"Didn't you hear me? I don't want to eat this."
"Young Miss, this is what you asked the chef to arrange yesterday!"
"I've changed my mind. Get out!"
"Yes, yes, yes..."
Watching the servants flee, I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine; this wasn't the first time she'd done something like this. As the second daughter of the Li family's second branch, she could always be so arrogant.
"Miss Li Huo, your guqin teacher has arrived," another of the young lady's personal attendants whispered in her ear.
When I heard the guqin, I buried my head and dared not look at them. No master would like his servants to be outstanding.
The second young lady's guqin playing is terrible; even I, a fallen nobleman, can't compare. But...
"Second Miss is too outstanding. If she continues to practice like this, she will definitely amaze the capital." I praised along with the others.
"Hmph," the second young lady pretended to be indifferent, but her uncontrollable expression had already betrayed her. "I'm already very outstanding, this is nothing to me."
Yes... her background is truly outstanding.
"Hu Meier".
"Second Miss, I'm here." Being suddenly called out, I naturally knew what was about to happen.
"Do you still think I'm bad?" she asked me with a sneer.
Of course I knew what she meant. When I first became her personal attendant, I couldn't bear to hear her playing the guqin and uncontrollably muttered something under my breath…
I really don't want to recall what happened that day; every time I do, my fingers ache terribly.
"The Second Miss's excellence ranks among the top three in the entire capital," I lied to her.
"Hmph, good to know. This zither doesn't sound good anymore, so as a reward, you can burn it."
What? How could someone do something so outrageous!
"You don't want to? I'm giving you a chance to touch the zither~ Burn it and come back to me." With those words, the second young lady left.
I looked at the guqin in front of me. The second young lady's order was for me to burn my favorite instrument. She clearly knew that...
Therefore, I am an incompetent personal attendant.
I secretly kept that violin...
Every night, I would gently wipe the dust off the instrument from the most inconspicuous spot.
I dare not play. If the Second Miss knew, she would definitely cut off my hand. She would definitely do that!
So I could only quietly look at the guqin as if it were a lover.
However, I knew from the beginning that this zither was deliberately left to me by the Second Miss... just for today.
He was trampled on the ground, and in front of him was the smashed guqin...
I want to rebel, but I dare not rebel.
Why did I have to come to this place? Was it because I had no one to rely on?
"Raise your head." My chin was lifted by the second young lady with the tip of her shoe, and I met her gaze, which was like that of someone looking at livestock.
I don't want to resist anymore... That's it.
Did my resignation make her unhappy?
She angrily kicked me in the face.
I didn't resist at all!
Before they left, they hung me and the broken body of the guqin up like hanged dogs.
In the dark room, I was all alone, waiting as if for death...
Silvery moonlight shone in; ah, it's a full moon today...
I miss you, sister...
Who opened the door?
With a rare ounce of strength, I looked toward the door, wondering who would care about someone like me.
I know her, Lady Zhao Shuli. She once trained me in servant skills... Strange, isn't she from the main branch of the family?
However, what I envy most is that she used to be Li Jieyue's personal attendant.
I remember now.
I came to the Li family after my clan was destroyed because I wanted to become Lady Li Jieyue's personal attendant. My sister said that Lady Li Jieyue is the most outstanding person in the world...
I know that; I've heard her play from afar, and that's the goal I've been pursuing my whole life.
"If you're not dead, come with me." Zhao Shuli told someone to put me down, spoke coldly, and then turned and left.
I stared blankly at her departing figure. Am I not dead yet? Of course I'm not dead yet.
Only by keeping up will you have a chance!
...
I don't understand why I'm in this place.
Looking at the three people in front of me, I couldn't help but feel excited...
"Please look up," a young and gentle voice said.
"Yes." I slowly raised my head. In front of me, besides Lady Zhao Shuli, there was a silver-haired girl and Lady Li Jieyue.
"Please introduce yourself to Madam and Miss," Lady Zhao Shuli said.
"Ah, yes, yes, good afternoon, Madam, Miss, I am Hu Meier..." I forgot what I said, I only know that I had to say that sentence.
"Lady Li Jieyue, I truly admire you. Please allow me to become your personal attendant!"
"No." Lady Li Jieyue's cold voice extinguished all my excitement.
When I came to my senses, I realized how terrible a thing I had said.
Will I return to that dead-like life?
"Hu Meier, I know you admire Mother very much, but since Mother has made you my personal attendant, you should put me first. If you can do that, I will agree that you can stay and continue to serve me," the young lady said gently.
I don't want to go back no matter what.
"Young Miss, I can definitely do it!"
No matter what kind of hell this place may be, I never want to see that broken zither again.
Even if this young lady is incredibly foolish...
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