Chapter 80

Chapter 80

Di Xiulan drew in a slow breath, then asked again, “Do you call just anyone that?”

“How could I be casual about something like that? Of course I wouldn’t be casual!”

Ye Piaoling poured herself a cup of wine as well, downed a large mouthful, and bared her heart. “Only someone very, very important gets to be called that! To tell you the truth, in this entire world, you’re the most important person to me!”

The man’s eternally calm eyes darkened slightly.

He had long since seen through her origins, yet he still could not guess what she wanted from him.

She had seized this body. He had assumed she would have a very clear plan of action, but everything she had done was completely at odds with the identity she had held on that continent…

Was she deliberately hiding it? Or had she gone through so many cycles of reincarnation that she had already forgotten who she was?

Ye Piaoling said, “So, babe, Singles’ Day is coming up soon. How about you run a big promotion on your bed? Something like sleeping on it for half price?”

Di Xiulan: “…?”

Ye Piaoling continued, “My Divine Weapon Pavilion is already preparing its year-end sale, set for November eleventh. Why don’t you learn from me? After all, I’ve already spent several thousand taels of silver on your bed. Don’t I deserve a little hundred-billion subsidy?”

Di Xiulan let out a soft scoff.

So it was all for that bed again after all.

He spoke, his tone cool and indifferent. “I told you. The bed’s price is not negotiable.”

Ye Piaoling sighed deeply.

She picked up her wine cup, drank two melancholy mouthfuls, closed her eyes, and began to hum:

“I loved you so deeply, loved you so sincerely, yet I still heard you say it was impossible…”

“…”

After three cups of wine, Ye Piaoling passed out drunk on the table.

With practiced ease, Di Xiulan picked her up and carried her toward the bed.

“I know your true face.”

He set her down on the bed and gave a low, meaningful laugh. “But you… do you know who you are?”

…

Now that the electric scooter had magic protecting it, Ye Piaoling no longer used an iron chain to lock it up.

The guards of Duke Anguo’s Mansion were eager to redeem themselves. The moment they saw that the Divine Donkey had actually broken free of its restraints and was merely standing casually by the road, they immediately pounced… and were sent flying several yards away in spectacular fashion.

Battered and bruised, they returned to Duke Anguo’s Mansion and reported to Xiao Mei.

“Princess, that Divine Donkey has formidable magical powers. The moment a stranger gets close, it kicks them flying. There really is no way to make a move!”

Xiao Mei’s expression was ugly in the extreme.

She no longer had any interest in stealing some Divine Donkey. Her mind was filled entirely with the latrine that had been blown apart and the shit that had rained from the sky.

She had thought she could use a grand banquet to raise her prestige, only for such a massive scandal to break out instead.

She had wanted to show her face, but ended up showing her ass.

Now the entire imperial capital was laughing at Duke Anguo’s Mansion, laughing at Duke Anguo and the Heir, laughing at her, the Princess who had organized the banquet…

Even Duke Anguo blamed her, saying a daughter found outside the family truly could not be entrusted with important matters.

In previous years, Duke Anguo’s Mansion had held banquets without the slightest mishap. This year, the moment it was handed to her, it turned into this!

Xiao Mei trembled with rage.

All of this was that damned turtle shell in Ye Piaoling’s room’s fault! If not for Ye Piaoling, there would have been no turtle shell, and none of this would have happened!

Xiao Mei quickly identified the culprit. To vent the hatred brimming in her chest, she brought her lackeys to the library that very night.

Ye Piaoling walked through the library doors carrying a large broom and found Xiao Mei and her group already waiting for her.

“Why are you here again? Do you have nothing better to do?” Ye Piaoling frowned and asked, “Has your latrine at home been fixed yet?”

Xiao Mei: “…”

She really knew exactly where to poke the sore spot.

Xiao Mei gnashed her teeth and said, “Ye Piaoling, I’m not done with you over that incident!”

“Oh, so it’s my fault?” Ye Piaoling sneered.

I haven’t even blamed you for stealing my grenade yet.

But since the grenade had been used that way, she honestly did not have much of an objection.

Knowing she was in the wrong, Xiao Mei stopped bringing up that matter. Instead, she took out a pill gourd on her own, opened the stopper, and poured all the pills inside onto the floor.

“Oh no! I accidentally spilled my pills. Ye Piaoling, you must remember to sweep them up properly!”

The gourd had been packed full of pills, each round pellet even smaller than a mung bean. They clattered onto the floor and rolled beneath the bookshelves, into the corners, and everywhere else.

Ye Piaoling rolled her eyes.

She really had to admire Xiao Mei for coming up with such a childish little trick.

Xiao Mei had already found the pleasure of revenge and said smugly, “Take your time sweeping in here. From now on, I’ll come every day!”