Obsessively Raised by My Doll 115

Chapter 115

As they passed by Jufengxiang Restaurant on the long street, Zheng Xuening, remembering something, stopped the carriage.

Lu Dieqing had thought they had already returned to the imperial palace and was wondering, so soon?

She hadn’t even had time to touch up her lipstick.

Originally, she didn’t like to wear any makeup, but after kissing for so long, her lips were very red. When they had passed by a shop selling rouge and powder, she had bought some lipstick, preparing to apply it carefully to cover up the excessive redness and swelling.

“Come, we’re not going back to the palace just yet.”

Zheng Xuening seemed to have completely forgotten her identity as the heir.

She pulled the girl down from the carriage.

Lu Dieqing, however, was a little guilty. “No, I have to touch up my lipstick first…”

The girl tried to resist.

Zheng Xuening stared at the makeup box in her hand for a moment, and her charming phoenix eyes slowly blinked.

“Alright,” she agreed at once, but she unhurriedly sat down in the carriage.

The carriage immediately became lively.

The auras of the two people, just as when they had kissed at the city gate, had the intention of intertwining again.

Lu Dieqing’s heart clenched, so shy that her cheeks turned red.

“Weren’t we going to the restaurant?” She weakly reached out her hand to push Zheng Xuening’s arm. But she used no force, as if a little cat had retracted all its claws, her movement gentle.

“I’ll help you touch up your lipstick.”

Zheng Xuening readily said, her fingers taking the makeup box Lu Dieqing had placed at the side.

She gently helped the girl to outline her lip shape bit by bit, until Lu Dieqing’s entire face looked as bright as a peach blossom.

“Do you want me to draw your eyebrows?”

Looking at this face, Zheng Xuening’s eyes grew deep.

Lu Dieqing’s heart was beating fast, and she quickly refused.

“No, no need.”

“Alright.” Zheng Xuening withdrew her hand, her expression looking quite regretful.

She led the girl, whose lips had been carefully painted with lipstick and were now crimson, slowly down from the carriage.

At the entrance, a waiter who had been waiting for a long time was already there, bowing and scraping to welcome them in.

That waiter was very kind-faced, and was clearly the one who had served them last time.

Not only did Lu Dieqing recognize him, but the waiter, whose eyes were used to seeing guests, had already run out in small, hurried steps the moment Zheng Xuening had arrived at the restaurant entrance, and had recognized them.

“The two noble ladies are here. The manager has already reserved a spot for you, and it’s still the same private room as last time.”

The waiter had a white towel slung over his shoulder. As he ran, he would turn his head back to look at them from time to time, looking very nimble.

Lu Dieqing was curious. “How did you know we were coming?”

They had even reserved a spot in advance.

The waiter immediately smiled. “This humble one did not know, but the manager has instructed that no matter whether the noble ladies come or not, this private room is reserved for you.”

Last time, the notoriously arrogant Young General Mo had suffered a loss at the hands of these two young ladies, yet he had left in disgrace without a word. This was enough to prove how powerful their identities were.

Later, they had prepared a meal and sent it to the palace, which had further confirmed Zheng Xuening’s identity.

Before, when he had heard that the Crown Princess had been thrown into the sky prison, the waiter and the manager had genuinely felt sorry for her.

Later, when he had heard that the Crown Princess had been released again, and that the rumors about her outside had all subsided, the waiter had sighed with emotion. The Crown Princess was truly blessed with great fortune.

And now, seeing Zheng Xuening and the other come to Jufengxiang Restaurant again, the waiter was even more attentive in his service.

But although he was enthusiastic, he was not excessive, not making people feel repulsed, just in the details, making Lu Dieqing and the other feel at home.

The food was served extremely quickly, steaming hot, the whole room filled with fragrance.

No doubt, the chefs in the back kitchen had put in extra effort to cook this table of dishes for them.

Seeing this table of fine food, Lu Dieqing’s almond eyes lit up.

“So hungry.”

The girl almost immediately picked up her chopsticks, without any reservation, shyness, or apprehension. Compared to the scene when she had first come here with the Crown Princess, she was so lively and relaxed that she was like a different person.

Zheng Xuening crossed her hands, rested her chin on the back of her hands, and smiled as she watched the girl.

“If you’re hungry, eat more.”

She could remember what it was like here last time.

At that time, Lu Dieqing had still been on her guard against her. Even though her stomach was growling with hunger, she still hadn’t dared to pick up her chopsticks to eat.

Zheng Xuening had once thought that she was a person with faint emotions and not a very good memory.

But this point had been overturned in Lu Dieqing.

She deeply remembered every event she had experienced since meeting the girl, every feeling she had been touched by.

So bright, vivid, and lively, it was as if she had never truly lived before meeting her.

It was still the first year of their meeting, not even half a year, but so many memorable things had already happened.

Then what about the future? Five years, ten years, twenty years, fifty years later?

A lifetime had suddenly become something to look forward to.

Zheng Xuening looked at Lu Dieqing’s charming appearance as she buried her head in her food, and a strong desire to “live” suddenly arose in her heart.

The poison that had always remained in her body, not fully resolved, was a sword hanging over her heart, not knowing when it would fall.

In the past, Zheng Xuening had felt that it didn’t matter when that sword fell, whether it was early or late.

People would always die. The only difference was how many people she would take with her on the day she left.

But these thoughts had now become, “People will always die, but she has to live well and not make the little rabbit sad.”

“Ningning, why aren’t you eating?”

Lu Dieqing had been eating with relish. Her stomach was not so hungry anymore. She looked up and found that Zheng Xuening was staring at her in a daze.

This time there’s no distinction between ranks, hmph!

In front of me is only my Ningning!

Her Ningning was not eating properly. Lu Dieqing immediately stood up and moved her chair to the other’s side.

She pushed her small bowl, and it made a light sound as it collided with the cups and plates in front of Zheng Xuening.

“Aren’t you hungry?”

Zheng Xuening met her gaze for a moment and slowly shook her head.

“I’m not hungry.”

She wasn’t lying.

Years of constantly taking medicine had made her stomach weaker than an ordinary person’s, and it had also made her dislike eating.

It was only because she was a martial artist and had internal energy to nourish her body. Otherwise, with her poisoned condition, she would not have been able to hold on for so long.

The so-called delicacies, in front of Zheng Xuening, were just a bit more fragrant food. At most, she would eat one bite. Any more would be a burden.

Lu Dieqing stared at her, and Zheng Xuening couldn’t help but give in.

“Alright, I’ll eat.”

She picked up her chopsticks, and the first dish she took was the red bean pastry.

She was now beginning to agree with what her mother had once said.

—Red beans. They are a symbol of longing.

Lu Dieqing saw that she was eating, and only then did she happily lower her head and continue to eat.

However, the girl was more careful this time. On the surface, she was eating with her heart set on it, but her peripheral vision was always on Ningning.

After leaving the small world of the forbidden land, she found that her body’s reaction speed had unknowingly improved a lot, and her five senses had also become sharper.

To be specific, in the past, she had to look very seriously to see things clearly. Now, she only needed to spare a little of her mind to construct an image in her heart.

It was as if a veil had been lifted from the world before her, and the hazy feeling of looking at flowers in a fog was gone, and it had become more real and three-dimensional.

With this observation, Lu Dieqing only just discovered that Ningning had a very small appetite.

They had also eaten together before, but at that time, it was mostly in the imperial palace, a hasty meeting and a hasty parting.

She had seen Ningning eat little and had thought that the other had already eaten elsewhere.

However, these past few days, after they had left the imperial palace, they had been together almost all the time.

Before, in order to hurry on their journey, Ningning would only hastily eat some dry rations, or take her to an inn, order her a sumptuous meal, but say that she had already eaten.

Now that the most important matter was settled and they were about to return to the imperial palace, she still hadn’t eaten anything today.

Yet Ningning still had such a poor appetite.

This made Lu Dieqing a little worried.

Why does Ningning eat so little?

She kept looking at Zheng Xuening from the corner of her eye, thinking she was being discreet. However, in the eyes of someone who had practiced martial arts for many years, even without using her spiritual power to sense it, just with her own eyes, she could capture the girl’s constant glances.

She was really like a little squirrel that thought it was well-hidden in a thicket, secretly observing a human.

“You.” She reached out her finger and poked the girl’s cheek.

“You keep looking at me.”

The soft, tender cheek was poked by her into a cute little dimple.

The girl was so cute it made her want to take a bite.

Sweet, fragrant, soft, harmless, and bright.

Lu Dieqing puffed out her cheeks. Realizing that she had been caught peeking, she simply put down her chopsticks and looked at Zheng Xuening, asking seriously, “You always don’t eat, and you eat very little. I’m a little scared. Worried.”

The more she paid attention to Ningning, the more she discovered that the various extravagant habits that the heir of a nation should have were pitifully few.

A person who didn’t love delicious food, beautiful clothes, or dressing up, and was even a little ascetic, sitting in the position of the Crown Princess, had to face many covetous eyes to hold onto this identity.

Perhaps it was because of her feelings. No matter how Lu Dieqing looked at Zheng Xuening, her heart ached.

How can someone not know how to take care of themselves like this?

Eating so little, and worrying so much. Thinking about so many things every day must be very taxing on the brain.

And these days, on their journey, whenever they stopped to rest, she would see Ningning squeeze out some extra time to practice her sword.

So self-disciplined that she was almost unlike a pampered heir.

Zheng Xuening met the girl’s concerned gaze, was silent for a moment, then looked up and smiled.

“Eating little proves that I’m easy to raise.”

The Crown Princess, who rarely showed a soft and gentle aura, took Lu Dieqing’s hand, slowly brought her own face closer, and placed it in the girl’s palm.

She blinked her eyes, like a noble big cat, a charming and sly look in her eyes.

“Don’t you think so?”

Being suddenly teased like this, Lu Dieqing’s hand even trembled a little.

Ah, so unfair.

When Ningning acts cute, it can make a person’s bones go soft.

She, with a flushed little face, pretended to be fierce and quickly reached out her other hand to pinch Ningning’s face.

“I declare, I can afford to raise you. Eat more!”

What a soft and smooth face.

After clumsily taking advantage of her, Lu Dieqing quickly retracted her small hand, her heart bubbling with delight.

Zheng Xuening was slightly stunned, then after a moment, she slowly curved her lips.

“So fierce. It seems I have no choice but to eat more. Tsk.”

She ate with Lu Dieqing. Lu Dieqing observed her a few more times. Seeing that Ningning’s expression was normal when she ate and confirming that the other was not uncomfortable, she was finally relieved.

When the two of them walked out of Jufengxiang Restaurant, Lu Dieqing was almost holding her waist.

Sob, sob, sob. So full.

Zheng Xuening supported her out of the restaurant. As she was about to send her into the carriage, she heard someone call her from the roadside.

“Lu Dieqing!”

“Miss Lu!”

The Zuo sisters, whom she hadn’t seen for several days, along with Gu Shuyuan, were standing a few steps away on the roadside, staring at them with their mouths agape.

Zuo Manzhi was covering her sister’s mouth with her left hand and pulling Gu Shuyuan with her right, as if she were leading two disobedient little puppies, trying to drag them back.

However, this action was clearly a step too late.

Zuo Xiaoya and Gu Shuyuan were quick with their mouths and had already called out.

Zuo Manzhi was annoyed in her heart. Why do these two call out the moment they see someone, without even looking at the occasion?

At this moment, Lu Dieqing was leaning half of her body on Zheng Xuening, one foot on the carriage step.

She was the very picture of a delicate and weak person who needed to be supported.

The key was! The person helping her into the carriage, with a “my wife is so cute” look on her face, was the Crown Princess!

The little couple is being all lovey-dovey. Is this a scene they can interrupt?