Chapter 114 (2/2)

”You don't know even know who tried to harm you. How will you know who to be guarded against?” Ning Qingyun frowned. ”Your hands don't even have the strength to truss up a chicken. If something like this happens again and a person like Mingjie isn't around to save you, what will you do?”

His every word showed sincere concern. Ji Man's heart softened. Nie Qingyun did his duty as an older brother too conscientiously. It made her feel somewhat bad about hiding so many things from him.

Nonetheless, she had to hide this from him. It would only be detrimental if she told him the crown prince was behind this.

Ji Man clutched her head. In a rare show of cutely spoiled behavior, she said, ”My head hurts. Older brother, how about you go with Errong to make me chicken soup? I remember that there's a kitchen on this boat.”

A sick person's requests had the highest priority, and Sangyu was a woman after all. He couldn't depend on her to know useful information. Nie Qingyun sighed, stood up, and said, ”If you want to drink chicken soup, I'll go prepare it. Errong can stay here to watch over you.”

”No!” Ji Man hurriedly said, ”I like the mushrooms that Errong makes. I want to have that with the chicken soup made by older brother. You have to go there together to cook for me! I don't care about anything else! I'm sick!”

She was clearly trying to create another opportunity to push the two of them togther. Nie Qingyun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He could only turn his head and say to Ning Errong, ”Junzhu, my younger sister is being silly. Would you be willing to go with this one to the kitchen?”

Naturally, Nie Qingyun couldn't let her personally cook. He had planned on just letting her stand to the side and watch.

However, Errong felt slightly panicky. Cook mushrooms? Cook what mushrooms? She had only learned how to cook soup from Sangyu last time. She didn't know how to cook mushrooms, ah.

But, her beloved person was standing right in front of her and quietly asking her to go with him. She couldn't refuse. With a blus.h.i.+ng face, Ning Errong nodded. She cast Sangyu a troubled glance before ordering Baizhi to stay here to care for her, then she followed Nie Qingyun out of the room.

Since ancient times, the n.o.blemen had stayed away from the kitchen. Thus, Nie Qingyun didn't actually know how to cook either. He just told the cook how Nie Sangyu liked her food, then he stood by the side to watch.

Seeing that they were only going to do this, Ning Errong stopped worring. She obediently stood by Nie Qingyun's side. She looked like a shy maiden as she snuck a glance at him from time to time.

”Junzhu, thank you for taking care of Sangyu.” Nie Qingyun felt that the continued silent was slightly awkward, so he found a topic to talk about.

However, he was a person that was slow-witted when it came to romance, and the girl next to became unhappy when she heard these words.

Feeling wronged, Errong flattened her lips. ”Sangyu is my best friend. It's only right that I would take care of her. Sir Ning, thanking me makes it seem like I'm an outsider.”

Nie Qingyun was too doting towards Sangyu, even she would occasionally feel jealousy. However, thinking about the fact that they were siblings, Errong relaxed her heart. When she married him in the future, he would probably cherish her just as much.