Ah Luo had just nodded in agreement, when she felt a hand tugging at her sleeve from behind. Turning to look, she saw Changhong pursing his tender pink lips into a line, looking at her with his big reticent eyes, not saying a word.
He clearly didn’t want her to go.
Changhong disliked speaking in front of others. Even though they lived in the same residence, he was not that familiar with the third or fourth older brothers. Meeting them, he basically wouldn’t even utter a greeting. Today, if it wasn’t for Wei Luo coming over, he also wouldn’t have run over to the fourth branch house.
Ah Luo could see what he was thinking and asked with a grin: “Does Changhong also want to go?”
Wei Changhong gaped, unconsciously shaking his head. He didn’t like Song Hui, and didn’t like Count Zhongyi’s residence. He was definitely not going, so he was naturally hoping that Wei Luo wouldn’t either.
Ah Luo pretended not to notice. Since she had already witnessed Song Hui’s personal character, she wasn’t going to involve herself with him too much in this life. As for their marriage, she was absolutely not going to marry Song Hui, but she wanted to feel him out… Ah Luo said to Wei Changxian: “Third older brother, can Changhong also go? I’ll look after him well.”
Wei Changxian nodded in agreement, thought for a bit and added: “Let’s call third and fifth younger sisters to go as well, it’ll be livelier with more people.”
Although he didn’t like playing together with Wei Ya and Wei Zheng, having many people to cheer for him during the key moment was also good. He wanted to show off in the race, he couldn’t always lose to Song Hui.
Wei Luo rolled her eyes, her pursed lips breaking into a smile, “Alright, I’ll tell Wei Zheng as soon as I go back.”
With everything settled, Ah Luo and Changhong remained at the fourth branch house for a while, staying over to eat with the fourth madam at noon, and returning to Pine courtyard in the afternoon. Ah Luo told Wei Zheng of their plan to visit Count Zhongyi’s residence tomorrow. Count Zhongyi’s house could be partly considered as Madam Du’s maternal home, so Wei Zheng, certainly willing to go, immediately agreed.
Once Wei Kun returned in the evening, Ah Luo spoke to him about this matter. Thinking that the gentleman wouldn’t start teaching tomorrow, he allowed the children to go play. Just a few days ago Ah Luo had experienced something frightful, so it was a good idea to let her relax her mind.
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