The Royal's Cute Little Wife Chapter 3.1

Liyu hadn't lied, he was, in fact, a boy.

Their ages weren’t that far apart, as he was only older than Xie Zhen by half a year. But because he had been a sickly child since young, coupled with the fact that boys developed later than girls, he wasn't as tall as Xie Zhen. It was no wonder that Xie Zhen had wanted to call him little sister when she first saw him…

After the truth was revealed, the atmosphere between both of them became rather awkward.

After all, Xie Zhen was still a child. After carelessly groping him, she did feel sorry and put her hands behind her back saying, "Don’t blame me, who asked you to look so pretty…"

It hadn't been easy for Li Yu's complexion to go back to normal, but after hearing her words, his face once again turned green,

"But you still shouldn't have…"

Speaking midway, he couldn't bring himself to finish his sentence.

He had come with Song shi as a guest, but feeling bored after sitting in the main hall for half an hour, he had wished to go to the toilet, and so followed the maidservant out of the hall. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out, he bumped into this unreasonable stinky girl.

Although Xie Zhen had been in the wrong, she was used to acting coquettishly and pretending to be innocent to get out of trouble. She went up and grabbed Li Yu’s hand, smiling and saying, "Don’t be angry, why not I sing a song for you?"

Her soft voice, coupled with her sweet smiling face, made Li Yu suddenly realise that she actually looked rather cute. Soon after, he snorted mentally, what's the point of looking cute, after all, she’d still groped him!

Seeing that he didn't reject her offer, Xie Zhen enthusiastically pulled him to down to the porch, and clearing her throat she began to sing: "White pea, I’m here again, I’ll stay until the fire wood is chopped…"

This was something she learnt on the way to Qing Zhou. There had been a group of children amongst the crowd on the streets. At that time, they’d been singing this song and Xie Zhen had remembered it immediately. Her voice was soft and pleasant sounding. Despite being brought up in the capital, her voice was better sounding than girls in the south.

Li Yu’s arm was still being pulled on by her. He was still unwilling to follow her, having had a bad impression of her.

Just then, he carefully looked at her face and caught her shining black eyes looking at him steadily. His face immediately reddened and he turned his head away.

"Where are you planning to go? Towards the river, where there are loaches.”

The cooling wind breezed through the hall, bringing with it the smell of Iris petals from the yard, along with a whiff of sweet milk. Li Yu’s neck was stiff and he had no choice but to turn his head once again.  With a glance he saw her gazing intently at the irises in the yard. Her face was as fair as a freshly peeled boiled egg, different from other girls he had seen before. The other girls had not been as good-looking as her, her skin was sparkling and clear, soft, white and with no flaws.

She was good-looking, and that was a fact, it was just that she was a little not right in the head.

Feeling a pressure in his lower abdomen, Liyu suddenly remembered the purpose of him coming out. Wanting to push lightly away her hand, he pleaded, "I want to go…"

 Xie zhen didn't let go of him, anxiously saying, "Wait a moment, I haven't finished singing the song."

Having been interrupted earlier, she wanted to continue singing.

Liyu really wanted to cry. Even though she sang well, he was really in a hurry!

He struggled for a while, but because he had just recovered, he didn't have much strength, so he finally was unable to forcefully break free from her claws.

Seeing this, the two maidservants at each side also felt conflicted. Both of these kids were the household's little ancestors, and both couldn't be offended, causing them to be in a dilemma.

Finally, Liyu's maidservant went forward and said, “Second miss, our young master…"

But she still said these words a bit too late, at this time, Liyu could hold on for no longer.

Before Xie Zhen could react to what was happening, Liyu in one movement pushed her away due to his embarrassment, and angrily exclaimed, "Don’t touch me!"

Caught off-guard, Xie Zhen was forced back a few steps.

If not for Shuang Yu catching hold of her from the back, Xie Zhen would have fallen to the ground.

Seeing Liyu turning and leaving, Xie Zhen looked up at Shuang Yu, confused, and asked, "Why is he so angry?"

Shuang Yu sighed, even children had their own self-respect, and with just a glance one could tell that Li Yu was the kind of prideful and dignified child, so it was better if she helped cover up for him. “Young Master Li probably doesn’t like listening to music.”

Hearing this, Xie Zhen nodded, deep in thought. If he didn’t like it then it was fine, but shouldn’t he have just told her so?

It wasn’t like her singing ability was that bad.

At the main hall, Li Yu had returned, his face pale.

The moment Song shi caught sight of him looking like that, she was stunned. Why did his facial expression look so unsightly? Hurriedly she asked the maidservants what had happened before, and as Leng shi was also there, the maidservant could only stutter unclearly, “The Young Master met Second Young Miss Xie…”

Li Yu looked at her, and quietly told her to stop talking.

Immediately, she stopped.

In front of Song shi, he looked down and said, “Ah Niang, let’s go home, I’m not feeling very good.”

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left their house it was like he’d changed into a different person. Both Song shi and her husband  were perplexed. Hearing his words, they anxiously felt his forehead, asking, “Could the fever have returned?”

Not finding anything out of the ordinary, Song shi sighed in relief. Smiling at Leng shi, she said, “That child isn’t sensible, please excuse his behaviour. If not for your medicinal herbs that day, he wouldn’t have recovered so quickly.”

Translator Comments:

Thankful for all the enthusiastic responses we’ve gotten, so we decided to post the chapter ahead of schedule! The chapter actually ended mid-sentence but it was really awkward so we just finished it. Today I discovered that I suck at using chopsticks and my chicken slipped into the vegetable plate and it was really embarrassing because I couldn’t pick it up after that.

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