USWHC -Chapter 173 Flirting Lessons (Part 3)

“Stand up straight! Yes!” Zhu Jie struck Ji Yi sharply on the back. “Straighten your waist! Right! Put your hands behind your back!”

Ji Yi stood there helplessly, letting Zhu Jie direct him.

“No, no, both hands behind your back is for elementary school kids. One hand, one hand behind your back!” Zhu Jie examined him from head to toe.

With a feather fan, a silk scarf, and a floor-length robe, she had basically redressed Ji Yi completely. Was she trying to craft a refined handsome man from scratch?

“Look at me! Yes!” Ji Yi turned obediently at her voice, staring blankly at Zhu Jie like a wooden mannequin. But Zhu Jie frowned. “Your eyes are wrong. Look at me more deeply, more passionately!”

“No, no, that’s cross-eyed!” Zhu Jie exclaimed when Ji Yi tried to look ‘passionate,’ his gaze narrowing unnaturally. “Can’t you just look at someone with some feeling?”

“What exactly are you trying to do?” Ji Yi finally got angry. He yanked the scarf off his head and plopped down in a chair. “I’m done! I’m not doing this crazy stuff!”

Zhu Jie’s anger flared. She pressed her hand against his forehead and snapped, “You can dress up all you want, but you’re just an old farmer at heart. Even with a broken fan, you can’t pull off the image of a cultured young man!”

Hearing that, Ji Yi was displeased too. In a flash, he sprang from the chair, sharply swept aside his robe, and turned with a fierce gaze. “What’s wrong with me?”

His robes flared dramatically, and the intensity in his eyes commanded respect. Even Zhu Jie’s heart started racing.

Ah! It wasn’t that he couldn’t be refined—it was just the direction that was wrong! This wasn’t a delicate scholar at all; it was the posture of a domineering CEO!

“Yes! Yes! That’s the feeling!”

As Ji Yi glared at her, Zhu Jie smiled brightly and said seriously, “Head up, chest out, butt slightly out—without smiling, you already exude authority.”

She continued, summarizing as if lecturing herself: “I’ll tell you, women are also visual. Experts say love at first sight only takes 0.01 seconds. In that 0.01 seconds, what do you even see? You might not even notice the features clearly. What you notice is the aura, the vibe! Why do people with two eyes and a nose give completely different impressions? Some seem scholarly, some seem rough? It’s the aura—inner temperament and outward style.”

“Why do some people look ridiculous even in dragon robes? Their inner temperament isn’t enough. But conversely, even if your inner temperament is exceptional, put you in a beggar’s rags, and at most you look like a gang leader, not an emperor. So inner and outer are both crucial!” Zhu Jie explained while tapping Ji Yi’s butt sharply with her little wooden stick. “Stand up straight!”

“Weren’t you the one making me stick out my butt?” Ji Yi asked with a wronged look.

“Still doesn’t mean you stick it out like a lobster!”

Holding her little stick, Zhu Jie circled Ji Yi like a strict school instructor, finally nodding in satisfaction. “Your stance is looking good. Now, turn and smile at me!”

Ji Yi obediently turned and gave a smile, “Hehe!” echoing slightly.

“You’re silly!” Zhu Jie immediately scolded. “Don’t show those seal-like teeth! ‘A glance back and a hundred charms arise’—don’t you get it? Why are you smiling so wastefully?”

“That phrase seems to describe women,” Ji Yi muttered reluctantly. “Men don’t use looks to show off.”

“That’s nonsense. If you don’t use it, that’s just a waste!”

Before Ji Yi could reply, Zhu Jie’s hands shot out and grabbed his cheeks, examining his face seriously.

His tanned skin, sharp brows, and deep, far-off eyes sparkled like the Milky Way. His firm lips pressed tightly, slightly upturned, caught in that moment between relaxed and tense. He didn’t look like a soft, pale youth, but carried a resolute, decisive air.

Zhu Jie’s heart skipped a beat. Was he looking at her? His gaze fixed on her face, raw and burning, almost suffocating in intensity.