I'm competing with the male lead for a woman (GL) - Chapter 16

Chu Shao smiled and reached out, opening the pear wood box.

“I was a bit curious earlier, so I opened the box to take a look, but after thinking for a long time, I still don’t know what these things are for. I suppose I should ask Your Highness.”

Xiao Jin only glanced at the contents of the box, and her gaze completely froze.

With the box fully open, the props Chu Shao mentioned lay quietly among the brocades.

Not one, but a row.

A row of jade products of various sizes and thicknesses were displayed inside. As for what they looked like, Xiao Jin understood and there was no need to elaborate.

After a rough glance, each jade product was carved from white jade.

As for the names and uses of that row of jade products, Xiao Jin was sure that if she told Chu Shao, she would definitely be warned by a certain Jiang Literature City red lock.

Her eyes were stung, so she simply closed them, unwilling to face the overwhelming reality.

When she opened them again, Xiao Jin looked at the innocent and gentle smile on Chu Shao’s face, and had already cursed Old Zhang’s entire family a thousand times over in her heart.

Xiao Jin tried her best to maintain a calm and composed demeanor, and after organizing her words, she spoke: “Princess, give the box to me.”

Chu Shao didn’t seem to know what was in the box, so she naturally handed it to Xiao Jin.

Seeing the frost on Xiao Jin’s face, she couldn’t help but ask with a smile: “Does Your Highness want to use them?”

Silence, Xiao Jin could only remain silent.

Use them? Hell no.

Xiao Jin didn’t answer Chu Shao’s question, nor did she want to look at those vividly carved jade products. Instead, she seriously brought up another topic.

“In terms of usefulness, these things are naturally useful, but whether they can work depends on the Princess’s mood.”

“My mood?”

Although Chu Shao didn’t understand what Xiao Jin was saying, she was very curious about what Xiao Jin could make them do.

So she smiled faintly and replied, “I would like to hear the details.”

Fortunately, Xiao Jin had always been good at talking nonsense with a straight face.

Stroking the cold jade products in the box, she really wanted to curse, but on the surface she still had to maintain a solemn demeanor and reason with others.

Xiao Jin thought she was a reasonable person, so she cleared her throat and began to make things up: “I once read a story about a young master who tore up a fan to please a beautiful woman, intending to win her smile.”

The story she told was naturally borrowed from a classic tale, but she omitted the names.

Chu Shao frowned slightly, really not understanding why tearing a fan could make someone happy.

However, if she said that killing could bring pleasure, she could understand it very well.

But Xiao Jin’s ability to make things up was getting better and better. Knowing that tearing a fan had nothing to do with these things, she could still take out a jade product from the box and say without blushing: “So these things can actually be used like this.”

Chu Shao looked at Xiao Jin with interest, very curious about what the other person was going to do with that thing.

The next moment, she knew.

Because after coughing twice, Xiao Jin raised the jade product in her hand and smashed it hard on the ground.

“Bang—”

The jade shattered, and powder scattered everywhere.

First, there was a young master tearing a fan to win a smile, and now there was a paper person smashing jade products for online purification.

This scene cleansed the air of righteousness, making even the usually calm Chu Shao stunned.

Although she was a little surprised, Chu Shao’s tolerance was always good, and she wasn’t too frightened. She just lowered her eyes and looked at the shattered white jade on the ground.

Under the candlelight, it shimmered with a glistening white.

It had to be said that compared to its previous cold and ugly appearance, this thing looked much better after it was broken.

Seeing that Chu Shao didn’t speak, Xiao Jin was about to change the topic and explain to her, “Since the young master can tear a fan to win a smile, then I can also smash jade to win the Princess’s smile.”

This was the greatest use of these… things.

Who knew that before she could finish her nonsense, Chu Shao looked at the jade pieces shattered at her feet and actually smiled.

This was something Xiao Jin didn’t expect.

She just destroyed an evil object and actually reaped unexpected results.

It seemed that Old Zhang was on another level.

Xiao Jin was surprised, but Chu Shao thought Xiao Jin was really interesting. After all, being able to think of using jade products like this was indeed a unique feat.

Yes, Chu Shao actually knew what this jade object was. She had seen it in the Yao palace before.

But in her impression, this kind of thing was mostly used by eunuchs and foolish emperors.

Obviously, Xiao Jin was neither of the two, so Chu Shao didn’t quite understand the purpose of the “props” the servant gave her.

Of course, another possibility couldn’t be ruled out, that Xiao Jin was in bed…

Very incompetent.

As for whether Xiao Jin was capable or not, Chu Shao didn’t care. After all, she and Xiao Jin were accomplices, maintaining a noble and interesting relationship with each other.

She believed that Xiao Jin wouldn’t do such a boring thing to her.

And if Xiao Jin was as boring as others, she would have ended the other person’s life with a dagger at their first meeting.

Xiao Jin didn’t know that she had once again avoided a life threat by being “interesting.” She only knew that when Chu Shao saw this thing broken, she actually smiled.

This was too similar to the development of that classic tale.

The young master tore a fan, and the woman smiled. What should they do next…

As someone with limited knowledge of classic literature, Xiao Jin recalled for a long time before remembering the following plot.

After remembering the plot, Xiao Jin hesitantly picked up the second jade product, trying to make a calm expression: “Does the Princess want to smash it too?”

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Jin was speechless.

Damn it, what are you saying, Xiao Jin? Who would hold such a thing and solemnly invite others to smash it?

Is this a percussion performance?

Perhaps it was because she had been in this bloody world for too long, but Xiao Jin felt that she was about to blend in.

If you can’t beat them, join them.

Very good, very team-spirited.

Chu Shao didn’t quite understand Xiao Jin’s words, but seeing Xiao Jin’s slightly awkward eyes, it was indeed a stark contrast to her cold and aloof aura.

Unconsciously, the smile on Chu Shao’s lips deepened.

She didn’t know the reason, but she just thought this matter was very interesting.

The rumored cold-blooded and cruel Lord Yan actually had such a side. What kind of variable would cause this person’s temperament to change so drastically?

Chu Shao didn’t realize that compared to Xiao Jin, the phrase “temperament change” seemed more appropriate for her.

Xiao Jin rarely felt embarrassed.

Admittedly, she had never cared much about her reputation, but she wasn’t shameless enough to hold such a thing calmly.

Xiao Jin couldn’t stand this stalemate, so she simply went all in, raising the jade product in her hand with a blank expression and smashing it on the ground again.

The sound of jade breaking was more penetrating than the sound of tearing silk.

So penetrating that everyone hiding outside the courtyard could hear it clearly.

Hearing this sound, the servant was a little hesitant: “Steward Zhang, no matter how earth-shattering it is inside, it shouldn’t make such a sound.”

“Yes, yes, I feel like the prince and princess consort are about to fight.”

Steward Zhang forcibly took control of the situation: “Don’t panic, just watch for now. We’ll go in and take a look when the commotion gets too big.”

Old Zhang seemed calm on the surface, but his back was already drenched in cold sweat.

Logically speaking, it should have been a great joy that the prince, who had always been uninterested in women, had finally opened his mind.

Now it seemed that whether this matter was a joy or a worry remained to be seen.

••••

In the blink of an eye, the room was littered with broken jade.

Xiao Jin started smashing jade because she was embarrassed, but later, she found that it was actually a bit addictive.

Smashing them, she couldn’t help but sigh that the original owner was really rich. Even these… things were made of fine white jade.

Thinking about it, although she was forced to transmigrate into a disabled Lord Yan, no matter how disabled she was, she still had power and wealth and didn’t have to worry about food and clothing.

Xiao Jin smashed the jade products on the ground, and at the same time, she felt much more balanced.

But when she picked up the last jade product, ready to completely purify the entire box, she was stopped by Chu Shao.

Xiao Jin was a little confused. What was the female lead doing?

Chu Shao thought her fingers were thin enough. But when she held Xiao Jin’s hand, she was surprised to find that the other person’s fingers seemed even more slender than hers.

However, when Xiao Jin’s fingers held the jade product, the jade made her fingers look even paler and longer, which made Chu Shao even more unhappy.

Such beautiful fingers, holding an ugly inanimate object, really didn’t make Chu Shao happy.

As she felt disgust, a strange, inexplicable pleasure also surged into her brain.

Chu Shao thought Xiao Jin shouldn’t hold that dirty thing, but when Xiao Jin coughed and raised her hand to smash it, she felt a strange, morbid beauty.

Pale, bloodless fingers, broken jade—everything was just right.

Touching Xiao Jin’s cold knuckles, Chu Shao could only suppress her excitement to smile and continue talking: “This thing is too unsightly. I don’t want it to dirty your hands.”

In fact, Chu Shao wanted to see that scene, but what she ended up saying with a smile was something else.

“How about I help you?”

At first, Xiao Jin thought Chu Shao wasn’t interested in smashing things, so she took on the task of online purification herself.

Now she noticed that the other person’s eyelashes were trembling slightly, as if she were anticipating something.

But when Xiao Jin looked up and met Chu Shao’s eyes, she felt that they were as gentle as moonlight, so soft that they could encompass everything.

Of course, that was definitely an illusion, she knew that very well.

But since Chu Shao had this interest, and she was tired of smashing, it was fine to let someone else do it.

So she nodded slightly and handed the thing in her hand to Chu Shao.

But the moment Xiao Jin handed it over, she suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Wait.

Chu Shao just said that this unsightly thing would dirty her hands? So, Chu Shao actually knew what this thing was used for?

On the other side, Chu Shao smiled and took the jade product from Xiao Jin’s hand.

Because she was a little excited just now, her body was very close to Xiao Jin. One hand held the jade thing, and the other hand lightly gripped the wheelchair armrest.

This posture looked a bit ambiguous, and from a distance, it looked like she was trapping Xiao Jin in the wheelchair.

Chu Shao was about to smash this filthy object for Xiao Jin when she heard the sound of a lantern falling to the ground.

Her hearing was always very good, so she knew the sound came from outside the house.

Hearing the sound, Chu Shao couldn’t help but frown slightly and looked up. This look revealed Old Zhang and a group of servants, who were dumbfounded, and the lantern that had fallen to the ground.

At this time, Chu Shao remembered that when she pushed Xiao Jin in just now, she seemed to have forgotten to close the door.

Then she smiled and thought:

Fortunately, she just forgot to close the door, a harmless mistake.

Chu Shao thought it was harmless, but Old Zhang and the servants at the door were so shocked that they began to doubt their lives.

This, what kind of development is this?

If they saw this scene, would they be silenced by the prince?

Could they really… survive tomorrow?