found it amusing and couldn’t help but reach out to pat her small head. He only remembered this question while patting her head, so he asked it casually.
“Mm-hmm, no need to blow-dry anymore.” As she spoke, Xiaomuqing also raised her hand to touch her hair and turned to her good brother. Besides answering the question, she was also carefully observing her good brother’s room and found that the layout was similar to the one in South City. However, this room was larger. Because her good brother’s room was simply furnished, it appeared spacious.
Watching Xiaomuqing walk to the bed and sit down gently, she then saw two pillows, two blankets, and a mattress on the bed. Mother Ye must have prepared them in advance. She could understand the two blankets and two pillows; one for each person. But what Xiaomuqing couldn’t understand was that there was already a bedsheet on the bed, so why was another one prepared and placed on the chair nearby? This was a question.
