The Lucky Heiress

Chapter 141: The War Resumes_l

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But deep down, there was still a void in her heart. Once touched, all those emotions would come rushing out.

“Madam, please stop asking about this.” Wei Mingting couldn’t give his wife a satisfactory answer, so he abruptly ended the conversation.

Upon seeing Wei Mingting head towards the study, Madam Yun slumped down into her chair, heartbroken.

Madam Yun didn’t understand why she had reopened those old wounds today, wounds which she had buried deep in her heart for many years.

Perhaps it was because Jinyi had become more active lately, and his presence constantly reminded her of her husband’s sweet past with another woman.

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This time, Wei Jinyi stayed at home for half a month. After accompanying Wei Ruo to finish the disaster relief work, it was time for him to leave again.

Wei RUO went to bid him goodbye, and brought him a carriage full of things. Upon seeing the gifts Wei Ruo had given, Xiaobei couldn’t help but exclaim, “Young Mistress, you’re so good to our young master!’ “Take good care of your young master. Don’t let him catch the cold and fall ill again. Even though his martial arts skills are highly sophisticated and he has a strong physique, he can’t withstand the freezing cold.” Wei Ruo instructed Xiaobei.

‘■Young Mistress, rest assured, I will take good care of the young master.” Xiaobei responded confidently.

The young master’s previous illness was due to his negligence towards his own health. Now he took better care of himself. In addition, the young mistress had given them an ample supply of medicines for emergencies. If they caught a cold, they could take the medicine Wei Ruo had provided, recover quickly, and avoid major illnesses. So, Xiaobei was not worried at all.

Wei Ruo went over to Wei Jinyi and advised him, “Second brother, take care of yourself and do what you want to do. Write to me when you have time.” “Alright.” Wei Jinyi replied, “Ruo, same goes for you. Do everything as I have taught you.”

Wei Ruo nodded, then watched as Wei Jinyi mounted his horse.

Weijinyi locked eyes with Wei Ruo for a while and then galloped away.

The next time they meet should be during the New Year.

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Not long after Wei Jinyi left, disaster-stricken Xingshan County was invaded by Japanese Pirates again.

It had only been two months since the last defeat of the Japanese Pirates, and they had regrouped and attacked so soon.

Luckily Wei Mingting had remained vigilant and maintained the defenses, even during the disaster relief he only mobilized a small number of people, ensuring that the original defensive layout wasn’t disrupted.

So, the pirate’s surprise attack didn’t do too much damage to Xingshan County. But from this moment on, Wei Mingting, along with his soldiers, had to stay fully alert, ready to face a new round of war.

Wei Mingting became very busy once again, staying in the camp for several consecutive days.

With the war situation, Madam Yun no longer felt any jealousy or sorrow. She only wished for her husband to be safe and for peace in Xingshan County.

With the household affairs being so hectic, she delegated the duty of supervising Wei Yilin’s studies to Wei Ruo, asking her to spend some time every day understanding Wei Yilin’s daily learning progress.

Although Wei Ruo didn’t like Wei Yilin, she still had to put up a facade and get the job done.

Therefore, after returning from the Xie Residence today, Wei Ruo went to the Chrysanthemum Garden.

Before she entered the courtyard, she heard clear whiplash sounds emerging from inside.

Upon entering, she saw Wei Yilin practicing with the whip that she had given him.

Wei Ruo stood at the sidelines for a while and found that the brat was quite good at using the whip.

After whipping for a while, Wei Yilin saw Wei Ruo standing at the entrance of his courtyard as he turned around.

He stopped, put away the whip, walked up to Wei Ruo with a stern face and asked, “What are you doing here?”

Haven’t she already said that she does not like him and will ignore him? So, what was she doing on his turf?

“I’m here following orders.” Wei Ruo replied, “You don’t need to worry about me. Continue practicing your whip. I will leave once my time’s up. We will not interfere with each other.”

“No, I want to talk to you!” Wei Yilin’s rebellious nature surfaced; if Wei Ruo did not want him to bother her, he would do exactly that.

“If you are ill, get a doctor to check you.”

“You’re the one who’s ill! I’m practicing martial arts everyday and my body is in great shape!” Saying that, Wei Yilin rolled up his sleeves to show Wei Ruo his arms.

Indeed, his arms were a lot bigger than before, and the muscles were firm. Then, Wei Yilin added, “Once I get even better at martial arts, I’ll join my father on the battlefield to fight the enemy!”

Wei Ruo remained silent, just giving him a cursory glance.

Wei Yilin felt disregarded by Wei Ruo: “Do you not believe in me?” “Or what? You, who were once scared shitless by two Japanese pirates and acted completely brainless, now want to fight them?¹

“You! You are talking nonsense! Last time… last time was an accident! And besides, I didn’t know martial arts then! It’s different now!” Wei Yilin considered his previous capture a disgrace.

He didn’t feel so humiliated before, but as he was learning martial arts under his master and spending time with his fellow students, he learned that a true warrior should fight to protect his family and country. This made him feel even more disgraced about having been kidnapped by two Japanese pirates.

If only he had started learning martial arts earlier! Then he could have killed those two pirates and earned merit!

Wei Yilin saw that Wei Ruo still had a mocking look on her face and clearly didn’t believe that he could defeat the Japanese pirates. This infuriated him.

Just as he was about to retort, he remembered some things he had heard recently.

After some contemplation, Wei Yilin didn’t say anything harsh and instead asked Wei Ruo, “I heard that you have been helping the needy in Xingshan County recently.”

“Any problem with that?”

Wei Yilin was frustrated by Wei Ruo’s attitude. He wanted to retort but thinking of some things, he managed to hold back his anger. He changed his tone and said, “Humph. Considering how you saved father and helped many disaster victims, I will allow you to scold me.”

“Are you starting to understand right from wrong?” Wei Ruo sneered.

-What do you mean by that? When did I ever fail to distinguish between right and wrong? When you were doing wrong by bullying my dearest Sister Wanwan, of course I scolded you. Now that you’re doing the right thing, I choose to ignore you for the time being. I’m very clear about right and wrong!” “The fact that you could say that I bullied Wei Qingwan and then brag about your clarity of right and wrong, Well, that’s quite rich.” Wei Ruo responded contemptuously.

“How did you not bully Sister Wanwan? Right after your arrival, you tried to snatch her position as the eldest daughter of the Wei family. When she treated you well, you didn’t even accept her gifts, and then you even took her spot at the Xie Residence to study!” Wei Yilin enumerated Wei Ruo’s “crimes”..