Lu Liangwei was slightly taken aback. She was about to say something when Long Qingzhi corrected him, “Zhi’er, you need to call her ‘Aunt’ now.”
Wanyan Zhi shook his head and repeated persistently, “Big sis.”
Long Qingzhi was surprised but also delighted.
She was delighted that Zhi’er was finally willing to speak, but surprised that he was determined to refer to Lu Liangwei as ‘big sis’.
“Zhi’er, she has already married your uncle, so you need to call her ‘Aunt’ from now on.” Long Qingzhi crouched down to correct him patiently.
Lu Liangwei did not mind this at all. It was just a form of address to her, but Long Qingzhi did not think so.
There was nothing wrong for Zhi’er to address Lu Liangwei as ‘big sis’ in private, but she was worried he would do the same thing in public, which would be inappropriate.
Her younger brother was much older than Lu Liangwei, but because of his stern authority, no one dared mention anything. In private though, things were very different.
If someone were to overhear Zhi’er addressing Lu Liangwei as ‘big sis’, where would her brother stand in this?
Wanyan Zhi continued shaking his head even after his mother had tried correcting him.
Long Qingzhi felt slightly anxious when she saw this. She grabbed his arm and said sternly, “Oh, this child of mine, why are you being so disobedient?”
Wanyan Zhi’s face turned pale when he saw the stern look on his mother’s face. Fear appeared in his eyes as he shook his head and backed away.
Long Qingzhi was alarmed. She called out in panic, “Zhi’er, what’s wrong?”
Wanyan Zhi continued shaking his head as he looked at Long Qingzhi in fear.
Lu Liangwei was shocked as well. She quickly took Wanyan Zhi’s hand and blocked his view of Long Qingzhi.
“Zhi’er, it’s me, big sis. How about I bring you along to go and play?” Lu Liangwei said soothingly.
Wanyan Zhi’s unfocused gaze immediately turned toward her.
He was momentarily stunned at the sight of Lu Liangwei’s gentle, friendly demeanor. Then he softly nodded.
Lu Liangwei breathed a sigh of relief as she held his little hand. “Let’s go.”
She signaled Long Qingzhi with a look as she said this.
Long Qingzhi was also relieved when she saw her son being calmed down. She lifted her sleeve to wipe the sweat on her forehead and followed behind the two, but did not say another word.
She had acted too anxiously just now and had frightened Wanyan Zhi, whose emotions were already unstable.
Lu Liangwei had made a few kites and was now teaching Wanyan Zhi how to play with them.
Wanyan Zhi grew up in Danjue, so he had never seen a kite before. Moreover, Lu Liangwei had made the kites into cute little animal shapes, which immediately caught his attention.
“This is called a paper kite. Hold on to this string and go run a circle. It will fly into the sky if you do that. Zhi’er, would you like to try?”
Wanyan Zhi held out his hand and accepted the string from Lu Liangwei.
Lu Liangwei continued, “You’ll need to run along with the wind and go a little faster at the start for the paper kite to fly higher. Why don’t you let your mother run with you?”
Wanyan Zhi’s eyes were glued to the kite while Lu Liangwei brought Long Qingzhi over.
Long Qingzhi replaced Lu Liangwei’s position.
Lu Liangwei backed away slightly and watched mother and son play with the kite.
When the kite soared high into the sky, Wanyan Zhi suddenly let out a chuckle. Long Qingzhi was overjoyed.
Right then, the Virtuous Consort and the Prudence Consort appeared together.
When they spotted Lu Liangwei, they suppressed their usual jealousy as they approached her to offer a curtsy.
“Greetings to Your Highness.”
“You may rise,” Lu Liangwei responded nonchalantly.
When the Virtuous Consort spotted the few paper kites sitting right next to Lu Liangwei’s feet, she smiled and asked, “Your Highness is in an aesthetic mood. What prompted you to think about flying paper kites today?”
Lu Liangwei suddenly remembered that she had made extra kites when she heard this. She said, “Both of you are right on time. I made a few extra kites when I was making them for the Prince. You should take them and have fun too.”
Zhu Yu immediately took two paper kites and gave them to the Virtuous Consort and Prudence Consort.