Free Web NovelChapter 105: Chapter 105: Male Courses
The smile on Shi Lan’s lips froze, turning a little awkward.
She didn’t quite dare to meet Jiang Xia’s innocent, guileless eyes. She rubbed her nose and quickly shook her head. "I wasn’t ignoring you."
"Really?"
Jiang Xia still didn’t seem convinced, but the moment had passed, so he didn’t dwell on it. He just asked, "Then... Lanlan doesn’t dislike me, does she?"
"No."
Shi Lan shook her head again.
"Okay, then."
Jiang Xia truly had a youthful temperament; he tended to let his feelings out on the spot, so he didn’t hold on to many worries.
In fact, his only real worry right now was probably when he could become Lanlan’s Beast Husband.
But as long as Lanlan didn’t hate him, he definitely had a chance. After all, Lanlan had said that he could pursue her after he got out of prison.
Jiang Xia mentally translated Shi Lan’s previous response to his liking. A delighted grin spread across his face, revealing two sharp, white canines that highlighted his pure, vibrant youthfulness.
His good mood returned instantly. He shook his head, flinging the snow from his hair, then twitched his nose. "I’m so hungry. Lanlan must have made something delicious again today. It smells amazing."
Shi Lan watched him walk to the meal-pass window. Noticing the snow still dusting his silver hair, she couldn’t help but walk over and say softly, "Lower your head."
Jiang Xia met her gaze from across the window. He blinked his golden eyes, and though he didn’t know why, he obediently lowered his head.
The next moment, Shi Lan’s hand was on his head, gently brushing away the remaining snowflakes from his hair.
"You should turn off the Snowfall Device when you eat. Otherwise, your food will get full of snow, and it’ll affect the taste."
As she spoke and brushed, Jiang Xia felt the gentle motion on his head. With his head still bowed, the corners of his rosy lips curved up again.
"Okay."
He answered obediently and immediately had Number Four turn off the Snowfall Device.
"Go on and eat."
’His hair really is soft and smooth.’ Shi Lan was worried the food would get cold, so she quickly pulled her hand back after brushing off the snow.
As if sensing the departure of her warmth, Jiang Xia instinctively nudged his head upward, rubbing it gently against her palm, seemingly reluctant to let go of her touch. freёwebnovel.com
Shi Lan’s hand paused for a moment before she pulled it away.
A moment later, Jiang Xia belatedly realized what he had just done. A faint blush crept onto his face. He shyly glanced up at Shi Lan before quickly grabbing his meal container and retreating into his cell.
The corners of Shi Lan’s mouth lifted into an unconscious smile. ’I didn’t expect Jiang Xia to be so cute and likable, even in human form.’
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’I wonder why Jiang Yan said he had such a bad temper. To me, Jiang Xia is more like a clingy little kitten.’
She sighed with emotion but didn’t linger any longer in the prison area.
However, noticing that cell number two was unusually quiet, she glanced inside as she passed. Mu Tangfeng hadn’t gotten his food yet; his head was buried in his wardrobe, and she couldn’t tell what he was doing.
Clothes were thrown messily all over the floor—red, blue, purple, green, every vibrant color imaginable. The pile of clothes on the ground looked like a painter’s palette.
In contrast, the few new outfits he had bought recently were treated better, placed neatly on the bed.
Shi Lan blinked in confusion but decided not to ask.
After Shi Lan left, Mu Tangfeng leaned against the wardrobe, staring irritably at the clothes scattered on the floor.
’Seriously, why are all these colors so bright?’
He glanced silently at He Hanshi’s simple, white casual wear in the opposite cell, then angrily ripped several garments to shreds. He snapped at Number Two, "Clean up my clothes, sweep the floor, and reorganize my wardrobe!"
Number Two seemed speechless. It looked at its colleague in the opposite cell, patted its own well-worn parts that had been abused hundreds of times, and quickly responded, "Yes, Master."
It set to work without complaint, while Mu Tangfeng had already picked up his meal and started eating.
’Lanlan made this. She worked so hard. I can be angry, but I can’t let her effort go to waste.’
For a while, the only sounds in cell number two were Mu Tangfeng eating and the rustling of the Number Two butler-bot moving clothes.
Another day passed quickly, and it had been a very fulfilling one for Shi Lan.
That afternoon, Jiang Xia’s textbooks had piqued her curiosity, so she went online to search for university teaching materials.
Shi Lan knew that in this world, the courses for males and females were mostly different. The main courses for females were subjects like World History, Politics, Medical Comfort, and various social practicums—all basically related to self-improvement. In the original owner’s memory, there were only two courses related to males: something like ’How to Be an Excellent Female’ and ’How an Excellent Female Manages Males.’
The main philosophy behind the male-related knowledge was to run the household like a chessboard, with the female as the general controlling the family’s center of gravity.
In short, one had to attend to all sides to keep the foundation solid.
Shi Lan thought about it and felt it all boiled down to "keeping things balanced." If a female’s favoritism was too obvious, it would make family harmony more difficult—after all, in a large family, disputes were inevitable.
Shi Lan actually rather agreed with the original owner’s two courses; they were ultimately about how to conduct oneself and maintain household harmony.
But when she looked online, she discovered that the curriculum for males was vastly different from that for females.
In addition to some basic knowledge courses, there were also elective Skill courses, like cooking, embroidery, dancing, painting, and so on. And courses about females took up a huge portion of the curriculum.
Shi Lan was particularly interested in the books for males that Jiang Xia had. She took a look, and the content was surprisingly proper. It was basically the "Three Obediences and Four Virtues" that few men in modern times would follow, but the difference was that in this world, this was required-reading material.
She curiously flipped through a few more books and found that nearly every single one heavily emphasized that males should take care of females. Some courses were even quite extreme, stating that a female’s life should always come first...
As a transmigrator, Shi Lan was utterly shocked by these courses. What shocked her even more were the numerous comments from males below the course descriptions:
#1 NoGentlemanOnRafters: [Protecting females is our life’s mission. I am duty-bound to do so.] — 102,459 Likes.
#13 InkIsBetterThanMemory: [My mom asked why I’m on my knees reading this. I told her it’s because I’m praying with all my heart for a female...] — 15,246 Likes.
#25 HeavensGreatestPlan: [Lesson learned. Very useful course.] — 336 Likes.
#148 JusticeBringer: [Everyone, congratulate me! I found a wonderful wife, and I’m currently her first Beast Husband! o(*////▽////*)q] — 0 Likes.
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Shi Lan scrolled for a long time, discovering that the reverence males in this world held for females was truly on a level that was difficult to comprehend.
Of course, there would always be bad apples, but any negative comments were buried under a mountain of angry replies. Some even called for the government to investigate, scaring the original posters into deleting their accounts.
Her worldview had been shattered once again.
Although she couldn’t adapt to this kind of world-altering change all at once, she felt a strange sense of satisfaction deep down.
Yes, it was an indescribable feeling. In any case, Shi Lan was amused.
