The Birth Of A Villainess

After having suffered a few hours of touring the Qu residence and dealing with a certain rogue, Lin Xiaofei had enough of the nuisance as she looked at the room that was prepared for her.

The room was thirty feet long and twenty feet wide. The furniture was simple but also expensive. It seems that Qu Xing Xu spent quite a fortune to make this room to her taste.

Walking towards the bed, Lin Xiaofei touched it and felt the softness under her palm, enticing her to dive into it and roll around while dispelling her tiredness.

Doing just that, Lin Xiaofei got rid of her usual placid self and started to feel the bed under her back when suddenly, she heard a chuckle coming from somewhere inside the room.

"Enjoying yourself too much?"

Lin Xiaofei whipped her head to look at where the voice came from.

And there, the abominable roguish man was sitting on one of the two chairs in the room and behind a table with a chessboard on top.

With her face stiff as a stone and dark as a stormy sky, Lin Xiaofei couldn't stop herself from wishing she could slap him in the face but ended up throwing the pillow beside her hand towards his direction.

As if the pillow was pulled with a wire, Qu Xing Xu caught it lightly in his hand without it doing any harm to him.

Lin Xiaofei got on her feet with a stormy face. She wished she could raise her voice loudly without alarming the people outside.

"Pray tell me, what the hell are you doing here?" She said with gritted teeth. "And don't you dare say you got lost or forgot where your room is because I really might end up murdering you."

"Threatening your soon-to-be husband. Aren't you a feisty bride?"

A groan or a growl escaped her mouth, and Qu Xing Xu was enjoying her reactions. He was having fun and thought that her angry face was adorably cute as it was only seldom that he could get these reactions from her.

"Did you like the room?" He asked.

"Yes. And I would love it without anyone in it."

Qu Xing Xu smiled and put his chin on top of the back of his palm.

Breathing deeply, Lin Xiaofei composed herself and went to sit on the chair across him. It was better for her to be civilized and not let herself be taken by this man - who had nothing better to do than to annoy her.

"What have you come here?" She asked as she sat down, keeping her eyes fixed at him with her guards high up.

Giving her a wry smile, he told her, "I came here to tell you that I'll be away for a while."

Lin Xiaofei's little finger twitched. She didn't utter a word and only looked at him.

"I have some matters that needed to be taken care of." He said. "Don't worry. I'll be right back after a few days and by then, we can proceed with the wedding."

"Too soon." She frowned at his word. She had just entered his residence and yet, he was planning to go away too soon. Not only that, why is it that their wedding should happen when he comes back?

As she had already agreed to his conditions and the terms in their contract, Lin Xiaofei had to do a lot of things. For starters, she needed to learn how to govern the whole Qu residence that almost thrice as big as the residence of Yu Fangzhu, which was considerably large. She doubted that a week will be enough for her to do all the duties as the Duchess. Even though he clearly said that she will be the Duchess, Lin Xiaofei wasn't sure whether she was up to the task.

And while she's learning her way inside the Qu residence, the plans she had in mind to entrap the royal family was put on hold because of this whole engagement thing. It even cost her a lot of time when she could just sweep some trashes during this whole time.

"Is it?" Qu Xing Xu asked her with a serious look on his face. His tone was hinting her that they could negotiate what they should do about this contract marriage.

However, deep inside his mind, Qu Xing Xu wished she would agree. He cannot waste any more time and seal this contract with their marriage. Especially, when trouble was starting to crawl its way towards him.

"Yes."

"Then, when do you think will be the best day for us to marry?"

Hearing that coming from him, Lin Xiaofei felt uncomfortable. No. It wasn't the perfect description of what she was feeling when she heard the word 'us' as her chest felt a twitch coming from inside.

Biting her lip, Lin Xiaofei told him. "A month. The wedding should take place in a month."

A month should be enough for her to get used to leaving in this place and learning how to do her duties as the mistress of the Qu residence. She hoped that no one would deter her from her responsibilities, or else, she might have to take a few arms and legs to help her make things quicker.

"Alright." Qu Xing Xu didn't raise any complaints about that. "Before we both forgot this. What are you planning to do with the Empress and Prince Jing? Surely, you're not going to be lenient to them and not do anything."

Upon being reminded, Lin Xiaofei looked down. Her full eyelashes blocked her hazel eyes from being seen as a sea of emotions flashed inside it.

The reason why she was in these circumstances was because of the duo that had too many times in their hands. She wouldn't have to marry this roguish man in front of her if it weren't for them.

But at the same, she felt thankful that things are going well with her plans.

Raising her head to look at Qu Xing Xu, Lin Xiaofei hid the wicked smiled that seemed to tug on her lips.