Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Little New Year1 s Eve_l

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“Your nose sure is sharp,” Wei Ruo said.

Wei Yilin looked at the food box that Wei Ruo was holding in her hand, and couldn’t help swallowing some saliva.

He had been training all day and was hungry, the smell of meat was so tempting for him.

His family had only bought the braised meat from this shop once during the

Laba Festival, and never bought it again.

Their mother said that the braised meat sold by that shop was more expensive than others, and since they had their own kitchen, they would save more by buying ingredients and cooking themselves, so there was no need to buy food outside on usual days.

But the cooking skills of their kitchen staff were just average, the braised meat they made could not compare with what was sold in that shop.

“You sure are rich!” Wei Yilin grumbled.

Wei Yilin knew that the richest person in their family now is Wei Ruo, her savings alone were much more than the sum of their entire family’s.

“Hmm, I am rich.” Wei Ruo answered, unabashedly.

Her prideful look seemed to say, yes, 1 am rich, are you envious? Sorry, being envious is useless! If you have the ability, you should earn your own money

too!

“You…” Wei Yilin suddenly felt suffocated, he wished Wei Ruo would share some with him, but Wei Ruo seemed to intentionally ignore his desire.

While Wei Yilin was still sulking, Wei Ruo had already walked far away with her basket.

It was too late for Wei Yilin to say anything.

-So annoying! Why do I have such a big sister? If she was a little nicer to me wouldn’t I call her big sister?” Wei Yilin mumbled.

After Wei Ruo had disappeared out of sight, and it was clear that she had no intention of caring about her little brother at all, Wei Yilin muttered discontentedly. “I clearly took the initiative to make peace, why couldn’t she be a little nicer to me? Just that little bit and 1 would willingly call her sister, but she just wouldn’t, so annoying!”

Wei Yilin became more and more upset as he muttered, finally, he huffed and stomped back to Chrysanthemum Garden.

in the evening, Wei Ruo came across Wei Yichen, whom she hadn’t seen in a while.

Wei Yichen greeted Wei Ruo with a gentle smile: “Sister Ruoruo, long time no

see.”

“Hmm,” Wei Ruo responded, her reaction colder than that of Wei Qingwan s by a significant margin.

As dinner was about to start shortly, Wei Yichen did not say more.

Wei Ruo glanced at the people in the room, there was just one person more than usual, Wei Yichen. Wei Mingting and Wei Jinyi were not present.

Weu Ruo felt a little disappointed, she had thought that her second brother would come back today.

“Ruoruo is here, everyone is here, let’s sit down.” Upon seeing Wei Ruo, Yun encouraged her to join them.

It was the first time Yun had initiated a conversation with her in a few days,

and her mood seemed pretty good.

Wei Ruo was somewhat suspicious, what had happened?

Wei Ruo instinctively looked towards Wei Yichen, and Wei Yichen responded with a smile towards her.

Wei Ruo then retracted her gaze, most likely Wei Yichen had said something to

Yun.

After sitting down for dinner, Wei Yilin scanned the food on the table and couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed.

The feast of the ‘Small New Year’s Eve’ was more abundant than usual, but it didn’t have the stewed meat from Xu’s shop he had been expecting.

“Yilin, what’s wrong? You’re not pleased with tonight’s dishes?” Yun asked.

“No,” Wei Yilin denied, then cast a glance at Wei Ruo, his eyes were full of resentment.

Wei Ruo ignored him and ate her own food.

Wei Ruo ate with dedication, but in reality, she only ate about third of her fill, she planned to spend the ‘Small New Year’s Eve’ with Xiumei in the courtyard, the braised meat she bought was going to be used for that, and she had also prepared a jar of wine.

After dinner, Yun asked a few people to stay and talk, hoping to have a more extensive conversation than usual.

Yun first shared the contents of the reply letter from the Loyal and Righteous

Duke Residence in the Capital City.

“Your grandfather said in the reply letter that he was very pleased and looked forward to the reunion in the Capital City, which he anticipated would happen soon.”

Everyone responded with agreement.

Aside from Wei Ruo, all the others naturally hoped to go to the Capital City as soon as possible, who would want to stay in such a remote place, so close to the Japanese Pirates, where they were always facing danger.

Then Yun again spoke to Wei Yichen: “Yichen, your grandfather particularly praised you, saying that among all of his grandsons, you are the most promising, he is so proud of you.”

There were eight boys in this generation of the Wei family, and Wei Yichen was considered to have the highest potential among all of the eight.

“My grandfather is flattering me, I’m not yet at a stage where I can make him feel proud,” Wei Yichen responded.

Then Yun looked at Wei Ruo: “Your grandfather also mentioned you in the letter, he wants you to study hard and learn well, and specifically told me not to hurry about your marriage issues.

Yun probably understood the intention of the Capital City’s side, which was to wait until Wei’s father received his promotion and moved to the Capital City, then they would arrange a better marriage for Wei Ruo.

“Hmm,” Wei Ruo answered, her reaction was bland.

On the other hand, Wei Qingwan’s face turned a little ugly.

She was looking at Yun, waiting for Yun to mention herself.

But Yun did not mention her, not because Yun didn’t want to mention her, but because the letter from the Capital City did not mention her at all.

The grandparents of the Loyal and Righteous Duke Residence prioritized blood relations, and they didn’t feel the need to care about Wei Qingwan, who had no blood relationship with them and with whom they hadn’t interacted much.

“Mother, did grandfather mention me in his letter?” Wei Yilin couldn’t wait any longer and asked eagerly.

Yun said: “Your grandfather did mention you, when we sent New Year gifts to the Capital City last time, your father particularly reported on your recent progress in the letter, which delighted your grandfather. In his reply, he asked you to continue to work hard and carry on your father’s mantle.”

“Of course!” Wei Yilin answered confidently.

After answering Wei Yilin’s question, he suddenly remembered something and asked again: “Mother, what about sister Wanwan? What did grandfather say?” Upon hearing this question, Yun’s demeanor stiffened a little.

Seeing Yun’s reaction, everyone understood what was happening.

Wei Qingwan lowered her head in distress, and Wei Yichen and Wei Yilin looked at her and tried to comfort her.

“Sister Wanwan, don’t be sad, grandfather probably just forgot because he had so many things to handle!” Wei Yilin said.

“Grandfather would only mention someone specifically if there’s something he wants that person to be aware of, the fact that he didn’t mention sister Wanwan is probably because he trusts that she will continue to excel, as she always does,” Wei Yichen said.

“I’m okay, big brother, Yilin, don’t worry about me,” Wei Qingwan lifted her head, revealing a strained smile.

It was clearly a forced smile, she was only putting it on to ease their worries. Seeing her like this, Wei Yichen and Wei Yilin became even more worried. ■■Wanwan…” Yun was also distressed, but she had no control over the attitude of the Capital City side.

Wei Ruo sat leisurely on the side sipping her tea, watching the changing expressions of everyone in the room, like a detached bystander..