Chapter 191 Gun (1)_1
After dinner, Cai Wei returned to her own room, closed the door, took out her pen and paper, and sat at her table, seriously beginning to draw.
The old Type 38 pistol, including its wooden handle, consisted of nineteen parts of various sizes and thicknesses. Each part had to be diagramed realistically, with the sizes and thicknesses labeled correctly for her to be finished.
Having sketched all nineteen parts, she filled three whole papers. By the time she finished, it was already the third watch of the night. Stretching her weary arms and neck, she yawned, feeling her whole body exhausted. She got up from her chair and walked towards her couch.
As she got up, she was startled to see the crown prince of Great Jin Kingdom, Nangong Yi, lying slantwise on her couch.
At that moment, he was supporting his forehead with one hand, lounging on her couch, smiling and watching her. She wasn’t sure how long he had been there watching.
In fact, he arrived much earlier. However, he saw the maiden sit under the lamp, engrossed in her drawing, looking like she was doing the most important thing in the world. He didn’t bear to interrupt her so he laid on her bed and watched this beautiful person.
Watching her perfect profile, watching her serious gestures, two or three hours flew by without him even realizing it. Before he had enough of watching her, the beauty looked back at him, forcing him to stop his discreet admiration.
When Cai Wei first saw him, her instinct was to open her mouth and scold him, but then she suddenly remembered the man’s noble identity.
Though she wasn’t the type that respected the high and despised the low, she was in the ancient times now and had to abide by the harsh feudal hierarchy of the era. He was a prince, and she was supposed to bow and salute him by right. If she didn’t, it was a punishable offense. If she were also caught scolding the prince and disrespecting the royal family, all the people at her home would be in danger of losing their heads.
With this thought in mind, she suppressed her anger but still asked with annoyance, "Why are you here again?"