Chapter 929: Chapter 394: From a Sea of Possibilities, Choosing Only One
The long journey was extrely dull and tasteless. However, Yueyao was enjoying herself. Except when passing through crowded and lively places, the curtain on Yueyao’s carriage was always open because she was sightseeing along the way.
Yueyao looked at the picturesque scenery outside with so regret, thinking that if she weren’t pressed for ti, she would definitely take a good look at these beautiful landscapes.
Yueyao gazed at An Zhichen, who was sitting on a dark horse, feeling a bit conflicted inside. An Zhichen was indeed excellent, but if she married him, her dream of traveling the world and seeing its sights would truly remain just a dream, forever unrealized.
An Zhichen seed to sense Yueyao’s inner conflict and approached the side of Yueyao’s carriage, asking, “What’s wrong?” Because Yueyao’s appearance had changed significantly, An Zhichen was not worried about her identity being exposed, so he acted more casually. And those following An Zhichen this ti were either his confidants or Luo Zhong and his party, and no one noticed.
Yueyao smiled and said, “It’s nothing, I just got lost in the scenery for a mont.”
An Zhichen spoke a few words with Yueyao and then left, while Yueyao fell into contemplation. In life, there are gains and losses; whether to choose this man or a life of freedom, she still needed to weigh it carefully.
After so ti, Lv Yao also sensed that An Zhichen seed particularly concerned about that dark-skinned woman. Lv Yao asked her maidservant Xiao Cui, “Who is that woman? The Junior General seems special to her.”
Xiao Cui was assigned by An Zhichen to serve beside Lv Yao, though it’s more accurate to say she was there to monitor and control. Xiao Cui said indifferently, “Just mind your own business. Other matters are not yours to question.” Xiao Cui didn’t know Yueyao’s identity, but she knew her job was to keep an eye on the woman in front of her. Lv Yao was a very clever woman, but she had a fatal flaw: excess curiosity. Curiosity killed the cat, and won with too much curiosity usually don’t live long.
That day, An Zhichen and the others lodged at a post station. Yueyao got a top-grade room, whereas Lv Yao stayed in an ordinary room.
Lv Yao watched Yueyao’s back, her face showing a complicated expression. Lv Yao, after years in the dusty world, could tell that An Zhichen had genuine feelings for that woman. She truly wanted to know what unique charm this woman, who had captured the Junior General’s heart, possessed.
Dinner was served in their respective rooms. An Zhichen called Yueyao over to dine with him.
An Zhichen noticed Yueyao standing to the side with the other maids, ready to serve him, and waved the others out of the room, saying, “You all go out.”
After everyone left, An Zhichen said to Yueyao, “Sit down and eat with .” An Zhichen completely treated Yueyao as one of his own, without any restraint.
Yueyao hesitated for a mont, then finally sat down to dine with An Zhichen. The dishes on the table were rich and varied: crispy chicken, duck cooked with bamboo shoots, braised fish, braised pork with preserved vegetables and taro, Kong Pao rabbit, mushrooms with at, fresh at and shrimp pot, stir-fried bok choy, and yam rib soup.
Yueyao only ate the bok choy and yam rib soup, and a bit of the mushrooms. The other dishes were too heavy with oil for her to take a bite.
An Zhichen ate heartily and consud a lot, finishing three big bowls of rice and eating quite a bit of the dishes on the table.
Yueyao followed the rule of not speaking while eating or sleeping, and only after they finished eating did she ask, “Don’t you eat vegetables?”
An Zhichen laughed and said, “I have a significant daily energy expenditure and can’t sustain myself on just vegetables.” In truth, An Zhichen was a at lover, but he knew Yueyao preferred a vegetarian diet, so he worded it more tactfully.
Yueyao nodded slightly.
An Zhichen had the food cleared away and said to Yueyao, “It’s still early. How about we play a ga of chess?” Although he hadn’t heard that Yueyao could play chess, he instinctively believed she could. Scholars, after all, tend to cherish elegant pursuits.
Yueyao smiled and nodded, “I’m not very good at it, so don’t laugh at later.” This was not out of modesty; her chess skills were indeed not great, barely third-rate. Sotis Yueyao envied her teacher, Mr. Yu Shan, a lot because he learned everything well, while she could not.
An Zhichen chuckled in amusent, “It’s just a pasti, there’s no win or lose.” Before leaving Haikou, Old Grand Master An had told him to take the opportunity to interact with Yueyao more during the journey. The old master’s intention was that, with enough ti spent together, feelings would naturally develop.
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