“Not quite,” I lightly smiled and shook my head.
“I remember telling you last time, this is called enemies crossing paths!”
Wei Feng’s mouth twitched, his smile almost indistinguishable from a cry: “Consort loves to joke. We’re friends, not enemies!”
I raised an eyebrow: “Since we’re friends, then Wei Ershao, treating me and my maid to a meal shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
“Of course!” Wei Feng immediately nodded. “I was just about to meet someone at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion. If the Consort is willing to grace us with her presence, it would be my honor. Please join me!”
“Meeting someone?” I hesitated. “Wouldn’t that be awkward? I don’t know who you’re meeting.”
“No, it won’t be!” Wei Feng quickly interjected. “The person I’m meeting, you know too. I guarantee it won’t be awkward!”
“Someone I know?” I puzzled. “You’re not gathering with your group of friends again, are you? Besides you guys, I don’t know anyone else. I wonder if Qi Chenxuan is there…”
Wei Feng just teased: “You’ll know when you go in!”
I could only follow him into the restaurant, which was bustling. A waiter immediately approached: “Second Young Master Wei, the Young Master is waiting in the second-floor private room. Shall I lead you up?”
Young Master? Could it be Wei Chi?
Before I could ask, Wei Feng smiled and declined: “No need. We can go up ourselves. Just tell the kitchen to prepare a few more good dishes and send them up.”
” The waiter heard the words and immediately bowed respectfully, running towards the kitchen.
Wei Feng directly went upstairs. After walking a few steps, he noticed I wasn’t following and couldn’t help turning back to urge me: “What’s wrong? Is there a problem?”
“Nothing!”
I couldn’t help but shake my head, then asked: “Are you meeting Wei Chi?”
Wei Feng smiled and answered: “Yes! What about it? I remember you two should know each other!”
We do know each other. I even owe him a hundred taels of silver. It’s impossible not to know him…
Especially remembering his strange behavior that day in the Imperial Garden, I directly said with displeasure: “We know each other, but we’re not close!”
That self-loving, stingy, inexplicable man who likes to meddle in others’ affairs – I have no interest in getting involved with him!
Because once involved, he would definitely become a troublesome person to shake off, and right now, the only thing I’m afraid of is trouble…
I don’t have any grand plans now, I just hope to help Qi Chenxuan settle things with Qing Han, get back my bracelet, and successfully return to modern times!
Wei Feng looked at my reaction, raising an eyebrow with interest: “From your expression, it seems you have some issues with my elder brother. Did he offend you somehow?”
I answered somewhat stiffly: “No! Aren’t you going to treat me to a meal?”
Then hurry up. Can’t you see my maid is about to cry?”
Suddenly called out, Shui’er was stunned, then awkwardly said: “Madam, you’re mistaken. I’m not going to cry!”
I directly gave her a stern look: “I say you want to cry, so you want to cry. What’s with all the nonsense?”
The little maid lowered her head aggrieved, muttering unconvincingly: “But I really don’t want to cry. Madam, saying this makes me feel embarrassed!”
Embarrassed?
How strange. This girl has always been straightforward. When did she learn about being embarrassed?
I immediately raised my hand and knocked her on the forehead, half warning and half threatening: “You little brat, learning to talk back? Are you suddenly not hungry and don’t want to eat?”
…..
The child behind me, I don’t know when he became clever, seeing Wei Feng was about to get up, hurriedly rushed to the door and said: “No need, let me go!”
Just as he opened the door, he saw the waiter standing at the doorway with small dishes, respectfully saying: “Young Master Wei, the dishes you ordered have arrived!”
The child was stunned, unconsciously taking a few steps back, and then heard Wei Chi coldly say: “Come in!”
“Okay!”
The waiter called out and walked in, neatly placing the dishes on the table before respectfully retreating…
I couldn’t help but point at Wei Chi and ask Wei Feng: “Is this meal his treat?”
Wei Feng nodded blankly: “Yes, what’s wrong? We’re brothers, so it doesn’t matter who pays, just eat!”
I disdainfully curled my lips and put down my chopsticks: “Forget it, I’m afraid someone will make me pay later. I don’t have that much silver!” Thinking, even a bowl of white porridge cost me 10 taels of silver, this whole table… even if I were sold, I couldn’t pay it off…
“Huh?”
Wei Feng looked puzzled at me, then at Wei Chi, and after a while understood, laughing and saying to me: “Don’t worry, I’ll pay at worst. Besides, my brother isn’t that petty!”
“Hmph, as if!”
That 100 taels of silver incident, I’d remember until I died, because in this world, there absolutely couldn’t be anyone more stingy, more miserly, more extortionate than him!
I’ll translate the text into English:
I pursed my lips, somewhat innocently arguing: “You’re overthinking it, I just didn’t want to interrupt your conversation!”
“We have nothing to talk about!” Wei Chi responded, a slight hint of joy flashing across his face.
“Big brother? We…”
Wei Feng looked up in confusion, about to say something, but was coldly stared down by the other with a warning glance. He ultimately blinked innocently, lowering his head awkwardly, pretending he hadn’t said anything…
I looked at the two of them suspiciously and frowned, asking: “Do you two really have nothing to discuss?”
“Of course!” Wei Chi answered decisively.
Wei Feng hesitated but ultimately nodded under Wei Chi’s sharp gaze: “No…”
I pretended not to notice the lack of conviction in his words and waved my hand: “Since there’s nothing, everyone can disperse!”
Could it be, he likes her?
Wei Chi looked at me expectantly. I knew he wanted to ask if he could go shopping with me, and I naturally refused: “Of course, go do what you need to do!”
Wei Chi looked at me unwillingly: “Why?”
I pretended not to understand, blinking confusedly: “What why? What else do you want to do?”
Wei Chi persistently asked: “Why are you so unwilling to be with me?”
I inexplicably felt a bit guilty and quickly averted my gaze: “You misunderstood, I didn’t mean that. Didn’t you just say that men and women being alone together can lead to gossip?”
Wei Chi stared at me unblinkingly: “But didn’t you also say that people’s mouths belong to others, so why care what they say?”
“I…”
I didn’t expect him to use my own words against me. I was speechless for a moment before finding my voice: “Then why are you so insistent on seeing me off?”
“Because…”
Now it was his turn to be unable to speak.
I became righteous, looking at him triumphantly: “See? Can’t find a reason, right? Since there’s no reason to see me off, I’m leaving!”
I didn’t wait for his reaction, pulling Shui’er out. At the corner, I vaguely heard Wei Feng’s hesitant voice: “Big brother, you couldn’t have fallen for that girl, right?”
The response was endless silence…
I’ll translate the text into English:
I was stunned for a moment, and then said: “I’ve interacted with him several times, so naturally I know more about him than you do. It’s precisely because I’ve seen his terrible side that I know the rumors are false!”
“Is it really like that?” the little girl muttered with a hint of doubt.
I impatiently waved my hand and said: “Whatever, it has nothing to do with us anyway!”
“Oh!” Shui nodded hesitantly. Seeing me heading in the opposite direction, she couldn’t help but call out: “Madam, you’re going the wrong way! That’s the direction to the Prince’s Mansion. If you want to continue shopping, you should go this way!”
