Chapter 352 (1/2)

t.i.tle: The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 352 - An unwelcome encounter (1)

Ji Man had already completely stiffened. Out of all the places she could have ended up in, why was it this place? She was only trying to escape with her life. It wasn't a big deal that she was surrounded by other women when she surfaced from her dive into the river, but why did she have to see so many familiar faces?

Who could tell her why Kangyuan Junzhu was also here and accompanied by a group of female servants? Were they out on a social spring excursion? Kangyuan Junzhu would be able to recognize her and was the one that personally sent her out Jing Province. It would be problematic if they were to meet again.

A servant girl stayed by the pond and continued to call out, ”Hey, I'm talking to you. Why aren't you responding?”

Ji Man turned her head to glance at that servant girl. She forced herself to smile as she answered, ”I wasn't paying attention and got carried down here by the river current.”

Fortunately, Kangyuan Junzhu and her entourage had already walked far away and only the lower-ranked servants were left behind to pack up.

Ji Man sighed in relief. She turned around with her arms crossed over her chest and said to them, ”Miss, would you mind lending me some clothes? I lost my clothes in the water.”

The servant girl, who had her hair combed into two buns, frowned as she looked at her and said, ”I don't have any extra clothing. You should hurry up and walk away from here. Zhenyuan General and our lady are temporarily camping up ahead. You wouldn't want to offend them.”

Several servant girls curiously looked in this direction. A servant girl in green clothing felt sympathetic for this stranger, so she said, ”I have an extra set of clothing. How about I lend it to you for now? How can you come out of the water without anything to wear?”

”Oh, thank you very much.” Ji Man repeatedly nodded.

A nearby servant girl quietly said, ”Why are you bothering with her? We need to finish up with here and go attend to our masters over there.”

”We can't just let her continue to stay in the water, ah.” After saying this, the young servant girl ran off to get clothes. It didn't take long before the rest of the servants had also left, and the young servant came back with clothes and placed it by the pond. ”Here, you can borrow this. You're lucky that I'm going to be making a new set of clothes for myself soon.”

Ji Man felt extremely grateful. She came out of the water, took off her boots, and put on the inner layer of clothing. She took out some of her money from her boots and tried to give it to the green-robed girl. ”Here, this is for you. It's just a little something to express my thanks.”

The green-robed servant girl was surprised when she saw the stranger's boots. She rejected the money back and said, ”I don't have extra shoes. Your boots... why were you wearing a man's boots...?”

”Ah...” Ji Man blanked for a moment before she thought of an answer and responded, ”I'm ran away from home, and it's more convenient if I disguise myself as a man. Please accept this money.”

”Since you're running away from home, then you should keep it for yourself. I don't need the money.” This servant girl was very kind-hearted. After rejecting the money again, she turned around and ran off.

After putting on the upper outer garment, Ji Man poured out the water in her boots and put them to the side to dry for a bit before putting them back. That servant girl's robe was long enough to block the sight of her boots. Her next action was to find a carriage to bring her back to the capital. The fake skin face mask had disappeared while she was swimming. Right now, she was in a dangerous position. She was like a chameleon that had lost its ability to camouflage itself.