I don't care about your treatment of silence.
The carriage swayed gently, and the curtains were drawn closed to keep the cold at bay, while plush carpets were laid under their feet to keep the young and pampered Second Miss Ye warm. Her hands were tucked into furry hand warmers, preventing her delicate fingers from freezing in the increasingly sharp drop in temperature. Li Susu opened one eye and glanced at the profile of her little demon.
Tantai Jin was sitting on the cushion, with both knees bent and dressed with a certain refinement. His new clothes fit him very well, leaving Li Susu very pleased with the acquisitions she had made, and at that moment he was wearing a completely blue set, whose golden thread embroideries were charming and shimmered under the lights, just like it matched the blue crown that held the brown strands of straight hair, a crown encrusted with bright and milky topazes. The color did not highlight the white skin of the little demon as dark tones do, but still looked really beautiful on him.
'“That's good,” she nodded, closing her eyes again.'
Her head turn shook her long gold earrings and the fine sapphire stones gently tapped against her skin. Li Susu loved the clothes of that fictional world, Ye Xiwu truly had an excellent taste in clothing! Today she wore a long dress with light blue bows at the waist, enhancing her bust, and the brocade on her chest was beautiful, with colorful bird embroideries and golden details. The necklace around her neck was shiny, full of pearls and sapphires, her long silky and shiny hair was tied in a high bun where various clips carried delicate thin chains and precious stones. Li Susu hadn't had much to do in the past few weeks except dance and avoid Tantai Jin, torn between her deep desire to take good care of him and caress that pretty face, and what Ye Xiwu would do, which was to scorn him for the alleged betrayal attempt.
In this way, she began to spend her time looking like a peacock, putting on jewelry and veils in her hair, experimenting with makeup, admiring herself in the mirror, and changing clothes just for the pleasure of twirling them around like a peacock spreading its colorful feathers to show off. She had fun, things she had never done in her old life. However, on that specific night she had slayed!!! Her choice of jewelry, hair, and makeup left her and her lovely servant Chun Tao amazed, and even the warm white cloak with fox fur was beautiful and enhanced the choice of colors of the inner garments.
Li Susu was looking cute, didn't understand why Tantai Jin seemed so irritated and even looked at her with a hint of disdain.
She wasn't very happy either, she had to admit. The character's affection didn't change from one chapter to another, which was a... positive?? She hoped so, but there was almost no trust in her. Li Susu had to admit that she was very indignant at first, because in her view, she was being a very good wife by Ye Xiwu's standards! What did she need to do for that little demon to trust her? Li Susu pouted whenever she thought about it.
However... she was taking the situation in a very sentimental direction lately. Li Susu needed to constantly remind herself that Tantai Jin was a complicated character, who had a terrible past and had no reason to believe or trust his wife, even if he was treated well or at least seen with a little humanity. Perhaps to him, Ye Xiwu had sinister plans and only treated him well to use him, in the end.
Sure, Li Susu knew that Ye Xiwu was a character with a sharp tongue like a knife, but a heart of tofu[1], and Tantai Jin had also noticed this and made it clear that he even enjoyed that characteristic of his wife, but that did not mean he could not have suspicions about her real plans. Even though she constantly said that if she found a cure for her antidote she would eliminate it — a cure that does not exist! —, Tantai Jin could not be sure that the girl was bluffing. He not only had no reason to trust her, he could not trust her. 10% was quite a lot for his standards, Li Susu should be happy!
But she was very emotional when it came to him. That's the problem with girls who fall in love quickly!! Li Susu was silly.
'In this way, Xiao Lin will not look at you just because you dressed up more tonight.'
Her thoughts were interrupted. Frowning, she looked at the little demon with confusion evident on her face, wondering if she had understood correctly or was just too confused to imagine that sentence.
Tantai Jin wasn't looking at her. He kept looking straight ahead, his phoenix eyes fixed on the carriage floor with obvious indifference. 'What...?' she asked, after noticing that he would remain completely silent after making her open her eyes and look at him. 'What does one thing have to do with the other?'
'If you want to punish me, you'll have to find something else.' Tantai Jin sentenced, 'I don't care about your silence.'
Li Susu felt her head ache from frowning so much. 'Alright, but what does Xiao Lin have to do with this?'
"Who mentioned Xiao Lin?" he asked, tilting his head and looking at her.
Ok, Li Susu was definitely starting to go crazy. Did she really imagine that previous sentence?
It took a few seconds for a corner of Tantai Jin's lips to lift with cynicism, very subtly and almost imperceptibly. That demon!!!!
'“Your demon! Are you trying to make me believe that I'm crazy?”'
Tantai Jin sighed and ran his fingers over the fabric of his own clothes, smoothing them. 'I would never dare, my noble lady,' he murmured, 'Perhaps you have been thinking so much about Prince Lin lately that you have started to hear voices.'
So cynical! Li Susu took a deep breath and closed her eyes, meditating as she counted to ten. It's not like she was going to punish Tantai Jin or kick him out of that carriage — even though it was something Ye Xiwu would really do, but it took a lot for Li Susu to convince the system that pulling the little demon into the carriage wasn't ooc.
It was a fact that Ye Xiwu never allowed her husband to step into her exclusive carriage, jealous and petty as she was with her possessions, only she could use what belonged to her, however, that night a new banquet would take place in the palace and the Ye family would all be present, it was also a way for the emperor to keep an eye on his greatest general and the unbearable son-in-law — the Prince Hostage, whom the emperor detested losing right under his nose because of an apparent irresponsible scheme by the Second Miss —, so of course, even though Ye Xiwu had forbidden her husband from setting foot outside the mansion, she would need to take him to the palace like a little dog on a leash.