Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 500 Danger, He Runs Away (2)

Mei Lenglei’s almond-shaped eyes shifted slightly as she stepped forward to gently help up the aged body that was performing a deep bow.

"Thank you, Miss," he said respectfully as he got to his feet and turned to Mei Lenglei with a grateful smile.

"Oh, what are you talking about? Lotus Garden has remained as tidy as ever over these years, all thanks to you, Mother Feng, for taking care of it."

"Miss, these are all things this old servant should do. It’s just that ever since the Miss went on a long journey, who would have thought that it would be over four years? I don’t have any other skills, so I could only take good care of Lotus Garden and quietly wait for the Miss’s return," said Mother Feng with a somewhat melancholic expression, standing to one side and speaking with her head bowed.

At that moment, Wang Cong ran towards the edge of the field, unheeding of the melon vines on the ground, and rushed in with large strides. Feng Xi looked up to see the house servant hurrying over, and stood up straight to ask the newcomer, "What’s the matter?"

"Young Master, the Miss and the son-in-law have come to visit. The butler asks that you go back," he panted, licking his cracked lips with a look of urgency on his face.

Feng Xi was stunned for a moment before a look of excitement appeared on his face. He lifted his foot and ran back along the furrows, arriving at the gate only to find no carriage in sight. Upon asking the gatekeeper Wang Min, he learned that they had already arrived at Lotus Garden.

At the entrance of Lotus Garden, Butler Mi waited anxiously and finally saw Feng Xi. At a glance, seeing him covered in mud, he frowned slightly, stopping Feng Xi, who was about to enter: "Young Master, you’d better go back and change your clothes and wash up before you come, as the son-in-law is also inside."

Feng Xi slapped his forehead in realization, turned around and ran back to his courtyard. He quickly took a cold shower, then rummaged through his chests and cupboards to find a crescent-white robe - the most ’expensive’ robe he owned. He put it on delightedly and, after a flurry of adjustments in front of the Bronze Mirror, he finally managed to comb his ink-black hair neatly and stepped out of the room.

Standing at the entrance to Lotus Garden, he felt a sense of reluctance, a stark contrast to his earlier eagerness. Recalling the past few years, every time he thought of his sister, he would inevitably sit in Lotus Garden for half the night. Now that she truly returned, he felt fear instead. He gave a wry smile, shook his head, and took big strides to enter.

"Sister, is it really you?"

Feng Xuxu turned her gaze towards the person who had just come into the grand hall. He stood with his back to the sunlight, his tall figure was all she could see, his face unseen and the excitement unabated. But from his slightly trembling voice, she could sense his excitement, his nervousness.

"Big brother, how many cute little sisters do you have?" Feng Xuxu, sitting in the chair, chuckled, put down her teacup, and teasingly asked her elder brother who had just come into the room.

"Hahaha, I have only you for a sister, so where would I ’bring along’ a few more?" He took a few steps in and nodded towards Dugu Chen at the head seat.

Feng Xuxu waved her hand to the other people in the room, "You all may leave; just Lenglei can stay," she said as she looked around at the multitude of people.

Mother Feng and several others bowed and exited, one by one. The room, once teeming with people, was suddenly left with only six.

Feng Xi lifted his robe, about to kneel, but was stopped by Feng Xuxu, who glared at him: "Big brother, what are you doing?"

"Big brother, there’s no need for you to do this in the future," Dugu Chen said to Feng Xi, his face expressionless, but his voice was unexpectedly not harsh.

Feng Xuxu smiled gratefully at Dugu Chen and pulled Feng Xi to a chair beside her. Only then did she turn around and sit back down.

Yueyue finally got to see the uncle she had heard so much about. She climbed down from her father’s leg and ran over to Feng Xi, tilting her little head up, "Uncle, I am Yueyue." Turning her head and seeing that her brother hadn’t come over, she pointed: "That is my brother, Qiqi."