Chapter: 083 out of 513 – Vigilance must be maintained to avoid being harmed (2) (1/2)

Chapter: 083 out of 513 – Vigilance must be maintained to avoid being harmed (2)

“Master, we purchased the cold cream.” The two young servant girls had returned. These two fresh fourteen to fifteen-year-olds were the lowest-ranking servants girls. One was called Dengxin and the other was called Gancao.

Muxu was normally the only one that entered her room, so Ji Man hadn’t paid special attention to these young servant girls. Now, she carefully looked at them. Dengxin had clear eyes and seemed energetic. Gancao was quiet, sensible, and knowledgeable about etiquette. They would be good, young successors to Muxu.

“En.” Ji Man smiled. “Go see if your Aunt* Muxu has woken up yet. She suffered from a fright because of me.”

* (T/N: Just to be clear, these two girls aren’t related to Muxu. Calling Muxu their Aunt is just showing that she’s higher than them in hierarchy. Just like how Wen Wan calls Nie Sangyu her younger sister.)

There were five boxes of cold cream in total. Ji Man sent over a large box and two small boxes of cold cream to old madame’s courtyard. As for the remaining two boxes, she sent one box each to Wen Wan and Qian Lianxue.

Originally, since there was cold cream that could be purchased by anyone now, it wouldn’t be necessary for her to do this good act. However, she had ordered Miss Shui to not sell any cold cream to the marquis’s household unless it was her servant girls that were asking.

She had initially planned on always doing this as a way to curry favor. However, she knew that it wouldn’t be possible to continue. She had to end this before the bomb exploded.

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When Muxu woke up, she leaned against her bed and gasped for a while. She saw that there were two lowest-ranking servant girls and Doctor Li in the room. Her master was the only one missing. Her heart clenched. She staggered out of bed and opened her wardrobe to look.

The bag was in its original position and there weren’t any traces of it being rummaged through.

“Did master give any orders?” Muxu turned her head to ask the people in the room.

The two young servants girls and Doctor Li shook their heads.

“Mistress Sang said she frightened you. She was worried, so she had me stay here.” Doctor Li picked up his medicine box and said, “You fainted because you were too scared. There’s nothing else that’s wrong. You’re fine after taking that short nap.”

Muxu relaxed. She straightened her clothes for a moment, then she sent Doctor Li away and went to look for Nie Sangyu.

Seeing Muxu come inside, Ji Man only asked, “You woke up?” There was a slight amount of distress in her expression.

Muxu’s heart rose up in fear again. She walked to her side and asked, “Master, why are you so dispirited?”

Ji Man’s head was resting on the table and her tone was extremely dejected as she said, “Ai, I believed in the wrong person.”

Muxu’s knees felt weak. She was almost about to kneel down. Her face was also becoming increasingly pale.

“I treated Miss Shui so well. Why did she see profit and forget her morality? She abandoned me in spite of my care.” Ji Man quietly said.

Miss Shui? Muxu paused. She stammered out a few words, “Why is it her?”