Chapter 33: Chapter 33 Longing for Incense Chapter 33: Chapter 33 Longing for Incense Shen Mianmian finished washing her face and carried over half a basin of hot water. She sat in the main room to soak her feet when Zhou Siyu shamelessly came over again.
“Sis, next time you see He Nan, can you take me with you?”
“What do you mean by that?” Shen Mianmian stared at her seriously, “I have nothing to do with him, why should I go see him?”
The wretched girl, always so scheming, had managed to detect that she was probing for information.
She let out an embarrassed chuckle, “I was just saying.”
“Don’t talk nonsense like that, the military coat was given out of respect for the village chief.” If Zhou Lanfang sensed that she and He Nan were getting too close, who knows what trouble she might stir up.
Others have been kind to her, and she shouldn’t cause them trouble in return.
Really thinking she’s her sister, even trying to lecture her, Zhou Siyu secretly curled her lip, when suddenly she smelled a fragrance on Shen Mianmian, “Sis, why do you smell so nice?”
In fact, she had noticed it yesterday, but at that time her mind was completely on the military coat, and she didn’t pay much attention, thinking it was the smell of clam oil.
But the more she smelled it now, the more wrong it seemed. This wasn’t the scent of clam oil, which was a bit thick and rich. This fragrance was light and delicate, exceptionally pleasant, somewhat like… cosmetic balm.
No… this was definitely the scent of cosmetic balm, a fragrance she had encountered on a classmate before, one she really liked. Zhou Lanfang, deeming it too expensive and finding clam oil to be more economical and effective, considered this a waste of money and refused to buy it.
“Cosmetic balm,” Shen Mianmian replied indifferently, having known that she couldn’t keep it a secret from those eagle-eyed aunt and niece.
Shen Mianmian was aware of the past incident when Zhou Siyu wanted to buy cosmetic balm. A single box could cost as much as thirty or forty clam oils, so of course Zhou Lanfang wouldn’t buy it.
Zhou Siyu didn’t persist, and Zhou Lanfang actually praised her for being sensible back then, a sentiment she shared at the time.
Now thinking back, Zhou Siyu was very adept at weighing her options, knowing how to curb her desires and ingratiate herself with Zhou Lanfang, thus earning more favors in return.
For a child of only twelve or thirteen to have such schemes was truly terrifying.
Zhou Siyu felt an intense envy, “Where did you get the money to buy cosmetic balm?”
She bought it and then hid it to use it all by herself.
He Nan, being a grown man, would certainly not purchase something for Shen Mianmian. And since Zhou Lanfang didn’t give her spending money regularly, it must have been stolen by Shen Mianmian to buy the balm.
Shen Mianmian glanced at her dismissively, “What business is it of yours?” She had no desire to engage with Zhou Siyu any more than necessary, with every glance bringing back memories of past grievances.
Choked by the response, Zhou Siyu cut to the chase, “Did you steal money from the house?”
Without waiting for Shen Mianmian’s answer, she softened her tone to negotiate, “Sis, my face also got dry from the wind. Take out the cosmetic balm, let’s use it together, and I won’t tell aunt about the money you took.”
Once the cosmetic balm was in her hands, it would be hers and hers alone, with no one else touching it.
She had a shrewd plan in mind, certain that Shen Mianmian wouldn’t dare to keep anything from her, but she hadn’t expected Shen Mianmian to simply retort coldly, “If you want to use it, buy it yourself.”
Zhou Siyu was not content with this, and while Shen Mianmian was busy pouring out her foot-soaking water, she searched through the room. After looking for a while and not finding it, she concluded that the detestable girl must have it on her.
She planned to search through Shen Mianmian’s military coat while she was asleep, but ended up falling asleep on her own bed soon after lying down, and by the time she woke up, it was already broad daylight. Fresh chapters posted on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹~𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮~𝚗𝚎𝚝