Chapter 67 Wan Ning's Thoughts
Once inside, Ye Wanning discovered that Cui'er had already prepared hot water. She glanced at her suspiciously and asked in a low voice, "Cui'er, how come the water was ready so quickly?"
"Huh?" Cui'er was taken aback, looking at Ye Wanning with some confusion. "I've been waiting for you to come back, so I instructed the servants a long time ago to prepare hot water at all times, and to bring it to your room as soon as you returned!"
As she spoke, Cui'er looked at Ye Wanning and asked with some confusion, "Sister, why are you asking this?"
Was she overthinking things? Ye Wanning glanced at Cui'er again, and seeing nothing amiss, muttered softly, "I thought you already knew..."
"Huh?" Cui'er looked at Ye Wanning, somewhat dazed, and said, "Sister, what did you just say? Your voice was too soft, I didn't hear you."
"It's nothing." Ye Wanning turned her head, smiled at Cui'er, paused for a few seconds, and then said, "Let's take a bath instead, let's not talk about anything else."
As Ye Wanning was about to undress, she noticed that Cui'er was still standing there. Startled, she looked at Cui'er and asked, "I already said I was going to take a bath, why are you still standing here?"
Cui'er lowered her head and didn't look at her. After a long while, she finally spoke in a muffled voice, "Didn't I tell you, sister, that I will never leave you again? I will stay here and watch over you."
Ye Wanning's lips twitched as she looked at Cui'er. She spread her hands and said helplessly, "I've already returned to the manor, where else could I go!" She rolled her eyes. "Besides, how am I supposed to take a bath with you standing here?" She didn't have the perverse pleasure of being watched by others while taking a bath!
Cui'er blushed, nervously twisting her fingers before stammering, "Sister...sister...sister...why are you so shy...we're all women..." Cui'er glanced shyly at Ye Wanning, her eyes filled with embarrassment. "Besides, it used to be Cui'er who served you bathing, why are you like this now..."
"Stop!" Ye Wanning quickly reached out and interrupted Cui'er. She curled her lips impatiently. "I told you before, I've changed a lot since that incident. Besides, how old were we when you were helping me bathe!"
As she spoke, Ye Wanning put her hands behind her back, stared seriously at Cui'er, and adopted a lecturing posture, "There is an old saying that men and women should not touch each other, but actually, this old saying is not finished, there is another part!" As she spoke, she gave Cui'er a meaningful look, "Then Cui'er, do you know what the next part is?"
Cui'er was taken aback, and scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly, "Cui'er hasn't read as many books as my sister, so I don't know."
"Well..." Ye Wanning stared at Cui'er and said mysteriously, "Actually... women should not touch each other!"
"..." Cui'er looked at Ye Wanning, speechless for a while. After a long while, she said, somewhat speechless, "Sister, you probably made that up..."
Ye Wanning looked at her smugly, shaking her head and saying, "How do you know I made it up?" As she spoke, she reached out and pushed Cui'er, "Alright, alright, go out now. I've already said that women shouldn't touch each other!"
“Sister…” Cui’er stamped her foot helplessly, wanting to resist, but afraid of hurting Ye Wanning with force, so she had to give up. She stood at the door and looked at Ye Wanning with some resentment, “Sister, can I stand here?”
“You…” Ye Wanning sighed, “You’re truly hopeless!” After saying that, seeing Cui’er’s determined eyes, Ye Wanning had no choice but to nod and close the door. Suddenly, Ye Wanning remembered something and asked through the door, “Cui’er, do you know that man in the blue robe today?”
"Huh?" Cui'er, standing outside the door, was startled at first, then stammered for a long time before saying, "Sister...who are you talking about? I...I...I don't remember..."
There's something going on! Seeing Cui'er's evasive behavior, Ye Wanning's eyes widened. It seemed that, just as she had expected, there was something fishy going on! Ye Wanning bit her lip and narrowed her eyes as she pondered. With Cui'er's temper, she probably wouldn't be able to get anything out of her. Since that was the case, Ye Wanning smiled strangely. Then she could only let that big shot show himself first!
The sound of running water came from inside the room; presumably, her young mistress had already started bathing. Cui'er shifted uncomfortably. Ye Wanning's question earlier seemed to have a hidden meaning, but that person in blue... Cui'er bit her lip. How could it be her...?
Still in a daze, she suddenly heard a gentle male voice behind her, "Cui'er, what are you doing standing outside the door? Where is the Princess?"
"The Princess is taking a bath!" Cui'er answered softly. Why did that voice sound so familiar, yet strangely unfamiliar? Cui'er frowned, turned her head, and found that standing behind her was Prince Jin, Su Wenzhen!
"Your...Your...Your Highness..." Cui'er's eyes widened, and she covered her mouth in disbelief. This prince...how...how come he's not stupid anymore...
Seeing Cui'er's astonished look, Su Wenzhen chuckled and said, "After falling off the cliff with your princess, some things happened, but I have recovered." As he spoke, Su Wenzhen bowed deeply to Cui'er, "I really troubled Miss Cui'er the other day."
Seeing Prince Jin bow so deeply to her, Cui'er was startled and looked at him helplessly, "Your Highness... Your Highness... please don't do this..."
"It's alright." Su Wenzhen stood up and smiled. "This gratitude is heartfelt." He looked at Cui'er with exceptionally sincere eyes.
Cui'er felt her eyes welling up with tears. If the prince really recovered, did that mean that her sister wouldn't have to suffer so much anymore? Thinking this, she choked up and said, "Thank... thank... thank you, Your Highness..."
As if sensing the commotion outside, the sound of water inside suddenly stopped. "Cui'er, what's wrong?"
Just as Cui'er was about to speak, Su Wenzhen gestured for her to be quiet. She nodded and then called into the house, "Sister, it's alright. I just saw a servant boy, and I told him to prepare the meal!"
"Great! I'm actually hungry!"
Seeing that there was no further movement inside, Su Wenzhen gave Cui'er an appreciative look, then said softly, "I have something to do, I'll be going now." After saying that, he turned and left.
Cui'er nodded, but suddenly noticed that there was someone following behind him. It was... that man in blue? As if noticing Cui'er's gaze, the man glanced at her, and Cui'er immediately lowered her head. After Su Wenzhen and the man walked away, Cui'er looked in the direction they had gone and was speechless. What... exactly is going on?
When Ye Wanning came out of the house, this was the scene she saw. Cui'er was staring into the distance, lost in thought, and didn't even notice her coming out. She stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Cui'er, "What are you doing?"
Cui'er was taken aback, then looked at Ye Wanning in a flustered manner, "No...no...no..." She changed the subject, "Sister, you're done washing up so early? Let's go get something to eat."
Ye Wanning raised an eyebrow but didn't expose her. She just looked at Cui'er thoughtfully for a long time before saying, "We're going to eat something, but not at the Prince's Mansion."
"Huh?" Cui'er was startled and quickly grabbed Ye Wanning's arm. "Sister, you just got back and you're already thinking about going out? What are you going to do!"
Ye Wanning's eyes flickered. In the past few days, she had realized one thing: if she didn't want to be bullied, she could only become stronger! She gritted her teeth. Only when she was strong enough would she not be afraid of being bullied!
Seeing that Ye Wanning remained silent, Cui'er grew anxious and repeatedly advised, "Sister, you should rest for a few days first!"
"I can't wait any longer!" Ye Wanning narrowed her eyes, glanced at Cui'er, and her tone suddenly became unusually serious, "Cui'er, have you finished the task I asked you to do before I left?"
Cui'er was taken aback, not understanding what Ye Wanning meant by asking this. After a long pause, she finally said, "Everything is taken care of. We're just waiting for you to come over."
“Since that’s the case…” Ye Wanning looked at Cui’er, her gaze intense, “Then why don’t we just do it now? If we keep them waiting, won’t they blame us for being negligent?”
“But…” Cui’er wanted to say something, but was so frightened by Ye Wanning’s gaze that she couldn’t speak.
"This time, I'm going to do something for the Prince's Mansion," Ye Wanning said with a cold smile.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com