Transmigration: The Fate of the Villainess

“What about you? How long are you going to stay here?”

“Can you not start an argument for a day, Miss Bai?!”

“And can you not come here for a day, Miss Xu?”

“Can you stop fighting for a day, sis?!”

“Tch.” Xu Peipei turned the other way. Her exasperation had reached its limit!

“Don’t think that I don’t know.” Bai Yu did not say that to her, but her brother.

Know what?

“So what? What are you going to do, sis? Refuse to accept reality?” Xu Luanle shrugged.

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“Do not think that we, the Bai family, are easily swayed.”

“But we, the Xu family, are pretty...huge...and charming.”

Did that include her as well?

“You sly fox.”

“Overprotective sister.”

“Tch.”

Xu Peipei tried to decipher the conversation between them, but she was unsuccessful. It seemed she was too clever for this idiotic exchange!

“Your sister is running amok.” Xu Peipei talked to the sleeping person out of habit. The topic was Bai Yu again today. “She’s gone as far as the border. It’s supposed to be top secret, but Brother told me. Pei-er relays it to you here so that you can wake up and stop your sister.”

Bai He had no response, as usual, and Xu Peipei was not surprised. It would be strange if he responded! “…War has broken out. Your commander-general disappeared. You’re his lieutenant-general, aren’t you? You should wake up already.”

Today, Xu Peipei came to Yue Mansion alone in secret. Her brother seemed to have something to take care of, Bai Yu at the border and Bai Hua had just finished her daily examination of Bai He in the late morning.

Xu Peipei felt like she was being left out, with nothing to do in such a time of crisis. That was why she had to come here and complain to the sleeping person, who was in a similar predicament. She sighed, then changed the subject.

“Let me see your skin.” She took the sleeping person’s arm, flipped it, and then nodded in satisfaction. Originally, Bai He had light skin, but after going through battles, his skin that was not covered by clothes and armor was tanned by the sun. Xu Peipei had applied herbs to his skin twice a week, on both his arms and legs and now Bai He’s skin had almost returned to its original color.

This was Xu Peipei’s handiwork! She had taken herbs from her brother several times. It was impossible that he would not be effective! She did so good a job that even her brother asked about her technique. Hmph! She was so beautiful and smart that her brother praised her and asked her to take care of him more closely!

“Miss Xu.” A call from the maid who had followed Bai Furen here from Bai Mansion stopped Xu Peipei’s one-sided conversation. “I am here to clip the first master’s nails.”

Xu Peipei looked at said master’s fingers. “Benxiaojie just clipped them not that long ago. Are they long already?” She remembered that she had done the task two weeks ago. His recovering body might be the reason for the faster growth rate of his nails. “You can leave. Benxiaojie will take care of it.”

Then, she moved to the drawer next to the bed and took out the nail clipper before starting to clip his nails carefully, finger by finger. She had bought this from Donghai specifically for Master Bai. At first, when she was not used to using it, she accidentally hurt his fingers many times. It was expected since she was a young lady who had never taken care of anyone before, not even herself since she had servants around her at all times. But after some practice, she became more adept at it. She had already forgotten that this task was not hers, as a noble lady whose rank was second to only a few. She had also forgotten the person who was the reason for her coming to practice her patience here.

The name ‘Ouyang Mingxian’ slowly faded away as her familiarity with taking care of Bai He increased. When he was conscious, they almost never talked, yet now when he was sleeping, he was her listener. It had come to the point that Xu Peipei felt close to him, despite the other person never speaking a word.

“Your palm is quite rough.” A thought occurred to Xu Peipei as she held his hand while clipping his fingernails. “I’ll have to find a way to make your hands softer. Brother will surely support my idea. Actually, I’ve never done this for anyone before. You’re the first. Do you know that, Master Bai?”

Xu Peipei continued the conversation on her own without realizing that the sleeping person’s eyelid slightly moved as if acknowledging her words. “…After being with you for this long, I sometimes forget that I’m a noble young lady.”

Whether it was clipping his nails, shaving his stubble, or wiping his body. At least she knew better than to wipe his whole body by herself. She only wiped his arms and legs and let male servants from the Bai family come in to wipe his body once a week. At first, she used normal water to wipe him, but after realizing the cold temperature of the weather, she started boiling warm water instead… Even your sister has to praise me for this method!

“Actually, Pei-er has to thank you. I’ve practiced clipping nails with you until I’m good at it. Now I’ve started clipping my parents’ nails for them too. They were overjoyed.”

His large hand was put on the softness of her breast, over where her heart was. A light smile appeared on Xu Peipei’s face as she happily recalled the praise she had received from her father and mother after she had taken care of them the way she had done with Bai He until she was adept at it. “But I’ve never clipped my brother’s nails before. He likes them long, then he finds strange colors to paint them. Oh! But I’ve plucked his eyebrows before. Maybe I should do that for you too!

Her eyes glanced at the man’s face, noticing a slight frown. Xu Peipei let go of his hand, then touched her finger on the wrinkle between his brows. “Are you having a bad dream?”

Obviously, there was no answer.

“Oh…” Xu Peipei’s eyes widened. She took his hand and started examining it. “…Or did I cut into the flesh again?” She had secretly pinched his cheek when she was upset after an argument with his sister. She saw that his brows were slightly pulled together, and that made Xu Peipei know that he must have felt pain. This time, she assumed that the frown was because she had clipped his flesh… But no.

“What’s bugging you, then? Mmm…Your stubble is starting to grow again. I guess I’ll shave it right now.” After speaking and agreeing with herself all at once, Xu Peipei stood up to prepare the shaving kit. This was another result of her various rounds of trial and error.

Xu Peipei could precisely choose the items without asking for a maid outside to come help, even though that maid was fully willing to. Soon, the preparation was complete. Xu Peipei sat down on the chair next to his bed and continued clipping his nails. After that was done, she started shaving the light stubble on the handsome face that she had seen countless times already,

Bai He’s facial hair did not grow much. Still, Xu Peipei preferred his clean-shaven face more, so she was most diligent when it came to his stubble.

“Actually, you are quite good-looking.” She chuckled. Her eyes were fixed on the clean, smooth shave that she had taken care of by herself. The teasing words were said to no one, intending for none other than herself. “…I want to see your eyes.”

Though Xu Peipei was familiar with his face and accepted his attractiveness, she could not determine whether his eyes were beautiful or not. Not until he opened them. She had never observed a man’s face other than Ouyang Mingxian’s…No, she did not dare look at Ouyang Mingxian’s face for too long. Even getting him to speak a word to her was hard enough, so how could she have the courage to stare at his face?

Strangely, she did not wish to see the face of the man she loved right now. Instead, she wanted to see Bai He’s eyes.

“Please excuse me, Master Bai.” Xu Peipei remembered that she would say those words every time she approached him to wipe his body, clip his nails, or apply herbs to his skin. Though she rarely said it these days, she still chose to say it out loud again since what she was doing was considered quite a transgression.

A small but curvy body moved closer to the sleeping man. Xu Peipei bent down until her deep cleavage could be seen and extended her hand toward his eyelid. She wanted to open his eye and see what it looked like.

But it seemed heaven was helping her save her energy. Bai He’s eyes opened before her finger could touch him.

“Ah…” Xu Peipei was stunned into stillness. She did not dare to move, fearing that she would be caught in the crime of molesting the first master of the Bai family.

Bai He frowned as he heard a woman’s voice. He blinked, trying to regain the clearness of his sight. He was unsure whether this person was his Yu-er or not, and so he started focusing on what was in front of him as soon as he could open his eyes. However, what he saw was not his younger sister’s beautiful face but a woman’s deep, full cleavage……

“You’ve woken up!” Xu Peipei smiled.

Bai He’s eyes widened as that cleavage moved closer. T…this is…too real!

“Master Bai, what’s the matter?” Seeing that the man who had just regained consciousness was silent with eyes gazing blankly forward, she bent down lower so that her face would be on the same level as his eyes. What she did not know was that it enabled the prone person to have an even clearer view of her magnanimity.

“Master Bai!” This time, Bai He not only stared fixedly in front of him but there was also blood coming out of his nose. Xu Peipei did not know how to react, so she stood up and shouted.

“Is there someone outside?! Hurry, call the doctor!”

Finally, Bai He could heave out a sigh of relief.