An ugly girl starts off, then becomes a beauty

After a few days of sunny weather and the epidemic receding, Jingzhao gradually regained its former bustle in mid-spring. Qiting was the first to open, and several old wine shops and brothels also opened one after another. Although there were not as many cars and horses as last year, there were already groups of diners and drinkers coming in and out.

Yang Huan had a day off the next day, and was about to go out for a drink when he left the Colonel's Office. He met the general coming over, and seeing that he looked unhappy, he immediately took him and went straight to Jiantai Tavern.

After drinking like this, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

They are all century-old restaurants in Chang'an City. They are always full even if they are open all night long. And because Yang Huan is a regular customer and has the status of Si Li, he only needs to signal and the food and drinks will be served ahead of the first few tables.

The dancers from Taichung sang and danced gracefully, a Hu man played the pipa, the diners drank to their heart's content, and the atmosphere was very lively.

Yang Huan picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth, his eyes were fixed on the man opposite him. This was the first time he had seen the general drunk in all these years. At first he kept a sullen face and said nothing, but later he got drunk and finally revealed something under his indirect questioning, saying it was about family matters.

Yang Huan was not very clear about what was going on in the Marquis's Mansion. He only knew that there were many members of the Nie family. However, he had never seen the general so distressed before. Why was he so distressed today... He was about to continue to inquire when he suddenly heard a sentence, "I am attracted by her beauty."

Yang Huan couldn't help but widen his eyes. Whose beauty? Did the general have a mistress? No way, I've never heard of him doing anything for beauty. Even this now-famously beautiful lady had run away from marriage. - He was never interested in women, and it was the same before and after marriage.

"But, but whose girl is she?" Yang Huan trembled with fear.

"Two years ago, I met her again, and she looked completely different." Unexpectedly, she didn't even listen to him. She put down her cup and continued, "I have never seen anyone prettier than her. Whenever she appears, I want to stare at her. Bingzhi, she is really beautiful, really beautiful."

Bingzhi was Yang Huan's courtesy name. He was completely confused and could only look to Ying Bushi for help. Although the guy stood straight, he seemed to have heard some shocking news. After a long while, he raised his hand to his mouth and mouthed "Young Madam."

Young Madam, oh, Young Madam? —— Yang Huan was even more confused, "Madam, Madam is indeed beautiful."

Even the word "good-looking" seems a little weak. He still remembers the first time he saw the general's wife, which was at Xiankelai. At that time, he and Chen Feng were stunned from a distance. That figure, that aura, and the two dimples when she smiled. If the general was not still beside them, they would have forgotten to salute. It was also from that day that he knew what kind of woman the sentence "neck like a cicada, head like a cicada, eyebrows like a moth" in the Book of Songs described.

But... General, you're worried about your wife's appearance?

"So I always feel that -" Nie Ce continued to talk to himself, "maybe I am lustful and not really happy."

Yang Huan threw another look at Ying Bushi, who turned his eyes away and avoided looking at him. He could only smack his lips and rub his thighs, saying, "Hey, that's not how you say it. Lust can also be love."

But the general shook his head again, "No, sex is appearance, love is the heart."

Yang Huan blinked his eyes quickly, "Well, besides the beauty of the lady, do you like her character and the way she handles things?"

If you like it, then you like it. If you don’t like it, then you are lustful.

After these words came out, Nie Ce sat up straighter, put his hands on his knees, and thought seriously - Sang Ling's behavior and conduct should be counted from the time he first met her. Why did he start to pay attention to the girl of the Sang family?

It all started because of Gao Aman's instructions. At that time, Brother Aman mentioned her and said that she had been raised by her stepmother since she was a child, and she had no control over many things and was almost raised to death.

Therefore, before he even met the Sang family girl, he had already made up his mind - such a person must be timid and cowardly, and would definitely not fit in with the people in the school room... At that time, she was still fat, not as stunning as she is now. He would pay attention to her every day and found that she was really studying hard, not timid or cowardly, not only that, but also extremely frank and open-minded.

"She has a clear distinction between what she loves and hates. To save Qiu Shaozhou, she went to fight with several men alone; to save Gao Heng, she ran in the rain; and to Xun Jin, she rejected him bluntly."

And... Nie Ce suddenly remembered many things from before. In fact, he didn't pay much attention to women. He always thought that women were troublesome, especially those in the capital, who were not straightforward and were very shy... But Sang Ling seemed to be different.

I don't know since when, his eyes stayed on her more and more.

"She also said she would only remember happy things."

"Then you are not lustful, General, you really like the lady." Yang Huan said.

Nie Ce then laughed at himself. As he recalled so many things, his head gradually became dizzy. Before his last bit of consciousness sank, he tapped the lid of the wine cup in front of him and said, "But what if I really like her? She still doesn't like me."