Chapter 474: Chapter 474, Crafty Servant (2nd Update)
The two old women and the maid were all somewhat anxious, just about to speak, when Mu Rourou spoke first, “Sister Xie, these insolent servants, they bully their mistress, wailing…”
“No, no, Miss Xie, we didn’t!” the old woman hurriedly explained.
Xie Zhinuan frowned upon hearing this, “You? You are not servants, yet you dare to refer to me as ‘I’? It seems your master was right, you truly are insolent servants who bully your mistress!”
Upon hearing this, the four of them immediately realized that Xie Zhinuan had caught them in a fault.
They kowtowed in a hurry, “We beg Miss Xie to see clearly, we would never dare to bully our mistress!”
“They’re lying!” Mu Rourou cried, pointing at one of the old women, “She secretly took the key, intending to open my Brocade Box containing the silver notes!”
“I, the servant, merely wished to confirm for the young mistress whether any silver notes were missing!”
“Shut up!” Xie Zhinuan said sternly, “As a servant, interrupting before your master has finished speaking, it seems your master’s words are justified. You are not only insolent servants but servants like you, to be beaten or sold off would be getting off lightly!”
The old woman was cowed into silence, not daring to make a sound.
Frustrated at heart and thinking Xie Zhinuan was meddling too much. She shot Mu Rourou an evil glance, thinking of how the lady would deal with her once they returned to the Mu Residence.
A lowly born child of a concubine daring to show her displeasure with her.
Xie Zhinuan saw how sadly Mu Rourou cried, as if made of water, and let out a sigh, handing her a handkerchief, “No more crying, wipe your tears away!”
Mu Rourou took it as told, admiring Xie Zhinuan in her heart; just a few words were enough to subdue the old woman, who was so favored by her legal mother.
She immediately made a decision.
The silver notes given by her father, even if she kept them now, once she was back at the Mu Residence, she wouldn’t be able to keep them safe. It would be better to use them to go into business with Sister Xie. It didn’t matter how much they would earn in the future; as long as there was a monthly profit, she wouldn’t starve to death. It would be better than handing it all over to her legal mother and having to depend on others for every single wen spent.
“Sister Xie, never mind about these insolent servants. I have a matter I’d like to ask for your help with, what do you think…”
“…” Xie Zhinuan was actually surprised; Mu Rourou was asking for her help?
Both father and daughter were quite interesting; her father asked her to keep Mu Rourou for a few days and even knelt down in person. Now, Mu Rourou spoke gently and softly, but with a bit more caution and certainty.
“All right, let’s talk in my room!” Xie Zhinuan invited Mu Rourou back to the guesthouse.
As for the old women and the maid, Xie Zhinuan said nothing more.
Mu Rourou, however, spoke up, “You continue kneeling there, think carefully where you went wrong!”
She followed Xie Zhinuan back to the guesthouse.
The old women and the maid knelt on the ground, seething with anger.
All felt Mu Rourou was too much, too hateful.
How dare she treat them like this; once back at the Mu Residence, they would surely make her pay back tenfold, a hundredfold.
Inside the small hall
Xie Zhinuan and Mu Rourou sat opposite each other.
Mu Rourou placed the Brocade Box on the small table, pushing it towards Xie Zhinuan.
“What are you doing?” Xie Zhinuan asked.
She had a vague premonition in her heart.
“Sister Xie, please don’t refuse me before you hear what I have to say, okay?” Mu Rourou pleaded.
Her eyes were red-rimmed, tears swirling within, on the verge of crying again.
“…”
Xie Zhinuan hurriedly nodded, “Don’t cry, speak properly!”
She really couldn’t stand it; this girl would cry at the drop of a hat.
Used to her offhand manner and surrounded by people with robust personalities, even Xiaoyuan was a strong and independent person.
Aunt Chen and Grandma Chen were well-traveled and firm of heart, not to mention the silly girl who had weathered training and hardships to reach this day. Xie Zhinuan had seen too much suffering, and crying…
Was almost non-existent.
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