I Gave Birth to a Cub without Telling the Head Assistant - Chapter 19.2

Chapter 19.2

When Yu Zeqi left Qizhenyuan, he couldn’t help but think about Ruan Longling’s recent behaviour.

He was afraid that Ruan Longling would do something arrogant again in the future, making Li Zhulin angry; therefore, he decided to give her some advice.

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When Yu Zeqi came to meet Ruan Longling, she was sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard, admiring the flowers. It seemed she was having some deep thoughts. 

Yu Zeqi felt like Ruan Longling was like a fairy in a painting—just not real.

Yu Zeqi stepped forward and placed the folding fan lightly on Ruan Longling’s shoulder.

“But are you worried about your brother’s apprenticeship?”

Hearing Yu Zeqi’s question, Ruan Longling came back to her senses. When she calmed down and looked up, she saw it was Yu Zeqi. “How did Brother Yu know?” she asked in surprise. 

Yu Zeqi simply lifted his robe and sat on the stone bench opposite her. Then he refilled her half-empty teacup. 

“I saw the soup and book you sent to others at Qizhenyuan.” He looked at Ruan Longling with a pout before saying, “I know that your soup-making skills are superb, but only the elder can taste it for himself. If others want to ask for a bite, it will be even harder than climbing to the sky. For example, I have been begging you for soup for four whole years, but you have never agreed. Now it’s better to just give it to others easily.”

[Tl: “Elder” means Mr. Zhou Ge.]

Yu Zeqi seemed a little upset, even though he didn’t show it much.

Ruan Longling felt sorry but couldn’t do anything about that.

‘I just wanted to impress Wang Chulin with my cooking skills. But it seems he doesn’t care about that. He didn’t even touch what I sent.’

Naturally, she couldn’t tell Yu Zeqi the real reason. “Ahem…this soup… isn’t this all to make Cheng Feng’s apprenticeship journey smoother?”

‘Who would have thought that young master would be so unthankful? Hmph…’ After feeling a little sad, she quickly got back to feeling normal. “But I think that with honesty, anything is possible. Someday, the prince will see how sincere I am.”

‘Move his heart? Oh no… Only people with a kind and gentle heart will be affected by this. Li Zhulin is heartless.’ Yu Zeqi didn’t want to tell the truth about Li Zhulin, so he used an indirect way of saying, “It’s just an apprenticeship. There are many experts in the world.” He cleared his throat and continued, 

“What do you think about me? How about letting Chengfeng be my student? Based on our friendship, I will teach him well. From now on, he will be able to read all the collections of classics in my Yu family in Longxi, and all the Confucian disciples will be at his disposal. How about that?”

Hearing those words, Ruan Longling pondered for a while. ‘Yes, the Yu family’s status in Longxi is very high, and Chengfeng will get a lot of benefits from the Yu family. Even if he doesn’t pass the imperial examination, he will still have a successful future because of his connections with the Yu family.’

Seeing what Ruan Longling was thinking for a while, Yu Zeqi thought that she would definitely say yes. But his hope vanished in the blink of an eye.

“But I really want him.”

Have a nice day!