Chapitre 29: 29. Gaining a brother
It was already evening. Liu Mei felt somehow heavy. She felt listless and just sat down under the sky and watched twinkling stars. There are so many strange things she already experienced. One more is already normality.
Mating with the dragon. What the hell?!
He is in a human form, said the old monk. She sighed. How should she find him? It is already hard to find him in the original form, if he is in a human form, is it even possible?
She thought about it quietly, while Xiao Ran stood by her side and saw her face getting darker by the minute. She knew that the Emperor had this idea all along, but her foolish mistress had no idea that she jumped straight into his arms. She needs to keep her eyes wide open from now on.
Suddenly they heard the noise, as it was quiet in the street. A carriage? Maybe someone is visiting doctor Zhao?
Since his wife and grandchildren came, he didn't mingle much with the outside world. At the same time doe to her own problems, she completely forgot to make that test.
Suddenly the noise stopped in front of her doors. A knock could be heard and it literally echoed inside her yard. Xiao Ran rushed to the door and saw the carriage through a small hole in the door. And she recognized it, ''Mistress, I think it's miss Hua Lan.''
Liu Mei suddenly woke up from her dreaming. ''Who? Wait... quickly... let's see. I hope nothing happened to her. Is she maybe in labour? Oh, I haven't prepared for it. No, I have that medicine ready for her. I will open the door and you go, rush to get the medicine. She will need it if she is in la...'' The words stuck in her throat when she saw two people standing in front of her smiling.
Hua Lan went forward and with red eyes hugged her. ''I am sorry, but can we sleep here? I feel giddy like I will give birth at any moment and doctor Zhao is near as well. Pleaseeeee.''
Hua Lan could clearly see her stunned expression, but still slowly pushed her way in, while her husband ordered the stuff to be brought inside. Xiao Ran already stood there and smiled.
She helped the servants set up their room right next to her mistresses room and the servants will sleep in the same room with her. She let only one female servant and one midwife in the other room with her.
The rest of the people were sent back home. Liu Mei was really lost for words this time. They slowly pulled her to the seating room and started explaining everything.
Liu Shan smiled at the woman on the other side of the table. She somewhat had a similarity to him. ''I heard your story from my wife. You know so far that I am just a small officer, so I will ask you something. I hope you won't look down on my poor existence and will accept it.''
She just blinked and gave a tiny nod. What was it, that these two people nervously looked at each other for?
He seems to have sweaty hands, as he nervously tried to dry it with a handkerchief. ''I have no family and I think you are an amazing person. My wife loves you and I wanted to ask you to become part of my family.''
Those words would make sense to someone from this time period, but for someone who watched too many dramas, she heard: -I like you. Be my concubine... my wife approves.-
Her mouth twitched, as she tried to find the right words. Luckily she had no idea how to speak in flowery words, so she bluntly spoke directly. ''I do like Hua Lan quite a lot, but I have no wish to belong to anyone. Especially not as a concubine. It's not about status. It is because I see Hua Lan as my best friend and sister. I would never even think about this. I will pretend you didn't say anything.''
The two people were first stunned and then realized where the translation went wrong, she didn't understand his words. They literally shook from laughing.
''Oh, dear... Ohhhh... I am really hurting now. She thought... Oh well, let me calm down.'' The tears still hung on her eyelashes, when Hua Lan stopped laughing. She changed her position and chose to sit next to Liu Mei. She took her hand, while still having a slight shake from suppressed laughter.
''Uhm, Liu Mei. We do wish you to be part of our family, but not THAT WAY.''
Seeing her confused expression she chuckled again. ''My husband never had siblings and I like you, so he asked if you would consider him as a brother. He is afraid you would feel ashamed about his lowly status, so he is too shy to repeat the same question.''
Liu Mei saw him nervously crumbling the handkerchief and imagining him as a woman. What was it called before in her world? Gay? No, he loves his wife and it seems they do that...No it was different...effeminate? Yes, that is it. A grown man that looked like he was broken from the mountain, holding his handkerchief in his hands like a woman.
Then she turned her head to Hua Lan and understood. She liked him just the way he is. It seems in this weird head of her friend, he was already half-naked or dressed in some feminine clothes. But she will let her have that kind of fantasies. She just pinched her hand lightly and looked at her meaningfully, making Hua Lan turn beet red.
''You are really something Liu Mei. You understood THAT, but the things around you...Sigh. My husband is a good person. You two have similar names and even the same name character sign. So could you please reconsider?''
Liu Mei could see nervosity on the two people and smiled brightly. ''I have anyway no one in this world. If your wish is to be my brother I accept it. Let's drink to that. Hua Lan will drink tea, you and I will drink my peach blossom drink. I am not sure how strong it is, but good enough for both of us to become siblings, brother.''
''As we are not sure how old you are, you will be my younger sister and I will be your older brother. If that is no problem with you?'' Since he already chose her to become his sister, he will definitely protect her. The determination was written all over his face, while Xiao Ran became stunned.
Something is wrong, the energy from both people is so similar. Are they really siblings?
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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Power Stone 
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