My Arrogant Young Lady

“An Yao said she wanted to create an opportunity for us to be alone, so she took everyone away…” Xi’er blushed after hearing my words.

"What?" My face flushed red upon hearing Xi'er's words. I quickly shook my head helplessly and asked, "Are you feeling any better from the poison?"

"Hmm..." Xi'er nodded gently.

While I was talking to her, I noticed her little feet were still dangling gently, and I really wanted to catch them. Then I remembered something and said to Xi'er, "Xi'er, I heard you're skilled in music. I seized a flute from a poisonous snake yesterday. Could you teach me to play the flute?"

“Okay. I’ll teach you after you finish eating,” Xi’er said.

"Yes!" I nodded vigorously.

After we finished eating, Xi'er taught me to play the flute. She took the flute I had "conquered" and taught me to play some simple notes. Then she brought out the book and showed me how to read the musical notes and how to play them.

After I played the notes for a while, Xi'er suddenly stopped me and said, "You'd better stop playing now, or you might attract poisonous snakes."

"That's right!" My expression immediately changed upon hearing Xi'er's words.

“I’ll teach you some other musical scores. Once you learn these scores, learning the battle formations in the book will be much easier,” Xi’er said.

"Okay, what kind of sheet music do you want to learn?" I asked.

“You can’t learn something too difficult, so I’ll teach you the ‘Painter’ tune first.” Smiling, Xi’er took my flute. Then, looking into my eyes, she gently played it. Gazing into her eyes, I couldn’t help but smile. Because, indeed, she was playing the “Painter” tune.

I am a painter, and I am very skilled at painting.

"Give it a try," Xi'er said, handing me the jade flute.

I took the jade flute and nodded gently to Xi'er. Then I also tried to play it softly. I am a painter, and I am very skilled at painting.

"Haha, isn't it fun?" Xi'er asked me with a smile.

"That's fun!" I laughed too.

After laughing with me for a while, Xi'er continued teaching me the flute. Her eyes were bright as she taught me, with an indescribable innocence. It was as if I were the only boy in her eyes, and no one else in the world existed besides me.

I don't know how long I studied with her, but I felt an indescribable joy in my heart. I couldn't help but forget my troubles, and even the resentment and depression in my heart were swept away. After I learned this piece, Xi'er brought out her guqin and said to me, "Young Master, why don't we play a harmonious piece?"

"Am I good enough?" Knowing that Xi'er plays the piano beautifully, I felt nervous.

“Of course, you are my apprentice,” Xi’er smiled.

Hearing Xi'er's words, I smiled and nodded. Then, one of us played the piano, and the other played the flute. Gradually, the beautiful sounds of the piano and flute filled the entire room. The sounds were joyful, and it made one's heart feel joyful as well.

I'm a painter. I'm very skilled at painting. I'm going to paint that new house even more beautifully. I painted the roof and then the walls, my brush flying across the room. Oh my, my new house has changed completely…

Over and over again, we looked at each other with indescribable joy. Music can purify the soul. I felt my soul, too, being purified to a new level at that moment.

Suddenly, I looked at Xi'er and cried out inwardly, "Oh no!" I... I think I'm starting to fall in love with her... How could I do this? How could I go back on my word? How could I fall in love with her...?

"Play it properly!" Xi'er said, giving me a fierce look when she heard my flute playing was off.

Looking at Xi'er's innocent face, I thought for a moment, calmed down, and started playing seriously. With her guidance, I played the flute better and better.

Suddenly, we heard a loud scream coming from the basement. It was Viper; she was yelling and screaming about something.

We put down the zither and flute, exchanged a glance, and went into the basement. There we saw the viper glaring at us angrily, still muttering something.

"What is she saying?" Viper was speaking Burmese, which I haven't learned yet. Seeing that Viper seemed very anxious, I couldn't help but ask Xi'er beside me.

"Xi'er only speaks Manchu, Russian, English, French, German, Japanese and Korean, but not Burmese..." Seeing that the snake was very anxious, Xi'er also became anxious.

Seeing that Xi'er couldn't speak Burmese, and since my Burmese isn't very good either, I sensed that Viper had something very important to say, so I anxiously said to her, "Speak Chinese! Damn, you can't speak any Chinese at all?"

"Snake..." Upon hearing my words, the venomous snake uttered a single word in broken Chinese. Then, it continued in broken Chinese, "Snake, you...eat..."

"What are you saying?" I was startled.

"Snake...you...eat!" She repeated this several times, and seeing that we couldn't understand her, she started speaking in Burmese. At the same time, she stared intently at the bags under the table.

"Damn it, what are you saying? When is An Yao coming back?!" I couldn't understand a word she was saying, and she made me both anxious and scared.

“An Yao, An Yao wants to give us some time alone, she said she won’t be coming back tonight…” Xi’er was also very anxious, her face turning even redder.

"What? We're going to be alone together for a whole day and night?" Hearing Xi'er's words, my heart pounded wildly as I looked at her delicate figure...

Chapter 109 When it rains, it pours

"Did you see that? It moved, it moved! Holy crap, it's staring right into my eyes, how scary..." Holding the flute, sweat beaded on my forehead. But that didn't dampen my spirits. Before me lay a venomous snake, and as I played the flute, it slowly raised its body in response to the music.

Looking at the venomous snake in front of me, which resembled a stick, I felt both excited and scared. Xi'er also seemed very nervous, cautiously looking at the snake in front of me and saying, "Blow carefully, don't scare it."

"Hmm." Hearing Xi'er's words, I began to play the flute seriously again. Gradually, the venomous snake was able to sway its body slightly to the left or right in response to the signals I sent in my mind.

I've already spent the whole morning learning the basics of snake trapping. Then I took out an egg and fed it to the snake, and carefully touched its body.

"Big sister, I thought something terrible had happened. Turns out, you're the one who made me feed your poisonous creatures?" I put down my flute and looked at the snake with annoyance.

Viper was a beautiful young woman, only seventeen years old. She was very pretty, somewhat resembling a girl from the Western Regions. Like the other two venomous creatures, she didn't speak Mandarin very well. Just like General Cui, whom Wang Che brought last time, she could only understand Mandarin, but couldn't speak it fluently.

An Yao told me that they were all from overseas. But she wouldn't tell me which country they were from.

“Friends. They are more important to us than…” The snake looked at us seriously and said each word carefully.

"Are they your friends, more important than you?" I asked her, organizing the words that the snake had blurted out.

"Yes." The viper nodded gently.

"Yes. You are all quite good. If you hadn't come here to kill me, we could have become good friends." I said with a smile, looking at these adopted sons of the Wang family.

The Five Poison Children, like Wind, Fire, Thunder, and Lightning, were all children my father adopted when they were young. In terms of relationship, they were my adopted brothers and sisters, and my father was their adopted father.

Although we are not related by blood, we are still family. After thinking for a moment, I said to them, "I've fed all the poisonous creatures you've eaten, so I'll make you something to eat too."

"..." They didn't say anything, just blinked at me.

After practicing the flute all morning, I've managed to control the snake's movements a little better. I'm tired too. Xi'er told me that A Yao and the others probably won't be back tonight. I know what An Yao means; she genuinely wants Xi'er and me to be together. And I also like Xi'er a lot; I'm growing to like her more and more now. However, I can only like her as a younger sister.

Just like last time with Xi'er and the others, I was worried that Sandu would catch a cold sitting on the ground, so I found some blankets and laid them under them. Then Xi'er and I found some disinfectant and white medicine, cleaned the wounds on the toad and the spider, carefully sprinkled the white medicine on their wounds, and bandaged them up.

“Although we are family, we each serve our own masters. You are the Poison King’s men, and it was right for you to follow his orders to kill me. I don’t blame you. But I didn’t want to die, so I hurt you to protect myself. That was what I had to do. I’m sorry.” I said to them sincerely with a smile.

"Hmm." The three men, San Du and his companions, looked at me with complicated expressions after glancing at the bandages wrapped around my body.

"I'm going to cook for you." Smiling, I patted them on the shoulder and stood up.

As we walked out of the basement together, Xi'er asked me, "Brother Xi, can you cook?"

"Yes, my little sister Xi'er." I smiled and winked at her.

To prevent the Poison King from harming us, we dared not eat any food from outside. Xi'er's family had ingredients, so we had to cook for ourselves. Moreover, we couldn't guarantee the safety of these ingredients. Fearing the Poison King might silently poison my hands, I washed them repeatedly with dish soap, and then tested each ingredient with a silver needle. Only after confirming it was safe did I carefully begin cooking.

This was my first time cooking; I'd never done it before at my aunt's house. Because I used to be in poor health, my aunt and Zhang Xuan never let me do anything, not even small things like running errands, for fear I'd faint outside. Thinking about it, they were really good to me.

I cooked, washed the vegetables, and stir-fried them. By the time I finished, it was already three in the afternoon. Surprised, I thought to myself, "How did it take me almost three hours to cook?" I glanced at Xi'er and saw that she had been waiting for me with a wide grin for the entire three hours.

It was my first time cooking, and my food didn't turn out very well. I added too much water to the rice, making it taste like porridge. I was worried the vegetables weren't cooked through, so I overcooked them until they were slightly burnt. I even tested them with a silver needle to make sure they weren't poisonous before taking a bite. And then, I realized something was off. Holy crap, how could it taste so different from my aunt's cooking?

"Is it ready?" Xi'er asked me eagerly.

"The taste is a bit off..." I said.

"Hmm?" After hearing what I said, Xi'er picked up her chopsticks and took a bite. Then, she gently frowned and said, "No MSG, no chicken essence, too little salt, the meat wasn't cooked with scallions, ginger, and garlic to remove the fishy smell, and the heat was too high."

"Holy crap, you ate it all?" I exclaimed in surprise.

"Hmm..." Xi'er covered her mouth and smiled at me.

"How about I do it again?" I asked.

"No need, it's already delicious." Smiling, Xi'er picked up the delicate porcelain bowl and took a few bites. Then, she served the food and took it down to the basement.

"It tastes awful." As Xi'er fed me bite by bite, the toad suddenly glared at me fiercely.

"..." My face turned red immediately after hearing what the toad said.

"Have some, Xi'er will cook for you tonight." Smiling, Xi'er ate a little more from the toad.

Seeing that Xi'er didn't say anything, the toad was still being picky. I said to the toad, quite angrily, "You're too fat. Eat less and lose some weight!"

"Hmph!" The toad snorted coldly after hearing my words.

The house Xi'er bought is a detached villa, three stories high excluding the basement. It has a garden, and the yard is very clean. After feeding Sandu, it was almost five o'clock. It was getting dark. My phone rang.

Seeing the incoming call, my expression changed slightly. I glanced at Xi'er beside me, thought for a moment, and then answered, "Sister..."

"Wang Xi, my mom doesn't approve of us being together. She wants to talk to you." Zhang Xuan's tone was somewhat frustrated over the phone.

"Why? Does she think I'm poor?" My expression suddenly turned serious, and my voice rose.

"..." San Du and Xi Er were both there, and when they heard me speak, they all showed strange expressions on their faces.

“Maybe so. She still thinks you're the same Wang Xi from before. My mom's been nagging me lately, constantly telling me to break up with you. I can't take the pressure anymore. Why don't you come to my house and show off your wealth to my mom? You know what kind of person my mom is. If she knows you're rich, she won't pressure me to break up with you anymore,” Zhang Xuan said.

"Okay, I understand." I nodded gently.

After hanging up the phone, I started to feel troubled. I like Zhang Xuan. I've always liked Zhang Xuan. Although Zhang Xuan is ordinary, she's my everything. And her mother keeps pressuring us to break up, which is really bothering me. I wanted to show off a little, to make my aunt look at me with more respect. But I don't have a single penny on me. What can I use to show off to my aunt? Should I show her my bracelet again and tell her it's real?

I was feeling really upset. I couldn't help but light a cigarette and take a deep drag.

"Is she Zhang Xuan's mother?" Xi'er knew what kind of person Zhang Xuan's mother was, and asked me quietly from the side.

"Hmm." I smoked with a gloomy expression.

“If you really like Zhang Xuan, Xi’er can help you. Zhang Xuan’s mother likes money. Should I have Chun’er get ten million in cash to show her?” Xi’er asked me.

"Let me think about it some more..." I said, frowning.

Just then, my phone rang again. This time it wasn't Zhang Xuan, but my homeroom teacher. I thought to myself, "Is she angry because I didn't have class today?" So I picked up the phone. The moment I did, my homeroom teacher coldly said to me on the other end, "Wang Xi, you got into a fight yesterday, didn't you?"

"Hmm." I was startled when I thought of the talented Li.

"Wang Xi, you went too far! How could you knock out two of Li Dacai's front teeth? Do you know that Li Dacai is a key student our school is focusing on developing? His grades are many times better than yours! And his parents are well-known big bosses in our provincial capital. How dare you beat up the child of such a rich person like this? You haven't been to school all day, and Li Dacai's parents are practically turning the school upside down. I don't care anymore. This is a matter between you students. I've given your phone number to Li Dacai's parents. You can resolve this with them yourself. Your fight has nothing to do with the school." After two beeps, the homeroom teacher hung up the phone.

Holding the phone, I didn't react for a long time. Then the phone rang again; it was an unknown number. "Hello. Are you Wang Xi?"

"Yes," I said.

"You went too far," the other end of the line said coldly after a long silence.

"I'm sorry, Auntie..." I said.

"Let's come out and talk. Let's see how to resolve this. Let's come to the Marriott Hotel." The call ended.

"Who was that?" Xi'er asked me after the other end hung up.

"It's Li Dacai's parents. I knocked out two of their front teeth. They seem to want to teach me a lesson," I said.