Chapter 30 V2 : Just a Sentence (1/2)
“Nanny!” Accompanied by a smile, Shi Fengju entered and gave a light laugh.
Sang Wan quickly stood up and winked at him before nodding slightly.
Nanny Li also stood up but grunted as she did so. Bowing slightly, she greeted, “Young Master!”
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“I guess it can’t be helped!” Shi Fengju quickly returned a greeting and smiled, “You acting the way you are will not make my heart at ease. Before, it was my bad and I hope Nanny won’t be angry about it anymore. Here in Ning Garden, you can live here for as long as you like and no one will be permitted to mention this anymore. So Nanny, please cool down, alright?”
Sang Wan then added with a smile, “Yes, what Lord said before was only because he cared for you! If you were to be tired out, he will surely worry for you. These few days when you returned to recuperate, he was extremely concerned for your health! If you’re still mad at him, he’ll definitely be feeling uneasy.”
Nanny Li looked away and sighed, “Do I not know what kind of person Young Master is? I’m not angry because of that. I’m just afraid that those around you aren’t taking good care of you. Don’t worry, once the day comes when I cannot move, I will leave without you even saying so that I won’tcause any trouble for you.”
“Nanny, don’t say that. You’re never a trouble!” Shi Fengju’s chest felt somewhat warm and his nose suddenly felt a little sour.
Nanny Li felt pleased upon hearing those words, but she gave a soft grunt and said coldly, “Young Master may say so now, but who knows when Young Master would turn away and be incited by someone else after just a few words. Then after, Young Master will begin to dislike this old lady!”
Shi Fengju understood that she was referring to Gu Fangzi and he laughed it off awkwardly, “Just listen to what you just said, that will never happen! Who would have the courage to speak ill of you in front of me? If someone were to do so, that person would definitely not be let off!”
“Enough, enough! Your words, this old lady will never believe!” Although Nanny Li spoke in disbelieve, her face could not help but exposed a smile. She turned to look at Sang Wan and praised, “Now that we have Young Mistress, I shall only listen to her. If Young Mistress says to have me stay, I will stay! No one else will have a second say in it!”
“Yes, yes! Everything will be up to you!” Shi Fengju was secretly amazed. What kind of kungfu did Sang Wan use to make Nanny Li and her relationship to be so close in a blink of an eye? Miracle, truly a miracle!
Still, having Sang Wan intervene and coax that elderly truly saved him from a lot of trouble.
“Nanny, what you just said…Sang Wan does not deserve such praise!” Sang Wan became slightly startled and smiled embarrassedly.
“Who says you don’t deserve it? You’re thethis young mistress of this household!” Nanny Li turned back to Shi Fengju and spoke sternly, “Young Master, pardon me for speaking out of place, but Young Mistress truly is a good person! This old lady has seen countless people and thus my eye for people is very accurate. I’ve to say, Young Mistress is truly for you! You should cherish her dearly.”
“Nanny, the day isn’t early anymore. You should have some rest. Lord still has a business trip early in the morning tomorrow!” Sang Wan did not expect Nanny Li to say that in front of her and Shi Fengju. She could not help but feel embarrassed, but most importantly did not wish for Shi Fengju to mistake her for having spoken something that would have magnified herself in Nanny Li’s eyes.
“Yes, right, me and my muddlehead! Go back quickly, go back! We’ll talk more when there’s time!” Nanny Li gasped and gestured them to leave. But she did not forget to prove her point and spoke again to Shi Fengju, “Just look at her, how much she’s concerned for you!”
“Right, right!” Shi Fengju’s face stiffened and he felt awkward. After all, only he and Sang Wan knew of their current relationship. But for a third party to speak so highly of them, he felt somewhat apologetic. However, deep inside, he did not resent such a feeling.
“Nanny, rest early!” The two awkwardly fled from Nanny Li’s chamber. Looking at each other, their faces flushed and they quickly turned away.
“Let’s go back!”
“En!”
A journey back without words.
With a curtain to separate the two, they each lay quietly but the atmosphere seemed to contain a strange kind of tension. Obviously, they knew the one opposite of the curtain could not see the one on the other side, but there was this strange feeling that seemed like the one on the opposite side was giving off an intense stare. The two lay motionlessly, and their breathing could not help but be extremely careful.
“You—— asleep already?” In the dark and under the blanket of silence, Shi Fengju’s voice was like a small pebble that fell into a calm lake, making a rhythmic circle of ripples.
After a long while, but perhaps it was just a short moment, before Shi Fengju was about to jump to his conclusion that Sang Wan would not respond to his question, she gently answered a ‘no’.
Shi Fengju turned his body over to face the direction of the bed. His hand was bent under a pillow and his other hand clenched loosely beside his cheek.
“Do you find it strange why I treat Nanny well?” Shi Fengju asked.
Sang Wan gently opened her eyes and smiled, “A little. Supposedly…”
Supposedly, the young sirs and misses would usually regard their nannies as their confidants, and their favoritism towards them could be heavily sighted. However, for someone like Shi Fengju who deeply respects and behaves well in front of his nanny lest provoking the slightest unpleasantness in the old nanny was very much less seen.
Shi Fengju sighed deeply which revealed a bottomless amount of grief, gratitude, and compassion. He spoke softly, “Nanny, who is older than my mother by a whole ten years, followed her into this household. At one point, to save my father, her husband lost his life. And as for her, she saved me but ended up losing her only son forever.”