Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 258: Sending Off Dad and Mom (2)_1

Chapter 258: Chapter 258: Sending Off Dad and Mom (2)_1

Seeing this scene, Nangong Yi’s mood suddenly became cheerful. His appetite grew, and he ate quite a lot. However, he ate much more elegantly compared to Manager Li, with no sound coming from his delicate mouth movements.

After the meal, most of the dishes on the table have been eaten. Manager Li, having overeaten, massaged his stomach while complaining discomfort.

Cai Wei poured each of them a cup of tea, glanced at the increasingly darkening sky outside, and said, "It’s getting late, I should go."

Manager Li immediately pleaded pitifully, "Girl, this old man will rely on you for tomorrow’s breakfast!"

Cai Wei apologized, "Manager Li, I’m really sorry. My dad and mom are probably going to the capital early tomorrow morning, and I need to see them off. I’m afraid I won’t be able to come."

Hearing this, Manager Li nodded and said, "That’s good, it will save us some trouble, so the old bull-nosed won’t target them. If that happens, we’ll be at a disadvantage."

Cai Wei said, "That’s exactly what I thought, so I asked His Highness Nangong for help to divert their attention and focus on the old demon."

His Highness Nangong!

Hearing her address him as such, the man suddenly remembered that she had affectionately called someone else ’Big Brother Huo.’ Yet towards him, she addressed him as ’His Highness Nangong,’ exhibiting a significant difference in their treatments. This made him feel very uncomfortable, so he said, "Wei’er, calling me Your Highness is too formal. After all, we are allies. You should call me Yi or Jing Heng!"

Jing Heng is his courtesy name, usually only called by elders or those close to him. Suggesting Cai Wei to call him by that name sounded quite ambiguous. Cai Wei twisted her mouth corner and reluctantly said, "Um, I don’t think it’s a good idea."

But Nangong Yi said, "Why isn’t it good? I call you Wei’er, and you call me Your Highness. Isn’t that too alienating?"

Cai Wei was speechless. Who asked him to call her ’Wei’er’? Didn’t he take it upon himself to do so? Every time she heard him call her Wei’er, she felt tingles all over her body. If she called him ’Yi’ or ’Jing Heng’ in return, wouldn’t it send shivers down her spine?

No, she cannot do it! She made up her mind and deflected the issue.

"Um, you see, it’s already dark. I should go. My parents are heading for the capital early tomorrow, and I need to go home and help prepare!"

Hearing her words, Nangong Yi recognized she was trying to avoid calling him, and felt a slight bitterness in his heart.

In her heart, there was, after all, a certain distance between them, which she didn’t want him to cross.

He laughed mockingly at himself, fetched her fur-cloak for her, draped it over her, and said, "I’ll walk you home."

As Cai Wei was fastening her cloak, she declined, "That won’t be necessary. My home is just a few steps away from here. I’ll get there quickly."

However, Nangong Yi insisted stubbornly that he must accompany her home.

Cai Wei couldn’t dissuade him and had to leave with him reluctantly.

At this moment, it was just getting dark. The two of them were quietly walking on the countryside path, both silent. Only the crunching sound of footsteps on the snow could be heard, making the atmosphere unusually quiet.

"Bang——"

A sudden loud noise startled Cai Wei. No one knew which child set off the firecracker ahead of time. The loud bang in the quiet night was particularly ear-piercing.

"Are you okay?"

When Nangong Yi saw her shiver, he instinctively wanted to comfort her by hugging her. However, before his arm could reach her, she had dodged his action agilely.

"I’m fine, thank you for your concern. It’s just a firecracker, I’m not scared!"

She said lightly, showing a bit of dissatisfaction with his abrupt move earlier.