Male Lead, The Black-Hearted Lotus (Female-dominant)

Chapter 10

In the afternoon, the sun was fierce, and Yun City was stuffy and hot, even the blowing wind was hot.

Zi Yi brought out a jar of wine from the wine cellar, opened it, and then poured the wine into a wine pot.

His face was slightly red from the heat, and crystal-clear sweat slid down his jade-white forehead.

Xu Lu Cha held a folding fan, fanning himself. Seeing Zi Yi busily working with a head full of sweat, he became somewhat impatient: "Zi Yi, what exactly are you doing? At this hour, Zhang Meng will have finished her patrol and will be returning to the government office. Why are you still dawdling?" Zi Yi's face reddened, and he hesitated: "Young master, I heard that drinking wine can boost courage..." Xu Lu Cha: "..."

Zi Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, picked up the wine pot, and took a few gulps of wine, then a few more.

He put down the wine pot, swayed slightly, and said: "Young master, Zi Yi is ready." Xu Lu Cha: "Then let's go."

Zi Yi hurriedly followed behind him.

After a while, Xu Lu Cha heard Zi Yi muttering something behind him. He listened carefully.

"The weather today is so nice... Constable Zhang, actually Zi Yi has always respected you very much... It would be nice if we could become friends, could we often come out and have heart-to-heart talks in the future?..." Xu Lu Cha slightly closed his eyes, turned back and glared at Zi Yi: "What are you doing again?" Zi Yi quickly stopped his muttering and replied: "Young master, Zi Yi was rehearsing. Zi Yi has compiled some of the things the young master used to say to women, and thinks they are very useful..." Xu Lu Cha wished he could throw the folding fan at his face.

"Don't worry, young master. This time Zi Yi will definitely try his best to delay Constable Zhang and create time for the young master and the lady to be alone." Xu Lu Cha: "...Don't embarrass me."

At the pavilion.

Zhang Meng looked at Zi Yi with confusion.

He lowered his head, his handsome face slightly red, his long hair tied up high, revealing his snow-white neck. Crystal-clear sweat flowed down from his forehead and cheeks.

Zhang Meng looked up at the fierce sun in the sky, so strong it almost blinded her eyes. So...

"Zi Yi, do you really plan to stand in the sun and bathe in the sunlight, rather than come in for some shade?" She had just finished inspecting the streets with Zhong Huo and was about to return to the government office when she encountered Xu Lu Cha and him.

He said he had something very important to tell her, so he brought her to a pavilion outside the city.

However, he had been standing outside the pavilion for a long time, neither entering to seek shade nor telling her anything important.

"Zi Yi, if there's nothing else, I need to return to the government office." She still had to go back to organize the tax collection records and tend to the flowers and plants at the office.

Zi Yi hurriedly looked up and spoke with some anxiety: "Constable Zhang, Zi Yi wants to tell you 'the weather is very nice today'." After saying this, his face and ears turned red.

Zhang Meng: "...Oh, it is quite nice."

"Also... Zi Yi has always respected Constable Zhang very much..."

Zhang Meng: "...Oh."

"Zi Yi would like to often come out and have heart-to-heart talks with Constable Zhang..."

Zhang Meng paused, then smiled and said: "Sure."

Zi Yi glanced at her, somewhat at a loss, and quickly turned to the side, avoiding her gaze.

After a while, he opened his mouth: "Does Constable Zhang think Zi Yi is very strange?" Zhang Meng saw that he had been standing in the sun for so long and was sweating profusely, looking quite pitiful, so she pulled him into the pavilion.

Zi Yi's whole body stiffened, and he subtly struggled against Zhang Meng's hand.

Zhang Meng naturally let go of his hand and said: "You have indeed been a bit strange these past two days. You don't need to be so nervous when facing me, I won't eat you." Zi Yi lowered his head: "Zi Yi is not nervous."

Zhang Meng took out a sachet from her sleeve and handed it to him: "Here, return it to you." Zi Yi was stunned and didn't take it.

Zhang Meng grabbed his hand and put the sachet in it: "Give it to the person you truly like." She smiled and said, "Zi Yi, you don't actually like me, do you?" Zi Yi's lips moved, but he didn't speak.

Zhang Meng said: "When facing someone you like, even if you're shy and nervous, you definitely wouldn't treat the person you like as a fierce beast to be avoided at all costs." Zi Yi: "Zi Yi is not avoiding Constable Zhang."

Zhang Meng nodded: "Then why are you standing so far away from me?"

Zi Yi looked at the distance between himself and her, realizing that he had unconsciously retreated outside the pavilion again.

Zhang Meng: "Zi Yi, I think we should just be friends, like before. Eating together, playing magic tricks together, isn't that fun?" Zi Yi stared at her blankly for a long time, then nodded.

"Zheng Shu, I'm back."

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