She turned around, a slight smile playing on her lips: "I need to go to the kitchen to check on how dinner is going. Excuse me."
After saying that, she turned and left decisively.
"..."
Feng Zhiwen stared wide-eyed, unable to recover for a long time.
Just now, in front of her aunt, she said she would show him around, but then she turned around and dumped him on the servants.
Feng Zhiwen gritted his teeth and thought angrily, "As expected, they just know how to put on a show!"
"Does Miss have a problem with Young Master?" Xueqing seemed to sense something and asked in a low voice.
Shen Tangning chuckled lightly: "When did your young lady develop the habit of offering a warm face to a cold backside?"
Although the boy tried his best to hide it, she was perceptive and could not hide the subtle hostility from her eyes.
Xueqing frowned: "This young master is clearly meeting Miss for the first time, but he seems to have a grudge against her?"
Shen Tangning didn't seem to care much, and scoffed lightly, "Just a child's mentality."
——
When Chi Yan returned home from his shift, he saw Feng Zhiwen sitting on the porch, absentmindedly scattering fish food, which attracted the koi in the pond to scramble for the food.
He raised an eyebrow and silently circled behind him: "My koi fish are expensive, at most a hundred taels each!"
Feng Zhiwen's hand trembled in fright. When he turned around and saw him, his face lit up with joy: "Cousin, you're back!"
Chi Yan leaned against a pillar, lazily crossing his arms: "What are you saying? Can't I even go back to my own home?"
Knowing that he always had a sharp tongue, Feng Zhiwen was not surprised and his eyes flickered: "Cousin, I just saw my sister-in-law."
Chi Yan became interested, looking at him with a half-smile, her tone reserved: "How is it? Isn't my wife beautiful, gentle, and generous?"
Feng Zhiwen pouted and said casually, "My cousin-in-law seems a bit cold towards me. She promised to show me around, but then she just dumped me on Ba Liang."
Chi Yan narrowed his eyes thoughtfully: "Did you offend her?"
"..."
He stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "She was cold to me, how did that mean I offended her?"
This favoritism is completely unreasonable!
Chi Yan lowered his eyes slightly and said in a lazy tone: "She is a person who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment. Under normal circumstances, she will at least show some face. She will only ignore people she doesn't like."
Feng Zhiwen fell into deep thought: "..."
Is he really that unlikable?
Seeing that he was actually thinking about it seriously, Chi Yan was overjoyed and planned to ask Shen Tangning later, so he changed the subject: "What, did your father bring you to Yanjing to find you a wife?"
Feng Zhiwen frowned, his eyes darting away: "I don't want to get married so early."
Chi Yan drawled, "Oh... so you already have someone you like? Which family's daughter is she from?"
"Cousin...you, you're talking nonsense!" The latter's face flushed red instantly, and he stammered.
"Why are you being so formal with me?" Chi Yan chuckled, offering his experience as someone who'd been there, "If you like someone, you should do it sooner rather than later, otherwise you'll regret it once she's married!"
Feng Zhiwen's expression suddenly darkened, and his tone became low: "She may not be willing... and her family situation is a bit complicated. In short, her background is quite pitiful."
Chi Yan remained silent for a long time after hearing this.
Feng Zhiwen looked puzzled: "Cousin, why aren't you saying anything?"
Chi Yan clicked his tongue: "I miss my wife. By the way, where is she?"
"..."
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