Gui Yu thought of her own daughter and her good reputation. The depression from waiting in vain for someone the previous night dissipated a bit, and she felt happy again in her heart. Putting down her bowl and chopsticks, she asked the little maid who had been silent behind her: "Miss, where is she now?" The little maid was dozing off, and her head nodded three times towards the ground before she woke up with a start, opening her eyes to see her masters back still holding the bowl and chopsticks. She put her heart at ease again and continued to nod her head in rhythm, bowing three times towards the ground, making an effort to stay awake and open her eyes once more.

  When Madam Guiyu asked the question, Xiaoyus head was still nodding in the second beat and she didnt react for a moment. After a while, under Madam Guiyus angry gaze, she suddenly became thoroughly awake. She quickly apologized to Madam Guiyu and said: "Sorry, Ill go find out Misss whereabouts right now." Xiaoyu immediately ran out of the room with agility and told the maid waiting outside: "Go in and clean up."

  The little girl walked out of the yard and headed towards the main house. She ran into Jiyuan, who was beaming with joy as she came back. Seeing her, Xiaoyu thought to herself, "This silly girl is always so cheerful, just like a foolish young lady." Jiyuan ran over and greeted her politely, saying, "Sister, hello." Xiaoyu asked casually, "Where are you coming from?" Jiyuan replied happily, "I was just with the masters, seeing off the guests who came to bid farewell to Grand Master. Sister, where are you headed?"

  The little girl looked at her and thought that this was a ridiculous thing to say, but Jiyans words were very smooth. She continued to ask: "Have you seen where the fifth lady is?" Jiyan nodded and said: "I saw her, the fifth lady is following behind the eldest lady. They are still talking at the gate of the main courtyard with the eldest lady and the second lady." The little girl didnt even nod or respond to Jiyan, turned around and left. Jiyan touched his own head, thinking over his words again, couldnt figure out what was wrong with them.

  Ji Yan returned to the courtyard with a hint of discontent, seeing her own young mistress again in the courtyard, lifting her feet and hands. She didnt have the heart to go forward and talk to her. She just sulked, picked up the wooden board by herself, and started shoveling the remaining snow on the ground. Jiang Wanru looked at Ji Yan, who seemed like a sulky package, thinking that she was young and had a sweet mouth, and was also a born daughter of the family, with parents who knew how to treat people, and had good relationships with the servants. Generally, ordinary servants wouldnt bully her, so she took another look at her and went into the room by herself.

  Jiang Wanting was in the room, dipping her brush in the water basin and writing on the desk. She heard Jiyu standing outside calling: "Miss, Im leaving." As soon as the words fell, the sound of footsteps went outwards. Jiang Wanting shook her head slightly in the house, thinking that it was probably another secret run to talk intimately with her mother and mention some grievances.

  Jiang Wanting wrote for a while, then carefully examined the wet words on the table, feeling that her efforts were not in vain and her skills had made some progress. However, compared to her past life, what she wrote was still far from good. The road ahead was long and arduous, and she needed to work harder. These days, Jiang Wanting had been taking advantage of Lian Siyes presence to practice writing on the table with a wet brush, no longer worrying like before, when she only dared to use her fingers to draw on the table, and only at night would she dare to hold a pen in her hand to satisfy her craving for writing.

  Jiang Wanru tidied up the table and stayed in the room for a long time before hearing Jiyus voice running back. She sat upright in the room, quietly waiting for the little maid to come on her own initiative. Outside the door, there came Jiyus slightly panicked voice, "Miss." Then accompanied by a bang of urgent knocking on the door, Jiang Wanru said calmly: "Come in."

  Ji Yans face was pale, and she looked flustered as she entered the room. She bit her lip and stuttered, "Miss, Ive made a mistake." Jiang Wanmu didnt think Ji Yan could have made such a big mistake, as this little maid usually just gossiped about trivial things that most of the servants in the Jiang household already knew. Moreover, she couldnt get close to the masters or the people in charge because of their significant age difference, and they couldnt even have a proper conversation face-to-face.

  Jiang Wanmu glanced at her and said calmly, "Go to your room and have a drink of water, then come back in and tell me slowly." Ji Yan looked up and saw Jiang Wanmus calm face, and her heart slightly calmed down. She listened to her words and turned around to leave the room, entering her own room. She picked up the half cup of cold water on the table and gulped it down, and her flustered heart finally calmed down a bit.

  After the incident, she thought of finding Miss immediately. Now she realized that Miss was the one who knew she had done something wrong and couldnt help herself either. She slowly and weakly walked to Misss room. Jiang Wanru looked at Jiyu, who looked like a defeated rooster, and pointed to the round stool sent by Jiyus mother, saying: "Sit down and let me hear if youve gotten into trouble?"

  "Miss, Ill beat up Gui Niang for you." Ji Yan said as soon as he opened his mouth. Jiang Wanru heard this and looked at Ji Yan carefully. Although his appearance was somewhat delicate and pretty, it couldnt compare to the beauty of Jiang Wanyi who was about to grow up. Ji Yan looked like just a little kid, how could Jiang An have such bad taste to take advantage of this child?

  Jiang Wantings gaze was fixed on Jiyu, and she couldnt help but stroke her arm. She spoke to Jiang Wanting again in the silence: "Miss, when I first came back, I met the maid sister beside Gu Yiniang on the way. My mother said that since Im young, when I see older brothers and sisters, I should be more polite and ask for advice when things happen. So I took the initiative to greet that sister and told her about going to the main courtyard to deliver something to Master Taigong. She asked me about Fifth Misss affairs, and I also told her directly."

  Jiang Wanru smiled wryly to herself, thinking that she had overthought things. She had mistakenly assumed that Jiang Anhe was interested in Jiyuan, which was why he would provoke Gui Niangniang. For a moment, she forgot about Jiang Anhes reputation as a womanizer, but she knew he wasnt shameless enough to have a special fondness for young girls. Seeing Jiyuan stop and look at her again, Jiang Wanru nodded for her to continue speaking.

  Ji Yan looked at Jiang Wanrus calm expression and, hearing no other movement outside the courtyard, put down half of her thoughts and quickly said: "I just wanted to go find my brother to talk, I turned around half the courtyard before I heard someone say that Brother and Mu Gen Gege were together with Manager Uncle running errands." As she spoke, Ji Yan became excited again, looking at Jiang Wanru and saying: "Miss, only handsome young masters are taken out by the managers. Because the masters of each household look at them with delight, they also reward them much more than usual."

  Jiang Wanru was initially frightened, trembling like a small mouse. But when she thought that her brother could get the reward, she suddenly forgot her previous fear and became interested in talking about the reward with a smile. Her excitement didnt last for two minutes before her bitter face reappeared, and she said with a downturned gaze: "I turned my head, thinking of returning to our own courtyard. But when I walked halfway, I saw several sisters by Madams side running towards Aunts courtyard, so I followed them over."

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