Chapter Twenty-One: Yan Qing Visits the Sick

Feng Jinye felt overwhelmed, exhaling deeply as he resigned himself to fate. He leapt down from the maple tree and turned back toward the house.

Wei Shaoyu watched his retreating silhouette, feeling a pang in her heart. Despite his amnesia, he seemed never to forget their old promises. No matter how angry he became, at the turn of her heel, he was always behind her.

Five years ago, after their chance meeting at Mingke Residence in the summer, every time Wei Shaoyu went into town, she would encounter Feng Jinye. Back then, in her eyes, he was nothing more than a frivolous young master.

It wasn’t until the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival a year later that she saw once again the child whom Feng Jinye had rescued at Mingke Residence. That child had gotten lost amidst the throngs of festival-goers, squatting on the ground and crying. Wei Shaoyu noticed him and went over, picking him up and comforting him.

Feng Jinye followed quietly behind, feeling a surge of jealousy. The bride he had his eye on, he had yet to embrace, and now that brat Yunshuo had claimed the privilege.

The lost child was Yunming’s younger brother, Yunshuo. Wei Shaoyu later learned he was lent to Feng Jinye for the occasion.

Wei Shaoyu had barely begun to soothe the child when Yunshuo could no longer keep up the act. "Brother Ye told me to cry here and said Sister-in-law would surely rescue me!"

Wei Shaoyu felt so exasperated—helping a lost child had turned into a ploy for someone to take advantage of her. She wished