In that short time, the maid had already considered many possibilities.

"Could it be that the young mistress and young master had a fight recently and separated?"

Thinking of this, the maid couldn't help but feel excited about her own cleverness.

She couldn't think of any other explanation besides this.

After a while, Jian Ruoxi woke up slightly and opened her eyes with difficulty. Just by looking at the ceiling, she already knew where she was.

In the past, Lu Shen would also bring her to stay at his private villa.

But her memories of this place, apart from the nightly pleasures between the two of them, consist of aimless waiting during the day; it's hard to find any sweet moments.

"Young Madam, you're awake!"

Jian Ruoxi then noticed that there was another person by the bed. He looked to be about the same age as her, with wide, almond-shaped eyes that were quite endearing.

However, Jian Ruoxi was still startled by the sudden sound. The maid hadn't made a sound by the bedside, and she thought no one was in the room.

"Who are you?" Jian Ruoxi felt that this maid looked unfamiliar and had never seen her in the private villa before.

"Young Madam, you can just call me Xiao Yan. I'm a maid that the housekeeper just hired recently."

Jian Ruoxi understood; no wonder the other woman didn't recognize her.

Every one of the old servants in the villa knew her status in the Lu family, and they had never shown her any respect before.

Looking at Xiao Yan's excited expression, it was clear that Xiao Yan was unaware of her situation.

"Young Madam, please wait here. I'll go find the butler."

Before Jian Ruoxi could speak, Xiao Yan ran out quickly.

Without the chattering maid beside her, Jian Ruoxi was left alone in the room.

But she could still sense Lu Shen's presence; he must have been here last night.

The events of last night played out in her mind like a movie.

Darkness, a vase, a man lying on the ground, and a pool of blood.

Finally, the scene freezes on the moment Lu Shen appears, a soft halo of light shining on him as he slowly walks towards her.

She can keep this image in her heart for a very long time.

Even now, thinking about it makes me smile faintly.

"Young Madam, how was your rest?" the butler asked with concern.

Jian Ruoxi had always had a good impression of this housekeeper. In the past, when she was bullied by rude servants in the Lu family, the housekeeper would step in and teach those people a lesson.

"Butler, it's been a long time. How are you doing?" The butler was already over fifty years old.

She used to work as a housekeeper at the Lu family's old mansion, but for some reason, she has now chosen to stay in a private villa.

This is a bit of a waste of the old butler's talents.

"Thank you for your concern, Madam. My health is fine; I can easily stay here for another ten years."

"Would the young mistress like something to eat now? I'll have the servants prepare it right away."

The housekeeper's attitude towards her remained the same as before, which easily gave Jian Ruoxi a false impression.

It was as if she had never left this place in the past few months.

But reality is reality; she can indulge in it for a while, but she can't stay in it forever.

Like that long-awaited hug last night, like the moment spent in a familiar room today, these are enough for her.

"No, I haven't gone home all night. My manager must be worried. I should go now."

The butler nodded. It seemed that the young master was the one who truly understood the young mistress, having known all along that she would make such a decision.

"Understood. Young Master had already given instructions that you could leave if you wanted. He kept Ah Jie here, and I'll have him take you back in a bit."

Did he know I would leave?

Come to think of it, I'm just his ex-wife now, what reason do I have to stay here?

Last night, he just happened to be there and happened to save him.

Jian Ruoxi dared not delve deeper into the reasons and could only convince herself that it was a coincidence.

"Then I'll leave it to the housekeeper to make the arrangements."

Before leaving, Xiao Yan handed the cleaned dress to Jian Ruoxi.

"Young Madam, I've cleaned all the dirty parts of the other dresses, but I can't get the red part off."

Jian Ruoxi accepted the dress with a gentle smile on her face.

"Thank you, this is already very good."

"It doesn't matter if I can't get this red stain off, I really like it."

This dinner party allowed her to clearly see another side of herself, one that could be as pure as a white lotus or as passionate as the blazing sun, radiating her true charm.

Ah Jie was driving. Although it was a bit of a waste to have a bodyguard captain as a driver, the young mistress, whom the young master valued most, was sitting in the back.

Such an important matter should naturally be handled by him.

"Don't worry, young mistress, Ah Jie will make sure you get home safely."

"Ah Jie, you can't keep calling me Young Madam anymore, it's not appropriate."

Having been called "Young Mistress" all morning, Jian Ruoxi had wanted to say it for a long time.

However, the old housekeeper was getting on in years, and she was afraid that if she pointed it out directly, it would affect the housekeeper's authority, so she didn't mention it.

But now that A-Jie calls him that too, Jian Ruoxi feels compelled to speak up.

"Your young master is already engaged to Li Anran. The future young mistress of the Lu family will be Li Anran."

Although I don't want to admit it, that's the truth.

"Furthermore, if you still can't change, you'll be punished if your young master finds out." Jian Ruoxi knew that Lu Shen was always very strict with his subordinates.

Judging from the fact that only the old butler was left in the private villa today, it seems that the original servants had somehow offended Lu Shen, and they had all been sent away.

Ah Jie really wanted to say that the young master wouldn't hold a grudge against them just because of that title.

He noticed that the young master always seemed very happy whenever they called him "Young Madam".

Ah Jie thought to himself, "Maybe the young master thinks that if they keep calling, they can bring the young mistress back."

But now, facing the young mistress, he really didn't dare to tell the truth.

"We just got used to calling it that, and we can't change it all at once."

"Besides, everyone thinks you are the rightful young mistress of the Lu family."

Hearing this, Jian Ruoxi was deeply moved.

"Ah Jie, thank you all."

Aside from Lu Jin, finally someone acknowledged that her time in the Lu family wasn't wasted.

“Young Madam, you see, it’s hard for us to change our address right now. Why don’t we leave it at that and wait until Li Anran really becomes the young mistress of the Lu family before we change our address?”

This is just a delaying tactic. If Li Anran wants to successfully become the young mistress of the Lu family, she probably only has one path left: to dream about it.

"Alright, I can't force you, but you have to be careful not to get caught by Lu Shen."

Feeling cared for by the young mistress, Ah Jie thought he would definitely have something to brag about to his underlings when he got back.