Chapter 27 (1/2)

“Young Marquis, did you just have lunch? This lady is your benefactor who saved your life, right?” Ji Liruo walked over to them and smiled at Tian Miao. Then, in a graceful manner, she gave a deep bow to Tian Miao and said, “Thank you for saving our Young Marquis’s life. If it hadn’t been for your help, the consequences would’ve been unimaginable. I really can’t repay you enough for your great act of kindness.”

Ji Liruo’s face was filled with guilt, but there was also gratitude.

The only thing was that Xiao Anning couldn’t see these emotions.

Tian Miao looked at the young lady in front of her, who had a relatively frail yet graceful appearance, and silently smiled. She didn’t say a single word.

In the face of Tian Miao’s smile, Ji Liruo felt a pang of panic in her heart for no apparent reason.

“Let’s go.” Tian Miao didn’t respond to Ji Liruo. She turned around to face Xiao Anning and spoke to him instead.

“Miss Ji, we still have things to do. We will leave first,” Xiao Anning courteously said to Ji Liruo.

“Well, then, please be careful, Young Marquis.” Ji Liruo lightly bit her bottom lip, her eyes full of worry.

After Xiao Anning and Tian Miao left, Ji Liruo withdrew her gaze and walked toward the entrance of the House of Gourmands.

The maid beside Ji Liruo voiced her discontent to her in a hushed tone. “Miss, you’re so worried and concerned about the Young Marquis, but he’s so indifferent. And look at that woman’s attitude. You thanked her, and yet she actually ignored you. It’s really all too much…”

“All right, keep quiet. You’re not allowed to say such things in the future,” Ji Liruo whispered back in a stern voice. She scolded her maid by saying, “It was all because of me that the Young Marquis had to suffer such an unwarranted disaster in the first place. It’s understandable that the Young Marquis feels some resentment toward me.” As for that woman who was frighteningly beautiful, she didn’t know why, but the moment she’d locked gazes with her, she’d felt as if the woman could see right through to her soul, and that there was no place she could hide to escape her penetrating gaze.

It was a terrible feeling.