Me and My Two Bosses' Systems

Li Xingyu held the hairpin she had just taken off in her hand and showed it to the people in the live broadcast room.

The hairpin is about 15 centimeters long overall, with the body about 12 centimeters long and the head about 3 centimeters long.

The hairpin is entirely gold, shaped like a hand with delicate fingers holding a golden double-petaled flower. At the point where the fingers and flower intertwine, white pearls and a golden lobster clasp connect a two-story, hollow, golden hexagonal pavilion.

The hollow hexagonal pavilion is adorned with golden magnolia buds connected by white pearls at the bottom of each corner.

The viewers in the live stream were mesmerized, mainly because of the way she held the flower with her delicate, orchid-like fingers and the exquisite hexagonal pavilion hanging from the hairpin. The pavilion, along with the pearls and magnolia buds hanging below, swayed with Li Xingyu's movements, making them itch with desire.

Looking at the barrage of comments in the live stream that were mostly about how beautiful it was, Li Xingyu felt a little helpless. But then she thought for a moment and started explaining the orchid finger gesture and the pavilion to them.

"The orchid finger, also known as the gentleman's finger, is because the orchid has always been praised as the flower of the gentleman. In ancient times, the orchid finger was also a symbol for men to show their masculinity."

“A long time ago, there were even special formulas and techniques for appreciating orchid fingers. The formula was: hook, soft, white, slender. The orchid fingers that are hooked like a full moon, soft as if boneless, white as jade, and slender as a hemp stalk can be called the best.”

"The finger technique of the orchid finger is also very complicated, with various directions of upward and downward pointing, left and right pointing... Combined with different angles and speeds of movement, it is very pleasing to the eye, graceful, light and agile, and full of charm."

"Later, because of its graceful, delicate and charming nature, the orchid finger gesture was often used on young female characters in cultural entertainment. In the public eye, it became a gesture exclusively for women. In fact, no matter what it is, it will not become something that belongs entirely to men or women, or something that can be used by a single gender."

(The information on the orchid finger gesture is all from the internet. The author is not that knowledgeable, so please don't criticize or nitpick. Thank you. dT-Tb)

As Li Xingyu spoke, she demonstrated a few times by holding the hairpin. Thanks to her past love for drama and the gifts from those little systems, her orchid fingers were light, graceful, and charming.

Li Xingyu's hands were beautiful, slender and fair, small and delicate, but not in a thin, bony way. Instead, her ten fingers were slender and rounded, with excellent proportions to her palms. Her nails were slightly long, with a faint pink tinge. Her palms and forearms were also very harmonious, fair and graceful, with slightly protruding wrist bones. When she raised her fingers in a delicate, orchid-like gesture, it was incredibly beautiful.

The people present and the viewers in the live broadcast room were all watching intently, including Grandma Li and Grandma Li who had just come out of the room.

They were mainly lured by the aroma of Li Xingyu's braised pork, which sped up their work. They quickly finished what they were doing and came out of the room. After all, their room was on the first floor, and their noses were very sensitive.

Because of the angle and the fact that she had just awakened, Li Xingyu did not notice the appearance of Grandma Li and the others, and continued to introduce herself.

"The pavilion is also a type of architecture that is very characteristic of China. It was originally a rest stop for people to rest, but it gradually became a very ornamental building. It can be divided into four-cornered, six-cornered, and eight-cornered in appearance, and it can also be classified in terms of shape, leisure, and rain protection."

"Later, because of its representativeness and ethnic characteristics, it was often used in some clothing designs. For example, the hairpin in my hand can also be designed into other ornaments and patterns on clothes, etc."

(Same as above, also from the internet.)

"How do you use it? Let me demonstrate for you." Li Xingyu looked at the barrage of comments in front of her, put down the hairpin, adjusted the angle of the floating ball, gathered her hair, and prepared to demonstrate with her own head, using the hairpin to create a hairstyle.

The key point is that Li Xingyu could explain things in a calm tone while styling her hair.

"First, grab all your hair, hold it firmly with your right hand, and place the back of your left hand against the back of your head. Put the hair into the web between your left thumb and forefinger. Don't let go with your right hand. Hold the hair and wrap it around your left hand once. Then, wrap your left hand around the roots of the hair and rotate it 180 degrees. Keep your palm against your head. Then, wrap the remaining hair around the roots with your right hand."

Li Xingyu's hand moved in time with her words: "Then pick up the hairpin, and from the circle that your left hand is wrapped around, pass it from left to right. After it comes out, adjust the hairpin to the left, pick up a bit of hair close to the scalp, and slowly push it to the left. At the same time, pull the hair that is wrapped around the circle with your left hand and press it to the left. The hairpin passes through the middle of the hair and comes out from the hair on the left side of the circle."

As Li Xingyu spoke, she lowered her hand, which was getting a little tired from holding it up: "That's it, we're all done! How was it?"

As Li Xingyu spoke, she shook her head to show how secure her hairstyle was.

"Besides this, there are many other ways to style hair with hairpins. Moreover, in addition to metal, you can also make hairpins from wood or stone."

Li Xingyu had a great passion and love for hairpins and using them to style her hair. She immediately turned to look at Xinghe and was caught off guard when she saw her family members who hadn't been there before.

"Great-Grandma, Grandma, when did you come out? I didn't see you just now." Li Xingyu looked at her great-grandmother and the others who were already sitting on the sofa with a blank expression.

"It was when Little Feather was making a delicate pinky gesture~" Delas explained to Li Xingyu with a charming smile.

Li Xingyu let out an "Aww~" to indicate that she understood, and then looked at Xinghe: "Xinghe, didn't you just say you wanted to learn how to do your hair? How about I teach you one now? We can teach you others tomorrow."

Li Xingyu had just looked around and found that there were quite a few people with long hair in the family. Apart from her grandfather and Grandpa Xifeier, everyone else's hair was down to the middle of their backs, especially the two elven grandfathers, Ryan and Rice, whose spring-green hair had reached their knees.

However, they had all tied their hair up, and Xinghe was the only one with her hair down, so they could only look for Xinghe.

Xinghe nodded. He was going to learn it anyway, and he didn't mind having his hair tied by Xiaoyu in front of so many people in the live stream.

Li Xingyu cheered and quickly slid off the sofa, bypassed Hu Yu, kicked off his slippers, and climbed onto the empty space between him and Xinghe.

Xinghe and Huyu reached out to protect Li Xingyu, since she was still wearing a dress and the floating ball was following behind her.

Li Xingyu stood on the sofa, and Xinghe turned around to face away from her.

Li Xingyu conjured a jade hairpin with a cloud-shaped tip, moved closer to Xinghe, held his shoulder, wrapped her hand around his neck, and showed him the hairpin: "Is this one okay?"

Xinghe's body stiffened slightly as she sensed Li Xingyu's posture. She dared not move or look at the expressions of Li's great-grandmother and grandmother. She simply lowered her eyes and looked at the crystal-clear jade hairpin in Li Xingyu's hand: "It's fine, it's very beautiful, I like it very much."

"That's good. How about I style your hair in a half-updo?" Seeing that he liked it, Li Xingyu withdrew her hand, placed the hairpin on the back of the sofa, and combed Xinghe's waist-length silver hair with both hands, asking for his opinion.

"I'm fine with anything, Little Feather, you decide." Xinghe felt Li Xingyu's warm, soft hands moving around his head, occasionally touching his scalp. His back stiffened, and his waist and ears felt a little numb. He instinctively wanted to dodge, but he restrained himself and answered Li Xingyu's question as if nothing had happened.

"Alright, I'll do it myself then." Li Xingyu excitedly adjusted the angle of the floating ball and then started to style Xinghe's hair.

She still explained, but not in as much detail as when she styled her own hair: "First, we take the hair from behind the ear tips backwards."

Then Li Xingyu paused for a moment, because she saw Xinghe's ears, which were completely red and radiating heat.

Although Xinghe had his back to Li Xingyu, he was still watching the live stream. Since he was in human form, his vision was limited and he couldn't see what was behind him, so not only were his ears red, but his face and neck were also flushed pink.

The people in the live stream didn't say anything negative; almost everyone expressed understanding and envy, and there were some good-natured jokes.

Li Xingyu only paused for a moment, not expecting Xinghe to be the shy type, and then continued with her hairstyle tutorial.

"Then divide it into two parts. First, do one part like this, then that, then this. Okay, isn't it beautiful?"

Li Xingyu clapped his hands in satisfaction and then gave a close-up shot of the hovering ball from directly behind.

"Yes, it looks great. Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Yu." Xinghe looked at the outfit in the live stream, turned around and expressed her thoughts and gratitude to Li Xingyu.

"Oh, you're welcome. Hmm, it really looks great." Li Xingyu looked at Xinghe's face as he turned around and patted him on the shoulder generously.

Xinghe already had a gentle and refined appearance, and with his hair half-up, just looking at his head, he looked like a graceful and elegant gentleman who had amazed the capital.

The upper part of her hair was tied back, and the wispy strands reaching her eyes curved into a beautiful arc on both sides, revealing her smooth and full forehead. A strand of long hair hung down from her shoulders and neck. In short, she perfectly matched the image of the gentle young master and immortal lord that Li Xingyu had imagined.

"Me, me, me, I want it too." Delas looked at Xinghe's tied-up hair, his eyes shining as he leaned in front of Li Xingyu, pulled the hairband that was binding his hair, and a head of long, dark purple hair that reached his hips was draped in front of Li Xingyu.

"Alright, alright, let's make a pretty hairpin for our dear Grandpa Delas and tie his hair up nicely." Li Xingyu stood on the sofa and pulled Delas to sit in front of her.

"Here, is this pretty? Do you like it?" In the blink of an eye, Li Xingyu conjured another silver-white hairpin and handed it to Delas in the same pose as before. Delas looked at the silver-white hairpin in Li Xingyu's small hand and blinked. It looked like the Shadow Tree branch that the vampires had planted before.

Because he had been living on Blue Star for many years after getting married, Delas had brought a Shadow Tree from his hometown and planned to plant it at the Li family's ancestral home as a memento.

The Shadow Tree is a tree unique to vampires. It is entirely black, leafless, and blooms with dark red flowers all year round. It does not perform photosynthesis, but relies on its red flowers and roots buried in the soil to absorb nutrients and water.

However, due to the environmental problems here, even Ryan, a plant-based elf, was unable to successfully cultivate the Shadow Tree on Blue Star.

Although the hairpin in Li Xingyu's hand was entirely silver-white, Delas could tell at a glance that it was the Shadow Tree.

In response, Li Xingyu said that it was all just a coincidence. She just couldn't think of what kind of hairpin to use for Delas, so she chose the simplest and least likely to go wrong combination of branches and small flowers.

She doesn't have that much knowledge, and the courses haven't covered the characteristics, representative objects, and special products of various races yet; it was all a complete accident.

"Yes, I like it very much." Delas stared at the hairpin in Li Xingyu's hand for a while before answering Li Xingyu's question in a slightly hoarse voice.

Girls are definitely better; they're all so thoughtful and considerate. The human saying, "Girls are always the family's little cotton-padded jackets," is absolutely true.

"Grandpa Delas, what's wrong?" Li Xingyu didn't know what Delas was thinking, otherwise she would definitely have told him, 'It's wrong to make assumptions.' Right now, she was just listening to Delas's voice and noticed his somewhat depressed mood, which puzzled her.

"It's nothing. Little Feather, have you decided what kind of hairstyle you want for me?" Delas subtly changed the subject. Unlike before, he was now retired and could go back to the vampire clan anytime, so he didn't have to be so sentimental.

"Of course, you're the one who should watch." Li Xingyu hugged Delas's neck, rubbed his head against him, and teased him.

Then Li Xingyu started combing Delas's hair. She planned to style Delas's hair in a similar way to Xinghe's, but a little simpler, because she thought she had seen someone send her a message.

Although she was thinking about checking the news, Li Xingyu didn't take the haircut for Delas seriously. She carefully combed his hair and began her explanation as usual.

Xinghe had already positioned the floating ball, so Li Xingyu only needed to fix her hair.

"Just take the hair from the tip of the ear to the back, like this, then like this, and you're done. Isn't it simple?" Li Xingyu neatly and efficiently styled Delas's hair, then had Delas turn around to show her the front.

Delas stood up abruptly, turned around, and faced Li Xingyu. Li Xingyu immediately threw herself into Delas's arms and nuzzled his face, saying, "Wow~ Grandpa Delas is so handsome and dashing."

When Li Xingyu styled Delas's hair, she deliberately left a few strands of hair at his temples. Delas's already handsome face became even more dashing with the hairstyle.

Delas took out a mirror from his storage space, examined himself for a while, and then touched it with his hand. Li Xingyu hugged Delas and looked up at him, saying, "Grandpa Delas, how is it? Isn't it beautiful?"

Delas hugged Li Xingyu back and spun her around, saying, "She looks beautiful. Grandpa Delas really loves our little feather."