Mu Shaoling must have thought that Yang Chuxia asked him for help. Does she really believe that Mu Shaoling would not ask Yang Chuxia about such a trivial matter?
Hmph, when she achieves her goal, even if Yang Chuxia finds out about it someday, what difference would it make? At worst, she’ll just have to treat Yang Chuxia a little better after her rise to success. It’s not like she’s doing something bad; she just wants to lead a life of luxury in food, drink, and clothing.
Shen Qiu’s thoughts changed several times.
Upon hearing that it was Yang Chuxia who had sent someone to find the young master, Manager Mu hesitated for a moment before saying, "Please wait a moment, miss. Allow me to inform our young master."
After Manager Mu left, Shen Qiu’s maid whispered to herself, "They really underestimated us. They just said he wasn’t here."
This was originally meant to express indignation on Shen Qiu’s behalf, but in the ears of Shen Qiu, who wanted to surpass Yang Chuxia, the meaning changed. Wasn’t this saying that her face value was not as great as Yang Chuxia’s?
Thus, Shen Qiu glared at the maid, causing her to shiver. The maid thought to herself that now not only would she lose her allowance, but she was likely to be punished by kneeling. All she could do was pray that the person would be willing to help her young lady, or else she would be even worse off.
At this moment, Mu Shaoling was studying some medicinal herbs, which were intended to treat Luo Linhao’s eyes.
When he heard that a young lady named Shen Qiu had come to visit, he didn’t even think about it and directly said, "I’m not seeing her."
Manager Mu added, "It seems that Miss Yang Chuxia asked her to come to find the young master."
"Xiaxia asked her to find me?"
"That’s what she implied."
Mu Shaoling thought to himself, how could Xiaxia ask her to find him? Shen Qiu and Xiaxia’s relationship wasn’t that good, and it seemed unlikely that she would ask her to come in case of any important matter. Since that was the case, it must not be something significant.
Originally, he thought of not seeing her at all, but since it involved Yang Chuxia, he decided to spare some time to meet her.
"In one hour, bring her up."
He glanced at the medicinal herbs on the desk, thinking that they should be ready in an hour.
Manager Mu went downstairs to find Shen Qiu still waiting nervously.
"The young master is busy at the moment. Please wait a little longer, miss."
Hearing this, Shen Qiu was overjoyed. She initially thought that Mu Shaoling wasn’t willing to see her and felt disappointed. However, the latter part of the sentence turned out to be asking her to wait. It didn’t matter how long she had to wait, as long as he was willing to see her.
She happily took out some small silver pieces to reward Manager Mu. However, he accepted the money, then handed it to the small shopkeepers. He, being a lofty manager, would only accept rewards from someone of the young master’s caliber. When had it ever been the turn of an unknown person to reward him? As the manager of a powerful family, Manager Mu was also very proud.
Though he said it would take an hour, it actually took about half an hour. However, Shen Qiu dared not show any displeasure.
"I heard you wanted to see me?" A languid and cold voice came from behind the desk, making Shen Qiu’s heart tighten up.
"Yes," Shen Qiu replied obediently.
Mu Shaoling idly played with the tea flower in his teacup without ever lifting his head. Shen Qiu couldn’t see his expression and couldn’t tell from his simple words if he was happy or displeased.
Thinking of her purpose for standing there, she mustered her courage and bravely said, "Xiaxia asked me to find you, hoping that you could help me participate in the draft."