"Ha-ha, then I’ll listen to big sis, you’re the best!" Han Tianci said with a giggle.
Yun Jinnian looked at him with feigned annoyance and stood up.
Chu Yu also said with a smile, "Jinnian, braid my hair too, will ya?"
Yun Jinnian paused, her face flushing red, "Let Luo’er do it for you!"
In broad daylight, she braided Tianci’s hair because she was Tianci’s sister, and nobody could say anything about it.
But her and Chu Yu...
Thinking this, Yun Jinnian quickly walked away.
"Chu Big Brother, you’re too bad, teasing my sister!" Han Tianci spoke up for Yun Jinnian.
Chu Yu laughed, "You lucky kid!"
He himself begged but couldn’t get it.
This rascal did have it easy, Jinnian was always looking out for him.
However, the person Jinnian would be accompanying in the future was him, so he wouldn’t bother with this kid for now.
"Hehe, that’s right, Sis loves me the most!" Han Tianci said, picking up a chess piece and placing it on the board.
Chu Yu didn’t bother with right or wrong but just reached out and grabbed Han Tianci, giving him a few twists.
"Ow, ow!" Han Tianci cried out.
"Still bragging now?" Chu Yu asked fiercely.
"No more, I dare not!" Han Tianci pleaded relentlessly until Chu Yu let him go and made him focus on the chess game.
Prince Yanjun did not show any mercy to Han Tianci just because of his age, he still took the game seriously. Despite Tianci’s young age, he was an excellent chess player.
Yun Jinnian brought a towel to braid Tianci’s hair, and seeing Chu Yu’s wet black hair still dripping and that neither Luoyi nor Luo’er had come over, she hesitated for a moment, "Chu Big Brother, do you want me to braid your hair?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Yu was overjoyed inside, smiling so broadly his eyes disappeared, "Then thank you, Jinnian!"
The smug look on his face was annoying to behold.
Han Tianci reached out to pinch Chu Yu, who only laughed happier.
Han Tianci cursed inwardly, "Idiot!"
And concentrated on his game with Prince Yanjun.
Chu Yu, on the other hand, was floating on cloud nine, utterly blissful.
Braiding by Yun Jinnian felt different from when his wet nurse did it, and even from Luoyi and Luo’er. Jinnian’s touch was light, yet Chu Yu felt he could drown in this tenderness.
It was so unlike him.
"All done!" Yun Jinnian said indifferently and turned to wash her hands.
Chu Yu couldn’t stop grinning.
Han Tianci glanced at him and sighed, "Gone goofy!"
Prince Yanjun smiled warmly but said nothing.
Youthful and frivolous, love was deepest and most genuine.
Never with a shred of pretense.
No matter if others might enter his heart in the future, they wouldn’t match the intensity and sincerity of his first love.
But, Prince Yanjun hoped no one else would enter Chu Yu’s heart. Once Chu Yu missed out on Yun Jinnian, it would be a true loss, one not retrievable by any scheming or means.
This, Prince Yanjun felt it necessary to remind Chu Yu of.
Fish soup, roasted fish, buns, and a big pot of rice.
The fish, caught from the stream, was delicious. Yun Jinnian ate a roasted fish and had two bowls of soup which filled her, so she took a slow walk under the big tree.
Chu Yu slowly approached Yun Jinnian, "Thank you!"
Yun Jinnian glanced at him and shook her head slightly.
Together, they walked circles around the big tree.
Han Tianci, holding his bowl, glanced over, and Yuwen Ya gave him a piece of the belly, "Eat up, the bones here are the least!"
"Thanks, Seventh Brother!"
Yuwen Ya chuckled, "Eat up, and later we’ll have another round!"
Once Han Tianci’s sneak attack succeeded, Yuwen Ya thought he understood what had previously eluded him.
Hemei, warm, and Shi Jiayu sat eating roasted fish together. Shi Jiayu’s face was radiant with joy, clearly happy and fully recovered from the nightmare of losing her family.