C29 (2/2)

The butler walked forward as he spoke, and after walking a few steps, he turned around to see Luo Yi still standing in place blankly. He could not help but call out to her with a smile.

”Oh.”

Luo Yi answered in a hurry, and kept on running as she caught up to the butler.

The butler laughed at her teasing. A few more lines appeared at the corner of his eyes. ”This is the table where Young Master usually reads.”

”These are the gadgets he made himself …” At this point, the butler suddenly stopped and rummaged through a few wooden carvings on the table. He found a small person and passed it to her. ”Here you go.”

This wooden sculpture was very lifelike, and could even be found in the fine details of every single strand of hair. However, there were no facial features on the face, so it was only possible to tell that it was a girl.

Luo Yi refused to accept: ”Didn't Xu Heng hate people who touch his stuff the most? ”I …”

She wanted to say no, but the butler shook his head and smiled. ”Without the young master's permission, how could I dare touch his things?”

”He wanted to give you this.”

”He gave it to me?” Luo Yi was startled, she looked at the butler who was smiling sincerely, and hesitated to hold the child in his hand.

”He wrote to the master before. But this was written in another letter and sent to me. ”

As he said that, he took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over to Luo Yi.

”Young master said …”

”If there comes a day when a girl called Luo Yi comes to my house and I happen to be not be there, you can give her the unfinished wooden sculpture in my room.”

”As for the reason, you don't need to say anything. She naturally understands.”

The butler smiled at her and asked, ”Do you understand, miss?”

— The wooden sculpture was originally going to carve the face of my beloved one, but she didn't appear for a long time, so I could only leave it there for now.

— Too bad I don't have a chance.

Luo Yi lowered her eyelids, and said ”I don't understand”.

The steward didn't insist. ”Hehe.” He smiled and led her to another part of the room. ”The young master said that you can take whatever you want.”

”No need, this is enough.” However, Luo Yi did not follow him and continued to walk forward. Instead, she held onto the wooden sculpture and retreated two steps before stopping at the door: ”I suddenly don't want to look, let's go out.”

”Alright.”

Hearing this, the housekeeper smiled again. From the beginning to the end, he did not make any comment on her actions. She wanted to leave, so he left the room as good as ever and hung the door lock back up.

Luo Yi watched as the door did not even have a sliver of a gap between its doors. In a daze, Luo Yi was able to see everything clearly through the door.

Even though Xu Heng had not been home for a long time, his room was being cleaned by servants everyday, so it was as clean as if the owner of the house had never left it. Luo Yi rubbed her eyes and saw Xu Heng lying prone on the table, carefully using a knife to carve out the outline of a child's body.

His hands were nimble and meticulous, so everything was done very well. Only when he was carving his facial features did his fingers stroke back and forth for a long time, and he did not know how to make a move. As a result, he could not help but be annoyed and his eyebrows gradually knitted together.

Luo Yi frowned, as though she was feeling the same way as him, but just as she frowned, the hostility in her body became even stronger, and she saw Xu Heng in the room suddenly raise his head and look in her direction.

As if he had seen something wonderful, his face suddenly lit up with a smile, and then continued to laugh. Finally, Luo Yi who was outside the door got infected and laughed out loud.

They smiled at each other across time and space until the figure opposite them faded into nothingness. Therefore, before he turned around again, Luo Yi couldn't help but think that Xu Heng must be very powerful at chess.

was not surprised when he was stopped by a servant at the entrance. He politely told Yi Qiannan, ”Just say that his little sister is here.”

The servant at the door sized her up with suspicion. He did not believe that this person had anything to do with his boss, but he was afraid that he would offend someone important. He could only speak hesitantly, ”You wait here, I'll go in and ask.”

”Alright.” Luo Yi nodded modestly.

”There's no need to go through all this trouble!”

As soon as he said that, Luo Yi was wrapped around the back of his neck. Her whole body froze. She didn't even have time to turn around to see who it was before she heard him whisper in her ear, ”I'll bring you in.”

This person seemed to be quite familiar with each other in the rich and powerful building. Upon hearing these words, the servant that guarded the door immediately smiled obsequiously and made way for the two of them. ”Please come in.”

Only then did Luo Yi have the chance to clearly see the face of the person behind him, and when she turned her head, he was shocked.

It turned out that this person's right cheek had a long scar that reached to his neck. It looked like an old wound, and its color had lightened a lot.

Luo Yi was shocked, but quickly reacted, forcing the cry of surprise down her throat, and then breaking free from the man's arm: ”Young Noble, you have to behave yourself.”

Her face was expressionless, and no emotions could be detected from the words she said. However, the person behind her seemed to not understand the meaning of the word 'serious', as she leaned closer with a mischievous smile. ”Miss, are you thinking of destroying the bridge after crossing the river?”

Luo Yi cautiously took a step back, feeling annoyed at the man's actions, she rolled her eyes, then suddenly thought of something and smiled: ”It's not that I don't want to get close to Young Master.”

”Oh? ”Then why?”

”There are really too many troubles in front of a widow's door.” Luo Yi raised her hand to wipe the tears that did not appear at the corner of her eyes, and sneakily taking a look at the man's surprised expression, the smile on her face became even wider: ”My husband has just died, his corpse is still slightly cold, Young Noble was stained with my bad luck today, so you should be careful when you sleep tonight.”

The corner of her mouth curved into a strange smile. ”When my husband was still alive, he was too narrow-minded.”