Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 388: Chapter 388: She’s Not as Harmless as She Looks_1

An Jing praised her, ”It was right of you not to ride out. Your father is dealing with important matters. If you had delayed even one by taking the horse out, you would indeed bear a great fault.”

After all, her disciple was just going out for fun.

Unlike her disciple’s father—the head of all officials, who truly had many worries, and each one involved the wellbeing of the state and its people.

Li Wuyu said with a playful grin, ”Don’t judge me by my behavior; I actually understand a lot of principles.”

An Jing tapped her on the forehead, ”You really are different now that you’re recovered, look how listless you were before, like an eggplant beaten by the frost.”

Li Wuyu remained playful and smiling.

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The next day, Li Wuyu set out on her journey back to the Capital, with An Jing, Xiao Changyi, and Wang Youbao seeing her off.

But they only went as far as the entrance of the Sixteen Town.

At the entrance, Li Wuyu no longer led her horse but swiftly mounted it. Though her stature was petite, seated atop the tall horse, she could not conceal her heroic bearing.

Wang Youbao suddenly found it difficult to take his eyes off the figure on the horse.

”Wood!” Suddenly, Li Wuyu called out to Wang Youbao.

Wang Youbao immediately pulled his gaze away, unusually flustered, and before he could confirm whether Li Wuyu was calling him or not, something was thrown into his arms, which he caught reflexively.

Looking down, he discovered a piece of translucent white jade, carved with the character for ”jade.”

Wang Youbao immediately looked up at Li Wuyu again.

He heard Li Wuyu shout, ”Thank you for looking after me for so long. Consider this piece of jade as a thank-you gift; take good care of it and don’t lose it!”

Li Wuyu had never spoken to him with such an authoritative tone, and Wang Youbao felt somewhat stunned, finding this side of Li Wuyu somewhat alien, as if the Li Wuyu who used to pester him was just an illusion.

But Li Wuyu did not look at Wang Youbao again, instead turning to An Jing and Xiao Changyi to bow with a fist, ”Master, father, Wuyu is leaving, take care!”

An Jing smiled and nodded, ”Be careful on your way.”

”Let’s go!” Without looking back at anyone, Li Wuyu turned the horse’s head and spurred her steed into a gallop, vanishing from sight.

As Wang Youbao stood there gazing in the direction Li Wuyu disappeared, An Jing teased, ”What’s the matter, can’t bear to see her go?”

Wang Youbao immediately choked and coughed several times in a flustered haste to refute, ”An Jing, don’t talk nonsense, Miss Li is just going home, there’s nothing for me to be reluctant about.”

An Jing decided not to tease him further but glanced at the white jade in Wang Youbao’s hand and spoke with deep meaning, ”Let me remind you, you really should treasure this. My disciple is not as harmless as she looks on the surface.”

Wang Youbao: ”...”

Then, An Jing and Xiao Changyi rode Zhuri back home.

Although Wang Youbao did not continue to stand at the town’s entrance, on his way home, he felt an emptiness in his heart, as if he had lost something, but he could not figure out what it was.

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An Jing and Xiao Changyi had originally planned to go to the Capital at the start of August, to travel and reach the Capital in time to celebrate the Emperor of Xiyun’s birthday. However, when An Jing and Xiao Changyi had their fields well-managed, so that they required no attention for a month or two, Shi Xiaolan gave birth, to a daughter.

And that day was the twenty-ninth of July.

Shi Xiaolan had stopped working at the rice shop a month earlier and had returned home to give birth.

When An Jing heard that Shi Xiaolan had given birth, she was quite happy, but seeing Yun Dame and the others showing no joy over Shi Xiaolan having a girl immediately dampened her spirits.