IACF [QT] Chapter 70.3

She asked Qing Lian to put it away, turned her head, and looked at King Rui.

She said, “But I am often in the house, so I can’t be blown by the wind or frozen. You should keep yourself warm.”

“Yeah.” King Rui nodded and took a sip of the tea beside him.

It was Su Yi’s tea. Mrs. Liu saw it and felt a little uncomfortable. The two parties acted as if nothing had happened.

Su Yi also asked: “This is the tea that the Empress gave me a few days ago. Isn’t it good? I suddenly want to eat roasted sweet potatoes today. Qing Lian just roasted a few. It’s quite suitable to eat with tea. Here, I’ll give you one.”

Mrs. Liu was shocked when she heard this. Many people were reluctant to brew the tribute tea given by the Empress and even wanted to offer it as a sacrifice. However, her sister-in-law paired it with sweet potatoes. There was no more bizarre and ridiculous way of drinking tea in the world.

Besides, no matter how delicious the sweet potatoes were, they were still not presentable. Only children from poor families would roast them and eat them as snacks. However, Su Yi treated them as some kind of treasure and was only willing to give one to King Rui. King Rui actually listened to her and really took one.

Su Yi talked to Mrs. Liu about the previous topic, “The New Year is in a month. Are you ready to bring my nephews back?”

Mrs. Liu said, “I wrote to ask a few days ago.”

Su Yi nodded and changed her position on the soft couch. One of the soft pillows fell to the ground because of her movement. It happened that King Rui was sitting next to her. He picked it up, put it on his lap, flicked the dust on the surface, and handed it to her.

Su Yi moved closer and looked at the half-peeled sweet potato in his other hand. She said enviously, “Your core is so red. It looks delicious.”

She had just broken off two, and neither of them looked as good as his.

Under her gaze, King Rui slowly raised his hand, bit off the peeled part of the sweet potato in one bite, chewed a few bites, and agreed, “Not bad.”

Su Yi leaned back disappointedly, pouted, and continued to talk to Mrs. Liu.

Seeing her being so childish, Mrs. Liu felt amused.

She turned around and saw that King Rui was also staring at her intently. There were obviously several other people in the warm pavilion, but in his eyes, it seemed that he could not see anyone else except Su Yi.

It was said outside that King Rui had a bad temper and a cold personality, but no one knew that his pair of deep black eyes could also be scorching hot when he looked at someone intently.

Since he came back, Mrs. Liu was not as at ease as before. Now that she found him looking at Su Yi with such eyes, she felt as if there was a needle hidden in the chair under her. If Su Yi had not been talking to her, she would have stood up and said goodbye immediately.

“When my nephews return to Beijing, Sister-in-law, have someone pass me a message. I haven’t been back for a while and my brother is getting older. When the time comes, our family will be together and have a good time.”

Speaking of children, Mrs. Liu relaxed a little and said with a smile: “This year will be very lively. Your two nieces will also return to the capital with their husbands, and their children will also make too much noise.”

Su Yi had never seen Mrs. Liu’s daughter before. She was about to ask about the situation when suddenly a piece of sweet potato was handed to her mouth.

King Rui had just deliberately taken a big bite in front of her, and now he peeled the remaining half and put it in her mouth to feed her.

Su Yi subconsciously opened her mouth when she saw the delicious food, and then she saw Mrs. Liu couldn’t hide her surprise and looked stunned.

Su Yi wanted to explain that they didn’t usually do this and that this guy was doing this for the first time, but Mrs. Liu couldn’t sit still any longer. She was afraid of blushing if she stayed any longer, so she hurriedly said goodbye.

Judging from her appearance, she’s afraid she won’t come back in the short term.

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Sister-in-law: I feel like I’m glowing.

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