Chongfei Manual [I]

Chapter 45.2

Wei Luo laughed and looked at Wei Zheng in askance. Her words had another meaning as she said, "Fifth younger sister usually isn't in your room and your whereabouts are usually unknown. Even if I want to tell you something, I wouldn't have the chance."

Wei Zheng's face changed. She didn't expect that Wei Luo would seized the opportunity to reverse the situation, "I..."

What did she mean that she usually wasn't in her room? It was just that she frequently went to Gingko Courtyard. But the way that Wei Luo's phrased her words made Wei Zheng seem like a promiscuous girl! Wei Zheng wanted to refute. But, when she thought of her mother's awkward position in Duke Ying's residence, it wouldn't be good of her to say anything related to her mother. So, she could only smile and say, "I went to third branch's courtyard to look for third elder sister. We were learning how to embroider peonies. Because we were too focused, I didn't go back to my room often."

Wei Luo smiled without saying anything. Unexpectedly, Wei Zheng didn't understand that by explaining her actions, it would make it seem like she was concealing something.

The origin of Ah Luo and Li Song's relationship had been a sensational major event when it had occurred. It was only because Wei Zheng had a narrow scope of the world that she still didn't know about this.

Zhao Zhang brightly laughed and agreeably said, "... Were you the one that pushed Ah Song into the water? I heard he was sick for several days after that."

Wei Luo looked at Li Song. Her smile was sweet as she asked, "Didn't House Li's heir willingly go into the water?"

Li Song snorted and turned his head so he wasn't looking at her.

By lucky coincidence, at this moment, the waiters came into the room with the food. In addition to the side dishes they had ordered, the restaurant had also provided two complimentary desserts, xuefuren and lotus cake. Xuefuren were round pastries that looked like little dumplings, made with glutinous rice flour, and filled with various jams, so they tasted chewy and sweet. They were very popular with girls. To make the glutinous rice balls look prettier, Emerald restaurant decorated each of them with a small red bean on the top.

That dark red bean against the white ball.... it looked like... The snack had just been placed in front of Song Hui. Li Song could see it as soon as he lowered his head. His handsome face turned very red and he started coughing repeatedly.

Zhao Zhang asked in puzzlement, "Ah Song, are you not feeling well?"

He covered his mouth and waved his other hand. He succeeded in restraining himself with great difficulty from looking at Wei Luo. But, several charming and gentle pictures flashed through his mind. He continued to dully eat this meal with his thoughts preoccupied.

From time to time, he would see Wei Luo's lovely pale face in his line of sight. Her smiling face was moving and disrupted his mood. In the end, he put down his chopsticks, stood up, and stiffly said, "I'm going outside to walk around."

If he continued staying here, he would lose his self-control. It must be because the building was too hot, so he was feeling light-headed. He wouldn't be feeling so abnormal otherwise!

*****

Inside the private room, Zhao Zhang was very happily chatting with Song Hui.

Zhao Zhong was close to Count Zhongyi's family and frequently interacted with Song Hui. Previously, Song Hui had been busy studying for his exam, so the two of them hadn't seen each other in a long time. Since this meeting was a rare opportunity, they had many words to say to each other.

Zhao Zhang had wanted to talk with Chang Hong, but he didn't succeed. Chang Hong had an antisocial personality and he wouldn't even acknowledge an unfamiliar person. Today, because of Zhao Zhang's status as the fifth prince, Chang Hong had politely said a few words, but he couldn't say any more than that. Zhao Zhang was magnanimous and didn't ask him to continue speaking. He even invited Chang Hong to hunt wild animals with him outside the capital at the beginning of spring.