Chapter 77.3 - Walking Into Her Heart Following the Sunset (3)

When preparing dinner, aside from specially making the Grand Empress Dowager’s dinner, Du Xiao

Li also made a few side dishes for Qing Chen and the others. During the meal, the number one

glutton, Bai Ning Yuan, had majority of the dishes all nished o, and even ate two bowls rices,

making Du Xiao Li wonder if she should ask him for living expenses.

After eating dinner, Meng Jiang Zhuo dragged Du Xiao Li outside to stroll in the vineyard. Seeing the

bunch of youngsters, the Grand Empress Dowager smilingly had Han Ming Yi and them also go

together with them.

Tonight’s moon hid behind the layers of clouds and didn’t come out. Meng Jiang Zhuo originally

planned on taking a stroll with Du Xiao Li and have a heart-to-heart to talk, but seeing that many

people following behind them, she shot them a glare and went back on her own.

Bai Ning Yuan, needless to say, directly went to pick grapes, and held them in his bosom as he ate.

Qing Chen said he wanted to play chess with Niu Jing, so the two also went back. In the end, only Du

Xiao Li and Han Ming Yi remained.

Speaking of which, this can be considered the second time the two of them walked alone at night.

The rst time was that day when their marriage was bestowed. Han Ming Yi had her kidnapped out,

and the two talked under the moon for a long time. Afterwards, although they’ve gone out before, it

wasn’t like this, strolling alone in nature.

At rst, the two of them both walked in silence, neither of them speaking. Although it was silent, the

temperature gradually warmed up between the two. Afterwards, it was still Du Xiao Li that broke the

silence.

“It’d be great if Silver and them were also here.”

Ever since after mid-autumn, she hasn’t seen Silver and Gold. Thinking how they’ve been separated

for this long, she really missed them somewhat.

“That year after I left, what all happened, can you tell me?” Han Ming Yi recalled Silver’s appearance

when it was still little and suddenly wanted to know in the time afterwards, in the days without him,

what all did she go through.

Du Xiao Li thought for a moment and slowly began talking about the things in the past.

“After you all left, I used the money you left behind to build a new house on the mountain. We had

the previous crooked and old grass house pushed down and rebuilt it. During that time, we stayed

in senior brother’s house………..”

Han Ming Yi quietly listened to Du Xiao Li talk about the things in the past and then asked, “Feng Xue

Lou is your property, right?”

“Yes.” Du Xiao Li plucked a tree leaf and played with it in her hand. “At that time, I didn’t think we’d

be reconnecting with my father, and thinking that after coming to the capital, we also need to have

our own property, that way, when the time comes, we’ll also have a place to stay in the capital. But I

wasn’t familiar with the capital, so big brother Luo Qi said we can open one together. I’ll come up

with the dishes and the building’s layout design, while he’s in charge of the manpower and nances.

Those cooks, before coming to the capital, all came to the Du village to specically learn how to cook

for a few months!”

“At the time, when I heard that place had hotpot, I just knew that place was related to you.

Afterwards, when that place started selling grape wine, I was further certain. Just, I never thought

that you would be Prime Minister Du’s daughter.” Han Ming Yi explained how shocked and secretly

delighted he was at the time when he got dragged to Feng Xue Lou by Ji Liu Feng to eat hotpot.

After learning the relationship between Feng Xue Lou and Du Xiao Li, he thus dispatch people to pay

close attention to Feng Xue Lou’s situation and also secretly settled quite a few problems for her. Du

Xiao Li didn’t know but Luo Qi denitely must have known. Just, the two of them both didn’t prod

through this matter, that’s all.

The two of them walked along the little path in the middle of the vineyard, listening to the

continuous chirps of the crickets, as they talked about the things they’ve experienced in these last

few years, when suddenly they heard rustling noises coming from the vineyard. They turned their

heads to look. Turns out, it was just Bai Ning Yuan coming out from the vineyard.

“How come it’s just you two left? You two on a date here?” Bai Ning Yuan asked when he saw the

two of them.

Eh—–

Du Xiao Li shot a glare at Bai Ning Yuan and said, “Bai Ning Yuan, are you really the poison king?”

“Of course I am, what’s wrong?” Bai Ning Yuan asked as he ate the grapes.

“Nothing, I just feel you don’t look the part. Shouldn’t the poison king be some seventy year old old

man with a full messy beard?” Now that Du Xiao Li nally had time to relax, she recalled her

previous imagination of him, and felt this person before her didn’t match at all.

“What?! You’re a seventy year old darn old man!” Bai Ning Yuan has always paid close attention to

his own outward appearance, so hearing Du Xiao Li say this about him, he immediately stomped in

anger.

When Han Ming Yi saw Bai Ning Yuan, he recalled the things he’d asked him during the day, and

said to Du Xiao Li, “That’s right, during the day, he said he’d also sold his re and ice poison to Luo

seven.”

(T/N: It’s kinda funny it’s seven of all people, because seven in chinese is qi, so Luo seven in chinese

is also pronounced Luo Qi but like in a dierent tone.)

“Luo seven?” Du Xiao Li puzzlingly looked to Han Ming Yi.

“This Luo seven is the Head of the Four Sea Manor’s seventh younger brother, Luo Qi’s seventh

uncle.” Han Ming Yi said.

As soon as Du Xiao Li heard, her heart suddenly jumped. “What did Luo seven buy this poison from

you for?”

“What else can it be for? Of course it’s to kill someone.” Bai Ning Yuan didn’t put this matter to heart

in the slightest.

“How much did you sell it to him for?” Du Xiao Li suddenly asked.

“Ah? I forgot to ask him for money!” Bai Ning Yuan screamed out

“No money and you still gave it to him? Your friendship with him is that good?”

“He prepared grapes for me. As soon as I saw grapes, I was delighted and gave it to him. Afterwards,

he told me this place has grapes, thus I immediately rushed over and completely forgot to ask for

money!”

(T/N: This guy’s love for grapes is like DXL’s love for money lmaooo.)

“Forgot……….” Du Xiao Li swept him a glance and asked, “Then did he say who he was going to

poison with it?”

“No.” Bai Ning Yuan shook his head, “What? You’re close with the Four Sea Manor?”

Du Xiao Li looked to Han Ming Yi and said, “That year, the one chasing after big brother Luo Qi to kill

him was precisely the Four Sea Manor’s second master. After big brother Luo Qi returned, he had

him exposed. The second master wanted to drag everyone down with him, and in the end, got

killed. I once heard big brother Luo Qi say, the second master was his father’s half-brother of a

dierent mother. His second uncle also had a full younger brother, and that person is precisely his

seventh uncle. Him obtaining the re and ice poison, could it be to harm big brother Luo Qi and

them?”

“It’s possible.” Han Ming Yi said, “You don’t need to worry either. Later, I’ll let someone have this

news delivered to Luo Qi and let him be on guard.”

“I’ll make a few more antidotes for your people to take to him too.” Du Xiao Li said.

“Alright.”

“Then let’s go back.” Du Xiao Li pulled Han Ming Yi towards the direction back, very naturally, like the

two had already been holding hands for a long time.

Han Ming Yi looked to her little hand that was holding his, sensing the warmth from her hand. And

that little bit of ire in his heart also scattered with the wind.

“Hey, wait for me!” Seeing the two leaving just like that, Bai Ning Yuan shouted as he carried the

grapes in his arms, “I’m going too!”

Du Xiao Li stopped, turning around and shooting Bai Ning Yuan a glare, “What are you going for? If

not for you giving your poison away, would there be all this trouble now? Never mind that you gave

it to others, but you even gave it to big brother Luo Qi’s enemy!”

Bai Ning Yuan more or less gured out that Du Xiao Li was very familiar with Luo Qi, and also could

tell that Luo seven should be on bad terms with Luo Qi. And him giving his poison to Luo seven has

made Du Xiao Li unhappy.

However, what Du Xiao Li was actually angry about wasn’t this at all——-

“Even if you gave it to that Luo seven, I can’t believe you didn’t ask for money, and two strings of

grapes was enough to bribe you. Since you ate that many of my grapes, how much money are you

going to give me? Let me think, I heard you previously sold it to someone else for a thousand taels

of gold. Luo seven gave you two strings of grapes, so that means two strings of grapes is equivalent

to a thousand taels of gold. Well, how many strings of grapes did you eat today?”

T/N: DXL’s priorities will forever be about money lmaooo. I feel she would do well in the loan shark

profession lol. Sorry for delay, I was really busy with moving my personal site the last few days. I’ll

nish the sponsored chapter soon too.