"Great!"
...
About the time it took to finish a meal later, Li Ping'an emerged from his bath, only to find the Xiao Family members and Yiye Zhiqiu missing. He only saw Xiao Yuechi approaching him coyly:
"Senior, did you say this morning that you wanted to speak to my sister alone?"
"Oh! Did your sister tell you that?"
Li Ping'an had intended to divide and conquer: planning to take advantage of Zhuge Weiwei's identity to first win over elder sister Xiao Qingfeng, then seduce Xiao Yuechi on his own, and finally come clean when they were all together; after all, in this era, it was common for a man to have multiple wives and concubines, and sisters sharing a husband.
His calculations were crisp and clear, but they fell apart at the very first step. Since his enlightenment about life, Li Ping'an did not show any remorse or weakness. Instead, he began to probe the coy Xiao Yuechi:
"Sister Yuechi, you're not angry, are you?"
Xiao Yuechi quickly waved her hands to explain: