Lu Liangwei then asked Long Xuan to pay the bill and buy some more as takeout for Youyou, as she had noticed his fondness for roast chicken feet.
“Thank you, Big Sis.” Beitang You had indeed taken to the taste, and he happily uttered his thanks.
He was probably the one who enjoyed eating chicken feet the most.
Long Xuan, Chu Jiu, and Yuan Xin liked the dish too, but munching on it on the streets was far from graceful, so they stopped after having a few.
Lu Liangwei stroked his head. “Don’t mention it.”
The hawker passed the roast chicken feet and the five raw catties to Long Xuan and Chu Jiu, who took one bag each.
After leaving the street, Lu Liangwei purchased some more street food unique to the Yan Kingdom before going back to the coaching inn.
They had just returned to the inn when Bi Luo, Yuan Xin’s maidservant, arrived with a zither.
Just now, when they had decided to come back to practice, Yuan Xin had instructed her to fetch her zither from the Prince Rui Mansion.
After the zither was set down on the stone table, Lu Liangwei brushed her fingertips over the strings, prompting a series of melodious sounds.
Yuan Xin’s eyes lit up. “You can play the zither too?”
Lu Liangwei shook her head and replied honestly, “No.”
The smile froze on Yuan Xin’s face. “Then how are you going to teach me?”
“Who said I was going to teach you?” Lu Liangwei winked at her.
“…”
Seeing how dumbstruck she was, Lu Liangwei smiled. “Listen carefully.”
Just when Yuan Xin was still in a state of confusion, she heard beautiful singing flow from Lu Liangwei’s lips.
Yuan Xin listened for a moment as if in a trance. Then, she sat down at the table, ran her fingers over the zither strings, and tentatively played a note.
After giving the strings a few more plucks, she soon grasped the feeling of the song and managed to perform a complete piece.
Her playing, coupled with Lu Liangwei’s singing, mesmerized everyone in the courtyard.
As they practiced again and again, the sounds of singing and the zither blended together and filled the entire coaching inn.
