After Dressing Up As a Little Fulang

An Yun stared at the lip balm and hosta for a long time and kept sighing.

Xiao Cui, who never left and witnessed the whole process, looked at the fulang, who was particularly depressed at this time, and asked with some confusion, “Fulang, what’s wrong with you?”

Xiao Cui didn’t understand why the fulang still looked unhappy even though the young master had given him such good things.

Listening to Xiao Cui’s question, An Yun suddenly thought of something and became a little more energetic. He picked up the hosta with lifelike bamboo leaves carved on the tail and said to Xiao Cui, “Xiao Cui, do you think if I sold this thing, how much money will this worth?”

Xiao Cui didn’t understand why the fulang asked this, but she still said honestly, “Fulang, Xiao Cui doesn’t understand, but I think the thing that the young master rewarded you should be very valuable. I think it could be pawned for a few hundred taels.”

Hundreds of taels of silver!

This was not a small amount of money; this business could be done!

However, Xiao Cui’s next words directly knocked down An Yun’s hopes down. “But fulang, why are you asking this? You can’t pawn this hairpin; otherwise, if the young master will ask you about it later. What will you do then?”

Xiao Cui really didn’t understand why An Yun would have such an idea. He obviously had no worries about food and clothing here, and the things he used were all the best. Even the most ordinary furnishings here were probably worth her monthly salary for a year.

The presents showed that the young master was very good to the fulang, and he should be satisfied.

Xiao Cui then thought of something else and added, “If fulang really does this, I’m afraid the young master will be angry. If the young master gets angry, the consequences will be very serious.”

As An Yun listened to Xiao Cui’s words, the scene when he was peeping that day suddenly appeared in his mind, and the man’s scream seemed to be echoing in his ears.

An Yun couldn’t help but shiver, and he almost dropped the hairpin in his hand. Thankfully, he was still thinking about the value of this thing, so he didn’t let it slip and fall.

After An Yun hurriedly secured the hairpin and put it back into the box, he let out a long sigh and lay back on the table, his expression full of despair again.

Xiao Cui looked at the listless An Yun and saw his beautiful face had lost a bit of its vitality due to depression, she couldn’t help but become anxious.

Then Xiao Cui saw the opened lip balm box next to her and tried her best to recommend, “Fulang, let’s not worry about the hairpin for the time being. Look at this lip balm, how beautiful and colorful it is! My fulang is already so good-looking now. If you put on more lip balm, you will definitely look even better. If the young master sees you using it, he will surely like you more and give you something more.”

Although Xiao Cui’s tone usually fluctuated when talking to An Yun, An Yun noticed that this time, when Xiao Cui praised the lip balm, her affection was even more sincere, and the joy in her heart almost overflowed.

An Yun had never seen such an excited look on Xiao Cui’s face. He couldn’t help but raise his head and look in Xiao Cui’s direction. He saw her eyes shining brightly as she looked at the lip balm on his table. The joy in her eyes made her eyes all shiny.

An Yun found it interesting and even forgot about the distress he had just experienced upon finding out that he could not sell the hairpin for money. He straightened up again and looked at the lip balm in the box.

In that box were four small porcelain bottles of lip balm, ranging in color from light to dark red, and the texture looked a bit like the lipstick of later generations.

An Yun thought for a moment and said directly, “If you like it, just take two back!” Anyway, he wouldn’t have any use for them.

Xiao Cui was still immersed in the thought that this lip balm was so beautiful and it would definitely look better when applied to the fulang. When she heard what the fulang said, she was startled.

Xiao Cui hurriedly waved her hands, refused continuously, and said directly, “Fulang, you can’t do this, you can’t do it. This lip balm costs five taels of silver at least. If I take it away, I’m afraid the person in charge will think I stole it.”

At first, An Yun thought Xiao Cui was being humble and didn’t want to accept his things, and wanted to persuade her again. However, when he heard the second half of Xiao Cui’s words, he was also shocked.

“Is this thing so expensive?”

Xiao Cui looked at An Yun’s shocked expression and thought he had never been outside much and didn’t know the price of this thing, so she nodded and said very seriously, “Naturally, the lip balm that the young master gave to fulang was the best gelatin lip balm. Not only was it troublesome to make, but the materials used were exquisite, and the effect also very beautiful, so the price is also very expensive.”

“The only disadvantage of this thing is you have to continuously use it. If you stop wearing it one day, your complexion will be bad. But for those who can afford it, it wasn’t a problem at all.”

An Yun listened to Xiao Cui saying this, with some doubts in his eyes, finally asked strangely, “How do you know this?”

Xiao Cui suddenly stopped talking, her face flushed, and her expression became a bit unnatural. “In the past, when I didn’t have to work, I used to go shopping with my little sisters. We often would visit lip balm shops, where I overheard such things from the shopkeepers. However, when we bought them, we could only afford low-grade lip balms and could only admire the high-end ones.”

Hearing this, An Yun found it normal. Xiao Cui, being a young girl, naturally loved beauty and makeup. It was no surprise that lip balm shops were their preferred destination.