His charming phoenix eyes seemed to blend with the stars, twinkling and fluttering as he begged Dong Huiying in a whiny and cutesy manner to allow him to go out for a stroll.
Dong Huiying couldn’t help but smile, "Alright, but you are still recuperating and a bit frail, so you can’t go too far, and someone must accompany you." Dong Huiying turned around to see Zhi Chen walking into an inn to book rooms since they needed to stay the night—they didn’t want to sleep on the streets, and they hadn’t rested well during the previous days of travel, so booking rooms was necessary.
Haoming looked at the carriage; Yue Ning was feeding the horses, and after pondering for a moment, she said, "I’ll join you!"
Who would have thought that Shujun would shake her head, "No, no, no!" Realizing she had refused too quickly, she immediately explained, "Sansan needs to buy some things for men." She put on a shy expression and even threw a suggestive look at Dong Huiying.
Dong Huiying was taken aback. Things for men?
That ’things for men’ sounded a bit odd.
Before Dong Huiying could come back to her senses, she heard Shujun calling out, "Yue Ning, let’s go, walk with me for a while!"
Yue Ning, who had been feeding the horses, was confused when she heard Third Brother’s invitation. Shujun laughed slyly and promptly dragged Yue Ning away.
Yue Ning was completely bewildered.
Dong Huiying watched them leave, a smile inevitably appearing on her lips.
However, they didn’t know that someone with ill intentions had already been waiting for the opportunity to strike in the shadows...
In fact, Shujun wanted to buy some jewelry for Dong Huiying; his Baobao deserved the best of everything in this world. But it seemed that since he had known her, Baobao had always kept a plain and unadorned appearance, never owning any jewelry. Pendants, earrings, necklaces, jade pendants, bracelets... Although Dayuan was a reversed dynasty, ordinary women would still purchase some small accessories, yet his Baobao didn’t have a single piece of jewelry.
After whisking Yue Ning away with a flimsy excuse, Shujun left her and approached a stall. He compared the wares carefully and finally chose a brass bracelet.
The bracelet wasn’t expensive, and the Liang family couldn’t afford anything too costly at present. After wrapping up the bracelet, he cherished it deeply as he tucked it inside his coat, wondering if his sweet girl would be happy with this gift. Would she be delighted?
He hoped she would be, for he loved the way she looked when she laughed. He wanted her to be happy every day; he didn’t like to see her sad, he preferred her lively.
With these thoughts, he began searching for Yue Ning’s whereabouts, thinking he couldn’t stay away for too long to keep Baobao from worrying. After all, he had already taken care of the ’important matter’, and he couldn’t bear to be apart from her for too long.
Don’t think he didn’t know that his brothers at home were eyeing her like prey.
Just as he was contemplating this, suddenly a large hand extended from behind, a cloth drenched in Knockout Drug pressed against Shujun’s mouth and nose...
After Shujun had taken Yue Ning away, Dong Huiying found her supply of medicinal herbs to be running low, so she went to a pharmacy to pick up some herbs. However, one particular herb was out of stock and had to be brought in from another shop by the Shopkeeper, which delayed her a bit.
By the time Dong Huiying returned, the sun had already started to set.
"Fourth Brother, has everyone returned?" Yue Ning’s anxious voice echoed from inside the inn. Dong Huiying paused for a moment, then quickly quickened her pace.
Haoming silently shook his head, his eyes filled with deep and heavy concern.