The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort (Chapters 1- 203)

Chapter 164 : A Fairy's Fall

Translated by : Irisu

Edited by : Anks & Ely

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Trigger Warning: explicit sexual harrassment in a group setting .

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Pensively, Xiao Shao stared at her. Jiang Ruan did seem furious. This epiphany of his made his heart feel a vague sense of satisfaction, though, such that even his cold expression that had been present since Jiang Su Su's appearance, vanished. What remained was the slightest bit of laughter.

Seeing his smile, Jiang Ruan felt even more infuriated alongside a trace of self-disdain. Ever since she had reincarnated- perhaps due to the lessons she had received from her past life- she had never invested much expectations into anything. That said, in regards to the things that she had set her mind to do, she would have an extremely strong sense of possession. And now that she had already accepted the incumbent role of becoming the Jinying Wangfu's Mistress who would manage the household, regardless of any feelings she had for Xiao Shao, in the depths of her heart she had selfishly already considered Xiao Shao's as entirely hers.

Jiang Su Su had touched her things so naturally this would make her entirely displeased. Yet, this evildoer[1] did not have the slightest sense of self-awareness and had the cheek to feign innocence with those good looks of his.

[1] 始作俑者 (shǐ zuò yǒng zhě) – At first used to describe a person who would bury wooden doll figures with the dead during the funeral, it is now used to describe an originator of an evil practice or in this case, it serves as referring to the person with a negative, derogatory connotation, to censure someone as someone who had done a bad thing.

Accordingly, she became increasingly more enraged. Yet in Xiao Shao's eyes, she seemed extremely adorable. He could not wait until Jiang Ruan spoke before he dragged her over to his side and pressed her onto his lap.

"You......" Jiang Ruan was indignant. To be frank, this was not the first time that Xiao Shao had done this. Before, when she was in the Jinying Wangfu, she had been treated similarly by him. Only, at the time, due to Xiao Shao being deliriously inebriated, she had overlooked it. But now, in broad daylight, although they had an engagement, this move of his was truly too rash and abrupt.

"Don't move." Xiao Shao pressed lightly on her back, yet his movement was both gentle and strong as if he did not allow for any resistance. What he said next, however, made Jiang Ruan unable to meet nor plan to directly meet his gaze. He added, "Let Husband hug you for a bit, it's only right and proper for me to do so[2]."

[2] 天经地义 (tiān jīng dì yì) – an idiom that refers to a reasoning that is unalterable even by the heavens, something matter of fact and unquestionable.

Jiang Ruan could only roll her eyes inwardly and listen as Xiao Shao continued on, "To seduce me, it would have been better if they had swapped Jiang Su Su for the remarkably stunning and beautiful woman sitting before me."

All day, this person made sarcastic comments, so who would have known that when he spoke like this it could be with such eloquence. Glancing at him in disbelief, Jiang Ruan was somewhat perplexed. At first, she had assumed he was pulling her leg, but at the same time he had such a serious look. In which case, this made one be unable to make any sense of the matter. However, with Xiao Shao's action, that lingering speck of displeasure that she felt vanished without a trace.

As expected, it was to one's natural unfair advantage to be born this well. Jiang Ruan remarked inwardly that beauty could really confound people. By now, she was solely preoccupied with her own thoughts and did not bother looking at Xiao Shao's expression. Thus, she missed the trace of pleasure that flashed in his eyes at being able to embrace the beauty in his arms.