Chapter 218: A Very Pleasant Name… 

Clutching the potion given to her by Sister Wormwood, Jiang Nongqin walked step by step toward Dongma Street.

Jiang Nongqin ignored all the gazes cast upon her from the side of the street.

It was unavoidable that Jiang Nongqin attracted attention every time she walked down the street.

This was even after the maiden had used a Chest Binding Strap.

But even so, it didn’t help much.

If Mount Everest sank a thousand meters, would you consider it short?

In truth, if she could, the maiden wished her figure weren’t so eye-catching.

It would be great if her figure could become like Sister Qinger’s, because that’s the kind Your Highness likes, right?

“Your Highness.”

Jiang Nongqin gripped the potion in her hand tighter, scenes of her time with Your Highness in the Heiwu Secret Realm constantly flashing through her mind.

Especially the dream she had while she was in the Heiwu Secret Realm.

In the dream, Your Highness had almost married her as a Secondary Wife.

Being able to be Your Highness’s maidservant and serve him constantly was her greatest dream, not to mention him taking her as a concubine or even marrying her as a Secondary Wife.

But in the end, sure enough, the moment she opened her eyes, she realized it was just a dream.

However, that dream had felt so real.

It was so real that she didn’t want to wake up; if it was a dream, she was willing to sink into it forever.

But Jiang Nongqin knew this wouldn’t do; she had to help Your Highness, she had to take care of Your Highness in reality.

The Your Highness in her dream was ultimately just a false Your Highness.

But…

Did Your Highness truly need her care?

Opening her palm, Jiang Nongqin looked at the potion given by Wormwood, and couldn’t help but lower her gaze slightly.

If Your Highness truly drank this bottle of potion.

If this bottle of potion really had an effect on Your Highness.

Then what would Your Highness think of her?

“If Your Highness really had even a little bit of affection for me.”

Thinking of this, Jiang Nongqin’s heart began to race, and a flush crossed her delicate face.

As she continued thinking, and perhaps imagining things, the maiden’s cheeks grew even redder, and a wisp of white smoke seemed to rise from her head.

The maiden quickly shook her head, lest she faint from happiness.

For Jiang Nongqin, what she asked for was truly very little.

As long as Lin Xun didn’t dislike her or drive her away, and she could always wait upon him and see him every day, that would be the greatest happiness for the maiden.

The maiden didn’t dare hope that Your Highness would take her as a concubine; being able to be Your Highness’s maidservant was already enough.

But…

“What if Your Highness doesn’t need me at all? Or perhaps he’s grown tired of me.”

Thinking of this, the maiden pressed her palm tightly against her chest, and her heart inside felt a slight ache.

Jiang Nongqin couldn’t imagine Your Highness driving her away.

Jiang Nongqin also couldn’t imagine how she would feel if Your Highness drank this potion and told her, “Actually, you are really annoying.”

Shaking her head to cast off the negative thoughts caused by her overthinking, Jiang Nongqin put the potion back into her Storage Pouch.

The maiden found that she didn’t have the courage, didn’t have the courage to hear Your Highness’s true opinion of her directly from his mouth.

“It’s alright, Nong Qin.”

Unconsciously, the maiden, who had already entered Dongma Street, pressed tightly on her chest and took a deep breath.

“I can still live next door to Your Highness now, and I can see Your Highness every day. This is enough; I cannot wish for too much more.”

The maiden raised her head, looked at the corner ahead, stretched out her small hand, patted her fair cheeks, and forced herself to cheer up.

As long as she turned the corner ahead and walked another two hundred meters, she would be able to see Your Highness’s courtyard.

Today was a holiday. Was Your Highness in the courtyard? Sister Qinger should be with Your Highness, too. If she made some snacks and then knocked to visit, she should be able to catch a glimpse of Your Highness, right?

“Ah!”

“Mmm.”

Lost in thought, just as Jiang Nongqin turned the corner, she bumped into another maiden.

However, the maiden didn’t hit Jiang Nongqin’s forehead; instead, the two women’s chests collided, and the maiden bounced off, falling onto the ground on her bottom.

“I apologize, Miss, are you hurt?” Jiang Nongqin quickly walked over and reached out her hand, intending to pull the other party up.

“No.” The maiden shook her head and lifted her delicate head.

When Jiang Nongqin saw those cat-tailed peach blossom eyes, even though she was a woman herself, Jiang Nongqin’s heart trembled.

She had never seen such enchanting eyes, and within the enchantment, there was a clarity like melting snow.

Just a single glance, and it felt as if even women would be captivated.

Bai Luoxue stood up, her cat-tailed peach blossom eyes glanced at Jiang Nongqin’s chest, then she lowered her head and glanced at her own chest.

Finally, the maiden’s eyes kept staring at Jiang Nongqin’s chest, blinking lightly, seemingly lost in thought.

Being stared at in the chest by the veiled, beautiful-eyed maiden in front of her made Jiang Nongqin’s cheeks flush, and she really wanted to turn away.

But looking at her focused eyes, Jiang Nongqin felt that turning sideways might interrupt the maiden’s thinking.

But why was she thinking while looking at her chest?

“Miss, are you buying so many winter plums to make Winter Plum Cake?”

Finally, after being stared at by the maiden for the time it takes half an incense stick to burn, Jiang Nongqin slightly turned sideways and spoke slowly, forcing a topic.

“Mm.” Bai Luoxue looked at her basket and nodded. “But I can’t make it well.”

“If Miss trusts me, I might be able to help with the Winter Plum Cake.” Looking at the maiden before her, Jiang Nongqin felt that the other party was like white snow, making her instinctively want to help. “Consider it compensation for having just bumped into you.”

“Is that okay?” Bai Luoxue blinked at Jiang Nongqin.

“Of course it is.” Jiang Nongqin smiled with curved eyes. “My name is Jiang Nongqin, and I live on Dongma Street. What is your name, Miss?”

“Bai Luoxue.” The maiden spoke slowly.

“Bai Luoxue. That’s a very pleasant name.” Jiang Nongqin felt as if she liked this maiden even more now.

Although Jiang Nongqin didn’t know much about Bai Luoxue.

But from the maiden’s every move, especially her innocent yet charming peach blossom eyes, Jiang Nongqin felt a sense of closeness rise in her heart.

“Thank you.”

Bai Luoxue offered her thanks, but perhaps thanking was merely a form of etiquette for the maiden; she probably didn’t even know what ‘thank you’ meant.

Jiang Nongqin and Bai Luoxue walked along Dongma Street.

Jiang Nongqin hadn’t expected Bai Luoxue to live right in front of Your Highness’s courtyard, operating a Tofu Shop.

However, upon reaching the Tofu Shop, Jiang Nongqin noticed that Bai Luoxue kept gazing toward Your Highness’s courtyard, seemingly waiting for something.