CH 82

Chapter 82 Fu Shi’s Appearance

After they whispered at the side for a while, the angry expression on Mu Yang’s face quickly dissipated. With an arm swung around Wen Yantong's neck, he walked back with a big smile; there wasn’t even a slightest hint of anger from before.

As soon as the two returned to where the rest of the group was standing, a bell rang from the temple. The rooms in the temple may have all been built with some kind of sound transmission device. The sounds of the bell spread around, layer by layer; everyone at every corner of the temple could hear it.

Mu Yang explained, "This is the signal to tell us it’s mealtime."

Wen Yantong had been playing for a long time, so she was famished. When she was about to say goodbye to Chi Jingxi and the others, Wen Yantong suddenly caught a glimpse of Fu Shi. She was walking slowly in their direction.

Wen Yantong found it quite annoying that Fu Shi would always pretend to look extremely delicate and sweet-natured.

Her eyes paused for a moment before Wen Yantong said to Fu Tanghuan, "Third Young Lady Fu, your younger sister has come to look for you."

After listening to Wen Yantong’s words, everyone followed her gaze and saw Fu Shi coming slowly; all with different thoughts in mind.

Seeing that everyone noticed her, Fu Shi also called out, "Third Elder Sister."

Fu Tanghuan replied with a smile, "Why are you looking for me at this time?"

"I just heard that you and the Sixth Younger Brother were playing here, so I want to come and see." Fu Shi smiled slightly. She then asked in a coquettish way, "Why didn’t you also call me?"

When she got closer, Wen Yantong realized that the girl had come especially prepared. Her makeup was delicately done, with rouge on her red lips, which looked bright and charming.

Hah! She definitely didn’t come here because she heard that Fu Tanghuan and Fu Zixian were playing here, but because she heard that Chi Jingxi and the two imperial princes were here! 

Ever since Wen Yantong knew that Fu Shi had tried to frame her, she longer wanted to give face to such a vicious person. With a visible frown, Wen Yantong’s whole face showed displeasure.

She said to Fu Zixian and Zhang Jieran, "Let's go eat now. Otherwise, there will be too many people later, and there won't be enough food."

Zhang Jieran replied, "There is no need to worry, the vegetarian meals are prepared according to the portion. There will be no shortage of food."

Fu Zixian seemed to have sensed Wen Yantong's emotions as he said, "It's better to go now."

Wen Yantong nodded happily. "Yes, yes, yes!"

Mu Yang looked at her. "Let’s go together? If you follow us, you can eat more delicious food."

Of course, Wen Yantong would love to, but she was afraid that Chi Jingxi and the others would not agree. If she were by herself, she wouldn’t be afraid to drop all pretenses and use her silver tongue to follow them back. However, Fu Zixian and Zhang Jieran were currently at her side.

Wen Yantong glanced at Chi Jingxi quietly, trying to figure out his thoughts.

But she didn't expect to be caught by Chi Jingxi. "What are you acting so stealthy for?"

Wen Yantong grinned and asked, "Little Marquis, are you going to eat?"

"I have an iron body, so I don't need to eat," Chi Jingxi lightly replied.

Knowing that he was being sarcastic, Wen Yantong laughed and continued to joke around before pulling Mu Yang to leave. "Let's go, let's go! I haven't eaten a vegetarian meal from a temple yet!"

Cheng Xin asked suspiciously, "Did you not participate in the Snow Clearing Festival last year?"

Wen Yantong was stunned. She realized that she accidentally made a slip of the tongue, so she quickly tried to patch her faux pas. "I mean, I have never eaten the food at Nian'an Temple. It may be different from other temples."

Mu Yang said, "I haven't had it yet either. Perfect, we can all try it together today!"

Seeing them all about to leave, Fu Shi became anxious and hurriedly shouted, "Sixth Younger Brother!"

Fu Zixian looked at her, slightly confused. He had to give Fu Shi some face in front of outsiders, so he asked in a small voice, "What is the matter, Fourth Sister?"

With all eyes on her, Fu Shi realized that she had lost her composure just now. She put on a smiling face again and asked softly, "I just arrived. Are you already leaving? Why don't you play with jiejie for a while?" 

Fu Zixian was put in a difficult spot, and he didn't know how to respond.

Wen Yantong stepped forward: You weakling, get out of the way!

"Maybe next time. We played for quite a while just now. We’re all quite hungry, so we don't have the strength to continue playing. Besides, I see that Fourth Young Lady Fu is so tightly wrapped, you must not like the cold so much. How could we allow you to knead the snow with bare hands?" Wen Yantong said with a lukewarm tone.

Fu Shi hurriedly stretched out her hands from under the cloak, and said with a smile, "How could that be? I like kneading snow the most."

Wen Yantong glanced at her hands and said in surprise, "Ah, the Fourth Young Lady's hands are so beautiful. They are suitable for composing songs on the qin. How can they be soaked in freezing snow? Be careful of freezing your hands. Otherwise, it’ll be more difficult to play the qin or hurt others.”

Everyone present could hear the thorns in her words. They couldn't help but look sideways at Wen Yantong.

Fu Shi's face was even more unsightly. She heard the warning in Wen Yantong's words, so she gritted her teeth and forced a smile. "What are you talking about?"

"Fourth Young Lady should understand." Wen Yantong smiled at her.

Fu Shi was so angry that her face turned pale. Her expression looked weird as she had trouble maintaining her smile.

Wen Yantong saw that her goal had been achieved, so she immediately stopped talking.

After she finished speaking, Wen Yantong pulled Fu Zixian. "Let's go, Zixian didi[1]."

Wen Yantong, who looked like a victorious rooster after a cockfight, turned around with her head held high and chest puffed out. Seeing that Chi Jingxi and the others hadn't left yet, Wen Yantong happily went up to him and asked, "Where is the place to eat?"

Cheng Xiao said, "Follow me. I know where it is."

They left together, leaving only Fu Shi and Fu Tanghuan behind.

Fu Tanghuan didn't want to have dinner with Fu Shi either, so she turned to leave. "Fourth Younger Sister, you can play by yourself. I'm going to find the Young Lady from the Jiang Residence."

Fu Shi was furious; her meticulous plan had failed miserably. She continued to stand there motionlessly for a while before leaving by herself.

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Footnote

[1]didi - 弟弟 means young brother.