Chapter 519 - Chapter 519: Chapter 519: Chu Lan comes searching _1 (1/2)

Chapter 519: Chapter 519: Chu Lan comes searching _1

At this time, Wei Ruo had already turned her head away and was looking out through the carriage window.

Wei Jinyi stared at Wei Ruo’s profile, his heart pounding and unable to calm down for a long time.

Once they were outside the city, Wei Ruo supported Wei Jinyi while getting off the carriage.

In the past, Wei Ruo thought Wei Jinyi’s pretending to be sick was too cunning, but now she realized that it wasn’t easy for him to appear frail before others given his nature.

However, his pretending to be sick was worth it as it protected them from many unnecessary troubles and facilitated their plans.

For the act to be convincing, Wei Ruo always needed to support Wei Jinyi in public.

And Wei Jinyi cooperated by resting his hand on Wei Ruo’s.

With their palms touching, they could clearly feel each other’s warmth.

Both felt this intimacy was somewhat peculiar, yet neither expressed it.

Just as Wei Ruo was helping Wei Jinyi off the carriage, Xiumei ran over to say: “Miss, the task is completed. The village head just said that we can get as much land as we want.”

“So soon?” Wei Ruo was somewhat surprised.

Xiumei nodded vigorously: “When Prince’s convoy was about a mile from the village, someone came to alert us. After the village head found out that it was people from the King Rui Residence, he immediately agreed, saying that he would personally handle the paperwork at the county office, and promised to have it done today.”

“A good trick indeed. If we knew that earlier, we wouldn’t have bothered dragging Brother here.” Wei Ruo said cheerfully.

Wei Ruo glanced at Wei Jinyi she was supporting.

Wei Jinyi responded: “No, I also benefited from this trip.”

“Helping me establish a chicken farm is beneficial for you?”

“Yes.” Since they were alone with no outsiders around, Wei Jinyi explained to Wei Ruo, “I should let others see this unserious demeanour of ours.”

After thinking a bit, Wei Ruo laughed: “There’s some truth to what you said. You’ll have to accompany me for a while today then. As a reward, Meimei and I will make you roasted chicken with my secret sauce later.”

“Alright.” A smile appeared on Wei Jinyi’s face, his gaze gentle and misty.

For some unknown reason, Wei Ruo felt a strange sensation in her heart again and hastily averted her eyes.

There was a pond not far away, and Wei Ruo had people set up a grill next to it to fulfill her promise of roasting chicken for Wei Jinyi.

The chicken came from a local farmer, one second it was squawking and hopping around, the next it was quickly slaughtered, de-feathered, and prepared for grilling.

Soon the chicken was set on the grill, with Wei Ruo brushing on her secret sauce.

Meanwhile, Xiumei went to catch fish in the pond.

The pond originally belonged to the village, but it would soon belong to Wei Ruo.

Wei Jinyi, on the other hand, was lounging on a rattan chair, leisurely watching Wei Ruo.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to help, but the place was open and visible from afar.

Even if outsiders couldn’t get close or hear their conversation, if they saw the reportedly sickly Prince Rui vigorously assisting his queen from afar, it would likely cause a stir amongst the city’s aristocrats.

Soon, the smell of roasted chicken filled the air. Wei Ruo, having grilled a chicken, placed it in a dish and handed it to Xiaobei, “Xiaobei, serve your master some chicken.”

“Yes.” Xiaobei, after receiving the roast chicken, approached Wei Jinyi.

“Master, I’ll serve you.” Xiaobei was a bit embarrassed.

Although he had been serving his master since he was young, feeding him was something he had never done.

His master had never liked others supervising his meals.

If he were to feed his master, he was unsure if his master would be uncomfortable.

“You just tear off the meat and place it on the side.” As expected, Wei Jinyi didn’t want anyone feeding him.