Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Lu Hualiang remained silent, but took off his clothes neatly. He took a quick bath and without a word, went downstairs.
The empress, who was addicted to her game, lifted up her head to take a look. She wondered how this man bathed so quickly.
Indeed, even if they had the same face, they were not the same person. That bast*rd emperor took at least an hour for his bath.
Why?
Because he always dragged her along to have a bath together in the same tub! F*ck!
Just thinking about it made her body ache all over and her muscles cramp up.
Actually, her life now was pretty good. She didn’t need to sleep with the emperor.
But every night when she closed her eyes, she thought about the bast*rd emperor subconsciously.
And the moment she opened her eyes every morning, she would take a look at the person lying beside her out of habit. She wondered if she had missed out on all the small habits of that familiar figure.
At that time, most of the helpers had gone to bed.
Lu Hualiang called Uncle Fu up and gave the helpers the night off.
Uncle Fu was stunned. “Sir, why are you suddenly giving us time off?”
Lu Hualiang had a serious look on his face. “The college entrance examination is in two days. I’m giving the maids time off to accompany their family to the examination.”
Uncle Fu was even more confused now.
Most of the maids in the Lu household were unmarried and without any children. Why would they need to accompany anyone to the examination?
Besides, why were the female maids given time off, but the male bodyguards not?
He wanted to clarify his doubts but Lu Hualiang had already headed upstairs.
Uncle Fu was still befuddled but went on his way to relay the message.
Lu Hualiang did not immediately return to his room, but instead, went to the study room to read.
After confirming that there were no more females in the house, he headed back to his room with light steps.
In the room, Xia Weibao was still sitting cross-legged on the bed and playing her game.
Lu Hualiang calmly glanced at her before taking a finance book and leaning back against the bedhead.
His mind was not on the book.
It was close to midnight and after his tenth time looking at the clock, Lu Hualiang was getting impatient.
“It’s late,” he said, pretending not to care.
Why was she still not taking a bath?
Xia Weibao had just finished a round of “King’s Legend”. Hearing Lu Hualiang, she looked at the time.
She should not have done that. The moment she tried to look at the time, a notification popped up from the internet.
#XiaWeibaoPuttingOnAirs, AbsentFromSite
She frowned and opened her Weibo.
Three black lines ran down her forehead.
Should she say she was one to dominate the search rankings, or one to attract unwanted attention?
She had done nothing, and yet she was still able to show up on the search rankings. She casually browsed through all those comments that were admonishing her. She closed her Weibo and laid down to sleep.
All the comments were of the same vein — that she was a diva, that she was putting on airs, that she was shameless. How uncreative.
She was sick of reading them.
Anyway, she had become accustomed to it. Her name had already been tarnished. Even if they were to throw even more shade on her, it was not going to taint her reputation any further. But she suddenly understood the reason behind Xu Jiayang wanting to organise a reception banquet for her.
Director Xu was actually a kind man. Seeing her fall asleep like that made Lu Hualiang frown.
“You’re sleeping without bathing? That’s so dirty.”
“I had my bath already.” Xia Weibao replied while yawning.
She was exhausted after a day of playing her games.
Had her bath?
Lu Hualiang was shocked. How could that be?
She had just said that she had not bathed. He had only gone downstairs to give a few instructions. How could she have finished so quickly?
Besides, she was injured. With no one to help her wipe her body, how did she have her bath?
“When did you have your bath?”
“Just now. When you went downstairs.”
“But no one helped you. How did you wash yourself?” Lu Hualiang was displeased.
“I’m not handicapped. Why would I need anyone to help me wash up? Just go to bed. Don’t disturb me.”