Liu Yiyi frowned when she saw the small dishes on the table. “Who asked you to make these? Brother Long Ming doesn’t like them at all!”
Liu Yiyi picked up the plate and was about to pour it into the rubbish bin when Long Ming’s cold voice trailed over. “What are you arguing about?”
“Brother Long Ming.” When Liu Yiyi saw Long Ming coming over, she immediately put on a weak and innocent expression, looking aggrieved. “She made Granny unhappy so early in the morning. Granny is too old to eat these dishes.”
Liu Yiyi was very smart. She knew that Long Ming cared about the old lady, so she used the latter as a shield every time.
Xiao Ying looked at the old lady standing by the dining table and felt that the latter was quite pitiful. In the past few days, she found that the old lady truly treated Liu Yiyi as her family, but Liu Yiyi seemed to only be taking advantage of the old lady.
Long Ming glanced at the dishes on the table and said expressionlessly, “Who made it?”
Xiao Ying took a step forward. “Me.”
Long Ming looked at Xiao Ying, his sharp eyes landing on her dark face, as if he was trying to see through her.
Xiao Ying was a little shocked by his gaze. She did not know if he had found out about her. Fortunately, she was mentally strong and did not show any panic or discomfort under his X-ray-like gaze.
Liu Yiyi looked at Xiao Ying with a smug expression. Just as she thought that Long Ming would scold Xiao Ying, Long Ming said coldly, “Not bad, they’re all to my liking.” Then, he looked at the other servants. “Are the dishes that are to Granny’s liking ready?”
The servant replied, “Yes.”
Long Ming glanced at Xiao Ying. “You’re Long Mei’s maid? What’s your name?”
Xiao Ying looked down, saying hoarsely, “My name is Little Blackie.”
“Before Long Mei returns to the palace, you’ll be in charge of my food for now.”
Liu Yiyi widened her eyes in disbelief. She had thought that Long Ming would scold this maid, but he had asked her to take care of his meals instead!
Liu Yiyi wanted to say something, but seeing Long Ming’s cold expression, she could only suppress her unhappiness.
Liu Yiyi helped the old lady to sit down. Halfway through breakfast, she glanced at the old lady.
The old lady looked at Long Ming and said, “Ah Ming, it’s all thanks to Yiyi taking care of me all these years that I can live to this day. I’ve always felt very guilty toward Yiyi. This child hasn’t gone anywhere for a holiday either. She’s very interested in horseback riding. If you have time this weekend, can you bring her to the horse ranch?”
Long Ming glanced at Liu Yiyi with his cold and dark eyes. “You want to go horseback riding?”
Liu Yiyi nodded and acted considerate. “But if Brother Long Ming is busy, it’s fine if you don’t go.”
“I should be free this weekend.”
Liu Yiyi immediately smiled brightly.
Xiao Ying stood by the side in the dining room, watching this scene with mixed feelings.
Wan Bao was still lying in the hospital and Long Ming had not visited her. She could understand that he had forgotten part of his memories and hated her. Naturally, he could not accept that they had a daughter either.
But why did he agree to this Liu Yiyi?
Could he not tell that Liu Yiyi had other plans for him?
Xiao Ying looked down, her lips pursed tightly.
…
Long Mei had returned from the island.
It was the weekend and seeing Xiao Ying’s depressed mood, she asked with concern, “Has there been no progress?”
“Your brother asked me to cook for him, so it’s not like there’s no progress at all.” Xiao Ying sighed. However, making her cook was still miles away from him falling in love with her again. A week had almost passed and Xiao Ying felt more and more uncertain.
Long Mei looked around the living room and did not see the arrogant and chattering Liu Yiyi. She asked in confusion, “Why didn’t I see that Liu today?”
If it wasn’t because of the old lady, Long Mei really wanted to chase Liu Yiyi out of the palace.
At the mention of this, Xiao Ying’s eyes darkened even more.
“She wanted to go horseback riding. Your brother took her to a horse ranch in the suburbs.”
“What?” Long Mei screamed.
Was her brother blind to bring Liu Yiyi to the ranch?
Long Mei went to the room upstairs to change and tugged on Xiao Ying’s hand, walking out of the palace.
Xiao Ying looked at the energetic Long Mei and furrowed her eyebrows. “Don’t tell me that you want to take me there?”
Long Mei nodded. “That’s right. How can we let that woman be alone with my brother?”
Xiao Ying was not worried that Long Ming would fall for Liu Yiyi. After all, the wound in his heart had not healed and it was impossible for him to fall for another woman so quickly.
However, she still felt slightly uncomfortable that he had brought Liu Yiyi to the ranch.
Since Long Mei insisted on going, Xiao Ying did not refuse.
…
The sky was clear today, and the horse ranch in the suburbs was filled with greenery and blooming flowers.
Long Ming had rented out the entire ranch.
He had brought Liu Yiyi over with the Second Prince of C Country.
C Country had wanted to form a marriage alliance with Long Ming, but the royal family only had princes and no princesses. When they heard that Long Ming had a cousin, they sent the Second Prince over.
Long Ming had mentioned this to Long Mei before, but she refused.
Long Ming got Mo Tian to investigate the Second Prince and found that he liked fair and pretty women like Liu Yiyi, so he took some time to bring her over.
He did not have the patience to teach a woman how to ride a horse. But that would change if that woman had some value.
There were many expensive horses in the horse ranch. After Long Ming introduced Liu Yiyi to the Second Prince, the Second Prince chose a horse for Liu Yiyi.
Liu Yiyi had only seen horseback riding on television. She thought that riding a horse was not hard to learn and was not nervous at all. After the Second Prince taught her the basics, she started to try it alone in front of Long Ming.
Liu Yiyi tightened her grip on the reins and her legs wrapped around the horse’s stomach. The horse started to run.
Liu Yiyi found it too slow and kicked the horse hard. The horse started to leap away. It was very fast, causing Liu Yiyi to panic and forget what the Second Prince had taught her.
How was she supposed to slow it down? How could she make the horse stop?
She did the opposite, and the horse ran faster and faster, causing her to almost lose control.
Liu Yiyi screamed in fear, “Help! Help! Brother Long Ming, the horse is too fast…”
Long Ming and the Second Prince were chatting in the ranch. Hearing Liu Yiyi’s exclamation, Long Ming narrowed his eyes slightly.
This fool!
Long Ming was about to walk forward when a slender figure suddenly ran toward the galloping horse.
Xiao Ying and Long Mei arrived at the horse ranch. Just as they were about to go in, they saw a horse galloping at an extreme speed. Liu Yiyi was so scared that her face was pale. Seeing that she was about to fall, Xiao Ying did not think too much and ran toward the galloping horse instinctively.
As she ran, she shouted, “Don’t let go of the reins, lower your body, and lie on the horse.”
When Liu Yiyi heard Xiao Ying’s words, she hurriedly did as she was told. The horse slowed down and Xiao Ying took the chance to sit on the horse in an extremely familiar position.
She put her arms around Liu Yiyi to hold the reins, and made two rounds with Liu Yiyi.
The horse’s speed slowly returned to normal.
