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Wei Ruo thought of Wei Jinyi’s flushed face just now and suddenly felt that her guess was very likely to be true!
Wei Ruo examined Wei Jinyi’s face, waiting for his answer.
At this moment, the private room door opened—it was the waiter bringing in the dishes.
“Let’s eat. After eating, hurry back to the mansion. It’s getting dark,” Wei Jinyi said.
In winter, it gets dark early. At this hour, the sun had already set, and it wouldn’t be long before night fell.
“Second Brother, you still haven’t answered my question.” Wei Ruo stared into Wei Jinyi’s eyes.
“Eat,” Wei Jinyi said with a serious expression.
Wei Ruo pouted. “Alright, alright, I won’t ask anymore.”
But Second Brother’s reaction already showed that he was embarrassed.
Sigh, Second Brother is still too thin-skinned. Just being touched on the hand by his younger sister made his face turn so red. How will he handle the bridal chamber on his wedding night in the future?
Wei Ruo didn’t rush to pick up her chopsticks. Instead, she looked around at the people in the room.
No one dared to move. They looked at Wei Jinyi.
Wei Jinyi said, “Everyone, sit down.”
Only then did everyone take their seats.
Halfway through the meal, Zhang Yi couldn’t hold back anymore and asked Wei Ruo a question: “Eldest Young Miss, is it true or fake that you can read faces?”
“Fake,” Wei Ruo replied.
“Fake? Then what did you mean when you said to the Second Young Master: ‘The dragon is trapped in the shallows, its time has not yet come; the phoenix rests on the parasol tree, waiting for wind and rain’?” Zhang Yi asked.
“I just made it up on the spot. Aren’t all those street-side fortune-telling Taoists at the temple entrance like that? Always saying people are down on their luck now, but will be rich and noble in the future,” Wei Ruo answered.
Everyone was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then all let out a sigh of relief.
“So that’s how it is. Eldest Young Miss, you’re truly clever—we were almost fooled by you. We really thought you could tell fortunes. I even wanted to ask you to read mine, to see when I could get married!” Zhang Yi quickly said.
“So Brother Zhang has been thinking about getting married, huh? Then there’s no need to read your fortune. Just earn enough silver and find a good matchmaker,” Wei Ruo said.
“Hahaha, you’re absolutely right, Eldest Young Miss!” Zhang Yi laughed.
The others also laughed along.
After the meal, Wei Ruo and Xiumei left Drunken Immortal Restaurant. Before leaving, Wei Ruo reminded Wei Jinyi to take care of his health and to stay warm, as the weather had been cold lately—she told him not to catch a cold again.
Wei Jinyi agreed to everything, and then Ke Chongshan and Lin Fang couple escorted Wei Ruo to the gate of the Colonel’s Residence. They only left after seeing her enter the residence from a distance.
By the time Wei Ruo returned to the Colonel’s Residence, it was already dark.
The gatekeeper reported her late return to Yun Shi. Yun Shi frowned deeply, but after thinking for a moment, she didn’t ask anyone to summon Wei Ruo.
“Tell the others in the residence not to spread this matter around,” Yun Shi instructed Cuiping.
“Yes, I understand,” Cuiping replied.
“And also, if something like this happens again, the gatekeepers must be careful not to cause a fuss,” Yun Shi added, still uneasy.
“Yes.”
Although Cuiping didn’t understand why Madam now treated the Eldest Young Miss with such leniency, as the head maid beside Madam, she only needed to follow orders.
Right after, Yun Shi sighed and said, “This child may not be as close to me as Wanwan, but she’s still my own flesh and blood. Thinking of how that He family treated her, making her grow up in the countryside since childhood, I can no longer demand her to be outstanding, dignified, and virtuous in the future.
Just as her father said, maybe the way she is now isn’t so bad. In the future, with her father’s support, even if she marries a farmer, she won’t be easily looked down upon.”
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