"I'm just a minor character, so I have to rely on my looks to gain favor."
Cheng Xiran said that she was very self - aware.
After saying that, she started writing again. In today's article, Helian Duo was still not the protagonist. Thinking that this matter was gradually fading away, it was time for her to write articles centered around Xue Lianyu. After all, she had promised the man last time.
After much thought, she still couldn't decide on the heroine for this story. Finally, she decided it would be Chu Liyin.
However, she changed the settings of both of them.
Xue Lianyu was now set as an ordinary playboy, though his personality remained largely unchanged. As for Chu Liyin, her personality was slightly altered. In the serial article, the heroine was a proper young lady from a prominent family, well - educated, gentle - tempered. She not only had peerless beauty but also a kind heart. She never thought herself superior because of her status as a young mistress and was deeply loved by the common people.
A playboy paired with a pure and Buddhist - like young lady... Cheng Xiran thought it would be quite interesting.
Cheng Xiran specially gave this new serial story a very artistic and evocative title, *The Oath of Pity for Jade*. She also wrote a preface: "Luo Mu, I once told you that the wind can transform bones but not emotions. No matter when or where, I will always be with you! As long as it's your word, even if I turn into smoke and clouds, so what? But you, in the end, underestimated me and yourself... If there's a next life, I don't want to see you again!"
"How pitiful," Cheng Xiran murmured to herself, and then started writing again.
It was nearly dusk when she finished the article. Remembering that she had to go to the prince's mansion, Cheng Xiran hurriedly handed the manuscript to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper took a quick look and his eyes lit up. "Miss, are you starting a new story?"
Saying that, he was about to read it, but Cheng Xiran stopped him. She made a "shh" gesture mysteriously and whispered, "This is a new story. You're not allowed to read it either. Read it tomorrow morning."
Then she rushed excitedly to the prince's mansion.
Without Su Yunxiu, the prince's mansion seemed to be missing something. At least it had returned to its former desolate state.
"Steward Wang, I'm here to get some tea that the prince usually likes to drink and take it to the newspaper office. Did he tell you about this?"
Steward Wang first bowed, then led her to the backyard. As they walked, he chatted with her. "Miss, if you had come a cup of tea earlier, you would have run into the prince."
Cheng Xiran couldn't help but think to herself why she would want to run into him. Hadn't she suffered enough of his cold looks?
But she didn't say this out loud after all, since Steward Wang was one of Helian Duo's trusted aides.
After following Steward Wang to the storage room, she saw him fetch a big package from a corner. He carefully placed it in front of Cheng Xiran and gave her a meaningful look. "Miss Cheng, there are also some other things in there that the prince needs. You need to take them all back to the newspaper office. Since the items are valuable, you'd better be careful. If anything gets damaged, the prince will surely scold you."
She tried to pick it up and found that she could only hold it in her arms. She always felt that there were some utensils and other odds and ends inside. In any case, it was not light. Steward Wang showed no intention of helping her and just led her back the way they came.
Sure enough, he had the same temperament as his master.
Cheng Xiran really wished she could just smash it right now. It would be so easy, but she was afraid of being killed by Helian Duo.