1751 Storm Of Jealousy
Wanyan Zhi felt slightly embarrassed. “I see. Sorry about that.” He proceeded to place the ribs in his bowl as he spoke.

Wanyan Zhi hesitated. “But your health…”

“It’s fine,” said Lu Xue as she looked brightly at the braised pork ribs in his hand.

Wanyan Zhi had no choice but to put the braised rib into her bowl after this.

Lu Xue felt delighted but when she turned the other way, she saw Long Yin still holding the piece of fish in his hand.

This made her feel immediately embarrassed.

She wanted to say something but when she saw the cold look on Cousin Long Yin’s face, it made her feel instantly afraid.

The atmosphere around the table froze as though the air was icy.

Lu Liangwei looked at her son with slight worry.

Long Yin maintained his posture of holding the fish in his hand for Lu Xue, but there was no expression on his handsome face. His eyes were slightly closed and it was difficult to tell what was going through his mind.

Lu Liangwei was about to say something when Long Yang stopped her.

It would be a cause for worry if his son was not able to withstand even such a small thing.

Yaoyao bit her chopsticks. No matter how slow she was on the uptake, even she could tell immediately that something was going on with her big brother.

She was about to say something at the sight of the cold look on her big brother’s face when she saw Hexin suddenly tug on her brother’s sleeve and said, “Big Bro Long Yin, the steamed bass is too far from me. I can’t reach it. Could you get some for me?” She held her bowl in front of Long Yin as she said this and acted as if she did not notice there was anything wrong with Long Yin.

Long Yin snapped out of it and lowered his eyes to glance at her. He placed the steamed bass intended for Lu Xue into Hexin’s bowl.

“Thank you, Big Bro Long Yin,” Hexin said and began to eat it happily.

Long Yin paused a moment before asking, “What else do you want? I’ll get it for you.”

When Hexin heard this, she stuck her head out further to look around and pointed at a plate of pan-fried beef that was further away from her. “Can I have some of that? Thank you for your help, Big Bro Long Yin.”

Long Yin did not say anything else as he helped put the food into her bowl and acted as if whatever had just happened did not affect him at all.

Lu Liangwei was relieved to see that and she looked at Hexin in an even more loving manner. It was fortunate that Hexin was there to help Yin’er out of the situation.

“Don’t just sit around. Eat up. The food is getting cold.” Lu Liangwei invited everyone to continue eating.

After they were done with dinner, Lu Xue prepared to leave the Palace and head home. So, she went to say goodbye to Lu Liangwei.

“It’s getting dark now. I’ll send someone to escort you home.”

“There is no need for the trouble, Aunt Liangwei. I need to leave the Palace, anyway. I’ll escort Xue’er home,” Wanyan Zhi spoke up.

Lu Liangwei sighed in her heart as she glanced at her silent son.
If it was before, he would have volunteered himself to escort Xue’er home, but now, he said nothing.

She wondered if he was feeling hurt by what happened at dinner or if he had thought things through and decided to back out of this situation.

Lu Liangwei was starting to approve of this when the silent Long Yin suddenly stood up and said, “The Grand Princess of Ning Mansion is quite a distance away from the Grand Duke Mansion. You’ve just returned from the frontier, Cousin Wanyan, and you must be exhausted right now. It’s better if you return home for some rest. I’ll escort Xue’er home.”

The hall turned quiet after he said this.

Lu Xue bit her lip and glanced at Wanyan Zhi.

Wanyan Zhi could only laugh bitterly in his heart as he looked at his intimidating younger cousin. He was quiet for a moment before saying, “Thank you for understanding, Cousin Long Yin. I’ll leave Xue’er in your care.”