Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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After finishing dinner, Su Xi washed the dishes and took out her phone to open a shopping app. Lu Huan had come in a rush a few days ago, so she had borrowed some clothes from Huo Jingchuan, but if he were to visit her world more often in the future, she would need to prepare some clothes and daily necessities for him.
Su Xi had a decent sense of aesthetics and was good at buying girls’ clothes, but she was a bit clueless when it came to buying boys’ clothes— mainly because she didn’t know Lu Huan’s exact height and clothing size.
Worried about the hassle of returning or exchanging items after purchase, Su Xi selected some styles but didn’t actually buy them.
During the day, she opened her mobile game and saw Lu Huan on the screen constantly on the move, his horse traveling a thousand miles a day in a hurry, so she didn’t want to disturb him.
That night, Lu Huan and a troop of Imperial Guards spent the night at an inn in Ganzhou. After bathing, he sat on the bed in his undergarments, unable to fall asleep. He considered going to see Su Xi, but was afraid of disturbing her by going too often. After all, he had already gone last night, and if he went again tonight— but in the end, he couldn’t resist. Lu Huan decided to just open the curtain and take a look, without going over.
But to his surprise, as soon as he opened the curtain, Su Xi was already waiting for him, beckoning him with her finger: “Come here.”
Lu Huan quickly got up, put on his outer robe, and fastened his belt. He pretended to be nonchalant and didn’t seem to be waiting expectantly. He stepped into Su Xi’s room and asked, “Xiao Xi, what’s up?”
Her parents hadn’t returned yet, but just in case, Su Xi locked the door and said to him, “Take off your outer robe.”
Lu Huan: “…”
Lu Huan’s ears turned bright red, and he remained motionless for a long time. Su Xi was a little puzzled and asked, “What’s wrong? Take some clothes off.”
Lu Huan tried to clear his mind, turned his back, untied the belt he had just put on and placed it on the table beside him, and then began to take off his outer robe. Su Xi was afraid that her parents would come back halfway through taking her measurements, so she kept urging, “Hurry up.”
She couldn’t help but stand on tiptoe and pull Lu Huan’s outer robe off.
Ancient clothes were different from modern ones; they were much looser and baggier. Perhaps she was too hasty and her movements were a bit rough. In addition, Lu Huan had just finished bathing at the inn and was only wearing his undergarments without a belt, so when she stood on tiptoe and pulled, half of his robe slipped down his shoulder.
Suddenly, Lu Huan’s shoulders, collarbone, and half of his chest were exposed to Su Xi.
Su Xi: …
Lu Huan: …
The last time she saw him, it was through a screen. This time, however, it was directly warm to the eye, and the visual impact was enormous. Su Xi had been celibate for seventeen years, and she had never even seen a boy’s chest or held his hand— let alone seen one! When she usually made dirty jokes with Gu Qin, it was all just bragging. In reality, she had never even read any erotic comics!
As she watched helplessly as the robes fell apart, revealing the beautifully sculpted muscles of the young man before her, Su Xi, still flustered, panicked. Her cheeks burned, and she hurriedly pulled his clothes back up, saying, “I didn’t mean to.”
“It’s alright.” Lu Huan blushed slightly, her ears turning red, and said shyly, “You can look whenever you want now.”
Su Xi: …
Although Lu Huan didn’t understand what “appearance-obsessed” meant, he had long since discovered that Su Xi liked “beautiful women”.
She not only liked staring at his face, but also enjoyed watching the beautiful women throwing embroidered balls, and even more so, she liked going to brothels to find beautiful women. Last time she saw Wan Sanqian’s daughter, although he couldn’t see Su Xi’s expression at the time, Lu Huan knew from Su Xi’s reaction that her eyes must have been shining.
Lu Huan felt a pang of resentment towards Su Xi’s preference.
There were so many handsome men and beautiful women in the Yan Kingdom. If she hadn’t kept the original artwork hidden, she probably would have been so captivated by the beauty that she wouldn’t have remembered herself at all.
Not only in Yan State, but in her world as well, there were many handsome men. When Huo Jingchuan showed Lu Huan several photos of female celebrities and asked if he recognized them, Lu Huan realized that there was a profession in this world that made a living based on appearance, and that there were just as many good-looking people as in Yan State.
Lu Huan’s sense of crisis increased by 2 times.
When he read ancient books, he would always frown when he came across the ancient examples of “using one’s looks to please others.” However, now he had come to understand the psychology of those who “use their looks to please others.”
He felt uncomfortable when others stared at him. But only with Su Xi did he wish she would stare at him a little longer, just at him. When others thought he was handsome, he felt goosebumps rising all over his body, but when Xiao Xi said he was good-looking, his heart pounded.
He looked at Su Xi’s head, which she dared not lift, composed himself, and said, “Even if you did it on purpose, it doesn’t matter.”
Su Xi: …
Su Xi was internally screaming. How could she explain that she wasn’t a perverted maniac who would rip people’s clothes off at the drop of a hat?! Although she was a sucker for good looks, she was a pure and upright sucker for good looks!
“Get dressed quickly !” Su Xi shouted.
Lu Huan slowly put on his undergarments: “All done.”
Su Xi then looked up and saw that he was dressed neatly. She breathed a sigh of relief, took out a long measuring tape, and began to measure his dimensions. After measuring his arms on tiptoe, she measured his chest, and then slightly lifted his upper garment to measure from his waist to his ankles. Lu Huan, dressed in a snow-white undergarment, stood upright and obediently as she worked on him.
Su Xi recorded the measured dimensions in her notebook, then breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Lu Huan, saying, “Alright, you’ve finished what I needed you to do, you can go now.”
The scene from earlier was still lingering in her mind; she needed some quiet time.
Lu Huan: …
Lu Huan looked at her with a pitiful expression, but seeing that she had no intention of keeping him, he had no choice but to go back— the initial interface was at her house, which was really inconvenient.
Not only did they have to worry constantly about when her parents would return, but this was also impolite and unfair to her.
Lu Huan thought to himself that he must buy a house in her world as soon as possible.
After successfully controlling the flood in Chengzhou, the officials in the capital praised him highly and submitted a memorial to commend him.
The Emperor issued an edict ordering Lu Huan to return to the capital as soon as possible. However, Lu Huan arrived in the capital late at night, so he could not enter the palace to meet the Emperor until the next day at the earliest.
Therefore, that evening, he took advantage of the time to go to the farm outside the capital and meet with Zhong Ganping and others.
The silver that Lu Huan had deposited in the money shop under a different name had now snowballed, accumulating more and more. While the official silver bestowed by the imperial palace could not be pawned, some loose silver from the common people could be used.
He took some of the loose silver and some antiques such as coral paperweights, changed into Brother Huo’s clothes from that day, and came to Su Xi.
Su Xi was fast asleep, so he didn’t disturb her. He just strode over with his bundle and went to a small alley in Su Xi’s world city.
He used Huo Jingchuan’s phone to look up some information and learned that identity information in this world required modern technology such as “encryption algorithms.” Although he was not good at surfing the internet, he was able to identify some useful information and select the contact information of someone who could help him.
As for identity, registering an orphan’s identity information should not be difficult.
His name was then written as “Yanqing”.
The author has something to say:
Su Xi (sour): Do you know Miki Nagasawa[1]?
Lu Huan (even more sourly): You can remember such a long name, then do you remember my real name?
Su Xi: …
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[1] A prominent Japanese voice actress (born July 11, 1970) known for roles in anime series like Neon Genesis Evangelion (Maya Ibuki), Initial D, and Bleach.
