Chapter 389 (1/2)

t.i.tle: The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 389 - Having supporters (2)

The group was happily chatting away in Luoyan PaG.o.da. Sir Li was probably feeling embarra.s.sed over today's matter, but the awkwardness wouldn't disappear while the group drank only tea and remained cleared-headed. Thus, as more tea was drunk, it was eventually replaced with wine.

Drunkenness can get rid of all sorts of troubles. The group of people on the seventh floor of Luoyan PaG.o.da let loose and let poetry skills dictate who was superior. The loser of each round had to drink. Naturally, nothing would happen to Ji Man and Luo Qianqian. Ning Yuxuan wouldn't lose either. Zhu Yurun that pitiful chubby girl was doomed. Ji Man tried to help her by slipping her notes, but Qian Yingchen confiscated the paper. As soon as he saw what was written on the paper, he ripped the paper up and even harshly glared at Ji Man. A human married couple wasn't like a pair of phoenixes that could fly together with their colorful wings, but shouldn't husbands and wives have a close, inseparable union anyways?

The young, chubby woman helplessly wrung her hands, so Qian Yingchen helped her write a few verses. But, in the end, they couldn't win against Luo Qianqian. After drinking a few cups of wine for losing, Zhu Yurun leaned against Qian Yingchen's chest and didn't move.

By the end of the gathering, no one cared about poems and were simply randomly toasting. Sir Li had drunk too much. Holding up a wine cup, he looked at Ji Man and said, ”Work hard. You'll have a great future!”

”May your good wishes come true.” Ji Man didn't refuse his toast. She took a few sips. It wasn't bad. There was a slight burning sensation as the wine went down.

Xiao Tianyi and Ning Yuxuan were also drinking wine with each other. Xiao Tianyi chuckled and said, ”Who could have expected that the marquis would have this type of taste?”

Ning Yuxuan lightly snorted. He clinked his wine cup with Xiao Tianyi's and drank the contents of his cup in one gulp.

Seeing that most people had drunk a lot and since she was the host, Ji Man asked Luoyan PaG.o.da's shopkeeper to arrange for carriages to bring everyone back to their respective homes. This gathering had cost Ji Man two hundred silver taels, but she wasn't upset about it. Shopkeeper Liu and Shopkeeper Rong had a dug out a path for her to the minister of revenue, so she would naturally use it. After today, it was very likely that no one else would dare to mess with Ji Store again.

Although she hadn't wanted to rely on a man for her livelihood, it seemed that she still hadn't been able to escape the social system in ancient times. Wasn't she depending on Ning Yuxuan to protect her?

After belching once from the wine, Ji Man smiled. There wasn't anything wrong with that. Another person meant that there was another path available, and Ning Yuxuan was the most stable and steady path. Walking on this path, she wouldn't fall...

Marquis Moyu stretched his hand out and caught hold of this tottering person.

After they had boarded the last carriage, he lightly ordered the carriage driver, ”Marquis Moyu's estate.”

Although he had drunk a lot too, Ning Yuxuan wasn't drunk at all. He continued to hold her in his arms and even tolerated her using his clothes to wipe her nose.

”I miss my mom...” Ji Man murmured, ”I said I would go back on New Year and buy her a foot warmer. How many New Years have pa.s.sed...”

Ning Yuxuan slightly furrowed his brow and hugged her a bit tighter.

Ji Man felt uncomfortable and pushed him away. She opened her eyes halfway and looked at him for a long time before saying, ”Strange, why do I feel so uneasy that you're treating me so well? I keep thinking that you're using me for something. You're too clever. It's hard to believe in smart people.”