Quick Transmigration: The Villain Is Too Pampered and Alluring - Chapter 58

Watching Xiao Dingcheng and Sheng Nuan leave together, Liu Rumian bit her lip, then turned around and headed back to her own Feixu Courtyard with her maid Wen’er.

Once inside her room, she swept a vase off the table, smashing it to the ground. Her chest heaved with anger, her eyes filled with bitterness.

She had plotted and planned for so long, shaping everything to suit Xiao Dingcheng’s preferences.

When he liked delicate women, she became fragile like a wilting willow. When he admired talent, she spent every day honing her skills in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. When he valued obedience, she never argued or contradicted him… She had given everything, aiming for the position of secondary consort. Yet, in the end, she had given her body to him, only for him to suddenly become the princess’s husband.

She had gone from being a potential secondary consort to being nothing more than a concubine to the prince consort.

Now, on the first day of their marriage, she had to endure the princess’s torment and and to top it off, Sheng Nuan, that fool, made her so angry that her chest felt tight and she could barely breathe…

Wen’er, Liu Rumian’s dowry maid, naturally understood her mistress well. Seeing how furious Liu Rumian was, Wen’er carefully stepped over the broken porcelain shards and approached, gently supporting her while offering soft words of comfort.

“His Lordship is only putting on an act to use that fool from Tangnuan Courtyard as a shield for miss… Didn’t His Lordship spend the entire night with miss yesterday? The princess may be of royal bl00d, but miss need not take it to heart.”

Liu Rumian clenched her handkerchief and gritted her teeth in frustration. “She’s of royal bl00d… so what?”

One day, she would become Xiao Dingcheng’s equal wife and return today’s humiliation to that Princess Lin’an!

While Liu Rumian fumed with rage, on the other side, Sheng Nuan was happily leading Xiao Dingcheng back to Tangnuan Courtyard.

Seeing Sheng Nuan holding the box with a cheerful expression, Xiao Dingcheng couldn’t help but feel speechless.

Among high-ranking families, he had seen all kinds of people, but this was the first time he encountered someone so heartless… He had stayed at the Feixu Courtyard last night and had even prepared a set of excuses to comfort this human shield, but he hadn’t expected her to be so completely indifferent.

Just now, after he had scolded her in front of the servants, she had been so frightened she was almost in tears. Yet, with just a few words, she was easily coaxed, now beaming with delight as she held the princess’s reward.

But it’s just as well. The more heartless and easy to appease she is, the easier it is for him.

He just doesn’t know what this little money-grubber is planning to give him…

Once inside the room, Sheng Nuan carefully placed the coral bracelet on the table, then went to her dowry chest and pulled out a scroll. She walked over to Xiao Dingcheng and unrolled it in front of him.

“This is the gift for you, Husband.”

“Oh?”

Xiao Dingcheng casually took the scroll, but the moment he opened it, his expression shifted from indifference to shock and surprise…

The painting depicted him, riding a fiery red horse, galloping along a riverbank. He glanced back over his shoulder toward the water with a look of arrogance and nonchalance…

The posture, the expression, and even the horse under him were rendered with lifelike precision. Xiao Dingcheng was genuinely impressed. “I didn’t expect Nuan Nuan to have such painting skills…”

Sheng Nuan pressed her lips together and smiled lightly. “Husband might not know, but that day was the first time I saw you. At that moment, I thought that the Young Duke looked like a celestial being dressed in fine clothes while riding that horse. From that moment on, no one else could catch my eye…”

In this world, women were usually shy and reserved, so this was the first time Xiao Dingcheng had ever been complimented so openly by a woman.

He felt a bit uncomfortable and cleared his throat. “You flatter me, Nuan Nuan.”

Sheng Nuan didn’t care. Her eyes curved into crescents as she smiled. “I’m only speaking the truth. Back then, I decided that as long as I could marry Husband in this lifetime, even if it was as a concubine, I would be happy…”

Looking straight into Sheng Nuan’s focused, bright eyes, filled with burning affection, Xiao Dingcheng realized for the first time that a man could be confessed to like this.

Under this kind of emotional barrage, he found himself somewhat overwhelmed. His ears turned red, and he said, feeling a bit uneasy, “To be able to marry Nuan Nuan, this Heir is also very happy…”

Before he could finish, Sheng Nuan suddenly threw her arms around his neck in a bear hug.

Sweet fragrance filled his nose, and the little woman’s cheerful voice echoed in his ears. “Husband is the best…”

At that moment, she heard customer service’s voice chime in: “Congratulations to the host. You’ve successfully activated Xiao Dingcheng’s favorability value. The mission target, Xiao Dingcheng’s, current favorability score is 30.”

Sheng Nuan was puzzled. “Why wasn’t there a notification earlier?”

Customer service bluntly replied: “Because Xiao Dingcheng only viewed the host as a tool before and had no actual affection, so his score couldn’t be measured.”

Sheng Nuan: ……

It seemed that the series of offensives she had just launched were indeed effective.

She was a bit uncertain: “What’s the favorability value required to be considered infatuated?”

The system replied, “100.”

Sheng Nuan: ……

The road ahead is long.

Being hugged by Sheng Nuan, Xiao Dingcheng thought he would feel repulsed, but to his surprise, not only did he not feel repelled, but a strange sense of warmth filled his heart. He reached out and held the person in his arms… and felt her waist was exceptionally slender and delicate under his arm.

His heart stirred slightly, and he leaned in to whisper, “Nuan Nuan, tonight I…”

Halfway through, he suddenly came to his senses and quickly changed the subject. “Mian Mian suffered some grievances today. If I don’t go to her tonight, she might overthink things.”

Sheng Nuan released him, feeling disdain in her heart but showing a hint of conflict on her face. She then appeared relieved, forcing a smile as she said, “Sister Liu was punished today. Husband should go comfort her. I’m fine with it…”

Though she said she was fine, her eyes began to redden slightly.

Xiao Dingcheng hadn’t intended to spend the night with Sheng Nuan, but seeing her force a smile and try not to make things difficult for him, and recalling the passionate confession just now, he suddenly felt a pang of guilt.

Even if he’s using her as a shield, can’t he be a little nicer to her?

For this reason, even though Xiao Dingcheng didn’t spend the night at Tangnuan Courtyard, he did send over some gifts, all of which perfectly suited Sheng Nuan’s tastes: several heavy gold ornaments.

Sheng Nuan placed the gold jewelry and the gold bracelet awarded by Princess Lin’an together under her pillow, feeling happy.

After all, she still had the task of securing a good life for the original host’s parents… How can a good life come if you don’t have a lot of money?

On the other side, Xiao Dingcheng, who was reclining on the couch in Liu Rumian’s room and reading, couldn’t help but laugh when he heard the servant’s report.

So, the moment she saw gold, all her complaints disappeared, and she even ate two full bowls of rice?

If he hadn’t personally seen the way she looked at him, Xiao Dingcheng would almost have suspected that little woman liked gold more than she liked him…

Liu Rumian, with her eyes full of charm, softly asked, “What is the Young Duke laughing about?”

Xiao Dingcheng cleared his throat. “Just something small.”

As soon as she spoke, seeing Liu Rumian’s soft, sorrowful gaze and the flirtatious glint in her eyes, he immediately understood. He set the book aside, stood up, and scooped her up horizontally, carrying her towards the bed.

Still producing clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another¹ just like yesterday… But at a certain moment, another face appeared in front of Xiao Dingcheng.

Unlike Liu Rumian’s gentle and graceful beauty, this face was lively and full of joy, making people inexplicably feel happy just by looking at it…

1. produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another – snu snu. ↵