Luck Reliant Beauty – CH 077

Chapter 77: He Bullied Her

Because they couldn’t believe their eyes, the two young ladies beside Fan Yuxiu kept rubbing their eyes until they were red. After a while, one of the ladies turned to look at Fan Yuxiu, her voice trembling with tears, and asked, “Everyone says Young Master Cui is arrogant and haughty, refusing to approach anyone who isn’t more beautiful, more intelligent, or more wealthy than him… Shu Capital’s young ladies have been singing these three tales for three years now, so why is Young Master Cui smiling so tenderly at that country bumpkin Princess, even holding hands and being inseparable?”

Fan Yuxiu, upon hearing this, scratched the back of her head, dumbfounded, and said, “So Cui Zi Xuan wants someone more beautiful than himself? More intelligent than himself? And of higher social standing than his Cui Clan of Boling? Hmm, do such women even exist?”

Another young lady beside her replied with exasperation, “You two are both idiots! Those three conditions are obviously made up by women who couldn’t have Young Master Cui… The Young Master Cui isn’t getting married, so why would he want to find someone from a more noble family than him? Isn’t that obviously just bluffing?”

The young lady from before clearly didn’t want to hear this. She was still staring at Jiang Mi and Cui Zi Xuan. After a while, she said angrily, “What’s so good about Princess Yihua? You can tell just by looking at her eyes, so blank, like those bookish scholars who’ve read too many books. Hmph, she’s looking at Young Master Cui. How can he be like that? How can she be looking at our Young Master Cui with such disdain? Ah, Young Master Cui laughed…” The young lady’s voice trembled with tears as she said, utterly dejected, “There are so many beautiful and gentle women in the world, yet he chose this bookworm, and now this bookworm is looking at him with such disdain… Young Master Cui is truly blind!”

At that moment, Jiang Mi did indeed give Cui Zi Xuan a very subtle, disdainful glance.

Cui Zi Xuan, of course, didn’t see Jiang Mi’s look. He held her hand as they walked slowly. As they walked, Cui Zi Xuan turned and glanced at Fan Yuxiu and the others. He then said slowly to Jiang Mi, “Your good friend is watching you.”

Jiang Mi was startled and quickly turned to look.

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She saw Fan Yuxiu.

After a stunned glance between Jiang Mi and equally stunned Fan Yuxiu, Jiang Mi forced a smile at Fan Yuxiu. This forced smile stemmed from Jiang Mi’s feeling of being “held hostage,” unable to move freely, so she used the smile to express her apology.

Beside Fan Yuxiu, the young lady coldly remarked, “Even her smile is so stiff. Humph!”

To Jiang Mi’s side, Cui Zi Xuan looked down with interest at the smile on her face. After admiring it for a while, he gently suggested, “Little Jiang Mi, now the renowned Cui Clan of Boling is holding your hand. What an honor! Don’t you want to brag to your friends?”

Jiang Mi’s face darkened slightly. Her lips moved, and after a moment, she whispered, “Yuxiu doesn’t like to hear that.”

Cui Zi Xuan smiled, his eyes narrowing gently as he said, “But I, Young Master Cui, feel that she definitely likes to hear that.”

Here we go again!

Here we go again!!

Ever since she went out with him… He had given her orders, and Jiang Mi had to do them. Any hesitation would be met with his threats!

Suppressing the overwhelming bitterness welling up inside her, Jiang Mi steeled herself and walked towards Fan Yuxiu.

But when she reached Fan Yuxiu’s side, she noticed Cui Zi Xuan lagging behind. Turning around, she saw him standing behind her with his hands behind his back, his figure gazing up at the horizon, looking incredibly noble, imposing, mysterious, and elegant!

…Heaven was truly blind!

Because although Cui Zi Xuan was behind, he was only this far away, able to hear Jiang Mi’s words at any moment. Not daring to disobey him, Jiang Mi stammered to Fan Yuxiu, “Ah’Xiu, I…I held hands with Young Master Cui.”

Fan Yuxiu: …

The other two young ladies: …

Fan Yuxiu looked Jiang Mi up and down. This was the first time she realized that her friend standing before her could be quite annoying!

She glared at Jiang Mi, not knowing what to do. She retorted angrily, “I’m not blind; I saw it a long time ago!”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mi’s face contorted in a grimace, and she forced herself to say, “Well, well, I was the one who initiated holding his hand…”

Fan Yuxiu continued irritably, “Yeah, every girl in Shu State wanted to hold Young Master Cui’s hand, but only you succeeded, so you’re quite smug, aren’t you?”

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Jiang Mi’s lips trembled. After a few pauses, she stammered, “I…I like him, so…so I forced him to go out and even…forced him to hold my hand…”

Fan Yuxiu’s voice became even more unpleasant. She said sullenly, “All the young ladies of Shu State want to force him to go out; all want to hold his hand!” She glared at Jiang Mi, her voice slightly angry, “Don’t be so smug! One day other women will be holding his hand too!”

As soon as Fan Yuxiu finished speaking, the other young lady gritted her teeth and said, “The dream man that all of Shu State’s young ladies adore has actually been won over by you, Princess Yihua! You should be showing off to us! Hmph, you want to use us to warn those young ladies who are still hung up on Young Master Cui, to flaunt your achievement, right? Too bad, the three of us are all tight-lipped! Hmph!”

Almost as soon as she finished speaking, the young lady met Jiang Mi’s grateful gaze. Even as she let out a heavy snort, Jiang Mi quickly retorted in a completely different, crisp, and coherent tone, “You swear?!”

…Before the young lady could understand what was happening, Cui Zi Xuan, who had been standing to the side with his hands behind his back, looking at the scenery, gave a light snort, strode up to Jiang Mi, grabbed her hand, and turned to leave.

Cui Zi Xuan walked rather hastily this time, taking several dozen steps before his pace slowed to a leisurely pace. He glanced back at Jiang Mi with a half smile, then nodded slightly towards a corner not far away.

A servant emerged from the corner, quickly running to Cui Zi Xuan and bowing respectfully, asking, “Young Master, what are your orders?”

Cui Zi Xuan glanced at Jiang Mi and slowly said, “Send Zhao Feiyan’s ‘Palm-Sized Soaring Clouds Melody’ to Jiang Mansion. Tell Jiang Mansion’s Three Mothers that this ‘Palm-Sized Melody’ is my, Young Master Cui’s, favorite dance piece, and I hope it can be taught in a short time… During this period, I hope Princess Yihua will dance for me once!”

The servant quickly replied, “Yes!”

Cui Zi Xuan glanced at Jiang Mi again, gave a soft hum, and added, “Also, tell the Three Mothers that your Young Master is used to glamour and has seen too much dance. This is the first dance Princess Yihua will dance for me, and I, Young Master Cui, hope it will be perfect…”

The servant nodded again, then turned and hurried away.

Jiang Mi stared wide-eyed at the servant’s departing figure. Her already dark and bitter face darkened further, her bitterness deepening. She turned her head again, staring in astonishment at the smug Cui Zi Xuan, and thought bitterly, “This man is so annoying! I did everything he said, and he still went back on his word!”

At that moment, Jiang Mi truly felt that all the young ladies who liked Cui Zi Xuan must be blind! With a character like his, they were still fighting over him. Humph! None of them had her good taste!