I'm Competing With The Male Lead For A Woman - Chapter 15

As the hai hour (9-11 PM) approached, the Prince of Yan’s residence was silent. Only the faint rustle of pages turning in the study could be heard from time to time.

After finishing a book, Xiao Jin closed it and placed it back on the shelf with a long sigh of relief.

Over the past few days, despite the headaches caused by the traditional characters and classical Chinese, Xiao Jin had managed to read a few books.

The books covered the history of the four major kingdoms and several smaller ones in this world.

She circled the parts she didn’t understand with red ink and looked for other related books. If she still couldn’t understand, she didn’t dwell on it, stopping after a superficial read.

After all, she just wanted to understand the cultural and historical background of the Qi and Yao Kingdoms.

After reading, Xiao Jin recalled the history of the Yao Kingdom’s “National Master’s Rebellion.” No matter how long she thought about it, she couldn’t understand the logic behind her actions.

The national master was in a position second only to one person and above everyone else. She had everything.

Yet, in the later stages, she made a series of baffling decisions, building a “Liuli City” and massively conscripting soldiers to attack small border kingdoms.

As a result, when the original owner led the army into the main city of the Yao Kingdom, there were only over 20,000 elite soldiers left in the city, offering no resistance.

Xiao Jin was speechless. The mastermind behind the fall of the Yao Kingdom wasn’t the original owner. It was the national master, right?

As she was musing, she looked up and saw a young maid walking into the study. The maid respectfully bowed to her. “Your Highness, Steward Zhang sent this servant to inform you that the Princess Consort is waiting for you in your room.”

The maid’s reminder made Xiao Jin remember that she had an important matter to discuss with the female lead. She nodded. “Let’s go back to the room.”

The wheelchair rolled along the corridor, over the bamboo leaves on the stone path.

As the maid pushed the bamboo wheelchair, Xiao Jin looked around. The lanterns of the Prince of Yan’s residence were gradually being extinguished one by one, indicating that it was late at night.

As she approached the door of her room, Xiao Jin keenly noticed that the guards who usually stood watch on both sides of the main courtyard were gone.

Xiao Jin couldn’t understand this. She turned to the maid beside her and asked, “Where are the guards in the courtyard?”

Although with Chu Shao’s martial arts, she could probably kill dozens of guards as easily as reaping wheat, it was still better to have them than not. At least it would be a small comfort.

The young maid was still young but seemed to understand things. She looked at Xiao Jin, her face blushing, and whispered, “Replying to Your Highness, this was Steward Zhang’s arrangement. He said… he said he didn’t want the guards to disturb Your Highness’s mood.”

“…”

Upon hearing the word “mood,” Xiao Jin suddenly realized that Old Zhang had probably misunderstood something.

At that moment, she held a sliver of hope, sincerely praying that Old Zhang’s mind was normal and not filled with lewd thoughts.

But when the maid opened the door and then quietly backed away, Xiao Jin knew that things had taken a thoroughly wrong turn.

But Xiao Jin never expected things to be this wrong.

Standing at the doorway and looking at Chu Shao sitting by the bed curtains, Xiao Jin felt like she was in trouble.

She was full of regret. She regretted not beating Old Zhang to death at that very moment, allowing him to be a menace and live until now.

Looking at the red silk hanging from the bed curtains and at Chu Shao, who was only wearing a thin layer of gauze.

Xiao Jin fell silent. She couldn’t push the wheelchair and stopped at the door.

The reason she couldn’t move was that she simply didn’t have the courage.

In Xiao Jin’s mind, Chu Shao, with her powerful logic and unpredictable emotional swings, was already categorized as a lunatic.

And at this moment, Chu Shao was clearly more than just a lunatic. She was a lunatic who was wearing some kind of seductive sleepwear, had her face powdered, her lips painted, and was being forced to work.

From where Xiao Jin stood, she could see that Chu Shao’s black hair was loose. She was wearing a reddish-brown gauze dress. From afar, she looked like a magnificent building hidden behind red curtains.

Sitting on the bed, her lips curved into a smile, she didn’t seem to be acting strangely.

But Xiao Jin was silent and terrified, unable to predict what this Chu Shao would do next.

She could only curse in her heart, The scene is too beautiful. Old Zhang, you are truly a devil.

On the other hand, Chu Shao was very curious about Xiao Jin’s intentions ever since the maid knocked on her door and shyly told her that Xiao Jin would be staying in her room tonight.

The maid told Chu Shao many things, such as how Xiao Jin had a cold personality and was not close to women, and what a couple should do.

From beginning to end, Chu Shao only smiled and listened without saying a word.

The maid chattered on for a long time. In the end, she took out two boxes and told Chu Shao mysteriously, “Princess Consort, His Highness has always been uninterested in things in the bedroom. So if you want to capture His Highness’s heart, you need to use some other methods.”

Upon hearing this, Chu Shao seemed to be interested. “What methods?”

The maid opened a mahogany box. Inside, there was a red gauze dress with peony patterns embroidered in gold thread. It shimmered like a shattered star under the candlelight.

Although the dress was beautiful, Chu Shao’s interest immediately waned.

She had expected the maid to give her some kind of lethal weapon that could go straight through Xiao Jin’s skin and tightly grasp her heart when she heard “capture His Highness’s heart.”

She didn’t expect it to be just a normal dress.

Chu Shao then turned her attention elsewhere. She pointed to the second box and asked, “What’s in this one?”

The maid held the box and smiled shyly. “As for this box… because His Highness has mobility issues, Steward Zhang has prepared some things. Princess Consort, you can choose what you want to use.”

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Due to the pressure of impending death, Xiao Jin didn’t dare to move.

She didn’t move, but Chu Shao, with great interest, moved first. She slowly got up, and the gilded copper pieces on her dress jingled softly.

Xiao Jin watched Chu Shao walk towards her with bare feet on the carpet, one step at a time.

Her light dress outlined her graceful figure, and the gauze trailing behind her was like a red carp swimming at the bottom of the water.

The pinnacle of beauty and martial arts in the entire novel was now standing beside her, smiling and saying, “Your Highness, let me push you into the room.”

Admittedly, Xiao Jin really wanted to scream for help, but she knew that she had brought this upon herself. No one could save her now.

If you don’t give up until you hit the Yellow River, then the boat will sink when it reaches the bridge.

At the peak of her nervousness, Xiao Jin wasn’t as scared anymore. She thought that maybe she could explain to Chu Shao that this was all a beautiful misunderstanding and that things weren’t as she thought.

Xiao Jin opened her mouth, ready to explain to Chu Shao, We are only a couple on the surface, but in reality, we are still iron allies.

But Chu Shao suddenly extended her index finger and pressed it against Xiao Jin’s lips. “Shh, don’t speak yet.”

The touch on her lips was very soft. Xiao Jin didn’t have time to feel it. She heard Chu Shao say, “A maid just told me a little trick. So, I would like to try it on you now.”

With Chu Shao’s finger tightly pressed against her lips, Xiao Jin felt that if she opened her mouth to speak, she would probably touch the other person’s warm fingertips.

So she simply closed her mouth, nodded faintly, and waited to see what Chu Shao would do.

But Xiao Jin didn’t expect that Chu Shao, this lunatic, was really good at this.

The moment she nodded in approval, the smile on Chu Shao’s face was dazzling. Then, she leaned in and looked at Xiao Jin’s neck.

Since the original owner was a woman, her Adam’s apple wasn’t prominent.

So when Chu Shao leaned down and pressed her lips against Xiao Jin’s neck, she felt that the spot where an Adam’s apple should have been was not very prominent.

She was very curious, so she held Xiao Jin’s stiff shoulders, stuck out her tongue, and gently licked that part of the skin.

Chu Shao’s body was very close. She could clearly feel Xiao Jin’s subconscious resistance and her intense heartbeats.

She was a little surprised now because she didn’t seem to dislike touching Xiao Jin.

And Xiao Jin smelled good. After the mint scent dissipated, she could faintly smell a more distant and colder fragrance.

This scent reminded Chu Shao of a sword buried in cold snow. Then, she felt that Xiao Jin’s temperament was truly unique.

If she ignored Xiao Jin’s illness, based on her status, she should have been wearing silver armor and shooting deer in the forest with a carved bow.

But even though Xiao Jin was the tyrannical Prince of Yan of Northern Qi, when Chu Shao saw her, she would imagine a different scene.

Maybe there would be a moon, and maybe there would be snow.

Northern Qi should have a heavy snowfall, so that the fragmented white could cover that person’s black hair.

At this time, Xiao Jin should be sitting in front of the courtyard.

The moonlight would cast a very thin and frail shadow on the cold steps.

And the person on the steps would be lowering her black and clear eyes, wiping a blood-stained sword.

That sword must be thin and sharp, with a little more coldness and chill to match the moonlit night, the snow, and the person holding the sword.

Thinking this, Chu Shao kissed Xiao Jin’s throat. To verify her other guess, she quietly moved her lips down a few inches without a second thought.

Hearing the other person’s suppressed gasps, she moved the hand on Xiao Jin’s shoulder and lightly touched her shirt, wanting to unbutton the outer garment.

As her lips moved to Xiao Jin’s collarbone, lingering there and leaving a few deep red kiss marks.

Just when Chu Shao thought she was about to succeed, Xiao Jin suddenly grabbed her wrist and said coldly, “That’s enough.”

Whether it was because of coughing or some other reason, Chu Shao heard a faint hoarseness and a slight anger in Xiao Jin’s voice.

Chu Shao smiled, then stopped her actions, moved away from Xiao Jin’s neck, and even very gently fixed the other person’s collar.

Meeting Xiao Jin’s cold gaze, the smile on her lips grew wider. “It seems Your Highness doesn’t like this little trick. As expected, this concubine has overstepped.”

But in her heart, she felt a little regretful that she couldn’t verify her guess.

However, the more Xiao Jin refused to let her touch her, the more curious she became and couldn’t help but want to find out the truth.

Why? Chu Shao really couldn’t figure out why every time she thought of the previous layer, she couldn’t remember what to think about the next layer.

But she knew that she hadn’t been this excited in a long time.

Uncovering the secrets that others tried to hide was like stabbing a knife into someone’s ribs. As long as she found the key point, she could make the other person unable to move, allowing her to do as she pleased.

Chu Shao really wanted to know the secret that Xiao Jin was hiding. She believed that the truth behind it must be very interesting and would make her happy for a long time.

On the other side, when Xiao Jin heard the words “little trick,” she was so angry that she wanted to curse.

What kind of an idiot would teach Chu Shao this kind of “trick”? Is this something a yandere female lead should be doing?

The next moment, Chu Shao’s actions once again shattered Xiao Jin’s perception of the people in the residence.

Just as this ordeal was over, Chu Shao took another box from the table.

The box was made of pear wood with an orchid pattern engraved on it. It looked quite elegant. She thought it must contain some refined object.

But Xiao Jin’s intuition was wrong.

Chu Shao held the box and said with a smile, “The people in the residence also gave this box to me. They said it contains things Your Highness might need later.”

“Things I might need?”

Xiao Jin was shocked.

She didn’t know what she could possibly need. After all, she was just here to discuss a strategy with Chu Shao.

Could it be that Old Zhang knew Chu Shao was dangerous and specially prepared some weapons for her to defend herself?

Holding the box, which was clearly not light, Chu Shao smiled. “Yes, they said you would need it. And apparently, it contains many high-quality items.”

Oh, just items. I thought they were weapons.

Xiao Jin’s face showed no emotion, but she secretly sighed in relief. It seemed that Old Zhang wasn’t stupid enough to openly show his wariness towards Chu Shao.

Just as Xiao Jin was feeling incredibly relieved, she suddenly realized what Chu Shao had just said.

Wait, items.

What kind of items?