Chapter 93 (2/2)
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Ning Errong was very excited as soon as she boarded the boat. Once the boat had started to move, she cheerfully went to Nie Qingyun's room to look for him.
Nie Qingyun and Ning Mingjie were currently talking about governmental affairs and seemed as if they had regret not meeting each other earlier. Seeing Ning Errong coming here, Nie Qingyun didn't know what expression he should use to greet her. And so, he stiffly called out, ”Junzhu.”
Ning Errong's smiling face crumpled. Unhappy, she said, ”We're going to be married soon, why aren't you calling me Errong?”
Nie Qingyun awkwardly glanced at Ning Mingjie. Unexpectedly, the latter person smiled as lightly as drifting clouds. ”Brother Nie, you don't have to avoid calling her Errong just because I'm here.”
His words made it sound as if he wasn't calling her name because Ning Mingjie was here. Nie Qingyun sighed and asked, ”Errong, why did you come here?”
”I just came here to see the two of you.” Ning Errong's unhappy expression swiftly cleared up. She sat down near them and said with a smile, ”You don't have tea here. How about I go and bring a pot of tea?
”This is quite rare.” Ning Mingjie laughed and said, ”I'll have to thank Brother Nie for this good fortune.”
Nie Qingyun awkwardly laughed. Looking at Ning Errong's jubilant appearance, he inwardly sighed. In the end, he followed along and curved the corners of his lips.
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After Ji Man got tired of embroidering, she went out and rest against the railing for a bit. Ning Errong hadn't come to look for her, and she didn't know where Errong had run off. Ning Yuxuan had boarded the other boat when the boats had set off. He said he had something he wanted to discuss with the emperor, so she hadn't asked any further questions. Now, she was just hanging out by herself like fish that had just been scooped up from the ca.n.a.l.
”Don't fall over,” a voice said behind her.
Startled, Ji Man turned around and saw that it was Ning Mingjie. She hurriedly patted her chest. ”You don't seem to make any sounds when you're walking.”
Ning Mingjie leaned against the railing. There was a distance of three steps between them. ”You were the one that didn't hear me, ah. No matter how quiet my footsteps are, there's still sound.”
”Why are you here?” Ji Man looked around. ”Where's everyone else?”
Ning Mingjie smiled and said, ”Your older brother and my younger sister are on the other side, so I said I was going to go out and look at scenery to give them time alone.”