It was only when Xiao Wei realized that no one was around that he turned around in confusion and looked back, only to find that Min Yueqing and the others were not following the same path as him at all, and that they were getting further and further away.
Xiao Wei quickly turned around and ran to Min Yueqing's side.
Perhaps it knew it had just made a mistake, and now it was behaving itself, no longer acting up and blocking Min Yueqing's path.
Seeing Wei's "I'm wronged, but I won't say it" expression, Min Yueqing chuckled inwardly.
Pei Ji also pursed his lips and chuckled, but unfortunately his performance was a bit immature, and the two dimples on his face gave him away.
Fortunately, Serena Williams doesn't know how to read people's expressions, otherwise she might have become furious.
In the afternoon, the manor was busy preparing for the ancestral worship ceremony, all of which were handled by Pei Han. Min Yueqing and Pei Ji, as always, went about their own business, quite content.
Because they were going to the main courtyard for the New Year's Eve dinner, Min Yueqing fed Xiao Wei a meal in the afternoon, making sure it was full and also sharing in the festive atmosphere of the New Year, hoping for good fortune and abundance every year.
Xiao Wei was truly carefree. After a hearty meal, it lazily lay down and fell asleep at Min Yueqing's feet.
The New Year's Eve dinner at the Earl's residence was very elaborate and quite sumptuous, but the people sitting at the table were in very different states.
Two years ago, Liu stopped participating in such formal occasions. This was because Lord Pei disliked her behavior, and her siblings, Pei Yun and Pei Qian, also found her unkempt and didn't want her to embarrass herself in public.
But Pei Yun herself was also not very comfortable. She wanted to marry a good man, but she was too picky in her early years and had not settled down.
Now that she is over twenty, she has become an old maid that the servants gossip about behind her back, and she is filled with bitterness and resentment.
Now she's thinking of lowering her standards and marrying someone decent, but there's no one left to make decisions for her or worry about her.
Pei Yun could no longer rely on Liu Shi because of her current state, but she could hardly count on her father either, as her two older sisters were married far away and she rarely saw them.
As she grew older, Pei Yun became increasingly anxious. Unfortunately, she was a young woman and couldn't arrange her own marriage; she feared becoming the laughingstock of the entire capital.
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