After Lu Zhu and Jiang Yuning left for a while, An Xiaonuan and Ye Mingjue also arrived.

"Are you ready?" Jingxin looked at An Xiaonuan and asked.

"Well, I'm ready." An Xiaonuan said sitting in front of Jingxin.

The two of them were being assessed in the room, while Ji Qing outside the door felt quite exhausted.

Why would they make her stand with that man? She felt like an ostrich right now, too ashamed to even look up!

"Please give this book to your instructor," Ye Mingjue said as he handed the book in his hand to Ji Qing.

Although he was assigned the task, Ji Qing felt liberated. He quickly took over Ye Mingjue's book and ran away.

Ye Mingjue looked at Ji Qing, who was flustered, and frowned.

This assistant is not very good, a warm and caring assistant shouldn't be like this.

Ji Qing, who was currently being scorned by Ye Mingjue, patted her chest and exclaimed: "Goodness gracious, this man is truly terrifying!"

She had to admit Ye Mingjue's outstanding appearance, but the aura he carried was more noticeable than his looks. Standing beside him, Ji Qing would always be reminded of when she was punished to stand by her grandfather...

Two hours later, the door behind Ye Mingjue opened.

And Ji Qing had not returned yet.

"How are you?" Ye Mingjue looked at An Xiaonuan, whose face was full of confusion, and asked.

Hearing this, An Xiaonuan cast her eyes towards Master Jingxin.

How did it go, she didn't know. She only knew that she had just answered a lot of questions.

She thought that learning embroidery should involve some hands-on practice, but in the end, she didn't even touch a needle.

"She passed the test here, but since she had no prior foundation, she'll have to start from scratch now. How long will you two be staying here?" Jing Xin asked this question not looking at An Xiaonuan, but at Ye Mingjue.

An Xiaonuan also followed Jingxin's gaze to Ye Mingjue, and when her gaze shifted, she realized that she really looked like a child going to an interest class, while the elder was the parent who didn't trust the child.

Thinking this way, her face turned red.

"There are still thirteen days left." Ye Mingjue said.

"Well, then let's not go out to eat. It would waste time. Today, I'll have you all try Qing's cooking." Jingxin said, calling over Ji Qing who had been standing behind a pillar in the distance: "Qingqing, make one of your signature dishes for them today. I haven't tasted your skills in ages."

Jiqing learned to cook from a young age, but because she was focused on embroidery, she rarely cooked. Hearing Jingxin's words, she looked at An Xiaonuan with some surprise.

Is Little Warm Sister that amazing? She can even get her aunt to ask her to cook.

But before she could reply, Ye Mingjue spoke up, "It's alright, Nuan Nuan only likes to eat what I make for her. You all just do your own thing. Right, Nuan Nuan?"

He looked at An Xiaonuan. Although it was a question, he didn't give An Xiaonuan any other choice.

An Xiaonuan immediately said, “Right, my husband will make it for me. Don’t trouble Qingqing, her hands are also needed for embroidery; cooking would hurt her hands.”

"There's nothing dangerous about this. The vegetables are already washed and chopped by someone else, she just needs to put them in the pot. But since you have your own plans, I won't force you to stay." Jingxin said smoothly.

She said that asking Qingqing to cook was just telling Yemingjue that they would be eating here from now on, she wouldn't really have Qingqing cook for them every day.

However, she seemed to have noticed that this man truly liked Xiaonuan. He even took charge of cooking.

After settling everything, An Xiaonuan started learning embroidery with Jingxin in the room, while Yemengjue called someone to purchase ingredients over the phone.

"Get me a sirloin steak from a crossbreed cow, enough for two people. Also, get me a bottle of red wine that's at least twenty years old. By the way, pick up a pink rose too. I don't need a chef; just deliver it to my hotel."

Ji Qing looked at him issuing orders with a stoic expression, so she silently swallowed the invitation she had just wanted to extend to him to go to the market.

Forget it, this kind of prince probably wouldn't go to the vegetable market.

An Xiaonuan was so engrossed in learning embroidery that she forgot to eat her lunch. If it weren't for Ye Mingjue standing at the door watching her, she probably wouldn't have even gone to eat when it was mealtime.

"Do you like it this much?" Ye Mingjue asked, lowering his head.

"I like it, I think it really tests a person's patience, and I found that embroidery is really a university subject, more interesting than what I learned in school."

An Xiaonuan was very happy, even after leaving the door, her mind was still simulating acupuncture points.

Back at the hotel, An Xiaonuan saw a steak and a rose on the table.

"Where did you buy this? I don't think they sell this kind of thing around here?" Even though An Xiaonuan had never been to the ancient town, she could guess that there probably wouldn't be a place selling steak here... would there?

"There isn't any around here, I had someone bring it over." After Ye Mingjue finished speaking, he walked over to pull up a stool for An Xiaonuan.

"This beautiful lady, would you care to have lunch with me?" Ye Mingjue asked with a smile in his eyes.

An Xiaonuan was amused by his manner and said, "Of course! This handsome gentleman."

After feigning greetings, the two sat down to begin their meal.

Ye Mingjue first put An Xiaonuan's steak in front of him, cut it for her, and then went to cut his own.

That's why Ye Mingjue only discovered that there were several needle pricks on An Xiaonuan's hands after she finished eating the steak.

"What's wrong with your hand?" Ye Mingjue grabbed the hand that was washing and asked.

What was once a hand as white and smooth as jade now bore several small red dots, which were pinpricks.

Ye Mingjue knew how much Nuannuan feared pain, yet this woman who was afraid of pain had somehow gotten so many wounds on her hands without realizing it?

“Is it her who forced you!” Ye Mingjue’s eyes were filled with a fierce look as if a storm was brewing. Seeing this, An Xiaonuan immediately explained: “No, no, it was my own carelessness. Jingxin teacher also told me not to push myself too hard. I wanted to learn more, so that’s why…”

"I was afraid you would worry about me and wouldn't let me continue learning, so I didn't tell you..."

The more An Xiaonuan spoke, the softer her voice became. Looking at the man's face, she felt a little embarrassed and tugged on his sleeve, saying: "I really like this, don't worry about me, I know my limits."

"Knowing your limits, you still stuck in this many needles?" Ye Mingjue wasn't that talkative.

But seeing her pitiful expression, he couldn't help but compromise: "I'll accompany you this afternoon. If I tell you to stop, you have to stop, understand?"

An Xiaonuan knew that her husband had already agreed to let her continue learning embroidery. She happily tiptoed and kissed him on the cheek, praising him: "You're so good, hubby!"

Ye Mingjue lightly touched the spot where An Xiaonuan had just been pointed, and with a pampered gaze watching her rush back to the room, he sighed softly: "Ai, what a poor thing." But he was the only one who loved this little fool.

Then she followed after him at a brisk pace.

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