Chapter 292 – Wei Ruo Meets Lu Yuhong

“No …… nothing.” Wei Yi Chen replied.

“Did you encounter any danger?” Xu Feng Yuan felt that Wei Yichen wasn’t telling the truth.

“No, I was just thinking about a problem and got a little lost in thought.” Wei Yi Chen hurriedly explained.

“So that’s how it is, brother Wei really uses his energy, no wonder sir always praises you. But now that we’re in the back of the mountain, it’s not too safe, it’s better to focus on the surroundings and our feet, if there’s any problem wait until we return to the academy and then think about it slowly.” Xu Fengyuan persuaded.

Wei Yi Chen nodded, but his expression was still a bit less than favorable.

He had just been looking for excuses, such as that he had misread the situation and that the person was not actually Wan Wan, but only somewhat similar; or that it was a misunderstanding, and that there must be some reason for Wan Wan to appear in the middle of nowhere with a strange man.

But none of these reasons convinced himself, because no matter how he thought about it, that person was the Wan Wan he remembered, and no matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t find a suitable reason for today’s scene.

Lu Yuhong came back with two mountain chickens in his hand, although he did not hit the big game he longed for, but at least did not come back empty-handed, the two mountain chickens are fat enough, baked can be a full meal.

In the days that followed, Wei Yichen had been haunted by that incident, but due to the rule of not leaving the academy privately, he hadn’t been able to find a good opportunity to confirm it.

In fact, even if there was an opportunity to be able to leave the academy and go back to the school captain’s mansion, Wei Yichen wasn’t sure how he was going to find Wei Qingwan to confront her about this matter.

After waiting for several days, I finally waited for the first day of June, the day of rest.

Wei Yi Chen wanted to go back to his house, but he was again called by Xu Fengyuan, Lu Yuhong, and the others, pulling him along to the city’s Sibaozhai.

I heard that recently the Four Treasures had another activity, and the person who won the competition could get a piece of ink treasure from Zanglin Jushi as well as a year-long supply of paper from the Four Treasures.

Sibaozhai has been loved by the majority of students since it opened in the Taizhou Mansion, and the students of Anzhou Academy basically use this paper.

However, this paper is supplied in limited quantities every day, and no one with money can buy more, resulting in a number of students often not having enough paper, even though their families are not poor.

In the academy, the four-pack of paper is sometimes a better use of hard currency than silver.

So when they heard that the Four Treasures had such a reward for their activities, the students of An Zhou Academy were all excited.

If he put it aside in normal times, Wei Yi-chen would certainly be interested, whether it was the Zanglin Jushi, whom he once wanted to worship, or the paper of the Four Treasures.

Now although there was some lack of interest, but in the face of Xu Fengyuan and the others’ gracious invitation, he could not refuse, so he agreed.

Wei Yichen, Xu Fengyuan, Lu Yuhong, and a few other classmates who usually played fairly well together went down the mountain together.

Today’s Sibaozhai entrance is particularly lively, even next to the Xu Ji marinade shop store front are crowded with people.

Lu Yuhong’s interest is not in the Sibaozhai, but in the Hsuji Marinated Food Shop next to it.

He told Xu Fengyuan and Wei Yichen, “You guys go to the competition, I’ll go wait for you at the halibut store next door.”

The scent of wine and brisket tickled his cravings, and he wanted to savor a meal more than any of that crappy paper!

Lu Yuhong squeezed through the crowd and entered Xu Ji’s haloumi shop store.

“Boss lady, give me ……”

Lu Yuhong was about to open his mouth when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Wei Ruo’s master and servant sitting in the store.

There is no dine-in at the halibut store, those who come to buy halibut are packed to take away, so there is a total of one eight-imperial table in the store, which is used by Chen Aqing and the store fellows to eat by themselves on weekdays.

There was a screen blocking the eight centimeters table and before the doorway, people outside couldn’t see Wei Ruo, only those who entered the store would see it.

Wei Ruo today went out in a rare women’s clothing, for one thing, because today is a day of rest, she went out also brightly; secondly, she recently did not really want to abide by the rules.

I didn’t expect to meet Lu Yuhong so coincidentally.

“Miss Wei is also here, what a coincidence.” Lu Yuhong politely greeted Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo nodded slightly, “Greetings, Mr. Lu.”

The two were separated by a distance, and although Lu Yuhong was a bit big-headed, he wouldn’t rashly come up to Wei Ruo’s heels to offend her.

Seeing this, Chen Aqing was busy greeting Lu Yuhong: “This gentleman, what do you want to buy?”

Chen Aqing knew that Miss was a lady of the house, different from women like them, and must not contact outside men from time to time, or it would affect her reputation.

Lu Yuhong asked Chen Aqing, “Boss lady, do you have another table here, I also want to sit here like them and sip wine and eat lo mei.”

“Sorry this gentleman, this is the only table we have here.” Chen Ah Qing politely refused.

“You can just support me with a random matzah, my friend is participating in the competition next door at Four Treasures, I want to sit in your store and watch them compete.” Lu Yuhong said.

“This ……” Chen Aqing subconsciously looked in Wei Ruo s direction.

Wei Ruo nodded slightly, signaling that it didn’t matter.

Only then did Chen Aqing agree to Lu Yuhong, “Alright then, I’ll bring a matzah over for His Excellency.”

Chen Aqing placed the horse zipper on the outside of the screen so that Lu Yuhong and Wei Ruo were separated by the screen.

Another additional small stool was moved over to facilitate Lu Yuhong to arrange the food.

Lu Yuhong acted boldly and sat down on his butt, not minding in the least that the matzah was not elegant.

Immediately afterward, he ordered from Chen Aqing and asked her to serve him a plate full of lo mein on a large platter.

“Another jug of Thyme.” Lu Yuhong said.

“I’m sorry Mr. Lu, the Thyme is sold out.” Chen Ah Qing replied.

The brine store’s Thyme is only sold in one jar per day, and it’s lined up and bought out as soon as the doors open early in the morning, and there’s simply no more at this point in the day.

“Don’t lie to me, I can already smell the thyme.” Saying that, he pointed in the direction of the screen, “Isn’t that thyme on Miss Wei’s table?”

“This ……” Chen Aqing looked at Wei Ruo again.

Wei Ruo smiled lightly and said to Chen Aqing, “Take this pot of wine of mine to Mr. Lu.”

Then to Lu Yuhong at the other end of the screen, he said, “I haven’t touched this wine, and since Mr. Lu likes it, I’ll let Mr. Lu have it.”

Lu Yuhong was delighted, “Many thanks to Miss Wei for her generous gift of wine.”

Chen Aqing takes the wine from Wei Ruo’s table to Lu Yuhong and also brings Lu Yuhong a cup, which Lu Yuhong refuses.

“Why be so petty with the cup, I’ll just use the pot.”

After saying this, Lu Yuhong tilted his head back and directly took the spout of the pot and poured wine into his mouth to drink.

After drinking a large mouthful, Lu Yuhong painfully lamented, “It’s true that good wine should be drunk in such a painful manner!”

And then Wei Ruo pointed to the raw marinated seafood that was placed in front of her table, signaling Xiu Mei to serve it to Lu Yuhong.

Xiu Mei did as she was told and walked around the screen, placing the raw marinated seafood in front of Lu Yuhong.

“My lady invited Mr. Lu to eat.”