The Employed Empress 43 Chapter 43: Art Projec

"If you have a girlfriend and then a boyfriend, would that be counted as cheating?" Qing Xiang asked Lan Zhuang. They are currently walking back home after shopping. "Or not? Since the term is different?"

"A lover is a lover regardless of gender. Having two lovers is cheating." Lan Zhuang replied casually. "Anyway, what are you looking at?"

"Ah! Don't look at it!" Qing Xiang tired to hide her phone but Lan Zhuang is good at snatching it. After all, their only girl, Wei Yi Yi, always hide questionable things on her phone. This skill is a must by now.

A picture in which you could mistaken as him and Ye Ming kissing flash infront of him the moment he looked at the phone. It was Wei Yi Yi's insta account.

Lan Zhuang stiffens.

It was when they are playing a pocky game!

He continue to scroll up and down. All that he could see are misleading pictures of the four of them. There are ones in which they are feeding each other, hugging and cuddling while playing, sleeping in one bed, shopping while they cling to one another and many more!

The shots were taken in a nice angle in which the viewer couldn't help but get the wrong idea.

And those three! Lan Zhuang bet they are all on this! No wonder they would jump at him!

At their home, Si Song and Wei Yi Yi is making a bird house at the garden for the new pair of bird that they brought.

"Yi Yi put your back into it." Si Song told her. He was holding the wood as Wei Yi Yi nailed it in place.

From the veranda at the second floor, they heard Ye Ming shouting, "Hey! Cut my hair after, Yi Yi! This handsome bro of yours just scored a date!"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'll shave off all your hair." Wei Yi Yi mumbles.

He Liang came out of the house while holding a phone right next to his ears. He sat close to Wei Yi Yi and show her the caller's ID. It was Qing Xiang's. "Before that, I think you better run. Lan Zhuang is currently running home at a scary speed to settle scores with you."

"Eh?! What did I do?" Wei Yi Yi panicked immediately. It was no joking matter if Lan Zhuang go off of his normal clam personality! An OC Lan Zhuang is like satan crawling out of a hole from hell!

"Well your insta are full of our gay pictures. Qing Xiang says he found it."

Lan Zhuang is into games more than social media. It was no wonder that he never knew up until now the corrupted hobby of their only girl.

"But you're all going along with it! You even jump him! How come he's angry now." Wei Yi Yi absentmindedly drops the hammer. He Liang broke into cold sweats when it fell so close to his feet.

'Maybe because you're posting it publicly.' Si Song thought but go against saying it.

"Wei Yi Yi!" With a bang, the gate flew open, presenting their angry elder brother.

"Oh fudge! Oh fudge, why didn't you lock the gate!"

Wei Yi Yi actually want to lock Lan Zhuang outside and even shout about it. Now, she's just asking to be discipline.

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"This is a good spot." Wei Yi Yi looked up to the tree. It has good branches; steady, strong and in a good position. The tree itself is situated near the lake pavillion and could be looked over. It's leaves are abundant and offer a good shade.

Wei Yi Yi pat the tree. "Good tree. Good tree." She says.

"....." Tree.

Her nephew only looked at her weirdly as she praised the tree as if it did a good work. Please don't tell him that his auntie really expects it to respond.

After looking around them and seeing that it's only their personal servants, Jiang Chen let go of his patience and curiously ask, "Auntie, what are you planning to do."

"A swing! Today is a good day to set our plan into motion! Ah Chen give aunt a hand." She sound like she's planning something evil when she's only out to play. It's no wonder Tang Mei felt responsible to stop her everytime.

Jiang Chen task was to pick a good piece of wood from all the pile that Wei Yi Yi randomly collected. The flater the better or so she says. Xiao Wang Xi help the little prince crave a small dent on each side as per the empress instructions.

"So that the ropes won't shift from its place." she told them.

As for Wei Yi Yi, she busied herself with braiding the dried vines into a rope. The empress could have just take a normal rope but she told Xiao Yuan Xi to find sturdy vines and process them. She wanted her swing to blend with the nature.

No one understood the desire of a kid who grew up in a big city.

After making their 'art project', Wei Yi Yi use the binding technique she acquired from camping to connect the wood with the ropes.

She then took off her sandals and climb the tree. "Ah Chen! Throw the ropes, ok? Put some rocks at the ends to weigh it down!"

"This.... look so stupid?" Jiang Chen told his aunt.

"It's not stupid if it works." Wei Yi Yi impart some enlightenment to the child.

With dark lines on his face, Jiang Chen could only comply. Ah, but, a child's arms are weak. Wei Yi Yi knock her head. Her accomplice is up to no par, ah!

Thankfully, they have Xiao Wang Xi who follow them without any complains.

"Aunt! Hurry! Hurry!" Jiang Chen suddenly shouted.

Within eyesight, Wei Yi Yi easily spot Xiao Yuan Xi. He was leading a group of maid that hold some tray and snack.

"Oh sht! So fast!" In her panic, Wei Yi Yi was unable to hold her language.

Xiao Yuan Xi was walking in a light and uniform pace up until he saw the empress high up in a tree! His pupils dilated and he felt his heart drop!

"Empress, ah!!!!!"

A properly train eunuch was seen running while making a disturbance. Wei Yi Yi hide her face in embarrassment.

"Your ladyship! This is not proper! Your image, your elegance, you--your purity!" Xiao Yuan Xi blabber some nonsense.

'What purity?! It's just the wind blowing her skirt!'

'Ah, my beautiful shou, your tears flow like a damn river, please stop.'

Wei Yi Yi wanted to plead mercy for the incoming earful of crying while Jiang Chen was already washing his hands clean of the matter by retreating.

Hey, lil' one is getting smarter! Anyway, it's wrong to leave your comrade, ah!

Chapter end