Chapter 246
Dressed in a form-fitting white tunic and trousers, Liu Xiao stood by the flowerbed in a blank daze, a blooming pink flower pinched between her fingers.
She wasn't the most beautiful woman Lin Hui had ever seen, but her bearing was entirely her own. The close-cut clothes traced a full figure—a generous bust, a trim waist, and legs that, while not especially long, carried the taut, lean musculature of someone who had spent years in serious martial training.
Sensing Lin Hui's approach, Liu Xiao turned and fixed him with a level stare.
"I've imagined many ways my life might go. Not once did I picture it going like this."
"What do you mean, Second Sister?" Lin Hui asked, caught off guard.
"You've already seen all of me—inside and out. I can't marry anyone else now. So I have to choose you. When are you planning to sleep with me?" Liu Xiao asked, direct as a blade.
Lin Hui said nothing. He had rehearsed several versions of this conversation. Sheer bluntness wasn't among them.
"What, are you trying to back out!?" Liu Xiao's eyes widened, her chest rising as her temper reared—but then she remembered she couldn't best him in a fight, and she reined it back in.
"It doesn't matter what you think. I'm a traditional woman. You saw me without my clothes, and now you owe me children. Otherwise…"