Insufficient balance

  There is still one more chapter in the afternoon.

  When the third daughter arrived at the room arranged by Dong Shi, Dong Shi had already taken a bath and changed her clothes. However, she saw that the top she was wearing was not quite fitting, too small, which made the two full things on her chest tightly support the clothes, even the shape of the nipple was printed on the clothes. The slave beside her said: "I looked at Dong sister's figure and found a set of clothes, thinking it would be about right, but she had tied up her chest before, so I didn't notice."

  Listening to the slave's explanation, San Niang glanced at the clothes that had been changed on the chair beside the bed and found a strip of cloth for binding her chest, but it had already been soaked by the rainwater and could no longer be bound up. As the saying goes, "men do not reveal their wealth, women do not reveal their breasts", San Niang understood Dong Shi's cautiousness in running the Jianghu.

  The maid said: "I'll go find some bigger clothes for you." But San Niang said: "No need, it's fine like this. We can change again tomorrow. Now we have to attend to the bedtime service."

  "Serve in bed?" Dong Shi was taken aback, but after a moment's thought, as a slave, she would be completely different from ordinary people and would be someone else's private property. She couldn't help but worry: "I haven't even been registered under the Xue family name yet, and I'll have to serve in bed like this... what if Lang Jun is not in the mood, I..."

  She didn't say it clearly, but San Niang understood that she was worried that if she submitted to someone and they didn't like her, they would kick her out, wouldn't that be a humiliation? The woman also didn't want to sink to the point where anyone could bully her.

  "Third daughter, let's just forget it...," said Dong Shi in a low voice, "You also heard what Bao Lang said, let me just do some rough work at the mansion."

  The third daughter thought to herself that she wasn't some kind of delicate flower, and didn't need to be so pretentious, so she coldly said: "The young master has already sent for you to attend him in bed, go now." Then she turned her head to the maid beside her and said: "In case Dong Die gets lost on the way, you take her there now."

  "Let's go," said the girl.

  Dong had no choice but to follow behind with a forced smile. At this point, she also had no room for choice. With only anxiety in her heart, the main source of panic was due to her own "bad luck", and she didn't know what would happen next, now her mind was a complete blank.

  As I walked to Xue Chongxun's door, I saw that there were still several maidservants coming and going. This mansion must have more than one or two servant girls. Such a scene was truly grand for Dong Shi. In the countryside, ordinary wealthy families would not have maidservants serving them; they would rather hire laborers who could work in the fields. Families with maidservants were not commonly seen.

  Behind the screen, which was painted with a flying dragon and phoenix, and after lifting up the curtain, there was a man sitting inside, reading a book. The man who lived here could only be Xue Chongxun. When he saw someone coming in, he first waved his hand to let the slave who brought the person go down. The slave knelt down and made a courtesy, and retreated very politely. But Dong Shi didn't know so many rules, and stood there at a loss, neither standing nor kneeling.

  As Xue Chongxun's gaze approached, Dong Shi hastily lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him. Xue Chongxun noticed at first glance that her shirt was not very fitting, a pair of rarely seen large breasts were truly impressive in scale, even the contours of the two large nipples could be seen clearly.

  Xue Chongxun glanced at the breasts, then looked at Dong Shi's face, where there was a thumb-sized red birthmark on her cheekbone. The light in the room wasn't very bright, and at first glance, it seemed like a small butterfly was stuck there.

  Neither of them spoke, and after a surge of turmoil in her heart, Dong's wife bit her teeth and boldly raised her head to look at Xue Chongxun. She thought: Since he wants to be my man, at least I should take a look at what he looks like.

  Originally, Dong Shi had seen Xue Chongxun during the day, and he had come to compare martial arts with Bao Cheng. However, at that time, Dong Shi's attention was focused on Bao Cheng, and she didn't take a close look at Xue Chongxun, so now she doesn't have any impression of him. When she looked up, all she saw was a dark face, similar to the color of peasants who often work in the fields under the sun and wind. It's black, but not quite the same as the black of peasants; honest and simple farmers don't have the heroic spirit between Xue Chongxun's eyebrows, and on his high nose bridge, there is a kind of overwhelming aura between his sword-like eyebrows.

  Somehow, this blackness gave Dongshi an instant good impression, probably because people who often sunbathe are more straightforward?

  At this time, Xue Chongxun was somewhat perplexed. He saw that Dongshi had just come in like a frightened rabbit, timid and shrinking, but now she was staring straight at him? He couldn't help but gaze at her eyes with great interest.

  Dong forgot to be afraid, and as she faced Xue Chongxun, she discovered that the eyes of this clean and sunny man had a gloomy color... This was an intuition, in Dong's memory, only those who encountered troubles such as death in the family without money for burial in the countryside would have such a gloomy color in their eyes.

  The two of them stood silently facing each other for a long time before Xue Chongxun finally spoke up: "You've just entered the imperial harem and don't understand the rules, I won't blame you. Later on when others teach you etiquette, you must pay attention."

  His voice was low and calm, and Dong felt quite comfortable listening to it, so he quickly replied: "Yes."

  Xue Chongxun said: "You've come to attend to me in bed, I'm going to rest now, come and help me undress."

  Dong's feet felt as if they had been filled with lead, and he was so tense that he didn't know where his own hands and feet were. His chest rose and fell slightly, and his fingers trembled lightly.

  She had just met the man and was about to get intimate with him, and Xue Chongxun also gave her a lot of pressure, so she couldn't calm down.

  Xue Chongxun saw the situation and had no choice, nor did he blame himself. He took off the decorations, pouches, and other items from his waist, removed his long gown, and casually threw them to the ground. Then, he sat on the bed and kicked off his shoes with a single flick of his foot. He was already accustomed to a life where food came when he opened his mouth and clothes came when he stretched out his hands, and this bad habit had formed early on.

  Dong saw that the room, which had been spotless just a moment before, was now in disarray with things scattered all over. Without thinking twice, she walked forward and silently picked up the items. The goldfish bag and jade pendant were placed on the table, while the clothes were neatly folded and put away in the nearby cabinet.

  Xue Chongxun was left with only a white undergarment on, sitting by the bed, saying: "Don't bother collecting them, you come over first."

  Dong walked to the bedside with a nervous and trembling heart, subconsciously grasping her collar. Xue Chongxun found it somewhat amusing, as this was clearly a woman who had been sent his way, yet she was acting like this. But this woman obviously didn't have much experience, so she definitely wouldn't be pretending. Yet the more she acted like this, the more interested Xue Chongxun became, and he couldn't help but feel that the courtesans in the government brothels who came to him and took off their clothes were dull in comparison.

  Xue Chongxun slowly reached out and grasped her hand, his palm was a bit rough, warm, but the back of his hand was very soft. Dong Shi's face turned red, she wished to bury her head in the ground.

  "Are you willing? I usually don't like to force women." Xue Chongxun said in a low voice, "If not, just say so, it's not difficult for me."

  Dong's mouth opened, intending to say something, but not a word came out, it was as if her throat was blocked. She didn't struggle violently either, so Xue Chongxun naturally took it for granted that she had acquiesced, or half-pushed and half-justified, anyway, it was doable.