The Lucky Heiress

Wei Ruo thought of Wei Jinyi’s flushed face just now, and suddenly felt that her guess was very likely!

Wei Ruo is watching Wei Jinyi’s face, waiting for his response.

At this moment, the door of the private room opened, and a waiter brought in the dishes.

“Let’s eat. We should return to the residence soon, as it’s getting dark,” Wei Jinyi said.

The sky gets dark early in winter, the sun had already set at this point, it wouldn’t be long before it would become dark.

“Second Brother, you have not answered my question yet,” Wei Ruo stared into Wei Jinyi’s eyes.

Let s eat,” Wei Jinyi said with a serious expression.

Wei Ruo pouted her mouth, alright, alright, she wouldn’t ask anymore. But her second brother’s reaction already proved that he was indeed shy. Oh, Second Brother’s face was too thin; he was blushing just from a casual touch on his hand by her. How was he going to handle his wedding night in the future?

Wei Ruo did not rush to pick up her chopsticks, instead, she looked at the people in the room.

The people didn’t dare to move and looked at Wei Jinyi.

“You can all sit down,” Wei Jinyi said.

Only then did the people take their seats.

Halfway through the meal, Zhang Yi couldn’t help but ask Wei Ruo a question- “Miss, is your ability to tell fortunes real or fake?”

“Fake,” Wei Ruo replied.

“Fake? Then, Miss, what did you mean when you said that the Second Young Master’s dragon is still sleeping in the shallow waters, and the phoenix awaits the storm?” Zhang Yi asked.

“I made it up on the spot. Isn’t that how the fortune tellers at the temple market operate? Every prediction they make involves future riches and misfortune,” Wei Ruo replied.

People hearing this were stunned, and then they all sighed in relief.

-So I see, so I see, Miss is really smart. We almost got tricked, thinking that you really can tell fortunes. I was even hoping that you could tell me when I will be able to marry!” Zhang Yi said quickly.

“So Brother Zhang is longing to get married. You don’t have to calculate fortunes for this, just save up enough silver taels and find a good matchmaker, ” Wei Ruo said.

‘Hahaha, Miss, what you said is true!” Zhang Yi laughed.

The others also laughed along.

After finishing their meal, Wei Ruo and Xiumei left the Zuixian Residence. Before leaving, Wei Ruo reminded Wei Jinyi to take care of himself and keep warm, as the recent weather had been cold and he shouldn’t catch a cold.

Wei Jinyi replied with acknowledgment. Then, Ke Chongshan and his wife Lin Fang escorted Wei Ruo to the entrance of the military residence and watched from afar as she entered before departing themselves.

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By the time Wei Ruo returned to the military residence, it was already dark. The gatekeeper informed Yunshi about Wei Ruo’s late return, which made Yunshi frown. However, after some consideration, she decided not to call for Wei Ruo.

“Make sure this doesn’t get spread around the residence,” Yunshi instructed Cuiping.

Yes, Madam, I understand,” Cuiping replied.

“Also, if this happens again in the future, tell the gatekeepers not to make a commotion out of it,” Yunshi reminded, nervously.

“Yes.”

Although Cuiping didn’t understand why Madam was being so lenient towards Miss this time, as the head maid serving Madam, she didn’t question it and simply followed Madam’s instructions.

Then Yunshi sighed, “Although she doesn’t have the same closeness with me like Wanwan, she’s still my flesh and blood. Thinking about how the He family treated her and how they made her grow up in the countryside, I can’t set high expectations for her to be an accomplished and virtuous lady any more. Perhaps, as her father said, the way she is now isn’t that bad. With her father’s support, even if she marries a farmer, she will not be looked down upon.” “Madam, you don’t need to worry. Miss seems to have a fortune. And though she likes things related to farming, it’s different from ordinary farmer’s wives who only know about spring planting and autumn harvests. Her ideas and methods have been appreciated by several nobles; with a better chance in the future, she might have a life better than that of a lady who is learned and knowledgeable,” Cuiping consoled while following Yunshi’s words.

Let s hope so, I don’t dare to have any more expectations,” Yunshi felt somewhat resigned.

Wei Ruo was destined not to develop into a standard lady of a big family as Yunshi had hoped. As parents, all they could hope for was for their daughter to have a smooth life.

“Madam, you should take heart. Don’t you still have Second Miss? Second Miss is gentle and virtuous and will likely fulfill your wishes,” Cuiping comforted her.

“Yes, Wanwan is considerate and kind-hearted, which is good. But after observing her closely for a while, she still lacks something when faced with big occasions. Although she originates from the duke’s residence, she didn’t spend much time growing up there. She traveled everywhere with me and her father most of the places being remote and obscure. It’s natural for her to lack some ’ worldly experience,” Yunshi lamented.

“Now that the Master has been promoted and received recognition, aren’t the days ahead going to get better? Second Miss will surely get more chances to see the world. With Second Miss’s intelligence, it will not take long for her to overcome these minor flaws,” Cuiping continued to comfort.

Yunshi nodded, ”1 hope it’s as you said. In the coming days, I will bring Wanwan with me to move around in the government city more often, not only to give her opportunities to gain experience but also to break the negative impression that others have of her.”

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Wangmei Garden.

Wei Qingwan naturally also knew about Wei Ruo’s late return.

The Wei residence wasn’t very big and everyone would’ve known about any commotion.

We Ruo had only just arrived in the government city, and she had already started disappearing again.

This time was even more outrageous, she didn’t return home until quite a while after dark.

For an unmarried straight-laced lady, this was definitely an outrageous act. Therefore, Wei Qingwan instructed Cuihe to go to Cangyun Court to inquire wanting to see how Yunshi would deal with Wei Ruo after knowing about this issue.

However, after waiting for a while, with an hour passing since Wei Ruo returned to the residence and the lights in Tingsong Garden being turned off, there was still no movement in Cangyun Court.

So Wei Qingwan was forced to accept one fact – Yunshi was not planning to punish Wei Ruo for coming home late.

Wei Qingwan felt disappointed and somewhat stifled and uncomfortable, yet helpless. She finally had no choice but to crawl back into bed alone and fall asleep with all her unhappiness.

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The next day, when Wei Ruo woke up, she was somewhat surprised that Yunshi had not called her in for a talk about coming home late the night before.

Once she made sure that no one was going to cause her any trouble, Wei Ruo once again left for the farm.

The weather had turned cold in recent days, which was a critical time. She had to pay more attention to the situation on the farm to avoid any negative impacts on the newly sown wheat.

As for the newly acquired land, it’s still in the improvement stage and not yet ready for planting.

The progress of the improvement work was a bit slower this time. Firstly, the weather had turned cold, and it was too late to plant anything in the rush’. Secondly, Wei Ruo had allocated a large portion of time for the refugees who had been taken in to build houses..