Chapter 561: Farewell Secret Meeting (4)_1
They had originally planned to rest for another night and leave the next day, but Xia Zheng wouldn’t stop blabbering about how much his father missed Princess Anle, making such a racket that the princess couldn’t find peace. So after lunch, she began packing to leave.
Because of the haste in their departure, there wasn’t much prepared in advance. Lin Yuan had to have someone go back to Rice Flower Fragrance to gather a good amount of special pastries for Princess Anle to eat on the road. Xia Zheng, worried that his mother wouldn’t have access to the food from their place in the capital city, packed a sack of potatoes for her, and had even thought about including a couple of blocks of tofu, but Lin Yuan stopped him. Setting aside whether the tofu would stay fresh until it reached the capital city, even if it did, it would probably be jostled into nothing but crumbles by then.
Since it had already been decided that Su Qiuyu would leave with them when the time came, she couldn’t very well insist on staying, despite her reluctance. Doctor Hu’s medical skills were no joke, and after taking the medicine he prescribed, her illness had greatly improved; there was no way she could use recuperating as an excuse to stay.
"Brother Zheng." The thought of leaving and having Lin Yuan occupy Xia Zheng all to herself filled Su Qiuyu with a mixture of anger and sorrow, her eyes beginning to mist over once again.
Since she was leaving anyway, Xia Zheng was no longer as blunt as before.
Seeing that he wasn’t avoiding her as he used to, Su Qiuyu felt a hint of joy, "Brother Zheng, I’m leaving. Don’t worry, I will take good care of myself."
Um. Xia Zheng nodded.
"You should take care of yourself too, especially in a place like this, where the food and clothing can’t compare to those in the capital city. Don’t you be hard on yourself. If you ever feel uncomfortable, just come back. I, we all will be waiting for you."
Xia Zheng looked at the sky; this place was pretty good, much better than the capital city. In any case, wherever Yuanyuan was, that was the best place.