2 Excuse me?

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Excuse me? Is this an re-enactment of Cinderella?

Looking over at the girl with an annoyed look, she felt a throbbing, stabbing pain in her head.

"Sorry, but I'm not your janitor," Xue Xuanmei commented, enraging and annoying the girl, who wore a white to pink coloured ombre gown made of soft, shiny fabric, long, straight tresses draped from her head. Her hair was silky, and it was adorned with multiple hairpins inlaid with rubies and many jewels of the like. Instead of making her seem elegant though, it just made her look snobby and stuck up.

She harrumphed, pointing rudely at Xue Xuanmei.

"You are what I want you to be!"

Xue Xuanmei finally found the cause of her pain, as her memory came flooding in, information leaking into her brain.

Snickering, Xue Xuanmei decided to play pretend with the young girl.

"Oh dear, sister, really? But... But cleaners are all common people... Second sister! Ah... Let's go and sweep the floor now then!"

"You... You!"

"S-Sister! What did I say wrong? Quickly! Take off your dress! The eldest young miss's dress!"

Sobbing, Xue Xuanmei looked down, her bangs shadowing her smirk.

"What is going on here!"

At last, the only male in the Xue family, the three sister's elder brother, appeared with three guards in tow.

'A new Challenger enters the battle! This one's on my side, too!' Xuanmei thought, inwardly smiling while looking up with tear filled eyes and a pout, looking very pitiful. Her rags added to the pity factor, looking as if she were an empress banished into the cold palace, wronged and innocent. Her memory had definitely served her well to know that this brother of hers loved her very much.

"Second sister, it's fine. Just, just shift the blame to me!" Saying it loudly, Xuanmei kneeled down, covering her face as she sobbed relentlessly, capturing the pity of the males.

"Xue Xuantian! What did you do? Xiao Mei, quickly, stand up! Don't hurt your knees," Xue Fengxuan creased his eyebrows, hurriedly running towards Xuanmei and helping her up.

Knowing that this method wasn't making Fengxuan mad enough, she refused to stand up, sniffled, and stopped crying, hiccuping as Xuantian stared on in shock. The masculine third miss was crying? No way! Fengxuan was here too?

"I'm so sorry, Second sister. Don't worry, it was my fault, it's my fault!"

"You... You're adding oil to the fire!" Xuantian finally realized that Xue Xuanmei wasn't actually crying;

She was trying to arouse pity and get her into trouble!

"Xue xuantian! Go and copy sutras fifty times now! Finish within a week!"

Xue Xuantian was in a shock. When had the foolish good for nothing become such a good actor?

"Elder brother, you, you can't be serious, right? Punishing me because of the trash?"

Fengxuan glared at Xuantian, causing her to shiver and run away.

"I'm telling Grandfather about this!"

That was the last thing the pair of siblings heard as Xuantian ran away. The guards were dismissed as Fengxuan went over and hugged Xuanmei.

After seeing what happened, the guards spread the news, and it circulated quickly, even articulating outside of the household.

Smiling, Fengxuan whispered in Xuanmei's ear;

"You acted well."