Chapter 832 - The Unconscious Master And Servant (2/2)

“Miss, Miss!” A servant girl suddenly rushed into the crowd and hugged Shao Jie’er. Everyone looked at her and found that it was Liuxiang, Shao Jie’er’s private servant girl.

The servant girl was also unscathed, but there was a trace of black stain at the corner of her dress. It should have something to do with the burning.

“Father? And Brother?” Shao Jie’er was still dizzy. She didn’t understand why the two were here in front of her. She closed her eyes again, wondering whether she was in a dream.

“Why are you here?” Shao Jing looked Shao Jie’er up and down and asked coldly.

“I just went out for a walk!” Shao Jie’er lost some of her memories. She smiled awkwardly and tried hard to recall what had happened before.

“Went for a walk? Why didn’t I see you just now?” Shao Jing said coldly.

“I… I didn’t see you either. Maybe I have left before you came!” Shao Jie’er laughed and felt embarrassed, and her laughter became more and more reluctant.

At this time, she finally remembered how she got out of that burnt house.

When the chamber was on fire, as Shao Jie’er had plotted ahead of time, she left on purpose and then came back later with an excuse. Now that the house had been burnt out, she should claim her innocence right now.

“Why did you leave?” Shao Jing asked, still in a cold voice.

“I… I… Fifth Sister…” Shao Jie’er looked around. It seemed that she was looking for Shao Wanru.

“What’s wrong with your Fifth Sister?” Shao Jing asked.

“Fifth Sister’s servant girl… Fifth Sister’s servant girl came over and passed her master’s message to me saying that what Fifth Sister has said today was not her idea. So I wanted to go to her. But on the way, I changed my mind because I thought it was not good to disturb Fifth Sister so late!” Shao Jie’er became sober and answered in an orderly way.

“Why did Wanru’s servant girl come to a place which is far away from her master’s!” Shao Jing didn’t believe her.

“Father, it’s true. It’s truly the servant girl of Fifth Sister. I’ve seen her before. Although I couldn’t remember her at first, I could do it as soon as she showed her identity!” Shao Jie’er said anxiously with fear on her face.

She reached out her hand to pull Liuxiang close to her. “Father, if you don’t believe me, you can listen to Liuxiang. Liuxiang saw her as well!”

Liuxiang was sharply pained by Shao Jie’er, who was pinching a piece of her flesh with great force. When she saw Shao Jing looking at her, she nodded repeatedly and said, “Yes, I saw her. Both my master and I saw her!”

The intense pain in the hand was a clue of her master’s order. How could she not understand her master’s hint?

In fact, Liuxiang was also in great confusion. She had just woken up before long, left alone in the corner of the pavilion, without anyone besides her. Hearing some sounds, she turned around in a hurry and saw her master in the crowd, who for her was the last hope, so she immediately rushed to her.

But until now, she was still puzzled and didn’t know what had happened. But she knew that she couldn’t tell the truth. She followed Shao Jie’er’s words as suggested, and lowered her eyes subconsciously to hide the panic in them. Actually, she really didn’t know why her master mentioned Fifth Miss’s servant girl!

The truth was she didn’t see the Fifth Miss’s servant girl just now. She felt a hit on her head and then fainted after getting out of the room.

“Call Fifth Miss!” Shao Jing, who was with a gloomy face, ordered an old maid and said.

The old maid nodded and ran out in a hurry, but soon she came back without anyone.

“Duke Xing, it was said that when the fire broke out, Fifth Miss was too afraid so that she went to Old Madam’s and has been there until now. So, do you still want her to come?”

“Let’s go to Old Madam’s!” Since the fire had been put out, Shao Jing asked the servants to go back. After all, no one was hurt in the fire; hence, other matters could be settled tomorrow. Then Shao Jing headed towards Old Madam’s house with Shao Jie’er and Shao Hua’an.

Wen Xichi, following beside Shao Hua’an, observed Shao Jie’er’s dress. He raised the corners of his mouth and smiled with an idea in his head. Then he watched Shao Jie’er’s hair, which was messy and stained with dust…

When they arrived at Old Madam’s Chuntang Courtyard, Shao Wanru was calmly sitting with Old Madam. On seeing them, she hastened to stand up and bowed to Shao Jing who was walking in front, and then to Shao Hua’an. After her beautiful eyes met a pair of clear ones, she was slightly stunned, but immediately bowed once more.

Then she stood aside and waited for Old Madam to speak.

Old Madam didn’t look well. Her eyesight didn’t fall directly on Shao Jing in the front, but on Shao Jie’er, who was hiding behind.

She gave a glance and turned away at once as if she had not seen Shao Jie’er just now.

Shao Wanru had been observing Old Madam’s expression. She saw Old Madam’s rapid glance at Shao Jie’er and found that there was no worry, no happiness, or other fluctuations in her eyes. It was obvious that Old Madam was not surprised with Shao Jie’er appearance. She couldn’t help sneering in her mind and assured that everything was indeed Old Madam’s plot…