Falling Dreams of Fang Hua ✔

Chapter 004: Two or Three Interesting Incidents at Home

There were three important things that yifu did everyday.

One, sleep. Those familiar with him knew as soon as he lay down in his clothes, he could sleep for half the day without waking up.

Two, planting medicinal herbs. After sleeping, he would use the remaining half of the day to plant small grasses, and touch the young flowers.

Three, eating flowers. Though this step required very little time, he had to use more time beforehand to cook me meals. So you can imagine that because of this, I still took up one-third of the space in yifu's heart.

With a brush in my mouth, I pondered a bit.

After writing these things down in the regular script[1],  I folded the Xuan paper[2] into three sections before stuffing it into a small box beneath my bed. It was almost half full of my little paper strips from daily calligraphy practice.

How dull...

I gave a long sigh before lying on my desk, hanging my head.

This was still a boy's robe, light purple in hue. The cool material, when worn in summer, made the skin felt refreshing and comfortable all over. This had to be made from high-quality fabric, yifu often wore clothes from these fabrics too.

But...

Why was it another male garment, and why was it the wrong size.

Kneeling on the chair, one hand propping myself up, I lifted the robes with one hand as I grabbed a bronze mirror off the wall, peering at my reflection.

Eyes were eyes, nose was nose, as I tugged the hairs atop my head and pulled them forward with narrowed eyes and measured...hn, it was so so withered and sallow.

But after being nursed back to health these days, my face was rounder and more mellow, just that my skin was still as dark as before.

When I used to be a beggar, there were no way to take baths, so everyone was dirty and it wasn't a big deal...but now that I lived with Fang Hua, who exuded a fragrant aroma everyday, and had skin like a pool of frost and snow, I couldn't help but feel inferior in contrast.

Actually, it wasn't such a big deal, it's just that he was as beautiful as a girl.

Whereas I was dirty like a boy...except I didn't know why, no matter how I rubbed myself down with a damp towel.

From head to toe I simply couldn't get clean, and if I lowered my head to sniff myeslf...

There was still some type of odor.

Could it be I was just paranoid?

"Shao'er..." the pile of bedding next to me moved a bit.

I continued to pinch the skin atop my arm, spacing out a bit as I polished myself up.

"Shao'er, give me a drink of water." A head full of messy hair poked out of the bedcovers, following by a form with an alluring posture, the pillow in disarray on one side. His eyelashes were exceedingly long, and trembled, while the bewitching cinnabar mark at the corner of an eye was a bit startling.

I nodded, and with a clap, fell down flat onto the ground.

As I raised my head to wave, an affectionate gaze from a pupil that shone like moonlight gave me a rather pitying look.

My heart thumped wildly.

I randomly rubbed my hand on my clothes, quickly poured a cup of water, and carried it over in both hands.

"No wonderful you're so unrefined," Fang Hua smiled, shaking his head in spite of himself. "Who would wipe their hand on their robes first, the new clothes are dirty again."