When Yan Funing returned to the Fu family, it was already evening. The snow had accumulated thicker, and the wind and snow were showing signs of getting stronger.
She went back to her room.
Caiyu replaced the charcoal in the hand warmer and let her keep it warm.
A moment later, Fu Ciyi also returned.
There was a thin layer of snow on his coat, which showed that he had walked this distance without an umbrella.
He took off his cloak and the maid used it to beat off the snow, while he went straight to Yan Funing.
"How was the bidding for Fufeng Restaurant going?"
Yan Funing reached out and brushed away the snowflakes hanging on his eyelashes, nodding: "It's going well. It's snowing so heavily, why don't you hold an umbrella?"
"No problem."
He took her hand and kissed her fingertips without paying attention to anyone else.
This made Yan Funing blush: "They are all watching."
"The maids didn't see it."
The four maids laughed and walked out of the room in unison, closing the door behind them.
Fu Ciyi continued to play with her hand and said coldly, "It's snowing heavily. I just got the news when I was leaving my shift. You have to take a day off tomorrow."
"Tomorrow, November 19th, is a day off," Yan Funing said. "Plus, the day after tomorrow is a day off, so we can have two days off in a row?"
The man nodded: "Exactly, shall we go to Nanshan again?"
Yan Funing's face flushed: "Let's not go."
"Soaking in a hot spring on a snowy day is very pleasant. It's such a poetic and picturesque thing. My lady, don't you want to do it?"
"I don't want to." She asked directly, "What are you thinking about? What do you think of me?"
"I think it won't look real through the robe, and the size will be wrong. Madam, why don't you measure it directly?"
Yan Funing's eyes widened when she heard this: "That robe is so thin that it can be ignored. I don't want to measure it anymore."
Seeing that she was not fooled, Fu Ciyi let go of her hand and said aggrievedly, "My wife is afraid of me, and I am helpless."
Yan Funing's heart softened: "Didn't I say I'm not afraid of you? I just feel a little scared."
"Then go to Nanshan?"
She shook her head again: "It's cold, and the stone bed is too hard. I don't want to go."
The man sighed, "I was hoping to take a two-day break, my lady would be happy. But if that's the case, I'll still be on duty tomorrow. Even if I'm the only one in the Imperial Academy, it won't matter. This way, I'll leave the impression of diligence on His Majesty."
Yan Funing chuckled: "Just pretend."
He said so much, but wasn't it just for one purpose?
The man grabbed her hand again: "Can't you just be kind to me?"
"Okay." Yan Funing stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear, "It doesn't matter if we don't go to Nanshan. Tonight, my husband, please take off all your clothes and wait for me in the bathtub."
Fu Ciyi couldn't believe it, grabbed her shoulders and stared at her.
"Are you hooking me?"
"Isn't that just what you want?" She smiled sweetly. "You don't like it?"
"I like it." The man nodded heavily.
After discussing the matter, the couple went to the front hall to eat, each with their own thoughts.
The wind and snow grew stronger, making people squint their eyes.
During the meal, Wan Niang suggested, "There's going to be a snowstorm tomorrow, so why don't we eat in our rooms? We won't catch a cold from traveling back and forth."
Fu Ciyi nodded: "Just as you say, mother."
After that, he instructed Yu Liang to deliver tomorrow's meals to each courtyard.
Yu Liang agreed.
Fu Beimo looked at Yan Funing and said, "Sister-in-law, please tell me about today's auction."
"The bidding went smoothly. My biggest competitor was Cai Mushi. She arrived earlier than me and was already chatting and chatting with the Jingzhao Yin."
"And what happened next?"
"Then I raised the price. I don't know what happened to Cai Mushi. She used to raise the price very aggressively, but today she was a little cautious." Yan Funing said.
"Could it be that she has no money?" Fu Nanyao guessed.
"That shouldn't be the case. Both the Prince's Mansion and the Cai family are rich." Yan Funing said.
"There is only one reason, probably because the prince doesn't want to spend too much money to buy Fufeng Restaurant." Fu Ciyi said indifferently.
"The Fufeng Restaurant is the prince's money-making tool. He doesn't want to spend too much money..." Yan Funing frowned, "But now they haven't won the bid. Is there another way to make money?"
Fu Ciyi ate his meal leisurely, his voice steady and unhurried: "You guessed it right. The prince does have other ways to make money."
"What way?" everyone was curious.
Fu Ciyi was startled, looked around, and then ignored it: "I don't know the details."
Yan Funing, who was familiar with his personality, thought to herself that he must know.
But he didn't tell me at this moment, probably because he had some concerns, so he didn't ask.
After dinner, everyone left the dining room one after another.
The wind and snow are especially severe.
Yan Funing held her cloak tightly together and was almost blown off balance by the wind and snow.
Fu Ciyi put his arm around her waist and let her walk on her own, and only then did Yan Funing calm down.
Seeing his brother and sister-in-law like this, Fu Nanyao, who was also walking unsteadily, glanced at Meng Li.
Meng Li's face flushed, but he didn't move.
Only after seeing Aunt Wanniang walking away, supported by Nanny Li and Fu Beimo, did he reach out his hand to her.
Fu Nanyao grabbed his hand without any hesitation and gently scolded him: "You have no sense at all. Look how considerate my brother is to his sister-in-law. Can't you learn from him?"
Meng Li said softly, "They are husband and wife, legitimately. We, we..."
"We are not in the right place, are we not?"
Fu Nanyao got angry, shook off his hand and walked away quickly.
The wind and snow were so strong that they deformed her cloak and skirt, and she was thrown straight into a tree trunk beside the road.
Seeing this, Meng Li ran over and hugged the person in his arms.
"You, you didn't want to hold me and walk away, you wanted to hug me?" Fu Nanyao's cheeks blushed.
Meng Li wanted to say no.
But holding a woman like this, he didn't want to let go.
The two of them stayed like this, hugging each other against the tree trunk in the wind and snow, for quite a long time.
It was not until a few patrolling figures appeared not far away that they hurriedly let go.
Fu Nanyao quietly put her hand into Meng Li's palm and said, "Just support me and walk. Is that all right?"
"Yeah!" Meng Li nodded.
He intuitively felt that he was steaming all over. Although he was wearing a lot of winter clothes, the softness of the woman's body seemed to still remain in front of him, and he suddenly felt dry mouth.
On the way to escort Fu Nanyao back to her room, he quietly raised his head, opened his mouth, and let the snowflakes fall into his mouth.
It's icy cool, but not dry at all.
Arriving at his own courtyard, Fu Nanyao sent Lvliu and other servants away and glared at Meng Li: "Your palms are sweating. Are you nervous about holding my hand?"
Meng Li swallowed hard, "Nan Yao, you are a lady and I am a servant. We have no future."
"There is no future, so how dare you hold my hand and hug me?"
"I……"
"Do you remember being shirtless in front of me? It was not long after you came to our house?"
"Remember, you said I was the first naked man you saw."
"Do you still remember that I sewed clothes for you?"
"Remember, you said I was the only man besides your brothers who gave you clothes."
"That's good, Ali. I've always treated you differently. Don't you understand?"
Meng Li was silent. How could he not understand?
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