With such devotion, how could one fail the fair maiden

"What kind of relationship?"

Regarding this question, Ye Shu thought for a moment.

Maid? Sister? Wife? Lover? Childhood sweetheart? Friends with benefits? Star slave? Bed-warming maid?

Countless identities flashed through his mind.

Eventually, Ye Shu decided to give up thinking about it.

He raised his hand and rubbed Ye Xiaosu's head, his tone gentle. "Whatever relationship Xiaosu wants, that's what it will be."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true."

"Then... then Xiaosu wants..."

Ye Xiaosu opened her mouth, hesitated for a moment, but continued, "Then Xiaosu still prefers to be Young Master's maid and serve Young Master, but..."

She lowered her head, her face a little red.

"The kind of maid who can warm your bed."

Hearing this, Ye Shu wasn't surprised.

This faint sense of inferiority was deeply rooted in Ye Xiaosu's heart. Even though she had wanted to force herself on him earlier, that was merely a desperate act born from a complete loss of security.

When she regained hope, that cautiousness naturally resurfaced.

Despite coming from a world where everyone was equal, Ye Shu wasn't going to say things to Ye Xiaosu like, "Don't treat yourself as a maid, we are equal, we are lovers."

That kind of cliché plot was simply too idiotic.

Because to a girl who had been raised from a young age to be a maid, such words were utter nonsense and would only make her feel panicked and uncomfortable.

As long as he treated Xiaosu as an equal, as a sister, that would be enough.

As for whether Xiaosu considered herself a sister, that wasn't important.

Many times, one shouldn't force a change in someone's perception, because that often backfires.

"Alright, then we'll be just like before."

Ye Shu smiled and patted Ye Xiaosu's head. "Get up, help your Young Master change clothes."

"Mhm!"

Ye Xiaosu nodded heavily and smiled happily.

She quickly climbed up, skillfully made the bed, carefully cut out a piece of the bedsheet stained with red plum blossoms, put it away, and then took out Ye Shu's clothes to dress him neatly.

Her movements were smooth and flowing, completed in one breath. This was what she had been doing for fifteen years.

"Young Master..."

While dressing Ye Shu, Ye Xiaosu opened her mouth several times to speak, but swallowed her words back, so much so that she didn't even straighten his collar properly.

Seeing her little appearance, Ye Shu couldn't help but laugh.

"Just say what you want to say."

"If you're afraid I'll be angry if you say it, come to my room tonight, and we'll change to a different position..."

Hearing this, Ye Xiaosu's pretty face blushed, and she shot him a reproachful glare.

"Young Master is bad, bullying Xiaosu again."

Ye Shu burst into loud laughter.

After laughing, Ye Xiaosu finally mustered up her courage and asked the question she had been wanting to ask. "Young Master, why did you suddenly... um... share the bridal chamber with Xiaosu? Xiaosu clearly did such a terrible thing to Young Master, tying Young Master up, and even wanted to imprison Young Master forever, never letting Young Master go out..."

"Such a Xiaosu is really too awful!"

"But... but Young Master still..."

Looking at that anxious and confused little face, Ye Shu smiled faintly, hugged her dotingly in his arms, and comforted her, "Then let me ask you, Xiaosu. Clearly, in your memories, I treated you like that in my previous life. Do you have any hatred in your heart?"

"No."

Ye Xiaosu shook her head.

"Any resentment?"

"No either."

"Then did Xiaosu hurt me, or rather, did Xiaosu ever think about hurting me?"

"Of course not!"

Ye Xiaosu's eyes widened as she quickly denied it. "How could Xiaosu ever hurt Young Master? Xiaosu just... just didn't want Young Master to leave Xiaosu..."

"Then does Xiaosu like Young Master?"

"Of course I do!"

Ye Xiaosu nodded heavily.

"Then isn't that enough?" Ye Shu smiled and shook his head. "Even when you were like that, you never thought of hurting me."

He hugged Ye Xiaosu a bit tighter.

"Since you have such a heart, how could I let down such a beauty?"

Ye Xiaosu hugged his waist tightly with both hands, buried her head in his chest, and a happy smile appeared on her face.

Suddenly, she raised her head, blinked her eyes, and asked:

"Young Master, what did you mean by what you just said? What 'Qing' and what 'Jia', is it something delicious to eat?"

"........."

Ye Shu helplessly flicked her forehead. "Our Xiaosu is an illiterate little dummy."

"Wu... Xiaosu just needs Young Master and that's enough~"

Ye Xiaosu covered her forehead and muttered softly.

"Anyway, let's go out first. My damn old man is probably going crazy looking for us, thinking we eloped."

"Mhm mhm!"

So Ye Xiaosu started packing up the things inside.

Meanwhile, Ye Shu strode toward the wardrobe, opened the door, picked up the already dehydrated Xiaobai, gave her a hard shake, and then grabbed the teapot on the table and splashed it violently over her.

Splash—

Xiaobai shuddered, sat up dripping wet, her eyes dazed.

"Where... where am I?"

She remembered now. She had watched for three days and three nights until her tears had run dry, and then she had passed out directly from dehydration.

"You, you heartless bastard!"

Having cleared her thoughts, Xiaobai suddenly raised her head, bounced onto Ye Shu's shoulder, and grabbed his neck, shaking him back and forth. "You actually did it with her, and you did it for three days and three nights!"

"Do you know how I lived these past few days?"

"My hands are almost numb!"

Ye Shu was rendered speechless as she choked him.

"Weren't you the one who wanted me to get along with the female lead? Now that we actually are, you're not happy."

"That's different!"

Xiaobai raised her willow-like eyebrows and glared at him.

"How is it different?"

"Everything is different!" Xiaobai roared hysterically. "After getting out of trouble, you were supposed to comfort Ye Xiaosu, and then use your words to untie the knot in her heart."

"Although you two are together, you shouldn't have slept together."

"Including the future female leads, although you should develop feelings for them, you must never sleep with them. You should always keep the readers in suspense, capturing their hearts one by one, leaving romance but no seed, and eventually ascending to the Immortal Realm without ever taking a bite, keeping yourself pure and chaste."

"Instead of being like this—doing it like crazy the moment you confirm your relationship, doing it for three days and three nights, and even making me watch! Making me hide in the closet and watch all by myself!"

"The eunuch protagonist route is not like this at all!"

"I do not accept this!"

"Gu gu ga ga!!!!"

Xiaobai let out exasperated squawks, her eyes turning red as she choked his neck and shook him back and forth.

According to her vision, she was supposed to be the ultimate winner.

This group of female leads could only be looked at but not eaten. Yet, not even sixty chapters in, before even leaving the beginner village, she was cucked.

And cucked right to her face!