Hearing Wei Chaoyan's soft, cheerful greeting, Wei Ying and Qi Ye, knowing that Wei Chaoyan was right, felt it was a bit impolite for them to eat alone in front of everyone, but in order to ensure they had enough energy to deal with what they needed to do in the afternoon after arriving at Wei Village, the two of them, blushing more than the sunset, forced themselves to go over and pick up the pastries from the plate to eat.

For a moment, the only sounds inside the carriage were the rustling of Wei Chaoyan and the other children eating pastries and drinking tea. The others either closed their eyes to rest, or lowered their heads to review the steps to be taken next, or sat upright, fully focused on the environment outside the speeding carriage to prevent any unexpected situations.

After a while, Wei Chaoyan and the others finished eating and drinking. After Yan Qing saw them wipe their hands and mouths clean with handkerchiefs, he glanced at the man who had been holding Wei Ying and the other two. The three men who received Yan Qing's look immediately understood his meaning and stood up to come to Wei Ying and the other two. They respectfully whispered, "Young master, come here. You can rest in my arms for a while."

Seeing the adult bowing and speaking in front of them, Wei Ying and Qi Ye, despite their precocious maturity, dared not reply easily and instead turned their pleading eyes to their beloved elder sister, Wei Chaoyan.

Wei Chaoyan was taken aback when she received her younger brother's pleading look, but she didn't say anything. Perhaps because she had already received a lot of care from Lady Yan, she had a "so many debts, so no worries" mentality. She very naturally and gently handed the little green rock, whose little head was nodding, to the person in front of her who was also bowing and asking questions.

Seeing Wei Chaoyan demonstrate, Wei Ying and Wei Chaoyan put aside their unease and awkwardly moved closer to the man in front of them, closed their eyes, and leaned against his warm and broad chest to adjust their mindset. They fell asleep in no time.

Seeing that they were asleep, Wei Chaoyan took several thick blankets from Yan Qing and covered her sleeping brothers one by one to prevent them from catching a cold. Of course, she didn't forget to drape a blanket over Yan Niangzi, who was dozing at the innermost corner. After covering them all with blankets, Wei Chaoyan quickly tidied up the empty plates on the small table and put them in the drawer under the seat. She then used a tissue to wipe up the crumbs of pastry that had fallen on the table.

After finishing, Wei Chaoyan smiled and bowed to the people carrying Wei Ying and the other two, thanking them for taking such good care of her three younger brothers. Before the three could react, Wei Chaoyan quickly returned to her previous seat, draped a blanket over herself, and adjusted her posture, trying to find a comfortable position for a short rest. Without looking up, she casually said, "Uncle Yanqing, I'll rest for a bit too. Please wake me up when we're almost at the entrance to Wei Village, thanks!"

Seeing that Yan Qing remained silent, Wei Chaoyan took his silence as consent and leaned against the carriage wall with her eyes closed, entering a state between sleep and wakefulness.

The noisy passengers quieted down, and the entire carriage fell silent, save for the sounds of horses' hooves clattering against the ground outside the window, the rumbling of the carriage wheels, and the varying depths of breathing and heartbeats from the passengers.

Without exchanging a word, the carriages sped along the increasingly desolate and rugged path, traveling for about four hours without stopping, finally arriving at the entrance of Weicun Village just before noon.

Upon seeing a massive, brownish-yellow rock, as tall as a person and requiring three people to encircle it, with the words "Wei Village" carved on its front, standing to the left of the entrance to Wei Village, Yan Qing knew they had arrived. Without hesitation, Yan Qing woke up the still-sleeping Wei Chaoyan and then asked her to wake her three younger brothers. At the same time, she made a slightly louder noise to alert the seemingly dozing Yan Niangzi that they were almost at their destination.

Seeing that they were all waking up one after another, Yan Qing silently and naturally took out a small and exquisite copper basin from another compartment, took out her other water bag, unscrewed the cap, and poured the warm water inside into the copper basin. After pouring it, she took out several clean, snow-white handkerchiefs from under the cushion next to her, soaked them in the copper basin, wrung them out, and handed them to Wei Chaoyan and Yan Niangzi, who had just opened her eyes and was constantly rubbing her slightly stiff temples.

After receiving the handkerchiefs, they diligently picked up the blankets that had slipped onto the carriage, neatly folded them into a stack, and then calmly stuffed them into the space under the seats.

After Wei Chaoyan and the others wiped away the faint traces of sleep on their faces, Yan Qing also tidied up the blankets, calmly sat back in her seat, and waited for the carriage to stop.

After waking up, Wei Chaoyan was busy wiping her three younger brothers' faces and tidying their slightly disheveled clothes, and didn't notice Yan Qing's series of smooth and seamless actions. However, the netizens who were waiting in Wei Chaoyan's live stream did not miss these moments. They were stunned and charmed by Yan Qing's gentle and virtuous actions, which were so different from her cold, tough, and taciturn appearance. They exclaimed in the public chat, wishing that the heavens would send them such a safe, considerate, thoughtful, and gentle man—well, butler—so that they could realize their dream of a carefree and lazy life as quickly as possible!

No matter how much the netizens were clamoring in the live stream chat, Wei Chaoyan couldn't spare any attention to them at the moment. She just leaned out of the car window and stared at Wei Village, which was getting closer and closer, her thoughts complicated and her expression slightly dazed.

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