Chapter 235: The Abandoned Young Lady

Bai Mansion, Junzi Residence.

When Luo Zijun returned with sugar figurines, Xiaohuan and Ziyuan were sitting on the corridor embroidering flowers.

Fenfen was leaning against the small door in the wall, muttering to herself.

"Stinky Young Master, sneaking out to play alone every day instead of studying properly at home; let's see what he does for the Autumn Examination next year."

Luo Zijun entered the small courtyard and still heard her muttering.

Fenfen glanced at him, snorted, twisted her slender waist, turned around, and prepared to close the small door.

"Xiaohuan, Ziyuan, I bought sugar figurines for you."

Luo Zijun took two sugar figurines out of the paper bag and spoke loudly on purpose.

Fenfen was about to close the door when she suddenly stopped.

Luo Zijun pretended not to see her, stepped onto the corridor, and handed the sugar figurines into the hands of Xiaohuan and Ziyuan.

The two little maids said happily, "Thank you, Young Master."

Xiaohuan glanced at the small door and asked, "Young Master, did you only buy two?"

Luo Zijun said, "That's right, just two."

Fenfen, standing at the small door, was wide-eyed and swallowing her saliva, looking at him with full anticipation; upon hearing this, she froze for a moment and clenched her two small fists.

"Oh no, wait, there are two more, one for Bai Bai, one for Qingqing."

Luo Zijun pretended he had just remembered, then stepped off the corridor and walked toward the small door.

Fenfen stood at the small door, glaring at him indignantly, with tears of grievance already swirling in her eyes.

"Huh, I seemed to hear someone speaking ill of me behind my back just now? Fenfen, did you hear it?"

Luo Zijun arrived at the small door and asked on purpose.

"Hmph!"

Fenfen turned her pretty face away, holding back tears, puffing out her pink cheeks, and ignored him.

Luo Zijun rubbed her little head, stopped teasing her, took two from the paper bag, handed them to her, and then leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Here are two for you; come keep Young Master company tonight, how about that?"

Fenfen glared at him, snatched the sugar figurines, and immediately ran away.

At this moment, Bai Bai and Qingqing also arrived upon hearing the news.

Bai Bai ran out from the room, saying with a face full of joy and excitement, "Brother Zijun, you finally bought sugar figurines for Bai Bai!"

Luo Zijun also handed her two, saying, "I specifically saved the two cutest ones for you."

Bai Bai took them in her hands, looking very happy, and whispered shyly, "Brother Zijun, you are so good to Bai Bai; would it be okay if Bai Bai goes to keep you company while you sleep tonight?"

Luo Zijun glanced behind her.

Qingqing was wearing a green dress, holding a precious sword in her arms, her chest towering and prominent, and she was looking at him with a face as cold as frost.

Bai Bai whispered again, "Qingqing will come too, is that okay?"

"Bai Bai! Come in quickly!"

Fenfen suddenly shouted from inside the room.

Bai Bai immediately took the two sugar figurines and happily went into the room.

Luo Zijun took two more and handed them to Qingqing.

"Hmph!"

Qingqing took the sugar figurines, coldly turned around, and went into the room; who would have thought that while stepping onto the threshold, she suddenly went "thump" and fell flat on the ground.

Fortunately, her chest was too large, so the sugar figurines in her hands did not hit the ground.

She hurriedly scrambled up, entered the room with a cold face, hid where no one could see her, rubbed her chest with a pained expression, and then began to lick the sugar figurines in her hands with a face full of happiness.

There was one last one left.

Luo Zijun knocked on the door, entered Bai Daxiaojie's room, and presented the sugar figurine.

Bai Meixue was wearing a white dress, sitting by the window reading a book; looking at the sugar figurine he handed over, she said indifferently, "I thought you had forgotten long ago."

Luo Zijun said, "I have always kept it in my heart, I just didn't have the time."

Bai Meixue took the sugar figurine and ignored him further.

Luo Zijun glanced at her beautiful figure, then at her skin that was white and glowing, and then looked at the veil she wore on her face, unable to help but say, "Does Daxiaojie not feel tired wearing a veil even at home every day?"

Bai Meixue paused upon hearing this, looked at him, and said, "Why, do you want me to take it off?"

Luo Zijun said, "There are no outsiders here, unless Daxiaojie thinks Bai Bai and Qingqing are spies."

Bai Meixue narrowed her eyes and said, "What do you mean?"

Luo Zijun decided to be honest: "Actually, there is no need for Bai Daxiaojie to lie to me. You and I knew each other in a past life, and now we have become husband and wife; regardless of the reason we became husband and wife, Daxiaojie should trust me. No matter what, I will never betray Daxiaojie."

Bai Meixue looked at him and said nothing more.

Luo Zijun said, "I know that Daxiaojie is not disfigured; not only do I know, but many people should be able to guess it too."

Bai Meixue was silent for a while, looked at him, and said, "So, that is why you were willing to marry into my family?"

"That is not it; I said, I am face-blind."

Luo Zijun did not say more, cupped his hands, and said, "I am going back to study."

After speaking, he took his leave.

After he left, Bai Meixue remained quiet in the room for a while, then raised her hand and slowly took off the veil on her face, revealing a face that was flawless, stunning, and peerlessly beautiful.

Fenfen entered the room, snorted, and said, "Miss, don't believe that bad guy. When that bad guy saw Miss at West Lake Academy back then, he was completely mesmerized; he is not face-blind at all."

Bai Meixue glanced at the sugar figurine in her hand, then looked at the shiny sugar syrup on her lips, and asked, "How many sugar figurines did he give you?"

Fenfen said, "Two; Bai Bai and Qingqing also have two."

Bai Meixue said nothing more.

After Luo Zijun returned to Junzi Residence, he sat down in front of Xiaohuan and Ziyuan and asked them a question: "If Young Master wants another maid, would you agree?"

Both young maids were stunned, exchanged a glance, nodded, and said, "We agree."

Luo Zijun said, "That maid is better looking than both of you, and even more capable, especially at sewing clothes; she is very skilled. However... her temper isn't very good. Are you sure you are willing?"

Xiaohuan said weakly, "Young Master, can we be unwilling?"

Luo Zijun said, "Of course not. This Young Master asking for your opinions is just a formality; the result is already decided, and you have no right to object."

"Hmph!"

The two young maids immediately turned their faces away, not wanting to pay him any more mind.

After a while.

Zhiyuan could not help but say, "Young Master, are the two of us, plus Fenfen, plus Bai Bai and Qingqing, not enough with five people?"

Luo Zijun sighed and said, "Actually, it is not that this Young Master covets beauty; this Young Master is simply kind-hearted and wants to save her life."

Xiaohuan asked curiously, "Who is it? If Young Master doesn't take her as a maid, will she die? Can't you send her to the Third Miss, or the Madam? The Madam is still missing a maid there."

Luo Zijun's eyes lit up: "That's right, Big Sister is still missing a maid!"

Xiaohuan nodded hurriedly: "Mm-hmm, since her needlework is so good, the Madam will surely like her very much."

What woman doesn't have a little bit of hidden concern?

Since the Young Master said that little maid was even prettier and more capable than her and Zhiyuan, she naturally felt a sense of crisis.

Luo Zijun looked at her and said, "Xiaohuan, then you go take care of Big Sister, and let that maid take care of this Young Master together with Zhiyuan. How about that?"

Xiaohuan: "..."

Zhiyuan snickered on the side.

Xiaohuan immediately pouted: "Young Master has started being fickle again. Before, you always let me accompany you, then you started letting Big Sister Zhiyuan and Big Sister Fenfen accompany you, and now, Young Master is tired of all three of us, so you want to change people again, right?"

Luo Zijun rubbed her head and said, "I'm teasing you. The three of you stay here together and just get along well. She was just abandoned by the master who raised her from childhood; she is quite pitiful. You two must not gang up to bully her."

Zhiyuan laughed: "Does Young Master think this servant and Xiaohuan look like maids who would bully others?"

Luo Zijun smiled, stood up, and said, "Go tidy up a room; I am going to the back to cultivate for a while. I have things to do tonight."

He went to the backyard and began to practice boxing.

By evening, the gloomy sky began to drift with snowflakes again.

After Luo Zijun finished his Medicine Bath, he changed into a clean set of clothes.

At this time, the sky outside had already turned dark.

He gave instructions to the two young maids and then went out the door.

He specifically took a detour, passing by the entrance of Laishi Winery, and saw that the entire Laishi Winery had already burned to ashes, with many scraps of clothing and blood still remaining on the ground.

This time, even if Lai Da didn't lose his entire fortune, he would have to shed a thick layer of skin.

Next, it was the Jile Villa outside the southern suburbs.

After standing at the entrance of the winery for a while, facing the cold wind of the night, he continued to walk forward.

At the same time.

At the Jia Mansion, Mother Wang Shanbao and several matrons were carrying the weak and ill Qingwen out of the mansion through the back door, and then, as if she were trash, they threw her into the alley where the cold wind was howling.

Qingwen lay on the icy ground, silently shedding tears, without making a sound; from beginning to end, she had never begged for mercy.

Mother Wang Shanbao sneered and said, "For a sharp-tongued maid, there is only one ending; our mansion cannot accommodate you! Since you are going to die, then die outside. Tomorrow, someone will naturally come to collect your corpse."

After speaking, the group entered the door and bolted the small gate from the inside.

In the alley, it was pitch black.

The cold wind carried snowflakes, whistling in, and the cold and despair, like the night, shrouded the entire body of the young girl on the ground.

She curled up in a corner, her face pale, shivering.

Vaguely, she seemed to see her own mother, and a trace of a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth unconsciously.

Her vision gradually blurred, and her tears froze into ice.

Just as she shed her last two lines of tears and prepared to slowly close her eyes, a burst of footsteps suddenly reached her ears.

Then, those footsteps stopped in front of her.

Then, someone bent down and picked her up from the ground.

The young girl, in the midst of serious illness and despair, suddenly woke up. She thought a vagrant was going to bully her, so she struggled with her last bit of strength while crying out in fear, her mouth trembling, yet unable to speak a word.

At this time, the person holding her walked toward the outside of the alley while murmuring: "Beauty has always had a thin fate, flowing water is heartless and the flower hurts itself. A mournful song follows the passing water, how many fragrant shadows are buried in the spring light..."

The girl's body trembled, she widened her eyes, and finally saw clearly the delicate and handsome face before her.

"Miss Qingwen, today I am picking you up to take you home; from now on, you are mine... If you ever starve yourself to death again, you must ask me first..."

The girl stared at him blankly, her face instantly covered in tears.

(End of this chapter)