Forced love, an inescapable fate

Mu Qingli took the paper handed to her by Jiang Ci. As she watched the crooked handwriting gradually become neat and standardized, her mood, which had been devastated by not being able to buy the necessary materials, instantly became much better.

"Brother, you are really amazing. It only took one morning, and you were able to write your name so well. It's really great. I was a little worried before, but now it seems that my worries were completely unnecessary."

Mu Qingli's emotional value was still given, and Jiang Ci felt inexplicably happy because of her compliments.

Wan Yue had seen Jiang Ci with a serious face before, but now she saw him slightly raising the corners of his mouth, smiling in a reserved and beautiful way, while his big eyes with distinct black and white blinked, looking soft and clean.

At this moment, she remembered Bai Yu's description of the young prince: he was a scheming person and very good at disguise. She suddenly felt that it was very appropriate.

Because the person she met last night was not like this at all. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have connected Jiang Ci from last night with the young man now, whose smile was like melting spring snow.

Mu Qingli patted his shoulder. She used to like to touch his head, but later she could feel that Jiang Ci didn't like her touching his head, so she changed to patting his shoulder.

"Brother, come on, you've always been good."

The smile in Jiang Ci's eyes became even more intense.

"Sister, you too, you are the best in my heart. I believe in you, you will definitely be able to do what you want to do."

"Okay, let's work together."

Because of Jiang Ci's words, Mu Qingli put aside the unhappiness he had just felt.

All things are difficult at the beginning. Besides, this is just the beginning. There is no such thing as easy money and smooth sailing. She was able to escape with Jiang Ci from the closely guarded Qi royal family. What else could stump her?

After dinner, she took Wanyue into the kitchen. She poured the tea leaves she bought into the pot and started to make tea. While making tea, she asked Wanyue to wash the fruits she bought and cut them into small pieces.

After brewing the tea, she dissolved the purchased malt sugar with boiling water, then separated the sugar water and tea and let them cool. Then she mixed the tea and sugar water according to the proportion and poured it into a cup, and added the cut fruit. After doing all this, she handed the first cup to Wanyue and asked her to taste it.

Wanyue looked at the fruit tea handed to her by Mu Qingli. She sniffed it first and smelled the fragrance of tea leaves and the sweetness of fruit at the same time. She took a sip and her eyes lit up instantly. She had never tasted anything so delicious before.

Mu Qingli looked at Wanyue's expression expectantly. When she saw her eyes shining and she drank all the fruit tea in the cup without leaving a drop, she finally felt relieved.

Judging from Wanyue’s expression, the fruit tea she made must have been a success, at least it wasn’t unpalatable.

Wanyue stared at Mu Qingli with sparkling eyes.

"Girl, what is this you made? Why is it so delicious? And the fruit inside can actually be eaten with tea. I have never tasted such a special and delicious tea. It is really delicious."

Mu Qingli also poured herself a cup and tasted it. Although there was no ice in it, the taste was greatly reduced, but it was indeed delicious. However, in this era, ice cubes might be hard to find.

Overall, the first attempt was successful. If she could buy milk, she would be confident that she could make milk tea.

She was a little impatient to let Jiang Ci taste the fruit tea she made, but she still gave instructions to Wan Yue before leaving.

"Wanyue, this is what I'm telling you today. If my younger brother asks you about it, just tell him that you taught me how to make these. Remember not to tell him that I did it. This is a secret between the two of us, and it will also be the signboard of our shop from now on. Okay?"

Wanyue seemed to be thinking about something, but at the same time she felt relieved in her heart. She originally thought that Mu Qingli wanted her to do something big, but it turned out to be this.

She nodded: "Miss, I'll remember this. If you ask, I'll say I taught you how to do it. But why are you hiding it from me?"