The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 608

Chapter 608: 291 Flirting (first shift)_2

Gu Jiao slightly curved her lips.

Like a bud of Begonia about to bloom, it blossomed effortlessly in the night breeze, under the starry sky, at the softest spot over her heart.

Xiao Liulang’s heartbeat quickened, his eyelashes trembled as he shifted his gaze away and continued to bury himself in his studies.

However, Gu Jiao seemed not to pretend as if nothing had happened. She approached the window, resting one arm on the windowsill and propping her cheek with the other hand as she watched him, "What are you doing?"

The night breeze blew gently from behind her, shaking the faint fragrance of her body, instantly overpowering the ink aroma on the table.

Xiao Liulang felt a sudden warmth in his chest.

He didn’t look at Gu Jiao and kept his eyes straight on the book in front of him.

"I’m reading," he said calmly.

"Oh," Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows, suddenly leaning into the window.

His sudden closeness made Xiao Liulang tense up, as if he couldn’t move at all.

She was so close to him. It was as if their cheeks were about to touch.

Xiao Liulang’s mind suddenly flashed back to her being drunk, grabbing him and wanting a kiss, like a teasing little kitten.

His throat felt dry.

"You..." Just as Xiao Liulang thought she was about to do something, she merely reached out and took a piece of paper beside his hand.

After taking the paper, she stood back in place properly.

The air between their cheeks and nose dissipated, but Xiao Liulang inexplicably felt a hint of loss.

He didn’t even know what he was losing.

Gu Jiao took out a charcoal pencil, swiftly wrote a few words on the paper, and with a slight curve of her lips, she left the note and turned back to her own room.

The warmth on Xiao Liulang’s cheeks faded slowly. Once he regained his calm, he glanced at the note on the windowsill.

He picked it up and saw, written boldly with a charcoal pencil, the words—The book, upside, down!

Xiao Liulang recalled the meaningful look she gave when she left the note and his cheeks heated up again...

During dinner, both Yao Family and Gu Yan noticed Xiao Liulang’s feigned composure. Only Gu Xiaoshun, the fool, stared at Xiao Liulang for a long while before asking, "Brother-in-law, why is your face red?"

It really was bad timing.

Xiao Liulang said dignifiedly, "It’s hot."

"Oh," Gu Xiaoshun nodded, "It is quite hot."

Yao Family stifled a laugh.

Gu Xiaoshun was about to ask something else when Gu Yan stuffed a chicken leg into his mouth, "Eat this!"

"Hmm~" Gu Xiaoshun’s mouth became instantly busy, forgetting what he wanted to ask.

After dinner, under the intense pressure from the crafty brother-in-law, Little Cleansing confessed to the grand endeavor of shaving half the class.

"The first one I shaved was Chu Yu," Xiao Liulang delivered the killer blow.

Little Cleansing didn’t know Chu Yu’s surname was Qin, that he was a royal prince, but Gu Jiao couldn’t have been unaware.

Gu Jiao: Huh, even dared to shave the prince?

Xiao Liulang: ... What’s with that expression? It seems like you even admire it! If this child is so bold, surely someone has contributed to it!

Gu Jiao caught Xiao Liulang’s deadly glare, blinked, and silently swallowed the words of praise about her child being awesome, careful, and skilled. She solemnly told Little Cleansing, "Don’t bring razors to the Guozijian anymore, we can’t offer free haircuts."

Xiao Liulang: "..."

Little Cleansing’s shaving act stirred up a huge commotion in Guozijian, and it was no less of a sensation in the Imperial Palace.

When Qin Chuyu walked out of Guozijian with a shiny bald head, the eunuch who came to pick him up was dumbfounded.

Qin Chuyu didn’t realize the monumental act he had committed, and he boarded the carriage back to the palace, eagerly anticipating becoming smarter after a good sleep.

Actually, Qin Chuyu’s abilities were not enough for him to be in the Genius Class; it was all thanks to the Crown Princess pulling strings, which had led Qin Chuyu into a quite awkward situation—he was always the worst in class, always at the bottom during exams.

His teacher, knowing his identity, although did not dare to scold him harshly, but being eight years old, a mature little man, he needed to save face.

His desire to become smarter was stronger than anyone else’s, hence he decisively grabbed the first spot to be shaved.

He went with his bald head to Empress Xiao’s Kunning Palace.

"Mother!"

Empress Xiao, selecting newly offered fabrics, turned around with a smile, and immediately fainted.