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"It doesn't look good!" Li Chenbi said in a deep and forceful tone.

This attitude displeased Fan Liuer, who had only put in the effort to dress up in order to please him.

If someone doesn't like you, they don't like you; there's no need to show such a disgusted expression.

But remembering that she was there to appease him, she suppressed her temper and said patiently, "Then I'll go down and change it back."

She turned to leave.

"Come back!" Li Chenbi was even angrier, his voice louder than before.

He jumped to his feet, strode over to Fan Liuer, grabbed her arm, and said, "Are you going to go out looking like this?"

Fan Liuer couldn't hold back any longer. What did he mean by that? Did he think she looked too ugly and that it would embarrass him if anyone saw her like that?

It's clearly his own judgment that's flawed!

"Why can't I go out looking like this? I think it looks good, and Siqing thinks it looks good too. When we came up here, they were all staring at me, and they thought I looked good too!"

The implication is that it's not that she's ugly, but that he has poor taste.

Unexpectedly, Li Chenbi became even angrier after hearing this, his eyes filled with a look that seemed to want to tear a piece of flesh off her.

"Who's watching you?"

He gritted his teeth, his eyes blazing with anger.

Fan Liuer felt a chill run down her spine and a sense of unease.

This person clearly claims to like her, but now, just because she has a hairstyle that he doesn't like, he's acting so vicious towards her.

Her voice was laced with anger, "Everyone saw it! Everyone in the entire North Campus saw it!"

Li Chenbi could tell that she was just saying that out of anger. The entire North Courtyard was so big that unless she went for a walk, only the people outside the gate and downstairs could see her.

Although he knew it was just said in anger, he still felt uncomfortable and tightened his grip.

"Are you deliberately trying to annoy me?"

Fan Liuer winced in pain and felt wronged. She broke free from Li Chenbi's hand and said, "Second Master, if you don't like me, just don't comb your hair next time. Why are you being so fierce, as if I've committed some terrible crime?"

Her voice sounded somewhat pitiful, which calmed Li Chenbi's anger. He took a deep breath and softened his voice.

"I don't dislike it."

Fan Liuer thought this person was incredibly shameless, lying through his teeth with such confidence.

She pouted and said, "If you don't dislike it, why are you yelling at me?"

"I didn't yell at you," Li Chenbi explained patiently.

"You're not fierce yet?" Fan Liuer took off one sleeve of her outer garment, lifted the thin gauze sleeve inside, and revealed her arm.

A striking red mark was visible on his fair skin.

Fan Liuer stretched out the severed arm in front of Li Chenbi, "You've pinched me like this, and you're still not angry?"

Li Chenbi's gaze shifted from her arm to the dress peeking out from under her outer garment.

Her dress was thin, just a layer of gauze covering her body, revealing her graceful curves, and a patch of white skin was visible in front of her.

That was Li Chenbi's favorite place; he knew all too well what it felt like to be immersed in it.

Just thinking about her wearing this outfit and having this hairstyle as she walked upstairs, with so many servants seeing her along the way, made my blood rush to my head.

He clenched his teeth again, forcing out a sinister voice: "You came up dressed like this?"

Fan Liuer felt a bit cold, and goosebumps appeared on her exposed arms.

She quickly withdrew her hand, put on her outer garment to cover herself completely, and then spoke: "Why are you asking a question you already know the answer to?"

He's not blind; he can tell at a glance what she's wearing.

Li Chenbi was furious; he wanted nothing more than to pull her onto his lap and give her a good beating.

But the thought that this person didn't care about him at all made him realize that if he really beat her up, she would probably hate him to death in the future.

Suppressing his anger, he reached out and grabbed the collar of Fan Liuer's dress, asking, "What's the meaning behind your outfit today?"

It would have been better if he hadn't asked that question; the more he asked, the more wronged Fan Liuer felt.

"It's all to appease you."

Li Chenbi was almost laughing in exasperation at her. "Are you here to coax me, or to annoy me?"

Fan Liuer opened her eyes wide in disbelief, reached out and pulled open her outer garment, revealing the thin fabric underneath once again.

"Am I crazy? Dressed like this in this freezing weather just to annoy you?"

Before his eyes was another blur of white, which made Li Chenbi feel even more depressed.

He slapped Fan Liuer's hand away, pulled her outer robe closed, covering her completely, before speaking.

"Put your clothes on!"

Fan Liuer was furious. "You weren't like this in bed yesterday!"

Li Chenbi pulled her into his arms and covered her mouth, saying, "That was in bed, how can it be the same as outside?"

Fan Liuer retorted under his palm, "I'm not exposed at all, I'm completely covered up!"

"That won't do! This hairstyle makes people think all sorts of things. Do you know what men are thinking? No matter how well you cover yourself up, he can still imagine..."

Li Chenbi couldn't bring himself to say those filthy things, not wanting to offend her ears.

And the more he talked, the angrier he got.

"No, I have to replace everyone in the North Compound; not a single male can be kept!"

Fan Liuer then realized that she might have misunderstood.

She removed Li Chenbi's hand. "Didn't you...dislike me because I'm ugly?"

Li Chenbi frowned at her. "Fan Liuer, what are you thinking about?"

"If you really dressed ugly, I wouldn't be so angry."

"The thought of others seeing you like this makes me..." He gritted his teeth, wishing he could gouge out the eyes of those people in the outer sect.

Fan Liuer quickly said, "Please don't be impulsive. I was just talking nonsense because I was trying to save face. They weren't even looking at me."

"Besides, this hairstyle isn't as serious as you make it out to be. Although it's a common hairstyle for women in brothels, many concubines also wear this hairstyle."

Li Chenbi glanced at her and said irritably, "Are you a concubine?"

Fan Liuer pouted, thinking to herself that her status was even lower than that of a concubine.

Li Chenbi saw through her thoughts, and his tone became even harsher, "Fan Liuer, I don't care if you're pretending to be stupid or if you have other plans, I'm not going to let you go."

"Don't even think about leaving the Li family to live a carefree life. You'll have to stay by my side for the rest of your life."

"So you don't need to dress up like this to coax me. You might as well just say yes."

Fan Liuer dared not respond to his words and turned her face away to change the subject.

"Then... I won't dress like that anymore."

She didn't get a response from Li Chenbi after saying this, so she quietly turned back to look at him.

Li Chenbi pursed his lips and glared at her.

For some reason, Fan Liuer felt guilty after being glared at by him and looked away again.

A moment later, Li Chenbi's sigh reached my ears.

"Fine, I won't pressure you."

Fan Liuer breathed a sigh of relief, then heard Li Chenbi speak.

"You can still wear it in the future, but you can only wear it in my room."