Chapter fourteen

"Please all young ladies go up," Longwei said.

Stomach was crying inside the belly; though it was low, it provided bothering; hence, Yang's young ladies went to the meal room without waiting for a second invitation.

Even though the space for eating did not have any special decoration, the female guests still admired it - because this common style brought relaxation to their eyes.

The eaters sat around the square table that had a suitable size for everyone to pick up food without knocking hands.

Lantian knew that Ehuang did not want to sit near Caihong, also Caihong did not wish to stay beside her eldest sister, so she separated the girls by preparing the eldest to sit near to her brother and the second to sit between Liqing and Li Ai. Within such preparation, the younger girl looked at ease; she had a good appetite, and this made the lips of the female senior expand very wide.

After the meal, the possessors of the grove freed the guests to enjoy the resort by themselves.

Like at the Central pagoda's lake, Ehuang controlled the son of Wu very much. She asked Longwei to walk her to visit his property and because the male was a gentleman, he did not refuse and agreed to help the pretty woman to tour around the grove.

Walking behind the couple was Xiaojie who boasted her chest like a guard of the queen. Her way of looking at all the half-sisters of her mistress was annoying. However, Liqing, Li Ai and Lifen did not mind the low girl of her eldest sister; they enjoyed happily under the high green bamboo.

Caihong did not go to join any of the groups, she was having leisure time alone on a huge balcony next to the dining room.

Under the shade, it was warm and cool. Younger miss opened lungs to absorb wind then released the air out. This was the period that she was very relaxed. The lassie felt this was an opportunity in her life that she had to capture – after she arrived home, she wouldn't know when she could visit such nature again. 

"Why do you stay here? My brother is over there."

Caihong turned to see the owner of the voice. When she perceived it was the daughter of Wu, she dropped her chest and exhaled.

'Why does she brother me?' She thought.

Seeing the expression of the younger girl, Lantian realized that she felt not happy to see her, but she could not help, she wanted to stay near her. She walked to stay close; then the younger woman withdrew her body to keep a wide space between.

"I think you are pretty as well," Lantian stated. "You might have a chance to win over my brother. My second bro's mind is soft. You just smile at him, speak sweetly and pay attention to him is enough."

It was disturbing to hear the same boring words. Caihong knotted her eyebrows and said, "You are not bored?" 

Lantian shook her head, "No, I'm not."

"But I'm bored." Caihong spun to eye the woman. "You speak many times, and I also confirm many times as well that I am not interested in young master Wu. So, please stop bothering me."

The daughter of the mayor grinned.

"I want to believe you, but it is hard to convince myself when I experienced it once," she said.

Hearing the sentence made the juvenile remember the day in the park. She sensed Lantian was trying to tell that she had hid from her about her surname, so she still believed she was not telling the truth related to her feelings towards her elder brother.

Actually, the fault could not be counted on her. Though she was not commanded to not expose her identity, she would not tell about her family to the stranger.

In the mind of the girl thought the daughter of the high minister was holding an upset against her, that was why she did not allow her to be in peace. If she showed her sincerity, she might reduce her annoyance and would not disturb her anymore.

After thinking, Caihong decided to clarify, "On that day, I didn't mean to hide, but we just met and I did not know who you were, so... But I tell the truth. I don't want to compete or have regard to your brother."

"Really?"

Voice and glance of the elder female were full of teasing, making the eyebrows of the younger girl tie together, even her teeth were against each other. She tried to calm down and expressed, "No."

"True?" Lantian cocked her head.

It was not to hold on. Caihong released her teeth and vocalized, "Yes, true. How many times do I have to say to make you believe me? I don't have interest in your brother, I don't want to get married to him, I don't love him."

The last sentence was what Lantian was eager for.

"If you don't love my brother, then," she gave her face close to Caihong, "you love me."

Second daughter of Yang pulled face further and opened eyes big, "What are you saying?"

Lantian held a smirk over her womanizer's face. She patted the fan on her palm and walked in within lips spraying words, "If you don't love me, you wouldn't agree to have dinner with me."

"My father called me. I did not know about you," Caihong said.

"What was it about the food?"

"I did not have an idea. You asked me, I replied."

"Then, you agreed to go out with me, what is the reason?"

"My father told me to come."

Lantian narrowed eyebrows, "Only don't know, my father, don't know, my father. You don't have your own idea?" 

Question of the female senior made the girl fall eyeball and close her lips.

Wu's daughter rolled eyes and quaked her head; she blew a wind from throat one; after, she turned over.

"Miss." Xiaolan came in.

"Where did you lose?" Lantian said.

"I went to the toilet," Xiaolan told.

"Why?"

"A lot of food in my stomach. I needed to release it."

"Who tells you to eat without thinking!"

"Miss, you still dare to say? You told the second young master to buy this buy that, but you did not eat and threw it all to me."

The speaking of the Wu's maid made peepers of Caihong unlock.

"Many mouths." Lantian stroke fan on the forehead of her servant. "Hurry up to get vegetables for mother."

"Yes," Xiaolan said.

When the two women were off, Caihong kept in stand to have a thought about what she had heard. She collected a series of stories at the pagoda to be in head and evaluated them one by one. She remembered what she had wanted to eat, Lantian had mentioned it to her brother, then the elder man brought it to everyone, including her. She had always thought it was her luck, but now, it seemed the fortune was not from the sky, but from humans indeed.

'Why does she do that?'

It was a question that Caihong carried in head along the way down the stairs.

'Why?'

Because she was involved in deep pondering, she did not perceive her younger sisters that were standing on the side of the path, until Liqing called her, "Second sister." Then she awoke and turned to her siblings, "Yes!"

The three youngsters came to their elder.

"Where are you going?" Li Ai said.

Caihong looked around, she was a little bit surprised how she arrived at the locale where she was standing.

"I, I.. just walked around," she said.

At that time, Longwei and Ehuang arrived.

"Young ladies, all of you are here," Longwei said, then he smiled at Caihong, and the girl replied with a grin.

Ehaung noticed the man was friendly to her low half-sister, she felt a rage inside. Her true mind wanted to tear the face of this concubine's child, but she tried to clutch her fury because she did not want the nobleman to feel not good about her.

"Young master, where is this path going?" Li Ai pointed to a road on the right side.

"It is going to the vegetable farm," Longwei said.

"Vegetable farm?" Lifen opened her eyes. "Can we go to see?" she said.

"Yes, of course."