Chen Yixiao and Ning Chaoyun were both stunned by Song Yaoyao's bold declaration!
It seemed Song Yaoyao truly did not want to marry, or she would never have dreamed up such terrible ideas!
They both looked at Song Yaoyao with complicated expressions!
Song Yaoyao had rebellion in her very bones. If pushed too far, she really might do it!
Song Yaoyao had only recently learned to ride, and Ying Huiyan could not ride at all, so the two shared a horse. Even so, they traveled much faster than they would have by carriage.
By the following afternoon, their party had arrived in Cold Pass City.
When Maternal Grandmother Ning saw Song Yaoyao, she took her hand and looked her over for a long while before saying:
"Yaoyao, you were gone for months! I thought about you every day and sent your grandfather several letters asking when you would return. Every time, he said it would be soon.
"After all that waiting, you're finally back.
"Look how thin your little face has become! I must feed you well and build you back up."
Song Yaoyao touched her face. She did not think she had lost any weight, but now she understood: there was a kind of thinness called "Grandmother thinks you're thin."
Song Yaoyao did not want to reject the old woman's kindness, so she said:
"All right. Sorry for the trouble, Grandmother."
Guagua asked, [Host, aren't we in a hurry to get back to the Capital?]
Song Yaoyao replied, *[It's not often I get to travel on official business. I plan to stay in Cold Pass City for a few days and keep Grandmother company before returning to the Capital. Who knows when we'll see each other again after this?*
*Don't worry. We'll definitely make it back to the Capital