coobybook Chapter 249 Being Picked on
Chapter 249 Being Picked on
"What is this?" Xi Ningzhi asked curiously, holding a delicate bottle given to her by Xiao Siyue.
"This is a mud mask, which can beautify and nourish the skin. Apply it once every one or two days to maintain the skin, keep it moisturized, and make it soft and supple."
Xi Ningzhi immediately became interested. Beauty and skin care! It's winter now, the weather is cold and dry, and skin is easily frostbitten and peels. She usually spends a lot of time on skin care.
"Sister Ningzhi, before you go to bed tonight, have your maid apply the mud mask evenly to your face. After a quarter of an hour, wash it off." Xiao Siyue thought she would wait a while and see if she could make a moisturizing cream.
"Okay, thank you, Siyue. I love it so much. I'll use it tonight," Xi Ningzhi said happily.
"Sister Ningzhi, I also brought you a full-length mirror." Xiao Siyue pointed to the mirror wrapped in cloth.
Actually, Xi Ningzhi saw Xiao Siyue carrying a very large object as soon as she entered. However, Xiao Siyue didn't mention it, and Xi Ningzhi didn't feel comfortable asking.
"A full-length mirror?" Is it something like a mirror?
Xiao Siyue removed the cloth from the mirror, and a clear mirror immediately appeared in front of everyone.
"Wow, this...this..." Xi Ningzhi stood in front of the mirror, looking at herself in the mirror, so shocked that she didn't know what to say.
In recent years, such clear mirrors have become popular in the capital. She also had one in her boudoir, but it was just a small mirror on the dressing table, at most used to look at her face. She had never seen one so big that it could fit her whole body inside.
"Thank you for your kind offer, Siyue, but this is too precious for me to accept." Although she was reluctant, Xi Ningzhi still declined.
"Sister Ningzhi, you're too kind. This is for you, so please accept it without worry." Xiao Siyue felt even more favorably toward Xi Ningzhi.
"Then I'll accept it. I really love this full-length mirror." Seeing that Xiao Siyue insisted, Xi Ningzhi accepted it, thinking of giving Xiao Siyue a nice gift in return later.
Xi Ningzhi turned around in front of the mirror, absolutely delighted.
"Miss, the guests have all arrived," said Xiao Bing, Xi Ningzhi's maid.
"Okay, Siyue, let's go out." Xi Ningzhi stopped being vain and reached out to pull Xiao Siyue out.
Several young women were sitting in the outer hall, chatting with each other.
"You've all come," Xi Ningzhi said warmly.
"Ningzhi, you're finally out! Oh, who's this little girl?" A girl in an orange dress asked curiously as she saw Xi Ningzhi leading Xiao Siyue.
The others were also full of curiosity, waiting for Xi Ningzhi to introduce them.
"Let me introduce you all. This is the daughter of Minister Xiao of the Ministry of Revenue. You can just call her Siyue," Xi Ningzhi said, pushing Xiao Siyue forward to introduce her to everyone.
"Siyue greets all the elder sisters." As Xiao Siyue bowed, she subtly observed everyone's expressions.
Most of them had expressions of curiosity or sudden realization. The girl who had just spoken winked playfully at Xi Ningzhi, and Xiao Siyue guessed that the girl and Xi Ningzhi were very close.
However, she seemed to have just caught a glimpse of a girl in pink sitting opposite her, and rolled her eyes in disdain. Was she mistaken?
"Then I'll call you Siyue, you're so pretty. My name is Zhou Qingran, you can call me Qingran, you can come play with me later." Zhou Qingran pinched Xiao Siyue's cheek in a very familiar way.
Xiao Siyue suddenly thought of Mu Li. Zhou Qingran's personality was very similar to Mu Li's; they were both the kind of girls who were naturally outgoing.
"Thank you, Sister Qingran." Although Xiao Siyue wasn't a particularly outgoing person, she was still willing to interact with this kind of person.
Seeing Xiao Siyue's smiling eyes and hearing her call her "Sister Qingran," Zhou Qingran was so happy that she wanted to pinch Xiao Siyue's cheeks again.
Xi Ningzhi quickly stepped in to stop her: "Don't you dare bully Siyue anymore."
"Waaah... Ningzhi, I'm so sad. You've got a new sister and you don't want me anymore, your old sister." Zhou Qingran pretended to cry and wiped away non-existent tears with a handkerchief.
"Stop fooling around. There's not a single tear on your face. Siyue will laugh at you." Xi Ningzhi knew her friend well; she just loved to tease people.
“Siyue, look at Ningzhi, how can she be so heartless? She’s crying, and she’s still criticizing her.” Zhou Qingran rested her head on Xiao Siyue’s shoulder and said in a low voice.
The room erupted in laughter; Zhou Qingran was truly a source of joy.
Xi Ningzhi was also quite helpless. What could she do but spoil her with such a friend?
"Siyue, let me introduce the others." Xi Ningzhi then introduced everyone else in the room to Xiao Siyue one by one.
"This is Wu Xinrou." Xiao Siyue looked at the woman in pink in front of her. So her name was Wu Xinrou.
"Sister Xinrou," Xiao Siyue called out.
"Hello, Siyue. I heard you come from a small village called Peach Blossom Town. I've never been to the countryside before. Can you tell me what the countryside is like?" Wu Xinrou asked innocently, seemingly genuinely curious.
As soon as Wu Xinrou spoke, the room fell silent. Everyone looked at Wu Xinrou in astonishment, wondering what she was doing.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I was just curious and that's why I asked. It's okay if Siyue doesn't want to say. It's just that I've always lived in the capital and I'm quite curious about the countryside. Are the people there really so poor that they can't even afford clothes?" Wu Xinrou covered her mouth with a handkerchief, a guilty expression on her face.
Xiao Siyue watched Wu Xinrou's affected performance speechlessly, and sneered inwardly. Did she really think she was a child? She couldn't see the look of disgust on her face.
They're just living in the capital, what's so noble about that?
"Wu Xinrou, shut up. If you can't speak properly, go back." Xi Ningzhi was furious with Wu Xinrou. She hadn't invited Wu Xinrou before, but she came on her own.
"Sister Ningzhi, don't be angry." Xiao Siyue wasn't angry at all. So what if she was from the countryside? She would never feel inferior because of that, so these words couldn't hurt her at all.
“I do come from the countryside. It seems that this Miss Wu is quite interested in me, knowing which village I came from. I just wonder which family this Miss Wu is from?” Xiao Siyue’s tone was calm, without a hint of anger.
"I, I am..." Wu Xinrou suddenly couldn't say it.
“Siyue is the eldest daughter of Minister Wu, the Vice Minister of Revenue,” Xi Ningzhi said to Xiao Siyue from the side.
Xiao Siyue understood. Each of the six ministries basically had two vice ministers. It turned out that her father and her own father were colleagues.
"So you're from the Wu family, the one who was famous throughout the capital not long ago. Miss Wu, you should know what the countryside is like, why are you asking me?" Xiao Siyue said in surprise.
Wu Xinrou's face flushed red instantly.