Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 2038: Chapter 2039: Did He Bully You?

As soon as An Yilin left, An Jing said, ”Yun Er, you should be tired too. Go and rest for a while, and when Wen Ya arrives, I’ll have someone call you over.”

”Mm, alright.” An Yiyun was indeed feeling worn out, so he didn’t force himself to stay up. He got up and went back to his courtyard to rest.

The Royal Palace is quite a distance from the Prime Minister’s residence, and it would take at least two hours for Wang Wenya to arrive, so he could have a good rest in the meantime.

”Qi’er, you stay here to play chess with Bao Bei. Bao Bei is just too energetic. Your father and I simply can’t keep up.” Saying that, An Jing and Xiao Changyi returned to their room, planning to get some rest as well.

For the past two months, they’ve been traveling every day. Even though the journey was slow, they were still a bit worn out.

As for the preparations for the weddings of their three sons, those trivial matters could start tomorrow. Today, they simply didn’t have the energy to deal with them.

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Elsewhere, An Yilin arrived at the Prime Minister’s residence by carriage.

Li Wuyu and Wang Youbao were not at the residence. An Yilin, observing proper etiquette, first greeted Prime Minister Li before going to find Wang Wenya.

Originally, a young servant was supposed to guide him, but since he knew where Wang Wenya’s room was, he declined the offer and went to find Wang Wenya by himself.

Wang Wenya lived in the rear courtyard, quite far from the front courtyard, through a winding corridor. Fortunately, An Yilin had been there a few times, so even without a guide, he wouldn’t get lost in those corridors.

Just as he turned a corner in the corridor, An Yilin was about to continue toward Wang Wenya’s room but hadn’t taken a step when he was bumped into by a girl in an orange dress, head down, focused only on the greasy drumstick in her hand.

Bang.

”Ugh—” the girl let out a muffled groan.

Because he was a head taller than the girl, when she bumped into him, the drumstick ended up hitting him and then fell off him.

Seeing a large greasy stain on the front of his white robe, An Yilin, who was particularly fastidious about cleanliness, couldn’t bear it. Feeling particularly dirty, he immediately erupted in anger, ”You girl, can’t you watch where you’re going? Look at how you’ve soiled my clothes! Aren’t you filthy?”

The girl, taken aback by the scolding, looked up, and only then did An Yilin notice her doll-like face, especially her eyes, which were as clear and bright as black grapes.

Of course, in An Yilin’s view, the oil stains around the girl’s mouth from eating the drumstick made her look particularly dirty.

An Yilin originally found the girl’s eyes quite pleasing, but upon seeing her greasy mouth, any good impression vanished instantly. He even took two steps back in disdain.

But the girl didn’t seem to mind An Yilin’s scolding. She first glanced at An Yilin, then, with great distress, stared at the drumstick on the ground, regrettably saying, ”My drumstick...”

At this moment, a girl in a green dress rushed over like the wind, urgently asking the girl in the orange dress, ”Linglong, what happened? Why is he scolding you? Did he bully you? Quickly tell me, did he?”

This green-dressed girl also had a doll-like face, equally petite, but her features were quite different from the girl in the orange dress. Moreover, the green-dressed girl had an evidently fiery temperament.

An Yilin frowned, feeling a bit displeased with the green-dressed girl.

The girl in the orange dress, named Linglong and surnamed Qi, was the third daughter of Qi Gaoda and Du Aya. Hearing her sister Qi Jiaoqiao’s words, she continued to stare at the drumstick on the ground while pointing at it for her sister to see, ”Sister, my drumstick...”