34 The Flower Festival 2 (1/2)

”Young lady, we are here.” Jing Chu said as she saw Jiao Yu just sipping tea.

Honestly, Jiao Yu did not know where they were going and what they were doing out but for the sake of getting things done, Jiao Yu could just go out of her courtyard reluctantly.

Jiao Yu lifted the curtain to look outside and saw that the streets were full and packed with people mixed up; from commoners, scholars, wealthy people, officials and even some people she could recognize was walking around to buy and watch the flowers falling from the trees.

”Young lady?”

Jiao Yu lowered the curtain and said, ”Let's go.”

After getting out of the carriage, Jiao Yu and her entourage walked towards the entrance of a jewelry store. After visiting three or four other stores, Jiao Yu and her entourage decided to go to a restaurant to rest.

At the restaurant, the bustles and noises from the streets and merchants busily selling off their products could be heard from the open and simple restaurant. The clattering of plates and people talking was another burst of bother towards Jiao Yu's complicated life. 'Ah... indeed such a bother'. Jiao Yu thought.

Jing Chu saw the helplessness in her young miss' face, ”Young lady, I'll go and call a waiter to take our order.”

Jing Chu stood up and went to grab a waiter. Such unladylike manners did not matter to Jiao Yu as she had done more unladylike things before and since it did not matter to her, Jing Chu also did not bother keeping up the ladylike manner to appease to people's eye.

While just waiting for Jing Chu to come with their order, Jiao Yu decided to observe the restaurant. Though it was a huge restaurant and popular for its dishes, the interior of the restaurant was indeed eye catching to their target market, the mass. It did not look too overwhelmingly simple but pleasing to the eyes as if once entered, she can feel the calmness of the place even with the noises from outside.

Since earlier, people had been turning and pausing to look at Jiao Yu and after getting a look, instead Jiao Yu should be the one getting embarrassed, the people who was staring too much at her got shy and blushed. However, Jiao Yu did not bother with their stares and only looked indifferently at them, making them fall even deeper with her cold treatment, just like an Ice or a statue.

In front of them, people were happily watching the play that was happening in front of them. Clapping along with the performers and listening obediently to the songs that was sung by the female performers.