“This disguise of yours can only fool those who don’t know you well,” Wei Jinyi revealed.
Although Wei Ruo had covered most of her face with a fake beard and a green birthmark, to those familiar with her, recognizing her wasn’t difficult at all.
Her eyes, face shape, lips, body figure, and especially those unhidden hands—all of these could give her away.
In fact, the moment she entered the room, Wei Jinyi had already recognized her.
Of course, this disguise could still deceive those not familiar with her. For instance, the others in the room just now hadn’t recognized Wei Ruo.
One reason was that they had only met her briefly before and weren’t familiar with her; another was that when they previously met Wei Ruo, because she was Wei Jinyi’s sister, they hadn’t dared to observe her too closely.
Now that Wei Jinyi had pointed it out, they suddenly realized—the one with the odd-looking appearance and ugly birthmark was actually the eldest young lady of the Wei family!
Once they learned of Wei Ruo’s identity, everyone who had just been on high alert immediately relaxed.
Before this, they had thought she was someone with bad intentions toward their master. Watching her get close to their master and touch him all over, they had truly been worried.
Wei Ruo pouted and muttered, “Then you just watched me act out the whole scene?”
She had already been found out, and he didn’t say anything earlier—letting her secretly feel pleased, thinking she had successfully fooled him.
Wei Jinyi said helplessly, “Your disguise is a bit too rough. Your figure looks like that of a young boy, but the beard makes you look like a grown man. Anyone experienced would see through it right away.”
“I’m not an expert in that area. Who would think that much?” Wei Ruo muttered.
“I’ll ask Madam Ke to help you next time,” Wei Jinyi said.
“Aren’t you mad at me, Second Brother? Why would you still have someone help me?” Wei Ruo asked.
She had thought he wouldn’t allow her to go out dressed as a man.
“It’s getting late. If someone with bad intentions notices you like this, it could be dangerous. Better to head out earlier next time,” Wei Jinyi replied.
In other words, he wasn’t angry—he was worried about her.
Wei Ruo couldn’t help but smile with joy. “Alright, I knew Second Brother was concerned about me. I was busy with something today and ended up eating dinner outside before heading back. I’ll be more careful next time.”
“Mm.”
Then Wei Jinyi looked up and gave Zhang Yi and the others a look.
Zhang Yi quickly said, "I'll go ask the waiter to hurry with the food.”
With that, he went out to find the waiter.
While they were waiting for the food, Wei Ruo asked Wei Jinyi, “By the way, Second Brother, why was your face so red just now?”
Wei Jinyi turned his gaze away. “The room was a bit warm.”
“Warm?” Wei Ruo looked puzzled. It was already November, and colder this year than usual. She was already wearing a padded jacket with a fur collar.
“Mm, I wore a bit too much,” Wei Jinyi explained.
Hearing that, Wei Ruo instinctively reached out to touch his hand—sure enough, it was very warm.
Wei Jinyi pulled his hand back. “Don’t do that again.”
“Do what?” Wei Ruo asked.
“The hands and face,” Wei Jinyi said.
Wei Ruo laughed. “Don’t worry, Second Brother. I only touched you because you’re you—of course I wouldn’t do that to anyone else.”
She might be a bit unruly, but not to the point of casually touching a stranger’s hands and face.
After all, it was her own brother—naturally, that was different.
Then Wei Ruo suddenly thought of something and asked, “Second Brother, were you embarrassed just now?”
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