Chapter 107 (1/2)

T/N: -waves paws- I'm going to be busy for the next few days (moving to another state), so I'm posting the next 5 chapters for Monday to Thursday early. I'll be back to my regular posting schedule on Friday, September 28th by 11:55 PM EST.

t.i.tle: The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter: 107 out of 513 - Yet another prost.i.tute (2)

Ning Mingjie continued to stay silent. Ji Man decided that she wouldn't keep trying to persuade him. After all, everyone had his or her own thoughts. She couldn't force other people to accept her viewpoint, right?

After the snacks came out, Ning Mingjie looked at the plate of steamed milky yellow roughage buns, took a deep breath, and slowly took off his mask.

Everyone paused in eating and the golden roll in Ning Errong's mouth fell out.

”Older brother…?”

Ning Mingjie rubbed his face, turned his head, and said to the nearby waiter that was blankly staring at him, ”I want to eat melon cookies and the greasiest foods you have.”

Once again, Ji Man saw this face. It held a hint of a child's unwillingness to accept that he was wrong. His facial features no longer looked blurry, like something from a dream. He looked a real person.

Because she had been staring at Ning Mingjie for too long, Nie Qingyun called out, ”Sangyu.”

After returning to her senses, Ji Man seriously explained, ”It's not that I have a voracious desire to look at beauty. It's just that Young Master resembles someone I saw in a painting a while ago, so I looked at him for a bit longer.”

”Eh? What painting?” Ning Errong curiously asked. ”My older brother has never let anyone paint his portrait.”

If you told one lie, then you naturally ended up having to tell more lies. Ji Man could only put on a bold face and say, ”I just happen to see it in one of the capital's stores. The owner of that store said that man had failed to be loyal to his lover. He abandoned his fiancée of four years and slept with another woman.”

The corners of Ning Mingjie's eyes twitched. ”Madam Ning, you clearly know that this one doesn't have a fiancée.”

”Hehe. Sangyu knows, that why I didn't say it was Young Master. It's so rare for you to be willing to reveal your face. Sangyu will treat you to melon cookies. No need to thank me.”

Actually, Ning Mingjie wasn't that obsessed with his mask or unwilling to let other people see his face. It was like Ji Man said, he had covered his face because he was too self-conscious of other people's gazes. But now, he had taken off his mask just to eat snacks. He was truly an unaffected person.

The group of people ate and drank quite happily.

After Ning Mingjie took of his mask, the expressions on his face were laid bare. He wasn't used to hiding his emotions and inevitably felt somewhat embarra.s.sed. Ning Errong was giggling during the entire outing. On the way back, she pulled Sangyu along in high spirits and said she was going to bury his mask.

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When Ji Man returned to her room, she saw Ning Yuxuan sitting in her room. Jinse was standing by his side.

”My lord.” Ji Man obediently saluted.

Ning Yuxuan looked at the smile on her face that hadn't disappeared yet and quietly snorted once before saying, ”Starting from tonight, Jinse will be serving me. You can go sleep in the neighboring room.”

Ji Man nodded. ”Okay.”