This Clearly Is a Scripted Fight

　　I was beaten to the point I could virtually see stars: "Hey! Hey! What are you hitting me for?!"

　　With a flushed face, Bai Ling asked: "Wh-What did you point to your mouth for? Didn't you say that I just had to forgive you if I lost the bet? Wh-Why are you bringing that up again?"

　　I laughed at the absurdity: "Who said I was talking about that? I couldn't ask for anything more than for you to forgive me and then for us to put it all behind us."

　　"What are you pointing for then?"

　　"That's not what I meant when I pointed to my mouth." I still had one of my hands acting as a sunshade for her while tirelessly using my other hand to gesture to explain myself: "I was trying to tell you, your mouth, your mouth!"

　　"Ah!"

　　Bai Ling exclaimed like a rabbit that got hit with an arrow. Her snow-white face turned ten times redder than before. It was just a faint layer of pink like an infant's skin before, but now it was red as nail polish, making her look so alluring my heart was set aflutter. She quickly covered up her lips.

　　"Why did you, why did you?!"

　　She looked disturbed like a child that did something wrong. She twisted her body left and right like she was spinning on the spot. Finally, she tried to act tough and said: "Wh-What do you want? I'm warning you, don't read too much into it, my mouth is only like this b-because……"

　　"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it." I waved my head and in a relaxed tone said: "I totally get it. Don't be shy. That's normal."

　　"Huh?" Bai Ling's tough demeanour softened in an instant. She retreated one step like a small animal that got frightened, curled herself up and lowered her head as if she didn't dare to look at me: "You get it?! Wh-What do you get? D-Don't act smart! This is normal. I've seen it happen many times before. It happens every day in the palace."

　　Of course, what's the big deal about it to be bragging about it?

　　I asked out of puzzlement: "Of course it happens every day. I've seen it many times already."

　　"You've seen it before?" Bai Ling didn't sound like she believed me: "What? When? Who was it between?"

　　It seemed like justice possessed General Manager Bai. She wore an expression that looked like she was about to enforce justice, so I had no choice but to answer. I replied like an honest man: "It was just a matter of time. It was the last few days. The location was the imperial city grounds, several times at the small South gate, and I pa.s.sed by it a few times. As for whom…… Who else would it be? You can do it yourself."

　　"Yourself?" Bai Ling was extremely doubtful. She looked like she was about to blurt "Are you speaking Chinese?" but she couldn't resist her own curiosity. With her face completely red, she asked: "How could you do it by yourself? I heard that when girls are lonely at night, they might umm…… by themself…… but as for what we're talking about… you can't do it by yourself… can you?"

　　Bai Ling looked at me with her curious precious eyes like she was full of hope, eagerly waiting for me to show her a new world.

　　But…….

　　You can't by yourself? What the h.e.l.l is she on about?

　　"Of course you can do it by yourself. I've seen it plenty of times." Bai Ling opened her small mouth wide with disbelief from the shocking news. I then added another sentence to shock her even further: "I always see people do it by themself in the palace."

　　Bai Ling retorted in a worked up tone: "That's impossible! I've been in the palace for so long and only seen it two or three times!"

　　What do you mean it's impossible?

　　"Why can't someone eat melon seeds by themself?"

　　Just in the palace alone, I've seen the guards changing s.h.i.+fts spitting melon seeds. I've even seen eunuchs eat them, so what's the issue?

　　"Huh? Melon seeds?" Bai Ling revealed a befuddled expression and repeated herself as if she became illiterate: "Melon seeds?"

　　"Yeah." I was fed up. Scold me if you like. Can it get worse than taking a slap? I reached my hand out, pulled the melon seed skin off her small mouth and waved it back-and-forth in front of her, "There was a melon seed. I was telling you there was a melon seed on your mouth. And why can't someone crack melon seeds with the front of their teeth by themself? You're a funny one."