TCN: Mei Gongqing

Chapter 35: Ran Min's Marriage

Chapter 35: Ran Min's Marriage

Chen Wei had been a little distracted up to this moment. By the time Ran Min and his men disappeared from sight, she had twice proposed to go home.

By the third time, Chen Rong offered, "Ah Wei, let's go home together."

Chen Wei was thrilled to hear this. She looked at Chen Rong with sparkles in her eyes and hurried to reply: "Yes, yes."

While sitting inside the carriage on their way back, with her cheeks flushed bright, Chen Wei wrung her skirt and moved her lips awhile before turning to Chen Rong and said, "Ah Rong, we're just the same, you and I."

"Why do you say that?" Chen Rong looked up at her in surprise.

Chen Wei's eyes were amazingly bright when she stared to the road ahead and replied: "You are in love with Qilang of the Wang house while I am in love with General Ran." She squinted and then added a little smugly: "However, the person you love is the one and only Wang Qilang. You'll only look at him from afar your whole life. But I, I will be marrying my love in the very near future."

Really? Chen Rong quietly sneered and then turned to look in the other direction.

Chen Wei did not notice her expression for she was immersed in her own reverie. At the thought that she could see her admired soon, her grip on her skirt fabric tightened with each twisting motion.

While the two were lost in thought, the driver's voice came to them from outside: "Misses, we've arrived at the estate."

"Oh? Very good."

Chen Wei recovered and quickly grabbed Chen Rong's hand to dismount the carriage. Because she jumped in haste, Chen Rong staggered and, if not for her quickness, had fallen to the ground.

Slowed down by Chen Rong who almost fell, Chen Wei impatiently cast her cousin's hand away and said, "Ah Rong, I'll go on first to change my clothes."

And then she was quickly off.

Chen Rong stared after Chen Wei's back as she thought to herself: She is unusually eager. Is Ran Min coming directly to the Chen estate?

While she wondered about this point, she slowly walked forward.

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Tall bare trees reached for the sky on either side of the road. Each time the wind blew, withered leaves would float to the ground. Chen Rong walked on, suddenly feeling a chill. She swiftly pulled on her sleeves, turned the corner, and walked toward the edge of the woods.

The windy currents alleviated once she was in the woods. She slowed down and let her thoughts wander again.

It was after more than an hour of aimless walking that a burst of boisterous laughter rang from behind the rockery to her left. Chen Rong strolled to the sound.

There, Chen Wei's shy voice came to her ears: "Ran da'ge (Brother Ran), this time, this time, you'll..." She was stuttering in her bashfulness when Ran Min's strong and deep voice had impatiently snapped: "Speak up! Come talk to me when you've thought of what you want to say."

His tone was stern and irritated. Stunned, Chen Wei's blushing face drained white, tears also threatening to fall.

Ran Min frowned and turned to go at this sight. Chen Wei hastily held onto his sleeves, crying. "No, don't. I..."

At this time, a lovely crystalline voice spoke on her behalf: "General Ran, my cousin wanted to ask how long will you stay this time now that you're back?"