T R C L W (COMPLETE)

3

Liyu hadn't lied, he was, in fact, a boy.

Their ages weren't that far apart, as he was only older than Xie Zhen by half a year. But because he had been a sickly child since young, coupled with the fact that boys developed later than girls, he wasn't as tall as Xie Zhen. It was no wonder that Xie Zhen had wanted to call him little sister when she first saw him...

After the truth was revealed, the atmosphere between both of them became rather awkward.

After all, Xie Zhen was still a child. After carelessly groping him, she did feel sorry and put her hands behind her back saying, "Don't blame me, who asked you to look so pretty..."

It hadn't been easy for Li Yu's complexion to go back to normal, but after hearing her words, his face once again turned green,

"But you still shouldn't have..."

Speaking midway, he couldn't bring himself to finish his sentence.

He had come with Song shi as a guest, but feeling bored after sitting in the main hall for half an hour, he had wished to go to the toilet, and so followed the maidservant out of the hall. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out, he bumped into this unreasonable stinky girl.

Although Xie Zhen had been in the wrong, she was used to acting coquettishly and pretending to be innocent to get out of trouble. She went up and grabbed Li Yu's hand, smiling and saying, "Don't be angry, why not I sing a song for you?"

Her soft voice, coupled with her sweet smiling face, made Li Yu suddenly realise that she actually looked rather cute. Soon after, he snorted mentally, what's the point of looking cute, after all, she'd still groped him!

Seeing that he didn't reject her offer, Xie Zhen enthusiastically pulled him to down to the porch, and clearing her throat she began to sing: "White pea, I'm here again, I'll stay until the fire wood is chopped..."

This was something she learnt on the way to Qing Zhou. There had been a group of children amongst the crowd on the streets. At that time, they'd been singing this song and Xie Zhen had remembered it immediately. Her voice was soft and pleasant sounding. Despite being brought up in the capital, her voice was better sounding than girls in the south.

Li Yu's arm was still being pulled on by her. He was still unwilling to follow her, having had a bad impression of her.

Just then, he carefully looked at her face and caught her shining black eyes looking at him steadily. His face immediately reddened and he turned his head away.

"Where are you planning to go? Towards the river, where there are loaches."

The cooling wind breezed through the hall, bringing with it the smell of Iris petals from the yard, along with a whiff of sweet milk. Li Yu's neck was stiff and he had no choice but to turn his head once again. With a glance he saw her gazing intently at the irises in the yard. Her face was as fair as a freshly peeled boiled egg, different from other girls he had seen before. The other girls had not been as good-looking as her, her skin was sparkling and clear, soft, white and with no flaws.

She was good-looking, and that was a fact, it was just that she was a little not right in the head.

Feeling a pressure in his lower abdomen, Liyu suddenly remembered the purpose of him coming out. Wanting to push lightly away her hand, he pleaded, "I want to go..."

Xie zhen didn't let go of him, anxiously saying, "Wait a moment, I haven't finished singing the song."

Having been interrupted earlier, she wanted to continue singing.

Liyu really wanted to cry. Even though she sang well, he was really in a hurry!

He struggled for a while, but because he had just recovered, he didn't have much strength, so he finally was unable to forcefully break free from her claws.