Hu Jia was like a living treasure, constantly clinging to Xu Ran's side, begging to become his disciple.
In the days that followed, Hu Jia was even more eager, bringing face-washing water early each morning to attend to Xu Ran as he woke up. However, Xu Ran was hardly ever in his own room, so it was generally a wasted trip for Hu Jia. With so many doting wives at home, Xu Ran would usually spend the night taking turns with Xun Er, Xiao Yu, and the others. Ah, it was a life of imperial luxury.
Even so, Hu Jia did not give up at all.
Yet another day, Hu Jia stood respectfully at Xu Ran's door, dressed in over-the-knee socks and a pink mini skirt, holding a clay pot in her hands.
"Hu Jia is really persistent!"
"But the outfit does look pretty good,"
Xu Ran thought to himself.
Hu Jia's innocent schoolgirl attire was indeed excessively attractive. She looked so pure and sweet, with a serene, youthful appearance that Xu Ran barely recognized Hu Jia.
"Brother Xu Ran, you're here? This is the meat soup I made specially for you." Hu Jia, blushing, handed the clay pot to Xu Ran when she heard the familiar footsteps.
"Hu Jia, you really are persistent. If you truly want to be my disciple, then isn't it enough that I agree?" Xu Ran's mouth twitched. He felt that if he did not agree to Hu Jia's request, he would have no peace.
Who knew if Hu Jia would block him some time in the rooms of Xun Er and the others?
In that case, although, cough cough... he was not that kind of person.
"Who said I did all this just to have you agree to take me as a disciple?" Hu Jia muttered softly, somewhat absent-minded. If it were really just about becoming Xu Ran's disciple, she might not have been so patient, at least she wouldn't have been so enthusiastic.
In fact, whenever she thought of seeing Xu Ran and doing something for him, her heart did not resist the idea at all; instead, she found it very joyful.
As for insisting on becoming Xu Ran's disciple, it was just an excuse.
Even, she did not want Xu Ran to agree. That way, she had an excuse to continue.
"Ah? You really want to take me as your disciple?" Hu Jia, rather slow on the uptake, took a while before she looked up blankly at Xu Ran. To be honest, she did not expect Xu Ran to agree so quickly.
She felt a bit inferior in her heart.
She thought that her previous boldness had left many bad impressions on Xu Ran.
As she was not one of Heaven's Proud Daughters and had already made a poor impression, earning Xu Ran's acknowledgment would naturally be even harder.
"What? You don't mean to say you want to be my girlfriend?" Xu Ran strolled leisurely over to Hu Jia, leaning close to her flushed ear, whispering as he brushed her black hair.
"You you, I never thought that." Hu Jia stumbled backward two steps, almost falling to the ground. Her face was red as if she had a fever. She mustered the courage to look up at Xu Ran, then quickly lowered her gaze again.
"Is that so? What a pity. I thought you liked me. If that were the case, I would have definitely agreed. It seems I was being presumptuous. Still, becoming master and disciple isn't bad."
"Ah? It's not..."
Hu Jia paused for a moment, stomped her foot forcefully, and became somewhat anxious.
What?
Xu Ran is willing? Is he serious?
She of course liked...
"That, Xu Ran, I I I I... I like you too," Hu Jia felt that she had never experienced such discomfort in her life. It was only a few words, yet it seemed like it took all the courage she had.
Hu Jia just didn't want to miss this opportunity.
As long as she spoke out, even if she didn't get the desired result in the end, she would have no regrets. These days, she had actually been thinking about this issue; it was just that now she could no longer hold back and let it out.
"Oh? Really? Doesn't everyone at Canaan Academy say that you, Hu Jia, like girls?" Xu Ran pulled Hu Jia into his embrace, wantonly sniffing the fragrance emanating from her body.
Originally, Hu Jia didn't have much presence in the original work, and Xu Ran did not know much about Hu Jia either. He only knew that Xiao Yan had encountered Hu Jia when he first came to Canaan Academy, when entering the Inner Court.
But, afterward, Xu Ran found himself liking Hu Jia more and more.
Mainly because this girl tried every means to dress up attractively to seduce Xu Ran; Xu Ran, being a normal man, indeed found it difficult to resist such temptation.
Hu Jia had a great figure, and wearing those seductive clothes, she was truly hard for anyone to resist.
"That's because I'm not interested in other guys. Only you can arouse my interest."
Seeing Xu Ran holding her, Hu Jia suddenly relaxed quite a bit, and her voice wasn't so soft anymore, returning to her usual personality.
Hu Jia was by nature a very outgoing person, although she would feel very shy when facing love, she would recover after a while.
"Oh? Is that so?"
The corners of Xu Ran's mouth curled up; actually, what moved him most about Hu Jia was precisely this point.
In his mind, Hu Jia was actually a lover of women, not interested in men at all. This meant that Hu Jia only had room for you in her heart. Just thinking about it was quite comforting.
In such a situation, the feeling of conquest and possessiveness was incredibly satisfying.
Xu Ran felt that there was no man in the world who could resist this kind of temptation.
Xue Ni was the same.
Deep down they had no particular inclination towards men; if it weren't for Xu Ran, perhaps they would have ended up marrying a woman. But Xu Ran's presence changed their minds.
So, in their hearts, there was indeed only Xu Ran.
"You wouldn't be trying to get close to me just to be with Xun Er and the others, would you?" Xu Ran stroked his chin, deep in thought. Although Hu Jia and Xue Ni's orientations had been redirected, that didn't mean they stopped liking girls.
If Xue Ni and Hu Jia were taken into the "Harem" in the future, wouldn't that result in many strange incidents?
"I I I... I certainly haven't. But if I could happen to live with Xun Er and the others, I wouldn't object," Hu Jia mumbled under her breath.
In fact, she had come to realize these past few days that her feelings for Xun Er and the others were not that of love; it was because at that time her heart was set higher than the heavens, priding herself in being no less than any man, so she slowly learned many of the habits of boys and gradually developed this preference.
But she was very clear that it was not love.
Only in front of Xu Ran did her heart race. Only for Xu Ran would she do things she had never even thought of before. She would be happy about Xu Ran's compliments, and she would feel sad when Xu Ran was intimate with other girls.