Bab 72: Growing Fond of Him
[So you can be quite the softy] Yu Mei secretly stole glances at Pei Nan as he continued to carry her towards the horse. No matter how much rain trickling on her lashes disagreed with her sly moves, it couldn't stop her ogling eyes from admiring how handsome he was.
Pei Nan let her down when they reached the horse. "Get on." He commanded.
"Huh?" Yu Mei arched her brow at him. She had been on many horses but this horse…it was as if it had been fed the strongest and most expensive carrots. It was HUGE!
"I…I…forget it." Yu Mei didn't want to ask for help. She had more pride than that.
She placed one right feet on the footrest and struggled hard to get up. After several attempts to push herself up, she managed to get half her body on top. She leaned her chest on the horses neck as she attempted to wriggle her other half on. All she needed to do was lift her left leg and get it to reach the other side of the horse. But no matter how many times she tried, she could not get the other half of her body on the horse. It was as if the horse was teasing her. It would neigh and stomp its hooves, making it hard for her to fully get on. No wonder it was Pei Nan's personal horse. They both had the same annoying attitude.
At this point her left leg looked like it was kicking and spazzing in mid-air. Seeing how silly Yu Mei was being, Pei Nan couldn't help but let out a mischievous grin. He couldn't watch anymore. He felt he would burst out in tears. She was a character for sure.
In the next moment he propped himself on the horse.
Yu Mei looked up at him with admiration.
Flawless.
Her muddled thoughts came to a halt when he swooped her by the waist and pulled her up. The back of Yu Mei's hair slightly touched Pei Nan's nose. The orange jasmine scent in her hair wasn't too strong not too light but enough for Pei Nan to smell it. Just the scent he liked on her.
Yu Mei on the other hand had no time to worry about what he was thinking about. Her eyes had widened and her shoulders smaller in his arms. She couldn't believe this petty man was letting her sit in front of him. Pei Nan couldn't see her smug little smile since she was in front of him. So naturally he could only grab the reins of the horse and gallop away.
His mind was on getting home as fast as possible thus he didn't even stop to think if Yu Mei was comfortable or not. He had been going so fast she felt as if she would fly off at any moment like a kite. Not to mention, her stomach was beginning to feel queasy.
They were a third away from home.
Pei Nan creased his brows, contemplating whether to do it or not.
In the next moment he slid his arm around her waist. He felt Yu Mei jerk slightly from his sudden advancement. Of course he was taking advantage of her but he would not let her know that.
"Don't think too much. I'm not taking advantage of you. I'm only holding onto you in case you fall." He quickly defended himself.
Yu Mei on the other hand let out a cute smile. "It's a good thing you know. Taking liberty with me would mean death upon yourself." She muttered under her breath.
Pei Nan could only hear her mutter. Luckily for her, he could not hear her words.
Finally the two made it back to the palace.
When the gates opened, the first thing they heard was Chu'mei's sniffling call. "Xiaojie~" the crying and sniffling girl under an umbrella held by Feng Ju quickly picked up her skirt and ran towards her lady. "Eh! Stupid girl, where are you going? It's raining." Feng Ju who had been standing next to her quickly followed after her. His hand was up high as he continued to hold the umbrella in hand. No matter how fast she was running, he made sure to be right next to her, continuing to cover her from the rain.
So now the only dried person was Chu'mei.
Chu'mei stopped in front of her lady. Feng Ju too stopped. He stood a few inches away from her, still holding the umbrella for her.
"Xiaojie." She reached for Yu Mei's hand. "Are you alright? You're all wet." She continued to sniffle.
"I'm okay." Yu Mei pat her head a few times trying to get her to calm down.
Chu'mei stopped crying and made a sharp turn towards Feng Ju. A look as if he was in trouble. This was the first time Feng Ju felt intimidated in his life. And it was from a little girl he disliked.
"Why are you holding the umbrella aimlessly? His highness and lady is soaking wet. Don't you see?" she pointed at them. She was back to herself.
Feng Ju felt his jaw literally drop. No words would come out. Just now, he was holding the umbrella for her yet the next moment he was getting blamed for his good deed? Woman were truly too confusing.
Chu'mei grabbed the umbrella from Feng Ju and walked towards his highness. "Your highness, take this umbrella. It is a long's way back."
Feng Ju once again looked at her with shock and horror. She was clearly taking all the credit and trying to get on the prince's good side. He couldn't believe this woman. This is what he gets for being nice.
"Yu Mei, you take it. I don't mind the rain." Pei Nan looked at her with worry. "Make sure to drink some ginseng soup before going to bed." he then turned to look at Feng Ju. "Feng Ju, let's go." Pei Nan turned to leave before Yu Mei could deny his good intentions.
As Feng Ju walked passed Chu'mei, he didn't forget to give her an evil glare.
Both Yu Mei and Chu'mei stood in the rain watching until they could no longer see the two men. A smile of appreciation appeared on Yu Mei's lips.
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